Sugar Daddy √ jeongcheol (ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇᴅ)

xlvii.

"Daddy. . .?"

". . ."

"Daddy!"

"Huh? Mm— What— Yes buddy. . .?"

"Are you okay daddy?"

"Of course I am. Dapat ako nagtatanong sa'yo niyan. How's my buddy feeling right now?"

"I don't feel dizzy anymore."

"Aba oo nga, di ka na mainit. But you still need to rest."

"But daddy. . ."

"Hmm?"

"I think you need to rest. . . Too."

"Bakit mo naman nasabi 'yan kay Daddy?"

"Mmm. . ."

"Is daddy really that old?"

"Daddy, you're 30 years old! Of course you're old!"

"Oh. . ."

"But daddy still looks young to me!"

"Haha. Thanks buddy."

"But seriously daddy, you need to rest too!"

"Okay okay. Tabihan na lang kita."

". . ."

"Better?"

"Mmm!"

". . .haha, okay."

"Daddy, what are you thinking about. . .?"

"What do you mean?"

"H-hindi mo kase ako nipapansin kanina nung tinawag kita!"

"Oh. Sorry buddy. It's just uhm— nevermind about that. Daddy is just tired."

"Where did you go earlier?"

"Hmm?"

"I woke up from my nap earlier and i asked yaya if you were here but yaya said you went out! So i slept again. Asan ka nun daddy?"

"Oh. I was just with your uncle Jeonghan."

". . . Why?"

"I had to say goodbye."

"why. . .?"

"Uhm. . . He's going away so I had to say goodbye to your uncle Jeonghan. A quick goodbye. But he'll be back soon."

"oh. Why do you keep calling him 'uncle' Jeonghan? I thought it was 'auntie'?"

"Ohh right. I forgot. It's just because. . . Jeonghan is a boy too, buddy."

". . .hmph. But i like 'auntie' Jeonghan better than 'uncle'."

"really? Then. . . Call him 'auntie' if you want to. I'm sure he likes it when you call him that. Haha."

" [ mumbles ] but i think i'm gonna start calling him Mama Han soon."

"What did you say Chan?"

"Daddy. . . Do you. . . Like. . . Auntie Jeonghan?"

"W-what are you talking about buddy?"

"I said, do you like him??"

"What makes you say that Chan?"

"Mmm. . . It's just that daddy is. . ."

"Daddy is what?"

"You're too old for him daddy."

". . ."

"You're 30 and Auntie Jeonghan is not 30. It's not the same!"

"S-so? What about it?"

"You like him!"

". . ."

"Why are you sweating so much, daddy? You have pawis on my pillow!"

"Ay. Sorry Chan. Punta lang ako sa room ni Daddy ha. Dun na lang muna ako matutulog. Ipapapalit ko yung pillow mo kay yaya, okay?"

"okay daddy."

"Okay. Sleep now."

"Mmm."

". . ."

"Daddy?"

"Yes buddy?"

"Nighty-night."

"Nighty-night."

—x—

“ i'm always here right behind you ”