The cold December air made the Taekook house very cold. Jungkook and Taehyung keep themselves warm with body heat, they naturally don't get cold. However, with a five month old baby in the house as well, he's not come of age yet where his body stays at a comfortable temperature. He still gets cold and sometimes gets hot when he's wearing warm layers.

One chilly night, Jungkook woke up to his baby screaming for him. He reaches over, groaning with sleep, "Tae."

The older snores, completely out of it after helping Yoongi train new warriors in the pack. Jungkook smacks his thigh, "Tae!"

He snorts, smacking his lips before rolling away from Jungkook, "Too early Kook..." his snoring starts back up shortly after.

Jungkook sighs, sitting up and standing out of bed to attend to his baby, who's holding himself up with the bars of his crib crying for his mommy. Jungkook slips on a pair of boxers, then saunters over to his baby, "What's the matter baby? Huh?"

Jeonjae makes grabby hands for his mom, snot and tears coat his face and Jungkook nearly gags. He lifts the baby up and kisses his... hot forehead? He frowns, pulling away to notice Jeonjae's whole body is very warm. The baby cries, cuddling into his mom, "Maaaaa!!"

"I know baby," he coos, bouncing him slightly, "You don't feel so good do you?"

He listens for a bit to his son crying as he tries to sway him around the room to calm him down some. He was already running a temperature, he didn't need the baby to be puking too. Jeonjae stops crying to release a series of coughs so hard that his tiny body shakes with each one he lets out. After he's done, he swallows and starts crying again.

Jungkook curses, Jeonjae managed to get whatever cold Taehyung had. And now, he's going to have to figure out what to do to help his baby, who's still too young to take any kind of fever reducer or anything. He leaves the room, not wanting to wake Taehyung as he carries Jeonjae to the kitchen to find some homemade remedies to cure a cold for a baby.

He made some herbal tea, making sure it was not too hot for him to drink out of his bottle. Once he stuck the nipple in Jeonjae's mouth, the baby quiets and sniffles. His big eyes lock with Jungkook's and the mother can only pout, "I'm sorry you feel bad baby. Mommy's going to nurse you back to my healthy, happy baby boy. Sound good?"

Jeonjae whines, his glazed over eyes water as he drinks the liquid that soothes his sore throat. The steam and the heat was slowly opening up his nasal cavity, hopefully he'll have some sinus drainage and get to feeling better. Jeonjae has never been sick. With Jungkook being a first time mom, he was very particular about people who were sick to stay away from his baby or always washing their hands. I guess Taehyung didn't follow the "Stay away from baby if you're sick," rule.

He tried to think of some more remedies he can do without medicines, and then it hits him. The midwife always did this when Jungkook was sick when he was little. She would peel a potato, making sure the skin she was peeling was large enough to cover his feet, then stuck it to the bottom of his foot. After that, she would put socks on his feet and make him sleep. The next morning she removed them to reveal nasty, black covered potato skins.

Within the next few days, after continuing this process, he was all better and back to his normal self. Jungkook makes a face, looking down at Jeonjae who was staring up at the ceiling fan in the living room as it spins. When the tea is gone, he stands, carrying the half asleep baby to the kitchen and placing him in his bouncer with a blanket. He needed to try and sweat the fever out of him since he can't take medicine yet.

He grabs a potato out of the fridge, and slowly peels thick enough pieces of potato skin to cover the bottom of his son's tiny foot. He nods, grabbing a pair of Jeonjae's socks out of the clean laundry basket then sets on his mission to place the skins of potato on Jeonjae's feet.

Jungkook picks up Jeonjae again, and very gently to not piss off the already unhappy baby, unzips his onsie to reveal the bottoms of his feet. He places the potato skin on them, then covers his feet with a sock. He repeats the process with the other foot, pouting at how hot his baby's body felt as he changes him out of his wet diaper and into a long sleeved onesie instead. Jeonjae whines, his tired eyes barely open as he makes a grabby hand for his mommy to hold him.

Jungkook doesn't hesitate, wrapping his baby with his blanket and resorting to the recliner since it's easier to remove himself out of. He rocks Jeonjae to sleep, a pacifier in his mouth after Jungkook made a mental note to disinfect it. The baby passes out within ten minutes, and Jungkook followed him after making sure nothing was around his face multiple times.

Around 10 in the morning, Taehyung woke up to an empty bed and pouts. He stands, throwing on a T-shirt and sweats then heading out to find Jungkook and their son on the recliner fast asleep. He walks over and kisses Jungkook's temple, waking the younger in the process, "Good morning baby."

" 'Morning," Jungkook whispers, looking down at Jeonjae and pouts at his pink, feverish cheeks, "Jeonjae woke me up last night. He had a fever and was coughing horribly."

Taehyung coos, brushing a long strand of black hair out of his son's face, "So what did you do since he can't have meds?"

"I gave him some herbal tea to drink, then cut some potato skins off a potato and placed them at the bottom of his feet," the mother sighs, his back was starting to hurt as he pats Jeonjae's butt gently trying to get him to stay asleep, "I have to change them out. If we can get him to sleep majority of the day and change those skins out, he'll be better in no time."

Taehyung hums, looking in the kitchen to see the potato still on the counter, "Welp, that ones no good no more."

"We can still use it's skin. Oh and do me a favor," Jungkook glares at Taehyung, lowering his voice, "Next time you're sick, you're sleeping at the pack house until you're better."

"Aye aye captain!" Taehyung salutes Jungkook as he retreats to the kitchen to make breakfast.

Jungkook nods, satisfied with the answer as he goes back to watching Jeonjae sleep, and every now and then apologizing to him for being sick and for feeling icky. Not to worry, after three days of sleepless nights, potato skins being peeled and mucus being sucked out of the baby's nose, Jungkook was happy to announce his baby was back to his normal adorable self.

He sat up one morning after hearing him squeal and giggle, and smiles at him, "Are you feeling better?!"

Jeonjae babbles, bouncing up and down excitedly as Jungkook picks him up and sets him on his hip. He checks the baby's forehead, fever is gone. He can tell by the sweat still on his baby's forehead. Every time Jeonjae giggles or breathes in it doesn't sound like a ball of mucus shoved up his nose. Jungkook was happy, his baby was well again and he felt proud he didn't use medicines to nurse him back to health.

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