DISCLAIMER: Ojamajo Doremi Toei Animation, 1999-2004. Ojamajo Doremi 16, 17, 18 and 19 series (light novel) Kodansha, 2011-2015. I don't get any commercial benefit from this fic.
41 Moments after Our Marriage
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Part 4: Moments #31-41
Moments #31: Over Apologize
"I'm really sorry, Doremi," said Kotake countless times right after his wife told him about what her students did at school this morning, "I've given a bad example to your students."
"Why do you apologize? It has already happened anyway, and you don't need to apologize."
"But…"
"No buts. You don't do anything wrong, Tetsuya."
"I do. I know that I used to call you like that, but this time, it's just too much. I called you like that in front of your students and they instantly follow what I do. I'm really just a fool…"
"Not really," Doremi shook of her head, "Even that's what makes my class become so lively today."
"Lively? They must be talking about you, right? They ignore you and just keep talking…"
"You're mistaken. They even want to know more about me," the redhead cut what her husband said, "They asked me about our childhood, about our relationship at school long time ago… Basically they accepted me well because of you."
"Really?"
This time, his wife nodded, "That's why you don't need to apologize."
"Oh, I'm glad to hear that," Kotake sighed in relief, "Then, can I call you 'Dojimi' in front of the other people next time?"
"Of course not."
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Moments #32: Anything for Our Babies
"Tetsuya, what are you doing? The light is still red. Why do we even break through the red lights."
"I don't care. I'll do anything for our babies," replied Kotake as he still drove his car in maximum speed to the hospital, "You said your stomach hurts, right? It means that you'll give birth to them soon."
"We can't confirm it yet, Tetsuya. How if this was just a false contraction? The doctor said…"
"That's why we need to go to the hospital as soon as possible just to confirm it," cut Kotake, "You know that I just love you so much, and I don't want anything bad happened to you or our babies."
"I know it, but how if the police found out that you're breaking the traffic rules? They'll ticket you."
"That won't ever happen. They'll understand why I do this."
"I hope so," Doremi sighed, tried to hold back the pain in her big stomach, "I just have a bad feeling about this…"
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Moments #33: Take Over Time
"Alright, let's we watch those superhero movies today!" exclaimed Kotake as he quickly took over his laptop from his wife, who previously was looking for some new drama movies, "There are too many people who recommended all of those to me, so we should watch all of those right now!"
"Tetsuya…"
"Enough, my dear. I'll take my turn this time," the blue haired soccer player insisted, "You kept forgetting about my turn, and I just want some justice from you."
"Okay," Doremi realized her own fault, "but there are some new drama movies that I…"
"I'm sorry, but it seems like, you need to wait for three months before you can watch it, because I'll take my turn to choose the movies in our home movie day in these three months, just like when you take your own turn."
"You're really mad at me, aren't you?"
"Of course, Doremi. You have to feel what I felt during these three months. I kept waiting for my turn, but you kept skipping it and saying that you just forgot about my turn."
"Alright then, I'm sorry about that. We're even now," the redhead sighed, "and because of this, I think I won't ever care about what we watch anymore. I'll watch anything as long as I watch it with you."
Finally, they smiled at each other.
"From now on, we'll have our turn together."
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Moments #34: I Know You Can Swim Better if I Teach You
"Alright, it's finally weekend," said Kotake as he took some clothes out from his wardrobe. He asked his wife, "How if we go to the swimming pool now? The weather is getting hot recently."
"Eh, swimming pool?" Doremi immediately refused her husband's offer, "Well, I don't think that I should come there with you. Don't you remember that I can't swim really well…"
"That's why I want to teach you now," Kotake cut what she said, "because I know that you can swim better if I teach you."
"Now that sounds awkward," the redhead frowned, "You teach me, a teacher, to swim."
"Why? That sounds good for me," Kotake retorted, "You always said that you couldn't swim really well as if you'll drown every time you swim, so… I just want to make you confident."
"Well… if that's your reason, maybe I'll go to the swimming pool with you," Doremi finally agreed, "Maybe it's a good time for me to be confident."
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Moments #35: The Experienced Mother and the Inexperienced Father
"Tetsuya, you're wrong. Tsuchiya and Tsubomi's diapers aren't this one. Go buy the smaller ones."
"Tetsuya, bring them into our house right now. Don't make them sick just because you take them out for too long."
"Tetsuya, don't pamper our children. I know they really like the biscuits, but don't give them too much."
"Tetsuya, don't buy it for them. You should wait until it's okay for them to play it."
"Tetsuya, don't…"
"I know, I know. Tetsuya, don't do this, Tetsuya, don't do that, and bla bla bla," cut Kotake. He mumbled, "I'm just an inexperienced father, so it couldn't help. You can't compare me with yourself who have experience to raise a baby since we were still in the elementary school."
"I can hear you, Tetsuya," replied Doremi who gazed at her husband, "Don't you want to be a good father for Tsuchiya and Tsubomi? Why are you mumbling like that?"
"Well, I want to be a good father for them, but… it's just too difficult for me."
"Then you decide to give up, don't you?" Doremi crossed her arms, "Just where's your effort now? Where's your determination? You said to me that you wanted to do all of your best for them."
"Yeah, but I just can't believe that it's just so tough…" Kotake sighed, "I wonder if someday I can do it perfectly…"
"I know you can, because you always have a great determination," the redhead tapped her husband's left shoulder, "That's the Tetsuya I know."
"Alright then, I won't ever give up," he finally smiled, "Thanks for reminding me, Doremi."
"You're welcome, Tetsuya."
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Moments #36: Upset or Tired?
Several days after Japan National Team was defeated by Belgium in the World Cup, Kotake went home to his house and didn't come out of his room for a week. Some of his friends came to his house, wondered about his reason and asked Doremi, as they also worried if it was because of his failure in the World Cup, but the redhead just smiled at them and assured that her husband just needed to take a rest and sleep in their room.
"He used to do this every time he came home from abroad, so you don't need to worry about him," answered her, surely, "Even he also did it right after he went home from Spain for his special training."
"Really?"
Doremi nodded, "He even snores, and if you still don't believe with what I said, you can walk upstairs to check on him."
Just then, they heard the sound of snoring from upstairs, which they should have heard since they arrived at the house several minutes ago. Doremi didn't lie to them…
Because inside the main bedroom, Kotake was sleeping peacefully with his two months old twins beside him.
'Well, at least now you can sleep with Tsuchiya and Tsubomi in our room, Tetsuya,' Doremi thought, 'You miss them so much, right?'
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Moments #37: Best Player in the World
On a vacation, Doremi and Kotake played some new video games at home, and as usual, Kotake always could win from his wife in all of those video games.
"Well, you used to play video games, so it couldn't help," Doremi sighed, "Even though we play the new ones, you'll always find out the way to be the winner."
"I don't think so," Kotake shook of his head, "That's just a coincidence. Moreover, I just slightly win from you."
"Whatever. I'm bored," the redhead pouted, "I think we should do another thing right now."
Kotake looked at the clock on the wall before responded, "Alright, we'll do something else. Honestly, I'm also bored to play all of these video games."
"It must be because those video games are too easy for you, right? Tetsuya, you're always like that."
"You're mistaken, Doremi. Even though I can win from you in those video games, I can't be the best player for those games. See? My score is always stuck at the last place in the worldwide ranking. I still can't be the best player in the world," the blue haired young man replied. He then turned off the video games and put it back into the storage, "I want to play something else with you, something which I can play so well, and I can be the best player in the world for that."
"Huh?"
Kotake smiled, then kissed his wife's lips passionately before whispered to her, "Ready for the next challenge in our bedroom?"
"Of course you'll be the best for that ones," Doremi mumbled, but then she nodded. Both of them then looked at each other and smiled, then made their way into their bedroom while holding hands.
"You'll always be the best player in the world for our 'private game', Tetsuya."
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Moments #38: Their Hidden Obsession
"Alright, I think your favorite food is just steak, but now I know that you also like to eat cakes so much."
Kotake sighed, as Doremi commanded him to drive their car in maximum speed to Momoko's Patisserie, because Momoko said to her that she just released some new sweets in the mentioned shop.
"Well, cake isn't my favorite food, but I don't want to miss any of Momo-chan's new creations in her shop," Doremi reasoned, "She's my best friend anyway, so I should be the one who taste her new creations first."
"Honestly, I don't think so. You're just too exaggerate, Doremi," the spiky-haired young man sighed again, "However, I can't deny that I want to buy some chocolate chip cookies from Asuka's shop, so I agree to accompany you there."
"Hmm? Tetsuya, what do you mean with that? Don't you also want to try some of her brand new special chocolate chip cookies there?" Doremi retorted, "It's the chocolate chip cookies that you want to buy, right?"
"Whatever. I think it's better if we stop talking now."
"Okay, I won't say anything else until we arrive there," the redhead ended their conversation, but then she thought, 'Now I know that your hidden obsession are some chocolate chip cookies, Tetsuya.'
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Moments #39: Actually We aren't Really Mad at Each Other
"Mom, Dad, why do you both often fight with each other?" asked the nine years old girl, Kotake Tsubomi, to her parents, "That makes me and Zucchini worry about you both. We don't want to see you divorced."
"Hey, Tsubomi, don't call me 'Zucchini'! I'm your older twin brother, so call me Tsucchi-nii!" protested the red haired boy beside her, Kotake Tsuchiya, who then looked at his parents and added his sister's statement, "Well, we just want to know if there's something serious between Mom and Dad which could make you mad at each other and then…"
"Don't worry, kids. That's just a regular fight. You know that your father is often late to come home recently, and I just want to warn him to go home on time. I don't really mad at him," Doremi assured the twins, "We never mentioned about divorced anyway, because it's something that we don't want to happen here."
"That's right," Kotake added, "Our fight is just like your grandparents' fight. We just argued, and not more. You don't need to worry about it."
"Really?" the blue haired girl asked again. Her parents nodded.
"Basically, it's just like when you both are arguing about Tsuchiya's nickname," said Kotake, "You're arguing, but in your heart, you love each other, right?"
"Well, Tsubomi is my younger twin sister, so… as the older ones, I should always protect her," Tsuchiya reasoned as his cheeks blushed, "You know that she can be a crybaby sometimes."
"However, you're right, Dad. Zucchini is a good brother for me, and I love him so much," admitted Tsubomi.
"Then why did you call me 'Zucchini', huh?"
Finally, the twins were arguing, while their parents just looked at them and smiled.
'They're just like us in the past, aren't they?'
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Moments #40: Should I Really Do All of These?
"Eh? Should I really do all of these? Until next weekend?"
"Of course, Tetsuya, You should do everything which I wrote in that list, while I enjoy my vacation with the others."
"By the way, why did you and your best friends decide to go to Hokkaido without me and their husbands?" asked Kotake as he glared at his wife, "What were you all thinking about?"
"Well, we just want to have a 'me time' together this summer, so you, Yada-kun, Leon-kun, Tooru-kun and Steve-kun can know about our struggle to take care of our house and our children while we still have our own jobs," Doremi shrugged, "All of you should feel it by yourselves."
"Don't you want to change your mind?"
The redhead shook of her head, "I won't ever change my mind. Moreover, this is a good chance for you to be nearer with Tsuchiya and Tsubomi."
"Huh, alright then. I really don't have choice," Kotake sighed, "Should I take you to the airport?"
"No. The others will pick me up here soon," Just then, they heard the sound of car horns. Doremi immediately pulled her suitcase and walked out from their house right after she said goodbye to her beloved husband.
"Oh well, they need to have 'me time' anyway, so it couldn't help," said Kotake to himself as he watched his wife go with her best friends, "I really don't have choice but to obey my bossy wife."
He sighed, but then walked to the kitchen and added, "Alright then, I should check our food supplies first."
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Moments #41: The Most Important Moment in Our Life
Right after his participation in World Cup 2030, Kotake decided to retire from soccer, right at the same time when his wife was promoted to become the vice principal at Misora Elementary School.
"Are you okay with that?" asked Doremi worriedly when their family talked about the retirement in the living room, "You must be still want to play soccer and make our country proud, right?"
"Well, at least I can help you do some housework at home, because from now on, you'll be more busy at school," replied the head of the family, "I can do anything which didn't get you doing."
"Really? Won't you feel bored if you just at home and can't do anything that you like?"
"I have a good idea!" Tsuchiya suddenly shouted as he flicked his fingers, "Dad, I think you can become the new soccer team coach at school. You just need to go to school whenever we have practice."
"Hmm? Zucchini, you suggest it so that you can go to school with Dad by car everyday, right?" Tsubomi glared at her older twin brother, "Everybody know that you and the other members in the soccer team will have morning practice everyday."
"Hey, I don't mean that! And don't call me 'Zucchini'!" the oldest son in the family protested. He then turned his attention to the purple haired boy beside him, "Anyways, if Dad really becomes the new coach, I can have a good memories in my last year at school. Plus, if Dad keeps becoming the coach even after I graduate from school, Dad can train Murasaki once he joined in the soccer team."
"Onii-chan, you're right! That's what I always wanted, because I admired Dad so much!" replied the youngest son in the family, Murasaki. The two boys then looked at their parents as the younger ones added, "Dad, please become the new coach in the soccer team!"
"Well, that's a good idea, though…" Kotake thought for a few moments before he decided, "Alright then, I'll do your suggestion. At least, we can walk together to school every morning."
"Is it okay?" asked Tsubomi uncertainly, "Mom becomes the vice principal, though…"
"So? I think it wouldn't hurt if a vice principal wants to walk to school," replied her mother, "Moreover, we only can do it until you and Tsuchiya graduate from school next year."
"Alright, maybe you're right, Mom," Tsubomi finally said. She smiled, "However, that will be the most important moment in our life."
Her parents and her brothers smiled back at her, then they decided to take their dinner outside.