"His uncle's stingy, though. Did he think we could be bought over with one ice cream cone?"
Zuko, who heard "ice cream cone", looked up at his father cutely with his big eyes, his face smudged with melted ice cream like a kitten. He thought that his father wanted some, so he handed the cone to him with a smile.
Zephyr was caught by surprise before he was significantly moved. Who said that sons bonded better with their mothers? His son was showing affection to him too!
Even Cordelia sounded jealous when she said, "Sigh! Looks like Daddy's more important to you, huh? You gave Mommy a bug and thought of Daddy when you have a yummy treat!"
"Why? Are you jealous that our son thinks of me?" Zephyr lost himself in bliss once more.
Cordelia glanced at him without saying anything.
Zuko's chubby hand remained raised, holding the ice cream as he blinked big eyes at his father and stammered, "A little… A little bit!"
He meant for Zephyr to try a little bit.
How could the overly gleeful Mr. Z Hamerton let his son down? With too many emotions in his head, he devoured the ice cream cone entirely!
Zuko felt like he was watching a science fiction film… The ice cream cone had been whole just a second ago, but only a tiny bit of it was left now. Why? He could not figure it out with his little head!
What kind of monster was this man before him? How could his mouth be so big!?
Zuko looked at his hand, then at Zephyr's full cheeks. He could not help the sadness that came from within and started wailing.
"Zephyr Hamerton! What are you doing!?" Cordelia glared at him with annoyance and quickly comforted their son. "Baby, don't cry. Mommy will buy you another one!"
"I... I didn't mean to!" Zephyr hastily explained, "He handed me the ice cream cone!"
"How can an adult like you snatch a child's food?"
"Darling…"
"You and Neil are the same, never giving me any peace of mind!"
With that, Cordelia carried their son and went to buy another ice cream cone.
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