Ten years later: Suou
Walking in the door was a young woman in her early 20s, with short red hair and emerald green eyes. She wore a white rain coat and carried a briefcase full of expensive photography equipment.
"MOMMY!" two young kids screamed as they ran toward her. She smiled as she kneeled down to give them a hug. "We missed you mommy!" said her son. "Yea, Daddy won't play with us, he's being boring again" her daughter added on playfully.
"Alright you two, settle down, mommy's had a long day at work, and daddy probably has too". She said smiling at them as they ran back to whatever they were doing before she arrived. Her two kids meant more to her than anything else in the world. She had named her daughter herself.
Tanya Shion Simmon was 4, she didn't know where she thought of the name Tanya, or Shion for that matter, but somehow those name had made her feel warm inside when she thought of them.
Her husband had named their son when he was born. Jack November Simmon, who was 3. When she asked him why he chose his middle name, he replied "I don't know, it just sorta feels right, you know?" She didn't see why not, she was just happy that she had another bundle of joy to add to her life.
As she walked into the living room she slowly walked towards the couch and draped her arms gently around her husband.
"Hey sweetie", she said, planting a kiss on his cheek. "Hey beautiful", he replied, turning his face and kissing her on her lips.
She ran her hands through his hair, and felt a slight twinge of disappointment when they separated. She looked over her husband's face.
He had short, messy blond hair and grey eyes, and a nice smile on his face she thought. "Had a long day at work I heard" he said, getting up from the couch.
"You have no idea July", Suou responded. July wasn't his real name, but a nickname he had made up for himself when he was about 12 or 13 he said when they first met, and he always preferred to be called by it instead of his real name.
"They almost made a major breakthrough today, with the development of the particle beam project. I managed to snag a few pictures but…" Suou's voice trailed off. "What happened?" July asked in a concerned tone.
He saw her face droop slightly. "Oh its nothing, someone from worked dropped my camera and it somehow managed to break before I could transfer the data from it onto my computer." "It's ok though, they used someone else's pictures for the story" she added, trying to hide her disappointment.
July wasn't fooled. He knew how much his wife loved photography, she had been ecstatic when she had gotten her first job for a local paper at 16.
He picked her up bridal style and sat back down on the couch with her on his lap. She didn't say anything, but he just sat there cuddling her.
She cracked a smile and looked into July's face, and then gently put her arms around him, and rested her head against his chest. Thinking on all she had, a loving husband, two kids, one bad day of work didn't seem so bad anymore. She was completely content with her life.
