“So far,” Hyuna commented, “things are doing rather well.”

“Which translates to no one is dead or in the hospital yet,” Hyoyeon laughed darkly.

“Sad,” Yuri sighed, “that so many parents’ days have ended up like that.”

“For sure,” Hyuna nodded.

“So who’s shown up yet?” Kris asked, taking an empty seat between Yuri and Hyuna.

“Well,” Yuri said, pulling out her copy of the check in list, “we’ve got about half the parents who signed up in the room, several more in various areas of the school, and the rest are set to arrive after lunch.”

This time, parents’ day had been run a bit differently.

Originally, parents didn’t need to contact the school to say when or if they would be arriving. The school had tried once to change that, but all attempts failed so it was dropped. Honestly, it made for a depressing day for the students who ended up waiting for parents who didn’t show.

But now, the ISBIP was forcing parents to register. Jihu hadn’t said what he’d told the non-supernatural parents who didn’t know what their kids were in order to get them to agree, but everyone imagined it was an awesome lie. Either way, whatever parents hadn’t registered were to be turned away at the front gate.

If they had a problem with that, they could talk to Jihu.

“Chen and Kai are getting lucky,” Hyoyeon said, “their father is skipping this week.”

“Good for them,” Kris smiled slightly, “they could use a break from him.”

“We sure could,” Chen laughed, making his way over to the group with his step-mother and Kai right behind him, “that guys……..” he turned to his step-mother, “I’ll be honest, I don’t know what you ever saw in him to make you marry him.”

“He was kind at one point,” she sighed, “to me anyway.”

“Anyway,” Kai smiled, trying to pick up the mood, “everyone, this is our mother. Mom, this is Yuri, Kris, Hyuna, and Hyoyeon.”

“It’s nice to meet all of you,” she smiled kindly at them, “the boys have told me so much about all of you.”

“We’ve heard a lot of great things about you, too,” Hyuna said, moving forewords to hug the female werewolf, “you must be so proud of Chen and Kai.”

“I am,” she nodded.

“Heesun didn’t tell me if her parents are coming,” Chen said, taking the registration list so he could read it, “Are they?”

“Nope,” Hyoyeon said happily, “one less thing for all of us to worry about.”

“Good,” Chen smiled brightly, “hey mom? Do you want to meet my girlfriend?”

“I’d be happy to,” she nodded, “where is Heesun?”

“Her room,” Yuri said, “Jessica is there with Krystal, too.”

“Their parents are skipping?” Kris asked, a hopeful yet worried look in his eyes that everyone else also had once they realized why he was asking.

“Yeah,” Yuri said, “only Lito’s parents are showing up.”

“Sori,” Chen and Kai’s mother asked, unsure if she should ask at all, “will she be alright?”

“Not sure,” Kris sighed, “just have to hope that Ravi is nearby when she sees them.”

“She’s a strong girl,” the older woman finally said, patting Kai’s head and smiling at the others, “she’ll be fine. And from what Kai has told me, Ravi loves her very much. He’ll do everything he can to keep her from getting hurt.”

“Yeah,” Kris nodded, “you’re right. Everything will be fine.”

--

Parents’ day was just as awkward as normal for Sehun, Taeyang and Luhan.

On the one hand, they were kind of happy about that. Normal meant that they weren’t part of the drama and bull that all their friends seemed to be going through. But that still left them with the awkwardness and downright unpleasantness dealing with their families normally was.

“Why did you even come?” Sehun finally said, unable to hold back his feelings anymore.

“What are you talking about?” his mother asked, faking ignorance.

“All we’ve ever talked about since I came here are my grades,” he snapped, “something you receive reports about. Never once have we ever talked about why I’m here. I’m sick of it.”

“Sehun,” his father started to say, only to be cut off.

“No,” the necromancer hissed, getting up, “I’m sick of not talking about my gifts, about what I am. I’m done with people who can’t accept me for what I am, so don’t bother coming here again. Not until you can face who I am.”

With that, he left. His parents stared, unable to form words.

Luhan and Taeyang glanced over, wishing that they could be brave like Sehun and tell their fathers off. But neither said anything, allowing their fathers to say whatever the heck they wanted.

--

Parents’ day was normal for several of the others in the group as well.

Xiumin’s father still came like normal. He still praised his son for everything he’d been doing, proud smile on his face and bragging to anyone who’d listen about how great Xiumin was doing at school. Xiumin just laughed, feeling very embarrassed but still happy. For a moment, he felt guilty for all his friends who didn’t have supportive parents. It was then he decided to introduce his father to all of his friends. Well, at least the friends he’d never been able to introduce him to.

Suho’s parents were the same way, doing nothing but assuring him that they were so very proud of what he was doing with his life. They also stopped by where Kris and the others were sitting, making sure to check up on everyone that they could. They told Suho that they wanted to see the rest of his friends to talk to them, so he helped them find everyone who could talk.

Baekhyun had a similar experience with his mother. However, he eventually took her for a tour of the school ground because he just needed time alone with his mother. Without everyone else around, he told her about the mission, about the nightmares that followed. Like the loving mother she was, she comforted Baekhyun, assured him that all would be alright, and told him that he needed to make up with Chanyeol since ‘it would be a shame to lose such a great friendship.’

--

“Hey,” Chanyeol smiled at his parents as they made their way over.

“Where is Lina?” his mother asked, looking around for the fallen girl.

“She’s in my room,” Chanyeol said, “we wanted to talk to both of you without everyone watching.”

“Did something happen?” his father frowned, “are both of you alright?”

“We’re fine,” Chanyeol was quick to assure them, leading them to his room.

The whole walk, they were silent, his parents trying to figure out what was going on. Chanyeol bit his bottom lip, fighting back the urge to just tell them already. But he promised Lina that they would tell them together and he had to keep to his word.

“Hi,” Lina smiled, hugging both parents once they were inside Chanyeol’s room, “how are you?”

“Fine,” the older female said, “How are you? Chanyeol said you both wanted to talk to us.”

“Yeah,” she nodded, stepping back so that she was standing beside Chanyeol who quickly took her hand.

“We’re dating,” Chanyeol told them, “we wanted you to know first, so…….now you know.”

Whatever confidence the young couple had fell apart when the older couple didn’t respond. Just as Chanyeol was about to say something, lie and say it was a joke, his mother rushed forewords to hug them, squealing with glee.

“We’re happy for you,” his father laughed, moving closer so that he could join the hug, “you two….you’re perfect together.”

“I’ve always thought you two would be perfect together,” his mother gushed, “I’m just…I’m so happy.”

“Thank you,” Lina smiled happily.

“You know,” his father frowned slightly, “that not everyone will be as happy as us with your new relationship.”

“We know,” Chanyeol nodded, “so we aren’t going to many people and just kind of keep it hush hush.”

The parents nodded in understanding before returning to celebrating the new couple’s relationship.

A/N: so, other than the Chanyeol/Lina relationship, not much happened this chapter. *shrug* just means that next chapter will be fun~~! I’ll be honest, I’m a wee bit pleased with myself for getting this out on time and with the normal length. It’s E3 -_- forgive me for getting a bit caught up in all the gaming awesome that’s come out this week……..like the new fire Emblem Fates trailer!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Omg that is just……it’s so awesome *anime eyes* so pretty and!! And it’s got an actual title!! I mean “Fire Emblem If’ wasn’t bad, but ‘Fates’ fits in so much better with the other games (if you ask me)!!! And look at that art, it is glorious beyond words!!!!! ……..and I have to wait until sometime next year before it’s out in english………and I just killed my mood. *sigh* doesn’t help that my Nintendo eshop account is empty right now, so I can’t even take advantage of all the E3 sales *anime tears* ignore me, I’ll be fine, just sulking like a baby.