° new's apartment

@★ new thitipoom *stops and stands by the armchair, watching you and Yeonwoo go through the gifts together, trying to shake the weird feeling off, caused by the unexpected view of you and my son together during Christmas that I wouldn't think is possible not that long ago, but then again so many things have changed, so I try to find some words to get somehow involved*
You must have been good this year, Yeonwoo. So many gifts for you. *says while he unpacks all the dinosaur themed stuff and appearing to like it, of course*

@★ park chanyeol /follows after Yeonwoo, his voice making me smile as i reach closer to him
Wow. Look at all those gifts. /reaches out for the packages knowing they are for Yeonwoo and pretends to read the name on it
Look Yeonwoo. It has your name on it. Santa knew where you would be. Oh look. There is another with your name. And another. /picks up the gifts and acts surprised

@★ new thitipoom *Yeonwoo seems more than ready, nodding his head in a cautious excitement as if he still wasn't fully convinced Santa might actually find him here*
Let's have a look. *says and gets up from my seat and walking to the living room where I stop by the doorway, letting Yeonwoo pass by me to go check the Christmas tree first*
'Nyui! Dad! There are gifts!' *he calls out to us before kneeling by the tree and looking through the packages*

@★ park chanyeol /chuckles and watches Yeonwoo finish his food. It was hard not to smile when everything made me feel happy.
/perks up at the mention of gifts, although there is a part of me thats nervous as well wondering if Yeonwoo would like the gifts we choose.
Ready Yeonwoo?

@★ new thitipoom *continues to eat calmly while listening to your conversation with my son about the topic of food baby, holding back a smile and once I'm finished with my meal, I pat my belly as well*
Food baby indeed.
*Then I prompt Yeonwoo to go back to eating because the gifts might be waiting under the tree and this eventually makes him hurry up with his food, cleaning out his plate*
So shall we go take a look what Santa brought?
*my gaze drifts from you to Yeonwoo and back*

@★ park chanyeol /the question from Yeonwoo leaves me thinking of words to make him understand.
Well. Food baby is when you eat too much because the food was too good. So your tummy feels bloated but in a good way. Like this right now. /pats at my tummy and grins

@★ new thitipoom *chuckles, glad you might be satisfied for a moment, knowing how much you love food but Yeonwoo looks over at you, apparently confused*
'Nyui, what's a food baby?'
*blinks but then I grin, not explaining since he asked you afterall*

@★ park chanyeol /smiling at the photos, the soft fluffy feeling runs through me. I keep the phone away and continue to eat, letting the comfortable silence take over
I feel like i have a food baby now. /says with a small chuckle as i finish it up and lean against the chair rubbing my tummy

@★ new thitipoom *I notice from the side of my eyes that you pulled out your phone but I don't question, finishing helping my son so it's easier for him to eat the meal and once I'm done I return to my own plate and its content, melting a little at the taste of the fish, loving it way too much*
*doesn't speak much for once, somehow lost in my own thoughts at how I'd never expect to experience something like this but how glad I am you're both here*

@★ park chanyeol /it made me happy to see the little one trusted my words, that he didnt seem to think of me as a bad person. I watched the two of you and it warmed my heart to see the interactions, watching you take care of him. Pulling out my phone, i took a few photos of the two of you smiling after

@★ new thitipoom *if Yeonwoo didn't appear twice convinced by my words, he seemed to have more trust in yours, nodding his head with a newly found hope* 'Yes, Nyui.'
*seeing him struggle a little bit with his meal I lean over to cut the fish meat into smaller pieces, picking out all the bones carefully so he doesn't happen to swallow them*
Let me help you with that.

@★ park chanyeol /gives you a toothy grin before shifting my attention to Yeonwoo
Your dad is right. Santa knows exactly where everyone is. And i think Santa has lots of presents for Yeonwoo. Lets finish our food so we can look for the gifts. What do you say?

@★ new thitipoom I wonder who wasn't...*hums looking over at you with a long impenetrable gaze*
'But Santa won't bring me anything here. I heard he visits people's home only.' *Yeonwoo looks at us, then drops his head a bit while kicking his legs on the chair*
Why wouldn't he bring anything to you here? He knows where everyone is and where to bring their gifts. Right, New?

@★ park chanyeol I know who wasnt. /says with a playful wiggle of my brows.
Have you been a good boy Yeonwoo? I heard they gets lots of presents from Santa. /looks over at the little one.

@★ new thitipoom *smiles in gratitude and looks over at my son to assess whether he likes the meal as well but since he is eating with the spoon it seems everything is okay*
I wonder who was a good boy this year and who is gonna find presents under the tree...
*says once I finish the soup waiting for you two to finish as well to serve the plates with fried carp and salad, the meal which I love more than anything else and hoping you'll like it too*

@★ park chanyeol /nods at you and starts eating, letting out a happy hum.
This tastes great. /continues to eat while checking on Yeonwoo at times and then looking at you, happy about being able to spend time together

@★ new thitipoom Mhm, let's eat. *grabs the spoon and begins eating the soup that contains small cooked vegetables pieces and small pieces of fish* Careful about the bones. I picked the bones out earlier but I might have missed some small ones.
*glances between the two of you ever so often, sort of unable to believe both of you are here at the same time*
Let me know if you'd like to have more salt or pepper, Thitipoom.

@★ park chanyeol I am glad too. /helps Yeonwoo get on the chair before settling down as well.
Merry Christmas Chanyeol and Yeonwoo.
/it makes me happy, being with the two if you. Even though i was nervous before, its all gone now and there is something so soothing about how it feels so domestic.
Thank you for the meal ba- Chanyeol. /smiles at you
Lets eat Yeonwoo

@★ new thitipoom Really? Woah. *looks over at you, quite surprised, but supposing you might be exaggerating a little bit but still it's only recently that I got to hear about his interest in dinosaurs, having no idea how far it stems* I'm just glad you seem to be getting along well.
*smiles and then heads to the kitchen where candle is burning in the middle of table, and three plates of fish soup awaits us, I wait for you and Yeonwoo to come and take a seat as well*
Merry Christmas, Yeonwoo and Thitipoom.

@★ park chanyeol /looks up at you when i hear your voice and smiles and watches as Yeonwoo goes to wash his hand. I gather the book and the drawings keeping it aside for now.
Yes. Yeonwoo is telling me all the interesting facts about dinosaurs. He is a genius, i am telling you. He knows too much about them. /gets up to wash my hand as well before heading out to the dining area with Yeonwoo.
Sorry i didnt help with food.

@★ new thitipoom *the boy went on about the eating habits of the favourite dinosaur and I can hear him talking about it even before I enter the room after I'd set up the kitchen table and prepared the gifts under the decorated Christmas tree*
*peeks into the room, seeing you both leaning over a book and looking quite passionate about the subject* How is it going? Having fun together?
By the way, dinner is ready. Don't forget to wash your hands first. *tells mostly to Yeonwoo, letting him run to the bathroom*

@★ park chanyeol /listens with rapt attention finding it genuinely interesting even though i cant see much of a difference in the drawings but it was fun to listen to the little one ramble on with his description and i look through the book as he flips nodding with ooh and aahh.
I didnt know about these. This is very interesting. Do they eat plants or meat?

@★ new thitipoom It's this one! *he shows you one of the pictures who depicted a dark dinosaur with short front legs and sort of large head and the boy went on describing the dinosaur, making a point it might look similar to tyrannosaurus but they are different ones, he also took the drawing of tyrannosaurus to teach you the difference* Allosaurus is not as big and it's not so heavy, that's why it's faster. *explains, handing you the two drawings which were pretty much similar in shapes, letting you examine it while he flipped through the book, looking at the colourful drawings there*

@★ park chanyeol /bites my lips to stop myself from letting out a laugh at being called strange. The book was only there for the little one. But he didnt need to know that. It made my chest flood with warmth when i saw the little one being excited about the book and even more so when he rushed to get the drawings.
Wow. You drew this? You are good at this. So which one is the allosauras? /it was exciting to look through all the drawings and i was glad we had brought a colouring book for later.

@★ new thitipoom My favourite one is...a-allosaurus. Have you ever heard about it? *the boy looks over at you, quite amazed by the book you possess* You have a book but don't know about any dinosaurs? You're a strange one, Nuyi. *he assesses while flipping the pages of the book in attempts to find something resembling his favourite dinosaur*
Wait, Nuyi. I have a picture of it that I drew. *the boy runs to his backpack to get out the bunch of papers with his drawings to show you, simple colourful drawings of various dinosaurs, mostly made of stick-like bodies*

@★ park chanyeol /seeing the reaction, i was glad we bought lots of dinosaur themed stuffs for him.
Sadly i dont. But you can teach me.
Oh wait. I have a book of dinosaur. Maybe you can help me learn which one is which. /moves to get the book from the drawer and shows it to Yeonwoo
Tada!
Which one is your favourite? /i gave him the book which featured the cartoonish version of all the different types of dinosaur.

@★ new thitipoom *he gave you all the green candies while continuing to eat the red ones, perking up at the mention of dinosaurs*
Yes! Dinosaurs! *the little boy nods excitedly, pretty eager to tell you all about the dinosaurs* Do you know any dinosaurs, Nyui?

@★ park chanyeol /lets out a chuckle seeing how he grabs all the red ones. I hold out my hand to take the green ones.
I do like green ones. Thank you Yeonwoo. /takes the candy in my mouth and lets out a happy hum. I didnt mind the colour of the candy as long as it was sweet.
I heard you like dinosaurs.

@★ new thitipoom *Yeonwoo listens to you intently, somehow getting impressed by your knowledge and begins sorting the candies by colors*
It looks yummy but I like the red ones. Do you like green ones, Nyui? *outstretches his hand towards you to give you all the green ones*

@★ park chanyeol /pauses at the question, feeling like a deer caught in headlights unsure of how to answer that.
Well. I guess it depends on the flavour.Like the red one is usually strawberry or raspberry. The little red berries. The green one could be grapes or kiwi. /hopes it made sense.
And colourful candies are always pleasing to the eye, makes it look yummy, doesnt it? Which one do you like more?