No one's POV

It has been a fulfilling day for Baekhyun, who's on his way back to the hotel they're staying. The kids will surely be ecstatic once they found out their appa will be free for the whole day tomorrow. After signing the new contract this morning with the CEO of Prive' making him into one of their youngest Co creative partner for their new set of clothing apparel that he'll be designing for them. He's now gonna be creating his on line of new designs of shirts, sweaters and long-sleeved polos. It's a dream come true for the smaller. This was his dream and it's now coming true.

Baekhyun's head is down as he walk towards the elevator, checking for his hotel card key inside his bag. So basically, he bumped into someone's chest and almost fell backwards if not for the hand that immediately snaked out and fasten to his waist.

"Whoa, careful there. Should have try looking the way where you're going." the voice coming from the man he bumped into, sounds familiar so Baekhyun look up. They both gasped in surprise. Saying their names at the same time with pure excitement.

" Baekie???!!! "
" Minho???!!!! "

They both stared at each other. Minho being the first one to get over his surprise and hugged the latter happily. " God, it's been so long. I haven't seen you in ages. After that incident and you transferred to another school, Tao and the other guys left a few weeks after. I wasn't even able to say goodbye to you. And haven't heard any news updates about you. Where are you staying? Do you still live in Korea? What are you doing here in New York? " sadness creeping in Minho's voice. He liked Baekie even then. And was actually planning on asking him for a date. He also knows his situation coz he's friends with Tao. And even asked the panda looking boy for permission to date his best friend.

Baekhyun laugh at the non stop questions from his former schoolmate. " Minho, I'm so happy to see you again. I'm here on a business trip and this is where I'm staying before we go back to Korea the next day. What are you doing here in New York too? How about we go to the hotel's restaurant and have something to eat so we can catch up?" excitedly said Baekhyun and grab a hold of his old friend's arm taking him to the direction of the restaurant hotel. Suddenly remembering to call Taeyon, he stopped on track and dialed the number of his friend. " Hey, Daniel, is Taeyon there? Ahm, could the two of you keep the kids for a little bit more. I met an old friend and thought I should catch up a bit with him. Uhuh. Yeah. Well, thanks a bunch. Give my kisses to them." he dropped the call and smiling at Minho, they continued walking towards the restaurant.

" Sorry about that, I just called a friend to keep my babies a little bit longer so we could catch up. They tend to look for me whenever I'm gone for a very long time." explained Baekhyun as he look at Minho's confused eyes.

" You have kids? You got married? When? I mean, I haven't heard the news about you getting married. The restaurant business of Baekbom and his wife made it to Times magazine last year for being chosen as number one world renowned restaurant for their exquisite cuisine. But I didn't hear nor read anything about you getting married." Minho's surprised reaction to his statement made Baek chuckled.

" No idiot, I didn't get married. Who'd want to marry someone like me? You know what I am. A man who can give birth and was known as transgender from our former school. I gave birth to two wonderful kids and they traveled with me here. Since it's their semestral break I brought them with me as I met with Prive' executives." Baekhyun laughed as his old friend looked at him in amazement.

" Well, I would have married you then if I was able to court you. I even asked Tao for permission to date you back then." answered Minho regretfully.

" Oooh, let's just stop this silly conversation and grab a bite. I'm sure we've got a lot of great things to talk about." he laughed and just took his friend's hand. Happy that he saw an old friend from his past school.

As the night deepen, and alcohol seeps in their bodies, talks about their lives continues. Sharing stories of the past. Minho only knows one thing, Baekie is still and will always be that one who got away for him.

" By the way, may I ask who's the father of your kids? That is if you don't mind me asking." Minho reluctantly asked the smaller.

" I do mind. He's already in the past. The only man I've let in my heart. The only man I will ever love. He was a good person. Still a good one. I don't regret what happened to us. Even though he didn't love me back...even if all he thinks of me is a freak or a sci-fi figure. I was happy then and I will always be thankful for the best gift he gave me." said Baekyun, his eyes though it shows sorrow even intoxicated still tried to smile as he pictures the face of the man he longed for.

" Well, it's already in the past my friend, so let's not talk about him. It's also getting late so I really need to go up to our hotel room. The twins are probably worrying about where am I." the smaller stood up suddenly making the environment around him move in non stop motion. He hold himself up by grabbing the stool he was sitting and try to balance himself again.

" You're drunk Baekie, let me take you up to your room. Tell me your room number." Minho helped the smaller by placing his right hand on his waist and the and putting the smaller's other hand on his shoulder. He helped him to the elevator and to the hotel floor where Baekie is staying.

Minho rang the hotel room's bell. Hoisting the smaller's body up he waited as he can hear someone from behind the door opening it. The woman with a little girl asleep in her arms who opened the door gasped as she saw Baekhyun drunk and hoisted by a stranger.

" What happened to Baekhyun???! Is he drunk? Gosh!!! Honey!!! Will you help the poor man carry Baek inside his room? He's wasted." Taeyon called for her husband, careful not to wake up the child in her arms as she moved aside to let the man in. She didn't noticed how the man hoisting her friend suddenly jerked at the mention of Baekyun's name. She never noticed how he slowed and look at the man he's carrying with confusion written all over his face as realization hits him.

The man who was called came out carrying another child, boy this time in his arms, also asleep. He gently put down the sleeping child on the big couch, took the other child from his wife to set her beside her brother's sleeping form. His wife running to the kitchen to get a basin and fill it with warm water.

With Minho holding Baekhyun's right hand over his shoulder and Daniel on the other side, they both helped the drunken Baek to his room. As soon as his body was eased on the bed, Baekhyun turned and hugged the pillow on his side mumbling a name that Minho almost barely able to hear.

"Chanyeol, why??? Why left me alone??? It hurts. It hurts so much." Baek mumbled slurry, subconsciously, repeatedly calling the man's name silently. Tears falling freely from his closed eyes.

Minho can't take his gaze off the sleeping drunken form of his old friend. The name being mumbled barely registering in his brain. The shock of knowing that Baekie, the person he used to love and respect then and Baekhyun, the person his boss and friend Chanyeol asked him to look for may be the same person. He just can't believed it.

" Would you like a cup of coffee or tea?" Taeyon offered the man as she smiled and show him back to the living room. She went straight to the kitchen to prepare the tea.

Minho nodded and followed the woman. He sat across the children sleeping on the wide bed looking couch. He looked closely at them taking in the facial features of each kids. As each second passes, the truth dawned on him, he stared at both children and at the picture on Baekhyun's phone which he took out from his pocket since he kept it during their ride on the elevator. He stole a shot picture of the kids on his phone and hastily put it back inside his pocket as the sound of feet approaching comes close while placing Baekhyun's phone on the center table.

Taeyon gave the cup of tea to the man seating across from her. She looked at the man closely.
" Ahm, sorry, but I wasn't able to catch your name. How long do you know Baekhyun and where'd you two meet?" she asked, brows knotting and stared hard. Curious as to how did her friend happen to meet such a handsome specimen. With his strong manly features and broad shoulders, he could pass up as a celebrity. Then her eyes suddenly popped up her mouth opened wide and almost scream out loud. "Oh my gosh!!!! You're.....you're Minho!!! The lead vocalist of Shinee!!!! Oh my gosh!!!! Honey, he's Choi Minho!!! Gosh I'm a big fan of yours. I didn't know you're friends with my best friend Baekhyun. Ommooo!!! I'm hyperventilating!!!!" Taeyon can't stop herself from being excited. Her husband chuckled at his wife's antics.
They invited Minho to eat a late snack with them.

" Is Baekie married?" Minho asked Taeyon as he was enjoying the snacks prepared by her.

" No. He's not. And why do you keep calling him Baekie??? Aaahh!! I remember it now. That's the name he used to enroll at your old school before when he's going through social experiment to find out how people view his situation. His full name is Byun Baekhyun. But he used Byun Baekie to enroll from your old school. I heard he suffered extreme trauma there that's why his family transferred him out of that school. Our friends also transferred and changed school to where he enrolled to ensure he's protected and feel safe right up to when he's already in college." Taeyon eagerly related to Minho.

Minho nodded. They continued talking. About work and family and friends which they finally find out that they have the same set of old friends. Then Minho suddenly blurted out, " If Baekie's not married then who's the twin's father?" he curiously asked. Though he already has the idea who it is after that mumbled words which he remembered awhile ago, still he needed affirmation. But before the latter can answer Yeol woke up and called out for his appa. The little boy walked towards the kitchen looking for his appa. His big ears sticking out, long legs stepped forward to hugged his mom. Minho observed the little boy's action and his eyes bulged when he saw right before him a mini Chanyeol. The lips, the ears, even the little boy's stance. Exactly like Chanyeol. He sent a questioning glance at the couple and the boy hugging the woman.

"Eomma, where's appa?" the boy sleepily asked. His lips pouting as if not happy he didn't see his appa.

"He's in his room, go wake your  sister up and tell her to move inside the room. Just don't make a lot of noise. Your appa is a little drunk okay?" Taeyon play with the little boy's hair as she urged him towards the bedroom where Baekhyun is sleeping. Seeing the man before her has a lot of inquiries, she glanced at the children going inside the room.

" I know you have a lot of questions running inside your head. But it would be better for you to personally ask Baekhyun. Since he's your friend too. But to answer one of your question, yes the kids didn't know their appa's condition. They thought I was their mom and Baekhyun is their dad and we're divorced. He was so afraid when he found he's pregnant. I was the first person he called back then. It hurts me a lot to see him crying like that. Yet, again me, our friends and his family became his pillar of strength. Before he gave birth, he asked me and his parents to keep it a secret from his kids. He asked me if I could pose as the twin's mother. He doesn't want his kids to grow up thinking their appa is a freak just like how their real father thought. Daniel and I were already married at that time, he agreed knowing that it would be best for Baekhyun's mental health since he suffered a mild depression that time. It's the only way for us to help him recover. He almost lost his life during childbirth, his heart barely holding it. He's been suffering from a heart failure for years due to his condition. That's why it was dangerous for him to carry on with his pregnancy much more since it was twins. But he chose to keep the babies saying they were the only ones left of their father's gift for him. After a few weeks, he was able to look and handle the children without crying. As the twin grows up, they started to ask me questions. Yeol is such a smart kid. I mean both the twins are. But Yeol is smarter. He can even use computer at an early age of three. Chanhyun is the intuitive type. She can sense when her appa is okay or not. Yesterday night, when I found Chanhyun talking to stranger at the basement garage accidentally and saw who she is talking to, I told Baekhyun that it's about time for his kids to know the truth. They're already old enough to understand. Young maybe, but mature enough to understand the truth." Taeyon ended related worriedly to the man intently listening to her story.

Yesterday???!!! Wait??? Chanyeol was in the basement garage yesterday. That's when he called Minho suddenly asking for a favor to look into a certain person's whereabouts named Baekhyun. Is Baekie, really the Baekhyun his friend is looking for???!!!

Minho carefully chose his words so as not to offend the couple before him. " Ahm, I know this may sound odd if I'm asking. But is the stranger you're talking about in the garage last night, Park Chanyeol???"

The couple looked at him. Their faces says it all. His suspicion is correct. It was Chanyeol. " Well, you see my boss Park Chanyeol was here yesterday and attended my congratulatory party. He won an award for best music producer and my group won best KPop group on the US billboard chart. And he called me from the basement garage to remind me of our flight back to Korea." Minho shrugged his shoulder trying to acting nonchalant. After awhile, he said his goodbye and went to his hotel room.

Minho checked the time on his watch. It's already 11:44 in the evening now, that means it's 1:44 in the afternoon in Korea. The wedding is probably over now. He should call Chanyeol and let him know what he found out.
He sent him the pictures of the twins first.

It took two rings before the phone was answered. Minho told Chanyeol everything that he found out about Baekhyun.

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Chanyeol's POV

My legs are about to give out when I look at the photos Minho sent me. My hands visibly shook and my phone almost fell. I ran out of the wedding hall fast and into the elevator. I forgot to bade goodbye to my grandfather and grandmother. My focus, to find out where Baekhyun's parents are, or I might as well go to Baekbom's restaurant.

Minho's words kept coming back to my mind.

" I didn't know that the Baekhyun you asked me to find is the same person I was pining for years. Man! Baekie and Baekhyun is one and the same person. Remember when I told you that I used to have a crush with a transgender woman? It's Baekie or Baekhyun rather. His couple friends says he almost died from giving birth to his twin babies and one of them you met at the basement garage the other night. The little pretty girl. Her names Chanhyun. She and her twin brother Yeol were playing hide and seek that time. Hear the names??? Ring a bell???? Anyways, they are here because Baekhyun had a contract signing this morning at the Prive's headquarters. They're set to go back to Korea probably tomorrow night or the next day." his voice on the other line  carries urgency and insistence. But when he told me who's the other father, I totally lost it.

Shit!!!! Fuck!!! Baekhyun got pregnant that night. I left him pregnant and never even thought about it. He and our children were in the same place the other night and I even met my daughter without me knowing. Fuck!!!! So that's probably what Kris was about to tell me when we talked in Shanghai China the last time we met. God, how dumb can I get. Such an idiot!!! The guys were actually giving me hints. Even Kyungsoo when he gave birth was actually telling me that he knew of someone else like him who gave birth with twins and almost died. Shit!!! I feel like total bastard. Who else knows about Baekhyun giving birth. Does my family know? How do I approach his family? Dammit!!! I hit on the brakes and stopped the car on a side road. I punched the steering wheel of my car so hard as I cussed myself for being such a bastard all these years. Dammit!!! Eight fucking years!!!!! My kids are already seven years old and I don't know a thing about them. I don't blame him for not telling me. It was all my fault. I was such a coward to face the truth of how much I love him. I was so afraid my family will condemn me for being gay. But the truth was I was the one who condemned Baekhyun for being what he is. And I loathe myself for it. Hate is not even a strong word to define how I feel about myself right now. I can feel my tears running down my cheeks. I need to beg Baekhyun for forgiveness. Even if it takes me forever to grovel and for his family to forgive me, I would. I'll do my best to make amends for what I've put their son through.

I put back the car in gear and head to the Byun's residence that I still know. I don't know if they're still there, but if not I'll just go to Baekbom's restaurant.

God, please help me. Help me to ask forgiveness to Baekie and my kids. Please.

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Author's Note

Hello. I've been trying to edit some of my typographical errors after reading again each chapter. I hope those who have read it already and those who'd read it now will help me through and comment on it. Thanks