Meet-Cute at The Zoo (Part 1)
“Little one…?” Andy said, confused as to why the slightly shorter woman suddenly stopped. Anyone looking at the two would assume that they were a normal couple, the typical underdressed guy and the outlandishly dressed woman, but the truth was slightly different. Andy, for his part, stood at an impressive six feet five inches tall, with a build that was both inviting and comforting, a well-maintained beard styled close enough to a goatee that most would get confused by the difference, and warm eyes that, in the right light, appeared to be hazel. Like most men around, he wore a basic baseball cap, a t-shirt and jeans with a worn pair of tennis shoes.
“Hmm?” The response from the woman was half-hearted at best, as she barely gave a glance toward Andy. Impressively tall herself, standing at five feet 11 inches, she wore a very cutesy graphic t-shirt, with various capybaras decorating the monochromatic green fabric. Over it, she was wearing a forest green underbust pinafore-like set of skirtalls. Her legs were covered mostly by a pair of thigh-high socks in a bright green, matching the majority of her shirt, and on her feet were a pair of white and black tennis shoes that had definitely seen better days, the kind perfect for a low-key outing. Andy raised an eyebrow and cleared his throat, loud enough that the woman appeared to snap back to reality, spinning on her heels, causing her pinafore to flutter up, revealing to anyone looking the fact that her t-shirt was, in fact, a onesie, which seemed to bulge around her butt and crotch in a strange way.
“Sandy, what’s wrong?” Andy said, his voice a bit more stern as he spoke to the woman, who had clasped her hands behind her back, as she looked up at Andy.
“I can’t, Zen, Daddy…” Sandy whispered just loud enough for Andy to hear, but for other people to potentially miss. Her head lowered as she struggled not to turn away from Andy, the impulse to keep looking for whoever “Zen” was. Sandy raised her head after a moment, her eyes starting to water, as she felt her heart start to hurt from anxiety. Sandy’s will finally broke as she turned on her heel again, starting to walk away from Andy as she looked around the general area. Part of Andy wanted to scold Sandy; however, he thought better of it in the moment, knowing how important the stuffed Capybara was to Sandy. Thinking back, Andy recalled how Sandy had almost cried at the idea of not being allowed to take at least one of her “bestest” friends to the zoo before the pair had left home earlier that day. Andy decided that the worry of losing her stuffed animal was punishment enough for now.
After about five minutes of backtracking, Andy was about to put an end to the search when Sandy rushed forward, catching Andy off guard. Looking up, Andy watched as Sandy ran toward a woman, holding a stuffed capybara in her hands, looking confused.
“Um, excuse me…” Sandy said, her voice trailing off, realizing how odd she was about to appear to the woman she had just run up to. “Th-that’s my stuffie, I- um, I mean, stuffed animal.”
The woman raised an eyebrow, looking at Sandy, as a warm, yet intrigued smile grew on her face that went unnoticed by Sandy, at the same time was very instinctively noticed by Andy. As Sandy held out her hands, the woman glanced Sandy up and down, taking in as much of her as possible, before her smirk shifted to a look of skepticism. Pulling the stuffed animal just out of Sandy’s reach, the woman swiftly flipped the capybara around, holding up a special tag on the bottom. The tag caught Sandy’s eye, and her face started to turn a subtle shade of red before her arms started to lower. The woman passed Sandy, taking a few steps toward Andy with her original smirk returning, this time directed at Andy instead of Sandy.
The woman had skin slightly darker than Sandy’s, a shade most in the Rose City might refer to as Espresso, and even stood an easy four or five inches taller as well. She kept her hair in natural curls that impressively reached down to the middle of her back, which gave her hair of maturity that, when compared to Sandy's, one clearly had more than the other. Contrasting to Sandy’s mostly juvenile outfit, the woman wore an outfit that embraced her curves while maintaining a relaxed and down-to-earth look, or as Andy saw it, a simple pale grey t-shirt, and a pair of well-fitted jeans with sensible shoes.
“If this is hers, then that makes you Daddy?” The woman said with a smile as she approached Andy, her smile growing wider as she flicked the tag connected to the stuffed animal that read ‘If found, return to Daddy.’ Without needing to look past the woman, Andy knew that Sandy’s face was turning bright red. Maintaining his composure, Andy decided to have a little bit of fun in the moment, seeing the embarrassment on Sandy’s face.
Letting out a slight chuckle, Andy smiled back at the woman, “Um, yes, but please, call me Andrew.” Andy held out a hand, expecting the woman to be able to give him the stuffed animal. The woman instead paused for a moment, looking Andy up and down, subconsciously biting her bottom lip. The space between Andy and the woman seemed charged until a curious sound from Sandy’s stomach filled the air. The woman turned around, and Andy looked up directly at Sandy, who had one arm on her stomach, the other frozen in front of her. Andy and the woman smirked down at Sandy, who couldn’t find the will to pout or move, as she put all her energy into stopping anything in her body from moving.
“Hm, Andrew, do you think Sandy would like her stuffie back?” The woman said, looking into Sandy’s eyes, almost daring the other woman to step toward Andy and herself.
“Well, Sandy knows that she shouldn’t talk to strangers,” Andy replied, his smile growing wider as he watched a pleading stare bubbling just under the surface of Sandy’s face.
“Oh! Yes, that is true, okay little bit, my name is Ms. Marisol,” Marisol said, her smirk changing again to a warmer, kinder smile even as she turned her head slightly, looking over her shoulder toward Andy, “But grown-ups call me Mari.” The tone alone conveyed that Marisol understood the dynamic between Andy and Sandy. However, the phrasing cemented the fact in Sandy’s mind.
“What do you say, little one?” Andy was clearly playing into the situation, knowing full well that the phrase ‘little one’ pushed her toward little space. Sandy cautiously stepped forward, taking a deep breath and slowly letting it out.
“Th-thank you…” Sandy’s voice was barely above a whisper, which caused both Marisol and Andy to remain unmoved with an expectant glare. Sandy felt her face burn as she mentally pleaded with Andy, her Daddy, to let her slide with a simple thank you, even if she knew better. Clearing her throat, Sandy said only a bit louder, just enough for both grown-ups to hear, “Thank y-yous Ms.Marisol, for f-finding Zen.”
“You are very welcome, cutie. I’m sure little Zen here was very worried about you. Do you want to give him a hug?” Marisol held out the stuffed animal just far enough for Sandy to be able to reach it. Taking the stuffed animal into her arms, Sandy tightly held onto it, even as relief flooded her body, she couldn’t help but realize that she was standing in front of two grown-ups, who could easily tell that she was anything but. In her reunion with Zen, as the relief passed over her, Sandy’s world was at peace until the barely contained snickers of Andy and Marisol filled her ears. In the next moment, Sandy looked around, only just then realizing that she had to lift her head up even further to look at Andy and Marisol. The situation took far longer to crystallize in Sandy’s head than it should have, as Sandy realized she was standing just slightly off, her knees bent, and padded posterior pushed back, as she was not only feeling relief from finding Zen, but she was also relieving herself in front of Andy and Marisol.
“Oh, baby girl…” Marisol whispered as she helped Sandy back to a full standing position, still clutching Zen in her arms, only now Sandy’s face was buried into the back of the stuffed animal's head, as she felt a wave of fiery hot embarrassment engulf her entire body. Andy half expected Sandy to try and deny her baby girl status, as she had a habit of doing any time he would refer to her as one, even while standing in a well-used diaper. In this moment, Andy realized his little girl had truly lost control in a space where she wasn’t ready to lose control. Marisol, for her part, understood just the same as Andy and was slightly faster on the uptake, pulling Sandy into her arms and embracing her tightly. Marisol and Sandy stood still for a moment, as the embarrassment passed. Sandy pulled away from Marisol, her eyes only slightly watered, but no signs of actual tears on the little’s face. With a smile, Marisol nodded her head, “Now that’s a big girl I see.”