Welp. My attempt at writing a proper "married future" fic based around Sucy and Akko.
Special thanks to:
Kaponos - for inspiration!
EmeraldSage86 (AO3) - for even more inspiration!
I hope i didn't completely botch some particular moments and didn't end up with any plotholes.
"Whew. Didn't think that the clients would come flooding in just to stock up on hangover medicine, of all things." – Sucy remarked as she walked over to the doorsign on the alchemy shop she was working at, and changed the sign's inscription from "We're still open!" to "Sorry, we're closed" with a single wave of a wand. That was one of those mundane spells that she honestly gotten pretty used to over the past couple of years.
At the current time, Sucy Manbavaran was in about her mid-to-late twenties – maybe 26-27 years at most – , having had graduated more than a long while ago and now owning a potions shop of her own. This wasn't exactly a childhood dream of hers, despite the fact that her hobbies would tell one otherwise, but it's not like she hated the job either – she pretty much got to do what she was passionate about and get paid for it, so it was a win-win for her either way. Not to mention there were orders for some potions that were used for dealing with some…Delicate matters, and she was always paid extra to keep hush-hush about these orders, so that the only record of them would be just a couple lines in her list of latest potion orders, which she kept private even from her wife anyway.
Speaking of the puce-haired alchemist's wife…
Atsuko Kagari, as one could guess, was also in her mid-twenties – at about 25-26 years old – by now, and has certainly developed quite a bit over the years, but I won't go into detail about it because this isn't really that kind of story you're about to read. The most one would have to know about her is that, while she did work as a performer's assistant for quite a while, and even got to go through with a few performances of her own eventually, the Japanese witch ultimately decided against taking serious part in magical showbiz, as she felt rather sad about having to keep away from Sucy for prolonged times. While it was initially met with reluctance on Sucy's part, as the violette didn't want her wife to give up her dreams for her, the two eventually agreed that it would be better for both of them – as Akko put it, being away from Sucy made her feel like she had her magic drained all over again and then found out that she would never regain it – or, as Sucy simplified it, all empty inside. – and on the other side of the spectrum, whenever the brunette was away on another one of those tours, Sucy couldn't help but feel incredibly concerned for her, even if she was a tad less of an airhead than in her academy years – after all, with just how exhausted Akko looked whenever she finally had a chance to go back home and relax for a week or two, she couldn't help but wonder if this kind of work wasn't too stressful for the asian witch.
Nowadays, Akko opted for a more grounded, "stay-at-home" kind of life, usually helping Sucy out with her potions when necessary and doing the occasional housework. After the end of the "reluctant" phase, the violette seemed to be more than satisfied with this outcome, as being able to spend more time with her beloved was certainly quite a welcome change. Not to mention that Akko seemed to be a lot less exhausted all the time. And quite a bit more amorous, too, but once again, we'd much prefer to leave the details to that out.
All in all, the two witches were enjoying their life together, even despite the occasional difficulties that would come up.
On this particular day, however, things got a little…Interesting.
Recently, Sucy has been noticing that her wife seemed to be acting a tad strange. Every time they passed by a couple with a kid, Akko's usual cheerful smile briefly faded, and would only come back up again if there was something to distract her from the whole thing or if Sucy actually specifically brought it up – in the latter case, she said it's nothing too serious. There were also a few cases where, when the two witches were out for a walk, Akko insisted on veering into some areas where children would often play around, much to Sucy's confusion and slight annoyance. Overall, Akko was acting a bit weirder than usual.
So, on this specific day, when the two witches went back home from their usual work, Sucy once again noticed that her brunette wife looked a little forlorn all over again. The violette decided that enough is enough, and that she has to get to the bottom of this.
And thus, about an hour later, while Akko was busy washing dishes after dinner, the puce haired witch snuck up on her, grabbed on to her waist from behind, and asked concernedly: "What's the matter, bunny? You were looking so incredibly forlorn for the past few days. Is everything alright?"
"Huh? Oh, it's…Nothing worth your concern, that is for sure." – The brunette responded. Sucy could swear that at that moment, Akko even seemed a little…Flustered? She just chalked it off to close contact, and continued: "Are you having seconds thoughts about the fact that you gave up on magical showbiz?"
"No, of course not! I'm really glad that I made that choice! In fact…" – Akko blushed a bit. – "The source of my concern is actually far, far away from the magical matters."
This had piqued Sucy's interest, and she asked: "Hey, it's alright. Witches or not, we're still only human. So, what was it?"
"It's rather silly, you don't wanna know."
"No need to be so reluctant on me, guinea pig." – Sucy's hands seemed to have trailed a tad higher than they should have, which immediately made Akko tear herself out of the violette's grasp and ran off to the bedroom.
"Way to go, Manbavaran-Kagari." – Sucy thought to herself as she quietly followed her rather flustered wife to the bedroom. – "You just lost any and all chances of her telling you just what's been troubling her all this time."
As Sucy walked into the somewhat quiet bedroom, she noticed that Akko was just quietly sitting on the bed, with her chin on her hands, looking off into the window.
"Come on, Akko. If something is troubling you, you know I can help." – The alchemist remarked, walking over to her wife, who still seemed to have just as much of a blush on her face as when she ran off.
"Are you sure you're not going to get mad at me because of it?" – Akko asked, still rather flustered.
"Why would I?" – The violette asked back, confused.
"Well, you see…" – The incredibly flustered brunette twiddled her fingers, trying to find the right way to give out her question. Normally, even when it came to talking, she just charged in head-first without thinking. But right now was a rather delicate matter and she did not want to completely flunk it. – "I was actually thinking about… You know… Starting a proper family. As in, having a child."
"Oh." – That was all that Sucy could muster at the current moment as a response. After a few moments of awkward quietness, she continued: "And here I thought you'd never bring that up." – Her words trailed off into an uncomfortable silence, as she herself had a distinct blush on her cheeks as well. – "But you do know that's quite a bit of extra responsibility for both of us, right?"
"Of course I do, and I know we can handle it. It's just that… We've been together for quite a while now… And…I thought that maybe we should take it to the next logical step after all. " – Akko certainly had difficulty choosing the right words, as she still seemed to be incredibly flustered. – "Of course, if you think that maybe we're not quite ready for it, then…"
"No-no-no, it's… It's alright. It's fine. " – Sucy placed her hand on her wife's, and quietly continued: "If that would make you happy, then I'll be sure to comply."
"Really? Thank you, Suce!" – The brunette responded, hugging her spouse as tightly as she could, which led to quite a bit of pained grunting courtesy of Sucy.
"Alright, alright, we'll go over to a nearby orphanage and you'll check for the right candidates yourself." – Before Sucy could stand up from the bed, Akko pulled her right on down.
"Actually… Didn't you have a recipe for a particular potion that would pretty much allow a woman to conceive a child without any sexual intercourse involved?" – The brunette asked. The alchemist confusedly looked at her and responded: "Well, yes, I've actually sold a few vials of this potion to a few couples as part of my "private orders" list, but… Don't you think that's a bit too much extra trouble?"
"Look, I have nothing against orphans, but it's just… Didn't you also say that, if one were to add a taglock from a particular person to that potion, then the resulting child would also inherit the taglocked person's traits as well?" – Akko leaned closer. – "I want that child to really be ours, you know."
Sucy let out a defeated sigh. There's just no re-convincing her wife. Not that she was mad at her or anything – if anything, she learned to accept her sheer stubborn-ness even before they got married. So, afterwards, the violette remarked: "Well, I know there's no reconvincing you. But we still have to determine whose taglock will be used and who will be the one carrying that burden."
The brunette didn't take long with her answer: "Guess it has to be me taking that risk then. After all, I am the uke in this relationship. "
Sucy quietly sighed – with that one sounding a tad less defeated – and added: "Very well then. I'll get to working on that potion tomorrow, and add my taglock to it once it's done. I'm sure a single tiny drop of blood would be more than enough. For now, I'm a tad too tired."
Throughout the next day and up until that day's evening, Akko was rather excited for what was coming up later. The brunette spent most of the day flying around town on her broom to pass time – hey, considering that she was a lot more proficient in flight than in her academy years now, she had her right to spend her time that way anyway – only ever landing near shops to buy a few necessary things so that she at least wouldn't be coming back home empty-handed.
By the time she was back home at evening and went to check on Sucy in her potion laboratory, the violette was already pouring the light purple colored potion into a clean unlabeled vial.
"And here I thought you were going to be late again. Talk about a flunked guess. " – Sucy remarked as she cast a quick spell to clear the remaining fumes out of the brewing laboratory and took off her gas mask.
"So, is the potion ready?" – Akko asked, still standing in the doorway.
"Just about. All I need to do right now is add in the taglock, and we should be all set. " – The alchemist responded, reaching over for a clean needle and slightly pricking her finger, then adding a single drop of her blood into the vial and stirring it within for a bit. After the slight drop of blood seemed to dissipate within the odd liquid completely, the violette handed Akko the vial and said: "Look, if you're having second thoughts about this, then maybe we can save that potion for a later time."
"No need to do that. I know that I'm most certainly ready, Sucy." – Akko responded, in a more serious tone than what one would normally hear from her. The puce-haired witch sighed and continued as her wife took the odd potion from her hands: "Very well then, bottoms up."
When Akko just slightly smelled the odd concoction, she noted that this particular potion didn't smell like any of Sucy's usual stuff. In fact, the smell seemed to be a pleasant and sweet one. Taking a deep breath beforehand, Akko downed the entire thing in just about one go. The effects didn't seem all that obvious at first – considering that this potion was designed for conception alone, and not for sped up gestation, this was kind of to be expected. In fact, the only indication Akko got that the potion seemed to be working was a slight, almost unnatural warmth in her stomach area.
As Sucy took the now empty vial from Akko's hands and tossed it into the cleaning tray, she only had one thing to say:
"This might have just been the boldest of your decisions.
My inner maeisiophile just couldn't resist, and this story was the result. Guess it's just my starvation from the lack of updates on a certain other story over on AO3 that made me do this.
And no, the potion didn't take Sucy all day to finish – Akko just took a tad too much time flying around (not at the speed of sound).