When they got to the police station, Qilin stopped them "Guys, we want to change, we can't go in there with fake identities"
Sean nodded "What if the mother hasn't filed a complaint and he would definitely not want to stay with the officers so when we want to bring him back, the police will question us"
Andre said "Well, the parking lot is in between the mall and the police station so we'll wait out here"
Qilin and Sean went back to the car with Milk as Azlin gave them the car key
They got to the car and Milk already dozed off which made what they wanted to do much easier so they placed him in the passenger seat while they went to the back seat and closed the doors so they could change
Sean said as they changed "We won't be able to go to the party if Milk comes back with us"
Qilin looked at Milk "I already lost the mood to go since I saw him"
Sean nodded "I also don't feel like going anymore. He's blind, his mum is missing and his dad is dead, he's already going through so much at a young age.."
Sean paused and widened his eyes "What if his mommy abandoned him?"
Qilin shook his head "Don't say such things, a mother wouldn't do that"
Sean looked down dejectedly "Mine did.."
Qilin was shocked when he heard that "I-i.. Sean, I'm sorry, w-what happened"
Sean pursed his lips then said "Actually, they got divorced and my dad took custody of my younger brother and gave me to my mum who later left me. She dropped me off at school and never came back. It was the twins who took me home and told their parents so they took me in. They're the ones paying for my fees even though I said I wanted to work for it"
Qilin patted Sean's hair "It was really kind of them to do that. I also lost my mum, let's be there for each other, okay?"
Sean nodded then Qilin glanced at the sleeping toddler "And Milk too at least till his mother comes back, let's have hope she will"
The duo came back with sleeping Milk then Andre smirked "Hehe, you two look better this way and the boy kind of looks like you now, Qilin"
The other two kind of agreed to the statement as Andre said "If you didn't dye the lower part of your hair purple, he would look like the smaller though more manlier version of you"
Qilin rolled his eyes then when he was about to say something, Milk woke up and rubbed his tummy "Mommy, Hungwy"
The three of them looked at Andre who folded his arms "What? I'm an errand boy now?"
Azlin said "Just go get him something to eat then come meet us inside the station, you can get it on the other side of the mall, not far away"
Sean said "Andy, I'll go with you"
Andre stopped complaining "Okay! Let's go"
When those two left, Azlin and Qilin stepped into the station and their presence drew attention
While Azlin went up to one of the officers, Milk complained to Qilin "Mommy, Hungwy"
Qilin tried to comfort him "Uncle Andre and Uncle Sean have gone to get your meal, they'll be here soon, try to be patient okay?"
Milk pouted but nodded "Okay, Mommy"
Azlin came back to the two of them "He said the second office after the left turn, Officer Alex Saw is the one around for that"
Then they went there and Azlin gently knocked on the door
A voice replied "Come in"
Then they entered and saw a guy with blonde hair and banana yellow eyes dressed in neatly ironed police who looked pretty young
Alex stood up and signalled for them to seat
Azlin and Qilin sat down but Qilin looked skeptical
Alex noticed Qilin's expression and smiled "Miss, yes I know I look young but I'm already thirty this year but I am new in this position since I only just got here a few months ago now who is missing"
Qilin sat Milk on his lap and said "He is the one and also I'm not a girl"
Alex was surprised but gained his composure back "Okay could you please explain how everything happened"
Qilin explained everything carefully but didn't include that he separated from his friends out of mischief
When he was done explaining, Alex Saw went through the files on the table for about a few minutes then sighed "Sorry but no Zanelock has come to report anything. The thing is, people are only allowed to report missing cases to the station after twenty four hours of absence so maybe by tomorrow, we will have something. Do you know what she looks like or her name?"
Qilin shook his head "Milk is blind so we have no clue but we haven't asked for her name though"
Azlin asked the boy "Milk, what's Mommy's name?"
Now this was where the problem was, Milk pouted "Milk does wot know h-how to pwowounsh it"
Qilin sighed and thought of an excuse to get him to say it "Milk so if someone asks you when I'm not there, you won't be able to say it, that's very bad, Mommy is sad"
Milk turned around and looked for Qilin's face "No no Mommy, don't be sad, Milk will shay it"
Milk sucked his thumb and tried to recall then after a few minutes
Milk removed his thumb "Sh-shong Chichi"
Qilin furrowed his eyebrows as he tried to make sense of how he pronounced it "Zhang Shizhi?"
Milk excitedly clapped his hands "Yes, Mommy! I gwot it!"
Qilin ruffled his hair "You did, Milk well done"
Alex puckered his lips "Okay then could you two also leave your contact information so I could get through to you if we get anything?"
They nodded and when they were about to write down their information when a loud bang was heard and there was a knock on the door then Alex said "Come in please"
And in came, Andre, Sean and a police officer rushed in "Officer Saw! There has been a bombing incident in the mall and the situation is unknown as the firefighters have been called to come put down the fire. All officers have been called to barricade the area"
Alex stood up in urgency while Azlin and Qilin quickly wrote their information down "You guys should leave right now. This could have been an accident or a terrorist attack so hurry up and leave the vicinity"
The six of them left the office immediately, Officer Saw and a few other subordinates rushed to join the others who were at the scene and Azlin told the other three to wait on the side of the police station while he goes to get the car since they were taking that route
Qilin asked as he tried to calm down the frightened toddler "Andre, Sean, what happened?"
Sean was still a bit shaken because they passed by the building when the explosion happened so Andre was the one that spoke up "So we went to get Milk's food and Sean said we should hurry back since he'll be hungry and when we passed by the mall, the explosion went off and everyone started running out of the mall because the building was collapsing. Sean was frozen out of fear so I dragged him here"
Qilin asked "What of Milk's food?"
Andre pursed his lips and showed the only thing that survived the struggle "Only these milky doughnuts survived"
Qilin sighed "At least something is left. We haven't had lunch and it's already past twelve so Milk will have this first to hold him then we'll get something together later"
Qilin gently rubbed Sean's back "Are you alright?"
Qilin noticed something "He's shivering, Andre, give him your jacket"
Andre immediately complied and the car arrived then Azlin said as they got in "Sorry I took a while, the parking lot was a bit disordered"
Qilin sat in the passenger seat with Milk while Andre sat in the back with Sean to try to calm him down "Sean, we've left and are safe now"
Azlin puckered his lips and quickly drove away from the place
Although Milk and Sean were the only ones visibly shaken because of the incident, the other three were terrified too but tried not to show it
Andre composed his feelings so he could calm Sean down, same went for Qilin who was trying to distract Milk's attention with food and Azlin was also composing himself because he had to drive them away
The five of them probably would never forget that day
After twenty minutes of driving, Qilin was able to feed Milk and sean had calmed down so he asked "Sean, so wanna go have Korean food?"
Sean became excited "Of course, we can't pass on that"
Andre sighed in relief and Qilin smiled while Azlin changed the direction on the GPS to the nearest Korean restaurant
When they got inside, Sean admired the way they made the place feel like they were stepping into another country entirely
Milk was fascinated by the singing birds and asked "Mommy, Bwirdsh shinging, Milk wants touch"
Azlin smiled slightly "Looks like someone is an animal lover"
Qilin touched Milk's nose with his index finger "No you can't because they'll get scared and fly away"
Milk made a surprised expression "Oh Milk no want Bwirdsh go"
Qilin caressed his hair "Then don't touch them"
Sean smiled at his cute expression "You know, Linlin, Milk does kind of resemble you"
Qilin pouted "Nonsense, that's not possible"
Then they got a table and sat on futons while Milk sat on Linlin's lap
The waitress who was dressed in a pretty hanbok bowed and handed them the menu then they ordered and she said "Will be with you in a few minutes"
Five minutes later, she came back with some juices for each of them and placed it in front of them "Your drinks"
Andre said "We didn't order these"
The waitress smiled "It is a courtesy of our restaurant to give drinks to the customers while they wait for their food. It is not included in the bill"
They were surprised when they heard that and Andre grinned "Nice"
Sean giggled "Andre loves anything free"
Azlin said "To the point that it is unsettling"
Qilin said "So Milk will stay with me and Lin. The dorm rules don't include not letting a child stay with us, right?"
Sean nodded "It doesn't and our dorm master isn't that strict like other dorms. My friend Shawn says their dorm master checks their rooms between nine thirty to ten o clock and even if you're asleep, you have to open the door also if they are not back by nine thirty, the dorm doors are already closed. Pets are strictly not allowed"
Qilin ruffled Milk's hair "Luckily, Milk's not a pet but a toddler"
Azlin asked "But what should we do when we go for lectures? We can't take him along"
Qilin realized that too "But this is university, we should be allowed to bring kids to class and it's not like he's a baby who'll cry and disturb the lecture. He is the type of obedient toddler that likes sleeping"
Andre raised his eyebrow as Milk yawned "My mum called me lazy for sleeping a lot when I was younger"
Azlin sighed "It's not about the school but the students, everyone will be judging you and he won't let you focus in class"
Sean dropped the juice as he got an idea "Then let's drop him at a daycare and go get him after classes are done for the day"
Qilin became worried "But he's blind, he'll be scared to be alone with people he isn't familiar with"
Azlin said "We have no choice, he'll cry a little in the beginning but he will get used to it later on and maybe have some friends of his age"
Qilin's mind still didn't settle with the idea "B-but isn't he a little too old for daycare, Milk, how old are you?"
Milk counted his fingers and raised three up then bent one finger "Milk Two and a half"
Azlin asked "Does he look like he can go to normal school? Linlin, think straight for once. He's a special one and has to go to daycare, you can't take him with you for lectures"
Qilin pouted "I can do it. I will focus. He can go to a special school when we find one for him"
Andre and Sean watched on the sidelines as the two argued like parents
Sean couldn't take it anymore when they started raising their voices and people were looking over at their table "You two are starting to draw attention here"
Milk sulked "Mommy, Uncle, don't wight pwease"
Sean almost spat out his juice as Andre laughed and teased Azlin "Uncle! Haha, Azah's an uncle now"
Qilin held his laughter and Azlin held his forehead as he ignored their teasing "Linlin, he'll go to a daycare for now and we will send him to a special school when we find one, that is final"
Qilin reluctantly agreed "Fine"
The waitress brought their meal and bowed as she left "Enjoy your food"
As Qilin was eating, he also fed Milk too "Say ah"
Then a chopstick holding meat appeared in his point of view and Azlin said "I'm sorry for shouting at you earlier"
Qilin wanted to be angry but decided to leave it and let Azlin feed him the meat "It's fine. I was the one being unreasonable"
Then two people at the table a few feet away said "The father is very gentle to the wife even though she was the one who argued while he was thinking for the child's future"
The other person said "But she probably couldn't bear to be away from her kid since he is disabled so it also is not her fault"
Andre said loudly "We can hear you!"
The two gossiping women shut up while Qilin's face became beet red and Azlin asked "Linlin, are you alright?"
Sean chuckled "Linlin's just embarrassed because they think he is a girl and also a mother haha"
Qilin pouted and nudged Sean who just kept laughing and Andre laughed too which made Azlin puckered his lips inward because he wanted to hold his laughter
Qilin just continued eating and ignored the trio who were making fun of him
When Milk finished eating, he looked for Qilin's sleeve and pulled on it "Peepee"
Qilin asked "Milk wants to use the restroom?"
Milk nodded and Qilin said to the others who were about to finish their meal "We'll be right back"
Qilin got to the passage that led to the restrooms and placed Milk on the ground because he wanted to adjust his pullover when someone tapped his shoulder
Qilin turned around and got slapped in the face which made him take a step back in utter shock
Milk shivered "Mommy!"
Qilin snapped back to reality when he heard Milk and said "Milk, don't worry, everything's fine"
The woman who slapped Qilin harrumphed "That's what you get for acting all high and mighty earlier"
Qilin hid Milk behind him "Milk, cover your ears"
Qilin then faced the woman "Ma'am I don't know you, why did you slap me for no reason?"
The woman folded her arms "Your friend embarrassed us in front of the whole restaurant. Just cause we were talking about you doesn't mean you had to call out on us, you deserve that slap because it's all your fault people are judging me and my friend!"
Qilin smiled wryly "Ma'am, you're being unreasonable right now, I-"
The woman cut him off "Unreasonable? I-"
Qilin cut her off with a backhand slap "A hit for a hit, don't try me again or I'll report you"
The woman glared at Qilin with fury as he dusted his hands on his clothes "Now let bygones be bygones and we'll act like this never happened"
The woman stomped her foot on the ground angrily and left
Milk asked as Qilin carried him "Mommy, Who shlapped you"
Qilin patted his hair "No need to worry about nut jobs, Milk but I did slap her back"
Milk clapped excitedly "Hooway, Mummy!"
Qilin smiled and poked Milk's nose gently "You cute little thing"
The duo came back from the restroom in high spirits and Qilin noticed that the woman and her friend had already left which made him smirk
Azlin who was seated across Qilin looked at him puzzledly and Andre said "You two are in a pretty good mood"
Qilin said "It's nothing"
Milk wanted to say something then Qilin stopped him by whispering something into his ear and he nodded then kept shut
Azlin asked "Milk, do you want to say something?"
Milk shook his head cutely
Sean became suspicious "Are you two hiding something from us?"
Qilin replied "Not at all. Well the bill has probably been paid since the dishes are cleared so can we get going now?"