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Yoongi has been freaking out for at least half an hour. He goes all over the store, running down the aisles. His heart is beating so fast, he thinks he might start crying any moment now. He reaches the produce section and he’s a tall man holding his crying son.
“Put him down!” Yoongi says, walking over to the man.
The man turns to look at Yoongi, “Oh you’re his father?”
Yoongi takes his son out of the strangers arms, glaring at the man.
“I promise I wasn’t trying to take him!” The tall man rushes out. “He came up to me crying, I figured he’d gotten lost. I was trying to calm him down. I’m a pediatrician.”
The man shows Yoongi his hospital ID, smiling at him shyly.
“I’m sorry. He never runs away from me like this. I don’t know why he did this time,” Yoongi says holding his son.
“It’s okay, at least he asked for help? He seems a little flushed, and I couldn’t help but notice he was a little too warm when he was in my arms,” the man says.
“Yeah, he’s been sick. I was gonna try fining some medicine for him. I would take him to the doctor’s, but the one closest to us closed,” Yoongi explains, smoothing his son’s back.
“Oh the one with the owner who..” The man says, awkwardly.
“Yeah that one,” Yoongi says just as awkward.
“Well, I don’t think I have any other patients for this hour. We can go to my office and I can take a look at him and his files. If you don’t mind,” the man says.
“Can I see you ID one more time?” Yoongi asks, suspiciously.
The man smiles, showing Yoongi his ID.
“Kim Taehyung. Okay, I’ll go,” Yoongi says.
“Great, let’s go,” Taehyung says.
Yoongi notices the sandwich in Taehyung’s hand, “Were you on you break? We could totally do this another day.”
“It’s fine, by the time you get all the paperwork done, and I look at his file I’ll be done with lunch,” Taehyung says as he goes to pay for the sandwich and water.
Soon they begin walking down the sidewalk, going to the hospital where Taehyung works.
“So what’s the cutie’s name? I tried asking him, but all he said was A. I figured that wasn’t his name,” Taehyung asks.
“His name is Jae,” Yoongi says, running his hands through Jae’s hair.
“Jae. That’s really cute. How old is he?” Taehyung says, taking a bite from his sandwich.
“He just turned one a few weeks ago,” Yoongi says.
“He’s adorable. Looks just like you,” Taehyung says.
“You should see when he smiles. My mom says he’s a clone,” Yoongi says laughing.
“Well, if I do my job correctly today, I”ll be seeing that smile,” Taehyung says, giving Yoongi a bright, boxy smile.
**
Yoongi sat in the waiting room chair, Jae playing with the toy trucks while he filled out the paperwork. Once he finished he gives the clipboard back to the receptionist. She smiles at him saying they'll be called in soon. Yoongi nods going to sit down with Jae in the floor playing with the toys
Jae coughs and sneezes a few times but never stopped playing. Once they're called in Yoongi stands up taking Jae into his arms. Jae whines as he's forced to leave the toys behind.
Yoongi and Jae sit in the room while the nurse takes Jae's temperature and blood pressure, making him laugh while she does. Soon Taehyung comes in wearing a light blue doctor's coat with weird heart shaped things printed on it.
"Hi Jae! Long time no see!" Taehyung days smiling at Jae.
"Tata!" Jae cries out happily.
Taehyung giggles, "no I'm Taetae! Tata is the name of this little creature on my coat."
Taehyung shows Jae his coats, Jae giggling as he tugs on Taehyung's coat.
"You know Tata loves hearing people's hearts! Do you want Tata to listen to yours?" Taehyung asks.
Jae nods his head showing Taehyung his little gummy smile.
"Oh my god, your smile is the cutest! Here, I'm gonna let you listen to my heart and your daddy's heart, then I'll listen to your heart. Sound okay?" Taehyung asks, running his hands through Jae's hair.
Jae smiles excitedly, clapping his hands. Taehyung smiles as he goes to one of the drawers, grabbing a small stethoscope.
“This one’s special, it’s not big and heavy like mine. It won’t hurt your ears, here lets put it on,” Taehyung says as he puts the stethoscope on Jae’s ears.
Jae smiles and laughs as Taehyung puts the flat part on his chest, letting Jae hear his heart. Jae screams in excitement, hearing Taehyung’s heartbeat.
“Okay now daddy’s turn!” Taehyung says waving Yoongi over.
Yoongi stands in front of Jae, letting his son listen to his heart. Jae giggles, swinging his feet as he listens to his father’s heart.
“Okay now my turn! I’m gonna listen to your heart,” Taehyung says as he puts his stethoscope in his ears. Jae waits patiently as Taehyung puts the flat part on his chest.
“Wow! Your heart is so strong! You’re just a happy little boy!” Taehyung says laughing.
Jae screams into his hands excited causing Taehyung to wince slightly.
“Appa! Appa!” Jae says pouting to Yoongi.
“You want me to listen to his heart?” Taehyung asks.
Jae nods happily. Taehyung smiles before going over to Yoongi listening to his heart quickly.
“Wow! His heart isn’t as strong as yours! You’re so special!” Taehyung says putting his stethoscope around his neck again. Jae laughs, his feet kicking the metal part of the examination table.
Okay next up I’m going to put his in your mouth and you have to give me your best rawr! Not too loud or you’ll scare your dad,” Taehyung says getting a wooden stick and his flashlight.
Jae opens his mouth, waiting for Taehyung. Taehyung smiles as he puts the stick against Jae’s tongue, turning the flashlight on.
“Okay let’s see it!” Taehyung says.
Jae roars laughing as he runs out of breath. Taehyung laughs, patting his head.
“That was so great! Hope you dad isn’t too scared,” Taehyung jokes.
Yoongi smiles and Jae laughs, patiently waiting.
Taehyung writes a couple of things down in Jae’s file, humming while he does.
“Okay we have a few more things to do. Very very important things!” Taehyung says looking at Jae with wide eyes.
Jae smiles, waiting.
“We have to see how tall you’re going to be!” Taehyung says exaggerating his voice.
Jae giggling, wanting to get down from the table. He puts out his arms looking at Taehyung, waiting to be put down. Yoongi goes to him but Jae whines looking at Taehyung. Taehyung laughs shaking his head.
“Sorry, I hope you don’t mind,” Taehyung says shyly.
“It’s okay,” Yoongi says smiling.
Taehyung picks Jae up, holding him high above his head, “Maybe you’ll be this tall!”
Jae laughs as Taehyung takes him out of the room, telling everyone to move out of King Jae’s way. Jae laughing loudly. Yoongi follows after them, grabbing Jae’s sweater.
Taehyung sets Jae down in front of a wall with lines on it, “Okay baby boy, let’s see how tall you’re gonna be. First, we have to see how tall you are now. Then after we close are eyes and spine three times the wall will tell you how tall you’re gonna be.”
Jae coughs slightly before smiling, waiting for whatever was going to do.
Taehyung looks at how tall Jae is, “Okay. You are…small.”
Jae frowns, his eyes watering.
“But the good news is that now we get to find out how tall you’re gonna be!” Taehyung says excitedly.
Jae smiles waiting for Taehyung to speak.
“Okay close your eyes and turn three time, not too fast or it won’t work. Ready? Okay go. One, two, three! Okay open your eyes!” Taehyung says.
While Jae had his eyes closed and spun around Taehyung had pulled a string so a red liquid would show up on the walls. It was similar to what thermometers had inside of them. When Jae open his eyes he shouted happily as he saw how high the red liquid had gone.
“Wow! You’re gonna be so tall! Look at that! Way taller than daddy and me!” Taehyung says, ruffling Jae’s hair. “Okay lets go back to the room, king Jae!”
Taehyung takes Jae’s hand and leads him back to the room they were in. Yoongi looks at the time, and notices they’ve been here for almost an hour.
“Okay baby boy. I have good news and bad news,” Taehyung says as he sets Jae down on the table.
Jae looks up at Taehyung with wide eyes.
“So I have to go soon, that’s the bad news. The good news is that you’re gonna get a lollipop once I’m gone!” Taehyung says.
Jae smiles as he hears the word lollipop. There’s a soft knock on the door as a nurse comes in holding tray that Yoongi knows is gonna hurt his heart.
“Hi Jae!” The nurse says. “I brought you something!”
She pulls out stickers from her scrub pocket. Jae smiles as he looks at all the stickers. Taehyung smiles as he continues to write things down in the file.
“Okay so, he does have a fever. I’m saying it’s a small flu, nothing serious. He needs lots of liquids, since fevers can easily worsen at his age. We don’t want that to happen. I’ll give you a couple of prescriptions you can choose from, but I would recommend the first one I will write down. It’s not too disgusting to drink on its own and it can be mixed with any of his drinks, which makes it easier. He does need some vaccines, which are perfectly safe to give to him while he has a fever. Any questions?” Taehyung says looking at Yoongi.
Yoongi thinks for a couple of seconds, “If his fever gets worst than what do I do?”
“Call the office if it happens. I wouldn’t have to see him unless his fever is very high, or he begins throwing up,” Taehyung says.
“Okay, that’s it,” Yoongi says.
“Okay. So now the hardest part is the vaccines. I’ll need you to hold him, have him sit on your lap. It’s two one on each arm,” Taehyung says.
Yoongi nods as he sits in the examination table, holding Jae in his lap. Jae shows Yoongi all of his stickers, that are decorating his arms and shirt.
“Okay baby boy, before I leave and you get your lollipop, I have one more thing to do,” Taehyung says as he gets the needle.
Jae looks at Taehyung waiting for him to speak.
“So this is a very special little pencil, only the best boys get this! See here’s how it works, I get this and I put it in your arm. It won’t work on me or on anyone else, just you.” Taehyung says gently. “See let’s try it out.”
Taehyung presses the capped needle to this arm, “see nothing! Now lets try nurse Sisu. See nothing again! Let’s try daddy! Nope nothing! Lets go again! Me, nurse Sisu, daddy. Nope nothing!”
Taehyung takes the cap off the needle as he goes around pretending to stick people with the needle, “okay now Jae!”
Taehyung quickly presses the needle into Jae’s arm, his face quickly turning into pain.
“And see! Let’s try again! Me nothing! Daddy nothing! Nurse Sisu I think we need stickers! It’s not working for me!” Taehyung pretends to cry making Jae watery eyes stare at him, worried.
Nurse Sisu pats Taehyung’s back giving him a sticker. Jae tries grabbing Taehyung’s coat, wanting to comfort him. Yoongi smiles as Taehyung falls on Jae’s lap, slowly taking out the other needle.
“Lets try it again. Maybe this time it’ll work for me,” Taehyung says as Yoongi lift Jae’s other sleeve.
Taehyung does his game again for three rounds before giving Jae the vaccine. Jae cries out for a moment before Taehyung tickles him, giving Jae his lollipop.
“You did so good! Maybe next time I can be good boy and get the special pencil to work on me!” Taehyung says opening the lollipop for Jae.
Nurse Sisu gives Yoongi a piece of paper with the name of some medicines.
Taehyung looks into Jae’s eyes seriously, “I know we had a lot of fun today, but I have to go now and so do you. I bet daddy is super jealous I got all of your attention and he didn’t. So I’m gonna need you to give him lots of hugs and kisses. I promise we’ll see each other again someday.”
Jae nods as he puts his thumb in his mouth. Taehyung pinches his cheek softly before saying his goodbye to Yoongi. After Taehyung leaves, Jae whines and hugs Yoongi close.
“Where’s my kiss?” Yoongi asks.
Jae gives Yoongi a kiss on his cheek as he yawns. Yoongi laughs, holding Jae tighter to him.
“Okay buddy, let’s go home,” Yoongi says, kissing Jae’s temple.
**
Yoongi is rushing into the emergency room carrying Jae in his arms, crying hysterically. He looks around trying to find someone to help him.
“Yoongi?”
Yoongi turns around and sees Taehyung rushing over as he hears Jae crying.
“What happened?” Taehyung asks.
“H-he fell, I think he might’ve hit his head. I-I swear I turned around for a second! I d-didn’t mean to-“
“Hey it’s okay. I’ll get someone to help,” Taehyung says his phone already in his hand.
Soon someone comes rushing over, “Tae, I got your text!”
“Hey Jimin. Can you take a look at Jae. He fell and hit his head,” Taehyung explains.
“Oh, of course! Here lets go into a room,” Jimin says.
“You go, I’m gonna go get his file,” Taehyung says running away somewhere.
Once inside the hospital room, Yoongi sets Jae on the bed. Jae cries even harder wanting to be in his father’s arms. Yoongi sit on the hospital bed, holding Jae in his arms.
“Hi buddy, my name’s Jimin. I’m gonna take a look at your eyes okay? I wanna see how pretty they are. I’m gonna shine this light in your eyes, it might hurt but I know you’ll be brave,” Jimin says in a gentle voice.
Jae sniffles and hiccups as Jimin turns the flashlight on. He shines it in Jae’s eyes, causing Jae to scream turning his head away.
“Oh it’s okay! I’m sorry! Here let’s try it again, this time it won’t be so bright,” Jimin says.
Jae shakes his head closing his eyes, yawning. Immediately Yoongi starts worrying.
“He’s sleepy! He’s not suppose to be sleepy!” Yoongi says staring at Jimin.
“It could just be from crying. I just need to see his eyes. We can take some X-rays, but I really need to check his eyes to see how they look,” Jimin explains.
Taehyung comes in just then, Jae’s fill-in his hands, “How’s it coming?”
“He won’t let me check his eyes. Can you try?” Jimin says handing him the flashlight.
“Hey baby boy, remember me?” Taehyung says trying to get Jae to look at him.
“I said we’d see each other again, didn’t I? See my friend here is super jealous of your eyes, he says they’re the cutest. I never saw your eyes! Can I see them?” Taehyung says gently.
Jae slowly opens his eyes, looking at Taehyung.
“Wow! So pretty! Can I get a better look? I have this flashlight. I know my friend tried doing this and you didn’t like it, but it’s super important we see your eyes. I won’t put it too close to you okay?” Taehyung says.
Jae sniffles as Taehyung shines the light quickly in his eyes, gasping dramatically.
“Jimin did you see that?!” Taehyung asks.
“No what?” Jimin says, playing along.
“His eyes have stars in them!” Taehyung says as he flashes the light in Jae’s eyes again.
“Wow! I’ve never seen anyone with stars in their eyes!” Jimin says trying to get a better look at Jae’s eyes.
Jae’s eyes have widen as he stares at them both.
“Here let’s shine the light longer this time, so you can see the stars!” Taehyung says.
He shines the light on Jae’s eyes, long enough for Jimin to get what he needs.
“Can the stars in his eyes move? Jae can you follow the light for me?” Jimin asks softly.
Jae nods slowly, as Taehyung shines the light moving it side to side slowly. He turns the flashlight off, as Jimin begins to write things down.
“Wow! So amazing! I wish I could be like you!” Taehyung says as he pokes Jae’s stomach. Jae giggles, laying his head against Yoongi’s chest.
“Okay so, he does have a very mild concussion, nothing too serious. I do want to run an X-ray just to make sure,” Jimin tells Yoongi. “I do want to keep him here overnight just in case,”
Yoongi nods holding Jae in his arms tighter.
**
While Jimin was doing Jae’s X-rays, Yoongi was in the hospital room, crying. Taehyung sits on the chair next to the bed.
“It’s okay. Accidents happen, you shouldn’t beat yourself up,” Taehyung says gently.
“I turned away for five seconds and next thing I know he’s on his head crying,” Yoongi says as he cries harder.
“It’s okay, Yoongi. He’s gonna be fine. Kids get hurt all the time. He’ll be fine I promise,” Taehyung says trying to comfort him.
“He’s really gonna be okay? I just hate seeing him in pain,” Yoongi whispers.
“I know it’s hard for every parent to see their kids cry, but he’ll be back to smiling in no time. Jimin just wants to keep him here to see his results and check on him in the morning. After that you can go home, he’ll probably get a headache but that’s nothing medicine won’t fixed,” Taehyung says gently.
Yoongi sighs as he looks up at Taehyung, noticing he doesn’t have his coat on, and the first two buttons on his shirt are undone.
“Were- were you going home? You didn’t have to stay,” Yoongi says and he cleans his nose with the back of his hand.
“It’s okay, I don’t mind. Kids are my specialty. Besides Jimin wouldn’t know how to get Jae to stop crying. I would’ve had to come back anyways,” Taehyung says smiling.
“Jae does seem to really like you,” Yoongi says, smiling.
“He’s cute, and you were right. He looks exactly like you when he smiles,” Taehyung says laughing softly.
Jimin comes back into the room with Jae on his back, pretending to be a spaceship. Jae’s laugh fills up the entire room. Yoongi smiling instantly as he hears him.
“And down!” Jimin says as he sets Jae down on the bed.
Jae begins jumping on the hospital bed before running into Yoongi’s arms hugging him tightly. Yoongi laughs along with him, hugging him tightly.
“So it’ll be a few minutes until his X-ray is done. He’s a good kid, I don’t think it’s anything serious,” Jimin says smiling at Jae.
“Seep,” Jae tells Yoongi.
“Sleepy?” Yoongi looks at Jimin for an answer.
“It would be best for him not to sleep until I get the results,” Jimin says, softly.
“Why don’t we color instead? Can you draw me a picture? I want to remember you everyday when I have to work,” Taehyung says smiling at Jae.
Jae smiles, nodding excitedly, clapping his hands.
“Great! Let’s go get paper and crayons!” Taehyung says holding his arms out towards Jae.
Jae instantly let’s Yoongi go, reaching towards Taehyung. Taehyung lifts Jae up into his arms as they wait for Yoongi.
“Appa! Go!” Jae says.
Yoongi smiles as he stands, all of them walking out of the room.
“I’m gonna go check the X-rays. I’ll let you know the results soon,” Jimin says as he starts going the opposite direction.
Yoongi nods as he begins to follow Taehyung down the corridor towards a little playroom. Taehyung takes his badge out scanning it in front of the door. They go inside and Taehyung sets Jae down, taking his hand as he leads him towards a little table with crayons in a box.
“Okay buddy. Let me get paper,” Taehyung says as he sits Jae down in the small seat.
Yoongi sits down next to Jae as they wait for Taehyung. Taehyung sits on the other side of Jae handing him a couple of sheets of paper. Jae takes one handing it to Taehyung with a red crayon.
“You want me to draw you a picture?” Taehyung asks smiling.
Jae nods as he picks up a green crayon, drawing random lines all over the page.
Taehyung begins to draw on the paper, while Yoongi watches them both.
After a while Jae turn to look at Yoongi, “Appa. ood.”“Food?” Yoongi says. He begins to worry all over again, not even thinking about getting Jae anything to eat.
“Why don’t we go down to the cafe to get you something to eat. I’m hungry too,” Taehyung says.
Jae smiles as he hands Taehyung a paper filled with different colored lines.
“For me? Aw! Thank you baby! I love it! Here let’s put your name so that way I can hang it in my office! We can stop there before going to get food,” Taehyung says standing up. “I’ll let Jimin know we’re there so he can call me with the results.”
Yoongi thanks him as he stands taking Jae into his arms. Jae lays his head on Yoongi’s shoulder, putting his thumb in his mouth. They begin walking towards the elevator, some nurses greeting Taehyung as he walks by. Once they’re in the elevator, Yoongi feels relaxed.
“Thank you for everything. You’ve been a lot of help since we’ve met,” Yoongi says quietly.
“It’s no problem. I’m happy to help. Jae’s adorable, I could never say no,” Taehyung says smiling.
The elevator opens and they’re back in the same floor, where Taehyung had examined Jae. Taehyung walks towards the end of the hallways, taking out his badge and scanning it on the door. Jae lifts his head off Yoongi’s shoulder, wanting to look at Taehyung’s office. They walk in and Taehyung takes tape putting Jae’s picture on his wall that was filled with different, colorful pictures.
“Wow, you almost have an entire wall filled,” Yoongi says.
“Yeah, I want to file up my office with pictures. My own personal wallpaper,” Taehyung says, smiling brightly.
“Woof!” Jae says pointing to a picture on Taehyung’s desk.
“Oh my doggy? His name is Tannie. He lives with my parents, I miss him a lot. He’s cute right?” Taehyung says smiling at Jae.
They look around Taehyung’s office once more before leaving, getting back into the elevator, going down to the cafe. Once they’re there, Yoongi notices it’s empty. He checks the time on his watch and sees that it’s past midnight.
“You don’t have to stay. I can just get Jae some food and go back to the room,” Yoongi says, feeling terrible for having Taehyung stay.
“It’s alright. Really. I’ll just get some food with you and Jae and then I’ll go home,” Taehyung says smiling.
Taehyung goes up to the worker, smiling brightly at her, “HI!”
“Taehyung? Don’t tell me you’re staying here late again?” She says.
“No I’m not. This is Jae, he had a little accident so I stayed behind to make sure he’s alright,” Taehyung explains.
“Oh isn’t he the cutest! What can I get you honey? Anything you want!” She says smiling at Jae.
“Isa!” Jae says showing his gummy smile.
“Oh my god look at that smile!” She says putting her hand over her heart. “I’ll get you your isa. What is that?”
Yoongi smiles, “Pizza.”
“Do you want cheese pizza?” She asks Jae.
Peas!” Jae says smiling.
“You got it! And for you two?” She asks looking at the adults.
“I’ll take your noodle soup,” Taehyung says, smiling at her.
“And you sweetie?” She asks Yoongi.
“Oh uhm, I’ll have the turkey sandwich,” he says smiling at her.
“Coming right up! I’ll call you when its ready,” she says as she hands them the bill.
Taehyung goes over to the register taking his wallet out, “Before you begin to protest about me paying, I get food for free since I work here.”
Yoongi huffs as Jae points towards the apple juice.
“Apple juice? Lets get the big one so we can share,” Yoongi says as he grabs the bottle.
Taehyung grabs a bottle of water as the cafe worker brings them their food.
“Here you go baby! Pizza just for you!” She says handing Jae the small triangle box of pizza.
“Dangdu!” Jae says happily taking the box.
“You’re very welcome!” She says smiling brightly at Jae.
They sit down, Yoongi putting Jae on his lap since he was too small to sit in a normal chair. Yoongi open up his pizza box, cutting a small piece off handing it to Jae. Jae takes the pizza and begins chewing on it happily.
“He really is the cutest,” Taehyung says, smiling as he watches Jae.
“Thank you,” Yoongi says. “You really didn’t have to stay.”
“It’s fine, really. I have the day off tomorrow, so I’ll just sleep in,” Taehyung says as he blows on his soup.
Jae opens his mouth looking at up Yoongi, letting him know he’s ready for more. Yoongi takes another piece of pizza handing it to Jae. Yoongi opens his sandwich taking a bite from it. He feels his phone vibrating in his pocket, he tries getting it out without letting Jae go.
“Do you mind?” He asks Taehyung.
Taehyung shakes his head as he continues to eat. Yoongi sees who’s calling him before answering the phone.
“Hey Joon. He’s fine. I’m just waiting on his results. Yeah you don’t have to stay, the doctor said he wants him here all night. Yeah I’ll talk to you tomorrow. Okay bye,” Yoongi hangs up the phone, quickly apologizing to Taehyung.
Jae points to the apple juice, with his mouth full of food. Yoongi opens the apple juice, waiting for Jae to swallow all of his food before giving him some juice. As they continue to eat, Taehyung and Yoongi begin talking about random things, getting to know each other a little better. Once they finish eating the stand up throwing away the trash, Jae beginning to get fussy since he was tired.
“Lets go see what Jimin has to say,” Taehyung says.
Jae begins whining in Yoongi’s arms, rubbing his eyes tired. Yoongi kisses his head telling him to wait just a little longer. Once they’re back in the hospital room, Jimin walks in smiling.
“Okay so he doesn’t have a concussion. He’s all good to go, he shouldn’t get any headaches or anything like that. If he does or you see that he’s not his usual self, like throwing up or sleeping more than usual, then come back in,” Jimin says.
Yoongi nods as he listens to Jimin, “thank you so much.”
“No problem. You’re free to go as soon as you sign some paperwork,” Jimin says.
The exit the room, Yoongi going to sign the paper work, while holding Jae on one side. Jae begins crying, throwing a small fit as they try to make it to the elevator.
“It’s okay Jae-jae, you can go to sleep now,” Yoongi says as he holds Jae closer to him.
Jae moves around a bit more, before settling in Yoongi’s arms, his head on Yoongi’s shoulder, his eyes beginning to close.
“So, uhm, do you wanna share a cab or did you drive here?” Taehyung asks, playing with his fingers.
“We could share a cab. Are you sure it’s not a problem?” Yoongi says.
“Of course not. Which way are you going?” Taehyung asks.
Yoongi points to the direction behind him, “This way.”
“Oh okay, me too. We can share a cab. Its okay I’ll pay for it. You’ve had a hard night,” Taehyung says smiling he goes to get a cab.
“Thank you,” Yoongi says for what feels like the millionth time.
Taehyung just smiles as he gets them a cab, he holds the door as he waits for Yoongi to get in. Jae moves around trying to get comfortable in Yoongi’s arms, as he tells the cab driver the directions to his house.
“So, what made you want to be a pediatrician?” Yoongi asks, trying to break the silence.
“I love kids,” Taehyung says shrugging. “I’ve always loved being around kids. I grew up taking care of my cousins, so I just know how to handle them. I love them so much.”
“I can tell. I’ve never seen an office with a whole bunch of drawing from kids,” Yoongi says, smiling. “You’re amazing at what you do.”
“Thank you, that means a lot to me coming from a parent. What do you do for a living?” Taehyung asks.
“I work from home making music. I usually will go to the studio that my friend owns, but ever since Jae came into my life I’ve been working from home,” Yoongi says, running his fingers through Jae’s hair.
“So it’s just you and Jae?” Tahyung asks, softly, giving Yoongi the choice to answer.
“Yeah…his mother didn’t want him. I’ve haven’t heard from her since he was born, but it’s better this way. She wasn’t exactly mother material, but then again I wasn’t father material either,” Yoongi says looking down at Jae.
“Yes you are. Anyone that steps up to be a parent is parent material,” Taehyung says.
“I didn’t want him. When I found out she was pregnant, she said she wanted to keep the baby and I was pissed. I knew she wanted child support, and I agreed to give her whatever as long as I didn’t have to see him. After he was born I saw him and carried him, I fell in love. He was so small and perfect, I wanted him in my life. Then she refused to carry him and didn’t want to see him. She gave up all the rights and let me have him. It was hard, but I managed. I’m so glad that I did, I don’t know where I’d be without him,” Yoongi says softly.
The cab driver stops in front of Yoongi’s building, letting them know they’ve arrived. Taehyung gets out of the cab helping Yoongi out.
“Thank you so much, again, for everything you’ve done,” Yoongi says looking into Taehyung’s eyes.
“It’s no problem at all, really I mean it. I’ll see you and Jae around,” Taehyung says as he gets back into the cab.
Taehyung waits until Yoongi is inside his building when he tells the cab driver, “Would you mind going the opposite direction? I live on the other side of town.”
**
It has been about four months since Taehyung and Yoongi had last seen each other. There wasn’t a reason to, Yoongi worked from home and Jae was in perfect health. Taehyung had been nonstop working and having lunch in the cafe. On one afternoon, Yoongi was getting Jae’s lunch ready when he noticed he was out of Jae’s favorite juice. He sighs knowing Jae was most likely gonna throw a huge tantrum. He hands Jae his sandwich, and his sips cup with water. Yoongi sits down as he begins to eat his own sandwich. As soon as Jae takes a sip from his cup he whines.
“oos!” Jae cries giving Yoongi the cup.
“We don’t have any. I’ll tell you what, as soon as you’re done with lunch we’ll go to the store and get more. You can have juice right after, and we’ll even get cookies,” Yoongi says.
“ookie?” Jae asks.
“Yes cookies. Just finish eating and drink water for now,” Yoongi says putting Jae’s cup down.
Jae continues eating and Yoongi is thankful he didn’t put up a fight.
Once they’re done with lunch, they walk over to the store; which should’ve taken a few minutes but because Jae loves to stop and smell flowers it took them almost an hour. Yoongi holds Jae’s hand as they walk into the store, grabbing a shopping cart.
“Okay Jae lets get in the cart,” Yoongi says as he picks Jae up.
“ookieth!” Jae says clapping his hands.
“We’ll get cookies soon, we have to get more food,” Yoongi says as they make their way down the aisles.
After a few minutes of shopping and Jae constantly reminding Yoongi about the cookies, Jae suddenly screams.
“TaTa! TaTa!” He yells pointing towards someone.
Yoongi looks over and sees Taehyung giggling as he spots Jae pointing at him.
“Oh hi. Sorry about him screaming,” Yoongi says as they make their way over to Taehyung.
“It’s okay. Hi Jae! How are you? I haven’t seen you in sooooo long!” Taehyung says asking Jae for a high five.
Jae laughs as he barely highs Taehyung’s hand, “TaTa!”
“Are you on your break?” Yoongi asks.
“Yeah I just got off. The cafe was packed so I just came here since it’s quicker. I would’ve waited but I’m starving and my pager can go off at any moment,” Taehyung says, never looking away from Jae.
“Seems like we always bother you when you’re on your break,” Yoongi jokes.
“At least your… son is cute. I don’t mind,” Taehyung says, patting Jae’s head.
“Oos! Tata!” Jae says, pouting to the apple juice.
“Juice?” Taehyung asks looking at where Jae points.
“We’ll get the smaller juice soon,” Yoongi tells Jae. “I should get going. I promised him I’d get cookies.”
“Ookieth!” Jae shouts.
Taehyung laughs, “That’s cute. It was good seeing you both!”
Yoongi smiles, “Good seeing you too.”
“Bye bye!” Jae waves as the leave. Taehyung smiles waving back at Jae.
**
The next time they see each other Yoongi almost has a heart attack again. Namjoon had called him telling him he needed to go out, Yoongi had disagreed, but Namjoon had shown up at this door anyways. Yoongi used his first line which was there was no one to watch Jae, to which Namjoon had said he’d already called Yoongi’s mom and was waiting for him to arrive. Yoongi groaned before getting dressed, not exactly dressing up.
He woke up the following morning to someone moving things around, he opens his eyes, the light bugging him. Yoongi looks over and nearly shouts. Taehyung stood there in his underwear with his clothes in his hands.
“Uhm, morning,” Taehyung says, awkwardly.
Yoongi sits up looking around his room, holding his head. He couldn’t remember much about last night. He does remember drinking, a lot. He also remember making out with someone, how that person had given him goosebumps all over his body just by whispering dirty things into his ear. How the stranger’s lips felt against his own, and on his cold skin. How the stranger’s hands held him close during sex and afterwards. Yoongi looks at Taehyung, his body is covered in hickeys, his hair is a mess.
“Did..we?” Yoongi trails off.
“Yeah, we did,” Taehyung replies.
“And you were just gonna leave?” Yoongi asks.
“What? No, I was gonna get dressed and then go through your medicine cabinets. And then I was gonna leave,” Taehyung jokes.
“Well you’ll find a lot of children’s medicine in there, and then you’ll freak out thinking you slept with a married man,” Yoongi says.
Taehyung laughs slightly before his eyes widen, “Oh shit, Jae! I didn’t even think about him! Oh my god! I’m so sorry-“
“He’s with my mother,” Yoongi says.
Taehyung sighs, relieved, “Oh thats good. I wouldn’t want him worried for you. You’re definitely a screamer.”
Yoongi laughs as he moves around in his bed, “I don’t feel sore, so either you’re lying or you suck.”
“Oh I definitely sucked,” Taehyung says winking.
Yoongi laughs, grabbing underwear from his nightstand, “Do you still need the medicine? I have aspirin.”
“That would be great, my body is sore,” Taehyung finishes getting dressed, a slight blush on his cheeks.
“So then did I…?” Yoongi says, not knowing how to finish the sentence.
“You’re gonna get noise complaints, that’s for sure. I’d apologize, but I wouldn’t mean it,” Taehyung says running a hand through his hair.
Yoongi laughs lightly as he gets out of bed, feeling Taehyung’s eye watch every move he makes. He goes into his closet getting out clothes for him and for Taehyung.
“I know this is weird and everything, but would you like to go get breakfast? I’d have to pick up Jae on the way there, but he wouldn’t mind having you there,” Yoongi says.
“It this you asking Jae’s doctors, or you asking the person you had a one night stand with?” Taehyung asks.
“Both? As a thank you for everything you’ve done for Jae, and…one because I think you’re really attractive and I wanna get to know you better,” Yoongi says rubbing the back of his neck.
“Well I would love to. Jae is really cute, I’d love to see him again. And I’m hungry so free breakfast is great,” Taehyung says smiling.
Yoongi has Taehyung the clothes, “Here these should fit, I never wore it and the underwear are clean. Take your time, I’m gonna call my mom and let her know I’ll be there soon to pick Jae up.”
Taehyung thanks him before getting into the shower. Yoongi goes downstairs calling his mother. After a few minutes Taehyung comes downstairs, his hair slightly wet. Yoongi hands him a water with some aspirin, Taehyung thanking him. Soon they’re off, taking a cab to Yoongi’s mother’s house.
“So you don’t work today?” Yoongi asks.
“No, one of the few days I have off,” Taehyung says smiling. “That’s why I went out last night. I knew I could get drunk and spend the day recovering.”
“Great way to celebrate a day off,” Yoongi says laughing. “Well you went to a club got wasted as fuck and got laid.”
“Perfect night!” Taehyung says smiling. “So why were you there? I think we might’ve talked about it.”
“My friend forced me to go out since I never do anymore. We just sold a song and he wanted to celebrate. His husband owns the night club,” Yoongi says.
“Wait? You work with Namjoon?” Taehyung asks.
“You know him?” Yoongi asks.
“Yeah! Jin’s my cousin! Wow, small world,” Taehyung says laughing.
“Can’t believe we’ve never met before,” Yoongi says shaking his head.
“Did you go to the Christmas party they threw last year?” Taehyung asks.
“No Jae was just born, he was about a month old,” Yoongi explains.
“And you didn’t want him out in the cold,” Taehyung says.
“I didn’t want him out in general. I didn’t take him outside until he was like 4 months, and then he got sick because of it,” Yoongi says shaking his head.
Taehyung laughs as he shakes his head, “I bet you freak out!”
“I did! I thought I’d done something wrong until my mom yelled at me,” Yoongi says.
The cab stops in front of a small building, Yoongi paying the driver as they get out. They walk up to the door, Yoongi knocking gently. He hears Jae screaming from inside, a smile instantly makes his way to his face. Yoongi’s mother opens the door smiling behind her.
“You look like shit. Nice hickey you have there, don’t let Jae see it,” Yoongi’s mother says as soon as he sees Yoongi.
“Thanks mom,” Yoongi laughs as he hugs her.
Taehyung shyly introduces himself as he hears Jae running.
“Tata!” Jae screams as he runs towards Taehyung.
Taehyung smiles as he opens his arms waiting for Jae to jump into them, hugging him tightly.
“You never told me you were seeing someone,” Yoongi’s mother whispers.
“I’m not. He’s just a friend,” Yoongi says shyly.
“Yeah that hickey on your collarbone says something different,” she says.
“How do you know it’s from him?” Yoongi asks.
“He has one too,” she says smirking at Yoongi.
Yoongi blushes as he feels Jae hugging his legs.
“Appa!” Jae says looking up at him.
“Oh now you remember me! After you say hi to Taehyung first?” Yoongi says, faking his anger.
Jae giggles as he reaches towards Yoongi, wanting to be picked up. Yoongi picks him up tossing him in the air, making his laugh.
“Okay say bye to nana,” Yoongi says as he thanks his mother, kissing her goodbye.
“Byebye nana!” Jae says.
Yoongi’s mother kisses Jae’s cheek before saying goodbye to Taehyung.
The three of them begin walking down the sidewalk, towards the little cafe at the end of the block. Jae holds Taehyung’s hands, pointing at anything he can, Taehyung telling him the colors of the objects. Once they arrive at the cafe they sit down, Yoongi grabbing a high chair for Jae.
"No! Tata! Thit der!” Jae shouts as Yoongi tries sitting next to Jae.
“Taehyung, would you mind sitting next to him?” Yoongi asks.
“Of course not! I would love to!” Taehyung says sitting down in the chair next to Jae.
Yoongi sits across from both of them as he begins looking through the menu, Taehyung reading out the options for Jae. Soon the waitress comes to take their order. Jae screams into his hands as the waitress brings him his chocolate milk, Taehyung giggling at the sight. Yoongi tell Jae to use his inside voice. Jae has Taehyung coloring and telling him all about his day with Nana. Taehyung nodded along pretending to understand what he was trying to say. When their food arrives, Jae refuses to let Yoongi feed him. Instead he waits for Taehyung to give him his food. Yoongi rolls his eyes before eating, Taehyung apologizing. When they finish eating, Yoongi pays for their mean before making their way outside.
“Wanna share a cab since we’re going in the same direction again? You get off before I do, so I’ll pay for it,” Yoongi says.
“Oh. Uhm, actually…I live about a block away from the hospital,” Taehyung says rubbing his neck awkwardly.
“But you said-“
“I just said that because I wanted to spend more time with you. I wanted to ask you out, but I didn’t know if you were into men,” Taehyung says, looking at the ground.
“So you made the poor driver turn all the way around?” Yoongi asks.
“I tipped him! He said he didn’t mind!” Taehyung says, defending himself.
Yoongi laughs as he gets a cab, opening the door for Taehyung since Jae was in his arms. They sit together talking about random things, Jae laying against Taehyung, slowly falling asleep.
"He likes you a lot," Yoongi says while watching his son. "He really doesn't like strangers too much, but he got close to you really quickly."
“Well, he’s my favorite little baby,” Taehyung replies, squeezing Jae’s sides. Jae giggles lightly, his eyes closing. “But don’t let my other patients know.”
Yoongi shakes his head, laughing, soon they are outside of his apartment. Yoongi get’s out, jogging to the other side to help Taehyung.
“I know we said we’d share a cab, but do you wanna come inside?” Yoongi asks, pouting towards his apartment.
“Sure. I wouldn’t want Jae to wake up,” Taehyung says winking at Yoongi.
“Yeah, once we get inside he’ll wake up,” Yoongi mumbles.
“Really?” Taehyung laughs.
Yoongi nods as he pays the cab driver, thanking him for the ride. They make their way to the elevator going to Yoongi’s floor. Little by little Jae begins to wake up, he lifts his head as he recognizes where they are.
“Ome?” Jae says sleepily.
“Yeah, we’re almost home,” Yoongi replies as he takes his keys out.
“TaTa ome?” Jae asks looking at Taehyung.
“I’m going to your home. Do you wanna show me your room?’ Taehyung says, smiling.
Jae’s face lights up as he smiles excited, “Yeth!”
“Okay then! Lets go inside!” Taehyung says, gently putting Jae down.
Yoongi opens the door, and Jae grabs Taehyung’s hand leading him inside.
“Go! Go! Go!” Jae shouts as he runs towards the stairs. He tries grabbing onto the railing to help himself up, but instead he looks at Taehyung lifting his arms in the air.
Taehyung smiles as he picks him up, “Okay but you have to tell me where your room is.”
Yoongi follows as he sees Taehyung go into Jae’s room. Once he’s there, Jae is showing him everything in his room.
“Do you want something to drink?” Yoongi asks.
“App oos!” Jae tells Yoongi.
“Okay, I’ll get you apple juice. Taehyung?” Yoongi asks.
“Water, preferably cold,” Taehyung says smiling sweetly at him.
“Be right back,” Yoongi says going back downstairs.
When Yoongi returns with a cold bottle of water and a sippy cup for Jae, he sees that Jae has been introducing Taehyung to all of his stuffed animals. Taehyung sat on the floor patiently saying hello to all of Jae’s stuffed animals, and his favorite toys.
“Here’s you juice Jae,” Yoongi says, holding up the sips cup.
Jae runs over grabbing the juice before sitting on the floor, drinking it. Taehyung smiles as he stands, grabbing the water from Yoongi, thanking him.
“Gapes!” Jae tells Yoongi.
“Grapes? We just ate,” Yoongi says.
“Gapes!” Jae whines.
“Why don’t you play first, then we’ll have grapes and then you take a nap,” Yoongi tells Jae running his hand through his hair.
“Nap?” Jae asks, his eyes curious.
“Wow I would think he’d start crying at the word nap, but here he is ready for it,” Taehyung says giggling.
“Well he got that from me. We love sleeping,” Yoongi says.
Jae stands going into his toys grabbing a couple of items in his hands, before going over to Taehyung. He sets down a doctor toy set, sitting down in Taehyung’s lap.
“Appa!” Jae calls out, looking at Yoongi.
“Yeah?” Yoongi says.
Jae points to the ground in front of him, making little whining sounds. Yoongi crawls over sitting down in front of Taehyung and Jae. Jae hands a small plastic clipboard to Taehyung along with a plastic name tag.
“You want me to work on my day off?” Taehyung mumbles as he puts on the name tag.
Yoongi laughs as Jae gets the plastic stethoscope, putting it in his ears.
“Okay here, you can be my assistant,” Taehyung says. “We have to listen to his heart first.”
Taehyung grabs Jae’s little hand, helping him put the stethoscope on Yoongi’s heart, pressing the heart button. Jae giggles as Taehyung tells Yoongi to take deep breathes, Yoongi following along. Jae looks at Taehyung waiting for whatever was next. Taehyung looks at his tiny clipboard, humming to himself.
Jae stands and grabs Yoongi’s face, trying to open his mouth. Yoongi opens it, unsure of what Jae wanted to do. Jae looks at Taehyung, smiling.
“You wanna look at his mouth? Okay,” Taehyung sits up looking into Yoongi’s mouth. “What do you think?”
Jae looks into Yoongi’s mouth before blowing into it. Yoongi pulls away groaning, while Jae giggles. Taehyung sits there, trying not to laugh.
“Jae! Gross!” Yoongi says wiping his mouth.
“TaTa!” Jae says pointing towards Yoongi.
“You want me to do that?” Taehyung asks, disbelievingly.
Jae smiles, waiting.
Taehyung leans forward watching Yoongi’s eyes widen in surprise. Taehyung positions himself right in front of Jae, making sure he couldn’t see before pressing his lips against Yoongi’s. Before he pulls away he blows into Yoongi’s mouth. Jae laughing loudly as Yoongi groans, pushing Taehyung away. Jae gives Taehyung the big plastic shot syringe. Taehyung puts the syringe in Yoongi’s arm pretending to give him a shot. Yoongi winces as he pretends he’s in pain. Jae shouts before pushing Taehyung’s hand away, hugging Yoongi close. Taehyung’s eyes widen as he sees Jae angrily glare at him, his eyes watering.
“It’s okay Jae, I didn’t hurt him!” Taehyung rushes out.
“It’s okay baby I’m fine. Here kiss it better,” Yoongi says.
Jae looks at Yoongi’s arm before kissing it. He returns to glaring at Taehyung. Taehyung pouts as he looks down at the ground. Yoongi laughs turning to look at Jae.
“It’s okay baby, I’m fine. Look all better. He didn’t hurt me I promise, I was just pretending,” Yoongi says as he wipes Jae’s teary eyes.
“No hurth?” Jae asks, softly.
“No hurt. He made me feel better,” Yoongi says. “But look he’s sad that you’re mad at him. Give him a hug.”
Jae looks at Taehyung, who’s looking at the ground pouting. Jae throws himself at Taehyung, giggling.
“You’re not mad at me anymore?” Taehyung asks.
“No TaTa,” Jae says.
Taehyung hugs him tighter, kissing his head.
“Okay let’s go get grapes,” Yoongi says standing up.
“Gapes!” Jae cheers. He holds Taehyung’s hand as they go down the stairs.
Taehyung puts Jae in his highchair before sitting down next to him as Yoongi gives him a small plate of grapes. Jae squeals into his hands before grabbing a grape and biting into it.
“So he loves grapes and apple juice,” Taehyung says watching Jae eat.
“He likes a lot of things. He’s not really picky, unless it looks weird or is mac and cheese,” Yoongi says.
As Taehyung is watching Jae eat his grapes, his phone rings. He apologizes before quickly answering.
“Hey. Wait when? It might take me longer than usual. I’m not even dressed properly. Okay yeah, I’ll be there as soon as I can,” Taehyung rubs his head, before hanging up. “I have to go. There’s an emergency with a six month old. Do you think I can borrow a dress shirt? I don’t want to go home and change.”
“Yeah you can go get whatever fits,” Yoongi says.
“Thank you so much!” Taehyung quickly stands, going into Yoongi’s bedroom.
“TaTa byebye?” Jae asks, softly.
“Yeah. He has to go to work. Remember how he made you feel better? Well he has to go do that again for other babies,” Yoongi tells him.
“Back?” Jae asks sadly.
“Not today Jaejae, but we’ll see when he has time to see you again,” Yoongi tells him.
Taehyung comes down the stairs buttoning up on of Yoongi’s black dress shirts as he goes back into the dinning room, “I’m sorry Jae. I promise I’ll be back to see you again!”
Jae lifts his arms in the air, and Taehyung leans down giving him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
“I’ll walk you out,” Yoongi says standing. “I’ll be back Jae. Finish your grapes.”
Yoongi and Taehyung make their way to the front door. Taehyung takes out his wallet, pulling out a business card.
“Here, it’s got my personal number on it. I had a lot of fun not just today..uhm last night is still really fuzzy, but I really like you and I want to get to know you better,” Taehyung says shyly.
Yoongi takes the card, smiling, “I had fun too. I would love to know you better too, and Jae would want to see you again too. I’ll text you later tonight.”
Taehyung smiles before kissing Yoonig on the cheek, “I’ll be waiting then.”
Yoongi blushes softly as Taehyung leaves. Yoongi closes the door behind him going back to get Jae.
“Okay Jae, nap time!” Yoongi says picking Jae up.
He goes into his bedroom laying Jae down, going into the bathroom to get a baby wipe to clean Jae up. Once he’s done he lies down next to Jae holding him close as he runs his hands through Jae’s hair, humming softly. Jae slowly begins to close his eyes, his finger making its way into his mouth. Yoongi’s eyes feel heavy as he thinks about Taehyung, a small smile making its way to Yoongi’s face.
**