From Something To Everything (Bounprem)

193.Son 2

The legal procedures for the adoption were done then and there at the family's main mansion by the family advocate. 

Boun officially became the legal father of the baby while Oreo became the father of the twins.

Once everything was legalised, everyone split their own way. Boun was handed everything that belonged to the baby starting from the unused diaper packets to the baby crib.

Seeing the things he was handed, Boun was completely lost. He felt like a mess. He took the baby and headed to the mini-mansion that he had brought for himself.

As they got there, the baby, who had been asleep all this while woke up. As if sensing the unfamiliar surroundings, the baby started crying.

All the methods he used to use on Art when he was a baby seemed to be useless now.

It was only then that he realised that he wasn't going to have it easy from now on. It would be a lie if he said that he didn't regret his decision. But he was put on a spot and his hands were tied. He couldn't come up with a better plan.

One thing that bothered him the most was that he hadn't discussed the matter with Prem till now. He had been planning to propose to Prem and make their relationship official. But now, with an additional responsibility on his shoulders, he started getting the feeling that it was unfair to Prem.

Prem had already been taking care of him, attending therapies with him so that he could overcome his psychological problems. If he wanted to add the baby to the list, it sounded too much.

He didn't know what to do. He felt numb.

He could see Prem blowing up his phone with missed calls and messages. He had promised Prem that he would give him a call after his meeting with his family was over, but he didn't dare to.

Boun knew well enough how much Prem disliked kids. Even though the latter tried his best not to show it, there were times when that dislike was apparent. He remembered Prem mentioning how much he disliked babies, especially the ones that had started crawling and bit almost everything they got as the teething season began.

It was exactly the stage his nephew was in. The baby was more than six months old and had just developed his baby teeth. 

On the other side, Prem grew worried about Boun. He drove over to Boun's mansion and was greeted by the sight of Boun trying his best to put the crying baby back to sleep.

He hadn't seen this baby before but could guess his identity as Boun's nephew. "Hia" 

"Pao, what are you doing here?" Boun watched as Prem walked over and took his nephew from his hand, slowly patting the baby's back. The wailing baby magically stopped crying and was now looking at Prem's face with tear-filled eyes.

"Hia, he must be hungry. Do you have any milk here?" Prem asked lightly rocking the baby in his arms.

Boun nodded and headed to the kitchen to take milk. He followed Prem's instructions heated the milk and then cooled it to a lukewarm temperature before filling it in the feeding bottle.

Prem took the bottle from Boun and tested the temperature by dripping a drop of milk on the back of his hand. He then positioned the baby and let the baby drink milk from the feeding bottle.

Boun watched the whole scene with a tender smile.

Prem handed the almost empty bottle back to Boun after the baby was done. He then patted the baby's back making it burp.

The baby soon fell asleep without making a fuss in Prem's arms. He slowly laid the baby in the cradle before turning to Boun.

"So, she left?" Prem asked.