Chapter 4: I'm a father?!
Days passed and Kuzco still couldn't get over the fact that he was going to have a baby. One morning, he was pacing in front of his throne thinking about being a
father.
"What will we name the baby? Will it be a girl or a boy? What if we have all girls and no boys at all? How will we have a future emperor? What if we
have all boys and no girls? Malina would be devastated! She always wanted a girl!" Kuzco thought as he continued to pace around his throne. Soon, he just
sat in his throne and groaned. He rubbed his forehead as he felt someone's hands rubbing his shoulders.
"Ahhhhh! No touchy!" Kuzco yelled as he jumped out of his throne and did a weird karate pose.
"Oh I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. Is everything okay?" Malina asked as she rested her hand on Kuzco's shoulder.
"Oh yeah yeah, everything is fine." Kuzco said as he went back to sit on his throne.
"Kuzco, you look stressed. Are you sure that everything is okay?" Malina asked.
"Malina, I'm fine, really I am. You don't have to worry about me. Me no stressy!" Kuzco said with a phony smile. Malina was not convinced.
"Really." she said with a straight face.
"Oh yeah. I'm totally calm. You could just call me Mr. Calm Chill dude. Oh yeah, there's no stress here! Me plus being a father equals no stress." Kuzco said.
Malina's face brightened.
"Kuzco, is that what this is all about? Are you nervous about being a father?" Malina asked.
"What?! No, no, no. Me, nervous? No way!" Kuzco said.
"Kuzco, it's okay. You can tell me if you're nervous. Especially if it's about our new baby."
"Okay fine! I am a teeny tiny bit nervous about being a daddy. There I said it." Kuzco said with a frown.
"Kuzco, that's nothing to be ashamed of. It's very normal to be nervous about these things especially if you don't have any experience."
"Malina, I'm an emperor. I don't have time to rule a kingdom and run a family."
"So what are you saying? Do you not want to have a family Kuzco?" Malina asked as tears began to form.
"No. I mean yes, I mean no, I mean maybe, I mean-"
"Just save it Kuzco. I understand. I just thought you would be happy about all this, but I guess I was wrong." Malina said as she left Kuzco in tears.
"Wait Malina! I can explain. I do want a family, it's just that, I'm not sure if my family would want a "dad" like me." Kuzco sighed as he sat on his throne. He covered his face and began to cry.
*Author's note: Sorry to leave you all on a sad note, but I wanted to address the issues of Kuzco and stay true to his character. In other words, Kuzco might not be ready to take on such a huge
responsibility and I wanted to explore that factor about his character. Don't worry more is coming and it might not be as sad as this.*