The Intricacies of Education [Doku/Amelia]

School ended thirty minutes ago, but due to unexpected circumstances, Amelia was still dealing with a rather rowdy student. There had been two fights today, both started by little Victor Fischer. She had to call his parents, but neither of them could pick him up and meet with her, so she was waiting for a cousin. Unfortunately, Victor kept trying to sneak out of the room every two minutes.

"No, no, little man,” Amelia shook her pencil at him as he tried slipping out of his chair. “Your cousin will be here any minute, and then we will discuss where this behavior is coming from.” The boy puffed up his cheeks and sat back down in a huff, crossing his little arms. Amelia thought it was adorable, and assumed there must be some trouble at home or something for this sudden change in behavior. Unfortunately, there was no tolerance for fighting at this school.

Amelia sighed and stood up from her desk. She walked over to the boy and sat down in a desk next to him, though the chair was made for someone half her size. She ignored the discomfort. "Maybe if you tell me why you're so angry lately, we can try to work on it. I can't help if I don't know the problem." "Leave me alone!"

Why in the hell was Doku deep in Germany? Well, he was visiting his Quincy family, to help understand his Quincy roots and abilities, if anyone could help him draw out these powers it be the Fischer. It had been about a week since he first got here, he decided to spend two weeks down here, so he might as well enjoy the city a little. Today he plans to grab Lunch before training was interrupted by a phone call from the school. Victor was in trouble? It was out of character for the little guy. Maybe Doku could smack some sense into him? Regardless he would head to the school.

After arriving and getting checked in and stuff he was pointed to the correct classroom. Looking through all the nameplates on the wall, he spotted the one he was looking for Brenner. The door was cracked a bit and soon enough he would creek open the door before knocking on it. The fullbringer would speak up as he walked in, "Hey Victor?" He called out for his cousin as he entered the classroom. Hoping it was okay to come in. As he entered he looked around the classroom, making sure he was in the right place.

Amelia was trying to get the little man to talk, but he just wasn’t giving in. ‘Such a stubborn boy.’ Amelia sighed as she heard a knock at the door and looked back to see an unfamiliar face. Victor immediately stood up and ran over to the newcomer, so Amelia could see that they knew each other, so clearly this was the cousin that she had been informed would be picking Victor up. Amelia stood up from the desk and walked back over to her own to pick up a paper.

“Hello, Doku, right? Is it okay if I call you that?” she asked as she walked back over. She handed the man the paper, which was a detailed account of what occurred in class. According to the report, Victor was caught taking the other kids art supplies and hording them for himself, and when they tried to get their stuff back, he’d throw things at them and punched on boy in the face. This happened twice. “I am very sorry that you had to come all the way down here, but Victor has been behaving uncharacteristically lately and we’re worried. I was hoping to gain clarity on it.”

Doku was surprised to see Victor run up to him so quickly. Victor was usually such a sweet kid, so Doku wanted to squash the problem, so it didn't happen again. As Victor approached Doku had a somewhat annoyed look, clearly disappointed with his cousin. The man would look towards Amelia with a nod. "Yes. Doku is fine!"

However, he was shocked to REALLY see Amelia. A young pretty teacher? The last time he was in school teachers were always old hags... As he looked at the paper he took note.

"Don't worry Miss Brenner. We're going to squash this before Victor goes home"

Doku would sigh and squat to match Victor's height. "Look." He spoke in a stern voice, waiting for the boy to look at him.

"Why were you taking all the paint for yourself?" He started with a simple question, though his hand would grab onto Victor's wrist, in case he tried to move, of course, it wasn't enough to hurt him, but enough to have control.

Amelia stood silently, wanting to let the family members discuss the issues. Victor, of course, looked ashamed and upset, like he was ready to cry. No child liked getting in trouble. No child liked getting scolded, but since he wasn’t going anywhere, Victor was forced to say something and all he came up with was “Because I wanted them…” It was a childish answer, and a selfish one.

“He’s normally good with sharing…” Amelia sighed, looking disappointed. “Is there anything new going on at home? A new baby? A new pet? Anything that could be making Victor feel like the things that are normally his aren’t his anymore?”

Doku let out a little sigh, he wanted to be mad at the boy, but he got in trouble for the same stuff when he was his age. Regardless he wanted to make sure it didn't happen again. The long-haired man would let go of the boy's wrist not wanting to upset him anymore. "Well. What if I went into your room and took all of your toys?" He paused letting the boy answer, before standing up and looking towards Amelia.

"Well. His mom is having a baby rather soon and I've been staying with them. My Uncle has been helping me with training" That was probably Victor's problem, Doku was taking his attention away.

"You think me living there is the issue? I'm from Japan, I'm just visiting for a few weeks" He explained, Amelia was the expert here... so it was better to let her decide.

Amelia sighed and thought for a moment. “It is always possible. It depends on how much attention is being taken away from Victor… He’s a kid and growing more every day, so he doesn’t know how to express himself the same way adults do… He might be scared that a new baby means he won’t be loved anymore…” Amelia knelt down next to Victor and smiled kindly at the boy. “Is that what you’re scared of? Or is your cousin making it where you don’t get to play with your Mom and Dad anymore? Be honest; you won’t hurt any feelings here. If it's something else, tell us."

The boy sniffled, slowly scooting over to hide behind her cousin, though it wasn't to much success, eventually the young boy would speak up and shed a tear, with a stuffy voice he spoke. "Y-Yes Ma'am... both!" He looked up at his uncle. "Mommy is focused on the baby coming and Daddy is always outside with Doku!"

He would quickly lean in and hug Aemlia tightly as he cried a little more. Doku sighed. "Hey, bud..." He squats down. "Well, how about we get ice cream and play catch? I'll let you play with the portals!"

Victor cracked a large smile, seems he found these 'portals' quite cool. Doku would speak to Amelia, slowly as he peeked down at Victor.

"Well. Our family is always trying to grow, so I'm sure he'll adjust to the rapidly growing family and all of that"

Victor would nod in agreement. "I have... a hundred cousins!" Of course an exaggeration, but the message was still the same.

Amelia wasn’t expecting a hug, and usually avoided it unless the students went for one. This time, the student went for one, so she had no problem giving the boy a quick hug. As the two of them reconciled, Amelia went to grab her purse and hung it over her shoulder. It was the end of school and she wanted to go home. She giggled when Victor mentioned “hundreds” of cousins, thinking the child had no idea what that number really could entail. “That’s a lot of cousins,” she humored.

“Let’s get out of here. I’ve got to lock up,” Amelia said, gesturing toward the door. She locked up her classroom and walked them through the halls. “I understand that every family has times of growth and change, but a child doesn’t,” Amelia said, a more serious tone to Doku. “Rapid change, especially without consideration to a child’s needs can often lead to problems down the line, a refusal to share being a minor example of what could happen. Please remind the family to be more careful.”

Doku was glad to be able to calm Victor, but that was just how kids were, one minute they were angry with you, one minute they were calm. The man would smile and scoop up Victor letting him sit on his shoulder. Doku was short, so Victor didn’t hit the roof or anything like that. He also wanted to get home, so he would follow the teacher out as the conversation continued.

As they walked through the hall Victor was just enjoying himself so high up, not really paying any mind to the adults talking. Doku looked over as he walked beside Amelia, “That’s the Fischers…” he sighed, honestly what Victor was going through was relatable. After Nanaly got sick Doku really didn’t get much attention. Was it the right time to say that?

“Well… I get what Victor’s going through, I really do. My sister was… sick as a kid so she often got more attention than me.”

He smiled a bit somberly as he then changed to his family. “Well, we Fischer are Quincy, so they’re all about the bloodline and all that Shi-“ stopping when he remembered Victor was present. “Stuff. Honestly it’s lame… my dad moved to Japan and met mom in an arranged marriage, lucky I don’t have more siblings”

He was starting to get a bit personal, looking up at Victor as he began bouncing to help the boy enjoy himself. “I try to tell them we don’t need to expand so much. Personally I just wanna marry a woman I legitimately love someday. All this being forced to marry a Quincy just isn’t what I wanna do”