Mathematics and Koi Pond

Kim was in utter shock when he received a text message from Stella, it is an image of Stella, Charlotte, Victor, Chay and Eclipse at what looked like a cosy cafe, all of 4 of them beaming happily at the camera while Eclipse snuggled against Chay. 

Kim sighed and pocketed his phone, it made his mood ten times worse, seriously, why is the universe just rubbing in his face that his sweet Bambi has happily moved on and found his happiness somewhere else. This morning, Porsche sent a picture of Chay and Victor hugging like a couple and now, Stella sent him a picture of Chay, Victor and Eclipse looking like a happy little family. It just shows that Victor has successfully taken the place that Kim is supposed to be, well what is the point of crying over spilt milk, Kim is the one who walked out of their relationship and now expecting Chay to remain loyal to him just sounds so absurd to even his ears. 

Kim sighed and pressed the lift button to his floor. He just got back from his studio after spending almost the whole day there to distract himself from thinking of certain someone with Bambi eyes. The lift door opened and he got out of it. Kim was about to enter his room when a very familiar voice called him. 

"P'Kim".

He turned and saw Chay holding a very tired baby Eclipse in his arms, when he saw the sight, his sadness and tiredness all disappeared. The image of Chay and Eclipse makes him so happy, just staring at them can make him feel at ease.

"Yes Chay, anything important?", Kim's eyes darted from Chay's face to Eclipse who is basically twisting in his papa's arm.

"Uhmm, I need to help Macau with his homework, like 10 mins tops, Eclipse here would not stay still and he refused to nap now, can you, hmm, help me to take care of him, 10 mins tops, Chay said once again. No one is at home now, if not I would not have bothered you", Chay said almost in a whisper.

Kim's smile dropped but he quickly nodded his head and picked a very restless Eclipse from Chay's arm. 

"I mean, you are the only one Eclipse is truly comfortable with, you have calmed him down countless times and he is a bit restless now. So sorry to bother you, P'Kim, you must be busy. I need to go now, so I trust you will take good care of him, I know I am leaving Eclipse in good hands", Chay reassured Kim when he noticed the sad look on his P'Kim.

Kim placed Eclipse on his hip and smiled at Chay. The baby looked at Kim with his Bambi eyes and snuggled closer to Kim.

"Don't worry Chay, I am free right now and spending time with this baby Bambi is never a chore",  Kim gave Chay his sweet smile.

Chay smiled. He came so close to Kim, he can basically smell Chay's shampoo, the same lemon, pine and vanilla hit his nostril and soothed Kim's heart. Chay smooched Eclipse's left cheek which made the baby let out a loud laugh which showed his dimple., wiggled his legs and Eclipse pressed his face on Kim's face in excitement.

 "Be a good boy, Munchkin, papa will be back soon", Chay said and ruffled the baby's black mop of hair. 

Chay skipped through the stairs to the dining hall where a very stressed Macau is trying to do his maths homework. Macau is really under stress, his hair is all messed up and Chay can see dark circles forming under his eyes.

"Cau", Chay greeted.

"Chayyyy, like finally, my life saviour. I am so sick and tired of finding math's (X) ex and solving problems for its behalf said Macau while dropping his head on the heavy textbook. I just want to say to math, dear math, grow up and solve your own problem," Macau whined with his face still pressed on the thick textbook. 

Chay snickered and helped the poor boy with his homework. 

"Come on minor family youngest heir, you can tackle your enemies with closed eyes, what number is going to do to you", Chay giggled.

"You are the worse", Macau countered back.

"You love me tho", Chay said in a teasing tone.

"That I do, my crazy best friend who left me for years", Macau said.

"Hey, I still stayed in contact, should have ignored your love-sick ass then," Chay sulked.

"Oh please don't remind me of that, it still makes me cringe, what did I even see in her, that psycho ex-girlfriend of mine", Macau whined and once again dropped his head on the thick textbook.

"Yup, she can even defeat real FBI in digging out stuff, I mean I like you but not in that way, you are not my type," Chay said with a straight face. 

Macau glared at Chay.

"I mean, she called me and threaten to kill me if I didn't stop talking to you, she thought I was your boyfriend, seriously, I am glad you left that toxic relationship Macau, I am proud of you", Chay tapped Macau's back.

"Okay your highness, enough talking about me, what with the baby, Chay, I swear me being a real player, I thought I was the one who would end up with a baby before completing my studies, never you, the top in class, Mr Pure and Innocent, Mr Goody Two Shoes, Macau said a bit seriously.

"I...uhmm..my rebellious phase", Chay said in a hushed tone.

"Hmm, right...Macau obviously didn't buy Chay's bullshit but agreed anyways.

 "Hey, I got a nephew out of it, so I am not complaining, he is really cute like you", Macau said with a smile.

Chay smiled at his best friend. 

Who would have thought the sweet Porchay's best friend is the area's player, Macau Theerapanyakul. Macau will defend Chay with his own life, Chay will always take care of the youngest minor family heir. They are an odd combo but they complete each other just like peanut butter and jelly.

"Okay, let's start on your work", Chay said.

Macau groaned and once again dropped his head on the heavy textbook.

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Kim brought Eclipse to his room first. He placed the baby on his bed but once Eclipse sensed that he has lost contact with the familiar smell and warmth, the baby looked at Kim with his pouty lips, almost begging the older one to carry him and saying "carry me please". Who can even resist those Bambi eyes.

 Then, his lips trembled and tears starts to glisten those Bambi eyes.

A panicked Kim picked up the crying baby in his arms and sang the familiar lullaby that Eclipse has grown to love and rocked the baby, left and right. Once he heard the cry has died down, he walked to the lift and pressed the lift button.

"Baby Bambi, what is wrong? You are always been a happy baby, are you tired?", Kim asked the baby in his arms who has his face pressed on Kim's chest. 

Kim can hear little hiccups and he can feel Eclipse's chest rising up and down as the baby tries to breathe after crying his little lungs out.

Kim brought Eclipse to Tankhun's Koi pond.

"Here we have Elizabeth the 2nd, Sebastian the 2nd, their kids and grandkids. It is your Uncle Tankhun's. Once, your Uncle Porsche sent Elizabeth the 1st and Sebastian the 1st to fishy heaven", Kim explained to the baby.

The baby looked at the fish intensely.

 "Do you like fishy?", Kim asked in a very cute baby tone. 

The baby laughed and clapped his chubby hands. 

'You love fishy, cute fishy. You are so cute Eclipse, just like your papa," Kim cooed. 

From far, three figures are basically hiding behind a wall. 

"Khun Tankhun, I so don't want to get murdered by the young master", Pol whispered while recording Kim and Eclipse. 

"Shhhhh, Tankhun covered Pol's mouth. "Shut your mouth and record my brother and my nephew", he whispered harshly.

"Why are we whispering", Arm whispered.

"Imma beat your ass", Tankhun barked. 

"So, we don't get caught by that scary wolf over there", Tankhun whispered again like it was the most obvious thing ever. 

Arm bit his lip and nodded his head. 

"Look at that, a butterfly, isn't it pretty? Kim once again maintained his baby voice and pointed at a huge white butterfly that is flying through the air freely. 

Tankhun took his phone out of his front pocket and snapped pictures of Kim and Eclipse, the one he pointed at the Koi fish and butterfly. 

Tankhun has never seen such a big smile on his baby brother's face. He shared the pictures to the group chat titled Baby Eclipse with  ☀🌙🌑 emojis, yup that's the group chat name. The members are Tankhun, Porsche, Porchay, Kim and Kinn.

Chay almost spent a good hour with Macau helping him to finish his math homework. 

Now, Chay is laying on Macau's bed listening to his ongoing chatter about his crush while scrolling through Eclipse's photo on his Ipad.

Macau noticed Chay looking a bit anxious and almost like he will run off if Macau said the magic word.

Macau sighed, "you can go now you know", he said.

"Ah? Ah, yeah", Chay started to pack up his stuff.

"You are worse than P'Pete, Chay, you can't even be apart from your son for a minute", Macau said.

"No, I mean, yes, being apart from my son makes me a bit anxious but that is not the case now, I left him with P'Kim and I said I will be back in 10 minutes and now it has been more than an hour. I have burdened him and also broke my promise to return within 10 minutes," Chay said.

"Chayyy, my innocent, oblivious, dumb friend", Macau said.

"Hey", Chay whined.

"P'Kim is more than happy to take care of your son, are you really that blind, my cold-hearted cousin turns into a damn fluffy teddy bear whenever he is near your son, not even with my nephew, Venice, that poor kid will never experience love from his uncle Kim, it is okay baby V, you have your Uncle Macau. Anyways, back to the topic, Kim loves and adores Eclipse and he loves you, I mean he likes you", Macau cleared his throat. 

"He has never been this soft with anyone, not with his brothers that he grew up with, he has always been soft and gentle with you and Eclipse," Macau said.

 "Yup, I noticed things despite looking like I don't give a flying shit about stuff. You can close your mouth now baby boy, you look like a fish out of water", Macau smirked.

"Arghh, I am going, my baby needs me", Chay said with a stern face.

"You mean babies", Macau smirked and the blush on Chay's face made it even worse. Macau cackled.

"Byeee baby boy, send my warm regard to your boys," Macau said with that grin still plastered on his face.

"Ouch," a pillow landed on Macau's face.

"You deserve it", Chay pouted.

"Feisty, no wonder Kim likes you", Macau continued. 

"Okay, I will shut it", Macau said once he noticed Chay is holding a chair.

Jeez, Chay, you are one scary person, looks could be really deceiving, Macau thought to himself.

Chay knocked on Kim's door, and when he is greeted by pure silence, he twisted the door knob and was greeted by an empty, dark room. 

He quickly checked his room and Eclipse's nursery room, no sign of the duo. He went out to the garden and he swooned at the sight and even giggled.

In one corner he can see P'Tankhun, P'Pol and P'arm all recording and snapping pictures of Kim and Eclipse like paparazzi while hiding behind a wall. 

Chay went to Kim's and their son's side which is near the Koi pond.

"Helllooo baby", Chay greeted in a sweet voice.

Kim's heart skipped a beat when he heard that familiar pet name but he knows Chay called Eclipse, not him. 

The baby giggled and extended his chubby arms at his papa. 

"Did you miss papa?", Chay asked while holding Eclipse's hand and playing with his tiny fingers while Kim still has the baby in his arms. 

"More photos", Tankhun whispered to Pol and Arm. 

"On it", both of the bodyguards chorused. 

Kim looked at Chay with such loving eyes, it is such a cute photo, Eclipse in Kim's arms, Chay facing both of them while holding Eclipse's finger and the three of them have such beautiful smiles on their faces. 

"Let's get inside, it is getting dark and the air is chilly, Eclipse will catch a cold if we stay here any longer", Kim suggested.

"Okay, P'Kim", Chay agreed.

"Get inside, get inside", Tankhun said to Pol and Arm while running inside like they are being chased by a pack of wolves, maybe they would be chased by a very scary wolf (Kim) if he saw the pictures that Tankhun shared in the group chat. 

Once they arrived in front of Chay's room, Kim was about to hand over Eclipse to his papa but Chay stopped him. 

"Uhmm, P'Kim, would you like to feed Eclipse? I mean, I have his bottle ready, he takes the formula and I have stocked my breast milk, so we do have plenty", Chay said and blushed which made Kim blush as well. 

Chay wanted Kim to feed Eclipse this time around because the last time Kim wanted to feed Eclipse, they ran out of milk and their son was too impatient for Chay to make a bottle for him.

"Sure," he smiled at Chay. 

He stepped into Chay's room and went into the nursery followed by Chay. 

Kim sat on the rocking chair, he placed the baby on his lap, Eclipse's head resting comfortably on Kim's arm.

Chay handed over a warm bottle of milk to Kim. He placed a mint green bib on Eclipse's chest. 

"Now, test the temperature using the back of your hand", Chay instructed.

Kim did as Chay said. 

Okay? Chay asked.

"Okay," Kim replied.

"Now, slowly place the nipple of the bottle in his mouth. He will latch on it quickly", Chay said.

 Kim once placed the nipple of the bottle in Eclipse's mouth, the hungry baby started to gulp down the milk while making some content sounds. 

Kim smiled at the baby fondly while feeding him the milk, Chay snapped a few pictures. 

"P'Kim, so sorry, I need to take a bath now. After he finished his bottle, you need to burp him. Place him on your shoulder, before that put a cloth on your shoulder, this one, Chay placed the white cloth on the arm of the rocking chair. Place the white towel on your shoulder, then place his head on your shoulder and slowly tap his back till you hear a burp, sometimes, he spits his milk out, hence the towel, then wipe his mouth. He will usually sleep after his feeding, so just lay him on his crib', Chay instructed. 

"Got it", Kim replied in awe. 

Chay is much younger than Kim yet he knows how to raise a baby. He knows how to soothe a cranky Eclipse, he knows when Eclipse is hungry if he needs a diaper change or if he is simply sleepy just from Eclipse's cries.

"Thank you, P'Kim and so sorry for troubling you", Chay apologised sincerely.

"It is okay, I love to spend time with baby Bambi, he makes me happy", Kim smiled reassuringly at Chay. 

Chay smiled and left the duo.

The more Kim looks at Eclipse, the more he feels like he has seen him before, Kim is still perplexed why he has such a strong love towards this child, maybe because it is his ex-lover's even though he is not the father. 

"I will try to win your father and I will be a good father to you, I will try to find your real father, I maybe not be your biological father but I have so much love for you and your papa", Kim said and kissed Eclipse's forehead lovingly. 

Kim noticed that the baby in his arms eyes are slowly closing while still suckling softly the almost empty bottle. 

Kim gently pulled the bottle from Eclipse's lips. He gently placed the baby on his shoulder and pat the baby's back gently till he heard a small burp. He lifted the baby and wiped his mouth with the white towel given by Chay.

Kim placed the baby on his chest and pat the baby gently while humming the familiar lullaby. Kim just watches the sleeping baby on his chest with a smile, his pouty lips are so cute. He slowly brushed the baby's hair and rubbed his chubby cheek in adoration.

Chay finally got out of his shower, he went to the nursery room to check on his son, and to his surprise, he saw Kim still on the rocking chair sleeping with Eclipse sleeping soundly on his chest, both of them look so cute. Kim held the small body protectively on his chest, it made Chay swoon as Kim still in his unconscious state has such a protective hold on their son and their son is sleeping soundly on his daddy's chest like it is the safest place in the entire world. Eclipse only slept peacefully on Chay's chest, not even Lisa and Victor can make Eclipse fall asleep on their chest easily, the smaller one will whine if he noticed he is not laying on his papa's chest.

 So, it is really shocking and even surprising to see Eclipse has warmed up to Kim who is supposed to be a complete stranger. 

"Does Eclipse know that Kim is his other father?"Chay thought to himself.

This is a question that kept running through Chay's mind. Since day 1, their son has warmed up to Kim despite not seeing each other since Chay conceived their son. Chay has never shown any pictures of Kim to Eclipse and till now he has not said anything about Kim to Eclipse so it is only right for Chay to be a bit in awe of the bond between Eclipse and Kim who are supposed to be complete strangers, or according to Kim, his ex-lover's son. Eclipse now prefers Kim over Chay which should offend Chay but somehow it didn't, it actually makes him feel happy for Eclipse because he can finally have a bond that Chay nor Kim had, a sweet, genuine, loving, caring bond between a father and a son.

Chay knows that Kim deeply cares about Eclipse but deep down in his heart, Chay who got hurt so badly by the very man makes his heart so wary. He cannot afford to get his heart and hopes get crushed by Kim once again because he has no time nor energy to nurse his broken heart once again, he cannot risk it, especially with a very young child by his side, who needs Chay, who needs Chay to be strong. So, the stubborn Chay will not fall into the hands of Kimhan Theerapanyakul that easily, if Kim needs his trust, he needs to prove it. If Kim wants Chay, he needs to show it and fight for it for Chay won't give in that easily.

Chay once again took his phone and snapped those cute photos of the duo. He then slowly tapped Kim to wake him up. 

"P...P'Kim', Chay gently called out the older's name.

Kim slowly opened his eyes and was surprised to see Chay's face dangerously close to him, he blushed, cleared his throat and averted his gaze. 

Kim slept because he had a rough night and he worked almost a whole day at the studio, so being so close to the bundle of joy called Eclipse, spending time with Eclipse and Chay and finally having a familiar warmth weighing down his chest and the familiar Eclipse/Chay smell soothed his nerves which made him to easily doze off. Kim finally had a good sleep after ages.

"P'Kim, it is almost dinner time, you freshen up first, let's eat dinner together', Chay said.

Kim nodded, and he realized he still has Eclipse on his chest. He slowly got up and held the baby against his chest protectively. Eclipse just snuggled closer.

Chay tried to take Eclipse from Kim, but Kim shook his head and went straight to the baby blue crib, he gently laid the baby on the crib and brushed his finger gently on Eclipse's left cheek, the baby snuggled against the warmth, Kim has no heart to leave Eclipse, Kim realized that he is attached to the baby, like there is a bond, just like how he wants to take care and protect Chay, he wants to do the same for this baby who somehow resembles him and Chay. 

Kim grabbed the baby's little fingers and smiled when Eclipse grabbed his index finger in his smaller hand. It is like Eclipse doesn't want to let go of Kim which made something in Kim melt. His eyes automatically teared up. He stood there for a good minute, just adoring the sleeping baby in the crib. He slowly pulled his index finger from Eclipse's hold even though it pains him. Eclipse closed his hand and shifted to the left.




Hiiii, so this is yet another long chapter, hope you enjoy this chapter. Baby Eclipse with his papa and daddy. Do leave your comment below.

So, tomorrow is JBC Hanyang Event, do join the stream if you are free to support the boys, and once again stream Wuju Bakery trailer, and support the boys' CP and solo work.

P.S. Check out my other KimChay story (Sweet Dreams). A little reminder, the updates will not be consistent for both stories, I will upload them when I have free time, hope you can understand my lovely peeps. Have a great day =).

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