The second Kiro's head hit the pillow, he immediately fell asleep. Being home, under the same roof as everyone of his family, with the company's launch successful, he felt a little — only a little lighter.
Today, the end of the world didn't exist. He caught a glimpse of a new beginning of their world instead and it was beautiful and it brought him so much hope.
"Your father did great, the updated gear will be a great advantage for you all."
That's what he heard a voice say when the sun rested on his eyes, waking him up. It was blindingly bright, like there hadn't been a heavy storm the whole week.
"That voice was definitely different, that wasn't Chronos..." He grumbled as he got out of bed. "I have no idea why I even still go to school, what a waste of time."
He yawned.
"There are more important things at hand, I'll try convincing my parents." He took out his phone and dialed a number.
"Hiro, let's drop out." He said yawning again.
"You woke me up for that madness?" He answered annoyed.
"Think about it, there's nothing that academy can teach you about creating things you don't already know."
"It's not worth it, my mother would never allow it."
"Let's call a meeting and convince them?" He could tell that Hiro wasn't convinced. "Look, we don't need school. Especially with what we have to do. Imagine not being able to logout and you miss a class or a meal or something. Or worst case scenario, a harbingers wrecks havoc while we are in the middle of a test?"
He didn't have the guts to quit alone, so he at least needed his best friend to be on his side so he could go through with it.
Kiro didn't plan to convince the other guardians to follow suit. He figured if he had Hiro by his side, they could hold off harbingers until the others arrive or they could even defeat one.
"What are we gonna tell them?" Hiro finally understood his concerns and he agreed.
A lot could happen while they were stuck in class. Another thing that was bothering him was how they would tell the whole world about this, or it was safer to keep it to themselves.
"Mm, I don't know..."
He really had no idea how he would spin it. He didn't want to rehearse it either, incase that made him more nervous and he ended up saying gibberish.
Walking into his bathroom, he started his shower. It was cold water with good enough pressure. He needed this to wake him fully up.
While in there, Kiro heard his room door open. He quickly turned the faucet off. He put a towel around his waist, while he had another in hand to dry his hair.
Later that day, Freya and Kiyoko were both seated in the living area sofa. Both their sons stood in front of them, far enough to not be implicated by their anger.
Sekani was sitting to his wife's left, in way, in the middle of them.
The two women looked utterly confused as to why their sons wanted them both in the same room. Both their imaginations ran wild with all sorts of scenarios.
"Who did you get pregnant?" Freya started, scared out of her mind.
"I want to, we want to quit school." He blurted out.
'Way to rip the bandaid off champ.' He berated himself.
Even Hiro gave him looks of judgement. He couldn't believe how bad he was at letting bad news down easily.
"What? No."
"Wait, let me explain..."
"There's nothing —"
"Honey, please." Sekani pleaded. "Hear him out." Enjoy new stories from empire
Kiro took a deep breathe.
"I feel that school is a waste of my potential, there's nothing they can teach me I don't already know."
"Kiro, it's the principal..."
"Why did you send us to school?" He quickly asked, and answered "yes, to make you guys money but we've already done that. What use is school?"
Kiyoko was awfully quiet, so was her son. Hiro didn't know which buttons to press to convince her.
"You may be smart, but I know my Hiro isn't. His last results weren't good." She finally said.
"That's who Hiro is. I'm good at theory, he's good at practical. There's nothing I can think of he couldn't build. Traditional school isn't for him." Kiro defended his friend.
"Is this about the game, Asgard, being real?"
"Ye—wait, what?" He turned his head to the enquiring voice.