the surgery took six hours but it was successful.

the attendee wheeled daniel into his recovery room as he slept off the anesthesia.

corbyn kissed the boy's head thanking god for saving his son.

not that long after the brunette boy started to come around.

"dads?" daniel's voice cracked.

"hey bud, how are you feeling?" corbyn asked.

"good- owww," daniel sat up as the pain in his chest told him otherwise.

"lay down baby, your still sore." jonah said as daniel listened.

"what happened?" daniel asked as a doctor came.

"ahh! daniel, so nice to officially meet you. i'm doctor hemmings, i performed your surgery. you have a heart disorder which damaged your heart from the inside. but with your procedure, everything is in good shape." daniel nodded feeling tiredness again.

"dad i'm tired," he said sheepishly.

"it's okay baby go to sleep." corbyn said as the boy drifted to sleep.

"daniel's recover will take him a while, no sports or anything to overexert him, I want him on bed rest for the first week when he gets home, he needs to take his medications regularly and he needs to see me at my office once every two weeks." the doctor said. "he's very lucky to be alive." he said leaving the couple and their sleeping child.

"he's so adorable," corbyn cooed, holding his husband's hands.

"yes, i'm soo happy he's here."

"so am i,"

•

"okay we're going up the stairs bud." jonah said carrying daniel in his arms as daniel grunted.

after a week at the hospital, the boy was finally home. he was, tired of hospital food and dearly missed his bed.

"surprise!!" zach, jack, and ashley yelled.

"welcome home bug!" ashley said, making daniel smile at the nickname.

"how's my grand baby feeling?" saskia, corbyn's mom asked.

"sore, and tired but i'll manage." daniel said as jonah laid him on the couch.

"dani!!" zach and jack yelled, hugging daniel telling them about what they did with corbyn's family.

"okay boys give dani some space," jonah chuckled.

"now that daniel is healthy and home, we can finally ask you boys a very important question." jonah said.

"what is it?" zach asked innocently.

"well jonah and i love you all very much as if you are own, you are our own. we've been through sick days, sunny days, rainy days and all in between. jonah and i would like to formally ask, can we adopt officially adopt you three?" corbyn asked kneeling on boy's levels.

"yes!" the boys cheered, happily

•

"i now present to you daniel james marais, jackson robert marais, and zachary dean marais!" the judge said as she finished signing the documents.

but not every story has a such happy ending...