Special Chapter 3 pg 3
Special Chapter 3 pg 3
“Little Son… come out quick.”
“Son, huh? … Handsome boy, come out to Mama.”
Because Papa Panli was worried that Mama Klaijai might wait too long for the little son, he stood up to grab a yellow ball from the wooden pen. Returning to sit beside the brand-new Mama, Panli handed the yellow ball to him.
“Mama, try luring him with this. When you weren’t here, Little Son wouldn’t stop playing with this ball.”
“Okay…” Klaijai, who was crouching low, slowly stood up. He knelt down, took the yellow ball from him, and squeezed it, making a loud beep-beep sound. He called out to the little son, who still hadn’t come out of the blue tent. “Whose ball is this…?”
“…”
“Is it Handsome’s?”
“Come out quick, Son…”
Panli watched as Klaijai gave a gentle smile when the little son began to stir. Then, the chubby brown-furred puppy ran straight into the arms of “Mama Klaijai.”
Klaijai hugged the little son tightly, as if he never wanted to let him go. While the little son nibbled on the yellow ball, Mama Klaijai pressed his nose to the puppy’s head, kissing his precious little one several times.
Panli looked at the scene before him and thought…
Now that they had built a family of their own…
He realized that the feeling he experienced was far greater than the word “contentment.”
“Panli…”
“Yes…” Panli responded to the one holding their son, his large hand moving to stroke his lover’s head as their eyes met.
“Have you come to terms with it? The fact that I won’t be able to go to Hong Kong with you often anymore?”
Panli smiled before saying, “I am ready to be a Papa.”
Klaijai broke into a wide smile, then leaned in to peck his lips. “Thank you, Papa.”
“Yes… Mama Klaijai.”
“Our little one needs to thank you too…” Klaijai, who had been looking down at their son, glanced up at him before saying, “Has you named our son yet?”
“Not yet… I was waiting for his mama to name him.”
Klaijai smiled faintly as their eyes locked, then said, “Little Moon.”
“…”
“Moon, as in ‘the moon.’”
“…”
“…like you.”
Panli smiled softly, leaning in to nuzzle Mama Klaijai’s cheek once before bending down to nuzzle ‘Little Moon’ in his mama’s arms. And Panli felt Mama Klaijai nuzzling the top of his head in return.
“Woof!”
But Little Moon probably wanted to run around and let out a protesting bark to be set free. Both Auntie and Mama burst into laughter before letting Little Moon go play.
Panli locked eyes with Klaijai, who was still kneeling. The latter scooted closer, then raised both hands to gently cradle his face. In the next moment, Klaijai gave him a tender kiss…
Klaijai slowly pulled back from the kiss, then said, “Thank you… thank you for everything you’ve done for me.”
“…”
“I love you Papa Li.”
Panli flashed a bright smile. “And I love Mama Klaijai.”
Klaijai smiled, wrapping both arms around Panli in a hug. He hugged his lover back, thinking to himself…
It’s me who should be thankful…
It’s me who should be thanking you…
Thank you, Klaijai.
Thank you for building this family together.
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