"Brother!" A shout came from a child running through the gate.
"Are you ready?" Zachary asked and carried him when Kaizer arrived.
"Yes but daddy is not here he already goes to his work," Kaizer said while pouting. Zachary just smiles, as he caresses Kaizer's hair, he's okay that he didn't see Keith in the house because he knew it already, before he went to Keith's house he already sent a message informing him.
"Sorry, I need to go to the hospital. I will leave Kaizer here inside the house. I already told him what to do and stay there until you arrive, I'm sorry for the trouble...." That's what the message says.
"I know but don't worry he already told me before I came here, so let's go?" The child nodded several times to answer the young man. When Zachary saw Kaizer's response, he started walking towards his car while holding the child.
Kaizer was carrying a bag and it didn't seem heavy so he could carry it without Zachary's help.
"How's your class?" Zachary asked. He now put Kaizer in the passenger seat before he fastened the seatbelt.
"It's fine. There are many lessons I learned." Kaizer answered enthusiastically. Zachary just smiled before reaching for the boy's bag to see what he was carrying inside.
"You're still drinking milk in the bottle?" Zachary asked him because he stopped drinking milk from the bottle, he was only a child when he was about three years old when he stopped and when he was four years old he started drinking milk from a glass, he only knew everything when it was mentioned by Johnsen after he teased him.
Kaizer nods. "Yes, because I still don't know how to drink in a glass," he said while his head was bowing. Zachary understood him when the child was only a few months old when he lost his mother and even Keith
could not teach him how to do it because he was always busy with his work at the hospital.
"It's okay, You're still too young and many kids stop drinking milk in the bottle before they debut." Zachary started to close Kaizer's bag because he finished checking it, he only had a bottle of milk, extra clothes and a handkerchief
"Really?" Now Kaizer has become more energetic. Zachary noticed in the boy's movements that he was ashamed of what Zachary discovered about him.
"Of course but your dad only brings one milk and I don't have milk in the house. We came to buy some after lunch but you want to try drinking choco milk." This time he wanted to be the one to teach Kaizer to drink milk from a glass and not from his usual bottle.
"But I don't even taste what choco is like," Kaizer explained. Zachary just stared at him for a moment before turning the key and starting the engine.
"That's a drink for a grown-up boy," he lied. He just wanted to cheer him up
"Really? Then I want it brother!" Zachary didn't even look but he also smiled because he seemed to have regained the former enthusiasm of the child just a moment ago.
"OK, we'll go shopping later, Do you want to help me cook for your dad? We will also deliver it to him later." Zachary suggested making Kaizer tilt his head.
Suddenly it occurred to him what Johnsen had advised him the day before. 'You know, you have to learn things like that, if you want to soften and win the child's heart you have to learn how to get along with him, you can't do it by simply playing, how else can he get close to you? Try to find something that you two can be close to, I think that will work for you, my little brother'
"It's hard to cook?" Kaizer asked curiously because he had never seen someone cooking in front of him.
"No, it's to defend the dish you will cook but are you willing to help me?" Zachary's eyes remained focused on the road as he uttered those words.
"Of course, I will help you. I also want to cook for Dad," Kaizer said. He wanted to see his father smile again just like how he smiled when Zachary came into their lives.
"That's good, We will go to the hospital and give it to him then you can play with my friends" Zachary smiled. Zachary doesn't know how to play but he will use cooking to get closer to Kaizer.
"Hmmm," Kaizer nods and smiles. Zachary noticed that Zachary was a happy child while monitoring the child, he couldn't help but think because his behaviour was far from the behaviour of the child, he wished that he was that lively but he could not change the past and decided to protect Kaizer so that he could still see the smile on his face.
"Can I ask where your mom is?" Zachary asked. He wanted to hear even though he knew Kaizer's mother was dead
Kaizer looks at him before he speaks. "I don't know. Daddy said that she is working in the state and she's busy and doesn't have time to go home" There was sadness in Zachary's eyes as he listened to what the boy was saying.
'Why did he tell him that?' The atmosphere was suddenly silent due to the young man's stupor at what he heard. He feels pity but he doesn't want the child to know the truth right from his mouth.
"Are you missing her?" He feels how sad the child is when talking about his mother.
"Hmmm, but I don't see her face. I don't know why but Dad said she will come back," Kaizer said with a low tone. Zachary knows why Kaizer didn't remember his mother's face because he was just a month old at that time.
Zachary parks his car in his garage after that he pats Kaizer's head.
"Don't be sad, your dad is still here, Don't think about anything OK Because you're still a child you're supposed to think about playing or something else." Zachary tries to bring Kaizer's energy back. 'I shouldn't have to ask that question
"Hmm…." Kaizer just nodded and hugged Zachary. Zachary smiled before they decided to go out and as soon as they entered they immediately noticed his older brother with his friends sitting on the sofa and he knew they were waiting for him.
"Hi Kaizer!" Greeted by Zachary's friends except his older brother.
Kaizer quickly got down from Zachary's hand before he ran towards the young men who were smiling at him.
"Hi, I miss you all." The child greeted them, they were stunned because of the child's gentleness but also returned to the right mood they looked at each other and smiled at the same time.
Kaizer goes to Nike and Sean to hug them both. Next, he hugs Mike last he goes to Steffan and Ivan They still don't look at each other but Kaizer stands in front of them.
"Are you fighting again?" They were both speechless because they suddenly remembered what the boy had said the last time they met, he told the two that they needed to stop fighting.
"I knew it, but you need to reconcile." They both looked at each other but soon looked away when they couldn't stand it anymore
They just watched what Kaizer was going to do, until suddenly Kaizer hugged the two causing their bodies to touch each other. They seemed to suddenly stiffen in their position but could not complain.
"Brother, can Brother Steffan and Brother Ivan play with me after we're done giving the food to Dad?" Kaizer asked when he stopped hugging the two. This time he looked to see where Zachary was
Steffan and Ivan's mouths hang open from what Kaizer requests from their boss. 'Why is he more mature than all of us?!' Steffan shouted inside his mind.
"Of course," Zachary said. Kaizer wore a wide smile before looking back again.
'This kid is interesting and a genius' Johnsen also said inside his mind. Johnsen was dumbfounded not realizing that he was smiling too, if they only knew that Kaizer was the only one who would reconcile the two, they would have brought him to Zachary's house so that it wouldn't be too new because the two had suddenly been silent since the other day.
Kaizer looked around the whole house until something caught his eye, An unfamiliar person was sitting on the side next to Sean and he was staring at him. Because Kaizer did not know this, he immediately approached Zachary and hid behind him while holding the hem of the young man's clothes.
"Brother who is he? H-he also Looks handsome like you," Now he was hugging Zachary's leg and the young man shook his head.
"Ouch, they are handsome but what about us?" Nike suddenly complained while showing that he was holding his chest and his expression seemed to hurt.
"Of course, you're all handsome, brother, but they both look alike." Zachary's friend snorted while Johnsen just laughed a little.
"Hi Kaizer, come here," Johnsen called the boy, Kaizer looked up to ask for Zachary's permission and he nodded so he also gave up holding the young man before slowly approaching Johnsen. At first, he was hesitant but he believed that the person in his brother Zachary's house was not a bad person.
"I'm your future unc— I mean your brother Zachary, big brother." Zachary wanted to throw a heavy object at his older brother when he suddenly exposed him.
Zachary's gang held back their laughter when they saw him panicking.
"Ohh that's why you look like him... Hi big brother, I'm Kaizer." Even Johnsen couldn't resist Kaizer's cuteness when he introduced himself.
"How old are you?"
"I'm 5 years old," Kaizer answered. Johsen remembered it but he didn't have any questions to ask.
"So do you like your brother Zachary?" He wants to tease his young brother and at the same time, he also wants to know how deep the relationship between the two is so he can see if the child can accept his brother in the future.
Zachary's eyes widened at Johnsen while his friends remained silent on one side and listened.
"Yes big brother, if I don't have a dad, I want him to be my dad," Kaizer said. Because of that, he felt something inside he felt some ease, noting that the child was endearing.
"Now I know why he likes you," Johnsen said. He picked up Kaizer before placing him on his lap.
"Are you sure you want to play with them Kaizer?" Mike asked hesitantly, he knew that the two couldn't stop fighting and when Kaizer saw it himself he knew that the boy would be hurt because they didn't listen to him, all the time when Setffan and Ivan were fighting they suddenly forgot who they are with or where they are.
"Yes brother Mike," Kaizer answered. Zachary smiled at Kaizer's answer, he knew why Kaizer wanted to play with the two, he wanted them to get along.
"Kaizer let's go." Zachary walked closer before picking up Kaizer who was still sitting on Johnsen's lap.
"Hey why are you getting him I want to spend time with him," Johnsen complained while frowning but Zachary gave him a cold stare.
"He wants to help me to cook, just play with him later," Zachary plainly said, Kaizer nodded, agreeing with what his brother said.
"For who?"
"For my dad!" Zachary was close when Kaizer answered his question, he had no intention of letting them know because he was sure they would tease him, and because he expected it he noticed that they all grinned so he frowned.
Zachary ignored the goofy eyes of his friends and siblings. He walked with Kaizer but before he could enter his friend shouted at the same time, saying, "Mae...... we're hungry too cook for us please," his friend teased from behind before they started laughing out loud.
Kaizer looked at them curiously because they always called his brother "Mae!"
Zachary clenched his fists to stop himself from killing his friend before he slowly turned to face them and glared at them, if only the gaze could kill they were now lying on the floor, dead.
"FUCK OFF!"