"Isn't this enough?" jeongguk tiredly asked as he continued to follow Jimin with both his hands occupied with several shopping bags that Jimin insisted Jeongguk to carry himself. As he promised to listen to whatever Jimin says, in the morning jimin had dragged him to go shopping for some baby stuff, on which he did not have the option to argue or disagree.

"Of course not! I think we should at least start with the room before I can't" Jimin replied before running off to another shop. After taking a few deep breaths, to calm himself down, Jeongguk jogged up to Jimin.

They have already went to 6 shops buying some stuff toys for the baby room, some small rompers, socks, blankets, baby bottles and some maternity clothes for Jimin and soft slippers for when his feet start to swell and lastly placed an order for a drawer, small center table and a baby cot that Jimin designed himself and gave it to the shop keeper.

And now both of them were standing arguing over which color to paint the walls.

"why don't we wait till we know the gender before painting" Jeongguk tried to reason out but Jimin wasn't having it. He has to complete as much work as possible before he can't move as he read in the small baby book the Doctor gave him that informed him how his body would change and he won't be able to move much as male pregnancy is a bit harder than compared to a female one.

"we could go for a neutral color...like... umm...pastel green!" jimin enthusiastically replied pointing towards the multiple patches on the color booklet. However before Jeongguk could reply he found someone staring at him, more precisely at Jimin from behind the shelf.

He also didn't fail to notice the small camera that the man was able to hide between his coat and the red light that indicated it was on and rolling. This made him furious when he realized someone was stalking them and he was 100% sure it had something to do with that bastard.

"muffin why don't you look at some more colors while I make a quick phone call" Jeongguk suggested his eyes constantly darting towards the figure making sure he doesn't run away.

"oh sure I'll be here" jimin mumbled, not bothering to look at Jeongguk as he was busy deciding the color scheme.

"stay here okay" Jeongguk ordered giving Jimin a soft quick kiss on his chubby cheek's before he silently went behind their stalker. Before the man could realize someone was behind him, he felt a round hard object being pressed against his back.

"follow me" Jeongguk dangerously whispered near his ear as he secretly pointed his gun that was disguised by his long coat. Jeongguk carefully looked around hoping no one out of the ordinary was present there or any suspicious lingering eyes. The so called stalker followed him outside without any hesitation, much to Jeongguks surprise, leaving Jimin behind alone in the shop. There weren't any of his men present there as Jimin had requested this to be an alone time the two would spend together.

As soon as the two were out a tall figure came out from behind the stall, who had been waiting impatiently for the right opportunity to strike, his eyes glued towards a certain boy who was ogling at different colors. He smoothly approached the younger and softly tapped his shoulder to grab his attention. Jimin turned around and gave him a polite smile.

"Hi can I help you?" jimin asked putting his book down as he observed the unknown mans face. He wasn't sure where but his face looked oddly familiar.

"oh no... not really. I saw you were having a hard time deciding something, so I thought to help you till my niece gets back" the man confidently replied giving Jimin a polite friendly smile.

"oh haha its nothing actually. I need to decide a color scheme for a room but there are so many and they all look good!"

"I know right! I know how you feel, when I had to decide my nieces room color I wanted every color to be in it!"

"oh yes Mr.-"

"oh I apologize, my name is Jack... what about you?"

"Im Jimin" Jimin replied without giving it another thought that he was interacting with a complete stranger but they introduced each other so they aren't strangers anymore, right?

"umm excuse me but have we met before? You look very familiar and I don't meet a lot of people but I do remember the ones I do" Jimin asked curiously.

He couldn't round off his mind as his eyes scanned Jacks familiar feature. His face reminded him of someone but he just couldn't put a name to it. He was caged by his mother most of his life and never went out nor did his mother invited people inside so if he was from back then, then Jimin would have known and Jeongguk didn't allow him to leave so where did he saw him.

"I don't know... you might have seen me walking down the street or something... I come here a lot with my niece and brother" Jack replied shrugging his shoulder.

"well its nice talking to you. Why don't I help you decide? I know a few colors that you might approve of" Jack playfully winked making Jimin laugh at his attempts and followed him to the small bench.

"oh yes that would be great... I don't know where Ggukie ran off too"

"Ah what a careless man, leaving such a cutie behind" Jack flirted again making Jimin laugh this time. He enjoyed Jack's company, it felt good and refreshing to talk to someone new.

On the other hand Jeongguk had dragged the stalker out towards a dark empty alley and had pinned the said male against the cemented wall, with his gun pointed directly towards his head.

"I don't have the fucking time or patience so tell me what were you doing taking pictures of us?" Jeongguk asked as he pressed his gun more into his scalp but the man remained silent and received the few harsh punches that were being thrown on his back.

"I SAID FUCKING ANSWER ME BEFORE I MAKE A HOLE IN YOUR HEAD!" Jeongguk threatened him, making sure to twist his hand leaving an ugly purple bruise on the mans arm but he remained silent.

Things started to click inside Jeongguks head when he realized he left Jimin alone to long and maybe this was a trap. Without further wasting any of his time he shot the man and moved back as he allowed his lifeless body to slump down on the cold harsh floor. He quickly sent his location to Hoseok, informing him about the situy, so he could take the body away and ran back inside.

He rushed inside the shop where he left Jimin and found him sitting alone with the color booklet.

" oh you're back... where did you run off to?" Jimin asked pointing his pen towards him accusingly. He had to wait for him to get back to show him the colors he and jack decided together.

"oh sorry muffin I had to make a few urgent calls... so um did you decide?" Jeongguk asked him, dismissing the previous topic as he sat down next to Jimin.

"yes! How about we do one wall pastel yellow... this one-" Jimin suggested as he pointed towards the soft yellow color.

"and one wall baby blue, then we can have one with pastel purple because that is Tae's favorite and the last one can be pastel green!"

"well that's very...creative of you but what about my favorite color?" Jeongguk nervously laughed already imagining how stupid the room would look but he's a slave to Jimin so he can't say no.

"We can't paint the baby room with black and red!"

"It would look cool"

"And give our baby nightmares so no thank you!"

"Well these aren't that bad"

"of course but don't give all the credit to me a guy came to help me decide as well"

"what guy?" Jeongguk asked alarmed.

"oh just a random guy"

"Jimin you're not supposed to talk to random strangers! Don't you know the code! Stranger danger"

"but he was kind enough to help me! And I can talk to whoever I want to"

"Jimin I already told you you're currently not safe especially outside so please don't wonder around without telling me or talk to strangers okay"

"fine you don't have to bring this up every time"

"I have to so you know how serious this situation is! I need to keep you safe and our baby"

"I'm not in a mood anymore... let's just go back" Jimin mumbled as he got up ignoring his stressed up bunny.

"look... I didn't mean it like that muffin. How about we go out to eat?" Jeongguk got up, following a cranky Jimin outside.

"im not hungry"

"not even for McDonald's?" Jeongguk teasingly asked making the younger halt and hesitate for a moment but his stubbornness won against his desire to eat.

"nope"

As the couple ran out the same man, Jack, appeared from behind the stall again, smirking towards the disappearing figures.

"Did you find anything to your liking sir?" A salesman came towards him holding his notepad.

"Indeed but he went away"

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Back in their room both, Jeongguk and Jimin were sitting across each other. One having a confused look over his face while the other was glaring at the man across him.

"I want McDonald's!" Jimin stubbornly whined making Jeongguk look at him in disbelief. He had asked him a while ago and Jimin said no but now he's craving for those fucking nuggets.

"But you said no like 20 min ago!"

"And you believed me! It's good I never say no to food so even if I say I don't want it you should have still gotten it!"

"Fine... Is there anything else my muffin wants?" Jeongguk asked taking out his phone to dial McDonald's. He needs to fill up Jimin's tummy before matters get out of hands.

"Well...I could go for a Happy meal and yes vanilla milkshake!" Jimin happily replied as he glued himself on Jeongguks side and watch him place their order.

"You better eat every single bite now! And remember tomorrow Dr. Grench will come to have a look at you but you're not to meet him alone just drag me as well okay" Jeongguk told him as he laid down tugging Jimin along with him.

a/n

and i dedicate this chapter to a very kind friend of mine and an amazing author ♥️♥️