ENTICE || JJk•PJm•KTh

Chapter 20 || Daddy

"Say daddy," Taehyung cooes at his son, holding the toddler in his lap. Jihun doesn't protest anymore and is actually playing with him without being cranky.

"Mamma," He giggles.

"Yeah, but try saying daddy for now," Taehyung kisses his cheek, making the baby stand on his lap and leans forward, smiling fondly at him, "Say it, buddy. Say daddy,"

"Daddy," Jihun repeats, giving Taehyung the widest smiles as he kisses the son all over his face, making him laugh.

"Good boy, daddy loves you,"

"Taehyung?" Jiah mumbles, sitting up slowly with a groan as she touches her head, staring at Taehyung who is sitting down on the carpet, playing with Jihun. "You didn't leave yet?"

"You fell asleep and Jihun looked lonely," Taehyung smiles, "I'm sorry, though. I'll leave now," He stands up, kissing Jihun's cheek one last time before letting him down. The toddler however, whines, sticking to Taehyung's legs and raises up his arms. "We'll meet again, champ. I'll come to see you and mamma soon,"

Jiah says nothing, sitting quietly, lost in her thoughts before finally looking up at Taehyung when he presents her a question, "I hope I can come to spend some time with Jihun once in a while? I want him to know me, Jiah. I want our child to have both of his parents. Even though I know I'm pretty late already, but still..."

Jiah nods slowly, pushing her hair back, "Okay..."

"Thank you," Taehyung smiles at her, kneeling down in front of Jiah, making her look at him, "Thank you so much for being so strong and taking care of yourself and our son. Thank you for giving birth to Jihun,"

Jiah looks away, glancing at Jihun who is trying to climb on Taehyung's lap again, blabbering something which also includes the word 'daddy'. Taehyung watches him a soft gaze, repeating in his head with a happy grin that this cute little two-year-old is his son. He is the father to such an adorable baby all thanks to Jiah. Oh how he loves her for this.

"Daddadaddadadda," Jihun mumbles, making Taehyung chuckle, humming in response as the baby stands between his arms, leaning against Taehyung's chest comfortably while facing his mother. "mamma- daddy,"

"I know," Jiah sighs, glancing at Taehyung, "You're already stealing him from me..."

"I'm not stealing him from you, baby," Taehyung assures, holding her hand, "You'll always have him more than me, Jiah. You're the one who brought him in this world, and you're the one who raised him all by herself till now, and you probably will in future too even if I didn't show up now. I'm never in position to compete with you for our son. I never want to. All that I actually want is for Jihun to have his father just like he has his mother. I don't expect you to stay with me or anything, I understand that you don't want to, but at least I can meet Jihun whenever I want,"

Jiah sighs, looking around for her phone and gasps, realising it's evening already and looks at Taehyung, "God, why did you let me sleep? Jihun hasn't eaten anything!" She stands up quickly, "Anyway, you should leave now. Thank you for staying when uh... when I was having a week moment. And just because I said you can come here anytime, doesn't mean you have a chance with me," She states firmly to Taehyung, getting a small smile from him, as he nods, "Stop smiling. I'm only doing this because you seem to love Jihun and I can't change the fact that you're his dad,"

"Thanks," Taehyung hums, standing up with Jihun in his arms and looks at the toddler, "Now tell mamma to calm down and just take some rest. Daddy already fed Jihun,"

"What?" Jiah frowns at him..

"Yes, big girl," Taehyung chuckles, "He was crying and I just assumed he was hungry since he said something like food. So, I fed him. You had some apple pie and fruits in the fridge,"