The Runaway Lover by Kyzyl Mhy (beach read book .TXT) 📕

Chapter Twenty-Seven

You can take your time... just not too much time.

Felix is human too... he's also capable of getting tired.

Kassie's words kept playing in Tina's thoughts. She completely understands that Kassie's real intention was to just give a piece of friendly advice, but a part of her was getting a little worked up. She sighed and decided to shake her thoughts off.

"Is there something wrong, mommy?" Yohann asked with his curious eyes. 

"No, love," Tina smiled at her son. "Have you decided on what toy you want to buy?" She asked to change the topic.

They were currently inside the department store, in the toys section to be exact. After meeting with Kassie, she went straight to fetch Yohann from school, then took him to the department store to buy a reward in exchange for the stars that he got.

"Can I have two, mommy?" The little boy smilingly asked while raising two fingers. "I want the blue bear but I also want the gray one, mommy!"  He pouted.

"No problem, son," said a voice from behind. "You can take as many as you want," he added.

Even without glancing behind her, Tina already knows that it was none other than Felix.

"Daddy!" Yohann chirped as he ran towards him.

Felix then bent down to catch and carry his son. "Which bears did you say you wanted?" He lovingly asked the little boy as he walked his way towards the shelf that had the stuffed bears.

"The blue and gray bear, Daddy!" Yohann excitedly answered.

"Okay then! Daddy will buy those for you." He smilingly agreed, making his son cheer in glee.

Tina on the other hand was quietly watching Felix spoil their son. She wanted to butt in but she did not want to take away her son's happy smile, and Felix's chance to bond with him. So she waited until they got out of the department store so their son would be too fascinated with his new toy.

"What do you think are you doing?" She silently scolded Felix.

He then looked at her and smiled. "I was just giving my son his happiness."

"I know that," Tina rolled her eyes. "... but don't you think you're spoiling him?" she asked.

"Just because I bought him the bears, doesn't mean I'm spoiling my son," Felix replied. "And besides, I don't think that buying him those is enough to account for the times that I wasn't there for him," He added.

-Tina-

After hearing what Felix said, I felt like I suddenly ran out of words to say as guilt filled my heart. I suddenly felt bad. I should have just kept quiet. That's the last thing I could do, right?

"I'm sorry..." I said in a small voice and looked down.

"There's no need to say sorry, Schatz," He replied. "I understand your sentiments," He added before he slowly guided his arm to snake around my waist, then kissed the side of my head.

I then raised my head to meet his gaze and saw a hint of exhaustion. Judging from the formal clothes that he was wearing, I think he had just finished attending to some business matters.

"Let us not ruin the day..." He said. "For now, we should go and have dinner," He smiled.

"Anyways... how did you know that we were here?" I curiously asked, then he chuckled.

"Like I said Schatz, you can't go anywhere without me finding you..." He winked, and with that, I blushed. "I love it when you blush," He teased. "...because it just means that my presence affects you."

"Ich liebe dich, Schatz... and so I'll wait for the day you tell me you love me back,"

Lub dub lub dub lub dub...

-

After eating dinner, they decided to grant Yohann's request of watching movies. It was a Friday, so there wouldn't be problems if they stayed out late. Before buying tickets, they first bought snacks from the supermarket. As expected, Felix's attempt to not say yes to everything that his son requested failed so Tina acted as the mediator between the two.

"Opps be careful..." Tina said as they made their way into the dark cinema room.

"I'm excited, mommy!" Yohann giggled and did a happy dance.

"This is the best day in my life because I have both you and Daddy with me!" He cheered. The little boy's words warmed his parent's hearts. Seeing their son happy, and hearing his words of gratitude made them feel proud. 

They then continued to walk their way to the cinema to find their seats. Felix used the flashlight of his phone to light their way to make sure that they will not accidentally trip on the stairs. Then they finally found their seats - Tina sat on the seat between Yohann and Felix.

A few moments later, the movie started. Yohann and Tina were enjoying and munching on some pocky sticks, and so did Felix.

-Tina-

The movie was beginning to approach the climax when I heard small snores coming from Felix's side. I turned to glance in that direction and saw Felix who had drifted to sleep - his head was leaning back on the chair as his elbows rested on the armrest on his chair, while his legs were crossed and blocking the pathway, luckily we were the only once who occupied the row - it wasn't the most comfortable position to fall asleep. No wonder he was quiet.

Instead of watching the movie, I just found myself staring at him. 

A week ago, I met his mom. And one thing I can say about her is that she's very fun and talkative. During dinner, the table was never quiet for she had countless stories to tell. She would talk about how Yohann strongly resembled Felix during his childhood days, and from time to time she would go on and ask me questions about what I do and what my interests were. Then after dinner, Felix drove Yohann and me to Jasper's house - that was the last time I saw him before today.

The slightly dark circles under his eyes and stubble on his face were telling me that he had a really rough week. He looked a little haggard, but still gorgeous. At some point, I even think that he looks better with some facial hair... on second thought, I think he's good in everything.