Cohabitation With My Ex-Husband

This morning, the living room at Michael's residence was so lively.

"AHHHH!!!! I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! AHHHH! OH MY GODS! AHHHHH!" Gabriel shouted excitedly when he finally opened the present Santa had given him and saw Batman's car which was so cool.

Raphael, who had also seen the presents Santa gave him, just smiled. Turns out he also got Batman's car.

"Didn't Rapa like the presents Santa gave?" asked Sarah when she saw her son's reaction which was very different from his twin brother.

"No, I love the Batman car! It looks cool! Santa must have given me Batman's car because I didn't ask for presents, did he, Mommy? So it is the same as Riel!" Raphael said with a smile on his face.

Sarah smiled at her son's innocence. "Of course! Rapa is so smart!" Sarah replied, stroking her son's cheek and kissing his forehead.

"Where are the other presents? Mommy and Daddy will give me another present, right?!" said Gabriel excitedly. He carefully put his wrapped Batman car aside and looked for his other presents.

He loves Christmas so much! Many presents will be given by him.

"Who do you want to give you the presents first? Mommy or Daddy?" asked Michael with a smile on his face.

The two kids looked silent when they heard that.

"I want to see Daddy's present first!" said Raphael. He wanted to see his Mommy's present last.

Michael then smiled and took his present which he hid behind the Christmas tree.

"Here's a present for the two of you!" answered Michael with a smile on his face.

The faces of the two kids looked surprised when they saw the small box held out by their Daddy. Their faces looked a little disappointed.

Honestly, they were expecting their Daddy to present them in a big box, and not a small box like this.

"Why do you guys look so disappointed? Daddy is really sad," Michael said in a sulky tone.

"It's not like that, Daddy. We'll open the presents," Raphael said as he touched his father's arm to comfort him and started to open his presents.

Sarah just smiled at the behavior of her two kids. She had deliberately told Michael not to give big presents, as well as to teach them.

"Ohh! I got a watch!" said Raphael. He then turned to Gabriel to peek at what his younger brother had got.

"Me too!" Gabriel said, nodding his head.

"Thanks, Daddy!" Raphael said, turning to Michael. Gabriel who saw that also did the same thing.

"You're welcome! Daddy's glad you did! Here, let Daddy put this on for you," Michael said then started helping his kids to use their watches.

"Actually… this is Batman's watch," Michael answered suddenly.

"Eh?" Both of them looked confused by Michael's words earlier.

"Look! Raphael, try bringing your watch close to your mouth, then say "Call my Mommy"."

The little boy then did what Michael said, and did what he was told.

Not long after, the sound of a ringing tone immediately sounded.

"Oh! Someone called Mommy!" Sarah said then picked up the call.

"Hello."

Raphael glanced at Sarah, then at his watch that had just let out his Mommy's voice.

"Mommy can hear me?" asked Raphael talking into his watch.

Sarah nodded then pressed the loudspeaker button on her cellphone and told Raphael to speak.

"Ohhh! Cool!" Raphael said with shining eyes.

"You can also call Daddy. Just say "Call my Daddy"" Michael said.

This time, it was Gabriel who tried it and just like before, they too could hear their voices coming from their father's cell phone.

"This is so cool, Daddy! Thanks a lot! Ahhh…. I like it very much!" said Gabriel who started hysterically and looked happy with that.

Michael and Sarah chuckled at the behavior of their two kids, who immediately changed drastically when they realized that it was not an ordinary watch.

"Then it's time for Mommy's present," Sarah replied, taking her present and then giving it to them,

The two of them, who were already in a good mood, immediately took the present that Sarah had given them.

"OH OH OHHHH! MOMMY! I REALLY LOVE THIS! OHHH!" Gabriel shouted suddenly when he saw his present. He immediately stood up and went to hug his Mommy as soon as he saw the present that was given.

"Let's play together about that later, okay?" Sarah said, returning the child's hug.

Gabriel let go of his hug then nodded and went to get his present. It's a doctor toy set. He had indeed told his Mommy before that he liked learning what his Mommy was doing, and he didn't expect his Mommy to buy a toy like this for him.

"Mommy!" Raphael said in a trembling voice and then stood up and hugged his Mommy when he saw his present.

"I really like Mommy! Thank you, Mommy!" Raphael replied and immediately kissed his Mommy.

Sarah chuckled at her son's reaction. "You liked the present?" she asked.

Raphael nodded. "Now I can see the stars with this, right?"

Sarah nodded. The present for her son is a telescope. Raphael has been talking a lot lately that he is interested in stars.

She was happy to know her kids liked her presents. It's a bit pricey, but it's worth it to see the smile on their  face.

***

Right now, Sarah and Michael are sitting opposite each other at the dining table with beer and snacks.

The two kids had slept soundly from exhaustion after the day they went to visit Michael's parents, then went to the orphanage.

"Babe," Michael called suddenly, pinching the snacks in front of him.

"Hmm?" Sarah just raised her eyebrows at that.

"I have something to ask you, but I hope you're not offended or angry about that," replied Michael, who was trying to look relaxed eating his snacks and occasionally glancing at Sarah.

"What? Why do you look so serious?" Sarah asked in a joking tone.

However, he was honestly starting to feel nervous. What exactly did Michael want to discuss?

"You… Do you not want to find your biological parents?" asked Michael carefully.

When they visited his parents, Michael could catch Sarah's expression looking sad about that. It was only for a moment, but it made Michael think about it.

At first, he felt confused by it. Was Sarah sad that they should just spend Christmas together?

However, Michael knew that Sarah was not a woman who would be saddened by something like that.

Michael finally gets through when Sarah asks Michael to go visit the orphanage after they finish from his parents' house.

Apparently, the reason the woman was sad was because she didn't have a place to go while on vacation like this.

Sarah flinched slightly when she heard Michael's question. She didn't expect that man would ask her that.

Sarah's hand then took her beer can, and immediately downed it, she needed it.

"I…"