HIStory3: Make Our Days Count

THE UNTOLD ETERNITY

YU SHI GU + HSIANG HAO TING

In an AU where Xi Gu lives!

An AU where Xi Gu never died. Instead, he and Hao Ting got married years later and adopted baby twins named Shu-Ching(a girl) and Yi-Hsuan(a boy).

"Alright, everybody out in the car! Daddy's gonna be late!" Xi Gu called out as he grabbed his suit jacket off the backrest of the couch.

"OK, papa!" The two little young 'uns ran right past him, almost tripping him in a race to reach the door. He smiled at the little ones who happily skipped out the door --washed, fed and ready to go for the day. They were precious. And more so when they returned at the end of the day the opposite of all that.

Xi Gu couldn't help but love them.

They were the light of his and Hao Ting's lives. Ever since the adoption, they couldn't possibly put into words how complete their lives had become. They were a happily married couple, both with amazing careers and full lives, but the day the kids showed in their lives was the greatest miracle.

It had been an arduous adoption process; jumping through hoops, dealing with stigma and disappointment until they made a breakthrough, eventually bringing home two beautiful little twins.

At first, the stress of having two new infants had weighed on them. Both of them had to take a few months off work to spend all their time catering to the babies and getting adjusted to the new life. It was a relief that the bosses they both worked for had been understanding enough to let them have that time.

Hao Ting would never forget all those nights of staying up rocking crying babies, changing diapers, both of them restless and fretful whenever either of them fell sick... and often both of them. Their parents were a great help. They helped a great deal as they often stayed over or Xi Gu and Hao Ting took them over to their parents for a few days so get some rest.

Now, five years later, the little bundles of joy were all grown up and attending pre-school while their dads worked.

Remarkably, the two little angels, even though not biologically related to either of them, held quite the resemblance to their fathers: Shu-Ching was the outgoing, bold one. She liked to play with her friends and cause trouble at school. Hao Ting and Xi Gu could not count the times they'd been summoned to settle a dispute she had gotten into with one of the other kids... and she was still in preschool!

People were truly surprised and couldn't believe that the child was not biologically Hao Ting's –those two were cut from the same cloth. She was bold, outspoken and quite the beautiful, little girl. A naughty handful but the most lovable piece of work that ever lived.

Her brother, Yi-Hsuan, was the exact opposite. Kept to himself a lot and stayed out of trouble. His fathers never heard a peep out of him unless he had a real problem. In a way, it was Shu-Ching's job to take care of him and break him out of his shell every once in a while. As long as he had a coloring book at hand or a TV in front of him, he was good.

At only five years old and already Shu-Ching was so mature. She protected her reclusive brother and made sure he had eaten and that he was OK.

Shu-Ching was taller than Yi-Hsuan so she stood at an advantageous position to look older and more domineering among her peers even though she was the second of the twins. People learned not to let her doe eyes and cute, round face fool them otherwise they would be in a world of surprise once she let he inner mamma bear loose.