Eyes On Me

Special Chapter 2

Daou pov

"Daddy," a small voice called him. "Daddy wake up!" Daous' eyes shot open to see Prya standing there struggling to hold Benz, her sister. "Daddy!" She yelled this time. Daou shot straight out of bed.

"Prya?" Daou said taking the baby from her. "What's wrong?" Daou asked in a panicked voice checking over Benz for injuries.

"Papa and First are fighting," Prya said, looking nervous. Daou was so confused. He shot out of bed, grabbed Prya's hand, and headed down the hall where he could hear Offroad and First arguing.

"Where is Song?" Daou asked his daughter.

"Play pin," Prya answered him as they made their way down the stairs. They rounded the corner for Daou to see First in tears.

"You promised!" First screamed, smacking Offroads phone out of his hand and sending it to the ground crashing.

"Baby, I know-"

"What is going on here?!" Daou yelled, causing Offroad and First to jump. First immediately rushed over to Daou and buried his face into his stomach crying. Daou looked at Offroad who just appeared frazzled and frustrated and on the verge of tears himself.

"First threw Papa's phone into the sink," Prya said.

"First?" Daou said to his son. But before Daou could say anything else he smelt something burning. "What's burning?" Offroad got wide eyes and rushed to the kitchen.

"No, no, no, no," Offroad said as daou stepped around his son and followed Offroad over to the kitchen where smoke was coming from the pan on top of the stove. Offroad grabbed it and threw it into the sink immediately submerging whatever it was into cold water. "Shit!" Offroad yelled looking down into the sink.

"Oooo Papa you said a no-no word!" Prya called out.

"Road?" Daou asked, coming around the island and cutting the stove off.

"Just give me a second please," Daou heard him whisper with a cracked voice. Daou walked back to his kids, giving Offroad the time he asked for. Daou knelt down to his son still holding his daughter and wiped the tears from his face.

"Why did you throw Papa's phone in the sink?" Daou asked his son.

"He promised to come to my game today," First sniffled. "It rang and I didn't want him to have to leave, and break his promise."

"If your Daddy promised to be there today he will be," Daou said remembering the ultimatum he had given Offroad last night he felt like shit the moment he had said it last night but he refused to have their children feel this way. "But it was wrong of you to throw his phone in the sink, and to smack it out of his hand," Daou told his son.

"I'm sorry," First said quietly.

"You'll need to apologize to your Papa but right now take your sister for me and go watch a movie, while I talk to Papa okay?" Daou said handing Benz who was oblivious as to what was happening smiling away to First who nodded. Daou helped his kids get situated on the couch before returning back to the kitchen. Offroad was standing at the sink now scrubbing the pan trying to get what looked like a burnt melted spatula off. "Road?" Daou called out.

"It's not his fault," Offroad answered and Daou could hear the sniffles.

"I think we should just buy a new pan, Road," Daou said.

"Shouldn't we try to fix it first?" Offroad asked dropping the pan in the sink and bringing a hand up to his mouth to watch Daou could only assume it was to silence his cries. Daou didn't think Offroad was talking about the pan any longer. Daou rushed to him and pulled him into his arms. "I was trying to make breakfast and my phone rang and the next thing I knew First was freaking out and threw it in the sink, when I tried to ask him why he did that, he just started crying and yelling, and wouldn't let me calm him down," Offroad cried into Daous shoulder.