Hoseok looked down at the girl clinging to his body helplessly. He opened the door wider and let her in. She stumbled when he pulled away and dragged her in before the press would catch them together.

"Hello?" He asked looking down at the girl who had her face hidden behind her hair.

She couldn't have been older than 20.

"I'm sorry," she mumbled. She tried to exit the house, but he caught her wrist. Hoseok made up an excuse that changed both of their lives.

"Are you here for the nanny interview?" He asked. Her face shot up and she looked at him with wide eyes. Big dark brown eyes. They reminded him of Joy.

Not knowing that the nanny interview thing was a lie, she nodded. Hoseok, feeling she wouldn't harm him or his baby, showed her to the dining room. He opened up his laptop and told her to sit down. When she made contact with the dining room chair, she felt a pain in her abdomen. She felt like throwing up, knowing that her body would never dispel of the baby unless she went through with the surgery.

"Alright, tell me your name," he said.

"Lee Areum," she lied. Hoseok wrote down her alias onto his laptop. He proceeded asking her questions and she responded with short lies about herself.

"So Areum, you're 22?" He asked. She nodded.

"You said you were 21 though," he bit his lip and frowned.

"I'm about to turn 22," she quickly said trying to cover up her mistake.

She didn't want the job, she was trying to make sure she wouldn't get hired. She didn't know that she would be given it to her anyways.

"Oh, well, you're hired," he smiled at her. Her jaw dropped.

"How much is the pay?" She asked.

"250,000 won per week. I'd prefer you moved in too, because I get very busy," he said. The truth is, he had resigned a week before Hobi was born to spend more time with Joy and the baby, but without Joy around, he'd need to get a new job. Maybe BigHit would contract with him again.

The girl cursed in her mind. She'd be payed a lot for her age. Definitely enough to cover her medical fees.

"Okay, when do I start?" She asked.

"How about tomorrow morning?" He asked.

"That would be great," she nodded.

"Would you like to meet the baby now or tomorrow?" He asked.

It was a baby. That hit Areum like a brick. She had wished it would be some snot-nossed kid who wanted nothing to do with her and let her get fired within a week.

"I can meet them now," she smiled.

Maybe she could take care of the baby like her own. She would be spending time with it all of the time starting tomorrow.

"You'll love him, he's premature and you'll need to be careful, he was born a week ago," Hoseok explained.

Her heart tugged in her chest. Her baby was supposed to be born in three months, but she suffered her miscarriage a month ago. Maybe this was whatever god out there telling her she'd be okay.

Hoseok led them up stair and into a baby blue nursery. She was supposed to have a boy too. When her eyes fell onto the sleeping baby boy's body, she almost started crying. He was so tiny and his skin was perfectly pale. He looked so fragile.

Hoseok studied her expression, he decided that she will be perfect for the job he had just created. She silently crept the the edge of the crib and lightly touched his baby's forehead. She look much care in her movement as he could see. His baby stirred away and he puckered his lips and tried moving his little arms. She took her hand away, but the baby whimpered. She carefully caressed his soft cheeks and she smiled back at the baby. Hoseok noticed her hand move to her lower abdomen and she caresses it the same way.

Hoseok asked himself if she had longed to be a mother or already was. She looked so young though, despite her telling him she was 21. She looked 19, maybe 20. The baby fell back asleep and she removed her hand from his face and looked up. He could see tears forming in her eyes, but she was holding them back.

"You could start today if you want, but then leave when you're ready to get your stuff," he offered her. He didn't want her to leave just yet. She already was an angel that spread care to children. He wanted her. He wanted her to be Hobi's Mama. So he could be blessed like how he was as a child. The girl infront of him reminded Hoseok of his mother.

Hoseok's mother was perfect. Unfortunately she had died from pancreatic cancer right after Joy became pregnant. He loved his Mama and he wanted Hobi to have one, knowing how special it was have care from woman who loved him more than anything. He wished both of their mothers were still around so that they could feel the true feeling of a mother's love. The most pleasant and careful feeling one could be blessed with. A mother's love is like no other.

"I'm sorry, but I have an appointment in about an hour," she explained. Her first truth, but Hoseok didn't know that.

"Oh, well I'll show you out then," he smiled to her.

She nodded carefully and followed Hoseok out of the house.

"Take care Areum!" He called after her.

"Take care," she waved and then left his property.

[Published July 20th, 2020]