Resting at Home

A Azumanga Daioh fanfic

By:

Chison

Flipping through the channels, Bironu didn't find anything to take his mind off the dream he had, and turned off the television and opened a small drawer beside his nightstand. "I know I put it in here…" he told himself, looking through the storage, and he finally found it: a blue notebook. Opening it up, he grabbed a pen, and started writing things down, about his father, and other things about school. The only time Bironu stopped when he heard the front door open and close with a thud, taking his attention from the notebook, he closed it tossed it on his bed and walked downstairs. "Hi mom…" Bironu said, with a wave, and a smile came to his mother's face. "Hello son…" she said, carrying her bags inside, she shut the door with her foot, and flopped the bags onto the floor. Sensing her weariness, Bironu picked up the bags and carried them upstairs, and put them into his mother's room and made his way back to the living room, where his mother had already fallen down onto the sofa. "Sorry I am so lazy Bironu…I am so tired…" She said with a little rasp in her voice, in response Bironu simply nodded and sat beside his mother.

"I had that same dream again…about the cat." He said, and she looked into his eyes, "are you all right?" Bironu nodded, "yes…but sometimes I wonder…" She put her arm around Bironu's shoulders, "What would have happened if Dad hadn't experimented on me?" She shook her head, "I still would have moved away from him…before he did anything else." Suddenly, a growl slowly rose in sound coming from Bironu. "Have you eaten dinner?" He shook his head, and she rose to her feet and wandered into the kitchen and opened the fridge, "we have…Salmon…Stir fry…or would you like something else?" Bironu got up from the couch and joined his mother at the fridge and took a look for himself, and after searching a moment, he grabbed the stir-fry. "I'll just have the rest of this." He said as he took the bowl and placed it into the microwave, setting the timer for two minutes. "Well…I already ate on the way home, so I'm going to bed…Don't stay up late, you have school in the morning…" her voice trailed off as she climbed the stairs, leaving Bironu downstairs by himself, only the beeping of the microwave brought back his attention to his meal.

After eating his fill, he called Norton to his bowl, and put some of the leftovers into his bowl, in return, Norton gave a big meow and started to eat. Setting the dishes into the sink, he looked at the time, it was now 10:48. "I guess I better get to bed…" Bironu spoke to himself as he climbed the stairs, walking slowly trying not to wake his sleeping mother. Passing her room, he found the washroom and began to brush his teeth, and then found his way back into his room, and changed into a pair of pajamas, and climbed into bed…