ENTICE || JJk•PJm•KTh

Chapter 02 || Daycare

SeokJin, Yoongi had said, a tall and good looking man. Good with kids just as sweet as he looked, for that is his job: to be good with kids. Jiah's eyes crinkle slightly with the smile that is flashing through her lips contrasting the tormented look on her son's face as his hold on her coat tightens, mumbling out her name softly, almost like a pleading for her to not leave him alone with some strangers.

The man smiles knowingly, stepping forward and extends his arms out for the toddler, looking much eased than Jihun who turns away instantly, burying his face in his mother's shoulder, making her melt slowly.

"It's okay Jihun, he's a friend." Jiah's voice is soft between a kiss on the baby's naturally puffy cheeks.

"Come on Jihun, we have a lot of toys here. Let your mom go, we'll have fun together." SeokJin tries again, patting Jihun's head but scoots away quickly when the boy whines, hugging the mother tightly.

"Mamma has to go, baby." She sighs, a thin smile displaying on her features as she talks to her son, "Go with uncle Jin, he even has a big teddy here."

"teddy...?"

SeokJin understood the look on her face when she glanced at him, nodding slowly for him to agree and confirm her words, "Ah yes, we have a big teddy waiting for Jihun, and you can make a lot of friends too."

"Yeah, see? Don't you wanna make friends?"

"Ji makin' fend... teddy" He nods, making Jiah chuckle.

"Yes, Ji will make a lot of friends and play with the teddy too."

"Adorable" SeokJin smiles as Jihun nodded his head, smiling at his mom for he loved the thought of making friends, but more than that he loved playing teddy bears. Even Jiah had no idea how he developed this enormous love for those brown fluffy stuffed toys, but whatever it was, it did make working a bit easier for her as the boy would never bug anyone if he has his teddy with him.

Jiah smiles as well, placing him on his feet and straightened his cars t-shirt and the blue denim shorts secured on his tummy that has a visible amount of baby fat deposit, making him look like a cute teddy himself. Leaning closer to his face she points at her lips, getting a heartfelt giggle from the toddler's lips as he quickly places a kiss.

"Mamma will come back really soon okay? Be a good boy and have fun." Jiah says, glancing at SeokJin who held his hand out for Jihun and took him inside. "Bye Jihun!" The boy looks back once, eyes stopping at her as his smile gets replaced with a pout and Jiah realises he's about to cry, probably now sensing the seriousness of his mamma not being around.

SeokJin picks him up quickly, before the baby ran out to the door and nods assuringly at her, mouthing, 'You can go miss, don't worry about your son.' That gave her a bit of strength to turn around and leave instead of running to have her child in her arms again just so he doesn't cry.

The sky looks clear today, not too sunny, in fact it's colder than a normal September day in Seoul due to the frequently blowing wind. Jiah smiles a little, hoping Jihun would have a good day and she won't worry too much and focus on her work as it is her first day too.

A bus stops in front of her, reminding her of the new life she's chosen for herself and her son. Yoongi was right, this, indeed, is a big step and could make a huge difference in her life. He knew what she was trying to say when she first reached out to him that night, suddenly wanting him to hear out her plan about her dream life, not the one she had in middle school, but the one that is actually possible in reality.

"I gotta work and pay off all these huge ass loans!" Jiah had told him, earning a dismissive scoff from him as a very obvious reaction. But when she repeated it with the more determination and a fire fuming in her eyes that reflected how much she's taken from the cruel world till now, he was forced to reconsider the idea.