~ 18 ~
The sound of the screeching gulls and the waves crashing against the big rocks and the shore had you move in your sleep. You wiggled your toes feeling the cold breeze of the morning tickling you. Groaning a little you pulled your legs in under the warm blanket that was covering you. Feeling nice and wanting more warmth you turned to your side where you felt some kind of warmth radiating. Still feeling sleepy, lazily you got closer and wrapped your arm around Jae.
A smile crept your lips as he felt very nice and warm. Humming, you snuggled closer but something felt off. Running your hand down his body, you wondered When did Jae get this big. Your brows furrowed even though your eyes remained closed. But you quickly snapped them open when you heard tiny giggles near you, not beside you.
You groaned a little and blinked few times to take the surrounding in. Your heart skipped a beat as your eyes landed on the beautifully sculptured man next to you. It didn't even took you a second to realize that you had fallen asleep in the tent with Jimin as you both were just lazily chatting while watching the stars. You blushed when you remembered how he kissed you last night. You could still feel his soft sweet lips on you. If he weren't here next to you, you would have thought that it was a dream for sure. He looked so beautiful as he was still sleeping peacefully. You realized you both had a blanket on you and you were thankful to whoever kept you both warm last night as it was cold since it's too early in the morning.
In those few seconds, you forgot the reason you woke up till you heard another set of giggles again. This time, you lifted your head, only to see your son sitting near your feet, looking happy as he was staring down at you and Jimin.
"Hey hun. Good morning." You whispered as he crawled to you. You sat up and hugged him before giving a kiss to his head.
"Good morning Momma." He greeted loudly. You quickly covered his mouth and hushed him showing Jimin. "Your Mr. Angel is still sleeping. Come lets go from here." You say to him wanting to get away from there soon. You felt shy to face him if he woke up now. And for a fact you knew that you probably looked unpresentable right now with smudged make up and bad hair.
Without wasting anymore time, you got out from the blanket and hurried in with Jae. You entered the room which was supposed to be all girls and felt relieved that everything seemed to be normal inside the room and presentable for your son to enter. You couldn't help but snort seeing Vinny sprawled out on one side of the bed while Joanne was in the middle, half of her on the bed and half on top of Mel. It was obvious that they had passed out after drinking too much last night.
You hummed as you entered the bathroom along with Jae to clean him up first. Strangely your boy kept giggly as he half walked and half hopped. "You look happy. Did something happen?" You ask as you picked him up to make him sit on the sink counter.
"Mm! I'm so happy because My wish coming true." He says clapping his hand together.
"Really? That's nice. What did my little Jae wish for?" You ask giving him a warm smile as you took some toothpaste out.
"Aunt Vee said not to tell wish.. it go baaddd!" Jae shook his head, refusing to tell your curious ass what he wished for to make him look so happy.
"Great! thanks to your Aunt Vee.. I guess I'll never know." You mumbled as you prepared Jae to brush his teeth. While you were at it, you heard rustling noises and after few minutes, Joanne walked in rubbing her eye and yawning lazily.
"Good morning to you too." You smirked seeing her state.
"Good morning. What time is it?" She asks groggily.
"Probably Seven. I didn't check the time yet." You say and she just hummed and leaned against the door frame staring at you for few seconds. You ignored her and asked Jae to rinse his mouth.
"Did you sleep well?" She asks, as a playful smirk pulled on her lips.
"Yeah.. I did. But what's with that look?" You cocked a brow at her.
"A look that says, We saw two love birdies sleeping all cuddled up out in the cold breezing night, under the starry sky in a very romantic looking setup. Just like a movie." She wiggled her brows.
"Pfft! If you saw... then why are you asking!" Your cheeks turned color and Joanne chuckled seeing that.
"What? I just asked if you slept good. It's a very normal thing to ask Y/n." She said in a sly tone.
"Mm-hm. Yeah whatever." You rolled your eyes and paid your attention back to Jae. You knew that Joanne was waiting for you to spill the tea but you didn't. At least not now because you needed some time to gather it up for yourself as well.
"Fine! I won't ask anything... for now! But at least thank me for keeping you two warm last night." She scowled playfully.
"So it was you who put a blanket on us?"
"Yup. Mel and I stumbled across you two last night and didn't want to wake you." She says and you gave her a thankful look. But soon all three of you chuckled when Joanne's stomach grumbled making funny noises.
"Ok.. I need food. I'll go wake the rest up. We reserved two tables in a diner near by for breakfast." She says stretching her body.
"Sounds good. I'm starving too." You tell her and she nods to go wake up the rest till you finish up Jae and put him down. You wondered where his clothes from yesterday were and then remembered that he was changed by Jimin, which till date you find it surprising since your boy is really shy and never lets anyone see him without clothes. Even with you he is shy to remove his underwear.
"Honey, can you go get your clothes from the other room. You need to change into them. This shirt is full of dried icing and food spills." You tell him and he gives a nod.
"Ok Momma. I'll change." He says.
"Ok. Don't make noises. Momma will wash up till then." You say and he gives another nod before running outside. Smiling, you went in to have a quick wash, mentally deciding to put on your dried clothes from yesterday as well.
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After tiptoeing into the room, Jae picked up his clothes with both his hands carefully so that he wouldn't wake up his uncle Jungkook and Uncle Namjoon who were still sleeping with their mouths open. Taking two steps backwards in a very light slow pace, Jae managed to get closer to the door. But immediately he froze a little as he turned because of the sudden snoring sound which was coming out of one of the males. Getting worried that he might wake them up, he just wanted to bolt out of there, so he decided to run out of the room, padding his tiny feet hard against the floor.
"Woah woah! Slow down buddy. You will fall." Jae who was about to bump on Jimin got held by the adult. He looked up and gave a cheeky grin at the male figure who he adores the most.
"Mr. Angel.. Good morning." he greets with manners to the elder. Jimin smiles running his hand over his disheveled hair before lowering himself to the kid's level.
"Good morning buddy. Where were you running in a hurry?" Jimin asks touching the little ones cheek. Jae always feels loved when Jimin shows affection like these and he really liked it. He never wants Jimin to go away and wants to be real family soon with him. So starting today he would be counting days since he wished for it last night. A Prince for his Momma and A Dadda for him.
"Momma say change." He lisped smiling as he showed the clothes which he were clutching with both hands.
"Oh.. I can see why your momma wants you to change into these. Your shirt is a mess buddy." Jimin says brushing off Jae's shirt in the chest area even though he knew it won't come off. "Where is Momma now?" Jimin asks and the little boy points towards the other room before replying, "Showering."
"Ok then come on. Lets get you changed then. Did you brush your teeth and wash your face?" Jimin asks as he straightened up. When Jae hummed and gave a nod Jimin took his little hand in his and walked back to the room where other two grown men were still sleeping.
Like a little duck Jae followed Jimin to the bathroom. This wasn't a new thing so one by one Jae allowed Jimin to remove his clothes. "How about we take a nice wash before getting dressed. Would you like that?" Jimin asks and Jae gave a nod not minding since his Momma has trained him to have morning washes before going to school.
"Alright then.. let me set the shower for you." Jimin says and goes inside the cubical to run the shower and set the proper temperature for Jae. "Ok buddy, all done." Jimin approves after touching the water.
"Coming." Jae says as usual like to his mother but in front of Jimin without any shyness he removed his little underwear and got into the water. It makes Jimin happy to see that the little boy trusts him and embraces him as his own when he heard from you that Jae was very shy. Well the first two days yes he was, but still he never refused a shower or a cloth change. So this makes Jimin feel special and he knows he is special to Jae just like how he is to him.
"There you go. I'll brush my teeth fast and come to apply soap ok. Till then wash yourself with water, ok bud?"
"Ok!" Jae seemed cheering and happy and that made Jimin smile more.
Once the duo was done with the routine, Jimin lowered himself to dry Jae up. "Mr. Angel are we going home today?"
"Yes buddy. We are."
"But I don't like to go. I want stay here." He pouted.
"You like it here too huh. Well Mr. Angel loves it here too. It's very special to me now. But Bud we need to go back so you can go to school and be big soon. Momma and Mr. Angel got work too." Jimin says to him in a light soft tone.
"Hmm.. can we come again?" Jae asks with his big hopeful eyes understanding that they need to go back.
"Sure buddy. We will come back. I promise.. and next time, lets make a big sand castle for you, me and momma.. ok?" Jimin says and the little one put out his pinky finger, "Promise?" Jimin smiles and locks it without any hesitation, "Promise."
Jae smiled to himself and watched Jimin stand up to take his clothes from the counter. Right then Taehyung walked into the bathroom yawning like a bear. Panicking Jae quickly hurried and hid behind Jimin, hugging the elder's leg and peeped slowly with his now pink face.
Jimin chuckled softly but quickly got the towel and covered the little one up. "It's ok. I got you." Jimin tells him and Taehyung gives a fake offended look seeing the whole thing.
"Hey.. we are the same. Why did you shy away from me and not Jimin." Taehyung complained and Jae just giggled at the face that his uncle made.
"That's because I'm special. And he loves me." Jimin gave a proud look in a playful manner.
"Yah.. That's unfair. I knew you before Jimin.. This won't do.. Come here you." Taehyung lunged at the little one playfully. Jae giggled loudly and moved around dragging Jimin along with him to save him from uncle Taehyung while clinging to his leg like a koala. Three of them laughed and played around for good five minutes before freshening up and getting all dressed to head out for breakfast.
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The guys had already got to the diner before you and the girls since Mel and Vinny were taking long to get changed. You didn't have the chance to see Jimin all this time till now. So when you stepped in, you shied away behind Vinny when Jimin looked up to meet your eyes. Your best friend didn't fail to notice it. She instantly knew that something was up but didn't say anything. She noticed that you kept giving her weird shy looks all morning but didn't utter a word. So she understood that you were probably waiting for a free time to spill whatever it was that you wanted her to know.
A soft smile tugged his lips seeing you acting all cute. He still felt those butterflies trapped in his heart as he saw you. He still couldn't believe that he kissed you last night. It feels so good and so magical to him. His body was still tingling, specially when he was remembering how you fell asleep next to him while talking. He was up half of the night taking you in, realizing how beautiful you are truly. It was safe to say that he is completely smitten by you now.
"Hey, Good morning." Jimin greeted you in a low honey voice as you sat down next to him.
"Good morning." You greeted back unable to meet his eyes properly. Luckily for you, Jae was needing help to sit on the seat, so you attended him while mentally scolding yourself being shy all of sudden. This was so not me. What is this man doing to me!
Once everyone settled in filling both the reserved tables, you all swiftly went through the menu and placed the orders faster than usual because all of you were famished. You all needed food for your empty stomach after the drunk night. While waiting for the food, Jungkook brought up something that happened to Yoongi last night and got everyone chatting and laughing in seconds making fun of it.
You almost jumped in your seat as you felt something warm wrapping up your hand underneath the table. But once you realized that it was Jimin trying to hold your hand, Your cheeks flushed and your heart skipped thousands of beats. Slowly smiling to yourself, you opened your hand and laced your fingers through his, meeting his warmth filled eyes for a brief second before looking away. Jimin slightly cleared his throat and moved closer to you before he gave a light squeeze to your hand to show his affection. Biting down the corner of your lip, you pretended to be normal while there was a whole circus running around inside of you.
Again you didn't know what's exactly going on, what all of this meant and why you two are being secretive like a teen couple who were trying to hide away from their friends and having a moment for yourselves. But you really really liked this. After a long time you are being transported to all those feelings you were suppose to feel at that age. You wanted to squeal and giggle away these emotions but of course you didn't want your friends and your kid to give you weird looks thinking that you are going crazy.
After the morning breakfast, you, Jae, Vinny and Jungkook got into Jimin's car as Jungkook hitched a ride here with Jin. Then Mel and Namjoon joined Taehyung and Joanne in theirs. Since it was a Sunday Vinny decided to stay at yours so she asked Jimin to drive to your place straight instead of going to hers. You swore you saw Jimin's smile twitch a little but still acted cool.
You didn't blame Vinny because she didn't know anything that happened. Also you were not ready to stick around with Jimin alone until you figured things out. You weren't sure if you were ready to tell him how you feel about him just yet and everything that has been happening. So you really needed to talk to your best friend and have some girl time. Therefore you are thankful towards her for deciding to tag along and spend the day with you.
"Thanks for the ride Jimin. And thanks for everything you did. We both are gonna go have some girl time today. And feel free to hangout with Jungkook and do whatever as you guys will be free for the day. " Vinny says pressing her boyfriend's shoulders from behind as he was in the passenger seat next to Jimin. Jungkook was still kind of out of it so he just nodded and gave a thumbs up.
"Will do. No need to mention it. Hope you girls have a nice day then." Jimin gave a smile that didn't reach his eyes completely. He was looking at you longingly and you felt the same.
"You too. I'll see you later." You say it more towards Jimin , trying not to pout to the look he was giving you. You gave him your best puppy eyes and as if he understood you, he just gave a nod before giving a soft smile that tugged your heartstrings. Jae slowly reaches forward and gives big hugs to both men as he said goodbye. After that he got down following you and Vinny and closed the car door so the two men could drive away.
"What was that?" Vinny didn't waste any second in questioning you.
"What was what?" Your lip curled up as you tried to beat around the bush till you get to the top and collapse to your comfy couch.
"That look you both had. Like puppies in love or something. And where were you even at last night? Why did you act all shy turning red this morning at the diner?" Sighing you just rolled your eyes and shook your head before answering.
"Are you seriously asking me this? Or are you just pretending as if you don't get it when you were the one who had been coming up with stuff when it didn't even happen in the past." You hinted vaguely as you set everything including Jae's gifts aside.
You watched your best friend gasp as her eyes grew wide in shock, a happy shock to be exact. "No way!" She exclaimed making your ears turn red. "You and Jimin? You got together?" She asks almost hopping, all excited for you.
"What.. No!" You were quick to almost burst her bubble. "I mean.. I don't know.. yet."
"What do you mean you don't know yet? What happened?" Her brows knitted together as she sat next to you.
"Well..." You trailed as you looked around to see if Jae was nearby. Thankfully he wasn't. Must have run off to his room. You thought getting distracted.
"Well what?" Vinny snapped your attention back as she grew impatient.
"Well.. We may have kissed last night and fallen asleep together in the tent while watching the stars and the waves." You sheepishly say and bit your lower lip feeling the blush in your cheeks.
"Shut up! Really!" Vinny got over excited and slapped your arm.
"Ouch! Bitch.. it hurts." You complained rubbing the area she hit out of excitement while she still squealed.
"Suck it up.. and tell me that it's true." She asks again, this time reading your expressions to see if you were telling the truth. And when you gave a nod she squealed again delivering another slap.
"Yah!" You scowled at her but her mind was on over drive. "Bitch.. why are you telling me this now! No wonder Jimin narrowed his eyes at me earlier. Bish.. you should have stayed with him." She started scolding and complimenting you both at the same time. You waited few more seconds for her to calm down a little bit.
"Well.. I don't know. I just wanted to talk to you first about this. I feel a bit nervous. It's been so long and it feels unreal. I don't know Vee.. I just felt like I need time to process this before facing him." You tried being honest with her as you slowly disclosed your fears.
"I know that it might feel strange and all because you are finally opening up and stepping out of your comfort zone. But tell me this. You do like him right?" She asks in a much serious tone. Normally you would have denied it or taken time to think about it, but not anymore. You finally knew the answer to this.
"Yes. I like him a lot Vee. But.." You sighed trying to figure out the sudden mix feelings you are having now.
"Ok.. before anything.. First tell me what happened. And what have I been missing all this time. And tell me what he said last night as well." Vinny ordered as she crossed her legs to get onto her case study mode. You chuckled a bit and then started spilling everything to your bestie like always.
"So why are you having cold feet? He is very genuine Y/n. I know that for a fact, specially now after listening to all of this. I think.. he is in love with you. And he definitely cares about Jae too. I don't see any reason to why you have to hold back." Vinny kind of states her opinion.
"Yeah.. I know. He is too good to be true. It feels surreal Vee. I can't explain.. And love is a very heavy word.. and I think it's too early for that." You point at it.
"Babes, There is no too early or too late for love.. when it happens, it happens despite the time and place. And you both have been closely hanging out together for months now. So its highly possible its love and not a crush. And I think that you are falling in love as well." She smiles but you don't say anything to that. Clearing your throat you grabbed your phone which had run out of battery, and stood up to go plug it in the charger.
"You may avoid me now.. But you know that you have to face Jimin sooner or later right? You better have your heart in one place and go for it without running away." She says turning her head towards you, giving you the dead serious look. "You finally got your chance Y/n.. Don't mess it up. He is everything you had been asking for. And he is a very nice.. decent guy with a very stable life. And stability is what you need aside from the right guy and love. Not a guy who isn't uncertain of his life and future with commitment issues." She points out necessary facts to which you agree nodding your head.
"Bitch, don't just nod your head. I'm talking to you right now." She threw her hands up in the air getting annoyed because you were on your phone.
"I know. I'm listening. And I agree." You say as you eye an unknown number in your missed call alerts.
"What are you even looking at? Is that more important than your love life?" Vinny complained.
"No.. It's just I have thirteen missed calls and three weird messages from an unknown number." You say suspiciously.
"What? Who is it?" Vinny got up looking intrigued.
"I don't know. I didn't open the messages."
"Then what are you doing. It could be from work." Vinny says coming closer to have a look as well. You opened the text and the first message was 'Is this Y/n?' And the second was 'Can we talk.' Before you could get to the third one, your phone started ringing startling the both of you.
"It's that number right?" Vinny asks and you give a nod. It's like as if the caller was waiting all this time and called right away when he or she saw the messages were delivered.
"Well.. what are you waiting for. Answer it." Vinny said but you felt something was not right. "Not now. Maybe later. I'll just leave a text." You say frowning and Vinny don't question any further. She knows you rarely answers unknown numbers, specially the ones which gives off bad vibes. Dropping the phone back on the table for it to charge. You joined Vinny for another long lazy chat before she went back to her home right after lunch.
You went into check on Jae and he had fallen asleep on his little table while coloring. Picking him up, you placed him on his bed and gave a light kiss before leaving the room. The buzzing noise caught your attention. You went to look at the phone screen and it was that number that was calling again. Sighing loudly, you picked up the phone this time, wondering who is it that was spamming you.
"Hello?" You answered with uncertainty visible in your voice even though you pushed aside the uneasiness.
"Hi.. Is this Y/n?" A sharp irritated voice spoke from the other end of the line.
"Y-Yes. Who is this?" You almost stuttered.
"I'll tell you when we meet. It's something important. I really need to see you. Can we meet today? Probably at the Park."
"Sorry. I don't meet with strangers." You refused.
"I just told you it's important. It's something concerning you and your kid. Also I know about you and your past."
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