I'm coming home

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{~Prologue~}

Serena's pov

"Thank you for coming, have a nice night!" Said the grocery store employee with a respectful bow.

"Thank you, you as well." I replied as I grabbed the shopping cart with ???? and a few groceries in it and making my way to my car, a simple little 1975 Silver-Black Handa.

I unlocked my car with the keys, putting the few bags I had gotten in the back seat on the floor, then closing it to go around to the other side after I picked my adorable baby up. I opened the door and put my baby in his car seat, strapped him in with a kiss on the forehead and nose, getting a sweet little giggle in return, and then closed the door, moving to get into the driver's seat.

I strapped in and started the car, and with a quick look at my baby boy who was playing with his little dinosaur toys, then in the mirrors to check for anyone, backed out and drove home to the apartment I rented when I got into this city.

~ Timeskip ~

It took about 10 or so minutes to get back home so it was about 6:20pm.

I parked in my reserved parking spot and turned off the car after rolling up the windows. I unstrapped and opened the door, getting out after put my keys and wallet-phone in my pocket. I walked around to the passenger side to unstrap my sleepy baby, holding him on my hip while I got the bags. Once I got them I closed the door and locked the car. Then, holding onto my sweet ???? and grocery bags, made the familiar way to our apartment door.

After letting ???? unlock the door with a giant smile on his face, I made my way inside, closing the door, that automatically locked, behind us. I let my baby boy down and he obediently followed me as we made our way to the elevator, waited a few seconds for it and got in, waiting a little before passing the 3rd floor to the 4th, getting there about 30 seconds later and getting out.

???? Led the way to our apartment, my hand in his, all the way down to door 113. We got to our door and unlocked it just as our neighbor, a nice older lady was leaving out of her own apartment.

"Have a good night at work, Miss Lahey!" I said to her with a smile as she looks up at me with one of her aged own. Elena Lahey works as a hospital nurse and the late shift as well, so she'd sometimes watch ???? for me and I'd sometimes cook for her.

"I could only hope, and you 2 better get a good sleep now, ain't no staying up just cause it's the weekend" We both laughed at that. Me and ???? would sometimes stay up really late, which would make us a bit late for things, and she knew since she had to get us up for an important doctor's appointment before.

"Be careful!" I called as she was getting into the elevator, she waved with a smile and nod as the doors closed. ???? and I went into our apartment, closing and locking the door behind us. I made my way to the kitchen area while ???? had already sat down on the couch in the living room area next to the kitchen area. I turned on the t.v and handed him the remote, he was a smart kid that's for sure, and knew not to put anything inappropriate on. He put on an animated movie, 'The incredibles'. I set about the kitchen putting away the kitchen groceries and getting dinner prepared. I was gonna make chicken strip wraps, since it was already close to ???s bedtime. Its easy to make, all I had to do was warm up the tortillas in the microwave and the chicken strips in the air fryer. I got out the Cesar dressing, salad, Tajin, and cheese as well as 2 plates. I then put away the rest of the nonperishable groceries as food cooked. The food finished about 10 or so minutes later and I got the wraps finished, then put them on the plates with a small handful of cut strawberries. I also got out 2 cups for chocolate (????) and strawberry (serena) milk for us. I set the plates and cups at the table and called ???? to come and eat. He came and sat down and after we said our thanks, we started eating while watching the movie. Just as I was finishing up with washing the dishes after we finished eating and sending ???? to brush his teeth and get ready for bed, I heard my phone go off. I set the dishes to the side to dry and wiped my hands off on a towel I had nearby, then made my way to my phone that I had plugged in to charge.

'Unknown number' it said, 'weird' I thought and answered cautiously, "Hello?" There was static then the line became clear and a seemingly female voice answered back, "Hello? Is this Asahi Serena?" "This is her, how may I help you?" "I'm sorry for the call, however you were on the emergency card for Azumane Asahi, ????? Asahi, and ???? Asahi. There's been an incident involving the 3. We'd like you to get here as soon as possible to get the full news as it would be hard to convey over the phone." '.....' "How soon are you able to get to the Emergency ward at xxx xxxx hospital in Sendai, Japan?" "It'll take at least 14 hours, I'm currently in Los Angeles, but if I leave in half an hour I can get there in about 11-13 hours?" "That's fine, ma'am, just let the front desk know who you are and they'll help you." "Alright, thank you" With that I hung up. I was now extremely worried, I dialed my baby brothers number but he didn't pick up so I dialed my mother's but she didn't pick up and neither did my father. I was getting nervous and anxious so I decided to start packing.

I went to my room and into the bathroom to see ???? finishing up with brushing his teeth.

I took a breath and walked in.

"Hey, Zuko, something important came up and mommy has to go see her family. Do you want to stay with Grammy Lahey or go with mommy?" I bent down while asking him. He looked up for a second in thought and then at me. "I wan go wi mama!" He said with an adorable little smile and lisp to his words, cheeks and nose scrunching with remnants of toothpaste and his eyes closing. I felt myself tear up, I gave birth to this beautiful baby boy.

I smiled at him and pulled him into a hug which he nuzzled into, he said and I quote, 'ur ugz ma me feel safe', so sweet!!

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I smiled at him and pulled him into a hug which he nuzzled into, he said and I quote, 'ur ugz ma me feel safe', so sweet!!

I ruffled his hair and stood up with him in my arms. "Alright, but we gotta go tonight, so I'll let you sleep in the car, but we gotta pack and get going ok?" He nodded his head as I put him down.

We packed our suitcases with a week's worth of stuff as well as a bag with food for at least 2 days. Then we changed and got our shoes on at the door. We went downstairs to my car and got in and buckled up and were on our way. We stopped at the local hospital to pick up Miss Lahey, she doesn't drive, she uses the bus. Shes done with work around 8 and it was 7:58, so we waited and she came out at 8. She seen us and was surprised but walked over. I got out the car to explain the situation and she agreed to drive us to the airport and take the car home. I got in the passenger side and she got in the driver's side and we drove to the airport. I had set up 2 last minute tickets for 8:30 in business. We got there at 8:26 and got out. Zuko was already getting sleepy.

We were able to get on early and we had 1 carry on, so we only had to wait for a minute or 2 to take off.

We were in the air and we've only been gone for about 7 hours. Zuko had fallen asleep after a minute on the plane. I was able to take a nap after an hour and slept for at least 2 and a half hours before being shaken awake by Zuko who said he had to go pee. So we got up and went to the bathroom on the plane. Luckily, there was no one in there and it was fairly clean. We finished after a few minutes and went back to our seats. I put a movie on for Zuko and gave him my bag that had a few candies and snacks in there. He was careful not to make a big mess, but he's always been a neat eater like me. He fell asleep after 30 minutes and woke up about 2 hours later. It was about an hour after that when we were warned that we'd be landing. We landed and got off the plane before a few others.

After grabbing our luggage, we took a cab to the hospital, immediately going up to the front desk to ask for help.

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