Kris took a bite out of his fettuccine as Tao still continued to talk with Geunsuk. He looked at his son, who was poking his macaroni and cheese; he chuckled, making Yitao turn towards his father. He smiled at him and continued to poke at his food, once getting enough, took a bite out of it, and munched.

"When did you come to Korea? I mean…last time we saw each other was back in China." Tao asked.

"Small world huh?" Geunsuk chuckled. "I was back maybe…4 to 5 months ago, to open this restaurant. I have another one back in China which Sungwon is operating."

"Oh, how is Sungwon doing?"

'Sungwon? Who is that now?' Kris thought; he was starting to feel uncomfortable. As if Tao sensed it, he turned to Kris and told him that Sungwon was Geunsuk's step brother.

"Really?" Kris nodded.

"Yeah! Too bad that he isn't here…from what I remember he was a big fashion lover. He would be excited to meet you."

"Hm, maybe next time."

Tao nodded and was about to go back to converse with Geunsuk when he felt a little tug on his sleeve. He looked down to see Yitao squirming in his seat. Tao tilted his head, when he realized what the young panda needed to go to the restroom.

"I'll be right back." Tao said as he got up from his seat.

"Where are you --" Kris started, but was interrupted by the nanny.

"Restroom. He needs to go." Tao smiled at his Boss, as he picked up the young panda in his arms. "We will be back." WIth that, he walked to the restroom.

It was slightly awkward at the table. Kris continued to eat his food, with Geunsuk drinking his water.

"So," Kris started. "Um, how do you know Tao?" He grabbed his glass and started to drink.

"We were lovers."

Kris choked. 'What?!' "I'm sorry, what was that?"

Geunsuk stared at Kris, then chuckled. "We were lovers." He repeated. "Did…Tao--"

"Tao's…gay?"

"I…thought he told…I'm sorry, I just assumed that he told you already since he works for you…please don't fire him." Geunsuk was worried now that he made a mistake in telling Kris that he was an ex-lover.

"N-no, I won't fire him. I have no problem with it. Two people that work for me are lovers and they are males."

"Oh, well…thank goodness then. Tao would probably kill me." Geunsuk sighed in relief. "So, um, yeah, we were lovers." He sighed.

"Were?"

"Yeah, I…made a mistake years ago and well, we broke up. Tao was forgiving enough that he allowed me to stay friends with him." A smile slowly appeared on his face. "That is my only regret in life." He started to say subconsciously. "That I lost him."

Kris was unsure what he was feeling, but didn't say anything back to Geunsuk.

"Say," Geunsuk looked up at Kris. "Would it be all right if I took Tao out some time?"

Kris wanted to say no, but knew that he doesn't really own Tao. All he was, was a nanny and a friend to him, nothing more; he is human and he has rights to go out.

"Um."

"We are just friends." He slightly chuckled. "If that is what you are worried about."

"I'm not worried abo--"

"Then, it won't be a problem. Right?"

"I…no. No it won't."

"Great." He smiled. On cue, Tao came back with Yitao in his arms, chuckling when the young panda placed a kiss on the nanny's cheek. For once, both men felt somewhat jealous.

"Tao," Tao took his seat and glanced at Geunsuk.

"Hm?"

"Want to go with me sometime?"

Tao's eyes widen. "What?"

"Out. You know, movies…dinner…the bar…as friends of course."

Tao pondered a bit, but answered. "Sure."

Kris bit the inside of his cheek. He was started to have second thoughts about this.

"If…that is okay with Kris." Tao turned towards his Boss, who looked up once he heard his name. "Is it okay?"

'No.' "Yeah…I mean, you deserve to go out." He slowly smiled. "You deserve it…working hard…taking care of Yitao."

Yitao looked up and started to bounce in his seat, making Tao chuckle.

"So…you know, have fun." Kris finally said. Tao nodded.

"Alright. Thank you."

"So," Geunsuk spoke. "What is your number?" He took out his cell phone from his pants pocket.

"Ah," Tao took out his cell phone from jacket pocket. "I actually don't know." He started to fumble with it. "I just got this…Kris gave it to me so…I dunno my number."

"It's here." Kris leaned over to Tao, making him slightly blush at the closeness. Kris showed him where his number was in the phone.

"Oh…that was easy." Tao nodded. "Here." He showed Geunsuk his number and he quickly placed the number in his cell phone.

"Thank you. And I will call you sometime this week. If not, then next week for sure."

"Okay." Tao smiled.

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After their lunch, Kris, Tao, and Yitao bid their goodbyes to Geunsuk and went home. Yitao wanted Tao to play with him, so he dragged him to his room so they play with Yitao's plushies.

Kris went up to his room, placing his coat in his closet. He was having deep thoughts about the events that happened at the restaurant. He didn't understand why he was thinking 'no' when Geunsuk asked to take Tao out. Tao was nothing, but a nanny to his son and a friend to him, as well as the other workers, but it still bothered him.

He sat on his drawing desk, grabbing his essentials along with his sketch book.

'Maybe some sketching will help.'

Kris started to draw, but whatever he drew seem to look sloppy and uninteresting. He sighed and placed his pencil on the desk.

"Seriously?" He said softly.

He looked over at his bed side table; he walked over to it and grabbed the photo frame. It was a picture of his late wife and himself under a wedding gate, both smiling at each other. He smiled at the memory and placed it back down on his bed side table.

'Tai...I have no idea what is wrong with me.'

He went back to his desk and started to draw again. He lifted his head up once he heard a knock.

"Come in."

The door opened, revealing Tao carrying a small tray with coffee and Yitao with a plate of cookies.

"Hello Sir," Tao smiled. "I just thought that you would like some coffee. I just learned how to do it! And Yitao wanted to bring you some cookies that Xiumin made."

Kris smiled. "Thank you." Tao placed the small tray on the desk while did the same; he walked over and lifted up the plate of cookies. Kris chuckled and lifted his son, and placed him on his lap. The young panda placed the plate on the table and stared at his father's sketches.

"You want to draw Yitao?"

Yitao nodded; Kris took out his brand new sketch book and opened the first page. "Here you go."

Yitao nodded and grabbed a pencil from his father's desk.

"Thank you daddy."

Kris' eyes widen, as well as Tao. They both looked at each other, then quickly looked back at Yitao.

"He spoke again!" Tao clapped his hands. The young panda turned around to face his father, tilting his head in the process. He went back to drawing and Kris patted his son's head.

"Yitao!" Tao leaned over, making Kris' heart slightly beat faster than normal. "Can you say Tao?"

The young panda looked at his nanny.

"Tao. T-ah-ow. Tao. Can you say my name?" The nanny smiled, waiting for the young panda to say his name.

Yitao smiled and nodded.

"Mommy!"

"Thats righ -- wait…what?!" Tao went to a deep red.

Kris laughed and snuggled his son closer.

"I…w-wait! N-no Yitao. Tao, not --"

"M-mommy?" Yitao looked at Tao with such sad eyes, that Tao's heart was starting to break.

"Um…o-okay. Mommy is fine." Tao sighed. That wasn't really how he wanted to be called, but he decided to let Yitao call him 'mommy'. 'This is probably just a phase. Yes, just a phase.'

"Daddy, eat your cookie!" Yitao grabbed the cookie and handed it over to his father. Kris took the cookie in his hand and bit off of it.

"Thank you."

Yitao took another cookie and held it out to Tao.

"Mommy, here." He started to wave the cookie at him. "Have a cookie."

Tao's face flushed once more and grabbed the cookie. "T-thank you…Yitao." He said softly.
 
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Over the days, Yitao was speaking more, making everyone in the mansion happy. However, the young panda still called Tao 'mommy' and Tao was still having some difficulty getting used to the word. Sehun, Chen, Chanyeol, and even Baekhyun, since Chanyeol told him, laughed at the fact that Yitao called him 'mommy' instead of his real name, resulting them to get wacks by the chef. Xiumin thought it was adorable and told Tao that it would be okay. 

Geunsuk hasn't called Tao just yet, which made Kris a little relieved. He was currently reading the newspaper while Xiumin was preparing breakfast.

"What type of coffee do you want Sir?"

Kris looked up from his paper. "Hm, what was that coffee that Tao made for me?"

"Oh, that was yuanyang."

"I'll have that then. It was really good."

Xiumin nodded and started to make the drink. Tao entered with Yitao at hand. The young panda was holding onto a book, which made Kris tilt his head to the side.

"What are you reading?"

"Hm," Yitao climbed onto the chair next to his father. "It's The Tale of Peter Rabbit." He showed his father the book. "Mommy is going to read it to me later."

Kris nodded and looked over to glance at Tao, who was pouring the drink in a small cup. Tao grabbed the cup and presented it to his Boss.

"Here you go." He smiled at Kris, which made his heart beat.

"Thank you." He started to drink from it.

"Mommy! Are you going to read me the story about the bunny?" Yitao asked as he grabbed the plate that Xiumin gave to him. "Thank you uncle Xiumin!"

Xiumin pinched his cheeks. "Yah! You are just too cute!"

Yitao smiled and started to eat his eggs and mini pancakes. Tao nodded at the young panda.

"I will…after breakfast okay."

"Okay!"

They continued to eat their breakfast, while Xiumin excused himself from the kitchen. Kris continued to read his newspaper while taking glances at Tao and his son.

"Do you think Yitao needs to go to school?"

Tao looked up from his plate. "Um," He looked over at Yitao. "I think he should. I mean, he is fully speaking now." He brushed some of his hair back, making Yitao giggle. "I think it would be good for him you know?" He glanced back at his Boss. "He will be able to make friends and voice out more."

Kris nodded. "I think I'll enroll him in school." Tao smiled.

"I think that will be a good idea."

"Mommy! I'm done!" Yitao took his plate and showed Tao his now clean plate.

"Very good baby! Uncle Xiumin will be happy to know that."

The young panda beamed and placed his plate down on the table.

"Now I just have to find a school perfect for him."

"Thats --"

A ring could have been heard and Tao blinked; confused at what the sound was.

"Thats your cell phone." Kris chuckled, making Tao form a tinge of red.

"Thats right!" Tao fished out his cell phone. "Hello?"

Tao's faced formed a smile, making Kris wonder who it was.

"Sure Geunsuk."

'Oh…Geunsuk.'

Kris continued to watch as the nanny nodded his head. "Yeah, I'll ask my Boss about it." He said as he glanced at his Boss, only to look away quickly due to eye contact. "Alright. I'll call you about it tomorrow okay?…Okay then…All right…Bye." With that, Tao ended the call.

"What did he ask for?"

"Um, he asked me out." He put his cell back in his pocket. "To go out to dinner."

All Kris could do was hum in response.

"C-can I go? I-if you don't want me to, I can stay."

"What? N-no, by all means…go." Kris tried not to sound too disappointed that Geunsuk called. "When does he want to…"

"He told me that this coming saturday would be good."

Kris nodded. "All right then."

"Really?"

"Yes, Tao."

The nanny nodded. "Okay. Um, thank you." He soon felt a tug on his sleeve and looked down to see Yitao pouting at him.

"Mommy," He lifted the book to show his nanny. "Are you going to read to me now?"

"Sure baby." Tao stood up from the table. "Lemme just wash these first." He grabbed the plates and went over to the sink.

"I'll be in my office." Kris stood up from his seat.

"Work hard daddy!" Yitao stood in his seat and tried to pat his head on the head, but Kris was far too tall for the young panda to reach. Kris chuckled and leaned down for the young panda to pat his head.

"Thank you Yitao." He smiled at his son. With that, he walked away from the kitchen.

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Once Kris reached his office, he sat in his chair and sighed.

"What is going on?" He rubbed his eyes. "Is this normal or what?"

He heard a knock on the door and grumbled a bit, but decided not to be rude.

"Come in."

Sehun came in with a piece of paper at hand.

"Hey Boss," He showed him the paper. "I was wondering if we should get this for the house." He pointed at the flowers that he thought were great for the house. Sehun looked up at his Boss, waiting for an answer, but what he got was a dazed Kris.

"Boss?" Sehun looked worried. "Boss?"

"Hm?" Kris looked up at Sehun. "I'm sorry what?"

"You…are distracted." Sehun furrowed his brow. "Whats…is this about." He motioned his own face.

"I…hm, Sehun…I don't even know." He chuckled. "I don't even know why I'm feeling a little down."

Sehun had noticed something different about his Boss ever since he returned from the park with Tao and Yitao.

"Did something happen?"

Kris hesitated; it wasn't any of Sehun's concern, but he found no harm in telling Sehun.

"Tao and I ran into his friend…when we where at the park."

"Oh?"

"Actually…he was an ex-lover of Tao. The guy --"

"Wait. A guy? Tao is gay?"

"Yes he is. You didn't know?"

"This is perfect!" Sehun said quietly to himself, making Kris raise his eye brow.

"What was that?"

"Nothing. Um…so then what happened?"

"I…I don't know. I always feel that…hm, how do you put it." Kris leaned back in his chair. "Like…like I don't want him to leave you know?"

Sehun furrowed his brow. "I don't get it."

"His former lover asked Tao to go out. They are simply friends…but…I-I don't know."

"Perhaps you are jealous?"

Kris' eyes widen. "Jealous? How could I be? I mean…I'm straight."

"Doubt it." Sehun said to himself softly.

"Huh?"

"Nothing. Um…I don't know. Is it because Tao has been here for months now? He never really goes out…Maybe you are disliking the idea of him going out...especially with his former lover? "

"I…don't follow."

Sehun scratched his head and sighed. "You can tell Tao not to go."

Kris shook his head. "I don't want to do that. I don't own him…he is my son's nanny --"

"Mother most likely." Sehun chuckled, making Kris chuckle along with him.

"And a friend. He has been wokring hard...and he deserves to go out."

"I...hm. Sure Boss. Whatever you say." 'But we know what you are really feeling.' Sehun sighed. 'This is definitly jealously. He just has to be.'

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Later that night, Tao decided to text Geunsuk that Boss gave him the a-okay to go out instead of calling him the next day. The nanny laid in his bed and sighed.

'Is this even a good idea?'

He turned over to his side and grabbed his cell phone.

'Maybe I should cancel…but Boss said it was all right to go though.'

Tao whined a bit and unlocked his cell phone. Once his phone showed him the main screen, he stared at his wallpaper and smiled. It was displaying the first picture that he ever took with his cell phone, a picture of a sleeping Kris from the park.

'Good night Boss!'

He smiled a bit and placed his cell phone on his bed side table snuggled against his blankets.

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comment if you like & mistakes = ; 3 ; im sorry

I feel...like this chapter is a little bit of an 'eh'. I dunno, but i hope that you enjoyed it.

 

and now you know...Geunsuk was a former lover.