Honey Like

Chapter 3

Venice fell asleep in his seat shortly after they started driving, "he must be exhausted," Vegas said as he kept checking on him from the rearview mirror, "he is so energetic so I wouldn't be surprised hehe" They remained silent for a while and vegas said after some thinking, "thank you, Pete, To be honest, I was so scared about this whole daycare thing," he paused for a second and continued "I...I almost lost him once so parting from him makes me so anxious, I'm so glad he has a teacher like you, and the updates you keep sending me mean more than you think to me, Thank you so much," he finished with a soft smile and Pete felt his ears burning, "it's not a big deal khun, I'm more than glad to offer any help even if it's small" he answered looking at vegas and before he could say anything his phone rang,

"Fuck" he whispered and cleared his throat before he picked up, "Mr Bianchi! Good afternoon" he started speaking in English and Pete felt awkward, "Your assistant talked to me Mr Vegas, But I'm afraid our deal cannot continue," vegas clenched his jaw and took a deep breath, "may I ask for the reason" "you see, our trust was first placed in your late father if I'm being honest, I just don't think you're as qualified as he was, after all, our world of business takes guts, you sure you have them?"

Vegas's grip on the steering wheel got tighter as he tried to keep himself as calm as possible, but without realising it he was speeding up by the second making Pete a bit nervous, "k-khun vegas" "I can assure you that my father's passing will not have the slightest effect on our deal, after all, I graduated the same school he did" there was a laugh on the other side of the call and a short silence, "Listen Vegas, I'm not the one to sugarcoat shit and we both know that, you might be good at your work but you are not suitable for this deal" Vegas's foot on the brakes was pressing harder but he didn't even notice, unlike Pete who was getting scared and fighting unwanted flashbacks "Khun vegas please slow down"

"Who is suitable then? Time?" Vegas said as he suddenly remembered his dear old friend. Time is known to be the loyal dog in their business world, so whenever something dirty is going around you'll always find him somehow involved. "Hahahaha your guess is on point," "he's becoming so predictable, it wasn't a wild guess," Vegas said with a smirk but his insides were as chaotic as they can get, "Well he might not be the smartest but his hands are not the cleanest, and when you're dealing with drugs and weapons, you must be ready to get dirt on your hands, your father would've done it with no hesitation but what about you vegas, would you?" Vegas didn't respond, because he knew that he couldn't, not with Venice in his life,

"hm, that's what I thought" The other guy hung up and Vegas threw his phone harshly as he pressed harder and harder on the brakes, he was completely out of his senses and that's when he felt a slight touch against his hand, he turned his head meeting a pair of very terrified and nearly soaked eyes, "Khun vegas please," Pete's other hand was clenched around the seat belt and he looked so pale, that's when vegas snapped back to reality and realised how fast he was going, "fuck, Sorry I'm sorry" he apologised and slowed down the speed, after a few minutes he found a parking spot by the beach and stopped there, Pete unbuckled his seat belt with shaky hands and stepped out of the car,

Vegas followed him after he checked on Venice cause Pete looked like he was two seconds away from passing out, he approached him slowly to not startle him cause he was zoned out, and his whole body was shaking, "Pete, are you okay?" Pete looked at him and nodded with a forced smile "I'm fine khun, sorry I just...I get scared at high speeds haha" Vegas nodded and there was an awkward silence for a while, "khun vegas, sorry if I'm being rude but, is everything okay?" Although he was speaking in a foreign language Pete could tell that he was angry, anyone could really, vegas sighed looking at the horizon where the sun was drowning in the sea, "It's just work stuff, and some unsettled bad blood" "ahh I see, well I don't know what the situation is but I'm sure everything will be okay khun," pete said showing his dimpled smile and vegas smiled back but didn't say anything,

"Daddy!" They were interrupted by a loud sobbing voice coming from the car as Venice woke up alone and felt scared, vegas rushed to him and opened the car door, venice was crying reaching with his tiny arms to Vegas, "Daddy scared!" "I know baby I know, I'm here it's okay" Vegas took the sobbing boy to his arms and started rocking him gently as he clenched his little arms around his neck tightly.

After a while, Pete and Vegas were back in their seats, but Venice was still in Vegas's arms, much calmer, tho. Vegas was moving his hand up and down his back soothingly, leaving tiny kisses on his face from time to time, "Daddy is sorry baby, were you scared?" "Venice...alone" Venice said, sniffling, "Venice is not alone, you will never be alone baby, daddy was right here I didn't go anywhere," Vegas said with a soft tone running his fingers gently through the boy's hair, "daddy go like grandpa?" Venice said through the sniffling and tiny hiccups,

Pete felt his heart clenching and couldn't help but notice Vegas's body tensing up, "No, daddy is here, I will not go anywhere baby, I promise" he kissed his forehead and hugged him to his chest, his eyes met Pete's concerned ones and he smiled at him reassuringly, "He's a bit grumpy when he wakes up, sorry for troubling you Pete, Your ride is taking longer than intended" Pete laughed slightly and shook his head, "It's okay khun, I'm not in a rush," "do you mind taking him for a while, I still need to drive" vegas knew that Venice will refuse to go back to his seat since he was still grumpy and scared, Pete nodded quickly "of course,"

vegas kissed Venice's head and faced him, "Baby can you go to Uncle Pete for a while, daddy needs to drive" Venice, who apparently seemed to have forgotten that Pete was with them, frowned his eyebrows slightly and turned his head searching for his teacher, and then without saying a word he reached his arms to him, "come here sweetie" Pete carried him carefully placing him in his lap wrapping his arms around him tenderly. Vegas would be lying if he said he wasn't surprised, he's always struggled with Venice's bad mood since he becomes clingy to Vegas and refuses to go to anyone else, not even his cousins, "Thank you," he said smiling at Pete, "It's alright".

They arrived at Pete's house and Venice was now fast asleep in his lap, "Is he asleep?" Vegas asked peeking at him, "Yes, poor thing he was so scared" Pete caressed his cheek lovingly, "You can put him in his seat now, thank you again Pete" "Sure, and stop thanking me it's my pleasure to spend time with y- Venice, with Venice" Pete cleared his throat and opened the car door, vegas couldn't help but laugh slightly, 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦.
Pete put Venice in his seat carefully and closed the door, "thanks for the ride, and I hope your problem will be solved soon, goodbye" he said waving at Vegas and disappeared into his house, for some reason his heart was racing against his ribcage, he stood there for a good 15 minutes just thinking about the previous events.

He took a shower and lay on his bed checking his emails and having a quick snack but his mind kept wandering to Vegas, hoping he was okay cause whatever conversation he had in the car sounded very serious and alarming, a huge part of him wanted to text him, to check on him and Venice since the little kid was having a rough time, but with what right? he's just a teacher, he had no right to get his nose in their business, and with that, he just decided to call it a day and go to bed early since he was exhausted.

Vegas was lying on Venice's bed since his son was still a bit stubborn and refused to sleep alone so now he's snuggled in vegas's arms already fast asleep, vegas covered him with a blanket and kept caressing his back, eyes still wide open since sleep didn't visit him yet, his mind was too loud, crowded with thoughts and emotions, a notification sound came from his phone dragging him back to reality, he picked it up carefully to not wake venice,
𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞: 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭<𝟑

A wide grin made its way to vegas's face unwillingly, he took a picture of venice in his arms and sent it to him,
"𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭" he put his phone down and adjusted his position in bed, he turned off the light and tried to get some sleep hoping it will take a bit of his exhaustion away.