Nathan wasn't really sick. After Anya hung up the phone, she burst into tears. Nathan quickly opened his eyes and cradled her on his belly.
"Stop crying, I'm perfectly okay, aren't I?"
"Nathan... Nathan isn't dead..."
Anya wiped her eyes with her little hand.
"I'm not dead yet." Nathan burped and placed Anya's hand on his stomach.
"I have indigestion, so give me a little massage."
Anya burped as well while sobbing, clutching Nathan's shirt, "...if I massage you, you won't die, right?"
"Uh... but you're not massaging, you're clutching."
Anya's eyes were red from crying. She massaged Nathan's stomach while talking to him.
Nathan didn't know what to say to her, so he just picked a random topic.
"Look at your sister, doesn't she know you're still little? Why isn't she home at this late hour?"
Anya pouted, clearly unhappy. "Mom... is working..."
Nathan glared at her, said seriously,
"She's your sister, not your mom. We're married. If you call her mom, then what am I to you?"
Anya pouted.
"Nathan... don't you like Anya...Anya is so cute..."
Nathan glanced at her. Her big eyes blinked and blinked, full of grief. That was too much!
"Do you think Anya isn't well-behaved..."
Her big grape-like eyes were full of tears.
"Anya can be better... Please don't leave mom and Anya..."
As she spoke, her teardrops fell. She lowered her head, but her little hands didn't stop massaging Nathan's stomach. She looked so obedient and pitiful. It was so heartbreaking.
"Hey, hey, hey, I didn't say I'm leaving you guys. Why are you crying? Stop crying, I didn't say I'm leaving you and your mom!"
"Really?"
Nathan nodded, "Really."
Anya blinked her big eyes, still looking a bit uneasy.
Nathan took a deep breath, pointed at his own face, "Come, give me a kiss. That's proof that I'm not lying to you."
Anya blinked her big eyes, climbed from Nathan's belly to his chest, and held his face with her soft little hands.
"Smack—"
"Muah—"
"Pop—"
Anya kept kissing his face.
"Alright, alright, you've slobbered all over my face!"
Nathan dodged Anya’s "wet kisses" with a disgusted look.
Anya looked at Nathan's face and giggled.
Nathan burped, looked at Anya's cute little face, and after a while, suddenly said,
"Little one, will you call me dad?"
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