Oneshots!

#21 Uncle Meli?

Meliodas gets called into the principal's office because of his brother and sister in law being stuck at work. Getting there in confusion, he gets a lecture about his nephews behavior. One that goes unappreciated by little Syrus's uncle.(If Zeldris and Gelda have a kid in the manga then I don't know about him so I'm making this up as I go.)

Meliodas had been confused from the phone call he had just received. Zeldris had asked- more like begged- him to go pick up Syrus from school. The young boy was only about nine or so for a demon/vampire hybrid, and went to the same school that humans did due to the lifestyle Zeldris and Gelda had chosen for their family.

Normally, he would be leaping at the opportunity to see his little nephew, however the fact that it was only eleven in the morning and Syrus was supposedly in the principal's office, made him a bit nervous since it was implied Syrus had done something wrong, and his uncle wasn't used to taking care of these kinds of things.

He was seen as the fun one that Syrus's parents would scold for spoiling him. Who could blame him though? The little thing was adorable! And just about the closest thing he would get to having a child of his own since a Goddess and Demon couldn't have children because the opposing magic types would kill the child instantly.

Sighing at the depressing thought, he instead focused on the no doubt awkward conversation to come. Feeling more and more anxious as he approached the large doors that would take him to the "fun" talk ahead.

Opening them quietly, he gulped as he saw the already small child look so much smaller in the chair he sat in, no doubt from knowing that whatever he had done, he would be punished for it.

"Mr Tatsuya, I'm glad you could join us. Take a seat."

His voice was not necessarily harsh, but the word cold could definitely be used. He could tell already this would be an unpleasant conversation for both him and his nephew who seemed to shrink down further into his seat that was next to the one Meliodas sat in now.

"So I hear there's some trouble going on? I mean, I may not have gone to a human school, but I'm pretty sure getting called to pick up a kid at eleven in the morning isn't a good sign."

He gave a nervous chuckle that was met by silence and an unwavering expression that if you looked at it long enough, you might think it was a piece of stone painted as a human expression.

Oh boy... looks like the kid must have REALLY screwed up for how serious this guy is. That or he just has a very very VEEERY big stick up his butt.

"Ahem... So what is going on? How much trouble is he in?"

"I'm afraid that's up to you or his legal guardian, however I strongly advice drastic measures to be taken."

"Really? That bad huh..."

"By school standards, absolutely. Zeldris was found screaming at another student, shortly followed by him calling the child a filthy pig. Although no physical damage seemed to be done, we can't be sure. And putting visible wounds aside, the child was in tears and his parents are furious."

Emerald eyes blinked in shock and confusion. That didn't sound like his sweet little nephew at all. He was both the most shy and pure little child he had ever met, regardless of his demon heritage. Something must have pushed him.

"Syrus.. is this true?"

"We don't need his input when our teachers saw the events themselves Mr Tatsuya."

"Thanks, but I'd like to hear the kid's point of view."

The boy looked almost frightened at the question, as if he said the wrong thing he would be screamed at. Looking back and forth between his uncle and the glare he was getting from the principal that didn't go unnoticed by Meliodas, he shrunk further into his chair until he was hardly visible from the other side of the desk.