A/N: The reason why the chapters for this book are so far and wide is because of a lack of motivation. Also, I do get stuck for more 'filler' chapters because I do know how I want this story to end and I plan on making bonus chapters but the real issue here is the middle part. I've always been good at writing beginnings and ends but the middle of stories I've always struggled a bit with. Also, there is both a lot and too little I can actually write with this since this is a college alternate universe story. Another point is that the chapters will be short and I apologize to those who may be still reading this.
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You put yourself on a routine for the summer that once a week you will have a self-care day, which means you will be by yourself and you will do whatever you feel needs to be done that day, whether it's going shopping for home or it's washing your hair, doing chores around the house, or even simply doing nothing and just eating junk food and watching TV. It has done wonders for your mental health. Not saying that your friends are going out or doing that, but self-care will always prevail over anything else.
"I think I'll go to the zoo today." It was a free day to go to the zoo, and you always love looking at the animals and going to the barn to both feed and pet them. You grabbed your stuff since you were already ready and left home. You already knew that you wanted to go outside, but you weren't sure what you wanted to do so going to the zoo was spontaneous and you're proud of yourself for doing something not on a routine like you usually do. You took the bus since it was only a 45-minute ride from the zoo. you decided to listen to music and play a couple of games on your phone until you. got to your stop. which was directly in front of the zoo entrance. As you got off the bus you saw the line as well as heard the loudspeaker.
"Everyone stand on the right if you need to buy tickets, and anyone else who has the tickets already either physically or on their phones come to the left!"
You had your ticket on your phone, so instead of going to the right, you went to the left and there were only three people in front of you so you didn't have to wait long to get to the front. The woman at the front was very nice as she scanned the barcode, and you were granted entrance as well as got a digital map of the zoo. It's been so long since you've been to the zoo that when you check the map, you notice that they added a few more exhibits as well such as the Avian house, the butterfly house, the Arachnid house, and a rodent house. They extended the barn too, now you were really excited that you took this trip today.
"Mommy! Can we go to the reptiles first? I want to look at snakes and lizards and geckos!" You agreed with the little girl, and you were glad that her mom decided to take her there. So you and a couple of others follow her and whoever else was going to that part of the zoo to go look at those animals. You got here early at 11 and the zoo doesn't close until 5 so you have more than enough time to look at whatever you looked at before, as well as thoroughly look at the new exhibits. You took your time looking at the reticulated pythons, and the corn snakes, they even have a Komodo dragon. They had all kinds of geckos as well as other lizards that you have never seen before. When you were done looking at the reptiles and stuff you exited, and didn't realize just how close you were to the new arachnid house exhibit so you decided why not go look at it. There were two kinds of people, the ones petrified of arachnids and the ones who liked them. You happened to be one of the ones that liked them.
"Let's go look at the arachnids Dad! They're so cool! Come on! Come on!" You watched in amusement as the twin boys were pulling on their less-than-enthusiastic dad to go towards the arachnid house. The things that parents do to make their kids happy. You followed the small crowd and you were amazed, by what they had. First of all, it was twice the size of the reptile amphibian house together and you didn't realize just how many different arachnids there were besides just spiders and scorpions. There was a tour guide and you were listening to her talk and talk even though you couldn't see what she looked like but you did listen intensely because you were learning about all these different kinds of creatures that were in here.
"These over here are our whipscorpions!" You followed her voice with curiosity and were looking at what she was pointing at behind the glass. It was in fact the whip scorpions! It was your first time seeing them in person. You have definitely heard of them and seen a picture of them in a book, but besides that, you have never even seen them and they looked exactly how their name sounded. As the lady talked, you looked at her, and she seemed familiar, very familiar. When she stated her name that's when your eyes widened. She was Muzan's older sister! You didn't know that she would be working here in a zoo because she and the rest of the family just didn't seem to do anything besides business but then again, you can't judge, a book by its cover. You moved on just like everyone else and looked at all the other critters reading the panels and the little excerpts they would have describing whatever was behind the glass and before you knew it, you went through the whole exhibit and ended up on the other side of the zoo with all the other exhibits that they had.
"Let's go to the butterflies! It leads right to the avian house!" You decided to follow the crowd once again and walk with them to where they had the greenhouse where all the butterflies were. You'll admit that you weren't the biggest fan of butterflies because they reminded you of moths, but you didn't mind them to say the least. Once you got to the butterfly house, you didn't spend too much time, but you didn't rush through it either. You just looked at the plants and listened to the tour guide talk about the different butterflies and where they came from. A couple of pretty ones even landed on you and you did take pictures like you did in the Arachnid exhibit. You went straight to the avian house, but you had to go in one at a time because the birds had a habit of trying to escape. Once inside, you were greeted by a peacock who had his tail feathers out for the world to see, which, of course, you took pictures of. You looked around at all the birds, the macaws, the parrots, the parakeets, the female peacocks, flamingos, geese, ducks, and whatever other species they had in here.
"Look at the pretty feathers mama!" You listen to the kids marvel at the birds just as you did, and you take a couple more pictures before exiting the avian house and once out you feel yourself grin at the sight of the barn. Now you knew there were other exhibits to look at, but you were excited about the barn and feeding the animals as well as looking at whatever new ones they had. It was about lunchtime for children, so there wouldn't be too many children in there so this was your chance to be with other adults who liked animals as well. You speed walk to the barn, and just as you expected, there were only a couple of children instead of a handful, as you would expect in about an hour or maybe less. You wasted no time grabbing a little bag and filling it up with food to feed the goats, the alpacas, the llamas, the cows, the pigs or whatever new animals they might have. You took your time walking around and petting and feeding whatever animals you saw and what. you got to see some new cows and even yaks that they had. You got excited listening to the employee. that talk about where they came from and how old they were.
"Would you like to go inside and lay with them? They came from a very hands-on and loved family." You almost squealed with excitement
"I can cuddle cows! Yes!" You follow the lady and she opens up the pen calling two of them over and you are bouncing with excitement. Once they got to you, you started petting them and they moved right in your face, laying down and trying to drag you down with them, which they didn't have to because you followed willingly. Once they were on the ground, you laid right on top of them since they were beside each other and you were petting all over wherever you could reach. You were basically starfished on top of them, but you didn't care because you were in heaven and you were tempted to fall asleep right now.
"You can stay for about an hour, these two love it." The lady moved back out of the pen and left you there in a puddle of happiness as you petted the cows and they were more than content to leave you lying on top of them. You had your head turned so you missed the surprised look someone you knew was giving you.
"Y/N?"
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I'm going to make this zoo chapter two parts. Thank you to those who may still be reading this!
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