chapter 9: "Bullying-part 2"

Friday night. The girls finally got home, but they did not look very happy about it. Especially Simran.

During dinnertime, Kyoya got home and he sat on the table to eat with his daughters. At first, everything seemed normal, but as time passed, he noticed something. He heard Simran's quiet crying and he saw the tears she was trying to hold. This view worried him. He asked her:

-"Simran, what is wrong?"

Nandini was the one who spoke, instead of her sister:

-"There is some girl in school who bullies her."

-"How exactly?"

-"Well, she..."

-"Thank you, Nandini, but how about letting her tell me?"-he interrupted her politely.

-"Sorry!"-Nandini apologized.

Right after they gave Simran a chance to speak, she has already left and went to her own room. Kyoya followed her.

The door for the twins' room was shut, so he knocked:

-"Simran, dear! May I come in?"

There was no answer, so he opened the door slowly, and saw Simran lying on her bed, very upset.

He came closer and sat on the bed, right next to her:

-"Simran, what happened?"

-"There is this girl. Her name is Una-Imelda Peligrosa. She is new, and she hates me."

-"What does she do to you? You can tell me."

-"She mocks my appearance. She throws trash at me. She encourages other children to mock me as well. She insults me and humiliates me every single day."-with every single word, she was crying more and more.-"I tried not to pay attention to her, but I cannot...I cannot stand it any longer. It is a nightmare. Why? What have I done? When is it going to stop?"

Kyoya could not stand seeing her like this. He took her in his arms, and hugged her tightly, while whispering comforting words:

-"Shh, shh! Do not be afraid, my child! You are not alone in this! We will find a way. I promise."

The next morning, Kyoya was thinking about a way to stop the bullying. The maid, , noticed that something was wrong with him:

-"Excuse me, Mr. Ootori ! Is something wrong?"

-"No need to worry, Ms. Priti . I am just worried about my daughter. She is being bullied at school for the pettiest reasons."

-"Bullies' reasons are always petty. Poor child."

-"Now, I am thinking about ways to help her, but it is not easy. I do not know how it feels. I was never bullied."

-"Never?"

-"Never. I never had any problems with my classmates. Even with those who disliked me. I always knew how to take care of myself. I am an Ootori, after all. I always used it to my advantage."

Suddenly, the phone rang. Kyoya looked at it to see who was calling him at such a moment, and he saw that it was Ren:

-"It's Ren."- and he frowned.

-"Please do not talk to her until I have my coffee, sir."

Luckily, he did not answer the phone, but shortly after that, it rang again. He answered, just to tell her to stop:

-"Ren, I really have no time for this."

-"You have not forgotten about our last conversation, have you?"

-"I want to forget all of our conversations."

-"But she will not allow it, sir." Ms. Priti mumbled.

-"Kyoya, I am still not ready to give up."

-"Ren! I cannot talk to you right now, because something very important is happening, and I cannot waste any time by talking to you."- and he hanged up.

-"Good job, sir!"-the maid congratulated him.-"Why does she have to ruin everything?"

-"It is in her witch blood."-Kyoya said in a deadpan tone.-"Now, back to Simran's problem. As I recall, she said that the little girl's surname was Peligrosa. Let's see what I can find about that name."

Kyoya sat on his laptop and started searching for information about the surname, hoping that maybe he can find something about it, like a family company, for example:

-"I think that I have seen this name before, but where?"

-"Let me help you with that, sir." took her phone and went to the Internet, with the same goal in mind.

For the following minutes, they were both searching, until Kyoya found something:

-"Ms. Priti, you can stop now!"-he ordered and she stopped.

She looked at his laptop, to see what he has found out.

Monday. The girls went to school. They were both worried, especially Simran. She was afraid that she was going to be bullied again. To her surprise, nothing happened for now.

The classes started, and everything was still peaceful, Una-Imelda was nowhere to be found. Not that the twins cared about where she was.

End of the school day. No Una-Imelda. No trouble. The entire day was perfect. That confused the girls a little bit:

-"That was weirdly unexpected."-Nandini said.

-"Yes. It was. What happened?"-Simran asked.

-"Oh, are you wondering about Peligrosa?"-a girl from their class asked.

-"It is a bit complicated. We do wonder..."-Nandini answered.

-"But we do not care."-and Simran finished.

-"Peligrosa is not part of our class anymore. Not even part of the school."

-"What? How? When?"-both twins were surprised.

-"I do not know. You can ask the headmistress."-she answered and then left.

Out of curiosity, Simran and Nandini went to the headmistress' office, where they were told that Una-Imelda Peligrosa was transferred to another school. They felt happy, after hearing this.

After finally arriving home, the went to their father's office, because they suspected something. They knocked on the door:

-"Come in!"- his voice was heard from the other side of the door.

The girls opened and they entered the room, to see Kyoya sitting on his desk and working:

-"Hello, girls! How was school today?"-he said smiling without making any suspicious expressions.

-"It was perfect."-Nandini answered the question.

-"How was it for you, Simran?"

-"Good, too. Um, father?"

-"Yes, dear!"

-"We heard that Peligrosa has been transferred."

-"What a surprise?"-he said without showing any reaction.

-"We were just wondering how did it happen. It is so sudden. Do you have anything to do with it?"

-"That is a very intriguing notion on its own way. But, if by anything you mean searching for information about the Peligrosa surname, in order to use it to my advantage, then yes."

-"Father..."

-"What? She was bullying my child. It is only natural that I will take things in my own hands and use her own name against her. Turned out, her family owns a company that rivals mine. So I investigated some systems, phoned her parents and told them, that if Una-Imelda will not stop with the bullying, then their company will suffer. They got the picture, and the rest is history. Those Peligrosas are not as brave as they thought they were."

The twins did not say anything. They just hugged their father very tightly and kissed him on his cheeks.