The Election Day has finally arrived. Many emojis went to the Text Center to vote. Everybody has the right to vote, including emojis in the loser lounge (except Smiler), and many places in Textopolis are empty, like it was a desert place. The working emojis were voting in their cubes, while the rest have their own chairs to vote in private, even Jailbreak and the techs voted in the scanner.

It's not easy to vote as everybody tried their best for it, Like Hi-5. He used is whole hand to write. It's quite hard. When the whole Text Center was so quiet, they were alerted when Alex opened the text app, ready to send a message.

"We're out of Alex's pocket, emojis!" Jailbreak announced as she put her voting card down. "This is not a butt dial!"

The emojis in their cubes dropped their pens and voting card as they were alerted that Alex was ready to choose an emoji. They all fixed themselves, and ready to get picked.

For several minutes, the only emojis who get picked were Gene and Mel. The emojis observed how the father and son are important for Alex's messages. The two were so tired of changing their emotions; they can't compete with each other of which of them has the highest pick and soon to be leader of the Text Center.

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When the voting day is over, many emojis threw their voting card in a box, and excitingly ran outside the Text Center to go home, and ready for the final result. The last emojis who got out are the Meh family, Hi-5, and Jailbreak..

"I would wonder who got the highest votes." Hi-5 cut off the silence.

"One way to find out tomorrow." Jailbreak said. "We'll check the results tomorrow, and the winner should take his position as the Text Center supervisor starting tomorrow."

"Well Gene, I guess this means good luck." Mel placed his arm on his son's back.

"May the best emoji win, dad." Gene smiled at his father.

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In his bedroom of his apartment, Gene can't sleep. He can't stop thinking about the results tomorrow, but that's not the only thing that he thought about. Unbeknownst to everyone, Gene hadn't thrown his voting card in the box; he had kept it with him. He wanted to make sure that his dad has a lot of votes that his, in order for him to win. Gene hid his voting card under his pillow, and tried to go to sleep.

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The next day, everyone in Textopolis went back to Text Center to check the results. The announcement of the results was held outside Text Center, where Jailbreak and the techs were holding few boxes of voting cards.

Jailbreak took out a microphone, tapped its head, and said. "Alright, emojis, we have the results as we'll show you the percentage of the votes on this screen!" Behind her was a large screen. It revealed the final percentage of each nominee.

Steven has 3% of the votes, Poop has 10%, and, unfortunately, both Gene and Mel have 99%.

"Gene Meh and Mel Meh are tied!"

When Jailbreak exclaimed at this result, everyone murmured in horror. The Meh father and son are tied up? How could this be?

When Gene learned that he and his dad were tied, he whispered to Hi5 about his secret as he showed his voting card to him that it was there with him all along. Hi-5 quickly grabbed Gene's voting card, and ran in front to show Jailbreak the card.

"Wait!" Hi-5 shouted as Jailbreak turned to him. "We have one more right here."

Jailbreak quickly took the voting card, but she didn't see it yet as she called the crowd. "Okay emojis. We just found out there's one more voting card here that haven't recorded yet, so if this card voted one of the two tied emojis, he would be the new leader." She slowly opened the card. "And the winner is..." When she read the voting card, Jailbreak's smile vanished. She didn't expected this. She slowly pulled the microphone closer to her mother, and announced the winner. "Mel Meh!"

Many emojis gasped and muttered in horror once again. They can't believe any of it, especially Mel. He looked at his son in concern.

Gene knew that look of his father gave to him. To stop this embarrassment, Gene marched through the crowd, climbed up on the stage, and took the microphone from Jailbreak, who moved backward after he took the microphone from her.

"Hey, excuse me, everyone!" When Gene called for all the emojis to get their attention, everybody stopped muttering, and turned to Gene to listen. "Um... hi, everybody. You already know me, so..." When it went silence, Gene started to get a little nervous, but he still has the strength to explain. "Listen, I know that almost all of you want me to become the new supervisor of Text Center because of my heroism. I saved you all before the phone almost completely erased, and it's true, but I'm not worth for this position, not because I never want to be, because I know there was someone else who can take this position better than me... And it was my dad. I nominate my dad because not just... well, he's my dad, but I can see in him that he made me accept for who I am. He was the real reason I became like this. He was the reason I was a malfunction. He has multiple expressions before I was born. Of course, you all didn't know that because he kept his condition as a secret. He was one of the most famous emojis in the Text Center, and he quitted his job just for me when I was born. My dad did everything for me to fit in with the other emojis when I have other feelings than meh. He and my mom are the only emojis who understand me when I was a kid until now. I've always looked up to my parents, but mostly to my dad."

With this speech, some of the emojis almost starting to sob as they were touched by Gene's speech, making them realized how much a father can be very loving to their children. Poop and Poop Jr. reacted the same thing as they leaned to each other with a hug. Hi-5 almost cried as he wiped his tear with his thumb, and Jailbreak also too, wiping her small tears with her arm. She also missed her dad, wherever he is right now. Mary elbowed Mel for them having a supportive son like Gene, which made Mel's cheeks turned red and a tear appeared near his left eye.

"That's why I wanted my dad to take this position." Gene continued his speech. "If it weren't for him, I won't be a malfunction. I couldn't save everyone from getting erased if I'm not a malfunction like him. I know I'm the hero, but my dad was always been my hero. And I'm not the only one who has multiple expressions. I think you already know where I got this condition. It's always been from my dad all along."

"That was the most touching speech ever!" A crying laughing emoji clapped his hands as the rest of the town cheered for both Gene explaining his speech and Mel winning as the new supervisor of Text Center.

When Mel and Mary tried to get through the crowd to reach the stage, the emojis in front moved aside to give way for the two mehs. They climbed the stage to approach their son. 

Mel's face turned to smile as he rushed to his son, and hugged him appreciatively. Gene returned the hug tightly. When they broke their hug, Mel made a 'throwing a kiss' expression as Gene playfully made the same face too, and Mary embraced her husband and son with open arms, despite still having the same Meh face. She's very proud for her family.

Just then, Jailbreak approached Mel with a medal that was a golden key to the Text Center, representing as the medal of the Text Center's supervisor. "Congratulations, Mel Meh. You are now the new supervisor of the Text Center, replacing Smiler's position."

Instead of her, Gene decided to wear the medal to his father, thanking him for giving the talent he possessed. "Congratulations, dad."

"Thank you, son." Mel smiled at his son as the two shared one more hug, and the whole Textropolis cheered for the father-and-son mehs.

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Sorry, it took a while. I was busy at school and it's hard for me to think for this new chapter, but I did it. I like this fanfic to be emotional for parents and children, and how much parents and children loved each other, despite of their fights and arguments. I hope you're related to this story, and reflected your life compare to this story.