Telling Him You Have A Daughter ~ Lee Changsub
“I can feel a pair of little eyes watching us over there.”
Your head snapped around as Changsub spoke, stopping midway through getting into his car. As you looked back to your apartment, you noticed a figure quickly ducking down in the living room window, with their fingertips still on show. A sigh came from you as you kept your eyes on the house, knowing that beside you Changsub was doing exactly the same.
“Is that your little sister?” He innocently asked you, chuckling at how quick the figure was to duck as soon as they realised that they were spotted.
A weak smile formed in your expression as you got into the car with a shake of your head. Your heart raced as Changsub closed the car door for you before making his way around to get into the driver’s side of the car.
You could tell as he did so that his eyes were still looking back to your home to catch another glimpse of the figure. It wasn’t going to be something that he would just forget, with intrigue as ever getting the better of him.
Yet as he got into the car, Changsub could tell how stiff you were, with your eyes staring forwards, and almost as if you didn’t want to acknowledge that he was with you any longer.
“Do I get to find out who that little sweetheart was?”
A deflated drop of your shoulders followed Changsub’s question, nodding your head before you really thought. The two of you had only been on a handful of dates, and now you had been thrown in at the deep end in the worst possible way.
“She’s a bit more of a closer relation to me than a little sister,” you subtly explained to him.
“How much closer can you get then siblings?” He laughed in reply to you, placing his car key into the ignition, “unless she’s your daughter or something perhaps.”
There was a moment of silence from you, as Changsub’s head turned around to face you, “would it bother you that much if I said she was?”
“N-no,” he stuttered, taken aback. He was expecting you to laugh and joke how funny it would be for her to be your daughter, never expecting for it to actually be true.
You were terrified as you noticed Changsub’s expression drop, “you look like you’re horrified that she’s my daughter, maybe we should just call it a night for tonight, it’s alright.”
As you went to unbuckle your seatbelt, a hand reached across and quickly stopped you. Changsub was surprised to say the least, but it didn’t change how he felt about you, despite what you were thinking as you studied his expression closely.
“I can’t believe you’re a mum,” he whispered, keeping a tight grip on your hand, “you seem like you’ve got it all so together, fresh as a daisy. I could never have imagined that you’d be a mum when you’re so organised, strong, but now that I’ve seen your daughter, it makes sense why you’re such an incredible person.”
“If you take one step in my house, I promise that you will see that I’ve far from got it all together,” you lightly joked in reply, “you can barely step around my home without landing on a doll or a toy car that’s being raced around.”
The more you spoke, the more Changsub’s smile grew, the qualities that he had picked up of yours that he admired fell into place more and more as you told him about parenthood.
The way you cared for him since your very first date, how you had everything in your bag that someone could need in case an accident happened made so much more sense. They were little things that Changsub had appreciated, but now he was seeing exactly why you were so prepared for anything that life through your way.
“I wasn’t quite expecting her to spy on me, my mum’s supposed to be babysitting tonight.”
“I wonder if she likes me,” Changsub suggested, “does she have high expectations?”
Your head shook back to Changsub as he finally began to pull away from your home to get to your location for your date night. As you did, you noticed a head peeking up over your window, watching the two of you pull away.
“She’s been wondering when she can meet you, but I don’t want to rush things.”
“I don’t mind,” Changsub responded, taking you by surprise. “I know we’ve only been on a few dates, and maybe you probably wouldn’t have told me about her for some time if she hadn’t spied on me, but if she’s nosy, then isn’t a good step to take and not worry about anymore.”
You knew that Changsub had a point, getting your daughter’s approval was the most important thing to you whenever a new person came into your life. If she could get along with Changsub then it would be by far the biggest hurdle that you’d have to step over, not to mention how much more comfortable you’d be around Changsub too.
“Is that something that you’d really want to do?”
Changsub nodded confidently, convinced that he would be able to impress your daughter, having already whisked you off of your feet since the very first date that you had.
“I love kids,” he encouraged, turning his eyes away from you to focus on the road, “and I love cars, so maybe I can show her a thing or two at your house one day. It’s your decision though, I don’t want to pressurise you.”
“No, I think that it would be good too.”
It was far from the direction that you imagined your date going on, but at the same time it felt right. There was something about Changsub that you just trusted, and you knew that your daughter would trust in him too.
“Maybe we can arrange something for our next date,” he suggested.
Your head nodded in agreement back at him, “are you sure that you want to meet her? She’s a handful, you won’t get a second to breathe when you’re around her.”
“If she’s anything like you, we’ll get on like a house on fire,” Changsub encouraged, reaching across to rest his hand against the top of your leg, “she must like me a little bit already to want to spy on me too.”
“She definitely wanted to see what you looked like,” you chuckled, “and also apparently she wants to make sure that you’re a gentleman around me too.”
A loud roar of laughter came from Changsub, “I’ll make sure that I’m on my best behaviour when I’m with her in that case, and make sure that I treat you well, although I’m sure that I already do that, don’t I?”
“I’ve already told her how amazing you are,” you promised, “I think that’s why she’s so keen to find out some more about you.”
Changsub’s smile widened once again, “I’ll have the two of you falling in love with me soon enough, you just wait and see.”
“You sound pretty confident,” you joked, “are you really prepared to enter my crazy world?”
“Absolutely, your crazy world seems amazing.”
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