!!DISCONTINUED!! Bittersweet Shade || Macaque x Reader

|| Prologue ||

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First Person POV
19 Years Ago

   "Y/n, it's time for bed.", said your father.

   "I know.", you responded quietly to your father before showing him a picture book, "But I want to show you my favorite character!"

   Your father looked down at you with a gentle smile, just the tiniest bit of intrigue pulling at his lips, "Your favorite character? What do they do?"

   "He is Six-Eared Macaque! He's a trickster god! He annoys Sun Wukong a lot, but he's helping this time! There's a big BIG bad that they need to defeat, or else the world ends!"

   You looked up at him with big, pleading eyes, "Can you read this part to me for bed-time? I want to hear you do your voices for the characters!", you continued, showing the picture of the Shadow Warrior and the Monkey King battling a large and awesome beast.

   Your father chuckled, picking you up and nodding, "Of course, love.", he kissed your forehead and carried you to your room.

   "...And so, they defeated the beast. The world had been saved. Macaque looked to Sun Wukong, smirking with a sneaky grin, "See you around, Monkey Kid.", and left.", Gary said, closing the book and laying it in his lap. You cheered drowsily, putting your little fists in the air with a small 'yay!'.

   Your father then covered you back up and kissed your forehead, "Did I do a good job?", he asked. You nodded in satisfaction, snuggling into your blanket.

   Before your father left you, you piped up, "Papa? Can I ask you something?"

   Your papa turned back towards you, kneeling at your bed and tilting his head, "What's up, hun?"

   "Do you think I could be like The Shadow Warrior?"

   "Well, you're already sneaky enough to move in the shadows like him.", he ruffled your hair a tad, making you giggle sleepily. "Why? Do you want to be like him?", he asked.

   You nodded bashfully, looking up at him for approval.

   "I think you'd be an even better trickster than him. You're so witty and clever...My little Y/n.", he cupped your cheek in his hand, smiling gently at you.

   "But, I would be a little nicer...", you added quietly.

   "Yes, you would.", he chortled, then standing back up, "Goodnight, Y/n. I love you."

   "Love you too, Papa. See you tomorrow!", you whispered back.

   "See you tomorrow."

Present time
First Person POV

   "Order up!", Pigsy hollered. You snapped your head to the pig man, hopping over to the counter with a large smile on your face, "Got 'cha, Pigsy! How many orders you got?"

   "Just finished about six of em'. Think you can handle em' squirt?", Pigsy grinned at you, setting the orders down on the counter for you to load up into your delivery box.