Kuwabara was in his room working half heartedly on his homework when his dad got home from work and came to speak with him. Kuwabara had known this talk was coming and had dreaded the thought of it all day.
"Kazuma," he said, "I want you to explain to me why you thought it would be okay to skip school just because Urameshi dared you to."
"I knew it was wrong," Kuwabara admitted. "But Urameshi called me a coward for not skipping, and I wanted to prove him wrong!"
Mr. Kuwabara sighed. "Kazuma, it's never cowardly to do what's right. Sometimes doing the right thing isn't easy or fun, and sometimes people will make fun of you for doing the right thing; but you should never let that stop you from doing what needs to be done. Giving into peer pressure and doing something wrong shows that you're weak."
Kuwabara slumped, utterly crushed. "I'm sorry, Dad."
He smiled at Kuwabara. "I know you are. Promise me you won't give in to peer pressure like this again?"
"I promise," Kuwabara said.
His dad hugged him. "Good. But I'm still going to drive you to school until you prove you can keep your word."
Kuwabara nodded, new determination filling him. He'd show his dad that vows made by Kazuma Kuwabara would never be broken.
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