A pleasant morning and an unexpected change.

Ren woke up, surprisingly well rested given how tense he had been. Futaba, meanwhile, seemed to still be asleep. The trickster got up and got dressed, noticing a pile of fresh girl's clothes and a note.

Brought these over this morning. Figured Futaba could use some fresh clothes before school.

• Sojiro

That was a good idea, maybe if he had Futaba over more, he could have Sojiro keep some of her clothes around.

"Yaaaaaawn.... Morning Joker." Morgana said, waking up and doing a cat stretch. "How'd you sleep?" Ren looked at the time. An hour before school. "All right, i guess." He says as he sees Futaba yawn and stretch.

"Morning" She says, spying the clothes next to Ren. "Oh hey, thanks Dad. Now, could you two head downstairs so I can get changed?" Ren nodded, heading downstairs. Futaba was fine sleeping next to him in her underwear last night, but had issues with watching her get dressed. These Earrings were pretty specific.

"Good morning you two." Sojiro greeted them, grinning as he'd prepared their breakfast. Coffee and waffles for Ren, and some cat food for Morgana.

"Can't I have some of the leftover sushi?" Morgana asked, a bit pleading.

"I know ren bought it for you, but that's not healthy. Besides, this food has all a cat needs to stay healthy."

"I AM NOT A CAT!"

"Oh, sorry about that, but no matter how you look at it, this does look like it'd be good for you." Sojiro said, a bit surprised by the outburst, but recovering quickly.

"Hmmph..." Morgana said as he dug in, Ren drinking his coffee. Sojiro walked over to Ren.

"Why doesn't he like being called that?" he whispers.

Ren shrugs. "Thought he was human for a long time, then he found out he wasn't."

Sojiro looks thoughtful before waving his arm. "Sounds like a long complicated story involving that 'Metaverse'. I'll just settle for calling him Morgana. Oh, morning, Futaba." He waves hello to his daughter. "How did you sleep?"

"Slept like a baby~" She said contently, sitting next to ren for her breakfast.

"So with lots of crying and needing to be burped?" Morgana said cheekily.

"Shut it, cat." The hacker deadpanned back. Morgana huffed back, but held it in this time. Futaba turned to see, Sojiro chuckle. "Not you too." She huffed as she kept eating.

After finishing breakfast, Ren thought of another topic. "So, Makoto and Haru got their driver's licenses?"

"Yeah, both have the standard car one. Surprised Makoto didn't pick a motorcycle." Futaba nodded.

"I can see that. I know getting the standard license is pretty normal, but given Johana, you'd normally expect her to get a motorcycle license too." Ren said idly.

"She did get a license for those too." Futaba said, jarring ren a bit. "She's saving up for one since she got it."

"What? But you sai-" He realized what he'd said before, then shook his head as Futaba cocked an eyebrow at him. "Sorry, must have misheard that." He said, shouldering his bookbag with morgana in it as they headed for the subway.

I should probably watch what I says better, he thought as they boarded the crowded train. Especially given what Igor said about them last night... He thought about his latest surprise trip to the Velvet Room...