"I can't believe that I'm going to be a dad at age three-and-a-half, " Josh lamented. "How
am I to raise a kid when I don't even have a job yet."
"Don't worry, Josh, I'll give you a hand with that, " Randy said as he patted his brother
reassuringly on the shoulder. "I'm going to be the kid's uncle, after all."
"Yeah. I'll share my snacks and toys with them, and my skirt too, " Venus chimed in as she
regarded her brother with seriousness.
"Them?" The boy's eyes widened in horror. "Is Miss Willia going to bear me triplets?"
"She might, " Randy analyzed with a poker face. "According to the study of genetics, there's
a hereditary component to multiple births. Since we are triplets, we are also likely to
conceive triplets ourselves in the future."
"Good grief…" Josh was shell-shocked. "What am I going to do?"
"Three lineal kin. Would I have enough pocket money to go around?" Venus said as she
counted on her fingers. "Oh no, I'm short."
"Me too." The situation seemed quite dire the more Randy thought about it. "It looks like we
might need to ask Mommy and Mrs. Borah for help."
"Ugh, I'm never kissing another girl again." His brother was distraught. "No more girlfriends
for me either."
"That's good to know." Randy patted him on the shoulder. "I'm afraid Uncle Zay's villa
might run out of room if you were to keep this up."
"Yeah. Even the limousine couldn't fit all of them." Venus pouted as she solemnly reminded
him. "If they were to attend kindergarten with us, I think we'll have enough numbers to form
one class between your kids and ourselves."
"Ugh…" Josh had his head in his hands. The thought of that scene made him want to cry
in despair.
"What's the matter?" Carla and Zayn asked as they came down the steps.
Zayn was dressed in something more comfortable, and he had an arm around her.
They were a little worried when they saw the children so gravely immersed in a discussion.
"I messed up, Mommy!" Josh choked up. "I won't casually kiss girls or make them my
girlfriends anymore."
"Huh? What's going on?" Carla asked.
"Josh went and kissed Miss Willia." Venus complained as she trotted over on her stumpy
legs. "The teacher's going to be pregnant. His kids are going to become our classmates,
and he's afraid he won't be able to afford them…"
"Pfft!" Carla coughed.
"Hahaha…" Zayn burst into laughter. "Who told you that one kiss would make anyone a
father?"
"Randy did." Venus looked to her older brother, all wide-eyed.
"I've inferred it from a book I read." Randy began to gesticulate as he broke it down for
them. "When the male and female behave intimately, pregnancy can occur. That's what the
source material said."
"…" Carla was nonplussed and was at a loss as to how to explain this.
"That's kind of true, except that it only applies to adults. All of you are too young to
conceive, " Zayn patiently explained as he carried Randy and Venus to the couch.
"Really?" Josh's brows perked up. "Does that mean that Miss Willia's going to be fine?"
"Of course she will be, " Zayn answered in earnest. "Intimacy means something different
when a child and an adult kiss. However, you shouldn't start kissing girls wantonly. It'll be
hard to change when you grow up should you ever make a habit of that."
"Understood." Josh nodded profusely. "I'll stop randomly kissing girls and getting
girlfriends."
"That's the spirit." Zayn then ruffled his mild curls. "It's good to share things with
grownups, so we could encourage you if you did something positive, and should you make
a mistake, we can all try to work together to set things right."
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