[ "A student," she scoffs, and Kano freezes on the other side of the door, because behind here he's safe and at least he knows his mother would never hurt anybody else. She absolutely wouldn't. She cared too much about what people thought of her.

But maybe this is no longer the mother he knows, because the growl she lets out is like that of a wild animal. "Do you know who I am, boy? I'm this ungrateful child's mother. Shuuya! Come out right this instant, do you hear me?!"

And then there's no way he can run; he can't disobey a direct order, so Kano flings open the door and steps right in front of Yuya so that he's right in between the two of them, hands out of his pockets and back towards the other boy, trying to make him step back too. ]

It's good to see you, Mom~ Sorry, sorry, I had my headphones on and couldn't hear you, you see? It was my mistake! It was my fault, I'm sorry!