Little Steps ; 
  Step Five

 

 

 

 

Silence enveloped the two people sitting inside the car, awkwardness filling the air. Kyuhyun decided to use his car that day to drive to the hospital so they could take the DNA test that Hangeng insisted that morning, saying that he wouldn't let him participate in their future gigs--even though he was the vocalist, apparently, Yesung was very willing to take over him. He couldn't help but to sigh at the things that were happening in his life right now. Sandeul's only been with him for only a day and it was already a disaster.




Okay, Kyuhyun admitted that being with Sandeul was slightly, just a little, tiny bit kind of fun despite him being annoying. Teasing Sandeul was the thing that Kyuhyun enjoyed doing the most even though the kid never failed to back. Yeah, it was definitely fun... and disastrous.




Sandeul glanced at Kyuhyun, sensing that his daddy was having some internal struggle inside his head. The constipated look on his daddy's face was an enough indication of it. He wanted to talk to him, he wanted to cheer him up but he didn't know how since they were not really into a speaking terms that moment. Not after what happened last night.




Sandeul shivered at the sudden thought of the dreadful and embarrassing scandal that happened last night. He didn't know about his father, but he was sure he would forever be scarred because of that incident. He couldn't even look straight into his father's eyes because of it. But since he was a kid who couldn't close his mouth, literally and figuratively speaking, and didn't know the real meaning of the word 'shut up', he decided to break the silence.



Sandeul let out an awkward cough.



But Kyuhyun didn't spare him a single glance.



Sandeul faked another cough and this time, Kyuhyun decided to pay him attention.




"What do you want?" The vocalist asked awkwardly, still not looking at the kid who was buckled up in the passenger seat. He was still not ready to talk to the kid to be honest.




"Can you please turn the radio on, daddy? It's so quiet and awkward in here that I can cut the awkwardness with a pink spork." The kid pouted. Sandeul was not used to a silent surrounding. He was more comfortable in a noisy environment and that was no thanks to his mommy and mama Chullie.



Kyuhyun, who didn't see anything wrong with the kid's suggestion decided to play their latest album.




Sandeul immediately scrunched his nose as the sound of Hyukjae's drums filled his ears. He was used to listening to loud music since Heechul always listened to it back to Japan but it was too early for him to listen to some rock music right now.




"Don't you have any other song daddy? Rock music is not really good to start my day." Sandeul inquired. "I mean, your band is really good but I'm not really in the mood for some rock music this morning." he added while nodding to himself.




Kyuhyun smirked. He finally saw an opportunity to piss the kid with their songs. Time for his revenge. "Sorry Sandeuckie, but this is the only CD I've got in here." Kyuhyun lied, he got tons of albums hidden in the dashboard. Albums that was given by those random girls from random girl groups he had a one night stand with.




"It's okay. I have some CDs here with me." Sandeul smiled as he started rummaging through his bag. Looking for his precious Girl's Generation CDs. Kyuhyun gaped at him.




"What are you? A boy scout?!" He exclaimed.




He thought he could already...




This kid was just...




Kyuhyun was lost for words. Sandeul never failed to surprise him.




"No, I'm a girl scout." Sandeul snapped at him.




"Oh yes you are. Especially with your duck printed yellow pajamas. Girl scout indeed."




"I told you it was my mommy who bought that, plus, it's super comfy." The kid tried to defend himself. He noticed how Kyuhyun stiffened at the mention of his mommy.




"Speaking of your mommy, can't you tell me something about her? To make everything easier for the both of us?" Kyuhyun decided to cut the teasing and asked something serious. He really was curious about Sandeul's mommy. On why the kid just suddenly appeared in his life. Where his mommy was? Was Sandeul really his son? He was really confused.




Sandeul raised a questioning eyebrow. He noticed that his daddy was not really himself that morning. He seemed preoccupied and he even caught him staring at spaces a while ago. His daddy was being weird and he knew that it  wasn't because of what happened last night. But Sandeul just shrugged at it. Maybe his daddy was really weird every morning? Maybe he was not a morning person?



He didn't know his daddy that much anyway and so he just decided to take advantage of how distracted the vocalist was. Sandeul changed the CD that was playing and smiled when he heard Gee playing.




Kyuhyun didn't seem to notice it.




"I told you daddy, I won't tell you anything about my mommy. Mommy will kill me once they find out that I told you something." Sandeul tried to explain without exposing his mommy's real gender while moving his body to the music. He didn't want to give Kyuhyun a heart attack right now, not when he was driving and his precious life was at risk.




"A little clue won't get you killed... I'd probably kill you first anyway... and ya! Who told you to change the CD!?" Kyuhyun exclaimed when he finally noticed that his husky voice was replaced by a cutesy voices of singing girls.




Sandeul just smiled at him playfully before singing along to the song. "Gee gee gee gee baby baby~" He sang loudly accompanied by dance steps, that was of course taught by his one and only mama Chullie. Kyuhyun couldn't help but to laugh at the sight of the dancing and singing kid. He found Sandeul really amusing. He would've squish him if he wasn't driving.




Wait, did he just laugh because of Sandeul? Did he really think of squishing him?




Holy crap! Kyuhyun, are you starting to warm up to the kid?




Kyuhyun shook his head. What is happening to you? Focus on your driving. He scolded himself. He did focus on his driving though he still glanced at the happy Sandeuckie on the passenger seat from time to time.



And that was how Kyuhyun spent their drive to the hospital. Listening to Sandeul's and his loud singing with absurd dance steps. No one would think that the person who was driving the car was a freaking rock star. But Kyuhyun didn't mind. Well he did mind it at first but figured that it was a good change for the day. He enjoyed it, and now he was pretty sure that he was going to have a new LSS soon.


xxx



"Okay, there. All set." Kyuhyun said, patting Sandeul's plump cheek after putting a beanie and a mask on the kid. "Remember, no running inside the hospital. Don't go far away from me but don't stay too close. Hangeng hyung will skin me alive when he found out that I lost you inside. And don't call me daddy inside, understood?" The vocalist lectured as he fixed his own cap and murmured a curse when he couldn't find his own mask.




"Here daddy, you can use my new mask." Sandeul shifted in his seat to face his daddy and put the mask by himself. Kyuhyun could feel his cheeks heating up at the kid's gesture. It had been a long time since someone fusses over him like that, coordi noonas were not counted of course. He might not admit it loudly but he found Sandeul's little gesture sweet.




"T-thanks," he stuttered and looked away, not realizing he was wearing a Spongebob mask. "Let's go."


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  "How many days will it take to get the result of the test?" Kyuhyun inquired when the doctor finished taking his blood sample.




"It usually takes us two to three days to find out the result." The doctor answered. "We will call you immediately once we're finished with the result." The doctor added, assuring him.



So he had two to three days before he found out the result.



Kyuhyun looked at the kid who was currently a big lollipop that was given by a nurse after taking some blood and hair sample from him. His feet, that were dangling from the chair, were swaying back and forth while patiently waiting for him to finish. 



Kyuhyun sighed. Few more days and he would find out if that kid was really his son.



Sandeul, who was already getting bored, shifted his gaze at his daddy and was surprised when he found out that he was looking back at him. He gave him a small smile and waved. Kyuhyun answered him with a small nod in return, "Go easy on the lollipop or else your bunny teeth will fall out," he said before returning his attention to the doctor.




The doctor, who was watching how Kyuhyun gazed at the kid, smiled before saying, "Little Sandeullie is really a cute kid. You're one lucky man if the test result came out positive. He's a bright kid I can tell."



"Yeah he is. He's also a brat and rude and snarky too." Kyuhyun added and the doctor laugh at him.



"Is he now?" The doctor mused. "Then he's just like you when you're still the little Kyuhyunnie that I knew back then. I think you don't really need this DNA test now, Kyuhyunnie." The doctor continued to , even calling him Kyuhyunnie. A nickname he used to call him when he was still a snotty kid.



"You know Doctor Park, I would love to flip your table if you weren't a family friend." Kyuhyun said, slightly glaring at the old man. He didn't change a bit. He was still the old man who loved teasing him.



"Oh come on Kyuhyun, no need to be mad. And oh, by the way I've been meaning to say this ever since you two arrived in here," The doctor said, pointing at his mask. "You got a very cute mask there. Spongebob is really popular with kids nowadays."




Kyuhyun didn't get it at first. He thought that the doctor was just making fun of him again.



And that was when it dawned to him. He immediately removed the mask and stared at it only to be greeted by Spongebob's smiling face. So that was the reason why people kept on staring at him a while ago. It wasn't because they recognized him as the rock star Kyuhyun. They were staring at him because of this childish mask. He felt like wringing Sandeul's neck right now.




"Sandeuckie!" He yelled it made Sandeul shivered.


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  "Why didn't you tell me that the mask you gave me was a Spongebob? It's embarrassing!" Kyuhyun scolded while walking fast, his head lowered, not wanting people to see him with his ridiculous mask.




"I thought you knew that it was Spongebob when you didn't reacted a while ago. You even thanked me, remember? And you don't have to be embarrassed daddy. People don't even recognize you." Sandeul defended himself.




Sandeul did have a point. But that was still a disgrace to his very cool image. "Next time, if you're going to put something in my body, make sure that it will look cool and not cute. I told you that I'm not interested with cute things. Why am I even saying this you? It's not like there's going to be a next time." Kyuhyun continued to babble. He was expecting a comeback but he didn't receive any.




Sandeul was just beside him but when he turned around, the kid was already missing.



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"Miss nurse, do you have a band aid that is cuter than this one? My daddy refused to buy me a cute one because he kept on saying that he doesn't like cute things." Sandeul asked politely as he pointed at his nose that was still covered with a band aid.




Okay. False alarm! False alarm! Kyuhyun's brain shouted at him when he saw Sandeul at the information desk just a few meters away from him. His little arms were hooked at the desk, trying his best to peek at the nurse while tiptoeing on his shaky feet. Kyuhyun was angry and worried at Sandeul for defying him once again. But the sight was just too cute that his anger immediately evaporated and was replaced by some feeling that he couldn't explain. Sandeul was having a hard time trying to be tall and he found it extremely adorable that he didn't stop himself from taking a picture with a silly smile plastered on his face.



"Oh my, you're such a cute kid." The nurse cooed, though the only part that she could see from the kid was his hair down to his nose. "Wait there cutie, I'll try to look in the drawer. You said that your father doesn't like cute things? Why does your daddy hate cute things? Cute things are adorable, just like you." The friendly and equal