My Fake Boyfriend ᵏˡᵃⁿᵒ ᵃᵘ

~29~ [epilogue 1]

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[4 years later...]

Tay picked up a box that sat on the living room floor. It contained some toys he ordered from a new store not far from their home. He had them delivered because he didn't want to leave Technic at home alone. Especially if he was due any moment. He walked into the freshly painted room and put the box down.

"Is that it?" Technic who was sitting on his new rocking chair asked. He was excited about the toys, he had helped pick out a few wanting his son to get the best of the best. Tay on the other hand was focused on whether the toy would bring the child any educational value. Nic argued that the toys are for bringing joy, especially when the child's still young.

"I still don't see why you got this one."

"What do you mean? Its an elephant. He'll have a plushie to cuddle with and he gets to learn of an animal so... win, win." Technic got up from where he was sitting and took the small elephant out of Tay's hands.

"Look, it even goes so well with the theme." Technic placed the plushie animal in the crib. The room was a warm gray themed. Both patents choose the color when first decorating the room. Technic initially wanted green but Tay didn't like it. Tay wanted Yellow but Nic went against it. They decided to go neutral for a while until they came across the crib. It was painted in a beautiful warm gray. At least that's what Technic saw it as. Tay liked it as well so they decided on the gray color for the whole room. It was cute.

"Oh,  that reminds me. Your brother came by the other day and gave us some of Aroon's old toys. Just so we could save some money." Tay picked up the box with the old toys and handed them to Technic.

While going through the box, Technic started getting emotional. He went back to his seat and just looked at an old toy that Tay had brought for Aroon a few mounts after Technic gave birth to him. 

"Hey... What's up?" Tay noticed the change in mood so he went to investigate. 

Technic held the old toy as his memories flooded his head. "Tay... am sorry."

Tay went to kneel down next to Technic. "What? Why are you sorry?"

"Its just, looking at this toy reminds me what I did wrong. It reminds me of a secret I kept for 4 years."

Tay began to worry after hearing Technic's words. He stood up and crossed his arms over his chest. "What secret?"

Technic looed at the toy one last time before looking up to Tay. "Aroon is not your child."

Tay took a moment to take in the words. "I know that, his Techno and Kengkla's ... what are you going on about Nic?"

Technic stood up so he was able to look Tay in the eye when he told him. "No...not that, I mean. He isn't your biological child. I was sleeping around a lot at that time before me and you became serious so someone else is the father."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Because, I saw your face when I gave Aroon to my brother. You still have that expression when we go visit them till this day. I just want you to know his not yours."

Technic finally said what he had been keeping for 4 years. It hurt him to carry a child that wasn't Tay's so he decided to give it away. He didn't tell Tay and that must have been his biggest mistake and regret.  He had wished a couple of times that it belonged to Tay but when he decided on taking the paternity test, he found that the child wasn't Tay's. It broke him and he didn't want Tay raising a child that he didn't help make so he called his brother and told him that he would give it up for adoption. Of course he didn't know that Techno would want to adopt it. He was fine with it, as he knew that the child would be going into a good home.

"How did you know he wasn't mine?"

"I took a test... It came back negative. I couldn't do it Tay. I couldn't do that to you." Technic took a few steps towards Tay and opened his arms for a hug. Though Tay was upset and confused he didn't deny Nic the hug. "I just feel so guilty ... I hope you can forgive me."

Tay pulled a tiered smile. Through this made him feel a bit better, knowing that Aroon wasn't his but even so he would have taken him as his own as long as Technic would allow. "Stop worrying... Aroon is healthy and has an amazing family. I would have liked to know this sooner but its still the same."

The hug went on for a while until Tay broke it off to ask a question.  "Wait, so do you know who the father was?"

Technic shrugged. "No clue. You know I don't even remember sleeping with a Chinese guy... Aroon just has this Chinese element that I know  doesn't come from me."

"Okay...Lets end this conversation please."

Technic giggled. "Sorry... Ahhh!"

Tay looked at Technic to make sure he wasn't playing any games. "What?"

Technic took a few beep breaths before speaking. "His coming..."

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Your author - teekay^^