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So this is where the line ends. How the hell did I end up in this situation anyway?
¨Come on it's not that far.¨
Oh, right. now I remember why.
As I saw Monkey king push away a sand monster as we kept walking to who knows where; and all this just to protect-
¨Look out!!!¨
He yelled as I turned then I only saw darkness in my path
[about 3 weeks earlier ]
I wake up to a hit near my stomach. I look and see a little kid staring at me.
¨MK it's rude just to stare.¨
¨sorry.¨
This is MK, he is almost 6 and has stayed with us for about 3 years.
¨what's up? Why you up at..¨
I look to see that it's four in the morning.
¨ I want it to play..¨
He said as he climbed up onto the bed, with his monkey plush in hand.
¨its too early to play right now.¨
¨ but Tang allows me to¨
He said pointing to the right side of the bed where tang was sleeping.
'a course he does.'
I thought as I saw MK hug his plush as he start to think about what to play.
I pat his head and say ¨we will play later in the day ok?¨
¨ok.¨ MK said smiling then yawned. He lays down and falls asleep. I smile, even if im busy I'll make up the time for him. I thought as I went back to sleep.
I woke about 3 hours later to get ready to work. I see that Mk is still sleeping and so was tang. I get up and get ready to get ingredients for this month. I was about to walk out when I started hearing muffled footsteps.
I thought it may have been the neighbor so I didn't put too much thought. I opened the front door and closed it as I left.
I enter the markets, looking at all the perfect ingredients as I went from booth to booth, getting carrots, onions, and other stuff for the restaurant and a coffee for tang, and a small treat for mk.
As I paid for everything I went back home seeing an interesting bird and it felt like it was looking at me.
When I got home, I was tackled with a hug from Mk.
"Hey, kid. Your up again."
"Can you play now dad?"
"Not now."
I said patting his head.
I walk to the table and put the coffee down.
"Mk, is tang up?"
"No, he is still sleeping. He won't wake up to play."
Mk. I walk to the closet and got a small blue shirt and shorts and gave them to mk.
"Go ahead and change and I'll take you to get the restaurant ready to open."
"Ok!"
Mk said running to his bedroom to put his new clothes on.
I waited near the door to his room as soon he walked out but he had his shirt on backward.
"How I do?"
He said smiling
"Better but your shirt is on backward, hold on I'll fix it."
Mk held his arms out and I started putting the shirt on right.
"There you go."
I said as I picked up MK and started to leave the apartment to go downstairs.
I grab my key and open the door to the restaurant.
I put mk down and put the bags of food on the counter.
"I'm hungry. "
I heard MK say.
"Alright, but you will have to wait a bit."
"Awww..."
Mk said as he look out the window to see what I think is a bird.
I saw mk sit down as I put a pot of water on the stove.
As soon as the water was boiling I put in the ingredients. Then I saw mk run, as I look, I see that he is hugging tang.
"You're up!"
Tang patted MK as he walked toward me while mk held on to his leg.
"Finally you're up."
"Hello good morning to you too."
He said with a bit of a sarcastic tone.
"Good morning. Breakfast will be done soon."
"Alright... Mk can you let go now."
Mk looks up to see tang looking at them and let go.
He was then picked up and put down on the chair next to tang.
Mk smiled as he looked outside again now seeing people and cars.
As I finished I set out 2 bowls for tang and mk.
"Yay! Food!"
Mk said raising his arms. Tang just grabbed his chopsticks and smiled at mk.
"Thanks."
I just smiled, looking at my husband and son.
Later in the day tang thought it was a good idea to take MK to a park.
Pigsy wasn't sure but mk had to start school after the winter so he needs to know how to make friends,
So he agreed. Tang told mk if he wanted to go to the Park and he excitedly ran around and they started walking to the park.
As soon as they got there MK smiled and started going on the playground.
Tang smiled, watching his son have fun.
"Tang!! Look!!"
Mk said waving and then climbing and monkey bars.
"Your pretty good at climbing."
'No joke, he climbs almost anything, he almost climbed and fell out the window.'
"Look swings!!"
"Just don't climb them."
Tang said as he sat down on a bench, still viewing mk.
Mk was able to swing himself but not as high as he wanted to.
He kept trying till he felt someone push him making him go a bit higher.
He looked to see a girl his age but with messy hair with sand and some scratches on her.
She smiled and so did mk.
"Hello."
He said with a laugh.
"Im mk."
"Im Mei. Do you need help getting up?"
Mk nodded as he got off the swing and then started to get high up again.
Mei pushed him making him go high up than he could.
He looked and saw tang keeping an eye on him, smiling as his son had made a friend.
Once mk started to slow down. He out of sawing, again! Again!
Mei laughed.
"How about we go to the slide?"
"Monkey bars!"
Mk shouted with excitement.
They both went and played many games till it started to get dark and heard,
"Mk. It's time to go home."
Tang walked up to the two kids as they look at him.
"Aww but I don't wanna go home!"
Mk said with a stomp of his foot, make me jump.
"Mmm are you hungry?"
Tang ask making mk think before he nodded.
"Well if we go home you can eat your favorite food."
This made mk jump, he then looked at his new friend.
"Bye Mei. Fun playing with you."
He said waving.
"Bye mk, was fun playing with you."
Mk hopped away with tang next to him.
"Tang?"
"Mm?"
"Will I see my friend again?"
Tang look at mk and smiled.
"Of course. Im sure you guys will see each again. Your friend Mei seems like a nice person."
As soon as the two made it home, Mk ran to his dad, saying hello.
"Hello mk. How was the park?"
Pigsy said as he picked up his son.
"Good! I made a friend!"
Mk, now in mid-air said with joy.
"Really? Did you have fun?"
Pigsy ask
Tang responded instead of mk.
"He sure did, you should have seen them. They bonded well,"
Tang said taking mk as a customer walked in.
"Mei pushed me high on the swing and made all the game fun."
Mk said now more tried.
"Mei?"
Pigsy said as he got the order and start to make it.
"That's mk new friend. Im sure her parents were near."
Mk asked if they can go up so he can get his plush.
Tang said sure as the restaurant was closing soon and should probably cut some fruit for mk.
"We're gonna go upstairs, mk is getting hungry."
"Alright ill be there soon."
Mk waved as he saw the ground move and then the stairs.
He was then put down on his own feet.
"Stay still for a moment I just have to open the door."
Mk saw the door open and ran inside.
'Mk.'
Tang just entered and closed the door.
He saw mk run back with his monkey plush and sat on his chair.
Tang got out some carrots and strawberries to cut up and put them in a bowl.
Mk took his hands out asking for the bowl.
"Don't eat them all ok, you still have to eat your dinner."
Mk nodded and started to eat the strawberries, smiling with each bite.
It made tang laugh a bit.
Mk then heard a thud sound. He got up still holding the bowl and look outside from the window in the living room
Mk saw a rat on the pips near the other building.
"Ra- Ra-"
"Do you mean raccoon?"
Mk still doesn't know many animals yet so he doesn't know what to call them.
"We gonna have to find them a new home, they can't stay in the ally."
Tang said, setting the table for dinner.
Mk now eating the carrots thought it would be fun to go near the ally.
Tang had gone to gather clothes for the chore day tomorrow so mk thought he could just go out for a bit.
Tang had left the door a bit open and that's how he got out. Once he reached the stairs he careful walk to make sure his dad couldn't see him.
He was able to make it outside and saw a gold bird just standing on the pile of tires and bags.
"Hello, little bird. I'm mk."
He said with a wave.
Mk looked at the door and saw no one. He took a breath and then talked to the bird.
"Hello, little bird."
"Hello, kid."
The bird spoke.
"A talking bird!"
Mk said excitedly.
A gold bird can talk.
"What are you doing here?"
Mk said standing close to the bird.
"I'm here to finish some things."
"Like what?"
Mk said now hearing the window close, meaning the door was gonna close soon.
The bird looked at mk.
"Who do you live with?"
"I wive with my dad and tang."
"Are they your parents?"
"Yeah!!"
"Why do you calling one them by name?"
"I don't know?"
Mk said now being a bit scared of it getting dark.
'Sorry kid but I need your parents' help.'
The gold bird then put some trash on itself.
"Hey what are you-"
Then it ended up biting MK's finger.
The bird now looks angry to seem wilder.
Mk looked at his right-hand finger as it dripped with blood.
Mk huffed a bit before he started to cry. He sat down, holding his hand as he cry in pain.
'Oww!'
"Mk!! What are you doing out here!!
" im-im-- sor- sorry."
He said stopping in-between cry looking at his dad.
Pigsy picked up mk and then saw the bird.
"Shoo, get away from here!"
The bird now looking dark, crows, and flies away.
Mk still crying now softer is being taken home now.
While mk was outside, Tang was looking for him as he noticed he wasn't in his room.
Pigsy walked in and tang saw mk hurt.
"Where were you!"
"He was outside, I thought he wanted to stay here."
"I thought too but when I called him he wasn't here."
Pigsy put mk on the couch and tang grabbed the medicine kit.
"Mk what happened?"
"A- a bird.."
"A bird peck you?"
"It was more like a bit."
Piggy interrupt.
"Ok mk hold still. It's only gonna sting for a sec."
Pigsy then cleaned mks wound and mk responded with a cried ow as he held on to Tang's arm.
"See not bad."
"That hurt."
Mk responded with fewer crys.
"I know but it will make you feel better."
Pigsy said patting mks head.
"Mk why did the bird attack you?"
"Tang the bird spoke to me."
"Mk birds can't talk"
"Dad this one did."
"You probably got near its home, and you know you're not supposed to be out without one of us."
"I'm sorry... It just looked cool."
Pigsy and tang looked at their son who was now sad for not listening. They both sighed, tang picked up mk and put a bandage on mks finger.
"Come on it's time to eat."
"And make sure you finish your food, then you can have 10 minutes of free time."
Mk smiled.
As soon as they finished eating, MK started to ask to see some photos.
"Photo like the album?"
"Yeah. Dad can we pls."
Mk now begging.
"He did finish his food, and cleaned his spot."
Tang said picking up mk.
"Alright. I'll find it but I don't think there are many pictures there."
After a few minutes, pigsy found the album and they started looking at the photos.
"Look mk, that's you when we went to the lake."
"I look sad."
Mk said looking at the photo.
"You fell in the lake after you saw others jump."
"And then he had to go save you."
"Dad saved me. I lost my hat here."
Mk said turning the page.
"Look. Remember when mk caught a lizard all on his own."
Pigsy said smiling as mk remember.
"And then he gave it to me and I freaked out."
"You never were a fan of reptiles."
"Dad, tang don't like crawlies."
Then mk turned to the beginning of the book.
It only has one photo and it was all 3 of them.
Tang started to tear up a bit.
"Why you cry?"
"It just this is the photo of when we found you. Remember, you stuck on to him and didn't let go."
"And then you came and stayed with us."
Tang said cleaning his glasses.
Mk then started thinking.
"Tang?"
"Yeah, bud?"
"Why do I call you my name but I call dad, dad?"
This took the two off guard for a sec.
"Well, I didn't think it was needed."
"Really I thought it was cause you didn't -"
"Not now."
Mk looked back and front from them.
He closed the book and ask.
"And I call you not by name?
like, dad."
Mk said with a smile.
"I guess you could."
Tang said his hand behind his neck.
"Maybe dad. No. M- no. "
Mk thought interpreting himself.
"Just say what you think."
"Mama?"
"Anything but that."
Pigsy let out a bit of a laugh and tang looked at mk still thinking.
"Papa?"
"Papa? I guess so. I don't really mind that."
Mk smiled. He then looked at pigsy thinking he needed a new name too.
"Dadsy!"
Tang was the one laughing this time and pigsy stood in awe.
After the new names. Mk fell asleep in tang's arms.
"Bedtime."
They both walked to mks room which had his full name on the door.
Tang put him to bed as mk hugged his plush. Pigsy got the blanket and tucked mk in.
"Good night Qi Xiaotian."
They both said, turning off the lights and leaving the room for their son to sleep. The light of the moon filled the room as a gold glow passed by.