Daggers in our Heart

Forty-Fifth

Forty-Fifth

The baby is a gamechanger. He's the biggest plottwist in our life. The biggest challenge.

"No baby, crawl here!! Come to Dada!! Don't listen to your Daddy!!" I clapped my hands to catch the attention of this cute baby who stare at us in confusion. His eyes are shifting from me to Joong like he's choosing very well.

"Come to Daddy baby Ice, come over here. Don't listen to your Dada, go here and I'll buy you toys tommorow" Joong who's beside me negotiate as if our son can really understand us.

I darted him with an annoyed stares the moment Ice crawl slowly to approach him. Joong just laughed so hard at me while spreading his arms, waiting for our son to slowly arrive near him.

Wow, I feel so ignored!! He's always choosing his Daddy Joong and kept on ignoring his Dada Nine. I wanna sulk so bad at my son.

"See? Our son loves me more than you!!" Joong even teased that as he cupped Ice, putting him on his lap to hug and shower him with kisses. Our baby chuckled to what he's doing.

He's now a year and a month old. Still can't walk straight but can now crawl. Still can't talk but can now laugh and create sounds.

The annoyance in my eyes suddenly disappeared when Ice glanced at me while laughing. He then reach his small hands for me and I immediately get closer to them in excitement.

"You're imagining things Joong, he loves Dada the most!!" I teased back, gaining confidence upon getting Ice from his grip. I stood from the floor to sit properly in the couch and place Ice on my lap so he'll be more comfortable.

"Open the television now, I think he wants to watch Peppa Pig" I ordered Joong who's still smiling as he opened our television. He sat beside me after that.

Ice, the baby in the basket that same night when Joong proposed to me grows up to be a jolly and healthy baby.

I can still remember every details and changes that happens to the both of us since that night.

Upon seeing Ice, we immediately go straight to the hospital to have him checked. He was left in a very cold weather with only a thick blanket covering him that made me so worried.

I mean, we didn't know for how long did the baby stayed outdoors!!

Good thing the four month-old baby didn't catch any complications and the nurse only required him to be in an incubator to feel more heat.

Joong, no matter how tragic the note in the card sounds, can still smile so wide while looking at Ice. His eyes are literally sparkling and his smiles are all ears.

"Ohmygod, we got a baby!!" I can still remember his proud smiles as he excitingly whispered that to me the very first time he held Ice in his arms. He looks like a proud father even with the fact that Ice is not our own.

I can only smile back to him, knowing how happy he is because of Ice's arrival. And I am so happy too!! I am very excited to keep this child and watch him grow up!! I'm now a parent and I'm not complaining.

That wish, we will do our best to grant it. We will make sure thay Ice will grow as a fine man who's showerer with love.

The next days that followed, both of us got very very busy. We immediately processed Ice's adoption papers to make it legal, making sure that we won't have a problem in the future.