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"P'Kit Kat, you are going to lose your fingers in this rate, na. Stop biting your nails and cracking your knuckles concurrently," I said as I held P'Kit's palm in my left hand.

He was damn nervous since last night, or should I say since last week. Upon returning from my family mansion, I experienced the calm and serenity that comes with the closure we get from the family. I want my P'Kit to get that closure from his family and have a peaceful life as well.

P'Kit once told me about his family briefly. I know that he didn't have a perfect childhood or an understanding family. He also informed me about the phone call from his elder sister, P'Fei, and she wanted him to return home to settle stuff with their parents.

He asked for time in the excuse of final exams, and I didn't force him on that. But that was a week ago. Even if he has to return home, P'Kit is reluctant to go back. More like he is scared to go back.

I don't know what he worries about the most?

Is he worried about not getting the closure he always wanted?

or

Is he worried about being criticized and scolded for not going back in the past five months?

If he worries about his parent's not accepting our relationship, then he is not alone. I'm terrified to meet his family. Unlike my parents, P'Kit's parents didn't know that P'Kit is bisexual.

Will my P'Kit go through trouble because of my love for him?

Putting my worries aside, I have to console my kitten from getting anxious.

"What happened, P'Kit Kat? Why are you so nervous? We are just going back to your home, na," I said to calm him, which did the opposite.

"Stop worrying about me and focus on the road. Have some coffee. You are driving for three hours without a break now, and you don't even let me exchange with you," P'Kit said grumpily, avoiding my question.

"It's because you're already nervous, and I don't want to make you tired na, Phi. And look at the road. It's still too early for a morning traffic jam," I replied with my signature smile.

"Exactly! Why are we going back to my home at seven in the morning? We could have left the dorm late in the afternoon, or better cancel this plan. Come on, Ming. Let's return to the dorm. Take the next U-turn," encouraged P'Kit like a child with puppy eyes. But it didn't work on me.

"P'Kit Kat, we can't do that. You promised P'Fei to return this weekend. Your family will wait for you, Phi. And, we left early in the morning because I don't want you to back out at the last minute," I explained gently.

"You don't know about my parents, Ming. Upon meeting them in person, you might even think that I lied to you about them," he said sadly.

"Why do you say that, P'Kit? Are they manipulative parents?"

"Even worst, they are narcissists parents," he commented with a sad smile.

"In public, my parents get noticed as perfect and loving. But behind closed doors - they rage, scream, and criticize me. They challenged my reality through confusion. Imagine being told that the beach trip you had with your friends, which you enjoyed genuinely, didn't happen. You remember playing in the sea with your friends, or at least you think you do. This cause you to not trust your memories or anybody," P'Kit explained.

"They did that to you, phi?"

"Hmmm. My focus was on pleasing my parent to stay in their good graces. I started to distance myself from them once I apprehended what kind of parents they were. The love they showed me was never actually loving, and the sorry they said was not an apology. It was a manipulation and guilt trip," P'Kit elaborated dejectedly.

'Oh, my P'Kit Kat, what have you gone through?'

"My sister said that my parents regret their deeds to me and all of their children, and they want to apologize correctly.

The settlement she talked about was this. And I am not sure if this is another sympathy trap they created.

Even if my parents were not the ideal parents, I loved them. I don't want to introduce you to a manipulative and toxic family. What if you think that you don't deserve this and leave me?" he asked with tears collected in his eyes.

Upon hearing about his worries, I pulled the car by the side of the road and embraced him. He started to cry silently in my arms. I have been driving non-stop for the past three hours.

We have another two hours to reach P'Kit's family house. In this journey, the first thing that I realize is that how far and how tiring it is to drive this distance.

Even after plenty of rest, this drive makes me tired. Imagine driving back and toward this far every week after a hectic schedule. This one point is enough to tell how selfish was P'Kit's parents to demand him to return home every weekend.

"P'Kit Kat, remember what I promised you when I confessed to you and gave you my bracelet?" I asked him softly. P'Kit only nods as an answer.

"No matter what happens and what others say, my love for you never change. I know low self-esteem, trust issues are common in a child with narcissistic parents. But, you can trust and love me, P'Kit Kat. Because I'll only trust your words and only love you till my last breath," I addressed my sincere confession.

"Since the moment that I have you, my world is much more beautiful than that time which I stand all alone. I want to let you know and listen, Phi. I don't have anything much thankful words for you who walked into my life. I love you, my P'Kit Kat."

"I love you, Nong," he replied as he hugged me tighter than before as he snuggled into my neck.

"Will you think I'm weird if I ask you something?" he asked with a now hoarse voice as he moved a bit further from my neckline.

"What is it, my P'Kit Kat?" I questioned him as I smiled at him.

"Can we stop by the mall? I didn't get the kids any gifts and didn't buy anything for my parents yet. Can we get that on the way?" he asked hesitantly.

"Ma(come), let's have breakfast at the nearby mall and go shopping for gifts," I assured him as I started to drive again.

'This is my P'Kit Kat. No matter how bad you treated him, he will always treat you well. My P'Kit is a pure soul. Now he is even cuter with a red nose. I'll protect him no matter what happens today.'

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After half an hour of gift hunting and another two hours of driving, we reached my family house. Ming parked the car in the garage while I got out of the car awkwardly. Only my elder sister knew about me bringing my faen. I didn't even let her know about the gender.

Ming gets our luggage out of the car as I stand there stiffly. P'Fei walked out of the house with my little nieces on their tails. P'Fei got married last year, and these are my elder brother's children.

"Uncle Kit is back!!!" they happily cheered as they jumped onto me.

I hugged them as I squatted down to their level and carried the youngest in my arm.

"Uncle Kit, did you miss me? Shana missed Uncle Kit so much, na," said the youngest with her cute babble.

"Uncle Kit missed you all so much too," I replied as I kissed her cheeks.

She clings to me like a baby koala. After all, I babysit her since newborn till I entered medical college.

"Uncle Kit, who is this handsome uncle? Is he your boyfriend?" asked the eldest of all nieces and nephews, Shina, as my other nieces looked at me eagerly for an answer.

My ears got flushed by the sudden question as I tried to hide my shy face, while Ming stood behind me proudly without a care in the world to help me.

P'Fei chuckled at my blushed face and guided the kids back into the house without bothering me with unscripted questions. She invited Ming personally into the home as I walked in as calm as I could.

On entering the house, I felt remarkably self-conscious. Usually, my mother or grandparents will have chores for me. So, I'll straight away start doing it after dropping my luggage in my room. Now, none of them asks me to do anything.

My mother hugged me as soon as I entered the house and kissed my cheeks like how she usually does. My father and brother just greeted me while I hugged and talked to my grandparents. My family is more interested in Ming than me at this moment. Because, upon entering the house, the kids shout out about the arrival of my boyfriend to the whole family.

Ming paid respect to the elders in my family and settled down beside my grandparents. They both love how well-mannered and polite my Ming is and started to pamper him with sweet delights.

My nieces and nephew clung to him and played with him while I could only stand there staring at them. Ming distributed the gift to the kids and the elders one by one with so much care. The kids were pleased with their toys, while my parents loved their ginseng tea.

"Your boyfriend is a keeper, nong Kit," said P'Fei as she guided me to the dining table.

"P'Fei, I don't understand. Why aren't our parents shouting at me for bringing a boyfriend back home? There should be a fight here, na? Are they acting in front of Ming? Will they forbid me from meeting him after this?"

Well, you can't question my doubts about my family members or their behaviours. I know the regular pattern of their narcissist's act, but this whole scenario feels different. Their smile towards Ming and me appeared sincere.

"Let's talk with mae and por, na. Don't worry about anything. I'm here with you. You may even bring Nong Ming with you. I have a gift for you as well," she said as she guided me to my parent's room.

I saw Ming looking in our way, concerned. I gestured for him to come towards me. He excused himself from my grandparents and the kids politely as he reached my side. He grabbed my hands gently as get beside me.

"What happened, P'Kit Kat?" he asked worriedly.

"My parents want to talk," I replied as I showed P'Fei waiting for us by the room's door.

Ming's grip on my hands tightens upon hearing the request. He looked into my eyes deeply and nodded his head as if agreeing and giving me support to meet my parents.

We entered the room slowly, and I saw my parents sitting on the bed while P'Fei sat by the sofa in front of them. She called us to sit beside her on the couch.

"Por always wanted to confess to you for being so strict and neglect your feelings and dreams. I got married too young, and our family wasn't doing very well back then. When you were born, our family business slowly started to pick up, and I got busier with my business.

Your elder siblings weren't as obedient as you were in their childhood. Unlike you, they were unruly and made many mistakes growing up. We don't blame you, na Luk. We never understand our mistakes as a parent until your sister pointed out to us one by one," explained my father unhappily.

"We thought keeping you on a tight leash will make Kit discipline and a good achiever. We didn't discern that our overprotectiveness and ways of raising you could scar you for your whole life. Mae thought, keeping you away from the things you like that could distract you was the right thing to do.

I even believed that I was doing you a huge favour and thought you might appreciate it in the far future. I didn't know I was a narcissistic parent towards you, and I caused you depression and anxiety. Mae is very sorry, na Luk(son)," said my mother as she cried.

"You may not believe us and think all of it as acting. But Kit, we are trying to change na. We want our children to have a happy life after this. We know that you feel edgy every time you return home. We want you to think of our house as a home where you can come back for comfort and love.

We don't want you to distance yourself from our family just because of our fault. I swear your mother and I are trying to change for the better," added my father.

If this is a dream, then I don't want to wake up. My parent's apology felt authentic for the first time in my life, and I felt like they were changing for the better. I found a new hope from their words. I want to trust them and embrace my family love again, but I am scared and concerned about it.

I look at P'Fei to see what she thinks of this. But she gave me an encouraging smile, like asking me to believe my parents again.

"Nong Kit, you know that I studied psychology, right? Growing up, I noticed our parents narcissist method of parenting. I wanted to study psychology to change our parents. Since I didn't know how to help others, I decided to help myself first. Once I was sure of the ways to change our parents, I made my moves.

Like any of my patients, our parents didn't acknowledge their toxic behaviour when I first told them. I forced them to attend a session with my colleague. After that, they noticed their narcissistic behaviour but was not ready to change," she revealed.

"But, mae and por just said sorry to me, P'Fei," I asked, confused.

If they didn't want to change before, what caused them to change now?

"We may be bad parents, Luk. We may have hurt you without knowing. But, we will never hurt you knowingly. I know our behaviour has scarred your childhood. Mae doesn't want to lose any of my children," commented mae gently.

"It's true, Nong Kit. Our parents decided to attend every session without trouble to change for the best. It has been five months since they started the therapy session. Apart from you, I also distance myself from them. I told them that I didn't want my child to face what we faced in childhood," P'Fei responded as she protectively held her abdomen.

That's when I noticed a tiny baby bump there.

"OMG, P'Fei!!!" I called out as I hugged my elder sister happily.

"Luk, we are changing for our family. From now on, you may do anything that brings happiness to you. If that is by loving this young man beside you and marrying him in the future, we approved it," stated my father with a smiling face.

Ming was sitting beside me calmly since this conversation started and didn't say a word to interrupt us. But when the conversation ended in his topic, he was startled.

After opening and closing his mouth like a fish out of water, he greeted my parents politely again. My por was the first to hug him as he welcomed him into our family while mae embraced me in her arms lovingly.

P'Fei left for a while as he bought a parcel in with the help of my elder brother. The package was big enough to cover half of my sister's body.

"What is this, phi?" I asked as I saw how reluctant my brother looked beside my sister.

"We bought you a gift as an apology for being terrible siblings before. Accept this nong, and you may forgive us in your timing," said my elder brother.

Ming helped me to open the package. To my surprise, there was a vintage model guitar in it with my name engraved by the bottom. Me being happy is an understatement. I was on cloud nine. It was the guitar model I wanted as a teenager. Ming was glad about the turn of events more than I was.

Right at the time, my stomach chose to make a sound in hunger. I held my now grumbling stomach in embarrassment. I couldn't enjoy my breakfast in worry and had only a sandwich. My siblings and Ming smiled at me for being cute as my mae invited everybody for lunch.

My sister-in-law cooked lunch today with my brother's help. For the first time in forever, I had a family lunch without feeling like throwing up everything due to suffocation.

My mae and por pampered me with food, while my grandma did the same with Ming. She likes him so much. I never thought that my family might approve of my relationship with Ming so smoothly. I felt complete with everything that took part in my life.

If I didn't meet Ming, I wouldn't have built my confidence to challenge my parents or get this reaction. One way or another, meeting him and loving him has made my life so much better. I love these changes in my life and can't wait to share the happy news with my best friends.

As I was in my happy thoughts, Ming elbowed my side to get my attention. I checked others reactions and made sure that none looked our way before I turned towards him.

"I love you, my P'Kit Kat," he whispered the words to me as he winked at me with his signature D-smile.

At this moment, I felt peace and happiness beyond words.

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End of Chap 33.

TBC.

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