PETE's POV:
"Venice, don't cry. It's okay. Aunt Lou will be back tomorrow, okay?" Venice's nanny went on a week-long vacation to help her daughter prepare for her wedding and attend the ceremony too. That left me and Venice here alone.
I can't help but sigh while looking at the huge mess in our condo. I don't have the time to clean everything up since Venice had been crying all morning. I wonder if he's sick. His temperature is normal and he eats well too but he starts crying after a while. I checked his diapers and it's clean. I keep bouncing while carrying him in my arms. The crying has subsided but he still whimpers from time to time. I'm so exhausted I want to cry together with him but that won't be any good. I wonder what people would say if they see a six-month old baby and his father crying at the same time because he can't stop his child from crying. Shia. Finally, after a few minutes of rocking him in my arms, Venice dozed off. I walk him carefully to his room and as gently as I can, put him down his crib.
Phew, finally. I can start cleaning and maybe rest for a while.
"Fuck." It came out as a whisper. I promised not to swear in front of Venice but I can't help but complain because some idiot is aggressively knocking on my door. I'm going to smack this guy's head! I told the delivery person to just place the food outside my door since I already paid for it via credit card but I guess they never listen. Shia if Venice wakes up I'm going to spam their page with negative reviews, just you wait, asshole!
"What?!" I can't help but snap at the person behind the door. I'm not impolite but I'm so tired. It was so hard to make Venice fall asleep and I felt like this person is trying to wake him up.
"Oh. Sorry, I was worried because you weren't answering. I saw your car parked downstairs so I figured you must be home" he explained and I automatically felt guilty for being mad.
"Khun Kinn" I can only call out his name and bow as a sign of my apologies. I haven't seen him in months. I figured he regretted and did not want to see me anymore after---well, after we had slept together. I kept Meeting up with Khun Noo, Arm, and Pol but I haven't heard about Khun Kinn. They didn't talk about him and frankly, I feel like I have no right to ask.
"Is there something wrong, Khun Kinn? What brings you here?" I ask him and notice he's holding big shopping bags and some boxes, some with brands that I recognize, some with those I don't.
"Aren't you going to let me in?" He raises an eyebrow at me. Should I let him in? The entire condo looks like it's been rampaged by a tornado thrice. There are feeding bottles and baby toys everywhere. There almost isn't anywhere to sit.
"Well, I'm not sure about that..." I say. It's embarrassing to let Khun Kinn in right now
"Oh, I see. Do you have a guest over?" Khun Kinn asks
"Oh. No, I don't have guests. The house isn't in any condition to accept guests right now." Unfortunately, Khun Kinn seemed to have stopped listening after I said I didn't have guests over and he helped himself inside. When he went in he put the bags down and took his shoes off while facing the door. I gave him indoor slippers and he wears them.
"Woah" his eyes looked so shocked while his mouth opened, a corner of his lips raised like he's so surprised he doesn't even know what to say.
"What happened, Pete? Were you robbed?" I felt extremely embarrassed.
"Well, Aunt Lou took a leave of absence so I had to take care of Venice myself. He's a very relaxed kid but these days, he's been really restless so I kept carrying him around that I can't do anything else anymore." I scratched the back of my head while Khun Kinn looked at me.
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All Along, You
RomanceA series of begging, chasing, rejection, and pain had led Kinn and Pete to fully lose faith that their lovers, Vegas and Porsche would come back to them after running away together. Kinn and Pete get closer This is a story where Vegas and Porsche ke...