He could see just by the little spaces created, the level of damage he had created, and Aki whistling and scratching her hair.
Narrowing his eyes at her, it was obvious that she had refrained from speaking on what had truly transpired.
"How could you have endangered your sister's life like that?!" Izumi screamed at the top of her lungs, pulling on Aki so she could be in front of them.
Tenji had his jaw dropped at the accusation put against him, he thought back to a few hours ago he had spoken with Aki–he had thought they had come to an agreement and a truce.
Even though he had expected such a reaction from their mother, the person he was more worried about was their father who had kept shut with an eerie silence for far too long.
"Tenji..."
His deep voice made Tenji grimace, "yes, father?"
Haru nodded his head as though he had conveyed a message while his eyes roved around the trashed living room.
'It's destroyed, but you can fix it with a snap of your fingers–as always.' Tenji hoped his father would do just so.
"... I had always been a defendant of your actions and I know your mother had always been a little bit unjust with her dealings with you and your little sister." Haru rubbed his chin and locked eyes with Tenji.
"Darling?!!" Izumi chastised and nudged him on the side in protest.
She wasn't too pleased with how truthful his words were even though she refused to acknowledge them.
"You know that's not my point, nor am I done." Haru clicked his tongue and shook his head.
Izumi looked down with worry on the point of emphasis to be done.
"As the eldest sibling, I know how hard it is to live with a little brat like Aki..."
"Father?!" Aki pouted and her face turned pink in embarrassment.
Tenji held back a laugh, knowing even though he stood, listening to his father would still backfire on him in the end.
Raising his hand before Izumi could butt in, Haru cleared his throat. "How could you be so reckless as to wreck here in this manner?!!!"
"We leave you two for a few hours and the next you're at each other's throats?"
Wanting to exclude herself from the accusation, Aki raised her index finger and spoke even though not permitted to do so, "technically, father, he was the one who–
"Could you shut up before I make you see the need to do so?!" Haru's eyes glowed as he spoke.
Gulp!
Scurrying behind Izumi, Aki held onto her as a means of protection.
"That thing almost got loose, didn't it?" Haru glared at Tenji.
At a loss for words, Tenji fumbled to come up with a meaningful sentence, "well... I..."
"We modified the whole place because of you and on the first day we decided to let you two stay home just for a few hours, you thrash the place?!" Haru snapped.
"Why did you stop by the house during academy hours?" Izumi cut in, scrunching up her nose and narrowing her eyes even further.
Tenji looked over at Aki, puzzled by a snippet of information out of his accusation–his students and Maiyu were out of the picture.
'What sort of story did you cook up this time, Aki?' Tenji let out a sigh of disappointment.
Aki secretly shook her head whenever she got the chance to lock eyes with Tenji.
Even though she had not sided with Tenji and told the complete truth, she had also saved him from explaining how catastrophic it would have been to their parents if the students and Maiyu that were hurt were brought to the limelight.
Making it seem like it was Tenji's careless fault for controlling his monstrous side and her getting caught in it was her best solution at also hiding her hand in what had happened.
Pouting and batting her lashes, she hoped her brother would go with the flow and use his quick thinking to bail them out.
'You are so dead after this conversation!' Tenji made a mental note and exhaled, ready to cook up the best excuse.
"I had forgotten my textbook for my class today, and had to get it back as quickly as possible..." He paused as a wicked idea crossed his mind.
Turning over to Aki, he pointed at her to which she swiftly dodged and blew a raspberry.
"Aki had tripped me over at the time when I wanted to leave in a hurry, scattering all of my delicate research all over the floor and stomping over a few to test my patience."
Lowering his head as though in the disappointment of his past action. "I know I shouldn't have been triggered by that trivial and childish behavior of my little sister, but when she had called me a monster with such hateful regard, I just couldn't take it anymore."
Tenji shook his head, dipping his hand into his bag, "if you need proof of my soiled research, I still have a few that are–"
Haru turned angrily towards Aki, "is that true?"
Aki's mouth gaped open in shock at the swift turn of events, knowing her brother and the fact that he had magic, she was confident he could as well conjure a 'solid proof' the moment he had his hand in that bag.
'You sly fox!' Aki thought through gritted teeth.
Reluctantly, she nodded her head and conceded to defeat. "I didn't mean to–"
Izumi pulled Aki by the wrist and led her in.
Haru folded his arms and shook his head.
Snap!
The broken pieces of the wall that had been destroyed repaired themselves and all displaced furniture was set to its original position.
"You could have done that earlier." Tenji deadpanned.
"Yes, but how would I be able to chastise you if everything was placed?" Haru countered.
Clutching onto the strap of his bag, Tenji walked past his father in hopes of avoiding the bigger question.
"Stop right there," Haru ordered.
'Fuck! Why did you have to remember when I was a few minutes away from my room?!' Tenji grimaced and turned around with a forced smile.
"Does it hurt?" Haru asked, his brows eased as he looked at Tenji with worry.
"Huh?" Tenji was stunned by the change in tone and words.
Pointing to himself, "me?"
"I don't know why my father had passed on that thing to you, but I had witnessed him in great pain in some moments of my life while he was alive," Haru explained as he wiped down his face in frustration.
'What?!' Tenji had his jaw dropped at the condition that he might have to face.
Shaking his head, he negated experiencing any pain because of it, but the next words from his father made him reconsider giving an assurance he was much stronger than his grandfather.
"Do you sometimes hear voices in your head urging you on?" Haru continued, looking at Tenji expectantly.
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