A young boy's reaction to having his room secretly decorated has gone viral... for all the wrong reasons.
Now, home makeovers are usually the source for some of the most wholesome and joyful videos on the internet, and when father Eric Lynner decided to surprise his 12-year-old son with a new-look bedroom, he was expecting the same heartwarming response.
However, after setting up a camera to capture his young son's reaction, there was no happy tears or jumping up and down for joy here.
Sharing the clip on TikTok, Eric wrote over the video: "when you surprise your son with his new paint job in his room…… his reaction was not what we expected".
Check out the boy's reaction below:As he enters the newly decorated bedroom, the youngster goes silent and looks around.
The boy then walks in and throws his toy on the bed, as he says: "Well, that was rude."
Then, with his voice breaking, he utters: "You painted without me."
I hope you had tissues nearby, because his voice is enough to pull on anybody's heartstrings.
After being viewed more than 3.8 million times on the social media platform, many TikTok users took to the comments section to share their own heartbreak.
One TikTok user wrote: "The way his voice broken when he said 'you painted without me'. To which Eric replied, saying: "yep, that was tough".
Related - You can never predict people's reactions to a surprise, and this guy is proof of that:A second TikTok user wrote: "I was expecting him not to like it and he's more bummed because he wanted to help awwwww".
And feeling this pain, a third added: "Y'all better go paint another room with him".
After another person suggested that they let the young boy paint the door yellow, Eric said that they did, and also provided an explanation as to why he reacted this way in the first place.
"After the first initial meltdown he was great, he was more upset that he thought his sister helped once we explained she wasn’t home he was [fine]," Eric said.
See, this is just another case of sibling rivalry!
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