Proud Father:

Mai lived with her grandmother. I didn't ask her, but when I visited her house, I saw a picture of her parents and dates below them. I understood that they were dead and decided never to bring up the topic.

Mai's grandmother is like my grandpa. She never got angry with Mai and me; we play all day, and she never asks us to study. Even when my mother scolded me that I was spoiling Mai, she told her that she didn't mind.

I recently sensed that my grandpa was in a good mood. He often visits the granny from next door and then they would often talk about old times while we played with PSP. Once Mai's grandmother asked me what I wanted to become when I grew up, I was thinking of a gangster or a spy when Mai told her that I would, of course, become an amazing doctor or a scientist or a hero.

Looking at her believing in me so selfishly, I was ashamed of myself. I wasn't a poor student, but I wasn't an amazing student either. If Mai knew of my grades, will she think low of me? I suddenly got an impulse to study harder.

Grandpa looked at my dark face and smiled slightly, but he didn't expose my dirty secret. That day, I didn't sleep till ten and completed all my homework. When my dad got home and saw me studying, he almost fell on the floor in shock. In my eleven years, this was the first time he'd seen his son doing his homework.

Even my mother didn't know why I suddenly got such determination. Only my grandpa smiled to himself but kept quiet to protect my honor. Since that day, the time I could play with Mai shortened a little bit, but I decided that I had to make this sacrifice else Mai might hate me.

Soon a month passed and the fact that Mai was my little sister spread throughout the school. Those who had any plans to bully her quit straightaway and those who wanted to befriend her had to deal with an over-protective brother.

Mai was indeed very cute. She had shoulder length blonde hair and blue eyes, but her most attractive feature was her innocent smile. Any boy would certainly want to be her friends with her but what to do, Mai only looked at me, and I laughed at these boys as I roamed the corridors as if I ruled them.

It was finally the teacher's turn. One day, my classroom teacher called Mai and me and told us that our actions were interrupting the peace of the school and that we should watch our conduct. I was used to this, but as I saw Mai's crestfallen expression on our way back, my anger burned my throat and churned my stomach.

Ever since Mai had come to school, I distanced myself from all kinds of bullying and focussed on studies but how dare the teacher scold Mai. In my anger, I threw away the teacher’s shoes and stole her lipstick from her handbag only to write the word slut on the blackboard.

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Of course, I was found, and the principal called my parents this time. He said that I was no longer a little kid and that I should understand that such actions wouldn't end without punishment. My mother apologized and forced me to write an apology letter. From the corner of my eye, I watched the teacher smiling at me.

Swearing in my heart, I kept my head low for a week, and when no one was paying attention, I wrote the word bitch on the bitch’s car with my mother's lipstick. Since this incident happened outside the school, they couldn't catch me, but everyone knew it was me, and that I declared war on the teacher.

The teacher complained to the principal who sighed and called my father. My dad flew into a rage and asked me why I did it, and I told him straightforwardly that the teacher scolded Mai, so I did it.

My dad who is usually the least supportive of three looked at me with startled eyes when he heard that the teacher called Mai and me and told us that our closeness was inappropriate. He thought for a long moment and patted my head.

He later visited the principal and warned him to keep the teacher's mouth in control. He said something about how could the teacher call two minors who weren't even teens and scold them regarding inappropriate stuff.

I didn't understand anything but the principal's face changed colors, and finally, he begged that it was all teacher's fault. On the way home, dad didn't speak another word about the incident, but after we had finished our dinner, he called me and told me that he was proud of me and that I should always protect Mai and my mother.

I don't know why he said that but I promised that I would. My father smiled and drank that night. My mom didn't understand why my dad was so happy, but my dad laughed and said that he had a good son.

I didn't figure out why until the very end, but I remembered back the words my father told me all those years ago that I should never let anyone take advantage of my family. And now he was happy that I protected Mai so does that mean, Mai was a part of our family.

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