Thrill ride (A Eric Sohn x male reader story)

Ch 29

It's Harry's first baseball game and Eric and I are sitting on the bleachers with the guys also sitting with us they wearing caps to hide their features. Watching as the game passes by Harry manages to hit the ball every time he's up to bat and the score is tied currently. It's Harry's turn to bat again and we all hold our breath in anticipation when the pitcher throws the ball the little boy hitting it pretty powerfully it flying a few feet past all the kids and Harry quickly runs to the bases he making it all the way around before the ball can even be grabbed so we end up winning. We all cheer happily as Harry's surrounded by his teammates and cheered on I watching as Harry talks animatedly with his friend for a moment before Harry suddenly runs over to us looking excited. "Ricky wants to know if I can come over for a playdate. Can I please?" Eric and I look at each other before looking back at Harry. "We want to meet his parents first." He nods and runs off again back to the boy named Ricky. They chat for a second before they both start to walk over Ricky heading over to a woman they talking before heading over to us. The older woman gives us kind smiles bowing politely. "Hello I'm Zhao Mei and this is my son Ricky. He mentioned that you both wanted to meet me to set up a playdate?" We both nod. "Yeah Harry seems to be really excited about the idea and he's never had a friend before. And we wanted to run it by you also to make sure it was okay." The woman's expression softens. "It's perfectly fine I'd love to have Harry over. He's all Ricky talks about at home." Said little boy whines a little in embarrassment his pale cheeks turning pink. "Mom!" We all chuckle a little his mom saying softly. "Sorry sweetie." She then turns back to us we setting up a day for the boys to meet up and play. Once everything is settled Mrs Zhao excuses herself and I see Harry give Ricky a hug before he leaves. Smiling softly we lead Harry over to the guys who all congratulate him and give him hugs. We all head out to dinner together as a big family we chatting and making jokes until we're dropped off at home I immediately putting a sleepy Harry to bed before Eric and I head to bed ourselves.

*a week later*

It's the day of Harry's playdate and he's extremely excited about it. I'm currently helping him get ready to go he bouncing around happily I chuckling softly. "Alright let's go." He beams up at me happily and grabs my hand trying to tug me towards the door I watching in amusement. Sadly Eric couldn't come because he had practice so I'm taking Harry by myself. Once we reach the house I was given directions to I knock on the door and a few minutes Mrs Zhao opens it giving us kind smile. "Hi! Come on in." We enter taking our shoes off and Mrs Zhao points out a large playroom. "Ricky's in there sweetie." Harry smiles thanking her and rushes off the older woman then turning to me. "Come on and we'll have some tea and cookies in the kitchen while the boys play." I nod and follow her to the kitchen taking a seat at the table as she hands me a cup of warm tea and puts down a plate of cookies. "So Ricky mentioned that Harry has some problems speaking. Was he born that way?" I say a little softly. "Not exactly. Harry came from an abusive environment and his vocal cords were slightly underdeveloped but mostly his cords were damaged due to abuse. Thankfully it healed and he can speak now." She looks at me with a sympathetic sad look. "Poor dear. How did you and your husband end up adopting him?" I smile a little. "He made it to the hospital and I was escorting Eric out because he sprained his knee. We saw Harry cowering by the door with a broken arm and covered in bruises so we took him to a room and then we took guardianship over him and became attached." She nods smiling. "He seems like a very sweet boy." We then proceed to talk about our lives and everything for quite a while I learning that she's a single mom because her husband died before Ricky was born. Looking down at my phone I frown because I see it's about to get late. "Oh we better head home before it gets dark." Mrs Zhao nods in agreement. "It was nice speaking with you Sander." I smile as I get up. "It was lovely meeting you. Maybe we can have Ricky over sometime." She smiles and agrees then we head to the playroom where I clear my throat to get Harry's attention. "Come on little man we have to go." He immediately whines and pouts. "Daddy I don't want to go!" I smile softly at him. "I'm sorry sweetheart but we have to get home I'm sure appa's waiting for us." His pout deepens but he gives Ricky a hug before getting up and heads over to me I leading him to the door where we put our shoes on and wish Mei and her son goodbye brides we head home Harry babbling on about the day cheerfully.