Haruka finished her dinner in record time, much to the surprise of Shane and Kaori, and to the happiness of Michiru, who couldn't wait to "kidnap" Haruka and drag her off into the bedroom. "I'm done!" the blonde called out as soon as she had swallowed the last bite of fish. "Michiru and I will go to my room now, okay?" Shane just nodded, dumbfounded, while a knowing grin appeared on Kaori's face. "Fine with us, Haruka. Have fun, you two." She winked, and both Haruka and Michiru blushed furiously. The two of them quickly left the dinner room and hurried upstairs, Harukas bed waiting for them.
"That was wonderful." Michiru whispered, looking up at Haruka, who smiled at her and pulled her closer. "Same here." She replied, her hands stroking her lover's body. Michiru let out a happy sigh and closed her eyes. "I wish I could stay here." She mumbled, already halfway in dreamland. "With you…and your family." As soon as the last word was spoken, Michiru had fallen asleep, but Haruka laid awake for a long time, thinking about Michirus words – and thinking about asking Shane and Kaori if Michiru could stay with them.
The next morning, Haruka and Michiru woke up when the doorbell rang. Shane's cursing could be heard from the room next door, then the door opened and the spiky haired thundered down the stairs. Haruka groaned and sat up, causing Michiru to slide off her in the process. "Who could that be?" she wondered out loud while putting on a wide shirt and boxers. Michiru just shrugged and just wanted to turn around to sleep some more when the door opened and Shane poked her head in. "Michiru, your mother is here." The blonde informed the two. Michiru groaned and covered her eyes with one hand. "What does she want now?" she asked, sighing. Haruka shrugged and poked her lover's ribs. "Go downstairs and find out." She suggested. Michiru took her hand down again and looked at Haruka. "Will you come with me?" she finally asked. Haruka nodded, and Michiru climbed out of the bed, forgetting that she was completely naked. "Whoa!" Shane cried out, her eyes nearly falling out of her head. "DAD!" Haruka yelled. "You can't look at my girl when she's naked! Turn around!" Michiru eeped and quickly used the blanket to cover herself while Shane stammered and excuse and quickly moved away from the door until she was facing the wall. "Sorry!" she called out once more. "It's okay." Michiru replied while she scampered around the room, collecting her clothes and putting them on. As soon as she was fully clothed, she quickly ran a brush through her hair, then she was ready to face her mother. "Let's go down and talk to the dragon." Haruka spoke, earning a giggle from Michiru. "Don't let her hear that, she'll hate you even more." She then said. Haruka just shrugged. "I think I'll get over it. C'mon honey, let's go."
"Hi Mother." Michiru spoke, looking at her mother, who stared back at her coldly. "Hello, Michiru." She finally replied. "What do you want?" Haruka butted in, earning a hateful glare from Hitomi. "What is it, Michiru, are too cowardly to talk to me alone?" she then asked, completely ignoring Harukas question. "No, I'm not." Michiru replied coldly. "But Haruka is my girlfriend, and she should know what you have to say, too." Hitomi huffed at that. "Fine then, if you insist. Michiru, I want you to come home again. Right now." Michiru had to keep herself from laughing into her mother's face. "Yeah right! And why should I, after all you did?" "Because I'm your mother, you do what I tell you, and because I don't want you to live in this sick household!" Hitomi yelled. "Hey!" Shane and Kaori butted in from their hiding place upstairs. Hitomi looked up at them, her eyes blazing with anger. "Don't you hey me, you two dykes!" "That's it." Shane mumbled, stomping down the stairs before Kaori could stop her. The spiky haired stopped in front of Hitomi and took in a deep breath before she started to shout at the surprised woman. "Who do you think you are?! You dare to come here, insult me, my wife and my daughter, and want Michiru to come home again after all you did to her? What's the matter with you, did your mother throw you in the air three times and only caught you twice? Leave right now and don't dare to bother us again, understand?! Michiru doesn't want to go back to you, so accept her decision and let her live her own life, for God's sake!" "How dare you to use God's name, dyke! That's blasphemy!!" Hitomi cried out. Shane just gaped, unable to say anything now. Luckily, Kaori decided to come down the stairs right now and provided backup for her husband. "Leave our land right now." The redhead stated, her voice as cold as ice. "Or we'll call the police." "Oh yes, I will leave." Hitomi snarled. "But not without my daughter!" and with that, she reached out to grab Michirus wrist. "Don't. Dare. To. Touch. Her." Haruka pressed out between gritted teeth, flames nearly bursting from her eyes. The tone in the blonde's voice was so furious that Hitomi automatically pulled her hand back and stared at Haruka. Then, she regained her ego, and before the Strife family plus Michiru knew what had happened, Hitomi had lashed out and slapped Haruka hard across the face. "Okay, that's it." Shane spoke as soon as the noise of the slap had faded away. "Enough is enough." With that, the blonde stepped forward, grabbed the cursing Hitomi and threw her over her shoulder, as if she was some kind of bag. "Dad!" Haruka called out, shocked. "What are you…" Shane simply ignored her daughter and carried Hitomi away from the house, through the front yard and out on the street, where she dumped her. "If you know what's good for you, you stay away from my family." The spiky haired spoke between gritted teeth. "And with family, I mean Kaori, Haruka, myself and Michiru." With that, the blonde turned around and walked back into the house, leaving a fuming Hitomi behind.