Blue

15

"Jisung, stop it." I grab him, picking him up.

"No! Let me do the dishes at least!" He protests.

"Absolutely not." I shake my head. "You need rest." I go sit him in our room on his throne of pillows to help him sit up. "I will do the dishes." I cup his face.

He pouts at me with his big eyes. "Please?"

"No, Honey. You need to stay in bed."

"No, I wanna help you clean."

"Nope." I shake my head while layering the blankets on him, pressing the warm water bottle to his stomach.

He hugs the water bottle and reaches for me. "No, don't leave me." He pouts.

"Honey, I have to clean the kitchen up." I kiss his lips.

"No, can it wait until tomorrow?" He asks. "I want cuddles."

I sigh. "I can give you cuddles tomorrow, but I have to clean the kitchen." I kiss his lips.

I go to the messy kitchen, looking at the failed attempts at cooking. I sigh again. I guess I just won't cook for anyone.
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After cleaning the whole kitchen, I return to the bedroom and find Jisung drifting off to sleep. He forces his eyes open and smiles at me. His eyes slowly close again.

"Aw, my baby is tired." I go over to him.

"Help, please." He mumbles.

"With what?"

"Pillows."

I slowly take away pillows, letting him adjust. He holds my hand and bites his lip.

"Babe?" He asks with a shaky voice.

"What is it, Honey?" I climb over him so I can lay on my side of the bed.

"Was I a bad dad?"

"No, no, you were a great dad. Blue loved you so much. Maybe he was a little upset you didn't play with him as much, but it's okay. And Duri loves you so much." I watch out the door as Duri chews on a toy.

"I'm gonna quit college." He says.

"Why? You're so close to graduation. You have two more semesters of it and then you can use the big telescope and look at the stars."

"If we have another kid before I graduate, I'm dropping out." He huffs.

"No, don't drop out." I cup his face.

"I did it in high school, and I'll do it again." He sniffles.

"Honey, we won't have a kid before you graduate. I won't try to talk you into it. I want you to focus on graduating." I kiss his forehead.

He runs his finger along my neck, trailing it down to my chest. I console him and kiss his lips.

-

"Babe, could you help me study?" Jisung asks from his computer.

"Study what?" I sigh.

"The different nebulae visible according to NASA." He looks at me.

"Sure, Honey." I nod and take his laptop from him.

He takes off his glasses and rubs his eyes. I fix the blanket around him, then sit back and make sure he can't see the screen.

"Umm, okay. Tell me about the Saturn Nebula."

He thinks for a moment. "Umm.... I can't remember. It doesn't have any set measurements. We don't know how far away it is and that means the size can't be calculated."

"When can you see it?"

"You can see it during the time the aquarius constellation is out and it's about 5,000 light-years from that constellation. It's visible with a basic telescope and it looks like, from that view, a green and yellow hue in the sky." He answers. "Is that right? Or am I thinking of a different one?"

"No, that was correct." I smile.

He smiles excitedly and does a little dance. "Okay, next one."

"Alright, alright. Second one is the... Carina Nebula." I read for him.