Fairy of Shampoo

31.The Battle Has Begun

It was now the day of the battle between Toman and Valhalla. You stood in front of the floor length mirror that was propped up against the wall in your room. You only had the tokkoufuku jacket on as you didn't have the trousers yet so you wore your own black baggy trousers and an off white hoodie under your tokkoufuku.

You grabbed the blue brush that was sitting on the edge of your desk and you began to brush out all the knots out of your hair and used your other hand to gather your hair into a high ponytail. Some of your hair at the front of your face was too short to stay in a ponytail so you would to tie them back with clips. You used the gogo; that had a white cat face attached to it; that was already around your wrist and quickly tied your hair back with a smile once you were done.

While searching around your desk for clips you heard a knock on your bedroom door. You panicked, you needed to hide your tokkoufuku but you probably didn't have enough time. So instead, you whipped it off you, turning it inside out so the writing wouldn't be visible and you threw it over your desk chair.

Just as the jacket hit the chair, your door opened to reveal your mother with a small, shy smile.

"Hey Y/n, hope I'm not intruding", she said.

"It's fine", you said dismissively, you needed to leave soon and you hoped whatever your mother was here for wouldn't take long.

You saw your mother's face drop at your tone but she quickly masked it.

"Okay...well I just wanted to let you know that we were thinking of going out for a family dinner".

'Why did this had to happen now?', you thought. You started to feel the heavy feeling of nervousness in your chest but you knew you had to decline your mother.

"Sorry I can't, I need to help Kazuha with a project for school", you lied.

"Oh? On a Sunday? Do you have to? And who's Kazuha, I don't think I've met her before", she questioned.

"Yeah we have to give it in soon and you might have met her once or twice", you spoke, not giving much away.

"Oh okay then", she said a bit too sadly for your liking and you tried not to feel guilty, you knew why she wanted you to come; after all she probably still feels bad for a couple of years ago.

"See you later", she smile once more before leaving.

"Daichi dear, she isn't able to come with us this time", you mother yelled down to your father as she descended down the stairs. With soft steps, you followed her out of your room but stopped in the hall. You wanted to hear the conversation.

"What?! She's not coming!", your father harshly yelled back at your mother.

"Daichi please, she has a project to do and even if she didn't she doesn't have to come".

"No Yuko, she's apart of this family and she needs to start acting like she is", your expression dropped not to one sad but to an exhausted one, exhausted at your father's tone and words that he used too much for you to feel anything else other than exhaustion.

From his room, Shota came out, telling you that he wasn't going and that it was going to be just Mina with your parents. He gave you a look similar to yours before patting your shoulder.

He didn't say anything but he descended the stairs himself and yelled at your father.

"Dad, I'll be here, I'll just tell Y/n to do her project here so I can watch her", you knew your brother didn't care if you went out or not but this would be the only way your father would let you stay at home.

There was a brief moment of silence that you took was your father thinking.

"Fine fine, but you tell me immediately if she leaves the house at all, I don't want any more drama", he spoke harshly before leaving with your mother and Mina's steps following after his.