The lousy start to Kuwabara's summer only predicted worse things. Okubo went to camp, Kirishima's family went on vacation, and Sawamura was grounded for a prank gone wrong, leaving Kuwabara no one to play with for the first weeks of summer. It didn't help that things were tense at home because of Shizuru's refusal to attend high school like Mr. Kuwabara had wanted. She had also started working, which meant Kuwabara was spending days at his house alone, something he'd never done before.
This was why Kuwabara looked forward to Fridays. On Friday Shizuru didn't work but Mr. Kuwabara did, so Kuwabara could spend time with his sister without the tense atmosphere. Then Shizuru had to ruin that too.
"Dad, this Friday I'm going out on a date," Shizuru said.
Mr. Kuwabara eyed her. "With who?"
"His name is Shiro," Shizuru said. "He went to my school, but he was in a different class. We're just planning to go out to lunch and maybe catch a movie or something."
Mr. Kuwabara considered this, and finally shrugged. "I guess fourteen is old enough to date. But if he tries anything, I'm going to kill him."
Shizuru rolled her eyes. "You won't need to, Dad."
At first Kuwabara was just hurt and angered that Shizuru was going to leave him alone on the one day they had together, but then he got to thinking about Mr. Kuwabara's words. What exactly might this Shiro try? What could be so bad that he'd threaten to kill someone over it? Did Mr. Kuwabara think that Shiro would hurt Shizuru? The idea was infuriating. Maybe Shizuru wasn't worried, but if Mr. Kuwabara was worried, then the danger had to be real.
Kuwabara made up his mind. When Shizuru went on her date, Kuwabara would be following.
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AN: Campus internet is incredibly unreliable. Also, I went out of town. Those are my excuses.