𝙠𝙣𝙮, 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚

☘ ᴇᴘɪʟᴏɢᴜᴇ

It was the end of work, and a junior colleague who was a male had invited Agatsuma Zenitsu who was his senior to have a drink for the first time, given how the colleague was new at the company and wished to have Zenitsu to look after him if possible.

They continued to drink, only for the junior to notice then the wedding band on Zenitsu's ring finger, and his eyes could only widen, causing Zenitsu to wonder what was going on with his junior at work.

"Eh? Agatsuma-san, are you perhaps married?" he asked, and Zenitsu looked at him confusedly.

"Hm? Yeah, a long time ago. I think close to 12 years?" he mumbled out the last part, trying to remember how long he had been married then, only to notice the look that his junior was giving him.

"Ehh... You must be kidding..." he whispered out, and Zenitsu raised an eyebrow in response.

"Hey, what do you mean by that?" Zenitsu asked as he narrowed his brown eyes slightly.

"By the way, how many kids do you have?" he asked, and Zenitsu chuckled softly to himself then as he leaned forward, taking another sip of the sake from the sake cup once again.

"6 kids," he said with a smile and soon a frown appeared on his face.

"Ehhh?! Are you serious? You must be joking!" his junior yelled out and Zenitsu had an irk mark on his face once again.

"Aren't you overreacting too much? Can I go home now? I want to meet my lovely wife and kids soon. It's a Friday night, I'm supposed to be home enjoying my wife's cooking," Zenitsu muttered out and soon got up to pay for the drinks and left the bar.

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"I'M HOME! I'M SO SORRY THAT I CAME HOME LATE!" Zenitsu yelled out as he hugged his two youngest children in his arms.

"Uhhhh, papa... You smell of alcohol!" they whined out, only to have Zenitsu hugging them much tighter instead in response.

"Ahhh... Looks like the youngest are caught today in the hug," the eldest son spoke out as he stood protectively in front of his younger sister who was the eldest daughter in the family, followed by the second son.

The eldest son then let out a sigh as he watched as their mother soon walked up to behind Zenitsu and hugged him the moment he stood up and released the youngest children, letting them run away and hide behind their eldest brother for protection.

"Thank you for your hard work, Zenitsu-kun. But you came home late today," [name] mumbled out and Zenitsu immediately cried out as he turned and hugged [name] tightly in his arms then.

"Ahhhhhh! I'm so sorry!  A junior had asked me to drink with him since he was new! Don't worry, I won't do it ever again, don't be angry!" he cried out as [name] gently patted him on the back.

"Sometimes I wonder... If mother needs the medication or father needs it," the eldest son mumbled out as he looked towards the bottle of pills that were on the kitchen counter, which had his mother's name on it.

Only for him to realize that it collected dust for quite a long time, and a smile appeared on his face as he looked at his parents, who were deeply in love, hugging one another tightly.

"Maybe the right medication is to rely on someone, and not to rely on the pills itself," the eldest son whispered out and quickly covered the youngest children's eyes as their father started to attack their mother in kisses.

"Papa! There are kids here!"

"Zenitsu-kun!"

The End