Second Chances

~Twenty~

Zuho was due home in four days. Y/n could tell he was beyond ready, missing Aeri as much as she was sure she missed her daddy. She has had Aeri cooped up in the apartment for a couple days, so she decided to take her out for lunch. She could also use some adult interaction. It's times like these when she wishes she'd have insisted to keep working when Zuho begged her not to go back. He was worried for her and didn't want Aeri to be away from both of them at the same time as much as possible. She reluctantly agreed and most days regrets caving. She loves being with Aeri so much, but being alone with an infant day after day, not getting much adult conversation, gets to her sometimes. She dresses Aeri to look adorable, it wasn't hard, in a pastel purple jumper. She doesn't bother trying to put a headband on her or even a hair clip, knowing she'll rip it out and shove it in her mouth as soon as Y/n's fingers leave the objects. She smiles at Aeri and picks her up, kissing her cheek. "You are just the cutest little girl ever made. Eomma and Appa did a good job. Now, Eomma is starving so let's go get lunch."

She takes them to a small diner where there aren't a lot of people and she can freely sit with her daughter without worrying someone will snap a picture and they end up on Dispatch. Most fans don't really know what Y/n looks like, Zuho promising her he wouldn't post pictures of her or the two of them together. And they only get one picture of Aeri a month and, so far, no one has approached her trying to get eyes on her. She's thankful she's able to move around as a regular person for the most part, as that was a big concern for her early on. The hostess sits her and Aeri at a small table on the side and takes their order. Y/n fishes out some toys from her bag and puts them on the table for Aeri to chew on until their food comes. "Y/n! Hey!" She looks up to see Jimin walking toward them, smiling and waving. She smiles and waves back and, once at the table, he rubs Aeri's head and leans down to say hello to just her. "Out for a girls day?" Jimin asks with a smile. She nods. " I got sick of being in the apartment and only having Aeri to talk to....I had to get out." Jimin laughs. "You mind if I sit a bit? I was going to order some takeout. It's my day off." She nods and gestures to the chair. He sits and immediately starts playing with Aeri, laughing at every silly thing she did. "God she's adorable. You're such a funny girl" he says and pinches her cheek. He turns and looks to Y/n. "So, how have you been?" Just then a waitress comes over. She scans Jimin and gives a flirty smile. "What can I get for you?" Y/n rolls her eyes, having seen this exact scene so many times when they were dating. "Actually I wanted to order mine to go." "You can stay and eat with us. Unless you're busy. I don't want to impose." Jimin looks over at Y/n and smiles warmly. "Sure." He gives the waitress his order and then turns back to
Y/n and chuckles. "What?" She asks. He shakes his head, still smiling and chuckling. "That face you're making. I've seen it so many times. Every time some dumb woman would flirt with me. It's cute." Y/n scoffs to try and hide her cheeks heating up. "She was obviously flirting. I think it's rude and annoying. I always have." He laughs again and licks his lips. Y/n swallows and forces herself to not look at his lips.

Jimin notices Y/n blushing and her trying to not look at his lips. He feels a tug at his heart. He clears his throat, breaks eye contact with her and plays with Aeri again. "So, tell me what you've been up to the past three years Y/n. Aside from becoming a mother." She laughs. "Um, nothing spectacular really. I stayed at the gym for a while until I couldn't be in Busan anymore." Jimin looks at her as she looks down at the table. He knew why she had to get out of there. "I talked to Hobi and he suggested I become a personal trainer here in Seoul. He has a lot of connections, as you know." Jimin chuckles. "He helped me get an interview at FNC. I obviously got the job and was there until I had Aeri." She looked at Jimin and he was looking at her listening and smiling. "So you quit when you had this munchkin?" He asks as he ruffles Aeri's dark curly  hair. "Yeah. I didn't want to but Zuho was so insistent on it. He doesn't want her being raised by Nannie's. I finally caved and quit." Jimin nods and says, "I understand why he wanted you to stay home. I wouldn't want my baby being raised by Nannie's either." She shrugged and nods, he can clearly see she misses working. "Is that where you met Zuho? At FNC?" She looks at him and doesn't say anything for a moment. She doesn't know if it's a good idea to talk about her relationship with her ex fiancé, but he's smiling and doesn't look like he's prodding. "Uh, yeah. I was one of SF9 and P1Harmony's trainers. I got to know him and things just...happened" she shrugs, looking over at her daughter.