Claim your fate

chapter 19

Something burning was not what Hyunjin should be smelling when he steps into their cabin. No, he should smell the lovely aroma of Felix and their little baby. But instead, a thick burning smell was invading his senses, making him panic and go into full-blown protective mode. He ran into the kitchen and opened the oven. Thick smoke rolled out and he waved it away, not even coughing. When he had finally cleared the smoke, he peered into the oven and got angry.

There inside, sitting on a cooking sheet, were two corndogs, now blackened beyond recognition practically. He slid on an oven mitt and pulled the corndogs out and sat them on the counter. He took a deep breath, opened some windows, and went searching for his mate. It wasn't hard to find Felix. He was sleeping diagonally across their bed, clutching one of Hyunjin's dirty tee shirts. If Hyunjin wasn't so angry, he would take pictures.

"Felix," He stood over the omega and prodded him gently in the side. It only served to make Felix curl up even tighter. "Felix," He said again, more forcefully. "Wake up."

The alpha voice must have effect even when asleep, because Felix's eyes opened and he blinked up at Hyunjin before smiling shyly. "Hi, Daddy." It was the most unsexual way to say it, too. The baby could now hear and Felix was determined to make sure that the baby knew exactly who their Daddy was, hence him calling Hyunjin Daddy every chance he got.

Hyunjin frowned. "Do you know what I just came home to?"

Felix held his hands out and waited. Hyunjin wrapped his larger ones around Felix's smaller ones and pulled his omega up into a sitting position. "No." Felix answered, rubbing his belly.

"I came home to corndogs burning in the oven." He supplied, crossing his arms over his chest. When Felix's face remained blank, he elaborated. "I got my ass reamed when you came home to me doing the exact same thing you just did. Falling asleep with the oven on. Ring any bells?"

"Oh," Felix giggled. "I forgot. Are they ruined?"

Hyunjin let out a frustrated sigh. "Felix. You're not getting this. It's dangerous, don't you get it?" He helped Felix out of their bed. "You can't be falling asleep with something in the oven."

Felix gazed down at his belly lovingly. "I always fall asleep with something in the oven." He giggled some more. Hyunjin huffed and turned on his heel, exiting the bedroom. He heard Felix scramble to follow him. "Daddy, where are you going?"

"As you can see, I'm in no mood to play this childish game. I'm going out. Probably going to go boxing with Chan or something." Hyunjin replied, walking to the front door.

"Will you go to town and pick up some more corndogs?" Felix called. "I'm all out!"

"No, Felix, I will not." Hyunjin answered, opening the door. "You need to learn how to plan these things. If you're tired, don't make food and it won't get burned. Simple. I'll be back later." He didn't wait to hear Felix's response. Honestly, he couldn't take it. He just needed to relieve some stress. Minho was out of the question for boxing because he had been busy with Jisung and their baby, who turned a month old a few days ago.

He saw Chan at the boxing ring, but one look around made him realize he left the tape he wrapped his hands with at home. So, he waved to Chan and turned back around to go get it. He was hoping he could sneak in and get it, but sniffling from the kitchen made him curious. He peeked around the doorway and sighed.

Felix was sitting on a stool that he had pulled up to the counter, and he was eating a blackened corndog while crying. He would sniffle, take a small bite, make himself chew it, and sniffle some more. It was sad to see and Hyunjin battled with himself internally before stepping inside the kitchen.