Wild Things

Azusa's Ending

Leaving the graduation ceremony, Ema saw something, or rather, someone, very unexpected. "A-Azusa-san?," she says, startled.

Azusa stood a few feet in front of her, he smiles brightly, peering up from his phone: "Ema-chan!"

Ema runs towards Azusa. "What are you doing here, Azusa-san?," Ema asks.

"I have a surprise for you!"

"A surprise?," she questions. Azusa nods.

"Follow me," Azusa instructs. Ema nods happily and follows Azusa.

"Where are we going? Where are we going? Where are we going?," Ema sings, her arms wrapped around Azusa's waist as they rode in the train.

"Be patient, child!"

Ema puffs up her cheeks: "I'm not a child anymore."

Azusa chuckles: "You're right, you're an adult now, you just graduated high school," he places a soft kiss on her forehead, "Congratulations, beautiful."

Ema's cheek flush. "T-thank you, Azusa-san.."

"What do you want to do later? Do you know? It's okay if you don't." Azusa asks.

"I'm not quite sure... Well, as you know, I got accepted into Meiji, so I'll be attending there next year. I will be majoring in mathematics, but I'm not quite sure what I want to do as a job yet."

"That's okay, you still have plenty of time to figure that out. Getting accepted as a math major at Meiji is already incredible! I'm sure you'll have many opportunities open up to you. You're a brilliant woman and I know you could do anything if you put your mind to it, so don't sweat it!," Azusa reassures.

Ema tightens her grip around Azusa. "Arigatou gozaimasu, Azusa-san."

Azusa blushes softly: "Always."

Fifteen minutes later, they arrive at... the zoo! Ema hops off the train and gasps in awe.

"I love the zoo!," she exclaims, jumping up and down in joy.

"I figured as much!," Azusa chuckles, amused by how cute she looked.

"Let's-," Ema says, running towards the entrance.

Azusa cuts her off by grabbing her wrist, she stops in her racks and whines in protest. "Ah, ah, ah, if you go that fast, you'll get lost!," he warns, "So hold my hand, okay?"

Azusa holds his hand out to her. Ema pouts adorably: "I'm an adult now, you said if yourself! I don't need to hold hands!"

"But what if I get lost?"

Ema's eyes widen and she quickly grabs Azusa's hand, making him chuckle. She drags him inside of the zoo.

The two spend hours exploring the zoo, the weather was lovely and Ema really loved watching the animals interact with each other, and the food tasted amazing (despite being very much overpriced)! They even got to feed the giraffes (in which Azusa almost got his hand bitten off)! As the sun started to set, they began to lazily stroll around the park, hand in hand, enjoying the beautiful view of the area.

"Look, Azusa-san! Alligators!" Ema drags Azusa to the alligator inclosure.

"They look really cool!," Azusa comments, "Albeit scary."

"What's your favorite animal, Azusa-san?," Ema asks

"I don't know... I really like monkeys! How about you?"

"I like small fluffy things, like bunnies and stuff."

Azusa chuckles: "So pretty much you as an animal."

Ema blushes: "S-shut up!" Azusa laughs and kisses her temple, making Ema blush even harder, looking away from the handsome boy.

"What? You're the most adorable girl I've ever seen!," Azusa says. Ema's cheek reach the pinnacle of redness they could achieve. She smiles shyly and looks down at her feet. The heels of her feet shifting from side to side as the balls of her feet stayed anchored into the ground.

"Azusa-san?"

"Yes, Ema-chan?"

Ema gets on the tips of her toes and kisses Azusa on the cheek, making him blush hard. "I love you too," she says. His heart felt like it had exploded in his chest, Azusa squeezes her hand lovingly.

He smiles. "Good, because I wasn't intending on handing you over to anyone else."

Azusa grabs her chin and presses his lips against hers, kissing her sweetly.

Flashforward (Seven years later)

"Daddyyy! Is it done yet?," their daughter whines.

Azusa literally scratched his head as he tried to figure out the instructions he held in his hand. He had just bought a Barbie Dreamhouse for his adorable daughter, Ichika (5), and it was now time to put the monstrosity together, but he couldn't figure out the instructions for the life of him. Why did I do this to myself? I could've bought her a teddy bear and called it a day, but nope! Apparently, I like to torture myself.

"Where the hell is the white piece?," Azusa mumbles in frustration, looking around the floor for the essential white piece that would allow him to attach the roof to the rest of the structure.

"Under your bum," Ema says from the kitchen.

Azusa stands up, his face turns a deep crimson shade when he realized his wife was right, that pesky piece was sitting under his bum, or rather he was sitting on it, the entire time! "O-oh...," he stutters in embarrassment.

Ema laughs. "Here, I'll help you finish the Dreamhouse," she offers, kneeling besides her husband.

"Mommy, mommy, can you play with us too? Daddy said he'd give cool voices to my Barbies!," Ichika says cheerfully, pulling on her mother's sleeve.

Ema giggles: "I'd love to!"

"Daddy is so cool, he can do so many voices! Daddy, daddy, show mommy your monster voice!"

Azusa growls in a deep, raspy voice: "I am going to eat you!"

Ema laughs: "Wow! That's so cool! Hey, did see the new movie daddy was in?"

Ichika nods vigorously: "Hai! Daddy's really good at making girl voices!"

"Really? I'm glad you noticed!," Azusa says in a high pitched voice.

They all laugh as they finish assembling the house. Ema made the right call seven years ago, that's for certain.

A/N: Special thank you to Nahio Miorin for the review! I really appreciate the positive feedback and it truly motivates me knowing you enjoyed reading my story! Thank you for your kind regards and support, I am incredibly grateful.