1 Ch-1. Cold and Sweet Mothers

The scene is inside of a classroom. The 35 or so desks have class 7th imprinted on the front. The students are calmly sitting on their seats while one of them prepares to stand up.

The girl energetically stands with a notebook opened in her hands and turns her head to look at the back of the class.

There she sees several adults standing, she ignores most of them and immediately locks her eyes with the two, out of place women standing in between them.

Seeing them, the smiles on the girl's face grows into a cute bloom and she starts waving her hands towards them.

[Mother 1, Mother 2! you are really here!!!]

Seeing which, the two respond in completely opposite manners.

The short-black-haired one wearing a business suit, along with glasses that fit perfectly, excluding an aura of a serious businesswoman and the cold face that complements her aura. She crosses her arms and just nods weakly, observing the reaction of everyone around her.

The other is a red-haired one wearing a long frilly dress, along with a ribbon on her silky long and curly hair, excluding a strong feminine aura and bright face just like the girls. She starts waving both of her arms in the air in response to the girl's excitement.

[Didn't we promise! Now do your best!! Yaaaayyy! Fight! Fight! FIGHT!]

The whispers start erupting inside the classroom. The teacher in charge starts panicking, trying his best to calm the commotion down.

*whisper* eh? but where's the father *whisper*

*whisper*does the father has two wives?*whisper*

*whisper*I have heard about it, it's the new trend among these youngsters*whisper*

*whisper*poly..amorous or something like that? Oh my, I have heard about such a thing*whisper*

*whisper*could they be...you know...that? that new same gender stuff*whisper*

*whisper*hahhh the youngsters and their new things*whisper*

*whisper*I feel sorry for the kid*whisper*

Given the chance, everyone adult starts whispering to each other. Most of the children just confused about what their parents were talking about.

[Please, calm down parents. Keep quiet please..] but again the teacher's request falls to deaf ears

Surprisingly, the girl and her overly enthusiastic mother seem to just ignore everything and kept on waving at each other. Between them, it was the competition of who can be more energetic than the other.

The other, not so excited mother just kept on turning her head around to observe something. She closed her sharp cold eyes and took in a deep breath.

A few seconds later she opened her eyes and *DHUM!*

A loud sound entered everyone's ears and the silence was returned once more.

The mother opened her mouth slightly [Hikari, Read what you wrote].

A strong and resolute voice, filled with authority. Anyone foolish enough to look into her eyes was hit by a thousand knives that seemed to come out of her eyes.

[Yes, Mother!!] but the girl didn't seem to be affected by the aura of dreadful death emitting out of her mother.

Some people were brave enough to look the way the loud sound came from, there they saw a few small bricks falling to the ground and the hole large enough to fit a fist being present on the wall.

Consecutive sounds of saliva being gulped were heard the next second. The moment after, complete tranquility. Only the soft and high pitched voice of the girl could be heard.

[My Parents are the best mother and mother in the world. They take care of my every request and never let me feel sad. My mother works in a business company as a vice president, so she comes home very late. Even though her face is scary but she is very sweet. My other mother......]

and the essay goes on.

Today was parent teacher's meet at the Joseph trust middle school. Everyone was required to write an essay about their parents. Every student wrote heartwarming things about their parents, their efforts were rewarded by claps in the end and most probably treats by their parents when they went home.

But one thing that left an everlasting expression on everyone's mind was the pair of an overly enthusiastic mother who after the essay, picked up her daughter and started swinging in circles with her and the cold expressionless mother who just looked at them with hands crossed above her chest.....also the cement that was falling behind her.

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The scene changes to that of a room. Inside the room, the two mothers are trying to put their daughter to sleep. One was sticking beside her stroking her hair and telling a story while the other was writing something inside the diary.

[....and then, the villain who wanted to destroy all of humanity was brought to justice by the hero!]

[and then!? and then?!] the daughter too excited to fall asleep

[and then, the hero and his wife lived happily after! The End!]

[ehhhhhh???? but what about the villain?]

[hmm? he then served his life inside the jail? I guess?]

[eeeeeeeeehhhhh? but the villain didn't do it because he wanted to, he also deserves a happy ending!! This story is unfair!! unfair! unfair!!! ]

Hearing the last words, the cold mother abruptly closes her diary and stands up.

[Hikari, enough stories. It's time to sleep, tomorrow's not a Sunday]

[yups! she's right sweetie. Not go to sleep or there's won't be another story tomorrow]

[che! fine...] the girl quickly wraps her head around the blanket and with the speed of light starts snoring

the two mother couldn't help but laugh and after planting a kiss on the daughter's forehead, went outside the room.

[Hikki was marvelous today, wasn't she? Zarya!]

[She was, but I also noticed something, Azrael]

The two continue their walk and open the door to the balcony, making themselves comfortable on the swinging seat. Looking out to the silent night street filled with the noise of critters and bugs, with occasional drunkards hitting walls here and there.

[I may need to silence three of four kids in her class] no sign of laugh on Zarya's ever so serious face. Though she's probably joking.

[hmm, and why's that?] Azrael just listens calmly

[They were looking at our Hikari with funny eyes. ]

[and?]

[What do you mean "and"? Anyone who looks at our Hikari funnily, I will not allow them to see another day]

[Zaya, she's in middle school it's not good to be so protective, otherwise, it won't be long before she enters her rebellious phase. So turn down that murderous aura, you are making the bugs louder]

Zarya was not joking

[Hikari in her rebellious phase, no, no, it's not possible. She won't enter it, there's no way-----]

[hahhh, there she goes babbling again, lost in her own world]

Azrael just smiles and rests her head on her lover's shoulder as she continues to speak out non-coherent words.

Suddenly something soft hits Azrael's bare legs, she looks down and seeing a wrapped piece of paper, gives out a huge sigh. She pinches Zarya's belly [she won't me cold should-OUCH! huh? w-what is it] and passes her the piece of paper

Seeing the paper, Zarya's eyes become sharper and with a click of her tongue she opens the paper

She reads the contents of the paper and after a few seconds hands it back to Azrael.

[So, what is it this time?]

[Need to blackmail someone]

Azrael shoots her glare towards the entrance of the house. The three people standing there immediately shudder and one of them falls on their knee. To them, the glare was filled with chaotic lines and made them feel like Satan himself was looking their way.

[Azrael, it's no use scaring them. They are just doing what they were told]

[hmm, sorry] but expression said otherwise

[Just like them, we are also doing what we are told. But anyway, I will be back soon. If Hikari wakes up during the night--]

[Don't worry, I know. Just be quick, I can't sleep alone]

[Still scared?]

[yes]

[mm]

Azrael plants a quick kiss on her wife's cheeks and only then does Zarya finally goes away.

After a few minutes, Azrael sees Zarya leave in her usual business suit along with her suitcase, along with the other three people the four quickly fade into the darkness.

Alone, Azrael looks into the starry sky and reaches her hand out to something

'This story is unfair!!'

The words of her daughter suddenly rise inside her mind.

'unfair, hmmmm, unfair...it really is unfair'