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“Score!” Amelia cheers as she reaches into the plastic bag to grab a snack.
“I can’t believe your mom gave you your allowance early, Ame.” Ina says as she gently reaches into the bag to grab her own.
“It’s because I aced the last test. She’s been really chill recently, and I think it’s ‘cause my grades are so good!”
“Well, either way!” Gura yanks a bar of chocolate out. “Thanks for sharing! And I’ll forgive you this once for bragging-”
“It’s not bragging if I’m just explaining, dummy!” Ame scoffs as she moves the bag full of other snacks away from Gura’s reach, who starts complaining.
“Hey, speaking of your mom,” Ina murmurs, catching both of their attentions. “Isn’t that her over there?”
Gura squints. “Yeah, with… is that…?”
Ame drops the bag.
“Here we go.” Kronii grinned as she unlocked the door before intertwining her fingers with Fauna’s.
“You’re sure about this?”
“Yeah,” Nodding, Kronii opened the door. “Ame’s hanging out with her friends today, so it’ll be just us.”
Fauna smirked as she pushed Kronii inside. “Good.”
Kronii hums into the sudden kiss, moving her arms to Fauna’s waist to guide her inside before closing the door by pressing her against it. Fauna’s own arms wind themselves around Kronii’s neck, pulling her in for more.
Her fingers entangle in dark hair as Kronii’s own hands start finding their way underneath Fauna’s blouse. Fauna responds with a meek noise that only makes Kronii hunger for more.
That is, until, a sudden light turns on.
“I KNEW IT!”
Both adults flinch at the familiar childish voice, immediately separating as if they were two teenagers that just got caught.
“Wh-” Kronii turns around, instinctively blocking Fauna who took a step to hide behind her, just peeking over her shoulder. “AME?? I thought you were out with your friends today!”
Amelia crosses her arms, nodding. “Yeah, yeah, I was…” She points a finger at the pair. “UNTIL WE SAW YOU TWO SHARIN’ GERMS!”
Kronii visibly cringed. “Why do you have to say it like that-”
“DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE FOR MY FRIENDS TO ASK ME WHY OUR TEACHER AND MY MOM ARE SWAPPIN’ SPIT???”
Kronii glared at Amelia, who let her arms drop as she gulped nervously.
“First of all, what did we say about yelling inside?”
Amelia sulked. “Don’t do it unless we’re hurt…”
“Secondly, what’s with your vocabulary? You can say kissing, it’s not a curse word.”
Amelia kicked at the ground. “But it’s embarrassing…”
“So is having my kid yell at me for having a girlfriend.” Kronii sighed as she looked over her shoulder to Fauna, who intertwined their hands again. “Sorry about this.”
“It’s fine…” Fauna whispers, cheeks still burning with embarrassment. “M-maybe I should go…”
Kronii’s eyes widened with panic, her heart dropping to her stomach. “W-wait-”
Her words are cut off by a gentle peck on her cheek. “Text me if you can’t make it on Friday.”
The mother nods slowly, still reeling back from the simple kiss. She takes a step back to properly open the door for Fauna, who shares one more glance with Kronii that would’ve been accompanied with words if either of them knew what to say.
Instead, they just both nod again as Kronii closes the door, leaning against it and covering her face with a palm.
“Mom-” Amelia speaks up, but she closes her mouth as Kronii brings up her free hand to stop her.
“Just…” Kronii sighs. “Give me a bit to mentally recover. We can talk about this later, okay?”
Amelia nods, guilt stirring in her stomach as Kronii kicks herself off the door to start walking. “Okay…”
She blinks as Kronii ruffles her hair a bit, looking up confused.
“I’m not mad, okay, Ame?” Kronii reassures her.
Amelia looks down, not being able to handle the eye contact. “You’re disappointed?”
“A little bit, but not with you.”
Amelia looks up again. Kronii smiles at her.
“You’re not in trouble, don’t worry.”
“But mom-”
The hand leaves her head and the warmth starts to fade as Kronii takes a step away.
“We’ll talk later.”
Amelia sighs, watching her mother walk into her bedroom before closing the door behind her. She doesn’t understand it completely, but there’s still a feeling of doubt that rests in her stomach.
Kronii’s had partners before, but the thought of any of them furrows Amelia’s eyebrows.
What if Fauna is like them too?
Pivoting with her heel on the floor, Amelia turns around and walks to her room, her brain already racking itself at given information. She takes out her phone on the way and begins texting her friends.
“Ame, what the heck?” Gura says from atop a table, swinging her legs. “I thought we were hanging out today?”
“We are.” Amelia responds absentmindedly as she watches the car pull into the lot.
“Then why’s your mom here?”
Amelia doesn’t respond, instead looking down to check the time on her phone. School ended an hour ago, and since it was a Friday, teachers would be allowed to leave soon. Of course, some would stay a bit later just in case, but according to her estimates…
Her eyes glance upwards at a familiar adult exiting the building.
“Hey!” Ina perks up. “It’s Miss Ceres!”
She almost starts walking forward, but is held in place by Amelia’s arm stopping her.
Amelia’s eyes continue to track Fauna as the adult grins brightly at the sight of Kronii exiting the car before leaning against the front of it, waiting for Fauna. Fauna picks up speed as she heads over, throwing her arms around Kronii’s neck, who greets her with a little peck on the cheek.
They stand there for a moment, talking with their arms wrapped around each other. Gura gags from behind her.
“Are we just here to watch your mom and Miss Ceres smooch? ‘Cos I’m not really… blehhh…”
“I think they’re cute! They seem perfect for each other.” Ina smiles. “But I don’t really get why we’re still here…”
Amelia sighs. “Because what if they’re not perfect for each other? Wh-what if they’re all lovey dovey now, but then they- y’know…”
Ina and Gura share a look before Ina reaches forward, rubbing Amelia’s shoulder.
Gura huffs as she hops off the table with a little jump. “Then let’s follow them!”
Amelia looks at her. “You sure? I don’t- If you guys don’t want to…”
“If it’ll make you feel better,” Ina offers. “We can. Plus, we’ll still be hanging out, so technically we’re still following our own plans!”
“Yeah!” Gura nods before making a disgusted face. “But if they’re gonna stick their tongues down each other’s throats, I’m out.”
“Ewwww!” Amelia and Ina both cringe.
“Why would you say that?!” Amelia takes a step back, leaving Ina to cover her face with her hands.
“Now the image is in my head…”
“Sorry!” Gura apologizes. “Isn’t that what couples do?!”
“How would we know?!”
“Yeah, why do you know???”
Gura sputters. “M-movies?! Where else?!”
Ina moves her hands lower to cover her bright red cheeks. “You don’t cover your eyes when they- they- they-”
“Ah!” Amelia interrupts both of them, watching the car back out of the parking space. “They’re going!”
“Wait.” Gura pauses. “Are- are we supposed to tail the car… on foot ?”
Amelia starts running down the sidewalk. “Hope you have a good grade in P.E!”
“Wah!” Ina chases after her.
“Wait!” Gura yells, already stumbling. “You know I failed that class, right?!”