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Chapter 35 Part 2 *Skip A Beat*

~Sophia

"I thought he's wearing a diaper!"

"He is!"

"How did he pee on me then?!"

"Maybe it leaked," I say, biting my lip, but still, I can't hold my laughter anymore so I laugh.

If I'm right, it's the loudest laugh I've had in a long time. It feels good to laugh.

Draky's face was priceless! And now he's glaring at me for laughing at him. I can't help but to laugh harder. Poor Draky, he got peed on.

Rain is so smart to crawl onto his lap at the right time.

"What's that sound?" Draky asks suddenly.

I listen for a second and then realize what it is. It comes out slow at first and then it taps on the roof louder.

"It's raining," I say obviously.

Draky glances at Rain and mutters something under his breath.

"We should change Rain's diaper," I suggest.

"I need to change my clothes," he replies, "but before that, I have to take a bath." He wrinkles his nose for the foul smell.

Rain laughs at him, pulling his hair towards him.

"Ow!" Draky snaps.

A wicked smile appears on my face. Karma's so fast. He laughed at me earlier when Rain pulled my hair and now it's happening to him.

Finally, Rain lets go of him.

"Rain Rain go away," Draky mutters, smoothing down his hair, "come again another day."

"Are you singing?" I ask incredulously.

He grins. "It's kind of ironic that it's raining after Rain peed on me."

I raise my eyebrow but I don't know what to say. He's right. I didn't expect to rain because a few hours ago, the sun is high up in the sky. The weather is unpredictable nowadays. The ozone layer is slowly deteriorating because of the people who aren't living right.

"Rain Rain go away," Draky sings, breaking me from my reverie, "come again another day."

Rain's even clapping his hands. He doesn't know that Draky wants him to leave. I'm about to stop him when he continues.

"Pie and Draky wants to learn, Rain Rain go away."

A laugh escapes from my mouth. I can't believe he's doing these things! He's not the Drake Swift I know!

Draky glances at me, fighting the urge to smile. He's holding Rain away from him awkwardly. I have to say that he has a nice voice. If he auditions in a singing competition, he'll probably win. With that face, he can—

"Pie?"

"Yes?" I shake my head and blink my eyes to clear my thoughts.

"I need to shower now."

"Oh, yeah," I mumble.

Walking towards them, I get Rain from Draky. I'm careful not to hold him too close because I might be wet like him.

Draky stands up and that's when I see the stain on his jeans.

Another set of laugher comes out of my mouth. He looks like he peed on himself!

He scowls at me and then ruffles my hair. I slap his hand impulsively.

Suddenly, he leans close to me. I swear my heart skips a beat. When our faces are just a few inches away from each other, I stomp his feet.

He yelps in surprise, jumping with one foot. "Why did you do that?!"

"Get away from me!"

Rain squirms at my hold on him which makes it hard to move away from Draky.

"You smell," I blurt out.

He pauses and straightens himself. He smells his body self consciously and mutters, "I do not."

"Yes you do."

"I do not," he grumbles, "it's Rain you smell."

"It's you."

He shrugs. "I'm going to shower now," he says. "Let's see who smells then." He walks out of the room with a mischievous smile plastered on his face.

"Good job Rain," I say quietly.

He smiles at me like he knows what I'm talking about.

"It's time to change your diaper."

Unfortunately, I don't know how to do that. Getting the little blanket from his bag, I put it on the floor. I lay Rain on the middle and start to take off his shorts. I wrinkle my nose. The smell is well, disgusting.

Swallowing the lump in my throat, I take off Rain's diaper, and that's when I see it's full. No wonder it leaked on Draky. A smile tugs at the corner of my mouth because of the memory. I'm sure I won't forget it for the rest of my life. Its image is clearly plastered in my mind.

Rummaging in the bag, I find baby wipes so I decide to clean him first. He's restless, kicking his feet and moving his body side by side.

The rain's not stopping yet. I hope the electricity won't die because of it. One time, due to a heavy rain, the electricity went off for a day. Of course, the classes were suspended.

When I find Rain's diaper, I read the instructions first. The packaging has three pictures on how to put it on the baby. Unfortunately, it doesn't make sense to me. I can't just put shorts on Rain without a diaper so I might as well try.

On the first attempt, the diaper is loose so it falls off him. On the second, it's too tight, and Rain gasps for breaths. I take it off quickly before he cries. On the third try, I finally get it right. I breathe a sigh of relief and wipe the sweat from my forehead. Only Rain can make me sweat in this cold day.

While I search for his shorts, he crawls away quickly to the couch.

"Rain," I call.

He turns his head and smiles at me.

"Come here baby," I say, raising his shorts in my hands.

He continues to crawl away from me. I think he wants to play. Standing up, I go after him and scoop him in my arms. He laughs, showing his three upper front teeth and two lower teeth.

To my amazement, he squirms away from me, wanting to crawl on the ground. Heaving a sigh, I kneel down and lay him on the blanket again.

Where's Draky when you need him? It's hard to wear Rain's shorts to him all by myself. Finally, I get hold of his feet and put it on.

It's not even an hour yet but I'm already tired. Leaning at the back of the couch, I stretch my feet in front of me.

Rain crawls next to me and starts to sit up. Suddenly he stands slowly, gaining his balance, holding the couch for support.

My jaw drops to the ground as I stare at him walk with his hands on the couch. Why am I surprised? Being one year and five months old, he knows how to walk already.

Rain slides on the floor, falling on his knees. I walk quickly to where he is; making my self ready for his cry, but nothing comes out. He looks confused as he scratches his knees,

"Oh Rain," I murmur, hugging him tight. "You're brave for not crying."

He holds my hands and makes it his anchor to stand again. He walks slowly while I hold his upper body so he won't fall again.

That's when Draky enters the room. He's wearing shorts and a t-shirt. His hair's still wet from showering and it makes him look good and sexy at the same time. His mouth pulls upward when he catches me staring at him.

"See something you like?" he says amusedly, pausing in the threshold.

"No," I deny quickly, tearing my gaze off him.

I can feel the blood rising to my cheeks. I hate the way he makes me feel!

Draky makes his way towards me and looks at Rain approvingly. "I see that you changed his diaper," he says, wiggling his eyebrows.

Rain moves towards him and Draky quickly raises his hands. "I just took a shower."

Rolling my eyes, I tell him, "Throw his diaper if you don't want to hold him."

He makes a face but still follows my order. He gets up, takes the dirty diaper and throws it in the trash bin beside the door.

"What now?" he asks.

"I think we should move to a different place," I suggest.

"It's still raining," Draky says obviously, glancing at the window.

"I know," I mutter. "What I meant was that we should, like go to the entertainment room."

"Oh." Realization crosses his face. "Let's go then."

He grabs Rain's bag while I stand up carefully, holding Rain in my arms.

In the movie room, I sit on the couch, and put Rain on my lap.

Draky's kneeling beside the cabinet, choosing what movie to watch.

"It should be a cartoon," I say.

"Miss your childhood days?" he asks, tilting his head to the side.

Ugh!

He knows what I mean so why does he always ask stupid questions? And why does he like teasing me? It's so annoying!

He smiles, eyes glittering in delight, like he knows what I'm thinking.

Meanwhile, Rain crawls down to the carpeted ground and quickly goes to where Draky is.

Draky scoops him up to his arms and stands up. He throws Rain in the air and catches him after.

I stare at him, eyes wide with shock, mouth hanging open as he do it repeatedly.

Rain bursts out laughing, enjoying the feeling of flying.

"Draky," I snap.

He looks at me, startled. "What?"

"What are you doing?" I ask furiously. "He might vomit! Do you want that to happen?!"

"No," he whispers.

Rain leans on Draky's chest and settles there, making his self comfortable. Draky touches his hair, gazing at him wonderingly. He's smiling while doing it. In that instant, it's hard to know what he's thinking. He's so different from before. He really has a perso—

"Let's watch SpongeBob," he says, interrupting my thoughts. "Do you like SpongeBob, Rain?"

So that's what we do. Watch marathon show of SpongeBob SquarePants. Rain's sitting between Draky and me. He's clapping every now and then as if he understands what SpongeBob and Patrick are talking about.

"Who do you think is the protagonist of the show?" Draky asks.

"SpongeBob," I say obviously.

"Are you sure?" he asks, smirking. "What about his best friend Patrick?"

"What about him?"

"His name is Patrick Star," he points out.

"Ha ha," I say warily, "funny."

But I have to give Draky some credit. I wonder why they named Patrick Star even though he's not the protagonist of the show. Really ironic.

We're on the fourth show when my stomach growls.

Draky certainly hears it because he grins. "Its time to eat," he says cheerfully, "someone's hungry."

"I am," I say.

I'm not a bit embarrassed to admit it because it's true. Besides, what's the point of lying when he already hears the evidence?

"What do you want to eat?" he asks.

"You'll cook?"

"No," he says sheepishly, scratching the back of his head.

I don't know why it disappoints me. "I'll cook then."

"What about Chinese food?"

"That's a good idea!" I say, not even thinking about it.

My parents used to buy take out Chinese food before. I miss eating it and of course, I miss my parents.

"It's settled then," Draky says, getting up to dial the telephone number of the Chinese food a few blocks away from here.

A couple of minutes later, the doorbell rings.

"That's fast," Draky says.

"Yes," I agree. I'm really hungry and I want to eat now. My stomach is complaining already.

Draky stands up and goes to the living room to get our food.

Rain suddenly cries, looking at Draky's retreating figure.

"Ssshh," I murmur, "he'll come back."

He stares at me doubtfully with tears in his eyes.

"You really like him, huh?"

I smile. What do I expect him to say? As if he can already talk.

Draky carries two bags in his hands. He puts them on the table. He gives me a Chinese bowl and we start to eat in silence while watching SpongeBob.

I give Rain his milk but he refuses to take it.

Out of nowhere, Draky feeds Rain his food.

"What are you doing?" I ask.

"Feeding him," he says.

"What if he's allergic to it?"

"I doubt it," he says, putting another food in Rain's mouth. "See? He likes it."

I sigh, watching Rain grab the spoon from Draky's hand.

"He even wants to feed himself," Draky says amusedly.

I leave them alone, and just concentrate on my food.

After eating, Draky puts the dirty bowls at the plastic and takes them to the kitchen. He comes back, carrying a large comforter in his hands. He moves the furniture aside and puts the comforter in the center of the room.

"What's that for?" I ask curiously.

"I want to sleep," he says, grabbing a throw pillow and lying down on his back.

I'm about to ask him why don't he just sleep in the guest room when Rain crawls and lies next to him.

Draky smiles, and gets another pillow for Rain.

"Will you join us?" he asks.

"N-no," I murmur. I don't know why my face is heating up!

"Are you sure? There's still room for you."

"I. . I s-said no," I stutter, looking away from him.

"Okay," he says with a shrug. "That means its just Rain and me then."

Facing the television, I put my knees on the couch and hug them tight. I try not to look at the guy lying a few feet below me.

The images I see from the show are just a blur, I don't really see them. They're just things moving without a particular act.

I don't know how many minutes have passed, but when I look at Draky and Rain, I see that they're both sleeping peacefully. They even have the same position.

It's my first time to see Draky sleeping and he looks innocent; you won't think he's playing a prank on me.

While looking at him, thousand thoughts run in my head. What am I getting myself into? If we spend more times together, we'll hurt much more when this end. Isn't that what I want – for him to get hurt like what he did to me?

Rain stirs from his sleep, and Draky puts his hand on Rain's hand unconsciously, stopping him from waking up.

A smile appears on my face without my permission as I look at them sleep like father and son.

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