Kiddos ★ lennstarr

13. Advice

John had called Ringo up for another small favor: babysit the little demons in the morning until later in the evening.

Julian was still in school, he'd go directly home when he was out. Ringo had taken the chance to let Sean play in the park while they waited.

He was on the big kid swings, he'd begged for Ringo to let him go all alone. Ringo stood at the gate watching as the boy struggled to move a few feet up. Sean had a look of helplessness until he finally sighed and called out for Ringo.

Sean was giddy when the man pushed him and he was finally swinging. It was fun until he got bored and whined to get down.

They walked along through the park, deciding that going home wasn't as fun as staying in here. Sean had never been so deep inside the park before.

"Daddy only takes me to strawberry fields." Sean said, looking up at all the trees surrounding him.

"Seriously?" Ringo scoffed. "You've never been to turtle pond? You've never gone canoeing? You've never been to the castle?"

"Huh?" Sean had wide eyes.

"Oh god kiddo you don't know what you're missing!" Ringo immediately hoisted the boy up on his shoulders and went further into Central Park than Sean had ever seen before. 

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After two or three hours they were finally back home. They had come up just as Julian had.

"Hey Ringo," Julian gave him a hug and sat close to him on the couch. "How was Sean?"

"Fine," he answered and ruffled his hair. "Apparently the kiddo hasn't been into Central Park that much."

"Me neither," Julian shrugged. "Dad doesn't trust us going in there that much. That and we just moved here."

"To New York? From where?" Ringo looked over at him. He already knew the answer but he'd like to think that it'd be best if he didn't spoil he surprise for him.

"Liverpool." Julian said and Ringo's eyes sparkled.

"I'm from there too!" He laughed and Julian smiled.

"We're really similar," Julian pointed out. "No wonder Daddy likes you so much."

"What?" Ringo shifted over to look at him.

"Daddy never shuts up about you," Julian groaned. "It's always, 'Ringo this, Ringo that' and no offense to you but it's so annoying! I think you two should just date so that he can shut up."

"Oh don't say that about your Daddy," Ringo chuckled and ruffled his hair. "Say, I need some advice. Do you think you can help?"

"For what?" Julian moved closer to him, he was almost on his lap.

"Well," Ringo chuckled and blushed red. "When you have a crush on someone, how would you tell them that you like them?"

"Well," Julian climbed into Ringo's lap and sighed. "I think you tell them you like them and then you kiss and then you're dating!"

"Oh really?" Ringo chuckled. "Is that how it works?"

"Mhm," Julian hummed. "It works for me."

"Oh?" Ringo laughed and wrapped his arms around Julian. "Little Jules has a lover?"

"Maybe." Julian blushed.

"Come on you can tell me," Ringo nudged his shoulder gently. "I won't say anything."

"Promise?" Julian held out a pinkie.

"Promise." Ringo linked his own pinkie around Julian's and kissed his head gently.

"So there's this boy," Julian blushed and Ringo couldn't help but stifle back a gasp. "He's really really cute and stuff. And I really really like him."

"Oh god Jules you're such a heartbreaker!" Ringo chuckled and pressed a kiss on his head. "I think you can get him if you really really like him."

"Thanks Ringo," Julian smiled and hugged him tightly. "You're great, you know that right?"

Ringo was in shock. Julian seemed to care so much for him rather than his own father. Nonetheless, he held on tightly to him and kissed him over and over again.

He truly loved these boys and he'd do anything for them.