Side Story: Father's Day

The music was flowing in a warm small wooden house, inside the house, a man with short white hair and beautiful green eyes; was teaching his little child how to play the violin.

"You must move the bow in this way to make this sweet tone and in this way you tighten the string and a beautiful sound is produced ...” the man explained while the baby tried his best to move as his father was teaching him, obviously with his father's help.

When the sound was produced the man overflows in excitement.

“Wow, excellent! Dear, our baby is a genius!"

Archer shouted euphorically picking up his baby and throwing him a little in the air while his child clapped and laughed excitedly.

"HAHAHA Archer, enough of that, the baby is only a year and a half"

"But he already plays like a professional!"

Nian couldn't believe what his eyes were seeing, his beloved alpha, who in the past had given him stormy days and multiple physical and emotional wounds, now was there encouraging their son like a proud and loving father.

“Who would have thought…” he whispered to himself looking at Archer laughing with the baby.

His son, Lune had that beautiful albino hair just like Archer but his eyes were the same as Nian, a deep and beautiful jewelry violet.

After he and Archer escape from their home and leave Snowlight hill without anything more than a couple of jewels to sell and a little food for a few days, they had managed to find a completely different territory in which they could live apart from their past.

Archer had left everything for him, his life full of luxuries, his position as a duke… his nobility title... Everything... without caring about what could happen tomorrow as long as they were together.

Nian never imagined that Archer, that proud Archer Winterlane could do something like that for someone like him, but there were they, living a modest and simple life in a small village, with a house big enough for the two of them, their firstborn and the baby on his belly.

"Do you think our second child will be a musical genius too?"

"He isn't born yet and you already want him to be a genius hahaha"

Archer crouched down to face his husband's belly, he kissed tenderly and delicately caressed that big belly while Nian just looked at him with a huge smile. Nian was rocking in a chair while he finished making new clothes for Lune but he stops when Archer approached him.

"If she is a girl she will surely be the greatest genius in the world"

"And here we go again hahahaha"

They both started laughing as they hugged each other tightly.

That was their life... A happy and quiet life...

...

They have breakfast like any other day, however, that day something feels a little different from the others, laughter, and happiness was what filled their home but Nian made all of his favorite food for their breakfast and that rarely happens.

Archer was thinking that he forgot something important but he can't recall anything...

The day was just beginning but Nian and Archer had to say goodbye to each other, Archer worked in many places because he didn't have an adequate economic position and since he didn't finish the academy, he could only find simple part-time jobs to earn something with what he brought food to his home. In the morning he opened a bakery and helped to prepare the dough and some bread.

At twelve p.m he has to run to the dock to help the fishermen clean, pack and transport the fresh fish to the village market in a cart that they lent him, of course, he had to return it after leaving the fish.

He had an hour free to go home and eat with his husband until nightfall because he has to go to his last job in a tavern where he served beer and to local drunks and also food. He had to close the place and most of them went very very late, almost after midnight but they paid him pretty well to stay late so he couldn't complain.

Archer said goodbye to his husband and his baby missing them already, Archer saw his family one last time before leaving for work but curiously that day wasn't like his typical mornings, the bakery was already open when he arrived.

His co-workers didn't let him do anything at all, they asked him to sit in a secluded corner and literally "get out of their way"

They were preparing a hazelnut cake, Archer cursed a little because it was his favorite cake and the aroma hit his nose hard, the boss of that place undoubtedly made the best cakes in the world, and he started to drool showing how much he craved it.

They had asked him to come back in the afternoon to take the cake to the delivery destination but since the cake had to rest and cool down for a while for the decoration he couldn't deliver it in his scheduled time.

Although Archer wanted to refuse to make that delivery, in the end, he accepted the job because they paid him really well if it was a delivery for a noble family, he would use his break to make the delivery, although he would sacrifice a little time he could spend with his family, it was worth it to have more money saved than they lack any.

His shift ended faster than he imagined and he had been paid for the day even though he hadn't lifted a finger at all but the boss didn't even give him time to ask why.

He decided to ask later, so he hurried to his next job, however, when he got to the port it happens the same thing as in the bakery, he didn't have to do anything, apparently someone had already packed all the fish so he just had to carry it from one place to another but one of the fishermen accompanied him and left him in the Market.

What he always does in three hours only happened in 15 minutes for the trip, he didn't understand what was happening because they kept paying him without doing ANYTHING, were they making fun of him?

That was the most likely idea on his mind since he left work early he decided to go home to eat with his family but as soon as he arrived he saw everything empty and a note from his husband on the table with the message that he had gone out and he would be a little late.

He had left the food ready for him as if he was waiting for Archer to come home early… it was all very strange.

Archer felt strange eating alone but still enjoyed his husband's food and left for the bakery as he still had time before reaching the tavern.

As soon as he arrived, his boss handed over the cake and give him the address, and closed the bakery in a short time.

When Archer noticed the address he was a little surprised, it was the same as one of the taverns where he worked… why would they have bought an expensive cake?

He understood less and less his day, he arrived just in time for his turn at the tavern, curiously he had encountered many obstacles or accidents along the way but at least he had managed to arrive on time.

He opened the door but as soon as he crossed it he received a great welcome from… everyone he worked with, there was the baker and his co-workers, the fishermen and the tavern but also….

"Nian?…what are you doing here?"

"I come to celebrate a very special day"

"A special day? Damn don't tell me that I forget our anniversary" Archer immediately replied somewhat scared

Nian let out a laugh that spread to all the guests. The omega shook his head as he approached him and unwrapped the cake that Archer was holding showing it to his husband.

"Happy Father's Day Archer"

"D-Dad!" His little son hurried the person who was holding his hand to greet Archer saying his first word which undoubtedly brought big tears to the alpha's eyes who still couldn't get out of amazement.

"OMG…"

Archer covered his eyes with one of his hands for a moment before bending down to pick up his baby and then leaning in to kiss his husband with a huge smile on his lips.

He had never been able to show that kind of smile in his old home because he had to be the perfect successor.

"Holly sh*t...Thank you, thank you so much Nian…"

To be continue