Best Mistake (Iwaoi)

Bonus Chapter 2

"No!" She snapped. "I still wanna watch the stars!"

"How long are you gonna watch the stars?" Iwaizumi copied her expression, which irked her even more. He stifled his laughs at his daughter's expense. Azi looked even cuter when she was mad and irritated.

"I'm gonna watch them until they go and disappear." She exclaimed in a playful tone, and beamed at Iwaizumi, who was unamused.

He rolled his eyes as he let out a huff of annoyance. "But that would be morning already! C'mon, let's get you to bed."

Azi's face collapsed into a frown, as she relented to her father's request. Iwaizumi picked her up, and the two of them went inside the house. Azi propped her chin on top of her father's shoulder as she clung to his neck and pouted. "Azi hates Daddy Zumi."

Iwaizumi couldn't help but chuckle as he carefully laid her in bed. "No, Azi loves Daddy Zumi." He insisted, but the little girl was paying him no attention. Her eyes were fixed on the ceiling, where glow-in-the-dark stickers of planets and constellations were plastered on it.

"Is Daddy Kawa a lot nicer than you?"

Iwaizumi chuckled before planting a small kiss on her little forehead. "Yeah, Daddy Kawa is a lot nicer than Daddy Zumi. If he was alive, you two would get along."

Azi pouted as she looked away and faced the wall. She heaved a deep sigh as random thoughts crossed her mind. "Why do Nee-chan and I have two fathers, and no mommy?"

Iwaizumi giggled, as he looked at her daughter in awe. A huge smile crossed his mouth, as he hugged Azi from the back. "Sometimes it's like that, sweetie. Go to sleep, already. It's getting pretty late."

"Where's Oba-san?" Azi turned to face him once more, and Iwaizumi had to roll his eyes again at her curiosity.

"I told you already, she's gone for the whole week because she's on a vacation." Iwaizumi forced a smile, and a disappointed look appeared on Azi's face.

"She's the one who tells me bedtime stories! I can't sleep without bedtime stories!" Azi clenched her fists, as she dabbed the pillows twice.

"But your Oba-san is not around, Azi."

"But you are, so you'll tell me a story." Azi grinned, much to Iwaizumi's disappointment. He let out a soft grunt and smiled at the girl, who had an expectant look on her face.

"Once upon a time," Iwaizumi started his story. "Uhh~uhm,"

"What?" Azi glared at him, growing impatient at his slow start.

"I'm thinking Azalea, I'm thinking." He cupped his chin with his fingers as he thought deep. It took Iwaizumi a few seconds before he was able to find the right words to say. "There was a Kraken~"

"What's a Kraken?"

"A kraken is a huge sea monster that is responsible for the death of many sailors! It lurks around the murky depths of the ocean, as it waits for its prey!" Iwaizumi's storytelling was pretty much animated, with the voice modulation, the actions and all. Azi covered her face with her blanket, littered with star patterns, as she began to quiver.

"Ahh~!" She shrieked, "Change the story, Daddy! Change the story! It's scaring me, it's gonna give me nightmares!"

Iwaizumi's expression softened when Azi started to sob, and he couldn't help but feel guilty for scaring his precious child. "What do you want then? An ogre? A troll? A giant? A dragon?"

"No! No! I don't want scary creatures! I want fairies, and princes, and princesses!"

Iwaizumi scratched the back of his head, as he rolled his eyes for the nth time that night. He didn't have a knack for stories like that, unlike Kiyoko, and he sure was having a hard time thinking of another story plot.