~"Oh my! Why hello there, new student!"~
芹沢 カゴメ
~SERIZAWA KAGOME~
Headmistress of Saint LiliumAge:"You know, sweetie, it's quite rude to ask a woman of her age."35
Personality:"Ah, well, you know how I am.~"Serizawa-Sama may appear to some as stern and stoic, but once they get to know her, many teachers and students find she is very sweet, soft spoken and motherly, but if you anger her, you better watch out, especially if it concerns Tohru. She loves her job as headmistress of the school and takes pride in her work shaping and nurturing the young minds of tomorrow, not to mention all the cute teachers she gets to flirt with, much to the embarrassment of her adopted daughter. Despite Tohru's delinquint attitude and her tendency to cause trouble, never once does Kagome show disdain towards her and defends her from teachers who want the girl expelled and/or thrown in jail. She loves her daughter very much and wants to see her succeed, proving the teachers of St. Lilium wrong about Tohru being nothing but trash.
Background:"I suppose you want to know everything about me, hmm? Very well"Growing up, Kagome always knew two things. One, she was attracted to women, and two, she's always wanted to be a mother.
Kagome grew up in Osaka to a rather wealthy family. Her father was at one time advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan, and her mother was a school teacher turned stay at home wife. For the remainder of her life, she was home schooled, until her family moved to Tokyo and she began attending school regularly. She wanted to be a teacher when she grew up, just like her mother, but more than most, she dreamed of having a lovely family of her own someday, a beautiful wife and daughter.
After graduating, she started work as a literature teacher at Saint Lilium's Academy for Young Women. The headmistress at the time was very stern and more or less, in Kagome's opinion...kind of a bitch. Nevertheless, she enjoyed teaching and eventually she fell in love with another teacher at the school, math teacher Junko Mamiya.
Junko and Kagome were together for three years when Kagome decided she wanted to have a child. They considered artificial insenination, but...tragedy struck. Kagome ended up having a miscarriage by her third trimester. She was going to have a girl... The death of her beautiful daughter drove her into a deep depression for almost a year. She never ate nor slept. She was sick all the time too, which took a toll on her job. Not only that, but she discovered soon her girlfriend was cheating on her with another woman.
Her life, the perfect family she wanted, it was all crumbling to pieces around her. The woman eventually decided...to take her own life.
Twas either a miracle or a cruel twist of fate, but somehow a teacher found her face down on her desk in her office clutchig a bottle of pills. She was barely alive when the doctors rushed her to the ER, but they saved her life. She was diagnosed with clinical depression and spent weeks in therapy.
After making a recovery, she managed to get her job back at Saint Lilium, despite protest from the headmistress. Her dreams of a family were dashed, but she still wanted to be a teacher. Years went on and she worked her way through, eventually earning the title of headmistress herself. It was one of her greatest achievements ever, but sadly there was no one to share the glory with.
Then, one day as she was taking the train to work, a scraggly young girl snatched her purse and took off running. Serizawa gave chase, and soon, so did the police. Right as Kagome saw the girl, she knew she was homeless. Kagome took pity on the poor child. The police were treating her like they would any other delinquint. This angered her. She stepped in, ordering them to leave her alone.
Eventually, she found out the girl's name was Tohru Itagaki. She had no known relatives, other than an estranged father who made no efforts at all to claim the child, and her grandmother who passed away not long after Tohru ran from home. Kagome decided she would adopt the girl rather than have the police arrest her. Per her requirements, the girl was to attend school regularly at Saint Lilium. Tohru hated it, but it was either that or be sent to jail.
Kagome will admit, this isn't what she expected her first child to be, but she loves Tohru no less and does everything she can to be a good mother for her, even putting up with Tohru's brash and rebellious behavior.
Other Things:"My my, you're an inquisitive one. How long is this interview?"-Serizawa's favorite scent is chamomile
-She's not a big fan of Tohru's music, but if it's what her daughter likes, she'll tolerate it. She's actually more fond of seventies and eighties American pop music and traditional Japanese music.
-She likes to drink wine, champagne, and vodka on some occassions. Sake isn't really her forte and beer is just gross to her
-Serizawa is an avid fan of classic western films. Her favorites are
Gone with the Wind and
Casablanca
Riven Wight
Birdboy
loco rococo
MurderVictim
Half Pint
Snowdrops
Flightless_Soul
TokyoPewPew
