"He's new," Aura murmured back as she stuffed her ruined t-shirt into her bag to take home. "Only within the last week or so. I'm not sure who drops him off, he's usually here before I get here, but his mother has been picking him up in the afternoons." She was usually the last adult to arrive, but she was also the last to leave, so she saw all of the kids at some point throughout the day. "I've noticed he's a bit of a snuggler in the mornings, but he perks up around noon or so." Of course she would notice that; she was usually the one who volunteered to be the living snuggle-buddy most of the time.

Hisoka paused later that day to check the time. He had moved on from digging out shoes to throwing any stray clothing he found into a basket. He would have the girls sort through it later alongside the shoes to determine which articles belonged to which female.

"My lord, isn't it about time for you to pick up your brother?" he asked. He knew all about Sesshoumaru's schedule, so he knew that today was something of an anomaly.