No one's POV

It has been two days since that unfortunate night when Baekhyun got wasted. He wasn't able to take the kids to Disney the other day that's why they went there just yesterday. The kids had a great time. Now that they're on their way back to Korea, he can't stop himself from thinking it's odd for his parents to ask him to go straight to their house once they landed before going to his house. He asked them if there's something wrong but they just told him they missed their grandkids a lot. So he let it go.

The flight back to Seoul, Korea is more tiring than before. With his twins' constant bickering, his headache gets worse, Baekhyun asked the flight attendant for warm honey water, an aspirin and scolded the twin to stop fighting coz he need to nap. The twins promised to keep silent and watched the movie on the seat in front using their respective headsets.
Baekhyun closed his eyes to ease some of the pain due to his migraine and after effects of the hangover the other day. He really need to take some time off from work. It's been straight six months since the last time he went out with friends, that's why he's now not used to drinking. He could barely remember bits of the things he said during his drunken state with Minho. Taeyon and Daniel are mum to what happened after he took him back. Good thing the twins were asleep when Minho carried him back to the hotel room or they'd go berserk.

While Baekhyun is asleep, the twins watched music videos of a certain artist. The artist is Korean but he's a well renowned singer, model, rapper, actor and producer not only in Korea but mostly in America. Though they haven't seen the guy in Korean movies and dramas as well in any variety shows they're watching in Korea. Maybe he was born there.

"Whoa!!! Look Yunie ah, this guy's awesome. He's rapping is great and he sings the best. He can even play a lot of instruments. I wish I can see him in person and ask for his autograph. He's cool." Yeol exclaimed with amazement while watching the man's music video on YouTube.

Chanhyun looked closely at the singer on the video and gasped. Her eyes, round with excitement, she hit her brother's arms.
" Hey, I know him. He's that guy at the hotel basement garage! I met him already. And whoa!!!! He's this tall and so handsome too. And he's voice, ugh!!! He's awesome Yeol!!!! Wow! I didn't know he's popular." Chanhyun exclaimed with so much excitement while her hand gestures how she adored him, her voice filled with admiration for the man.

Yeol pouted and muttered how lucky his sister was to have been able to meet the guy.
" Let's search his name on Wikipedia." said Yeol. They goggled the song and searched for the man's personal profile. After thirty minutes of going through all the search engines regarding the artist, they stared at their dad filled with more questions. They didn't know their dad went to the same school with mister Park Chanyeol. Wow!!! That means they knew each other. And probably his uncle Kai and uncle Kyungsoo knows him too. Coz they're his dad's best friends. Does uncle Tao and uncle Kris too? How about uncle Chen and uncle Minseok? Oh! And probably uncle Sehun and uncle Luhan too. Even their names sounds like him. Chanhyun and Yeolbyun! Maybe their dad's a fan.

While Chanhyun is now busy watching Frozen 2, Yeolbyun's mind kept wandering back to the man on the music videos they've watched. He looked closely at the man's picture. He kept racking his brain to remember where he saw this man and why does he seem so familiar. His eyes settled on his dad's peaceful sleeping form. He wanted to ask him about the man but he's hesitant. So he quietly took his dad's phone and put it on his pants back pocket. He excused himself to his sister and went to the restroom. Once inside, he took out the phone and was about to call his uncle Kai when it rang, an overseas call. Coming from uncle Tao.

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Last night at Baekyun's parents residence

Two sets of eyes are upon Chanyeol's sitted form. One clearly says he'll die in a minute while the other one looking disappointed and just kept shaking head. He's been coming back for two days and two nights at the Byun's residence after he found out the truth. His eyes, still swollen from the black eye Baekbom gave him the first night he came knocking unsure at their doorstep. Baekhyun's father almost choked him to death cause of anger. All Mrs.Byun can do was to cry hard and slapped his face, blaming him nonstop for her son's suffering and his almost fatal death. But he took it all, crying silently while kneeling in front of them and asking for forgiveness repeatedly. He came the next day bearing gifts but he wasn't let in so he stayed outside their house standing under the heat of the sun and stayed until midnight kneeling in front of their yard. Yesterday, it rained but he stayed outside, head bowed to show his sincere apologies. Today, Mrs. Byun called and told him to come in so they could finally talk. As in really talk. So when he arrived a few minutes ago, he was waiting for them to speak first. He dreaded to hear what they're about to say but he has finally come to terms with the fact that it'll really be hard for them to just easily forgive him, but he will continue asking for forgiveness even if it takes him forever.

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Night after Chanyeol came back from the Byun's

He told his grandparents about what he found out the night he came back home with a shiner on his face. And in between sobs, he told them what he did to Baekhyun and how much he really love and missed him. He told them that he was afraid they would be disappointed if they find out he's gay. But all they did were to hug and kissed him and told him they're proud of him. They even confessed about knowing Baekhyun's children and that they didn't want for him to find it out from them coz Baekhyun begged them not to. They told him, Baekhyun doesn't want him to know in case he got mad at him or that he might deny it. That's why his grandparents kept it a secret from him.

Next, he called Kris long distance. He knew it's not enough to say sorry especially on the phone but he wanted to do it. Tao did a lot of tongue lashing and cursed him loud on the phone but in the end he gave him his blessings. It hurts a lot. They were hurt. All of them. Because of what he did. For him, what he did is unforgivable and inexcusable. But he is ready to beg all of them. Make amends with all those he hurt. He then requested his other friends to meet with him last night. Kai, Kyungsoo, Sehun and Luhan were able to come but since Minseok and Chen are at Jeju Island, while Tao, Kris, Lay and Suho were in China they were not able to come so they just used FaceTime so he could meet them all in one time.

" I'm so sorry guys, I'm really really sorry for all that I've done. For abandoning all of you. For hurting you all by what I did. I won't blame you all if you won't forgive me yet though in due time I hope you would." Chanyeol began. Looking around his friends faces round the table staring at him with different emotions written all over their faces Chanyeol knew it's never gonna be that easy for them to just forgive and forget. Anger and pity clearly says it all. Especially Kyungsoo, who Chanyeol knows can relate to Baekhyun's suffering. But then, Kyungsoo was lucky enough to have Kai in his life because the guy never left him alone. Unlike him, a bastard as he is, abandoning the only person he loved just because of his effin pride.

Maybe because they were his friends or that they loved him so much that after his crying outburst during his speech everybody on the table approached him and hugged him. Even Tao, on video can be seen visibly crying while hugging his husband and after a while stood up kissing his husband Kris on his cheeks and excusing himself saying he need to go to the bathroom.

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Minutes passed, as Chanyeol sat nervously on the couch facing the Byuns. He awaits their decision. Sweat trickles down the side of his face indicating how he feels. Mr. Byun's face is formidable, showing anger but not as much as the other day. While Baekhyun's mom shows how much she pities him and her eyes same as Baekhyun's expressive ones are mirrored with compassion.

"Chanyeol," Mrs. Byun began, her tears run unchecked through her cheeks "I know you really didn't mean to hurt my baby. And I can't blame you, cause maybe you were just a little surprised back then to know how my child kept that shocking secret from you. Maybe you felt betrayed after knowing about his condition. And yes, I do understand how you might have felt. But what hurts me the most is, how you abandoned him and how low you made my son feel. You made him feel like he was nothing but a freak of nature. Like he was nothing but...but..." Mrs. Byun cannot continue any longer due to her constant sobbing. Her husband gently rub her back and whispering that everything will soon be okay. He hugged her tight as he kisses her forehead. Love evident on both parents eyes. How Chanyeol envy that kind of love. He wishes to see that same love in Baekhyun's eyes again. The way he looked at him before he fucking hurt him bad. But Chanyeol knows it will not be easy.

The front door opened, and welcomed Baekbom's sombre face carrying his son on his shoulder, ushering his wife inside. He took note at what was happening and gave the baby to his wife asking Minah to take their son in their room. He walked towards the living room and sat next to his parents facing Chanyeol. Chanyeol bowed his head, a picture of a total sorry asshole. Even though Baekbom is still mad at the man sitted before him, he now totally understands the predicament the boy went through years ago. His wife made him understand that.

"The boy was only 21 years old then, for fucking out loud. Why can't you see how hard it might have been for him to decipher your brother's condition. He was shocked. Try putting yourself in his shoes. The person you loved whom you thought is a transgender turned out to be a man and you're not supposed to be gay or that you didn't know then that you're gay, how would you react back then huh!!!? Minah vehemently argued with him this morning when he kept trash talking the man before him. Thus, he is now ready to talk sense with this overgrown man. But before he can speak, his dad got to it first.

" Chanyeol, it was never our intention to keep your children a secret from you. My son begged me to not interfere and just let you be. He asked me not to come after you to wherever hellhole you might have run to just to make you take responsibility of what you did to him because for him, that's supposed to be what true love is. Letting go. Hurting alone and letting go. Though I would still love to shoot you between the eyes, I know Baekhyun wouldn't like that. But I can only forgive you if my son does the same. I do understand how you felt back then. And I hope you do understand our stand in this situation. It will be up to Baekhyun to decide whether he would introduce you to the twins or not. Right now they're getting ready to fly back here to Korea. I told Baekhyun to come here straight from the airport once they landed. His mom made up an excuse about us just missing the kids so you two could finally work it out together. But I do hope you'd respect my son's decision whatsoever it may be." Mr. Byun said seriously letting the man knows where he stands.

Chanyeol nodded and promised them, he will respect whatever Baekhyun's decision may be. Hoping that somehow, someday he will be truly forgiven. He left that night with a lighter heart after promising he'll be back tomorrow once Baekhyun and the kids arrived. Bowing low, he bade them goodbye and went home.

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Baekhyun's POV

I took all our luggages off the counter and placed it on the baggage cart. As I check everything and seeing nothing is lost, I called the twins who're busy putting their backpacks on their shoulders. Chanhyun is chattering nonstop to her brother while Yeollie seems to be in deep thoughts.
I noticed how silent he was the moment I woke up after my nap on the plane. He didn't even spare me a glance. Nor talk to me while we were walking out the runway. His eyes focused in front and his lips are tight. When I asked my son if there's something wrong, he just said he wanted to go home. The sound of his voice clearly indicating there's definitely something wrong and I plan on talking to him once we're back home.
I can sense something bothering him. But I also know not to cross him any further if he's in this kind of mood. He rarely throws a tantrum unlike Chanhyun who does it almost every day, but when Yeol does, it's like all hell broke loose so I just let him be.

When we arrived at the airport garage to get our car, I told them we'll go to their grandparents house first before heading home. That's when Yeol showed up sign of anger on his face. His eyes are fierce, he dumped his backpack on the ground and just stumped his foot down real hard as he shouted that he wants to go home and that we should just not go there. When I asked him why, he started hyperventilating and then wailed like he was hurting so bad I got scared and hugged him tight. He kept on struggling and hitting me on my arms as he kept on trashing his body asking me to let him go. He kept kicking his legs out and crying real hard. Tears are flowing from his scrunched face. He's shouting and begging me not to go to my parents house. I looked at him, helpless as to what is causing my son's distress. Chanhyun is now crying beside me too and calling her brother's name repeatedly. She's an empathic child. And knowing or seeing her twin brother looking like this distressed, she is also hurt. She tried hugging her brother to somewhat probably ease the pain her brother feels, Yeol seems to calm a bit. I can see some traces of panic in his eyes as he hugged back his sister tightly. His sob is getting calmer now, as he repeatedly tell his sister how much he love her and that he will protect her from anyone who would dare hurt her.

I got more confused and worried. Why this sudden outburst? He was okay before we board the plane. He even asked me if they can have an ice cream for dessert which I happily agreed since they've been such a wonderful companion all in all throughout our entire stay at the hotel while I work. He's even happy as he bade Taeyon and Daniel goodbye this morning. What caused him to be this way now??? I stared at the twins as Chanhyun help her brother up and guide him inside the back of the car. They buckled themselves up not even waiting for me to assist them. Sometimes I wonder why I bother worrying when they are so independent acting like they're adults most of the time. Before getting on the driver's seat, I stoop down near them and look at them with loving eyes. Yeol is much calmer now, traces of tears are on his cheeks so I reach out and brush them off. As I kissed both of them, I told them we'll just go straight home and call grandma on the way that we won't make it since they're already tired from the journey. They both nodded in agreement and I was rewarded with a big hug and wet kisses from my daughter as my baby boy looked at me with eyes averted. I kissed him too, though I noticed how he turned his head away making my kiss landing near his ears. I let him be and get on the driver's seat. Once inside, I made the call to my parents making up excuses about the children too tired to travel east back home. The call ended as soon as I made a promise to bring the kids for a visit next week once we get settled in. I checked back on the kids as I drove out towards the highway and to our home. Their heads are bobbing left and right as they slept soundly at the back.

When we got home, my kids are still in deep slumber so I called our housekeeper to carry the luggages inside as I take Chanhyun carefully out of the car so as not to wake her up. I brought her in and place her on her bed, covering her with blankets. I opened the air conditioner to keep her cool. Once she's settled I get back down and carried my son in as well. I gently lay him on his bed and place his rilakuma plushie beside him as he automatically reached out for it. He hugged it tight mumbling incoherently, words I can't make out. He really loved that plushie. It's the very first plushie given to him by his uncle Tao,saying it reminded him of my son when he saw it at the arcade.

I went back down and pour myself a glass of water. The housekeeper asked me if I need anything else but I just told her everything's okay and she can go home. Going to the living room, I look around feeling proud of what I have achieved. This house is a far cry to where we used to live before I was hired as Prive's newest product designer a year two years ago. I can still remember the day when Chanyeol's grandparents and Yoora visited us at our old apartment when the twins are only mere toddlers. I was taken out of my reverie when my phone rang. It's Tao... I wonder why he's calling me this late. He probably just misses the kids. I tap the accept button and jokingly answered his call, only to hear his distressed and panicked voice. My hands gone jelly and the phone fall down the carpeted floor with a thud. Shock and an overwhelming fear entered my body as now I finally realized what was behind Yeollie's outburst. I gripped my chest in pain and tried to walk steadily towards the medicine cupboard to get my medication. After taking it and drinking water, my body slumped down the floor heaving breathlessly.

Now I know.... Now I know why.

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Author's note.

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