Title: Liar
Word Count: 359
Prompts: Eruption – Tree House – Broken Pieces
Seven-year-old Yuki was on her bed when she heard Headmaster Cross say, "Yuki fell out of her tree house."
Yuki sat up and set her picture book which was a tale of a princess and her knight onto her lap. She didn't remember falling out of a tree house, but she still wiggled her toes and fingers to check that everything was in working order.
"Well," the Headmaster's voice carried through the house, "it was very windy. In fact, the whole tree house fell out of the tree, broken pieces everywhere–"
Wait a second, Yuki thought. I don't have a tree house. Was the Headmaster going to build her one?
She got up and padded softly to the Headmaster's office, where he was on the phone.
"You should come at once," the Headmaster said.
"Headmaster," Yuki said softly.
"One minute Yuki, I'm on the phone," he said. Something was said on the other side of the line, and the Headmaster cringed. With a hefty sigh, he offered the phone to Yuki. "It's for you."
She took the phone gingerly and said, "Hello?"
"Yuki?"
She brightened at Kaname's voice. "Are you visiting today, Kaname-sama?"
"Apparently," Kaname said dryly.
Yuki stood on her tip-toes to lean her elbows on the desk. She started talking so fast that her mouth looked like it had a hard time keeping up. Headmaster Cross listened as she told Kaname about the book she was reading and the new dress she had gotten. She then started asking about this tree house that the Headmaster had just spoken of, and how she hoped he was going to build it soon. She erupted into a fit of giggles at something Kaname said.
Cross imagined Kaname had told her he could not wait to see this "tree house" the Headmaster was building as well.
He decided he would have to be more sneaky when calling Kaname about Yuki. It was causing him more physical work than necessary.
Cross also hoped that Yuki wouldn't mind if the tree house was under the tree. He was certain that Kaname wasn't going to allow him to put it above the ground.