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October 2020
“Happy birthday,” Off whispered to Gun who was still asleep, laying on his stomach. The latter slowly opened his eyes and smiled, “You’re up early.” He moved towards Off, burrowing his head on the man’s neck.
Off wrapped his arms around Gun, “Where do you wanna go today? Besides from the cemetery I mean.”
“I don’t have anything in my mind to be honest,” Gun murmured. “I just wanna rest. Last night was so tiring.”
Off laughed, “What was tiring? The party or the after party?” He pulled away from Gun who was now blushing.
“The party! You horny fool,” Gun answered as he laughed, coverim himself with their blanket.
Today was Gun’s birthday but they celebrated yesterday with their friends at their café, saying that they want to spend today with just the two of them. They only invited their close friends – Tay and New and their adopted kid, Nanon, and Arm with his fiance, Alice. Joss was also present alongside some of Gun’s former co-workers at the pub, Puimek and Pluem. Off was the one who prepared all the food and Arm helped him put up decorations at the café. Their party finished at 10 in the evening but Off and Gun continued with the after party on their bedroom.
“What time is it?” Gun asked as Off sat up on their bed, his naked body peppered with scratches and bite marks making Gun even more shy. “It’s almost nine. We should get up now, don’t you think?” Off said in a teasing manner. “Or… we can continue where we left off last night?” He pulled down the blanket Gun was holding and started kissing the latter’s face.
“Off,” Gun sighed as Off trailed down his kisses on his jugular, sucking it lightly.
It was already past lunch time when they got into the cemetery. They closed down the main branch where they work just so they can spend some time. The grave of Off’s dad was placed beside Gun’s parents. They bought some food and ate them as they sat on a blanket. They were silent the whole time they sat there, only smiling towards each other and squeezing the other’s hand as they whisper I love you’s.
After two hours at the cemetery, Off dragged Gun towards the nearby aquarium park. He knew Gun was already itching to visit it but was just shy to coax Off into coming with him.
“I thought you hated this kind of places,” Gun said as he clung to Off while they looked at the jellyfishes.
“It’s not that I hate it, I just feel bad for the animals you know. They’re not at their natural habitat. But anyways, it’s your birthday,” Off shrugged. He looked at Gun who had his nose scrunched up, “You’re so cheesy.” He loosened his arm Gun was clinging to and pulled the latter for a hug. “I love you,” he said as he kissed the top of Gun’s head.
After they visited the aquarium park, they went to a small public museum nearby until its closing hours. Off initially planned on surprising Gun with a vacation overseas but he became busy when he started filling for adoption papers behind his husband’s back. He could see how Gun loves babies and taking care of them and it became more evident when Tay and New adopted Nanon and Gun would always volunteer to babysit him. And Off also knows that Gun would like for them to adopt also but is shy to admit, afraid of putting pressure on him.
It was a good thing that being an Adulkittiporn also meant having a lot of connections and so he didn’t have a hard time when he called the adoption center. Off could hear from the other line how the teller almost choked when he mentioned his name for record purposes.
They got home before 7pm. As Gun went for the shower, Off immediately started preparing for his little surprise for Gun. As he waited for the pasta to soften, he took out the champagne bottle he bought two nights ago and started lighting candles atop the dinner table. Gun takes more than an hour taking a bath, soaking in the tub after showering so he’s sure that he’ll be done setting up when Gun comes out for dinner.
When he was done setting up the table, Off quietly took out Gun’s vinyl player from their bedroom. He became interested with vinyl records through Gun and overtime, started buying some from vintage shops here and abroad. He liked seeing Gun getting excited whenever they’d listen to the records they bought. The circumstances of how they met was bizarre but Off was very much glad that he got to meet Gun a second time and even marry him. He fell for Gun and there was no saving him – he wouldn’t let anyone save him from his feelings for Gun because for Off, Gun was his safe haven.
“Off. What’s this?” Gun said as soon he walked out of their bedroom clothed in his husband’s cream oversized shirt and shorts, his hair still dripping wet.
“Happy birthday, baby,” Off said to him as pulled Gun for a kiss. The latter kissed him back, placing his hands around his husband’s neck while Off placed his hands on Gun’s waist. Carole King’s Some Kind of Wonderful was already playing on the turntable and the two started dancing.
“I love you,” Gun whispered when he pulled away from the kiss. Their foreheads touching.
“I have one more present,” Off kissed his forehead.
Gun looked puzzled when Off handed him an envelope. “Open it,” his husband said.
His eyes widened when he saw the letter header on the paper. “Is this real? We’re gonna have a baby?” Gun started crying as soon as Off hugged him. “Yes,” Off said. “Yes, we’re gonna have a kid soon.”
Gun looked at Off with tears of joy streaming down his face, “I love you so much.”
Off just laughed, holding back himself from crying but failed when Gun kissed him full on the lips. They kissed and hugged for awhile, swaying slowly as the song continued playing in the background.
“The food’s getting cold,” Off said as he sniffed. He wiped his tears away by the back of his hand as they both laughed.
Gun squeezed Off’s hand when they sat beside each other, “Thank you, Off.” He looked at the other and smiled sweetly.
“I love you, Gun,” Off said as he kissed Gun on his forehead, the tip of his nose and on his lips.
“What shall we name our child?”