Natsuki Subaru woke up to his daily routine ever since coming to the Roswaal Mansion. Ever since he got transported from his world, he never expected to have this kind of life. If he was ever presented with the choice to go back to his own world again, he knew he wouldn't. He had many things to keep him here, one of them was a beautiful half-elf. Natsuki Emilia was the person who saved him when he first arrived in Lugnica. The two would always find themselves trouble the day they met. But if one thing remained consistent, the two would always handle the situation together. In this case, together they'll have to come into agreement that Emilia should let go of Subaru in the morning if he wants to get up. While it was early in the morning, Subaru was always busy helping around the mansion even if he wasn't a butler anymore.
"Come on Emilia-tan let go...", silently spoke Subaru as he tried to wiggle his way out of Emilia's arms. Truth be told he should have at least gotten better at escaping her but even in her sleep she's freakishly strong. While compared to the beginning it was much harder to escape, but with time he did have a few tricks to release himself.
But today wasn't his day, she was holding onto him harder compared to most days. Usually, Emilia wraps her arms around the boy but there were times when she wrapped her entire body at Subaru, making him her stuffed animal. There were really a couple of things Subaru could do in this situation. Either wake up Emilia and have her pout at him angrily which would be adorable but troublesome or wait for another century for her to wake up.
"I really don't have a choice do I," the boy exhaled as he wasn't left with much options. Subaru carefully nudges the sleeping beauty as little as possible to wake her up. A couple of minutes pass and Emilia is somewhat awake.
"Hmmmmm...what is it Subaru…"
"I need to get up and start helping out Ram and the others right about now," Subaru explained to the half-awake princess.
"You don't need to. Today you can sleep a little longer," as the half elf said while rubbing her amethyst eyes.
"As much as I would want to do that, I don't think Keid and Chochorina would wake up if I don't do something".
Keid and Chochorina were the children of Natsuki Subaru and Natsuki Emilia. Chochorina was their 12-year-old daughter, while resembling Emilia she was more like Subaru especially with the sharp looking eyes. Chochorina was always filled with energy and pretty much feared nothing except for her mother of course. While Keid was shy and lacked confidence, he was extremely energetic at times and had a passion for the things he enjoyed like listening to his father's stories. Keid was 9 years old and resembled Subaru more except for the hair color being a mix of both his parents and his eyes looking a lot like Emilia's. It was still obvious that the two were elves but they were quarter elves if you didn't know their lineage.
"Let them sleep a little longer, they're just kids and kids need lots of sleep," grumbled Emilia as she was falling back asleep again.
"Fine but could you let me out of bed? I don't want Ram lecturing me," Subaru pleaded as he didn't want to deal with a bitchy demon early in the morning.
Without saying a word Emilia let go and Subaru made sure to let Emilia rest a bit more than usual. Subaru got dressed and kissed Emilia on the forehead before heading out. As he silently closed the door behind him, he checked upon Keid and Chochorina's room. He opened the door as silently as possible and with that he could see both of Chochorina and Keid hugging Beatrice in bed.
Subaru smiled at the sight and closed the door to avoid waking them up. As he was walking down the halls Subaru couldn't help but remember memories about those three. There were days when Beatrice only came to Subaru because he would die of mana poisoning if she didn't. Now most of her days are spent with the children since she's grown extremely affectionate towards them. In the beginning Subaru couldn't help but feel a little jealous but, in the end, he was happy someone was watching over them.
As the boy was reminiscing, he walked into the kitchen to find Ram and Rem. "Morning, you two sleep well?" Subaru asked the two maids a simple question and what did he get?
"I was resting very well until I got reminded of your very existence." Yeah, nothing changed between the two. Which Subaru couldn't help but be happy about since that's the only thing that hasn't changed in the last 17 years.
"Ignore my sister's words Subaru-kun she slept very well, as for I also slept very nicely." As Rem informed Subaru of her status, he thought about how she never gained her memories ever since she woke up.
There were days when Subaru couldn't even face Rem since it wasn't the Rem he remembered. He failed as her Hero. No one could deny him that. He died again and again to save his loved ones and he couldn't do nothing but watch the Rem he knew fade away before his eyes. It took Subaru a couple of years to come to terms with the loss of Rem, but with time he managed to accept this new Rem. She wasn't different to how she was before but it felt like he was seeing someone else entirely.
Before Subaru could trap himself in a cage of wavering thoughts, he noticed something.
"Where is Frederica and Petra?" Typically, in the morning he would see Petra greet him down the halls and see Frederica drinking tea with the Demon maids. He found it strange that Petra wasn't there to greet him.
"We're running low on rations so the two decided to head out." Explained the blue haired maid. Subaru was wondering what the hell he was going to do since Frederica and Rem were the ones who always knew the state of the mansion.
"Maybe I should have stayed in bed after all." Emilia did tell him to rest a bit more.
Since the two were drinking tea they didn't have much to do if Rem was also there. Even without her memories Rem still was the better maid so if Rem was relaxing that was because there was nothing to do. So, Subaru decided to head back to bed to only have Emilia, 'I told you so'.
Before he would head back, he decided to grab some mayonnaise since he was feeling pretty empty. As he opened the cabinet to where the mayo was stored, he realized it wasn't there.
"For fuck sake…" Subaru knew where they were and he was hoping he'd catch her at the scene of the crime.
He quickly ran to where the kids were at as he was hoping there was still some left for him. As he reaches their room, he creaks open the door to see Chochorina having a mess of mayonnaise across her face.
"Hey rat, that doesn't belong to you does it?" Subaru announced his presence to the silver haired child. Chochorina gained Subaru's love for mayonnaise and it was unclear who loved it more at times. She had a habit of getting out of bed at night to steal some food, especially mayonnaise.
As soon as Chochorina heard her father call her out it was no use. She couldn't fight back, yeah, she could kick his ass but if her mother walked in her life would end where it's at.
"Pleaaaase a little bit more. I'm almost done." As she desperately tried, she hoped to at least finish the rest of the mayo, but Subaru wasn't letting that happen.
"Sorry Rina but we just made that mayo yesterday and we have nothing to eat for now so hands up."
"Hmmmm fine. But can I go and play with Patrasche?" The quarter elf was always asking if she could see the earth dragon.
"Fine but first fix your mess. You don't want your mom seeing this do you?" Chochorina agreed and quickly wiped away the mayo all over her face. Once she did, she jumped off of bed and changed her clothing to go play with the black dragon and ran past Subaru at such a speed he questioned how he even managed with her for the past 12 years.
Both Subaru and Emilia loved Chochorina at first sight. Subaru wanted nothing but happiness for his child and to keep his family safe from the world. Emilia was in tears as she stared at a beautiful quarter-elf. So many thoughts came to her head that she couldn't stop being reminded of Fortuna when she laid eyes on her. While both Subaru and Emilia were in tears, they were in tears for separate reasons. Emilia for joy and Subaru for pain.
During the process of giving birth, Emilia was in pain and of course Subaru was there to support her through the process. There was one thing Subaru didn't take into consideration, Emilia's monstrous strength crushed the poor boy's hand. While Emilia was busy cherishing the birth of her daughter, Subaru was mourning the death of his left hand. A couple of days after Chochorina was born, Subaru decided to visit Crusch as he needed Felix to fix his hand for him.
Things were different when it came to Keid. When Keid was about to be born Emilia was fully prepared to endure it but Subaru had the bright idea of using Cor Leonis while Emilia was giving birth.
"How bad could it be?" Those were the words Subaru wondered before activating Cor Leonis. He wanted to die. More than anything he wanted to die right there and then. To Subaru it felt as he was giving birth as well but the place it was coming from hurt a lot more then he planned. He wasn't taking all of the pain but only about half to help Emilia through the process. Only with half the pain it brought back terrible memories when he was devoured alive by the Great Rabbit. The Great Rabbit was far and above the worst thing that he ever felt, but this was definitely the second.
Nothing but bad memories were brought upon when thinking back to the births of his children. He was happy of course but it would have been better if it was a painless process. As he walked down the hall, he looked out the window to see Chochorina playing with Patrasche. Soon he watched as Chochorina and Patrasche rode off to the distance until they weren't visible. Subaru could do nothing but smile at the sight he just watched.
Finally, after getting up for no reason he arrived at his room. He walked in to see a sleeping angel taking up all the space. Honestly even after 17 years since they first met Emilia was still as clumsy as ever. Back then Emilia was so oblivious to how love worked it took her almost 2 years for her to figure out her feelings for Subaru. During the events of Pleiades tower, Subaru lost his memories and many obstacles were formed. Emilia and Beatrice did their best to comfort Subaru when he lost his memories. There was one thing they could never help out with and that was Return By Death. Subaru was thrown into the depths of hell from the beginning and was almost lost due to his insanity.
Thankfully Emilia saved him during a failed loop but that managed to put Subaru back into the mindset that he needed to be in. Both versions of Subaru were saved by Emilia and fell in love with her but only Emilia will never know she saved him. In the end Subaru gained his memories and formed a plan to conquer the tower.
All gluttonies were killed and some people woke up with everything restored and for some it was already too late. In Rem's case only her name was restored. As for Crusch, she managed to gain her memories. A couple of months passed after that and that was around the time when Emilia became very flustered around Subaru. For someone who constantly hit on her he never picked up the signals and didn't want to confuse them for her kind nature.
With time Emilia confessed her feelings and finally, Subaru was the happiest man in the world. Almost two years of death just to hear her make a confession was simple enough for Subaru. He was a man that only wanted what he wanted and he meant that. The moment he fell in love with Emilia and confessed his feelings he was willing to wait as long as it took for her to give him any answer and, in that moment, nothing could take away his happiness, not even Return By Death.
"God she's so fucking gorgeous." As Subaru walked back to the bed, he noticed her awake, staring back with a smile with a blush on her face. Shit he just said that out loud.
"You know Subaru, you can just tell me you love me you know." Emilia tapped onto the bed inviting Subaru to join her.
"If you're asking for another kid, I'll pass. I don't want to deal with another potential Rina."
"You know sometimes I don't know why you hate Puck at times, you call your own daughter Rina when he calls me Lia," called out Emilia.
"Look he left an impact okay. Puck is still a pretty bad father." The boy tried to defend himself as Emilia continued to call out Subaru.
"If you reaaaaally didn't like him as a father then you would have told Chochorina how babies are actually made by now," giggled Emilia.
Subaru explained that, "Look it's much harder to tell her how it actually works, why don't you tell her it should be YOUR job to inform her." As much as Puck was a terrible father, he couldn't call him out on not telling Emilia how babies are made. There was a time when the question came up but Subaru just told Chochorina that she wasn't old enough yet. It was still better than saying that kisses would make babies.
"Well, I'll tell her when the topic comes back up again. But you seem really tired with just two kids. You were reaaaaaaally excited when we discussing if we wanted kids or not."
"Look I was... never mind it'll be too hard to explain. But raising a kid is much harder than it looks like, especially two." As much as he wanted a big happy family that was too much for Natsuki Subaru. He could barely keep up with Chochorina and Keid as it is and anymore will kill him permanently.
Emilia moved her position as Subaru went back to bed, "Well we're both happy with the family we have. I just wish Fortuna and Juice would be around. They would have made amazing grandparents."
"Fortuna, I bet but I'm still a little iffy on Juice. I know you told me that he went insane but the Juice you know is a different Juice I know."
Subaru couldn't help but bring that fact up. During their years together, Emilia and Subaru talked about Petelguese before and what he became of. The news was something neither Emilia and Subaru knew about. Subaru heard Emilia talk about Juice but never asked anything of it to avoid terrible memories, Emilia on the other hand never knew of Petelgueses fate. Eventually the two told each other everything they knew about the topic and while Subaru had a hard time believing Petelguese, the guy who twisted Rem right in front of him and caused him the most trauma in the worst mindset possible was also Emilia's father figure. Much to his dismiss he had to come to terms with it even if he couldn't believe it. But he trusted Emilia so that must have meant that he was a pretty good guy, right?
"Anyway, I'm going to check on Keid and Chochorina wanna come with me?" Emilia got up as if this was what she was awake for.
"So, you invite me to bed and you want me to get right back up? I think I'll pass but Rina is awake and she's busy riding Patrasche."
Emilia gave Subaru a wry look. "It's too early for her to be playing with Patrasche, she hasn't even eaten yet," Emilia explained her concerns.
"Well, she ate mayonnaise so she did eat technically." While giving a stupid response Emilia stared at him with a serious look.
"That isn't food she needs to eat properly; gosh you can be really blithering sometimes."
"Well for starters no one says blithering these days." Emilia pouted as they went back and forth on the topic.
"We're not done with this topic but I'll go check on Keid alright?" Subaru gave her the thumbs up and she walked off towards Keids room. Honestly Subaru can be so stupid sometimes but that's what she loves about him. He was the only person who ever looked at Emilia and thought her being a half elf was cute. Not in a million years would she have ever thought someone would love her, someone would cherish her, someone that gave her a family, and someone who taught her how to love someone with all their heart. More than anything she loved Natsuki Subaru so much she can't think of a life without him. He changed her life so much, only one person could change this much and she was thankful the man she loved also loved her in return.
Once Emilia reached the doors of Keid and Chochorina's room she opened the doors to see Keid and Beatrice reading a book.
"Looks like your mother is here, I suppose." Beatrice closed the book as soon as Emilia arrived thinking she'll borrow Keid.
"Mom, can I stay with Beako a little bit more? I want to see how the story ends." Keid may have been a shy kid but when it came to something like reading books, he didn't want anyone ruining his experiences.
"Don't worry I'm not stopping you from reading the rest of the book. I just wanted to see how you were doing." Emilia knew better than anyone that a kid should be allowed to do whatever they want at times and this was something she didn't want to ruin.
"Beatrice, I haven't seen you a lot lately. I remember when you wouldn't leave Subaru and now you won't leave the kids."
It's true, the day Chochorina was born Beatrice wanted to changed certain specifics to her contract with Subaru and Subaru agreed. The day he should pass on from this world his lineage would take care of Beatrice for the rest of her life. Beatrice grew very attached to Chochorina and Keid, especially Keid. Keid and Beatrice relationship was one of Aunt and nephew. While she did care extremely about Chochorina, Beatrice found herself more attached to the timid boy.
"Well, it's Betty's job to watch over Subaru's kids while their parents are busy flirting, in fact," Beatrice stated.
"You don't have to, me and Subaru would gladly spend the entire day with them if you let us." Subaru and Emilia saw their kids pretty often but there were days when both were too busy with the country or were needed somewhere else.
"That won't be needed, I suppose. You may be their parents but Subaru would like them to know many people and have many connections so their futures would be filled with many memories, in fact." Subaru said something similar about that to Emilia at one point. When they first made a contract Subaru would have gladly spent all his time with Beatrice but he wanted those 400 years' worth of memories to be filled with other people around her. Beatrice is doing exactly that; she may have trouble going out and talking to others but these children and their families after them will fill those 400 years of memories. But none of them will ever top what Subaru gave her and she owes him the safety of his family.
Emilia couldn't help but smile at what she heard. Subaru made such an influence on Beatrice and such that influence went straight back to her. She heard those words before but they never stuck with her and now she wants that lesson engraved into her children. That'll be the only thing she ever asked out of them to ensure their futures are safe.
"Can I go back and read I wanna see how the story ends." Keid broke the silence that entered the room, he never liked it when the room got too quiet.
"Ok ok, I'll leave you to your books okay Keid?" When Keid heard the words come out of her mother's mouth he couldn't help but smile. Keid never wanted to disobey his parents which was sweet and worrying for him. On one hand both Subaru and Emilia loved that he didn't argue unlike Chochorina but Subaru sometimes wished he would make his own choices for himself outside of what he enjoys. He was only 9 of course but that worried Subaru since this kind of world isn't nice and there were days that worried him. That didn't worry Emilia since with time they'll learn, all kids do.
"Bye Mom Love You," waved Keid
"Love you too sweetie!" Emilia couldn't help but bring out her biggest smiles when it came to her children. She would do anything to make sure they stay happy and receive a life much better than her.
So this is my first time writing a fan fic before so they'll be tons of mistakes. So it would be helpful if you guys can leave any suggestions to make sure I improve as I want to make this enjoyable as possible.
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed.
