Kuwabara could tell that his dad was frustrated and disappointed that he had to leave work in the middle of the day to pick Kuwabara up from school, which only added to the pile of misery he felt. Short of the day he found out his mother died, this was probably the worst he'd ever felt. He'd been cruelly rejected by his first love, mocked by Urameshi, defeated by Urameshi again, and his dad was mad at him.
It was a miserable boy indeed that climbed into Mr. Kuwabara's car and strapped himself in.
"Want to tell me what all this was about, Kazuma?" Mr. Kuwabara asked as they pulled out of the school parking lot.
Kuwabara opened his mouth to explain and burst into tears.
Mr. Kuwabara said some words that would have had Mrs. Kuwabara washing his mouth out with soap. A few moments later he was pulled over and had Kuwabara settled into his lap.
Kuwabara clutched his dad's shirt and cried hard for several minutes. He finally settled down enough to tell his dad what had happened. When he was done, his dad sighed and ruffled his hair. "A talk this big deserves some ice cream. What do you say we go get some?"
Kuwabara nodded, never one to turn down ice cream.
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AN: Sorry to be MIA for so long. For whatever reason, it's much harder for me to consistently update when I'm off school for the summer. At any rate, I know I won't be able to update on a set schedule for the summer, so updates will go back to being random (though I do hope to keep them frequent). Thanks for your patience!