"Don't Go Yet"
Chapter 2
-A Family-
Six Years Later
"Shion! You're going to be late!" Bright violet eyes snapped open as he turned to the clock, seeing it was already seven-thirty. Seven thirty?
The twenty-two year old hurried to his feet, smiling at the picture of four people on the bedside table.
"Oh no, I'm late!" He winced inwardly as he hurried to get dressed. He couldn't help but feel a small pang in his heart as he caught sight of the date. Every year… the anniversary of Nezumi's departure.
Nezumi, I wanted to tell you…that…
"Sorry honey! I'm late!" He called, rushing down the stairs, trying to get his jacket on.
"You're always like that!" The olive skinned woman snickered. "Look at you!"
Inukashi… has become my wife.
"Oh…!"
The shorter woman moved over to her husband, straightening his tie after she brushed her hair out of her way. She must have been up early. Her long hair was already mostly tied back in its usual high pony tail, she was fully dressed in her long sleeved warm shirt, her earrings in, apron on over her jeans…
"Don't be late again next time, okay?" She looked up at him.
"You're so cute…" He smiled happily, pulling the younger woman close and kissing the top of her head. She seemed to relax in the hold. Only for a moment though.
"Shion!" She barked quickly, getting his attention.
The white haired man laughed lightly as he let her go, loving the 'annoyed' expression she had on her face.
She has become better after she married me…
Oh! But don't worry! I still belong to you. Nezumi, I really want to meet you…
"Dad! Let's play together!" Shion snapped up to attention as his son ran up to him from the kitchen, full of energy as usual.
"Sorry." He smiled sadly at him, moving to his pocket to pull out the white mouse that usually traveled with him at all times. "Daddy has to go to work. Here, play with Hamlet."
Shion handed the robotic mouse over.
Nezumi, I want you with us as a family…
He glanced back at the two in the hallway, smiling as they waved to him.
He leaned down and petted the old reddish she-hound, rubbing old Ophelia's ear and avoiding Dozer as the white akita-mutt barked around him.
As he hurried down the street to hurry to his office, he glanced up, smiling to see a bright blue sky.
Nezumi… I'm waiting for you…
And I…
Still love you…
Please come.
*II*
He had a life now. Inukashi was still getting used to staying at home.
When she had first arrived in No.6, she had been so guarded and hadn't been able to hold a job for long. Since marrying Shion, she had stayed at home with her nephew Dozer, and Ophelia.
Nozomi, their adopted son that Shion had saved in West Block, was back in school, looking up to his older friend Rico. He was really smart, really empathetic as well. He was sharp…
Shunran, their daughter… beautiful caramel hair and bright brown eyes… she was only six months old, but she was so beautiful, so lovely…
Ophelia was still alive, but she was a bit old. Nozomi looked after her so carefully, even though she seemed to be forcing herself to continue for her 'son'.
Yes… Shion had a whole family, a whole bright future to think about…
But I can't stop thinking about you sometimes Nezumi…
I don't know what to do…
Please, come home.
~A FAMILY~
AN: Explanation time.
Okay, for the part I added in about him petting the hounds, I did add that, that's not in the original comic.
The red hound that helped Shion save the baby: me and my RP partner call her Ophelia [despite her being twice the woman that character ever was]. We also changed the baby girl's hair color from the original comic because no matter what, her hair would not be white.
No, she would not inherit that from her father. Shion's white hair is due to the killing of cells from the bee's poison. She would get her genetic makeup from Shion's gene's of brunette hair. So, we made it paler than it would have been with two dominate brunettes as her parents. Same with the red-eye brown eye thing [and Shion's eyes are violet here.]
Sion, the baby boy's name, was changed to Nozomi, a name meaning something along the lines of 'A child of fate' from what I was given. That, and it's also close to Nezumi. I like it better, no complaints please.
Dozer. Dozer, in the original RP was the name we used for Inukashi's brother, but I did some math and… well, her mother was already dead and her uncle was buried during the actual story, so, come on, this brother wouldn't have lasted this long. I changed it to her brother's son, a hound she kept with her after her brother's death, and he's a white akita-mutt like his father.
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