Chapter 17

Third Person’s POV:

Soft angelic giggles and squeals filled the air followed by low endearing chuckles. On the soft brown carpet laid Matthew in a cute bunny romper as Kye blew raspberries against his soft tummy, a wide smile on his lips as he played with the little bunny. Matthew kicked his legs excitedly at the tingly sensation, his small grabby hands trying to grab onto Kye’s soft brown locks.

Not even 5 feet away sat Xander as he watched the endearing scene while he folded the clothes. Low yet hearty chuckles left his lips as he watched the two younger male with adoration. Anyone would have thought that they were an actual family from the looks of it. As soon as Xander kept the clean laundry, soft cranky whines can be heard, alerting him of Matthew’s next feed. Taking the warmed bottle from the kitchen counter, he placed it down onto the coffee table before picking Matthew up into his arms and placing the nipple into his opened mouth to which he latched on immediately.

However when Matthew opened his eyes to find Xander feeding him, he spat out the nipple with a pouty look on his face, lips pursed shut as he refused to continue drinking. Turning his small head to the side where Kye sat comfortably on the carpet ground, he tried pushing himself away from Xander using one hand as he made grabby hands at Kye using the other.

To add on to the effect, he showed them the teary puppy eyes which seemed to do the trick as he had effectively teleported into Kye’s embrace. A soft adorable giggle left Matthew’s lips as he buried his face into Kye’s softer chest, his hands grabbing tightly onto his shirt as he basked in the warm tender feeling of being in Kye’s arms. Over the past few times Kye had visited, Matthew had grown on him, making Xander slightly jealous by his son’s actions.

“He’s stealing my man…” Xander grumbled out with a pout, earning soft chuckles from Kye as he bottle-fed Matthew. Nonetheless, Xander slipped off the sofa and started stroking Matthew’s head softly and tenderly, placing kisses all over him from time to time despite Matthew trying to swipe him away from disturbing his feed. To Xander, it felt more like getting hit with a dry sponge. As if finally getting irritated by his dad’s nonsense, sobs rang out in the air as Matthew cried and fussed in Kye’s arms, shocking Xander period.

“Shhh… don’t cry Matty. Your daddy is just being a big meanie. But he loves you okay?” Kye comforted as he bounced Matthew lightly in his arms in hopes to reduce his crying. In the end, placing a kiss to his forehead seemed to do the trick as his cries subsided almost immediately once Kye did so.

Sitting back onto the sofa, Xander mock glared at his little man who’s enjoying his lover’s touch. As if feeling his dad’s glare, Matthew turned his head towards his direction with the bottle in mouth before sending Xander a wide smile which made Xander shake his head with a large smile on his face at his son’s antics before sticking his tongue out playfully at him.

‘This boy… he’s totally my boy. At least he has good taste. Sorry kiddo, he’s mine...but he’ll be yours soon too.’ Xander laughed to himself before leaving for the kitchen to prepare a simple dinner for the two of them, not before placing a kiss on Kye’s cheek of course, which seemed to irk the little man when a cute frown formed on his face.

Thinking of the easiest things to whip up, he decided to make a baked dinner for them which consists of baked pasta, baked onion blossom and baked bacon wrapped chicken. Lucky for him, his cooking skills had significantly improved over the past few days of making lunch boxes for Kye and himself for their working days. Just as Xander sent the onion blossom and bacon wraps for bake, Kye graced him his presence with Matthew in arms as he sat the empty bottle down on the kitchen counter.

Seeing that, Xander washed his hand thoroughly with soap before taking Matthew from Kye to burp him. After that 1 incident of Matthew vomiting milk over Kye’s shoulder when he was burping him, Kye didn’t dare to burp him again. The thought of puke running down his back seemed to make him stiffen in fear as blood drained from his face. That was how traumatizing it was for him.

Taking over the kitchen from Xander, Kye prepared the pasta, pouring heaps of tomato sauce over the boiled pasta and tossing in handfuls of sliced mushrooms and sausages before finishing it with a generous amount of shredded cheese and then popping it into the oven which now has three things baking in it. Bless Xander for his large built in oven.

It was almost 30 minutes later that dinner was done and set on the table. Matthew was strapped securely to his automatic rocking chair and placed on a makeshift floor which is make out of 4 dining chairs, beside the table. His eyes wandering between his dad and his mum as they ate, wondering why he wasn’t fed too.

Seeing Matthew’s big round eyes looking at them with much interest, Xander went to get a small handful of yogurt drops for him before placing it into his baby bowl and placing it onto Matthew’s lap. The little guy eyed the purple looking buttons curiously before picking one up with his chubby fingers and then placing it into his mouth. His eyes widened in delight at the sweet fruity taste before grabbing more for himself until the bowl was empty, much to his surprise.

“Fuck.” Matthew cursed upon realizing that he had no more yoghurt drops. Just kidding. Xander did.

“Xander. Language.” Kye chided upon Xander cursing. Not happy that he had cursed in front of Matthew as he was worried that Matthew will pick up Xander’s cursing habits.

“Oh language? It’s english.” Xander replied with a straight face despite fully knowing what Kye had meant. “I wonder if it’s too late of a notice…” He questioned to himself before racing for his phone to contact the nanny after excusing himself from the table. “Hi Mrs Granger, sorry to disturb you on a Sunday but I’ll be leaving for a company trip from this coming Wednesday to Sunday so is it possible for you to look after Matthew for me during this period? … Really? Thank you so much, Mrs Granger. I’m so sorry for the last minute notice. … Yes. Thank you and have a nice day.” He hang up the call, breathing out loud in relief.

“She said yes?” Kye asked to double confirm once Xander sat back at his seat. Xander guessed that Matthew was fussing again as his bowl was refilled with a few more yoghurt drops as he sucked his sticky sweet fingers away enjoyingly. He definetly has a sweet tooth.

“Yeah. Thankfully or I’ll just have to bring Matthew along with me.” Xander chuckled at his own words, imagining himself carrying Matthew all around for work before shivering slightly when he thought of the number of milk bottles he’ll have to bring overseas. Maybe it wasn’t such a good thought.

As Xander chewed on his food, he almost spat out what was in his mouth when Kye praised how meaty and juicy his sausage was and that he wanted seconds. His mind obviously went down the gutter instead of the normal road. Gosh.