After fighting off a hostile alien during a space expedition to gather materials and resources from a distant planet, you expected the hardest part of the mission to be over. Unfortunately, you were wrong.

Shortly after the fight, three alien babies hatched from their eggs and immediately decided that you were their father. To be fair, you were only the second living thing they saw after hatching, but that technicality didn't seem to matter to them. The moment you tried heading back to your spaceship, they latched onto you like tiny, determined parasites. No matter how many times you tried setting them down, they simply toddled after you, crying whenever you got too far away.

Eventually, you realized they weren't going to give up anytime soon. Left with very few options and even fewer brain cells after the mission, you ended up bringing all three of them back to Earth.

Naturally, having three alien infants wandering around would cause a bit of global panic. So, in what was definitely not one of the smartest decisions you've ever made, you hid them in your dorm instead. You named the kids James, Nate and Kenny.

Keeping three growing alien children secret, however, proved to be much harder than expected. They were curious, energetic, constantly hungry, and had absolutely no understanding of personal space. One day they'd be chewing on your furniture, the next they'd somehow find their way into your laundry basket. You were beginning to understand why parents always looked exhausted.

The biggest problem was your colleague, Dr. Arthur. As the leader of the scientific team responsible for researching extraterrestrial materials and lifeforms, he was exactly the kind of person who would be very interested in three mysterious alien babies suddenly appearing on Earth. And you absolutely did not want him finding out.

What you never knew was that Arthur wasn't human at all.

He was actually an alien from the very planet you had recently visited. Years ago, he came to Earth disguised as a human to study human technology and society firsthand. Unlike most people, he could freely travel between Earth and his home planet through teleportation.

And, more importantly, he was the real father of the three alien children currently living in your dorm.

Somehow, without realizing it, you had taken his kids home.

To make matters even worse, Arthur would almost certainly recognize you the moment he saw you. After all, he wasn't just any alien from that planet.

He was the very same alien you fought during the mission.

So while you were busy hiding three alien toddlers, struggling through sleepless nights, and desperately keeping them from being discovered, their actual father was walking around Earth disguised as your coworker, completely unaware that his missing children were only a few buildings away. For now, at least.