Chapter 4
It was Anthony's birthday weekend, his ex wife wanted to celebrate it with him and his kids at their home. Anthony said yes because he wanted to be a good dad for his kids, he talked to Sebastian as they were making dinner in Anthony's apartment.
"Baby, are you okay with me going to my ex wife's place, next weekend? They want to celebrate my birthday." Anthony asked as he tossed the salad.
"Babe, you don't have to ask for my permission to spend time with the kids. And come on baby, it's your birthday. They can have the weekend with you, i have the whole week with my baby." Sebastian replied as he dumps the potatoes in the soup.
"Sometimes i wonder, if I'm the blessed one." Anthony said as he leans over and kissed Sebastian cheeks.
"Sometimes i wonder, are we already married or not?" Sebastian chuckles.
"Wanna make it official then, Stan?" Anthony teased him.
"Not yet baby. Come on now stop tossing the salad and help me with the soup." Sebastian laughs next to him.
"You always turn me down when i ask you to marry me." Anthony groans.
"Well ask me nicely next time. Be romantic." Sebastian laughs as he pulls out wine glasses and a bottle of wine.
"I got you baby." Anthony chuckles as he took a glass of wine.
The weekend came, Anthony was in his backyard, tossing burger patty, barbecuing hotdogs as he sips his beer in his red cup. Talking to some of his relatives as he watched his kids run around the backyard. He laughed as his uncle told him about something had happened at his work. His family knew about the divorce, they were okay with it. But his parents didn't like it how his ex wife still clings onto him like a leech, acting as if they were still in love.
She's clinging to him, hugging his arms as she laughed at whatever he said, throwing her head back as she laugh, slapping his arms as they talked, Anthony was clearly uncomfortable. A car had parked by their driveway, and Anthony couldn't helped but smile when the driver steps out.
Sebastian walks up to the backyard, with his present under his arm, he smiles wider when his eyes met Anthony's. Anthony just pushed his ex wife away and ran up to Sebastian, throwing himself into Sebastian's arm.
"Happy birthday sweetheart!" Sebastian greets him.
"Baby! I've missed you!" Anthony said as he snuggle into Sebastian's neck.
"Haha i missed you too. How's the celebration going?" Sebastian asked as they pulled apart.
"Everything's okay. What brings you here?" Anthony replies as he took the present from Sebastian.
"Firstly to celebrate my boyfriend's birthday, second thing, is to meet your family. The third thing, is to save you from your clingy ex wife." Sebastian said as he looks at Anthony then looks at the ex wife, as she glares at him. Anthony smiles and leans over, kissed his forehead and wraps an arm around his waist.
"Thank you baby." Anthony whispers as he kissed Sebastian again.
As they enjoyed their afternoon, laughing as they sipped their beer, eating the food Anthony had cooked. Sebastian played with his kids, and they were inseparable, Anthony's kids followed him around, Sebastian then let them take a nap in one of their bedrooms and then went back down to meet Anthony, just in time for him to cut his cake.
As everybody sings him a birthday song, he smiles as he blew the candle out, everyone cheered, Sebastian stood by the couch as he watched Anthony cut his cake. Anthony then clears his throat and lift one of his wine glasses.
"Firstly, i wanted to say thank you to everyone who came out today for my birthday, it's really special and I'm really happy. Secondly, yes the rumours are true that I'm gay. And thirdly, Sebastian could you come here for awhile." Anthony said as he waves Sebastian over.
"This is my boyfriend, my future life partner. Sebastian." Anthony introduce Sebastian to his family.
It was awkward silence at first, but his uncle got up from his seat and walks over to Anthony, pulls him into a hug and slaps his back, laughing.
"I'm so proud of you, boy." His uncle said.
"Sebastian right?" His aunty said as she walks up to Sebastian, he just nods at her
"You do know right, once you go black, you can't go back." His aunty tease him.
"Let's say, I'm never gonna go back." Sebastian chuckles.
"Welcome to the family!" His cousin cheered as she pulls them into a hug.
"Sebastian, join us for thanksgiving this year alright. You've made my son mad happy, I'm gonna cook for you something nice!" His mother said as she pulls him down, kissing his cheeks.
"We should open more wine for this beautiful day!" His dad cheered.
As the party ended with most of Anthony's relative gone home, Sebastian was helping to clean the backyard when one of Anthony's kid ran up to him and hugged his leg.
"Hi papa!" His son said.
"Hey there buddy, it's late, why aren't you sleeping?" Sebastian asked as he crouch down and carried him.
"I wanted to say bye bye before you leave with daddy. I'm glad you made daddy happy." He said as he nuzzled into Sebastian's neck.
"I'm glad he made me happy too. Time for bed. Let's go now." Sebastian said as he made his way inside.
"Baby, let me. You wait in the car. I'll bring him up then we can go home." Anthony said as he took over.
"Goodbye papa!" His son said as Anthony carried him up.
Sebastian got in the car and started the engine, he hums to the music that was playing, tapping his fingers on the steering wheel. Anthony got in the car, he leans over and kissed Sebastian's cheek.
"Thank you for today, my love." Anthony said.
"Anything for my boyfriend. Let's go home. It's my turn to celebrate with you." Sebastian chuckles as he starts to drive off.