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Epilogue

Daniel's P.O.V

I didn't expect that one day, a guy will come into my life and change it all for the best. I never expected in my life to fall in love with someone and together we defy the taboo in the society.

"You're thinking of something." Angelo whispered in my chest while we were laying comfortably on the bed under the sheet.

"I am. I'm thinking how I got lucky and blessed to meet you. Remember the first time we met? I think it was love at first sight for me. I literally scanned you from head to toe." I confessed.

Angelo snorted and lightly placed his right hand on the left side area where my heart is. "I will never forget that day. First I met Jared, I could never forgot that moment when he jumped on me, crying and I just couldn't let him there. And then, I got lost at the gigantic campus of our uni, then some hormonal guys scattered the throw pillows from the building's lounge area that made me fall like an idiot on the floor."

"Hey. We didn't mean it. It was Alex's fault. You know, I just got slapped in the face that day." I remembered.

"Let me guess. Crazy ex-girlfriend?" he asked.

I snickered and pulled him closer to me. "You guess right, love. But let's now talk about it. How's your parents anyways?"

Angelo have moved in to my place a week before the semester begun. He goes back to Sydney every Sunday so he can have bonding with his family. Sometimes, he brings Jared with him or both me and Jared. The three aunties decided to stay here in Australia to look after the Grande mansion.

"I think they are getting stronger. I'm still trying to get use to our new system, if that's how you call it, but I can never lie and tell you that I'm not happy. I am so content that I have my family. Dad is still my dad, proud and workaholics, but he still managed to give us time unlike before." He said as he draw circles on my chest.

"You know, I still miss my dad." I said out of the blue.

Angelo were quiet for a while and I had to shake him to check if he's awake. "Yes. I heard you. I just remembered something all of a sudden." He pulled himself up and looked at me. "I met your father."

I quirked my eyebrow. "You what now? You know he's dead for like ages ago."

"I know that silly." He shook his head. "I'm not sure if I was just dreaming but it seemed real. He was the one who lulled me to sleep when my head hurts so badly from Chloe's hits. He told me to hold on and just let the sleep sway me. His voice was comforting and his smiles were contagious. He also has blue eyes, just like you."

I looked at him, my eyes were a bit teary. "Did I say something wrong?" Angelo asked me worried.

I shook my head and wiped the tears that built up in my eyes. "No. I believe that was really my dad. Tell me more."

Angelo smiled and closed his eyes, trying to remember anything about my dad. "I remember I was alone in the bright and white room, I was scared. I got trapped somewhere and cried until I slept. The next thing I know is that I woke to someone humming the song me and Jared used to sing together." He said, his eyes were still closed. "He knows Jared. And when it's time for me to walk out of the room, that's when I remember who he was. The soft face, the blue eyes and the comforting voice- he was you. No, I should say he is really similar to you. That's when I realised that it was James, your father." He opened his eyes and looked right into mine. "I remember now, he asked me to tell you that he loves you, your mother and Jared. He said he's always watching over you."

My tears were streaming from my eyes now. I did really missed my dad so much and to hear that he took care of Angelo made my heart swell for different emotions. "Thank you Angelo. I guess he approves about us then?"

Angelo blushed and nodded. "Yeah. He's a good man. And I remember meeting Nathan again."

Angelo's emotion went from normal to a little bit gloomy. "How was he doing?" I asked.

He leaned his head back on my chest and sighed. My arms were around his shoulder. "He was doing fine. In fact, he looks awesome. There was no trace of any pain and sickness at all. He was very Nathan. He was the one to tell me that I need to go back. He was the one to remind me that I still have you and it wasn't my time to leave. I remember me trying to convince him to come with me, but he said he was happy to where he was now and to never worry about him anymore." He paused as I felt a tear touched my bare chest. "I missed my best friend." He sobbed.

I drew circles on his back to soothe him.

After a while of snuggling, tickling and teasing each other, Jared burst up from our door.

"Dad, Papa, get up now. We're going to be late." He said jumping up and down from excitement.

It was Jared's first day in grade one and our first day of new semester. Angelo stayed in doing bachelor of Law with Alex while I shifted my course to bachelor of Psychology.

Jared was doing fine and it seemed like Angelo living with us has helped him recover faster. He still have nightmares at night and woke up crying. Angelo was the one who can calm him down until he brings him to our room to sleep with us. Jared might be seven years old already, but to me and Angelo, he will always be our baby boy.

Angelo was first to get up, his warmth leaving my body. "Can we stay for a little longer?" I whined.

Jared jumped on me on the bed. "No daddy. We are going to be late." He got off the bed and pulled my hands. "Let's go now. Up. Up daddy!" he giggled like an excited puppy. "Papa, help me. Daddy is strong."

Angelo walked up towards me on the other side and started to help Jared by pulling my other arm. "Daniel. Come on. He's going to be late."

"But..." I pouted as an idea came to my mind. Being the stronger one among the three of us. I pulled them both together on the bed and locked my arms on their body. Jared was laughing frantically and snuggled on my arms. On my right arms was Angelo trying to escape but he couldn't. "Five more minutes, please?"

"Fine." Angelo said, defeated. I did a happy dance on my mind before pulling the two boy closer to me. "I love you both."

"We love you too." They answered together.

THE END

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