Married… With a Useless Goddess 8
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There comes a time that every high schooler dreads, no matter where you are in the world and that would be midterms and final exams.
And no one dread it more than Aqua, who has been failing her subjects as of late and had to go as far as request some time off from work to spend these next few days studying.
"Why isn't Kazuma here, he should be tutoring me and encouraging me while hopefully lead to some much deserve snuggling" whined Aqua as she was in the living room with Grandpa who was eating canned peaches.
"Then you wouldn't be studying at all, besides my boyo is a responsible man who knows how to properly balance work and school" said Grandpa Satou.
"I could really use his help or anyone else's at this point" said Aqua, "Don't worry my dear, I'm sure your husband isn't far from home now, he did only plan to work a half day this weekend, plus he did open, so he should be home soon" said Grandpa Satou as if on cue Kazuma finally stepped inside the house.
"Oh how I wish woman were born without feet" exclaimed Kazuma in his ever so grumpy demeanor.
"How was your day today honey" asked Aqua, "Terrible, a fat woman came into the shoe store today, she was so fat that they had to take her state ID photo using the Hubble telescope" said Kazuma.
"She comes in demanding that I get her 3x3 large matching shoes for her, and so I asked her if she wanted to eat them here or to go" continued on Kazuma as he took his shoes and jacket off and made his way into the living room.
"Now I don't know when they started allowing woman to carry taser, but she tried to lunge at me with it, I ducked down and she tripped over me, rolling like that giant boulder that would have squashed Indiana Jones in his first movie and as she left the store I saw her twitch in pain every time she moves her right hand, leaving us with the mystery as to god only knows where her taser disappeared to. Seriously just give me a reason people" said Kazuma as he sat down on the couch before sticking his hands down his pants.
"That's great honey, now come over here and help me study, finals are seriously next week" said Aqua, "Come on, I just got home from work" said Kazuma.
"Get on with it boyo, every hour you spend just sitting on your ass watching tv could be better use to sitting on your ass and studying, now git" said Grandpa Satou.
"Oh all right, give me a minute to wear something comfortable" said Kazuma, as he went to his room to change out of his work clothes.
Back inside his room for a moment of solace, Kazuma notice little things that made not only his room, but his live overall more lively.
Photos can be see of him and Aqua at school, having dinner, or just hanging out together on the weekend like a peaceful happy couple, and that's before looking at the more personal things he had owned that the 2 shared.
Picking up a photo of the 2 of them side by side while at school together brought a smile to his face as he felt all of his worries, all of his regrets now gone, and that maybe there was still hope for him to become something and was willing to do anything for that someone.
"I'm back, let's hurry this up Aqua and if you managed to pass without needed to take supplementary lessons over the break, we'll go somewhere nice together" said Kazuma.
"You mean it" asked Aqua as life beamed back into her again, "I do, in fact grandpa I've been meaning to ask, by any chance me and Aqua can go borrow your summer home you have back towards that one little villa near the coast" asked Kazuma.
Before Grandpa Satou could give an answer, his answering machine went off for everyone in the house to listen.
"You have 1 new message: Hey dad, it's me your son Kazuhira, just wanted to let you know that I plan to borrow your summer home in a few weeks, since my son Kenta here is gonna be done with his finals soon, I wanted to make sure we don't run into those squatters I went and dumped on you, I… do apologize for doing that, anyways give me a call and let me know if we got the place or not, ok bye" said the recorded voice of Kazuma's father.
Even though Kazuma has long since moved on with his life and has even forgotten everything about the man, and accepted that he no longer needs to work for his approval, it still hurts Kazuma knowing he'll never be anything to his father so long as either one lived.
"Kazuma, are you alright" asked Aqua with concern over her husbands mental well being.
"I'll be fine Aqua, we should really get back to studying" said Kazuma as he sat next to his wife and pulled out his study plan to do his work, but also help out his wife whenever she ran into a speed bump.
KONOSUBA
After a long afternoon of studying, Kazuma and Aqua took a break and left the house as they were back in town grabbing a bite to eat and trying to unwind.
"Here you go" said Aqua as she handed her husband a can of her favorite root beer, "Thanks" said Kazuma as he popped the can open before taking a long sip.
"You want to talk about it" asked Aqua, "What's there to talk about, my father considers me as absolutely nothing, and only feels sorry for grandpa in the wrong way" said Kazuma.
"No worries, maybe in time we can mend the relationship you 2 once had and we can all be a happy family again" said Aqua, "Come on Aqua, you know that's not true, you yourself even told me that on my death bed, they not only laughed at my death but also rejoice knowing I was out of their life and saw first hand that when I was given a second chance they wanted nothing to do with us" said Kazuma.
"And quite frankly, I've gave it some recent thoughts, and I honestly don't want to do get involved with my fathers life either" said Kazuma, "Kazuma, that's not true, that's just your anger clouding your mind, cause I know somewhere deep down, you do have a yearning for parental love" said Aqua.
"Maybe it's true, but in retrospect I shouldn't be the one fighting for it, it should be him fighting for it, cause I've done everything he wanted me to do up until I became a NEET or even agreed to marry you, and you know what I got from him, nothing" said Kazuma.
"He never praised me, never got himself involved with my life, he never did any of that with me or my brother, until I started to slip out of life where he openly praised my brother as a means to spite me" said Kazuma as he took another sip of his root beer.
"From an outsiders perspective, people can say he's doing a good job, but from our generation and from my eyes especially, the man was a monster and a sadist, who cared nothing about loving his family and seemed to value his own happiness above all else, so you know what he can have it, me I was lucky enough to find both in life" said Kazuma.
"Find both of what now" asked Aqua naively as Kazuma reached for her hand and held it with care.
"Love and happiness back in my life, I was able to find 2 different things the moment you came into my life Aqua, and know that even though we're not gonna have a nice vacation out by the sea, I do promise to take us somewhere nice during break" said Kazuma.
"Oh Kazuma" cooed Aqua as the 2 leaned in to kiss, before picking up their food and going home to prepare for their finals, and with any luck enjoy a nice vacation somewhere.
Alright guys, we're gonna end things here, I know a bit of a short chapter, but I wanted to get to the point of what I was aiming for in this chapter, and that was how not only love and happiness were not being the same, but also parental praise.
Gonna be real here, I don't have the best relationships with either one of my parents, in fact I pretty much hate them, and I don't mean that in an angsty teenager going through puberty kind of way, I mean that there's genuine hatred I have for them, which honestly is alright so long as no one goes out of our way to inflict harm on one another, which kinda leads to me having the same kind of relationship I have with my dad especially like how I depict Kazuma to be having here.
Honestly I think my dad and step mom are dead since I haven't heard a word from them in months, and neither have answered or responded to my messages or calls, and if they're not dead, they're in hiding somewhere, so whatever the case be, I'm frankly quite happy with either one of the results, like honestly it puts a lot of relief on my shoulders here.
As for love and happiness not being the same, here's a scenario I can put for you guys by how I mean.
An individual can find happiness anywhere in their life, be it from following a fandom, by hanging with their friends, or achieving independence in their own way, however the moment you put love into the matter it changes the chemistry, like say you choose to move out and live your life in a camper van, away from society and live the NEET life to achieve total happiness, but you can't because your loving friends, family, and significant others don't want that and won't allow it, because it breaks there heart knowing you'd want to distance yourself from them, never to be heard and die alone, whether that was the intention or not, and so you chose to stay, sacrificing your budget plans to buy that camper, and not go to fanime as often as you like, but instead work a 9 to 5 that pays your bills, you go to school and get that degree for a better job, and maybe settle down and raise a kid to continue and share the wisdom, justice, and love you had learned in your life time, and hope they continue this cycle, cause no matter love will remain the catalyst in life's formula, while happiness will always be a changing reaction as we continue to grow in life.
With that being said, be safe, be good people and please support your local fandom communities.
This has been your Humble Narrator and official author Tobi Yaza. =3