「Anime x Reader One Shots」

Little One (Daddy!Shizuo x Mommy!Reader)

People who didn't know him well would've never imagined that he would want a family. He normally stuck close to himself, never really opening up unless he was around close friends or his beloved brother. For a long time, even you didn't believe he had any interest in having a family.

It seemed like only days ago when you had first met him and when you did, you had no idea that he was actually one of the most feared men in Ikebukuro. In a busy such as that, no one really bothered to stop and apologize when they bumped into someone. Everyone except for him. At first, he turned on you with an angered look on his face but as soon as he saw you, his face softened and he mumbled a quick apology before stalking off again.

That was the first time you saw him but certainly not the last. Only a few days afterward, you became the victim of a robbery. While walking down the streets of Ikebukuro late at night, a hooded man leaped out of nowhere and snatched your purse from you. Before the man could get far, that's when he appeared. You recognized him right away and quickly became astounded when this blond-haired man lifted up the nearest vending machine and hurled it at the thief. That was when you finally realized who this man was; Shizuo Heiwajima.

From the stories you had heard, you knew you should've been scared of him yet somehow you weren't in the slightest. Most people in their right minds would run when Shizuo walked towards them but you only stood there with a grateful smile on your face as he handed you your purse.

"Thank you so much," you said before embracing this stranger in a tight hug.

He froze for a moment, obviously expecting you to run away from him. It was rare for him to find someone who wasn't terrified of him but here you were. Hesitantly, he carefully brought his arms up to return the odd embrace.

After that day, you would each roam the city streets just hoping to cross each other's path again. This happened for nearly a month before he finally asked you out on a date which you gladly accepted. Three years later and he finally proposed to you. Tears of happiness flowed down your face that day and once he saw you crying, he couldn't help but cry as well. That just further proved what you knew from day one - Shizuo wasn't as brutal as everyone dubbed him to be.

Even so, you were nervous what his reaction would be when you told him that you wanted to start a family with him. Although he couldn't see it himself, you knew he would make an amazing father. He was more loving than anyone could've imagined, he definitely fit the fatherly role. Your worrying turned out to be in vain.

Only nine months later and you held your two-day old bundle of joy in your arms. There are no words to describe how happy you felt bringing home your baby girl. Smiling, you remembered back to how nervous Shizuo was when you first went into labor. He drove you to the nearest hospital like a madman and threatened all the doctors and nurse taking care of you whenever you cried out in pain from the delivery. There wasn't another man alive who cared as much for you as Shizuo did.

Taking your eyes off your sleeping daughter who still laid in your arms, you looked over at Shizuo at just the right moment. In his mouth was an unlit cigarette while his hand held a lighter which was moving towards his mouth.

"Shizuo," you warned, knowing that he had already forgotten.

He froze, a smirk tugging at his lips as he pulled the unlit cigarette out of his mouth and put it back into the pack. His smoking habit never bothered you before but now that you were raising a child, you made it clear to him that it would have to stop at least inside the home.

"You got me," he chuckled. "I'll make sure to remember next time."

"You can still smoke outside if you need to," you reminded him as you sat on the couch next to him, the baby still sound asleep.

"It's fine. I've been meaning to quit anyway."

He wrapped his arm around your shoulder and looked over at his beautiful daughter laying in your arms. A small smile appeared on his face, growing bigger and bigger the longer he looked at her. That was when you realized that he hadn't even gotten a chance to hold her once.

"Do you want to hold her?"

He hesitated for a moment.

"Are you okay?" you asked after he still hadn't given you an answer.

"She's... so small and fragile and I'm so strong - too strong. I could never forgive myself if-"

"Babe," you said before placing a quick kiss on his lips. "If I for one moment thought you were capable of harming our child, do you think I would've wanted to have a child with you? You've never once harmed me once despite your strength and I have not one doubt in my mind that it'll be the same for our daughter."

He sat there for a moment letting your words sink in. It was hard for him to believe them but he trusted you more than anyone else in the world. If you said he wasn't capable of harming her, he had to believe it.

Carefully taking his sleeping daughter from your arms, he slowly rocked her back and forth. It was almost impossible for him to believe that such a strong and feared person as himself could help create such a small and fragile being. On top of that, his daughter was beautiful and the resemblance to him was uncanny. This was his daughter. His daughter that he helped bring into this world with the help of the girl he loved most.

Something unexpected happened; Shizuo began to cry. It was a single tear strolling down his cheek at first before more tears quickly followed. They weren't tears of sorrow or frustration. They were purely tears of happiness.

He was crying because he realized just how lucky he was.