71 Start Of Happy Times - 03 (2/2)

”My little kid, my good boy, go to sleep now, daddy's here, he will be here when you wake up.” Later he put Zeref back to sleep while showing his love cuddling to him.

Faust who was still awake all this time pretending to be asleep starts crying as he hugged his knees. ”Having a mom and dad is a good thing.” He thought as tears kept rolling from the corner of his eye. His pillow turned cold and wet after he cried for a while.

They all used to go to a playground to play and his aunt only made Zeref try out every swing, slides and seesaw and many while Faust stood at a distance clapping sadly.

His uncle offered to give a swing to Faust but after a few minutes, he was called by his wife and he never came back to Faust. Faust just had to stand and watch everything the whole time, his sorrow increased more as he saw parents hold the hand of their kids and walked in happiness.

He stopped all the sorrow in his throat and cried his heart out at nights when everybody was asleep.

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All of these things repeated for a few more days until Gus was back from the mainland. Faust who was sitting alone on a stone outside his aunt's house was startled as soon as he heard a familiar voice.

”Fausty! It's you grandpa yo! I'm here!” Gus said with a smile and his arms spread wide open.

”G-grandpa!” Faust quickly went to hide his face in his grandpa's chest.

”Huh? Huh? Looks like somebody is missed eh?” Gus tried to tease Faust but he still didn't let go of his hold. Soon, Faust started to cry while holding the shirt of Gus.

”Huh? Fausty? Why are you crying? I'm here now hehe, don't cry my little hero. Who will save me if you cry? hehe.” Gus said as he gently patted Faust's head.

The aunt who realized that Gus had come back came out in a rush. ”Oh! Gus! My my how many days has it been?” She said with a nervous smile.

”I'm good sister! How are you? I just came back and saw Faust is crying for some reason.”

”Ahh ahh it is nothing! He missed you so much all these days, poor kid heh, he misses you. Say Gus, why don't you come in and drink something?” The aunt quickly tried to divert Gus' concern from Faust.

”I appreciate your thoughts sister, I need to go back and look at my animals I left in the care of Stella. Bella would be missing Faust too.” Gus politely rejected her offer.

”Ah Stella huh? Her kid is Nick who is the same age as Faust and Zeref right? It's a good idea, take Faust there. He will play with the kids and his mood will be okay soon.” She said with a frantic smile.

Gus took his leave and walks as he carry Faust in his arms who was still resting his head on Gus shoulders while looking sad.

”Grandpa!” Faust who was sad and silent all this while spoke up with a sad tone. ”Hmm?” Gus answered while wondering what happened to his grandson, who mean the world to him.