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A man with black hair trudged though the snow. After a long day at work he was eager to get back home to his wife and son. He approached the steps and reached for the handle and hurriedly opened it excited to finally be home with his family in their relaxing-
"Dad!" A four-year-old Gray exclaimed as he ran towards his dad.
The four-year-old jumped into the man's arms, and started to chatter away about his and his mom's day.
"Welcome home Silver," Mika said smiling as she followed Gray out of the kitchen to greet her husband.
"I missed you all day!" Gray exclaimed.
"Nice to be home, I missed you both all day as well." Silver replied, smiling at Mika while ruffling his sons hair.
"Dad can we play in the snow now?" Gray asked eagerly.
"Gray, your dad just got home, why don't you let him get settled in before dragging him back outside again?" Mika suggested to the four-year-old.
"Don't worry Mika, I don't mind." Silver replied with a small laugh, then he turned to the boy still in his arms, "We're going to have so much fun! Our patience has paid off. Come on, let's get your stuff on."
Silver sat Gray down on a bench as he got to work putting the boys snow stuff on. He smiled and glanced up at his wife.
"What are you waiting for? Don't tell me you're not coming with us?" Silver asked, putting on his sad puppy face act.
Mika smiled but hesitated, "don't you want something to eat and drink after your long day?" She asked.
"Eat and drink? It's too early for dinner," Silver started, and when he saw Gray all ready waiting hopefully by the door he added, "and we have to get going before it gets too dark out! Come on Mika! You get your stuff on and we'll meet you outside!"
"Yeah! Hurry up mama! We gotta go!" Gray exclaimed as he started grabbing his mothers boots off the shelf, only causing himself to fall back into his dad's leg due to his thick snow pants.
Mika took her boots from Gray and started getting ready.
"Come on!" Gray urged impatiently.
"We'll wait outside." Silver said as he lifted Gray and carried him outside.
"I'll be right out!" Mika called.
After they left the house Silver placed Gray on the ground.
"What do you wanna do first, Chibi?" Silver asked.
"I'm gonna make you and mama!" Gray announced after a moment.
Gray immediately picked up some snow and tried to squeeze it into a ball, then he sat down and began rolling it in the snow. Silver smiled as he watched his son try to get the snowball bigger.
"He practiced his snowballs a lot today." Mika said as she walked up to stand beside Silver.
"He sure has improved." Silver said proudly.
"Sure has. We had a little snow ball fight this morning too." Mika told him.
"Cool! I wish I'd been there." Silver said wistfully.
"Go help him make snowmen." Mika said elbowing Silver playfully.
"Got it!" Silver said going over to kneel beside Gray.
"Where do you want to put him?" Silver asked as the two boys finished the bottom snowball for the snowman's body.
"Over...here!" Gray called as he pointed to the spot.
"Perfect." Mika said.
After Silver placed the large snowball where Gray had directed, Mika stepped forward and placed another big snow ball on top.
"Nice job!" Silver said.
"Yeah!" Gray exclaimed.
Then Mika stuck two twigs into the sides for arms. Soon after, Gray hurriedly started taking his scarf off, before Mika knelt in front of him.
"You're going to get cold Gray, I brought a spare." Mika said handing the scarf to Gray.
Gray took the scarf and Mika lifted him and helped him wrap it around the snowman's neck.
Then Silver placed some stones into the front of the top snowball, making it into eyes and a mouth. Mika then helped Gray get a carrot for its nose. An hour past and they finally had three different snowmen made.
"I do think I look pretty cool, don't you think Mika?" Silver asked Mika jokingly as they admired the three snowman versions of themselves.
Mika smiled and nodded slightly.
"I think you look awesome!" Gray exclaimed, "and mom looks really pretty and I'm really cool too."
Then Gray noticed the big icicles hanging down a tree branch.
"Mom! Dad!" Gray called as he tried to reach for the icicles.
Mika and Silver came over and Silver pulled down three, and handed one to Gray and one to Mika and kept one for himself.
After a few minutes Mika turned to Silver.
"It's starting to get a little late. I think I'm going to go make us some dinner now." Mika said.
"Need any help?" Silver asked.
"Don't go yet!" Gray protested.
"No, I'm okay. Why don't you two play a little longer and I'll call you both when it's done. Unless you two get too cold and come in sooner." Mika answered.
"Can we stay out?" Gray asked excitedly pulling at his dad's coat. "Sure." Silver replied.
Mika leaned closer to Silver, thinking it was a hug, Silver reached to hug her, when he felt something cold suddenly fall down the back of his coat.
"Hey!" Silver exclaimed as Mika smiled at them both and started to hurry inside.
Gray started laughing as his dad tried to chase after Mika while trying to get the snow out of his shirt. Mika ran and eventually reached the porch, Silver tossed a snowball at her but Mika quickly went behind the glass door and closed it.
Silver frowned at her, while she just smiled innocently and started towards the kitchen to start making dinner.
"Hrmph..." Silver grumbled.
"Mom beat you." Gray said from behind Silver.
Silver smiled, and after a short moment turned to Gray, and startled as he saw Gray had his arms full of snowballs.
"Come on, you wouldn't hit me with those would you? You're not on your naughty mother's side are you?" Silver asked playfully, his elbow up and his hand scratching the back of his head, mostly in habit but also trying to find the almost melted snow that Mika had dropped in his coat.
Silver was answered with a snowball flying towards him and hitting his knee and falling down into his boot. Gray smirked.
"You're the baddie this time!" Gray exclaimed as he threw his last snowball at Silver and then broke into a run.
Silver made a snowball and ran after Gray. Gray dodged behind a tree, and Silver slowed to a stop.
"Gray? Where'd you go?" He said with a fake panic in his voice, "Your mom will be so mad at me for losing you! Please come out! Where'd you go?"
Gray only knelt down and made two more snowballs.
"Where are you?" Silver called as he looked behind several trees and bushes.
From behind the tree Gray smirked and his body shook from held in laughter. Then he peeked out of the side of the tree. Silver was looking through a bush. Now was Gray's chance.
Gray broke into a run and threw a snowball right on top of Silver's head.
"Hey!" Silver exclaimed.
Gray began running again, heading for the outside bench. Silver laughed watching his son go. Then he made another snowball and tossed it towards Gray expecting it to fly passed the boy or hit his shoulder. But Gray turned his head at the worst moment to check to see if Silver was chasing him, and the snowball hit him right in the face.
Silver rushed over to the now crying four-year-old.
"I'm sorry!" Silver cried, as he tried to brush the snow off Gray's face. "I'm so sorry!" Silver exclaimed.
Gray continued to cry and Silver glanced at the door to the house. Mika was going to be so mad at him.
"Hey Gray, look!" Silver said as he put together a mini snowman and held it out to Gray. "Come on please stop crying..." Silver said fretfully. "Are you okay?" Silver asked looking worriedly at his sons crying face. "Come on little guy, here's a snowman!"
Gray didn't take the snowman. Silver quickly grabbed an icicle.
"Want this? You can eat it all by yourself since your getting to be such a big boy!" Silver offered.
But Gray showed no interest in either the snowman nor the icicle and looked at his dad as tears poured down his face.
Silver picked Gray up and hugged him.
"I'm really sorry. I didn't mean for it to hit you in the face. Please stop crying. Then we can go inside and we can have some hot chocolate! Would you like that?" Silver asked desperately.
Gray tried to wipe away his tears but the movement caused some of the snow to fall further into his coat making him shiver. Then Silver placed him down and knelt in front of him.
"Here, do you want to get daddy back?" Silver asked, handing the boy a snowball, hoping if he could get Gray to have fun again then he might look happy enough that Mika wouldn't have to find out about his terrible mistake.
Gray sniffled and wiped the tears away again. He took the snowball and shoved it into Silver's hair. Silver leaned back as Gray climbed onto him pushing him into a laying down position in the snow.
"Well, this is actually pretty cozy. You cozy too?" Silver asked as he lay in the cold snow with Gray sitting on his chest.
Gray didn't reply right away, instead he tried pulling on the zipper of his dad's coat, but with his mittens on he had little success. Not sure what Gray was doing, and willing to do just about anything to cheer Gray up, Silver unzipped his coat and watched to see what Gray was going to do.
Gray crawled onto Silver more, adjusting his position until he was laying directly on top of Silver, and then he pulled the sides of Silver's coat as close to him as possible, so he was nearly in Silver's coat with him. The two of them lay there in silence for a few moments until Gray pointed up at the dark sky.
"Yeah, it got dark pretty fast didn't it?" Silver asked trying to see what Gray was pointing at.
"Stars and the moon." Gray said turning slightly to glance at his dad.
"Yeah, they're pretty, aren't they?" Silver asked glancing at Gray who was finally not crying.
Gray nodded but started shivering more. Feeling Gray shiver, Silver wrapped his arms around the four-year-old. After a moment Silver, holding tightly to Gray, stood up and brushed some of the snow off of them.
"Hey Gray?" Silver asked nervously.
"Yeah?" Gray asked quietly.
"Are you mad at me?" Silver asked his eyes sad and worried looking.
"No." Gray answered shaking his head vigorously.
Silver smiled and Gray reached his arms out and hugged his dad, who hugged him back.
"Silver! Gray! I've finished making dinner!" Mika called from the front door.
"Be there in just a second Mika!" Silver called. "Are you feeling better and ready to go eat some dinner?" Silver asked.
To Silver's surprise Gray shook his head.
"But you said I could have hot chocolate. Not dinner." Gray pouted.
Silver smiled slightly.
"You can have both. Just...please don't tell your mom about my bad aim?" Silver answered hopefully.
He didn't want to have to explain to Mika how he'd messed up their snowball fight and accidentally made his little boy cry.
"Both?! Yeah!" Gray exclaimed, hugging tightly onto his dad, as his dad smiled and starting carrying him into the house.
The two went inside and had hot chocolate and a nice dinner with Mika and the three went on about all the fun they had, leaving out the unfortunate accident. When they were done, they all went to the bedroom, and Mika and Silver tucked a tired Gray in, in the middle of the bed, nestled safely between Silver and Mika, after changing him into his pyjamas and brushing his teeth and hugging him goodnight. Then Silver and Mika did some reading. After Mika had put the book away and gone to sleep, Silver lay back and turned to the sleeping boy.
"I'm sorry, and thanks for not telling on me. I love you little guy." Silver whispered.
Gray peeked one eye open, startling Silver who was now trying to figure out if he woke the kid or if Gray had ever actually been sleeping. "I love you too...and mommy's good at reading..." Gray whispered sleepily.
Had he been listening to the chapter book the whole time? Silver wondered, unsure as to whether Gray would even understand the story.
Silver smiled. "Goodnight Gray."
"Goodnight dad..." Gray said as he cuddled close to his parents, "night..."