Fourth floor common room, Monday morning

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Ami walked Akira to the common room and sat him down on the couch with one of her encyclopedias in Japanese. //"Lets see. We have apples and carrot sticks and tomatoes. You want a rice-ball with those?"// She was not about to offer her kid candy or ice cream for breakfast.

[open as common rooms are. The TV is off at the start]

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"//I like to read. You make me do math work so I can play with my toys. I like the toys. Action figures!//" he exclaims, making swooping fly-y motions with his hands like a superhero.

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//"You do not like the Math work?"// Ami asked, slightly surprised.

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"//I do,//" he replied. "//It's fun, but not as fun as action figures! Sailor V! She's so cool!//"

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Ami chuckled. //"True. But you know, she has to do a lot of math in her head, to know how to catch the bad guys the best way. So i bet she has to find math fun as well."//

The rice boiled and Ami too it off the heat to finish cooking.

//"So... do you think you could describe your Father-san for me?"// she really was curious...

[akira-chan1.livejournal.com]

"//Father is Father. He's older. You're older, to, Mama.//"

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//"I would hope so!"// Ami chuckled. //"But... what does he look like? What does he do? What do you and he do together?"//

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"//He looks like Father,//" Akira said. Without a 'duh' because he'd never. Really. "//He's tall. Brown hair. He says I look like you and you say I look like him, but he's more pale. Blue eyes.//"

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Right. Caucasian. How useful. She had figured THAT out.

//"Does he live with us in Tokyo?"// She shaped the rice-ball and added a pretty seaweed bow to it. Handing him the rice, she handed him a glass of apple juice to go with it.

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"//He travels a lot,//" he nods. "//And sometimes you're at work and sometimes you're off doing your Sailor--I'm not supposed to say.//" He claps his hands over his mouth, eyes like saucers.

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//"I am off doing my what?"// So, who ever she had this kid with traveled a lot. But did live with them... Well that was encouraging to know...

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"//It's a secret,//" he says, putting his hands over his mouth again.

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

//"Yes dear, but if i am the one doing it, you can tell me..."// Which was probably not fair to the kid.

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He drops his hands. "//You're Sailor Mercury. It's a secret!//"

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Ami blinked. //"I see. That is a secret."// If only she knew what it was... Was this what Setsuna was talking about earlier? //"Have you told anyone else?"//

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He shook his head.

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//"Good."// Because no kid of hers would ever lie. //"You are going to come to class with me today, but you are going to have to be very very quiet..."// God she hoped he could be quiet.

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He nodded. He could be quiet. He looked around for something to do while being quiet.

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//"You don't have to be quiet now, just later, in class. This is Mama's time to be in school."// She figured he had the book, and she could get him some pencils and paper maybe?

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Akira nodded. Pencils, paper, book. Happy!

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Ami ruffled his hair again, and got herself some breakfast.

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He grinned and straightened his hair. YoungMama was silly.

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//"How did you end up here anyway? This place is weird, but still..."// She was curious if he was here to stay forever or what...

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He was silent, and just grinne.d