Connor and Lily run towards the living room the moment they are done with their food; Boyd slightly shakes his head at their behavior before he stands up to clean the table and the kitchen. What Boyd didn’t expect was that his father would help him clean the mess. As soon as Boyd is standing up, his father also stands up, grabbing a few of the things.

“As I said, I’d like to talk with you Boyd.”

Boyd pretends to be busy with loading in the dishwasher, waiting for his dad to continue talking or stop talking. It really doesn’t matter, if he has done nothing extremely then he won’t be in trouble.

“Boyd I’m really happy and extremely thankful that you’re helping your mom and me out, but I want to talk about your education.”

When Boyd hears that he nearly let the plates he’s holding drop onto the floor. Luckily, he was able to catch them before any damage was really done just to be sure he won’t drop them again, he puts them on the counter and looks at his father.

“W-What about its papa?” Boyd stammers slightly, fiddling nervously with his fingers as he waits for the reply.

“Why didn’t you tell your mother and me?”

“W-why didn’t I tell you what?”

“That you dropped out of school.”

Boyd’s eyes widen; how can his father know about this? He is so screwed, he wanted to tell them himself, but well now he can’t, and he’ll probably be in trouble for it. Before he can even ask his father how he knows he continues talking.

“The son of a co-worker used to share classes with you. We talked about you guys. Then he told me his son had told him that he hasn’t seen you in ages during the classes. So, I decided to call your school, because I know for a fact you’ve not been sick and then I got told you dropped out of school.”

His father sits down and points towards the chair next to him, motioning for Boyd to sit down next to him. Boyd just gapes at his father as he slowly walks towards the chair. This wasn’t the way Boyd wanted his father to figure out that he stopped with school. Boyd wonders if his mother already knows too, he knows she will be disappointed that he dropped out.

“So, Boyd,” his father talking gets Boyd out of his train of thoughts. “Is it because you want to support your mom and me while we work. Because that’s not the right reason to stop with school.”

“D-does mom know?” is the only thing leaving Boyd his mouth.

“No, I haven’t told her Boyd. She’s too busy right now, I couldn’t get hold of her anyway.” He replies calmly. “Boyd please tell me why you dropped out.”

Boyd starts fiddling with his fingers, slowly he stops to run a hand through his hair as he avoids his father’s eyes. Not wanting to see the disappointment in his father’s eyes. They both let out a deep sigh at the same moment. Boyd knows he should tell his father, because he knows his father won’t let him rest before he knows the reason. Boyd gathers up all his courage, slowly opening his mouth and before he knows it everything comes flowing out.

“I didn’t drop out of school because you and mother, I’ve dropped out because honestly, I didn’t like the course I picked. Not only that, but lately I’ve not felt like myself dad. I don’t know how to feel, and it’s been bothering me. I couldn’t focus on anything school related and the fact that I didn’t like the course is the reason I stopped.”

Boyd finally looks up at his father, surprised that he doesn’t see disappointment in his father’s eyes but understanding.”

“Why is that son?”

“I don’t really know dad; I wish I knew it.”

“Son, you do know that you can always talk to me.”

Of course, Boyd sort of knows what is going on and why he isn’t really feeling like himself, but if he hasn’t figured it all out himself, he doesn’t know how to tell his father.

“I know dad. There is something else too that I want to tell you.”

His father raises an eyebrow, making Boyd smile at the sight he is looking at. His father with a raised eyebrow looks very funny.

“Well, please enlighten me then.” His father says.

“Well,” Boyd says, stretching out the word slightly. “I’m actually thinking about taking a job outside of the country. Like go abroad, brighten my horizon and hoping I’ll figure out some of the things out. Of course, I’ll still have to find more information about it and some more research before I even start looking for a job. So, it won’t be right away, but as long as nothing is certain I don’t want to tell mom.”

“Are you sure about this Boyd?”

“Yes dad, I am very certain about this. I think I’ll get everything sorted out with myself if I have some new scenery around me. And of course, I promise to keep contact with you all. I can’t miss my family for too long. Maybe I’ll continue my education there and if not, then I’ll be sure to finish it after coming back.”

His father let out a soft sigh, rubbing the bridge of his nose slightly before nodding.

“If that’s what you think that you need, I’ll support you fully son. Now shall we finish cleaning this mess and see what your brother and sister are doing.”

Boyd stands up to resume his activities before his father started about him dropping out of school.

Once the two men are done with cleaning the kitchen, they walk towards the living room where they find both Connor and Lily sprawled over the floor. Lily sleeps on top of Connor’s stomach while Connor is holding a book up in the air. Studying for one of his tests.

Boyd and his father sit down on the couch and their father turns on the tv.

“How about some movies, and maybe some snacks later on?”

In a speed faster than lighting Connor has his book closed and he’s sitting upright, with Lily her head on his lap, still dozed off.

Their father puts on an old movie, knowing that Connor loves watching the old movies. While half watching the movie, Boyd is on his phone looking up more information about working abroad.