"Ahhhhhhhh man it's good to be home" said Alex as he stood in his apartment looking around he got reminded of his dire living situation his apartment was very small it only had one bed room, a bathroom and kitchen that acted as a living room although it was small and quite cramped it was the best he could do especially now he used up all his savings and even dipped into the trust fund his parents set up before they're passing "I have enough to be a whale around 80,000 credits but not enough to dominate at first the game was fairly small with only a bit over 100k players ofcourse it was hot news in the genre but cultivation has been a dead genre in games for years… but in a few weeks it's when it starts getting popular outside the lovers of the genre" said Alex as it sounds as he is lecturing someone on why the game is the future of gaming but in fact he was alone, Alex sighed as he sat on his cough that also acted as his dinning table "let me text bro it's been like 2 hours since we separated" said Alex as he looked at the time on his phone '12:15 pm huh just 45 more minutes'
{hey bro you got home safe?}
"Daddyyy!!" This was the first thing Derrick heard when he opened the door of his apartment before he could even respond a small figure hugged his legs while giggling seeing this only brought a smile to derricks face as he gently carried her and said "cmon sweetheart how am I suppose to walk if you cling to my leg" in response all he heard was giggling Derrick just smiled as he walked into his apartment and closed the door, derricks apartment was similar to Alex's even the number of rooms were the same even the "living room" and kitchen but one very drastic change it was messy "I only left you for a few hours and look at the mess you made" in response all he got was giggling as he put his daughter down to watch tv he cleaned up the apartment, a big sigh was heard as Derrick sat on the couch with enough force to almost bounce his daughter to the ceiling looking at her startled he couldn't help but laugh as he hugged her in his arms as he watched tv with her interesting enough it was one of those cultivation tv series " your really into this series sweetheart" asked Derrick very quickly she responded "this one is funnier from the rest the young master looks like a pig and he says "courting death" she said in her best impression of a young master "he even says that to the immortals" she said as she started giggling while Derrick just rubbed her head making her hair messy as he got up saying "what do you want to eat for breakfast baby" hearing this she quickly responded "dad can you make pancakes please"
"Daddy's pancakes are good as always" said Emilie with an empty plate and a satisfied smile as she sat on the couch Derrick who was sitting next to her was about to talk when his phone vibrated since it was on a small glass table it was very noticeable so Emilie quickly asked "do you have to go to work today?" With a face and tone that would make anyone want to pamper her "ofcourse not it's the weekends I'm off today" said Derrick with a smile but he too had the same concern as his boss did call him on the weekends to work before, picking up his phone and seeing it was a message from an unknown number made him sign in relief he was wondering who sent him a message 'probably a scam' thought Derrick as he opened the message {hey bro you got home safe?} seeing this message he was confused for a second till he finally realized who it was how can he forget that man he did more than the people in his life for him in just 30 minutes, seeing her father relaxed with a smile as he looked at his phone Emilie couldn't help but be noisy and ask "daddy who is it, is it a girl?" She said the last part giggling as Derrick just shook his head and smiled "it's a friend sweety" hearing her fathers response Emilie couldn't help but tilt her head in confusion as she says "but daddy you never mentioned friends did you make new friends to like me hehe" Emilie said giggling none stop as she never heard her dad mention friends she thought he made new friends like she did in this school year, seeing his daughter laugh and mention her new school friends really brought a smile to derricks face as he just simply said "yes it's daddy's new friend sweety" immediately after saying this derricks big head was hugged by his daughter as she said while giggling and playfully "daddy made new friends, daddy made new friends!!"
It took Derrick 5 minutes to calm Emilie down and he couldn't blame her she only had him growing up her daddy always told her to make friends in school but he never mentioned friends of his own, as Emilie calmed down Derrick looked at the message again once again he smiled when was the last time someone sent him some caring words 'I hadn't seen words like this since mother passed' thought Derrick as he smiled wider he wasn't always a single father he had his mother to help him take care of his daughter sadly as a single mother herself she stressed herself too hard to provide for a baby and a kid passing away only 7 months after his daughters birth