Haruka, Shane and Kaori leaned against the wall of Michirus room while the aqua haired girl put all her clothes into the two big suitcases Shane had brought. "I can't believe how much clothes this girl owns." Shane mumbled, her eyes wide. Kaori shot her a glare. "Well, love, some people just need more than five jeans and ten shirts to live." She then said sweetly. Both Haruka and Shane rolled their eyes. "I wonder where your Dad suddenly is." Haruka all of a sudden spoke up. Michiru just shrugged. "Probably getting my mom, so she can try to keep me at home." She then replied. As if on cue, the door opened and Hitomi entered. "Now what do you think you are doing, young lady?" she asked, while she looked at the two suitcases. "Packing my things and leave." Michiru replied coldly. "As I already said yesterday, I can't live in a house where I'm not accepted for what I am." "Oh, and where are you going to stay?" Hitomi asked sweetly, although there was anger in her voice. "She'll stay with us." Shane replied before Michiru even had the chance to open her mouth. Hitomi turned around to face the three people who stood leaning against the wall. "Who the heck are you?" she asked, as if she'd just spotted them. "I'm Haruka Tenoh, Michirus girlfriend." Haruka replied calmly. "I'm Shane Strife, and this is my wife, Kaori." Shane introduced her wife and herself. "Your wife?" Hitomi asked, raising an eyebrow. "How can she be your wife, you're both female. Oh, I get it now, you're two dykes, just like my daughter." Both Shane and Kaori went O_O, not able to say anything. It was Haruka who spoke up. "I'd appreciate it if you would not refer to my parents as Dykes, Mrs. Kaioh." "Your parents, eh?" Hitomi echoed. "I can't believe it. Did they now allow dykes to adopt children? Our world is going down." "Mom!" Michiru cut in sharply. "How dare you talk about my friends like that?" Hitomi didn't reply anything, she just snorted. "Fine, then!" the elderly woman suddenly blurted out. "Go and move in with that…that…creatures! Have fun! Get happy! But don't think that you're welcome here any longer! And don't think that I'll be waiting with open arms for your return when your girlfriend here dumps you!" With that, Hitomi marched off, leaving the quartet behind, totally stunned. "Your mum surely has some…issues." Shane finally said. Michiru shrugged it off, pretending that she didn't care, although Haruka knew that the hard words of Hitomi surely had hurt her love, and continued to pack.
Later that day, the all three of the Strife family, plus Michiru, drove to a fancy restaurant for lunch. Michiru had been awfully quiet for the whole drive; Haruka, who knew what was bothering her love, just held her in her arms, gently running one hand through the long locks of her lover. From time to time, Kaori shot a worried look at Michiru, but the aqua haired girl didn't really react to them. She just snuggled up to Haruka, staring out of the window as if in deep trance. Finally, they reached the restaurant, Shane found a parking lot and they all climbed out of the car. Haruka refused to take her arm from Michirus waist, and the aqua haired girl gave her a thankful look while they walked over to the building.
"You want to talk about it?" Shane finally, after almost thirty minutes with Michiru not saying more than four words, asked. Michiru just sighed before she looked at the spiky haired. "Not now." She softly spoke, shoving the sushi on her plate around with her chopsticks. "Later, okay?" Shane nodded, sympathy shining from her blue eyes. Haruka put a gently hand on her lover's upper leg. "Don't worry, Michiru. Your mom will soon regain her senses." Michiru let out another sigh before she softly spoke: "I always knew that she wasn't happy with me being gay. But I didn't think that she would react that extreme…" She looked at Shane and Kaori. "I'm sorry that she insulted you." Shane flashed a bright smile at her. "Don't apologize, Michiru, it's not your fault." She then informed the aqua haired girl. "And we surely don't blame you." Kaori added, much to Michirus relief. "You know…I really envy Haruka." The aqua haired girl now said. "I wish my parents were like you two." Both Shane and Kaori blushed, and Haruka smiled at her girlfriend. Michiru smiled back at her, the first smile that crossed her face since they had left her ex-home. They shared a short kiss, and much to their annoyance, Shane and Kaori unison produced a weird "Awww" sound. "Stop that!" Haruka ordered as soon as the kiss had ended. Her parents "Awww"ed again, causing both Haruka and Michiru to laugh. After a short while of grinning, Shane and Kaori joined the two girls in laughing.