[CHUCK MCCOY]

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“HANDS UP!!”

Two chubby pale blue arms reach up to me!! His fingers feel like dewy lil push pins that hook onto my thumb and I go pulling him up! Happy baby blabber fills the Bay as he coos at me! “So ya got reflexes like ya mama, eh?! Don’t get cocky just yet, ya hear? Ya gotta lot to work on over the upcoming few years, lil man!” There’s another happy lil gurgling sound, wet spit gathering all over his face as he looks up at me with these bigass cross eyes. Big eyes, big fluttering lashes, cherry baby horns, cheeks like moons. My heart’s melting through my ribs holding him, gently pushing the donut-size inflatable tube over his waist. My son. “N’ you are just so fuckin’ CUTE!! Daddy loves you, yes he does,” I sing to him, leaning down to blow raspberries in his lil belly.

Me, my beautiful wife n’ two kids just got to Tokyo Bay!! There’s hella whack rumors going ‘round bout shark attacks spinnin’ outta control lately. Quirk scientists are goin’ mad wild, spittin’ out theories about what might happen and how everyone should avoid the Bay as much as humanly possible. Y’know what that means tho? A beach that’s hella thinnin’ out by the second, super reduced prices for hotels n’ everythin’ nearby!! N’ just like that, that’s how the love of my life and I scored a beach vacation at a fraction of the price!! Maybe the Bay today, a dinner cruise tonight and hella shoppin’ tomorrow!! Or the Kasai Rinkai Park, whatever my favorite people in the whole wide world wanted to do!!

“You excited, baby?” I ask in a lower, husky voice, milky white eyes shooting over to my first baby. My last, eternal love. From delivering our two kids to then being on call 25/8 for them, I was hella worried she’d never get a break. I was right there with her, same page for every feeding, diaper change, cry session that’d never end, but I ain’t have to deliver or carry the kids myself. She was amazing, as an understatement. My hip nudges her own, the wickedest grin over my scarred-up mug. I wanted her to have fun, a chance to breathe and relax!! At this lil spot of our own, a section of white sands with a big pink-n-blue umbrella above us with bevs and food at our feet.

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[Kazashi McCoy]

She was falling in love with Chuck all over again watching him become the most adorable father this side of Japan. While he was being all silly with their son she was quietly nestling their daughter in her arms. It was hard to get a read on their babies already, but judging by her ability to nap like this even out in the open, Kaz had a sneaking suspicion she might be the quiet one of the two. ''He's got papa's toughness so he'll be okay!'' She chuckled. Looking down at the lil one in her arms she smiled warmly, their daughter slowly blinking her eyes open. One auric cross eye like hers and one milky white like her dad's. Blue skin and cherry red horns too. 1000% adorable just like her twin brother. ''Yer droolin' all over again. ~'' She hummed, turning her hand into a scarf to wipe the drool off her chin. ''Did ya have a good nap?'' She replied by blowing raspberries at Kaz and turning her big eyes to look over at papa and her brother.

''How couldn't Ah be? This is our first getaway as a family, right? First of many.'' She smiled, nudging his hip back with her own. ''Ah was nervous bringin' the lil ones, but they look like they're havin' fun too.'' She looked at their son, playfully tickling his chin with her scarf hand and wiping away his drool. ''Aren't ya? ~'' She asked him in a playful sing-songy tone. ''Did pa put the tube on ya, ya wanna go for a swim with us? Ah should get one for ya too.'' She looked down, gently rocking their daughter.

CHUCK MCCOY

[CHUCK MCCOY]

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I wink at her, eyes lingering long after. I was hella mesmerized by this supermodel succubus already but… seeing her swaddle our daughter? It was like a whole new level unlocked I ain’t even realize. A post-game that was its own damn series!! I scooch on over when she awakes, planting a big fat kiss on her little forehead. Her heterochromia’s got me spinnin’!! My voice was much lower, almost lullaby-like. “That’s it, princess!! Take advantage of all the naps white you’re young! You ain’t gotta wake up for shit!” Our son gurgles, loud and happy-like, soon as his mom tickles his lil chin. “Oh yeah, he’s hella the blabbermouth…” I tease, scrunching my face down to his to nuzzle our cheeks.

“First of many,” I repeat cheekily after her, fishing somethin outta my swim trunks before talking ‘gain, “got our camera and everything!” Instead of carrying guns and knives, now I’m the bottles and pacifiers dealer!! “I am.” So excited it hurts. Squeezes all the air out of my lungs, makes me breathe anew. It’s even brighter here. With our son in my left arms, I’d come up behind her with my right arms and give her a huge hug. Breathe against her neck before looking towards the ocean. “Tubies for everyone!! See kids, I’ll wear one too in case my quirk kills me while we’re out there!!” My free hands would find my love’s back or intertwine my fingers with her own if she didn’t mind it holding our daughter!!

Unbeknownst to me, somethin’ hella big started scuttling under the shore… I ain’t able to recognize it but someone with preternatural senses could!

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[Kazashi McCoy]

''They're adorable. There's so many horror stories about havin' kids, how they take up all yer free time, but Ah never get tired of them.'' She smiled, maybe she was just a hella crazy mom, or maybe it was the fact that she never had parents when she was this little, and she wanted their early lives to be extra good. Hella better than anything her or Chuck had gone through, a childhood that's safe and fun. ''Blabbermouth like his pa.'' She teased, then added on a wink. ''An' a cutie like ya too.''

''For the scrapbooks, so we can document everythin'. Ah wonder how they'll react seein' their own baby pictures, do ya think they'll remember everythin' from when they were this little?'' She looked back at her daughter and pinched her cheek so lightly she could just barely feel it. ''Ya better not be pickin' up swears yet. Ya can swear all ya want when yer older.'' The calm sound of the waves was something she could grow used to. She hella preferred the bird song they woke up to every day near the forest, but the sounds of the ocean reminded her of being a kid too, those early years back on Okinawa. Only, the feeling of being near the ocean was even better when it was here with all the McCoys present. She leaned into his hug, sharing the warmth with their daughter as she hugged her close too. ''Yeah, safety first.'' She chuckled, her fingers effortlessly intertwining with his.

It was all happy moments, and then she whipped her head around as something started moving. ''Chuck-kun.'' Her tone had switched on a dial, immediately serious as she directed her eyes towards the source of the commotion. ''We're not alone.'' She turned her upper body and the arm that was holding her daughter into a black overcoat, nestling her close under her defenses. ''From the shore.'' Was it a villain? No, not at that size, not unless someone had transformed into something giant. Whatever it was, she wasn't trusting it for one second, hella more alert when she was with her family.

CHUCK MCCOY

[CHUCK MCCOY]

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“Yeah, I do too,” I purr, reaching up behind her to playfully slip my open, hard hands down her hips and bury my face into her neck, “plus, gives me all the more excuse to never leave your cute bum!!” It was no stretch of the imagination to say that I could happily spend 25/8 with Kazashi McCoy. Literally every second, hour, day, facetime with her if either of us had to take a shit or whatever - it was THAT serious. Good thing I’m married to this gorgeous girl!! We could be weirdos together, all the time! ‘Specially when our kids grew up to have their own personalities, interests, hobbies, all away from mom and dad. Mhm, sixteen years before that, I don’t think all that time could prepare me for it. “H-hey, like me?!” I was mad blushing, her compliment glowing inside me! “Good thing he’s cute then!”

Our baby daughter smiles up at her mom, lil arms climbing up for hers when she lightly pinches her. I’m soft. “They’ll remember. If it ain’t conscious, they’ll make up stories ‘bout it. How warm and happy and well fed they were and loved. Ain’t a doubt ‘bout it.” My baby pictures were all over the news before the big shot adopted me. I remember grotesque disgust seein’ myself. This look in my crooked, scarred-up eye. Like baby-me had this whack precognition, this knowing that he’d been incarnated into hell. My fingers squeeze all the tighter ‘round my girl’s soft, delicate own. That we’d give them a life leagues better than either of us had made me so happy words ain’t describe it.

I was hella thankful her senses were so good. Immediately I got serious right with her, tucking our son closer to my chest as my eyes dart this way and that. “Here, take him,” I whisper low, handing our son to her before grinnin’. “Hella nice fit.” Her resolve, creativity never stopped blowing me away. Then I reach up to the umbrella above us and SNAP it into two, pulling out a lighter to ignite the sharp spiked sides. With two poles in hand I inch forward, right in time for the crustacean menace to pop its ugly ass outta the shore!! “OVERPRICED ■■■■!!” I stab it through its plate, fire igniting through its shell, and deceptively fast it slams me like a freight truck with one of its pincers! I go rollin’ off to the side, all the air left my lungs.

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[Kazashi McCoy]

She was hella blushing next, giggling as he buried his face in her neck. “Y-Yer cute bum, Chuchu!!” Even though they were holding one twin each she still tried to sneak a quick kiss before he pulled away. “I’m glad it’s with ya.” It was unreal how lucky she was. Best boyfriend turned husband and partner and soulmate, hella turning into the best dad for their kids too. “Hella, Ah can tell he’ll get his rizz from ya.” She winked, nudging Chuck’s hip playfully with her own.

“Ya think? That’s so sweet…” So sweet she almost started tearing up, hella leaked a few tears just watching their children be so effortlessly cute. In a strange way, it was like her life had led up to this, like having kids with Chuck was her true goal in life and she never even knew it. “We’re gonna make them grow up happy.” She sniffled, squeezing his hand as their daughter reached her arms out towards her.

Just as a precaution, she turned both of her forearms into scarfs and wrapped them around the babies, keeping them warm and shielded at the same time. Holding them close, Yuzuki reached up to try and pinch Kaz’s cheek the way she had experienced it earlier. “Ya little bandits.” She smiled, making silly faces at Zenji as he cooed happily. She knew she could put her faith in Chuck to deal with whatever this was while she kept the lil ones safe and cared for. The last memory she wanted them to have when they grew up was getting attacked by sea monsters! “What the hell is that thing?” Nestling the twins close made it easier to shield their eyes. “Ya need help Chuck-kun?” It had only been a brief moment, but it didn’t seem all too intelligent. Not unless it was being controlled by someone, but she didn’t know that any of their personal enemies had crustacean related powers. “Touch my husband again an’ Ah’ll mince ya inta canned food!” She was fiercely protective of the lil ones, but there was only one person she had been ride or die for since the beginning. All the way back when he changed her life.

CHUCK MCCOY

[CHUCK MCCOY]

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Her quick kiss caught me offguard, happy fireworks going off behind my eyelids as Zenji gurgles seein’ it all unfold!! Then I was mad grinning, in love with her blush, her stutter, just straight up in love with her. “Your’s is hella cuter!” That was the most eloquent I could possibly be, stars orbiting my line of sight everywhere she was or in every vision I had of her, all day every day. A miracle given human form, perfection on two legs or as a scarf. I rock Zenji, eyebrows cocking at how this kid’s cooing seems to exponentially increase when she says the word rizz!! “You see that, baby? Your son’s tryna charm you already!! I ain’t think I gave him ALL that!” My heart was full. Imagining him grow into his own personality, wondering what our daughter would be like too. Always the sleepier, more reticent one? I just couldn’t wait to see what they’d be like n’ at the same time, I ain’t wanna leave this moment for anything. My wife and my kids. Family, by blood or otherwise. All that mattered or ever would. A reality I couldn’t even fathom being mine if you met me before my moongirl.

Sorry Kaz-chan,” I whisper, reflexively reaching out to wipe her tears with my thumbs. A happy, smug smile found my face, extra arms dipping down her waist and around her so it was like we could have a warm family group hug. My life had been a never-ending circus act, one disaster after the other of a bad kid being in the wrong place at the wrong time. By his own choosing, his own destruction. Falling down more dangerous paths, gettin’ arrested and looking for more trouble yet. And now… I’d never been more in the right place, right time. Like suddenly all the crooked, jagged edges of me snapped together, finding peace in their place because she was here, our lil ZuZus too. I hold onto her and close my eyes, nodding into her neck. “Yeah. Everyday at home with their ma or pa or each other, hella somethin’ to look forward to.” I was mad laughing then at what Yuzuki did!! Hella cuties, them. Get it all from their mama!!

The ground gracefully caught me, COUGH COUGH, as the world finally came back into place from the attack. “You ain’t see that, hun!!” Good thing she was masterfully covering our kids’ eyes! Can’t see dad actin’ a hella scrub!! What was it? I spit, murder in my grin. “I ain’t know, but I’m gonna KILL HIM!!” The speed was a helluva cheap trick! I sprint towards the burning crab, skittering about like a hot potato back and forth on its scarred-up shell, analyzing its every movement. Some asstrologer told me that the sign of the Cancer moves back and forth rhythmically, assessing that its every step is slow and steady, exactly what it wants. Maybe this one was slow, in proportion to its size or somethin’. Iunno, Brie was the smart one between the two of us gangsters. Right when it prepares to switch its footing again, I take a real stab at its chest again, this time cracking its shell. Juice erupts out of it, so does a roar-squeal that feels more fitting to some eldritch-quirked creature. Eh, as long as it tastes good, what does it matter?

I look back to my girl after putting my arms up, catching the crushing blow of its pincers this time. “HELLA good idea, baby!!” Pride fills in my chest for how she defended me, lungs heaving in to wrestle control from the crab - “Do we want him minced, boiled, or somethin’ else?! I guess I’m kinda smokin’ him right now-!!” I stab him again, then a few more times! I’ve got a helluva idea on my mind!

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[Kazashi McCoy]

''Ta ya maybe, but yer all Ah have my eyes on.'' She winked, feeling so full of happiness and love that it almost felt overwhelming. A nice day out in the sun with her soulmate and their kids. A decade ago she had never imagined this much happiness could exist in life, and especially not that it would come into her life. That meeting him was the catalyst that would change everything for the better. Her life had been a lonely voyage through the darkest expanses of space, all hope of turning home lost, not that she even had a home in the first place. Most people were born and brought up with a home, but she had to find hers in his eyes. ''Ya don't?'' She couldn't help but chuckle, seeing Chuck with their kids was something special. ''Don't ya think that's exactly how ya charmed me?'' She nudged him playfully. ''Keep up the good work, Zenji, mom an' dad loves ya.'' She hummed, pulling Yuzuki close into a little hug. ''An' ya too, Yuzuki.''

''Don't be.'' She smiled, blinking her eyes. ''Ah'm the one who can't hold back my tears, Ah should be sorry.'' She looked down at the twins, making sure they were comfortable too in the group hug before looking back up at Chuck. ''It's even worse after becomin' a mom. These days it takes nothin' for me ta start cryin'.'' She smiled softly, closing her eyes as she felt her heart beat faster, family group hug was hella going to be a tradition in their household! ''Careful or Ah'll start tearin' up again because yer all so cute. ~'' She teased. ''Every day a new adventure for them an' for us.''

''What do ya mean? Ah see ya kickin' ass!'' She grinned, rewriting history in real-time, not that it mattered if he got sent flying once or twice or hundreds of times! The amazing thing about him was how he always got back up, how nothing could keep him down or stifle his determination. Not even when her dad attacked all those years ago, Blaine Kaneko and his twisted henchmen, none of them could stop her soulmate hubby. An overgrown crab certainly wasn't going to either. She could feel herself itching to join him in the fight, just like back in the day when they beat anyone who got in their way. They were an unstoppable duo, but the safety of the twins came first. Looking down she gently rocked the lil ones who didn't seem all too phased, but she still felt the need to reassure them. ''It's gonna be okay don't ya worry, pa will be back in a second.'' She cooed softly to them.

''Yeah?'' She looked up, grinning from ear to ear. ''Ya wanna cook it? How do ya prefer them?'' Seafood just so happened to be her favorite and if Chuck was cooking it she could eat it any way he prepared it. She didn't even realize it but she was starting to grow hungry too. Was it lunchtime already? Were the twins hungry? ''Follow yer heart, Chuchu, but come over here when yer done, we're waitin' for ya!'' Loving family ready to praise him for a job well done.

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[CHUCK MCCOY]

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Her wink sends my heart outta orbit, a pitter-patting thing spinning at lightspeed. Heat runs down my face, her words dripping like honey all the way down me. I cluck my tongue. “I better keep working then.” I flex with the arm not holding Zenji, years of bulging hypertrophy all on display for her. “Give you something nice to look at then.” I stick my tongue out at her!! I get this thought in my head, this moonstruck ecstasy for the fact that I’m never gonna stop being attracted to my wife. The kids were the cherry atop, but it’d always be her first, unrivaled adoration and purpose for my life. “Well goddamn am I lucky it worked,” I purr, hungrily eyeing her up after she nudges me. She’s a whole snack, five course meal and double dessert. Two scoops of the finest - Yuzuki mewls then, a spit-and-soporific yawn slipping from her cute lil lips when her gorgeous mother pulls her in for a hug. “Yeah, listen to your mother, kids!!” Thank ■■■■ for my beautiful wife!! My mind was still on her, all her!

“It’s a hella beautiful thing, baby.” I was lost in her auric oceans lookin’ up at her, drowning in her light. No one else feels like you do. If everyone felt a fraction as much as my girl, could I even wrap my tiny head ‘round how much better the world would be? No numbskull Villains like me, kids without homes or people without sanctuary. I ate up her every word, thumbs lingering on her face. She was so soft and light and perfect n’ beautiful, could ya blame me? “They’re gonna be hella emotionally unstoppable, courageous, able to feel everything cause their mama can.” I lean up and into the hug, mad grinning to myself. If this made her sob up, just wait until her birthday or Christmas or our first family outing to breakfast or literally anythin’!! Me and the demon snotlings would team up n’ get her, big time! “I can’t wait.” Every adventure with her was the best adventure of my life so far.

“THANKS BABY!!” I shout, crab shell buckling under my punches. I grunt, four arms at its chest piece before shell goes raining down, orange-splattered white shards landing away from my family. “I’m gonna need a new weapon,” I thought aloud between reps, “somethin’ childproof.” Getting gashed a couple times in its tricky onslaught, I heave, grappling onto one of its legs like a tree trunk and yanking it straight off. My own blood and crab juice go with it, an unusual flavor profile!! “HELL YEAH I DO! I WANNA COOK FOR YOU, NERD!” The other legs were down in the same minute, a pile lugged behind me as I wave at em with a fleshy pincer. “Ya want butter n’ lemon grilled??” I’m grinnin’. “I think we got some herbs for the water in the cooler, I’ll hella use those too!!” I show the catch to our kids, putting the smooth part of the shell out to them so their lil baby hands could touch it!! “Who’s hungry?!”

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''Lucky me. ~'' She giggled, enjoying his every little reaction, the way he flexed and stuck his tongue out at her too! Caught oogling her husband, could anyone blame her when he was so handsome and charming? Irresistible, milky white eyes and a face she wanted to kiss silly every time she saw him. ''I-It hella did!'' She gulped, blushing as he made her heart hop and dance with the way he was eyeing her up. She laughed then, all wrapped up in their family group hug. ''Ya think they're gonna be rebels?'' They were all cute and innocent now, but who knew what kind of mischief the twins would get up to once they learned how to walk and run?

''Mm.'' She sniffled, smiling back at him. ''Ah never saw it that way until Ah met ya, but yer right. They're gonna be hella unstoppable in every way. We balance each other out, yer hella amazin' where Ah'm not, so that means they'll get the best of both worlds, right? Best from ma an' pa.'' Two lost souls who had found each other, who had to discover the meaning of love because they had never known it from home. Yet here they were, happy family, their kids being raised with all the love and happiness they could spare and then even more than that! It was a naive dream, but she never wanted them to suffer. No heart aches, no tears of sadness, just perfect happiness for their kids. The twins, and any lil ones they might have after them too!

Seeing him slowly, but surely wrestle victory from the beast she smiled and eased up her shoulders a little more. She never doubted him, but she was also hella ready to get involved if she had to. ''Childproof? Like somethin' they won't mess around with?'' She looked down at their snotlings, rocking them back and forth gently. Better not create any trouble for your dad! ''That sounds perfect!'' Her eyes lit up, practically salivating at just the thought of such a rich meal. She smiled and leaned in with the kids, letting them coo, gurgle and touch their hands all over the smooth shell as they studied it their own way. ''Ah think we all are.'' Still, where did that monster crab come from? Maybe it was just a coincidence? Well, for now that coincidence had brought them more than plenty of food for lunch! ''Need any help?'' She offered, since she could easily wrap the twins to her body with her quirk and free up her arms if he needed an extra pair of hands.

CHUCK MCCOY

[CHUCK MCCOY]

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I was ugly grinning!! Her words, the gulp and blush that live on in infinite loop in my twisted head. It’s her, all her. That’s it, ain’t look twice at anybody ever again. Beauty in other girls was the facsimile of her smile, ink off a shade from the real thing. Just never compares, oceans away from her. I wanted her to feel the same way always, would keep myself sharp and strong till the day I died and hella in hell too!! She ain’t marry no scrub! I tug her all the closer to me in our group hug, careful to not squish our kids squealing with baby laughter!! “Rebels?! Awe shit, staying up late smokin’ cigs and cuttin’ class?!” Earth to me, karma’s a ■■■■!! “O-our sweet angels? No way, baby!! Y-you think they’ll be?” I lift up our son, eye his wriggling lil fingers and the iridescence dancing across his auric cross eyes. Horror strikes me as my mouth opens in a soft gasp. I hella already see it!!

I tug a strand of hair behind her ears with my index finger, thumb ridging up the base of her horns as she talks. Her words are hella beautiful. Then there’s her heart of melting magic, the intention and action of making a childhood so good for our kids that maybe their ancestors would feel it too. Maybe all this hell would be circumvented in a different lifetime because of what we were doing now, no evil dads nor their greed driving lifelong hatred. I nod up at her, sweeping in to press a kiss across her collarbone. My lips linger as I whisper across her skin. “The best of both worlds. You’re a lil bit better than me tho.”

“Yeah,” I reply back, “maybe thinkin’ to retire my swords, swap out my guns for somethin’!” If their skin was already blue, maybe it was an early indication they’d get regen too. Even if they did, there’d be no measure too great to protect our kids. I already hid all the weapons around the house but if they’re smart as I think they’re gonna be (or smarter than me which ain’t that hard to beat!!) then it wouldn’t be long till they got to ‘em!! There’s a name goin’ round… Bakuretsu. Apparently a high dealer of explosives. Ironic, right? I ain’t think I know her but I do!! Maybe she could make somethin’ compact and specially operated for me.

Anyway, I go draggin’ our catch to my beautiful family!! Grinnin’ up at my wife like a dog with a stick that it found, gashes across my torso and arms already repairing themselves. My eyes vacillate from my wife to our kids as they touch the shell and back again, light in the joy of their discovery. The whole world was so brand new to them, I ain’t think I’ll get used to that!! I get to the grill, then suddenly double over in “pain” as a hand goes to my stomach. “AHH!!!” The crab almost comes back to life for how loud my ass was!! “Kaz-chan, I desperately need-” I reach up for her- “a kiss!!”

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''Who knows?'' She chuckled, ''they don't look it now, do ya think? Look at their faces, how could they do any wrong?'' She turned both Zenji and Yuzuki to look at their pa, their curious eyes lighting up as they stared back at him while Kaz fluttered her eyelashes, teasing him. ''N-Not like we were ever delinquents, right? They don't gotta know!'' She grinned. They couldn't make all the wrong decisions their parents had made if they didn't know about them, or something like that!! Every day with Chuck and the kids was a new challenge, and every time they conquered another challenge like they always did, she fell deeper in love with him. Reminded all over again why he was her soulmate and continued to be the most important person in her life. ''Zenji sure seems like he could get inta trouble, with those little hands grabbin' everythin' around him!'' She laughed as Chuck held him up. Was he going to be a skilled crafter like his pa?!

''Y-Ya can't whisper that so close ta me!!'' She blurted out all flustered, his words dancing against her skin when he whispered so close to her collarbone. ''Yer a lot better than me! Ah don't even have ta prove it, ya prove it yerself every day an' every hour.'' She looked down at Yuzuki and whispered softly to her. ''Don't ya think pa's the best ever?'' She smiled, making Yuzuki very gently nod her head with the aid of her hand. Bringing their kids into it was absolutely cheating, but she was still doing it if it meant teasing her hubby!

''Oh yeah?'' She blinked her eyes and thought about it for a moment. ''Wouldn't ya miss the swords? Yer good at swingin' them an' all.'' Not that she couldn't see where he was coming from. She didn't have the problem he had since all her fighting was done with her fists, so there was no danger of accidentally exposing the lil ones to weapons that could lie around the house and get them hurt. ''No matter what ya choose ta do, Ah hella appreciate ya thinkin' about them.'' She smiled reassuringly.

''Look, look! Dad's bringin' home the big catch!'' She pointed for the kids as he approached, prompting them to make noises. ''They're sayin' they love ya!'' She called out to him, almost tearing up at the sight of their kids touching the crab shell with the light of curiosity in their eyes. ''Ch-Chuck-kun?!'' She had never stood up so fast before, rushing to his side as he doubled over. Had the crab gotten him with some sinister poison that bypassed his regeneration? Was he more hurt than she thought? Maybe she should have stepped in after all-

Then when he said what he did she burst out laughing, all her worry vanishing in an instant. ''Ya dork, come here..'' She smiled, letting the kids roll up her arms and above her as she wrapped them in scarfs and suspended them above her and Chuck in little, gentle, swaying scarf swings. She took his hand, letting hers trace down his arm, then to his shoulders as one hand wrapped around to the back of his head and the other cupped his cheek as she leaned in to kiss him deep. ''Like that?'' She whispered softly against his lips when she pulled away. ''There's more where that came from, but Ah think we're all gettin' hungry.'' She looked up at the twins who seemed to have the time of their life on her impromptu scarf swings.

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[CHUCK MCCOY]

✧ RIP ✧

It was insane, seein’ em look up at me. Her at the heart, so many features of hers that’d no doubt mature with the features of mine as they grew older. Something panged inside me, loud and colorful and bright. I was lost for words. “N-no,” I agree idly, gulping. “Yeah, that’s right baby!! They ain’t gotta know ‘bout our past, not one bit!” I threw up a fist, wild smile biting into my lip. UAU was on its 25th year or sumn, right? So if my girl graduated a few years ago and our kids had a few years too till they went to University (like five?? Six? I ain’t know how school works!!) then would anyone be around who remembered the story of a girl who disappeared on all those late nights? Back just before curfew. Parents pass that kinda gossip around to their kids? What did ours have to suspect of our past, of our present? My lifeless milky eyes gleam, not caring ‘bout any of that. Only thing that mattered was standing right in front of me. The love of my life, our spawn with their giant baby eyes and big baby cheeks in her arms. “If he causes trouble I’ll put him to work!! Those gremlin hands will find a helluva purpose organizing the pantry!!” I was evil grinning, hella teeth and no bark. Chances were hella more likely I’d bring the lil man to the gym with me, teach him how to exhaust his body by being strong!! Or helpin’ his mom around the house.

It was impossible to peel away from her skin, the sweet, full scent of her and warmth under my rough fingertips driving me mad. Drunken eyes soak in her words. My hands tighten over her wrists. She was so cute when she was flustered. “It’s all you, Kaz-chan.” She was the one who wandered through the desolate hell of a childhood like ours… And chose Heroism, genuine resolve, where I chose hatred. Everything good that’d come of my life after, and all my efforts to be strong enough to protect it, stemmed from entirely her. Her her her. Her face, thick rural accent, low voice all dancing in my skull even as I slept… I’d be a fraction of the man I was without her. A lost, lonely boy with a knife where his heart should been. “h-hey, d-does she really mean that?! YUZUKI!!!” I ain’t catch what my baby was doing with her hand!! Even if I did, I was so overwhelmed with our daughter nodding! I rush in, kissing the top of her lil forehead!! “Daddy loves you, yes he does!! You’re the best daughter a father and mother could ever ask for!!”

I heave after the crab fight, ribcage burning with the exertion. Blood drips away from me, less and less as regen automatically wove me back together. “Mhm… no. Maybe I’ll remake them with a blunt edge one day.” Maybe there’s another way. A way to win without killing, without mothers losing their sons or wives losing their husbands. I’m getting old, aren’t I? Still, her genuine sweetness and compliment got my heart beating ten paces faster. The injuries of earlier mentally melted away right there, right in the brightness of her smile. “Thank you baby,” I whisper, hands gently clutching onto her hips, “I’ll swing you later!!” Then I smirk at what she says, emotion running lightwaves up and down my chest. You and our kids are all I think ‘bout. Don’t tell the kids I think ‘bout their mom a lot more tho!! Only by like ten thousand percent (and I ain’t good at math but that’d be the underestimate!!).

Our kids’ joyous, curious sounds awoke new dad feelings in me, and combined with Kazashi’s tone then I almost hella bad to do what I did then!! Never wanted to worry my baby! Selfishly tho, that guilt evaporated with what she did next, the sensuality of her kiss unscrewing my soul from its body and uplifting me. Full send, straight up, outta this world kiss!! My arms clutch onto the small of her back, a tender groan uttered into her lips as we locked. “A-am I seeing stars??” I asked afterwards, hella stupid and dazed, drooling as I looked up at our babies bouncing around in their swings. Her kiss was that good!! Then I snap back to it!

“YOSH!! Let’s EAT!”

tag: Kazashi McCoy

[Kazashi McCoy]

''Ain't gotta know anythin'.'' She agreed with a smile, before giving both Zenji and Yuzuki a kiss on the side of their heads. ''Organizin' the pantry? That's not a bad idea, maybe Ah'll hire him on ta help me in the bakery.'' She added to the joke with her own evil grin. It was just a joke, but she could never say no to him or Yuzuki if they came to her wanting a job at the bakery once they were older, or wanted to earn a little cash by helping with chores around the house.

She laughed at Chuck's reaction, pulling him into a quick hug as he kissed Yuzuki's forehead. ''She means it!'' They were lucky, weren't they? For the longest time she had thought she was one of the unlucky ones. No parents in her life, sharp teeth, horns and auric cross eyes, mutations that at best scared people away and at worst earned her some ugly remarks from her peers. How could younger Kaz have considered herself lucky? It wasn't until a little later, after meeting Chuck, after they went on that first date and after they fought together at the restaurant that her fortune started to turn. Nowadays, with a loving husband and healthy children, she couldn't imagine having landed in a better future than this.

Holding the twins close she made sure to keep them calm and occupied while their dad fought off the monster. ''That doesn't sound so bad. Ya still got the muscles ta swing the swords hard enough that a blunt side would still be effective.'' She smiled and leaned in to kiss his cheek as he held her. ''It's a date then.''

''Are ya? Ah'm only seein' one.'' She smirked, gently booping her nose against his before leaning in for another kiss on the lips. The twins were cooing and laughing above them and once they got ready to eat Kazashi carefully rolled them back down into her arms. ''Enough playin' ya little trolls, we're eatin' now.''

CHUCK MCCOY

[Jinx]

☆ MISSION SUCCESS ☆

A wholesome trip to the beach for everyone. Except the crab!
Wonderful thread you two!

+ 75 tokens!!

Chuck: 2,500 // 10,000 exp
Kazashi: 75 // 150 tokens

tag: CHUCK MCCOY Kazashi McCoy