Ten minutes after the incident, I'm sitting at a table with Fukawa and I get approached by a teacher. She asks me, "Did you punch a boy?" I nod and she asks me to follow her. "Why? He started it!" I exclaim. She explains "I know that, but I still need you to follow me." I roll my eyes and reluctantly follow her. She takes me to the principals office, where the boy I beat in a fight, presumably his mom and my mom were waiting for me. "Sit down please, Endo," The principal commands. I pull out the chair next to my Mom and drop into it. "It's been brought to my attention that you two were fighting, is that correct?" I cross my arms and nod. I look over at the boy I fought, who has a dark bruise on the side of his face, I must've hit him pretty hard. I stare at the floor, the green carpet isn't very appealing. "Can you tell me why this happened?" The principal asks us. The boy lies to her, "He just came over and punched me, he's crazy!" My eyes dart towards him and my eyebrows furrow. "Excuse me? You got angry that I wouldn't make eye contact and punched me in the nose! Ask anyone and they'll tell you!" I yell. The principal tells me to calm down, "We have a few statements from students who saw the fight, and they align with what Endo has said. Kimura, you will have an hour detention tonight." The principal says sternly. His mother butts in, "What did you just say!? My son did nothing wrong, he deserves eye contact while talking to somebody. Your son is just a rude brat!" My mom stands up, offended by what this (clearly delusional) woman has just said.
"Well I'll have you know that Kosa has autism and he can't give people eye contact!" She retorts. I tense up, embarrassed at my Mom's outburst.
"You're lying," Kimura snaps at my mom, "he said in homeroom that he has a personality disorder, he can't have both!" He falls back in his chair, smirking as if he's won. His mother does the same. "Are you people stupid? You're acting like it's physically impossible for me to have both of them!" I hiss. The principal finally stops the conflict with a booming, "BOTH OF YOU, SIT DOWN!" The principal explains that she'll also need to give me a detention because of the harm I caused to him. It's only fifteen minutes though, I'm fine with that, because the boy still has an hour.
By the time I get back to the lunch hall, there's only five minutes until the end of break. I probably won't have enough time to finish all of my lunch. I walk over to the table that Fukawa is on. She's talking to a few girls as if she's known them for years. I sit across from her and pull out my lunch box. "Who's that?" One of the girls grunted. "It's just my brother! What happened with that teacher?" She commented. "I got a fifteen minute detention for beating the shit outta a guy, but he got an hour, so whatever" I recited. The girls break down laughing. Did I say something funny? "Sorry! That just caught us off guard!" One of the girls says. "Yeah, you don't look like the type to make comments like that!" Another one chuckled. Fukawa smiles at them and starts a conversation with me. I start eating my food, picking out the vegetables while I go. By the time the bell rings, i'm only half way through my lunch, and i'm still hungry. "I got totally cheated out of my lunch," I complain to Fukawa. She pats me on the shoulder and realises that she missed the stairs a while ago. She runs back, leaving me to walk back to my class alone.