At first, he was afraid because when he first met Xun Wei, his eyes held no warmth but only cold and hard as steel. It made him suffocated at first, but when he smiled at him, those eyes, even being red, were warm like the sun and full of joy.
Ahbao giggled and laughed, launched at Xun Wei, and hugged his waist. That's how they met, a lonely child, and a lonely man.
Ahbao wiped his sweaty palms on his pajamas and swallowed a lump in his throat. Tears burned his eyes, and he bit his lower lip, trying to prevent it from trembling.
But because he saw a beautiful and jade-like hand surrounded him and let him feel warm and secure, he cried. The tears continued to drop, and the sobs wracked his tiny body, stealing his ability to speak.
Huang Jin rocked back and forth his body while he held Ahbao inside his arms. Huang Jin looked at Xun Wei with concern and felt warm when Xun Wei smiled at him with love and gratitude in his eyes.
"D-ad," Ahbao called while stuttering.
"Dad.."
"Dad.." The child looked at Xun Wei with tears in his eyes, his nose red, and snots running down his nose.
"I have a dad," Ahbao said like he can't believe it while he wiped his snot with the back of his hand.
"You have two dads. You forgot about me." The hands that held Ahbao's body tightened, the voice was full of grievance. But there was a smile in Huang Jin's eyes, watching the child inside his arms.
"Yes, I have two dads." Ahbao sob again, he turned his head and buried it in Huang Jin's chest.
His cries were full of longing and desire to be loved and realized that he had obtained a family that he can call his own.
After the child cried himself to sleep in Huang Jin's arms, he laid Ahbao in the bed. He asked Xun Wei to wet a towel and bring it to him. After a while, Xun Wei gave him a wet rag and slowly wiped the child's face. He was full of heartache seeing the child's tears.
Xun Wei watching both his 'wife' and son, felt contented. He opened his mouth and said," He's going to be okay. He's a strong child, were going to take care and love him like our son."
Huang Jin turned his head towards Xun Wei and said, " I know, it just makes me sad that Ahbao's sister died. It made things more difficult, especially to Ahbao. But we're here, and we will make sure to love Ahbao. We need to take the child with us during the Honeymoon, and he should be with us, especially that the bond we confirm with him is only new and fresh. I don't want to feel that we left him behind and celebrate our Honeymoon without the Ahbao."
"Of course, don't worry. Let's sleep already. Goodnight, love." Xun Wei kissed Huang Jin's lips and feeling the tender and smooth lips, and he wasn't able to stop himself from licking it. He laughs as his lover's face turned shy and red. Xun Wei then turned to Ahbao and kissed his forehead, and whispered, "goodnight." He saw the child moved and smiled in his sleep.
Huang Jin hit Xun Wei arms and laid down beside Ahbao. Xun Wei then laid his head on Huang Jin's shoulder while his arms wrapped around his lover's waist and sighed deeply. The couple both close their eyes, their sleep was bound to be peaceful.
When the morning came, the rising sun was trying to peek inside the room. But because the fog was too thick, the wind can only blow the curtain away as the ray of the sun attempts to push its heat and continue washing the coldness of the bedroom.
The call of the birds and the rustle of the leaves on the trees continue singing and dancing. A dense fog covered the entire place, which made the whole villa seems mysterious.
As the occupants, one by one, woke up and went down, and they can smell the aroma of food coming from the kitchen. The chef started cooking and arranging breakfast for the guests of the villa. Bodyguards roam around, walking, and watching the perimeter of the whole place.
The newlywed couple with Ahbao wore family clothes with matching designs and cut. It was cute and refreshing to see, especially the child. He was wearing a fluffy black cat bonnet with a long sleeve shirt with the word 'son' printed on the upper left pocket of his shirt and paired with denim pants.
The couple wore the same shirt, but a 'Dad' and 'Papa' printed on both their shirts. They also have the same cap, like his son, Huang Jin also has a cat on his hat. While Xun Wei wears a cap with no design, they were sitting on the sofa drinking coffee for Xun Wei and Huang Jin and Jian Bao for milk while waiting for the other members of the family to wake up.
"Good Morning," Grandpa Zhou greeted the couple and pat the little child's head and sat beside him.
"Good Morning, Grandpa!" as Ahbao excitedly hugs Grandpa Zhou.
"You look energetic; something happened last night?"
The child nodded his head like a chicken. "Yes, I have two new daddy." Ahbao excitedly said to Grandpa Zhou.
"Oh, Is that so? Tell me, who is it? Are they handsome enough for a cute child like you?" Grandpa Zhou asked the child with humor and smile on his lips while his eyes looked at both the couple sitting beside the child.
Ahbao leans against Huang Jin, and his small hand took Xun Wei hands that were on top of Huang Jin's hand. "Here" while tapping Xun Wei and Huang Jin's hand. He giggled, and a pure smile appeared on his face, he still remembered what happened a while ago.
"Hi baby," Huang Jin greeted the still half-awake Ahbao. When Ahbao woke up in dazed from a hand combing on his hair, he was on top of Huang Jin's body while Xun Wei arms enveloped both him and Huang Jin. Ahbao thought everything that happened last night was just a dream. But when he heard Huang Jin calling him baby just now, he blushed. And further, dig his little head on Huang Jin's chest.
Ahbao felt the shaking of Huang Jin's body and heard the laughter emerge from the top of his head. He turned red and felt shy. He didn't know how to say 'Dad' to Huang Jin.
As if reading the child's mind, Huang Jin told Ahbao, " Just Dad, you can call me that, or Papa. It will make my day, baby." Huang Jin smiled while patting Ahbao's back.
"Papa," Ahbao whispered on Huang Jin's chest and hugging his Papa carefully.
"Thank you, baby, I love you" Huang Jin's blue eyes turned midnight blue from the emotion. He tried sending his love by embracing his Ahbao hard.
A hoarse voice said, "I love you both," then a hummed, the arms tightened around them both.
Xun Wei's brows lifted and waited for his 'wife' and son's answers when he heard both of them saying I love you. His chuckle was deep and warm.
Grandpa Zhou signaled one of the bodyguards and told him te get something inside his room.
They waited for a while for the bodyguard. When the guard appeared, he was carrying a folder and a frame of the document and gave it to Grandpa Zhou.
Then Grandpa Zhou gave the folder to Xun Wei, seeing his grandson reading the papers inside. He watched as his brow shot up and turned his head towards Grandpa Zhou.
"How?"
"Even though I'm this old already, I still know what's running in your mind. You grow up with me, remember?
"Yes"
"That's why when Ahbao came home with you and Ahjin that day, and after what happened to Ahbao's sister. I know you already made up your mind to make sure Ahbao will stay with you and in this family. Then after that, I called Lawyer Yu to processed the necessary papers for his adoption."
Huang jin took the paper and thoughtfully read the documents, his eyes were smiling.
" Before leaving for your wedding, Lawyer Lu gave me the documents. I thought I'm going to wait longer for you to ask Ahbao. I'm very proud that you didn't wait and told him. The adoption took effect yesterday, so It's a very happy occasion." Grandpa Zhou cheerfully said to the couple and child.
"Thank you, Grandpa, and we decided to proceed with the adoption after the Honeymoon. But now we don't need to." He went to Grandpa Zhou and hugged him hard.
Grandpa Zhou patted Xun Wei and said," Enough, I can't breathe." Xun Wei laughs and sits beside Huang Jin again.
"Thank you, Grandpa, I'm very grateful. I never thought that we could give Ahbao the security he needed as early as today." Huang Jin warmly looks at Grandpa.
"Ahbao, you know what grandpa gave us?" Xun Wei asked.
"Yes," Huang Jin gave the frame document to Ahbao's hands.
The child looked carefully at the framed and read what's written on it. After a while, his hands grip the frame hard. His eyes were shining with undisguised joy. His lips twitched, and a smile blossom on his little chubby face. He hugged the frame hard and lifted his face, and stare at Grandpa Zhou.
Slowly he scoots over to Grandpa Zhou; still, with a smile and happy face, Ahbao went to hug Grandpa Zhou.
The adoption papers were happily stored inside Huang Jin's dimensional space, floating in the middle of the lake. Like a trophy showing off his son to all the living things inside his space.
That morning after saying goodbye to the parents, Grandpa Zhou and Grandpa Yang and telling Xun Wen to take care of the family and giving instructions to the remaining bodyguards to be vigilant.
Huang Jin and Xun Wei, with their son, will be back after two months.
The Xun family and Father Huang decided to wait for the family of three to finish their Honeymoon before leaving at the same time and go home.
They wanted to take the time and accumulate more supplies and machines for the apocalypse. Make sure each warehouse is full and rent more in case there are things still lacking for the construction of the base.
Xun Wei took his wife and son to the airport and boarded the private plane. A couple of hours into their destination, Huang Jin asked the attendant to prepare snacks and lunch for his family.
They arrive at M Country in the afternoon, because it started snowing. Huang Jin made sure Ahbao wore proper winter clothes to prevent the child from freezing. As for the couple, they also wear their winter clothes even though they can't already feel the cold because of their upgraded body.
The plane landed on the airport, landing and exiting the airport. There were cars waiting for them to drive them to the beach resort where they intend to stay for the duration. The weather changes like a woman's mood, so that's why the country was famous for its weather. Many tourists come and go in the country to experience the changing climate.
The place they stayed at was a small beach house that can accommodate a small family like theirs. The bodyguards also stayed near them but in a different house.
The beach house was small but had a rustic feel to it. Numerous stones with different sizes designed the road leading to a path to the white-colored sand beach. The couple can hear the waves of the sea and the cries of the seagull. As they walked further into the path, they can see the sand, so white that they were afraid to dirty them. Above them, was a clear blue sky, that reflected the color of the sea. Ahbao laughs as the seawater rushed towards his feet.
Seashells and colorful pebbles and sparkling stones scattered around the beach, Ahbao run towards a beautiful conch shell beside a big coral.
" Don't run far away" Huang Jin warned Ahbao.
"Yes, Papa. I'll just watch the shells over there." As the child runs towards the big rock laughing.
The beach was beautiful, quiet and peaceful as the waves of the sea were always hitting the shore.
It was like a paradise, the sea and sky was endless blue, the clouds were like marshmallows that are ready to be pluck and eaten.
The place was perfect for their first destination to celebrate their honeymoon.
Xun Wei decided for the family to stay for the day and start their adventure tomorrow. Because it was already dinner time by the time they settled, Huang Jin cooked a sumptuous meal for the family. It was their first dinner as a family, Huang Jin was pleased to be able to eat with Xun Wei and their son.