strings & bullets┃hajeongwoo (under revision)

〚 ch: twelve 〛

continuation, present time.

he groaned and opened his eyes to find jio laying on his face again. he turned to face the window, the sun is up and the morning breeze was cool as it entered his room. jeongwoo sighed and gently removed the child, now placing his head on his arms. he gently brushed the child's soft locks while still dazedly staring at the ceiling. he had a long dream that he can't remember, but he remembered a man's face that was blurry.

a cute blabbering interrupted his thoughts, and the child beside him is now awake and stretching his body in the cutest way. he laughed, kissed the child on the cheek, and inhaled his scent, which smelled like baby powder. it reminded him of someone, but he dismissed it because he didn't want to feel sad again.

"papa, me hungry" jio suddenly said and hugged him while his eyes were still closed.

"then wake up already, papa will go downstairs to cook breakfast. come on jio" he did not respond but made grabby hands, jio wants jeongwoo to carry him downstairs.

if you're wondering, he's jio's biological father. how? let's just say he got someone pregnant when he decided to drown himself in alcohol, and it was christmas when the girl came to him crying, saying he got her pregnant weeks after they did it and gave birth to jio that day. he's not a jerk who avoids responsibility but the girl said that she does not want the child and wishes to abandon it. they fought that night, and he disagreed, saying he'd look after the child. he was also irritated when the girl admitted to cutting the string while he was sleeping, he asked her why, but she said it was irritating to see. he now has no clear memory of his supposed soulmate, as if every memory vanished when the string was removed.

jeongwoo placed jio on the counter, gently tapping the baby's cheek to wake him up. "what do you want papa to cook for you?" he asked. jio opened his eyes and smiled at him sweetly

"pancaes papa please" jeongwoo laughed when he heard jio said pancaes instead of pancakes. "it's pancakes baby," he tapped his nose, placing the baby on the seat while he cooks for them. "behave yourself jio, papa won't take long," he said.

when jeongwoo finished cooking, he set two plates on the table for both of them. jio giggled cutely as he clapped his hands in delight as he placed the pancakes on the table.

jeongwoo sliced the pancake and fed the baby, jio giggled with each bite, and he can't stop laughing at how cute his son is. he still can't believe he has a child, having a child this early was not in his plans. he's not complaining though, jio has been a blessing to him, and he's jeongwoo's happiness.

"papa has work today, do you want to spend the day with your uncle yedam?" he asked as he wiped the remaining from the corner of the baby's lips.

having jio, he was concerned about where he would leave his child when he left for work. he doesn't want anyone to babysit him because it's difficult to trust people these days. he was relieved when all of his hyungs offered to look after the child. he was scolded by all six of them at first, but when he showed jio, everyone adored his child and forgot that he had accidentally impregnated someone.

"i want to stay with papa" the baby, with his eyes teary, told him. he's too adorable to resist, but he can't bring him to work.