strings & bullets┃hajeongwoo (under revision)

〚 ch: twenty-nine 〛

haruto's pov had three chapters yey, or four?

jeongwoo remained silent as he ate, playing oblivious to haruto's stare. he's been staring at him for minutes now, ever since they started eating, stealing a glance now and then.

"do you have anything to say?" he sighed as he set his spoon down.

haruto panicked and couldn't think of anything to say. he then raised his hand and motioned for him to relax.

"i.. um, who were you talking to?"

his brow furrows, "what?"

"i mean, who were you talking to last night?" haruto's voice was small

he scoffed and took a bite before staring at him intently, "take a guess, maybe it's someone related to you."

haruto didn't answer, he lowered his head and jeongwoo saw how he bit his lips before taking a small bite.

"i'll go take a shower," he watched haruto ascend the stairs with heavy steps.

he sighed, feeling bad for being mean to haruto for the past few days. he just can't stop himself from remembering how he and junghwan suffered whenever he sees haruto. he wanted to leave, he wanted him to vanish. it was as if haruto was his walking nightmare, as if his past memories were haunting him through haruto. he simply wishes to flee from the trauma, the nightmare.

"papa, you made him sad."

jeongwoo turned to face jio, who mumbled the words he had clearly heard.

"i'm sorry, papa is just having a bad day, jio," he said, pulling the baby closer to him and kissing his cheeks.

his body relaxed, his worries faded the moment he held jio in his arms. he closed his eyes, feeling even more guilty when he realized how busy he was despite not leaving the house and had completely forgotten to spend time with jio.

"do you want to go play outside with papa?"

he asked cheerfully, and the baby responded with his eyes gleaming and his smile wide. he laughed and booped the baby on the nose. he was carrying jio in his arms as he made his way upstairs when he met haruto, who was also making his way downstairs.

"isn't he going to take a bath? here, let me."

haruto was about to grab jio when he stopped him with a smile "it's fine, just let me do it. you can do the dishes instead"

he walked away with another smile and gave a light pat on his back. the sparkle in haruto's eyes didn't go unnoticed, and the officer's simple touch had him staring with heart eyes.

"what was that? is this a dream? did he have a conversation with an angel this morning?"

jeongwoo rolled his eyes at his last remark. he then looked at the baby, who was beaming at him, he laughed and ruffled his hair.

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"no bubble ba- "

he was about to say something when the baby started whining and pouted.

"daddy gave me a warm bath yesterday"

with jio in his arms, jeongwoo entered the bathroom. he's calling haruto "daddy" again, he really got used to it. haruto was sometimes referred to as Mr. Scaredy Cat, and other times as Nanny.