Oh My Baby!

Epilogue

Chanyeol walked inside the house and sighed as he walked in. No one came to greet him as before as he took off his shoes and jacket. 

The raven head stared at his husband on the couch. The eyes which once held galaxies and twinkled like the brightest star of the night no longer looked lively. It was void of emotions black as a rainy day. Baekhyun stared in the direction of their son who was building the tallest tower with his lego. 

Large eye bags and messy hair was all he could see on his husband. It had been a week since the house was filled with three loud giggles but now it was only Jae-eun who smiled innocently and giggled with no care in the world unaware of what his parents were going through. 

Jae-eun was two years old and the couple decided to try for a second baby. The couple was more than excited when they saw the two lines staring back at them in the pregnancy test. Only Minseok and Kyungsoo were aware of it since the couple wanted to keep it a secret till he reached his second trimester.

But a tragedy happened when Baekhyun woke up one night covered in sweats and in extreme pain on his midsection. It had been only a month and a half since the couple found out that they would be parents again only to lose that dream when Minseok said that it was an ectopic pregnancy where the egg implants outside the uterine wall. 

Baekhyun could not believe what he was hearing and Chanyeol could only hope that they would bounce back from the tragic event. It had been a whole week since their friends last saw the couple laughing and smiling. 

Jongin and Sehun had tried to ask the two about what happened but they never opened their lips. So the two men ended up playing with Jae-eun who looked lonely. The little boy had pulled Sehun to his parents' bedroom. With much struggle, Jae-eun hauled himself up the bed and crawled to the pillow. 

The dancer and brunet widened their eyes seeing the little onesie which said, 'Player #4' underneath it. "Papa cwy," the two-year-old blurted out. It did not take long for them to put two and two together and when they understood, they could not help but pity the couple who were suffering in silence. 

Back to the present, Chanyeol watched as Jae-eun pulled himself up to his Papa on the couch. "Pway with mwe," he showed a toothy grin. The raven head almost teared up at the sight of his beautiful husband trying to force a smile. "I'm a little tired, Jae. Play with Daddy, alright? He'll be home soon." The little boy pouted as angry tears pooled in his eyes. 

Baekhyun bit his lips before turning to the other side and pull the sheet over him. Before Jae-eun could do something, "I'm home," said Chanyeol and the two-year-old ran over to his other parent and hugged his leg, "Daddy."

The tall CEO smiled at the boy and picked him up before smooching his mochi cheeks. The turned to Baekhyun, "I bought dinner, Baek. I hope japchae is alright."

"I'm not hungry, you guys eat. I think I'll go to bed."

Chanyeol held back his tears as he watched his husband walk up the stairs. It had been a week since they lost their second baby and a week since Baekhyun last talked with Chanyeol or anyone, even the two-year-old. 

"Let's eat, yeah?" Jae-eun nodded with a grin showing off the cute dimple on his cheek. 

Later that night, Chanyeol put Jae-eun to sleep and climbed into their bed mentally sighing at his husband who had his back turned to him. He could not hear anything but from how the other's shoulders were shaking, he could understand that he was crying. Again.

"Baek?" he called as gently as he could as he laid down facing Baekhyun's back. No response. "Baek, please? We're hurting Jae, baby. Don't suffer alone, let me in. Please, Baek?" The elder wiped off his tears as he moved away and laid on his side.