"Kazuma," Mr. Kuwabara said with a frown after Kuwabara got home from the park. "Why do you smell like smoke?"
Kuwabara's eyes widened. He hadn't thought that Mr. Kuwabara would be able to smell the cigarette smoke on him, and he knew if his dad found out what he'd done he'd be in big trouble. "I don't know," Kuwabara said, unwilling to admit that he'd tried smoking with Urameshi.
Mr. Kuwabara frowned and crossed his arms over his chest. "Is that so?"
Kuwabara felt his face flush under his dad's stare, guilt for the lie already eating away at him. "I tried smoking a cigarette with Urameshi," Kuwabara admitted.
Mr. Kuwabara's frown deepened. "Haven't I told you that you're too young for smoking, and you're not allowed to do it?"
"Yes," Kuwabara said.
"So you deliberately disobeyed me," Mr. Kuwabara said.
Kuwabara wilted. It wasn't like he'd set out to disobey his dad! It had just sort of happened. But he had known that trying that cigarette was against the rules when he'd done it, so he supposed in a way his dad was right. Kuwabara had known the rule, and he'd purposely broken it.
"Yes," Kuwabara finally said.
"I'm disappointed in you, Kazuma," Mr. Kuwabara spoke the words that Kuwabara hated hearing the most. "I thought you had more respect for me than that."
"I'm sorry," Kuwabara said miserably.
"You're grounded for the next week," Mr. Kuwabara said. "No leaving the house without me, no video games, and no friends over. Do you understand?"
"Yes, sir," Kuwabara said.
"Good," Mr. Kuwabara said, and then he hugged Kuwabara. "I still love you, Kazuma, but when I make a rule, I make it for a reason, and you have to obey me."
Kuwabara hugged him back. "I love you too, Dad."
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AN: I intend to start updating ever Sunday now. Depending on how my writing goes, you may get a random update during the week as well, but Sundays are the definite update day right now.