Chapter Six

"Practice in an hour," Chris roared and left. Ren changed with Shichigahama and got Haruki all together and rushed to the ice rink and talked to the coach and registered him in and kissed his head, and walked off. Ren smiles, walking in. "Get him all straight," Shichigahama asks. Ren nods and starts to stretch. The coach explained what to do, and the team did it perfectly. They went through the routine. Shichigahama's phone rang during their break. He answered and was talking and hung up. "Guys, say hello," he said to Ren. He smiles.

The practice soon ended. The boys went to pick up Haruki and stopped seeing him spinning and flipping like an all-star. Ren was recording it and was amazed. Shichigahama was too. Soon Haruki rushes over. "Can I come back tomorrow?" he asks. Ren nodded. "Yes, sweetie," he said. They headed home, and Ren made dinner for the team and yawned. Peter saw the food and sat down next to Chris. Shichigahama prays and nudges Haruki. He prays and eats. As time passed, Haruki got amazing at ice staking and won torments, and once he got to high school, he got dressed and picked up his sports bag and backpack and grabbed his skateboard, and rushed to the school. He clips his board to his pack and walks into class and sits down, and yawns. "Okay, class, we need to split into teams," the teacher said. He looks around and walks over to the captain of the football team, and sits down. Taylor looks. "Fuck" he mumbles. Haruki sighed. "Listen, you were the only one left, so relax," he said and opened his book. The teacher explained what they needed to do. Haruki was working. He smelled like fresh snow and a winter breeze. Taylor was watching him. The bell rang. Haruki got his stuff together and rushed out. He wanted to change before the football team got in the locker room. He was running and got stopped. "Fuck" he thinks. "Looks is sissy boy Haruki," one said and shoved him. "Ice skating is a sport just like football," he said. "It's also for girls, but I guess you have a pretty face, so let's fix that," he said and punched him hard, busting his lip. Haruki swallowed and grabbed his arm and twisted and broke it. "Don't touch me again," he said and shoved him and walked past him. He got called to the principal's office Shichigahama was standing there with Ren. He walks in. "Is it true you broke this boy's arm? Haruki's eyes widen. "He punched me in the face and was bullying me, and every time I come to you about it, nothing gets done, so I did something," he said. Ren looks. "Is that true? You didn't help when he came to you," he asks. The Principal sighs. "He is a star athlete," he said. Haruki looks. "So am I," he said. "Son, it's football," he said."Maybe this school isn't for us, Haruki," Ren said. Ren looks at him. "If we leave, so does everything. We won gold, and we got told this school was the best," he said—the principal swallows. "Okay, Ethen, no more bullying Haruki, and leave it at that," he said. Ren walks out and looks at his son's lip, and cleans it up. He sighs. "The judges won't notice," he said. Taylor walks by. "Fucking Ethan," he said softly and kept walking. Haruki went to class.

(Going to do a separate story for Hauki took me forever to find out what to do with him)