Under the Hat

A Azumanga Daioh fanfic

By:

Chison

Coming to the front door, Bironu unlocked the door, and let himself in shutting the door behind him. Looking around the small house, everything was still packed away in boxes, from pots and pans to books and movies. He sighed as he made his way carefully through the house, he looked at the clock hanging from above the sink: it read 4:35. "My mother is not going to be home for another three hours…" Bironu thought to himself, then sighed and started to make his way up the stairs, opening the door to his right, he walked into his room, and flopped himself onto his bed. Just then, a white cat jumped on his bed, "Well Norton…it was my first day at school…" he started petting the cat, but he sat up closing the blinds and slowly took off his hat.

Bironu yawned, stretching out his arms, and he put his hands on his head, feeling around for something, then with a little effort, a pair of cat ears slowly lifted from his hair. "Man…it hurts to have my hears fold under my hat all day…" Scratching his ears, Norton meowed, he took his attention from his ears, and started to pet Norton again, and started off into space. "There is something really strange about Sakaki…I'm not sure what it is…I'm sure she likes cats…but I don't know…" Just then, Norton jumped down from the bed, leaving Bironu alone in his room, who looked around for the remote for the T.V.

Time suddenly seemed like no object, Bironu was channel surfing, but then something clicked in his head: He had homework to do! Walking downstairs, he grabbed his book bag, and pulled out his work, setting it on the table, and walked to the fridge, looked around for a second, then found a glass of leftover milk. Grabbing it out of the fridge, he chugged it down, licking his lips as he finished, we went back to the table, found a pencil from the book bag, and started to do his homework for tomorrow.

"Byron? I'm home!" His mother echoed into the house, however he was fast asleep on his homework, which he had finished, but couldn't keep awake for anything else. His mother had black hair and a set of dark eyes, and wore a business suit, setting her purse down on the counter; she walked to him, listening to his steady breathing. Putting a hand on his shoulder, "Byron…are you awake?" He stirred, shifting his body on the chair, and slowly opened his eyes. "Mom? When did you get home?" pointing to the door, "just now sleepy head." She walked around to the other side of the table, and sat down, "so…how was your first day at school?" Byron let his eyes wander, saying, "Oh…it was fine…no one took off my hat, so it was ok."

His mother averted her eyes, saying, "I know its nothing you wanted…I didn't even realize what your father was doing to you…" Cracking a smile, Byron responded, "Its not your fault mom…No one didn't even know he was doing experiments right?" Byron got up from the table, putting his homework back into the bag, then he walked to the door, saying, "I'm going for a walk…I'll be back soon." But he made his way up to his room, and found his black hat, put it on, forcing his ears back down on his head, he waved to his mother, and walked out the door.