Love Of The Sea (Takeru Totsuka x OC)

Epilogue

Mitsuko spent most of her time drawing or writing. She had gotten big enough to be a famous animator for the animation studio owned by TANOSHICo. Three years had passed since she'd spoken with Nyx, her real mother, and since she'd seen him...Takeru, the God of the Sea. Right now she was finishing up at the office. She was always the last one to leave and the first one to arrive, making other workers and animators jealous for how hard she worked at her job. But in truth, her work was just something she used to stuff the hole she had in her chest. 

Nyx had revealed to her everything she mostly knew already, but Mitsuko was a little muted to it because of what she'd been through in the tabletop garden. What had surprised Mitsuko most was that Nyx had also admitted to having knowledge of what Zeus had done with her. 

As Mitsuko left the office that night, she held her bag close to her shoulder. She closed her eyes, as she dropped her keys in her purse from locking the doors. Mitsuko opened her eyes and took off, walking down the street. She wasn't worried at all about being alone at night like this, since she knew how to activate and deactivate her goddess powers at will. Nyx had made sure to teach her that, and she had even helped her unlock powers she didn't know she had. 

The street was empty. She waited for the light of the crosswalk to switch over, even though the city was pretty much dead at this hour, and when it did, she started walking fast. Her heels clicked against the asphalt loudly, the only sound in the night. A few street lamps flickered; the same lamps that had flickered every night for the past two years of her working at this job. Mitsuko pulled out her phone as it vibrated with a call. She answered it. 

"Hello?"She asked. On the other end, a German voice prattled at her. She cleared her throat and spoke back to them in German quickly. She hung up the phone and stuffed it back in her purse, continuing her walk up the stairs to her apartment. She still hadn't moved, even though it had been a few years. She opened the door and shut it, slipping her heels off at the front entrance. Mitsuko locked the door and stretched, a yawn breaking through her lips. She sighed hard. "I'm home." She said these words to no one, as she always did. To her it was a habit, a way of welcoming herself home. She flipped on the lights and sat her purse down on the table by her front entrance hall. 

"Welcome home." She jumped at the voice that sounded in her apartment. She ran, quickly rounding the corner to see someone standing there. The light in the room was off still. Mitsuko quickly launched at them. "O-OI!" They caught her and struggled with her, fighting back. Mitsuko used her training she'd received after returning to this world, using his weight against him. She flipped him onto her couch. 

"Who are you?!"She demanded. She clapped her hands and then grabbed him, holding him down again. At the sound of her clap, the lights in the room flicked on. She jolted, freezing up as she saw a struggling familiar face below her. Mitsuko released him in shock, falling back and landing beside the coffee table. "Takeru.." He sat up, rubbing at himself. 

"Sheesh...is that how you welcome all of your guests, brat?"Takeru muttered. He looked back up at her silence and paused. He spotted her familiar features and nearly sighed in relief. His eyes also spotted her look of utter shock. "Oi...are you okay?" Mitsuko scooted away from him as he stood there. She quickly jumped up and ran through her apartment. Takeru ran after her. "Wait!" She slammed her bedroom door, locking it behind her. "Mitsuko!" He banged on her door. She stood still, leaning against it. She was breathing hard. 

She couldn't believe it. It was Takeru. He'd finally shown up. Mitsuko shook. I waited for him. Takeru banged on the door again. She felt tears sting her eyes. I waited for him to come for me, and he never did. Takeru paused. 

"Mitsuko...I'm sorry..."Takeru murmured. Mitsuko looked up. She leaned her head on the back of the door. "I know it's been a while...I know too long, for you. In the human world, time moves slowly...for me, it was little more than three months, and yet it was a long wait. I can't imagine how it must be for you..." Takeru rested his hand on the door gently. Mitsuko swallowed.