Persona Drabbles

Persona 3: It's Not an Excuse, My Dog LITERALLY Ate My Homework.

No.

There's no way.

Minato Arisato couldn't believe his eyes. He was only gone for a minute. When he left his homework was neatly spread across the coffee table, and once he came back, his homework has been ripped to shreds, covered in dog saliva, under Koromaru's small paws who was panting happily. There was no way in Tartarus Ms. Toriumi would believe this. For the first time in a long time, Minato was panicking.

What could he do? 'Could I tape it?' he wondered. I mean, it was worth a shot, right?

The boy ran to Koromaru, and tried to tug his homework back, which caused Koromaru to lift his paw. Minato looked over the papers... They weren't salvageable, great...

'Just how do I explain this? Do I bring it in anyway? No, she would think maybe i did it.. That excuse is really old and would never work..' Minato continued to think.. 'Oh! Could i ask Kirijo-Senpai if she could help me out? Actually, she might not believe me either..."

He was running out of options.. He might just have to tell her the truth.. He decided that would be best, and started to clean up. Minato didn't know what to do with his... shredded homework, so he just stuck it in his bag and just went to sleep.

*Next Day*

Minato walked to school with Junpei the next morning, feeling more tired than normal. Both boys walked into class and Minato watched as everyone brought their homework and gave to the person in front until they got to the front. Minato grabbed the papers from behind and quickly gave it to Yukari. He sighed as he watched Toriumi walk into the classroom right as the bell rang. He stood, bowed and sat back down with another sigh.

Toriumi started her speech as she gathered everyones homework. As she was looking through his rows, she stopped and stared at him.

"Arisato, where is your homework?" She asked him, the whole class now staring at Minato. He shrunk in his seat a little and opened his mouth to speak.

"Um, you wouldn't believe me.." He sunk even more as he felt her gaze at him sharpened.

"I won't believe you? Oh please, I've heard many excuses, yours can't be that bad." Toriumi folded her arms as she said that. "Amuse me."

Minato gulped. "Koromaru... My dog....ate...my homework...." he muttered. Toriumi made a "Hm?" sound so he spoke up a bit. "My dog... ate my homework.."

"...." Toriumi was silent as the everyone started to giggle. Toriumi sighed and facepalmed. "Really? You know that's the oldest excuse in the book. You actually expect me to believe that?"

Minato had to admit, he felt a little embarrassed. "It's the truth though. Would you like proof?" He asked, starting to grab his bag. He heard Toriumi walk up to him and reached her hand out as he brought the shredded paper out and handed it to his teacher. Toriumi's eyes went wide, staring at the mess her student had handed her.

After a minute of silence, she just sighed and handed it back. "I'll let it go just this once. Make sure it doesn'y happen again!" Minato gave Toriumi a nod and she walked back up to the front to start her lesson.

Junpei never let him live it down...