Your mother's furious glare seemed to burn straight through your skull as your eyes widened with apology and a slight hint of terror. You could see her lip twitching in hostility, and her eyes burn with irritation.

"Uh..... Hi, mom!..." You gritted your teeth as you talked, your eyes still rounded with fear.

Her unmoving fire of a glare remained fixed on you. "Where... Were... You...?!" she growled.

"I... Uh... Went for a walk with Irene." You seemed to think that would work at the moment, which wasn't a wise decision.

She simply snarled at you. "And that's why your shoulder is stitched? And your shirt sleeve is all bloody?!"

You realized that now, that your torn up short sleeve was stained with the dried coppery-red of stale blood. There was no covering that up.

"Well... You weren't home, so I decided to go for a walk. Then I was attacked by a ghoul and this CCG officer took me in and fixed me up..." you trailed off with reassurance as you mumbled.

Your mom's eyes rounded suddenly. "Oh, honey... Are you all right?" She suddenly swooped forward and trapped you in her cozy arms, pulling you close. Your eye twitched as you gritted your teeth and mad a disgusted "guh" noise. You were suddenly buried in her velvety shirt.

You tried to propel away quickly with thrashing arms, pressing them against her and leaning back. "M-mom!! I told you, I'm fine! They fixed m-me.. Ugh!!... Up!!" You coughed with the pressure on your lungs.

She let you escape from her tight motherly arms, which reminded you of the strength of a gorilla.

You nodded as she smiled back. "Alright," she said, "but now you must be more careful from now forward."

"'Kay." You nodded and gave her a tight-lipped smile and trudged off. You trotted into your room— your sanctuary —and closed the door with a click. You let out a sigh of relief and brief annoyance, closing your eyes more. As you opened them, something caught your view. You heard a loud rattling noise, which also led you to turn to the noise and follow through to pace over to the window. You opened it with confusion, not even stopping and inking for a moment that it might be a ghoul out of pure curiosity and stupidity. You slid it up, hitching it open, and leaned out to press nose-to-nose with another being. Red eyes met your own [e/c] eyes. you leapt backwards with a shriek, pressing against the far wall by your bed for safety. The figure stepped through he window and into your room, red eyes glinting with amusement, and a Cheshire Cat grin curled on his face. You screamed and threw the nearest object sitting on your bed, which so happened to be a coathanger. The figure dodged it easily, as you had a magnificently horrible aim, mostly out of your frantic, graceful flailing. As the figure slammed into you and pinned you to the wall, you noticed and recognized him.

"Suzuya fucking JUUZOU!!" You screeched like the angriest pterodactyl you had ever imagined.

Suzuya closed his eyes with pure amusement. "That's me!" He let you go and stepped back, extending an arm and passing you something. "You forgot your jacket at headquarters, and I wanted to return it."

Your eyes rounded as you examined it. The crusty-blood splattered coat that you had slipped on, gotten bitten with, and apparently left there. Come to think of it, you didn't have it on, and that's why your mom said "your shirt" instead of referring to "your jacket" as you entered the door. You gingerly reached out and took the coat, nodding in gratitude. "Er.... Thank you," you mumbled quietly.

Suzuya simply returned your thanks with a happy smile. He turned a bit and scooped you up, triggering your panic and confusion and resulting in a yelp. He swung you around, which surprised you that he had that much strength, considering his skinny posture. He suddenly dropped and pinned you to the bed, straddling your hips with his knees as he countered you on his hands and knees. You blushed in confusion and stared at him, right when you heard the doorknob jingle.

"Hey, honey, I brought some ointment for your shoulde—"

Your mom cut off her sentence abruptly as she investigated the scene.