'Striped Feline' Taehyung x Reader - BTS 18+

Chapter 17 - An Answer

Kelly and I were in the kitchen helping prepare lunch for the kids, today they were getting to eat sandwiches and fruit. The kids that we were assigned to for the day were only two to four years old, the youngest ages I have been in charge of so far. A lot of them are really good at listening to the helpers, or teachers as some of them call us, but there are always a few that are very energetic and exhausting to handle.

Babysitting children never really sounded fun
but I have become a favorite to a few of them and they have made the experience enjoyable. They would always want to sit by me when possible or play a game, sometimes they would just talk to me nonstop.

We set the table, covering it with the food and cups of water then call everyone to eat. Me and Kelly ate our own food as waited for the others to finish. It was a well appreciated break time to finally just be able to sit down. After lunch was time to let them outside on the playground, I would be very tired afterwards and just want to go home already.

Now it was finally the end of the day and time to bring the kids inside to play and wait for their parents to pick them up, giving me enough time to talk with Kelly as they played.

Kelly: 'I heard Jungkook came back yesterday, did he come to visit you yet?'

'Yeah. He showed up but it wasn't like a reunion I was hoping for.'

She was curious and I told her everything that happened. She listened to me the entire time, jaw dropped and eyes wide.

'So he didn't break up with you?! Wow you're lucky. At least you apologized and he understood how bad you felt. You need to keep him so get a ring for him already.'

I laugh at her bold statement. 'I was hoping to but I have a feeling he won't accept it right now if I keep someone else around in my life too.'

'Oh yeah, I almost forgot about the hybrid guy you've been keeping around your place. Do you think they will get along eventually?'

'I ~'

Suddenly a little girl starts to happily cheer and runs to hug her mom standing in the entryway. It was time to clean up the room and let everyone go home for the day, including me.
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I open the front door after making it home from buying groceries and see Taehyung sitting on the first step. He looks bored, he must have been waiting for a while now. He sniffs the air.

'You, smell.'

(What? I smell? I didn't notice anything.)

He stands up and walks toward me still sniffing. 'You smell like children.'

'Well of course I do, I was in charge of younger kids today.'

'O-oh.' He stutters.

His ears turn noticeably red and he steps back like he was thinking of something else as the reason.

'I don't get what you mean exactly. Do I smell bad or something? I know little kids can get pretty dirty and messy but I guess it rubbed off onto me somehow.'

Taehyung: 'No that's not what I~ nevermind.'

(Okay?)