She had to gather her thoughts quickly. She was a little worried since the little girl had blood on her shirt and her eyes were red and puffy.

“Oi, um does Fujino Shizuru live here?”

Natsuki eyed the little girl top to bottom, she was really hopping Shizuru didn’t even have any kids but the resemblance between the two was very obvious indeed.

The little girl gave the Natsuki a weird look, she wasn’t very tall, her eyes were the same color as Shizuru but her hair was darker more so like Natsuki’s, it was short too and it framed her face really nicely. You could see at first glance that she had attitude but somehow she also had that calmed demeanor “Miss Viola” had.

“Who are you? Why haven’t you introduced yourself, haven’t they taught you manners? And why are you looking for mommy?”

Natsuki’s eye twitched.

/MOM!! Oh please tell me it’s all a like Kami-sama. Don’t tell me this kid is her daughter/ was the first thing that came to natsuki’s mind after she heard the word mommy.

She was about to answer to the kid but was taken aback when a view of a bloodied Shizuru came to sight.

“Shizuru! Are you ok? What happened?” she rushed towards the chestnut haired girl trying to hold her and offer her some support, she seemed weak and her face was bruised.

“Mommy what are you doing you shouldn’t be moving around”

“It’s all right Miyuki” Shizuru replied as she tried stabilizing herself using Natsuki as support.

Natsuki was still surprised by that fact that “Miss Viola” was indeed a mother. None the less it wasn’t that, that surprised her the most. A bloody Shizuru topped the list.

“Hey Miyuki help me get your mom inside the house.”

The shizuru look alike was a little surprised considering she didn’t even know the raven haired girls name and she was helping her mother. She didn’t protest and led Natsuki inside the apartment. Natsuki carefully settled Shizuru on the couch.

“Shizuru what happened to you?” She wondered as she stroked the chestnut haired girl face.

Silence

“Oi, you think you can tell me your name by now?”

Natsuki had forgotten Miyuki was standing behind them. She turned around and sat on the floor right next to Shizuru. To be honest Natsuki was never really good with kids but somehow this one reminded her of herself when she was a toddler. So she was going to try to be as calm as she could.

“My name is Natsuki Kuga, Miyuki”

“Natsuki huh? That’s a nice name kuga girl but you still haven’t told me how you know mommy”

“ Miyuki behave, what have I told you about asking people so many questions, watch your manners.” Shizuru said as she tried to sit up.

“Sorry mom I didn’t mean to.” Miyuki apologized.

“Shizuru you shouldn’t move” Natsuki said as she gently pushed Shizuru back so she could rest.

It wasn’t until then that Natsuki noticed the state the apartment was in. There was shattered glass everywhere; there was a smell of alcohol too. The kitchen was a mess it seemed like a fight had just taken place.

“What happened here?” Natsuki wondered out loud not really asking anyone in particular.

“Mommy got in a fight with…” Miyuki didn’t get to finish because she was interrupted by her mother.

“Miyuki go get mommy some bandages”

Miyuki didn’t protest she nodded her head and left the room to go further into the house.

“Miss Kuga, I’m sorry you had to see this. It’s nothing serious.”

“Nothing serious? Vio… Shizuru your face is bruised your apartment is a mess and your telling me this is no big deal?”

Shizuru slowly got up and started making her way into the kitchen.

“What are you doing?” The raven haired girl wondered.

“Making us some tea, it’s easier to talk with a cup of tea wouldn’t you say?”

“TEA!! I should be taking you to a hospital” Natsuki beamed.

“Ara, ara I’m glad Natsuki worries, but no hospitals I can take care of this myself.”

Natsuki was about to protest when Miyuki walked into the kitchen carrying bandages and a first aid kit.

“Here you go mom” The little girl said as she placed them on the kitchen counter.

“Thank you honey”

Natsuki was still having a hard time adjusting to the fact that “Miss Viola” was indeed a mother. This was obvious to shizuru since she could see Natsuki lost face.

“Miss Kuga this is my daughter Miyuki” Shizuru said as she stroked the little girl’s hair.

Natsuki stood there looking at both and noticing the resemblance between both. The raven haired girl quickly extended her hand to greet the kid.

“Nice to meet you Miyuki”

“Yeah, yeah nice meeting you too” Miyuki said as she shook Natsuki’s hand.

She really wasn’t a bad girl she was just a little mistrusting when it came to her mom’s friends. She really didn’t like seeing her hurt, and somehow everyone she met ended up hurting her mother in some way or the other.

Shizuru glanced at Natsuki to see how she was doing. She was still surprised, but she looked less lost than before.

“So now that we’ve met Ms. Kuga can you tell me how you know my mommy?”

The question took Natsuki by surprise she wasn’t sure if Miyuki knew what her mom did for a living, and she couldn’t really tell her she came to look for here because she wanted to make her mom hers.

“Umm… I… we’ve” Natsuki stuttered and gave shizuru a look.

“We know ourselves from work Miyuki” Shizuru interrupted as she finished serving tea, giving Natsuki some needed help.

“Yeah, work”

Miyuki eyed her suspiciously. ”Mommy your friend isn’t very smart is she? The little Shizuru look alike commented.

Natsuki was taken aback by the statement. She was about to defend her intelligence when Shizuru stepped in.

“Ara, Ara Miyuki you are not being very nice to our guest are you? Mom needs to talk with Ms. Kuga so you should go watch some TV.”

“Talk? With her? Mom she doesn’t even speak coherent sentences”

“Why you little…” Natsuki interrupted as she approached the little girl with menacing looks.

She really didn’t get to do much damage since Miyuki left the room after she saw Natsuki take a step closer to her. She suddenly realized what she was doing when she heard “Miss Viola” giggling behind her. She turned around to face her scratching the back of her head flashing Shizuru a smile. She took some bandages from the counter and made her way closer to the chestnut haired girl.

“So um shizuru are you going to tell me what happened?”

Shizuru glanced back at the clock before answering Natsuki.

“Yes I will but not today Ms. Kuga. It would be best if you left.”

“Leave? What about you?”

“I’ll be fine, don’t worry” She said as she took the bandages from Natsuki’s hand, gently brushing her fingers with her skin.

The raven hair was about to protest when she heard her cell phone ring, it was Nao calling her.

“Yeah”

“Kuga, Reito is going back to his apartment I suggest you leave if you are there”

“WHAT? Didn’t you?” She suddenly stopped in mid-sentence remembering Reito’s girlfriend was infront of her. She closed her phone and put it in her pocket.

“Fine I’ll go but you still have to tell me what happened.”

Shizuru smiled at her and approached her slowly giving her a small kiss on her cheek, earning a blush from the biker girl.

“I will Nat-su-ki”

Natsuki simply nodded and made her way through the house making sure to say goodbye to Miyuki.