Daughters of the Fox and Owl

Chapter 03

Characters of "Haikyuu!" and "Haikyuu! To the Top!" are not mines, rather Haruichi Furudate's. This is a work of fiction, some aspects of the original plot will be added in, but the plot in this story in particular is my friend and I's alone

-Warning-
*Slight Language

[Aria Akaashi Bokuto]

"*sighs* I can't keep covering for you like this, young lady. When will you learn to be more responsible of your actions?"

A peeved chuckle rumbles in my throat. The ticking of the clock in the principal's office sounds every now and again; either that thing's broken or it's broken. Reaching for my ponytail, I felt my white hair falls past my shoulders, feeling somewhat fatigued. I mean, who wouldn't be after beating upperclassmen's to their senses? No student was no stranger towards the bullying these people did, but instead of helping, doing something, or reporting to an authority perhaps when things had gotten out of hand, nobody did.

"Come again? I should learn to be more 'responsible'? No, no, no-this, this isn't about me; this is about this damn school and it's ridiculous system." I shift myself towards him, he now flinching at the intensity of my yellow eyes; "You and those teachers are not blind nor deaf, you know what goes on in your school. Why aren't you addressing the issue? Why aren't you helping? Why aren't you talking to those who are at the root of the problem instead of me? Why aren't you all actually doing your job?" The principal silently gulps. He knows better than to talk back. I'm barely holding myself back from anger; "Exactly, nothing. You and everyone else in this poor excuse of a school and its community, can't even do anything right-not one. So don't come and lecture me about responsibilities when you yourselves haven't done shit to help."

Fuming with anger, I hurriedly grabbed my belongings and headed out of his office, ignoring the principal's calls of return. And here you thought you were better than this. Shut up. What was it you promised: not to cause anymore trouble? Shut. Up. Wonder how you're going to tell dad about this~.

"Young lady, just what do you think-?"

"-SHUT UP!" Roughly shoving the person in front of me with my hands, they stumbled to the ground.

Snapping out of my thoughts too late, I saw an administrator before me in frustration and disbelief. You're a terrible person, and you know it. I rushed out, running towards who knows where; somewhere that'll keep others away from me. And look how that turned out. Misplaced a step, I went tumbling downhill the grassy meadow-which was hours away from the school. The rapid beating of my own heart sounded louder in my ears as I tried catching my breath, blocked out my thoughts that were racing through my head. Tiredly moving myself to lay down, I brought my arm over to shield my eyes from the shining sun. The leaves and grass being ruffled about by the wind, the river trickling from rock to rock and my now calm breath, was all I could hear as I laid still.

"... fucking hell." Lifting myself off the ground, I leaned over and got my backpack, fumbling to find some bandages for the cuts and bruises on my hands.

Looking at them one last time, I tucked a strand of my white hair behind my ear. *bzzt, bzzt* I stretched my body, not bothering to see who or what it was from, and decided to lay back down. Smiling and giggling as I peer to the sky and at the clouds, I thought: those clouds look funny.

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The sun's orange and reddish rays casts upon us as time continues like there's no tomorrow, and yet, there I was: standing in front of the house, unable to take another step forward. How can I? What was I supposed to say: hey dad and pa, how was your day? Oh, by the way, dad, remember what I promised you like three weeks ago? Yeah, I broke it just today. Anyways, what's for dinner? You could've stayed out longer. And be left cold and with no possible way of transportation back? No way. What if they hate you? They'd never. You shouldn't have come here. Where am I supposed to go? Lost in my inner turmoil, out came two male adults: one with black hair and blue eyes, who wore glasses and a worried expression; and the other who looks similarly as the female standing before them, just more buffer and has spiked hair with worry on his face, too.

Keiji looked away from his husband, watching where he was going when he saw his daughter standing there. Without a moment's notice, Keiji engulfed her into a hug, startling the female back into reality. "Oh, Aria! There you are! We were so worried about you!"

"Ah! Hey, hey, hey, Aria! Welcome home! We were just about to go and look for you. By the way, why didn't you answered my text earlier? I sent you like a bunch of them, you always text back unless-."

"-Kotaro." Said male quickly shut his mouth up. The other wondered as to why their daughter's body was stiff, until his mind drift back towards the email that the school sent. "Did something happened today?"

Moving my hands from sides to gripping my dad's shirt, tears came down as the thoughts from earlier and just moments ago, smacked me across the face. "I-they-you-... I'm so sorry, dad. I couldn't-I am so sorry."

Keiji gently stroke his daughter's head, trying to soothe her. "Sh~, it's alright. You have nothing to apologize for, Aria. Although I'm not entirely happy of your way of handling of certain situations, but the reasonings behind it all, that I can be happy about."

With a tear streak face, I look up at him, shock written onto it. "R-Really? You, you aren't mad at me?"

Kotaro hugged them both tightly, a big goofy smile plastered on him. "No! Why would we be? It doesn't matter what anyone says, we know our daughter well enough." Planting a kiss on my forehead and a small peck on his husband's lips, he picks me up suddenly and skipped to the house. "Now, come on! Our dinner is about to get cold! No one wants cold food!"

I laugh aloud, feeling the guilt lift off my chest. "Okay, pa! At least put me down!"
(1087 Words)

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How was today's chapter? What could've been better or been fine without? I accept any form of constructive criticism ^-^

P.S: I'm honestly not very proud of
this chapter. I had to restart it thrice,
and I was beyond frustrated, but I tried
my best into writing this as best
as I possibly could

P.S.S: I try my best to incorporate the
characters of the anime/manga as best as
I can, but not everyone is perfect so
therefore, I am not said perfect either. If
their personalities or something seem a bit
off or is just out of character, I apologize
in advanced