I don't know if you still take requests but could we get a cute snippet on the mv kids? I need a cute distraction right now like gummy smiles from baby Jae or minji blaming Rocket for missing chocolate chip cookies or puppy Rocket.
I don’t take requests because it takes too long for me to fill them and I just disappoint people. But:
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“Daddy?”
“Yes?”
“Can we go play in the park?”
“At the park. And no, not today, Minnie Mouse. We have to stay inside for a little bit.”
“But I wanna play!”
“I know. Me too.” Jiwon sighs. Still not used to having this kind of conversation with a kid who isn’t really his kid but kind of is. “Why don’t you to teach me some drawing?”
Minji’s eyes light up and after nodding enthusiastically, she grabs his sleeve and drags him over to her toddler art table. There’s the expectant stare when he takes too long to sit down on one of those tiny plastic chairs and then the serious determined frown when she realises he’s taking up almost all the table space. She reminds Jiwon so much of Hanbin in that moment and if he didn’t check his emotions, he’s sure they would’ve just bubbled up and spilled over.
“Daddy is too big for my table!”
And he really is. The plastic chair underneath his butt protests his adult weight and the oversized hoody he’s wearing makes him look like a purple cream puff.
“Why don’t we sit at the big table, Min?”
She thinks about for a split second before standing up and holding her arms out.
“Daddy take me!”
“You’re a big girl now, you can walk!”
“Nooooo, Daddy take me!”
Jiwon knows he really shouldn’t indulge in this kind of behaviour but she really is too cute and manipulative. All Hanbin. Definitely.
Besides, the giggle-squeals as he throws her over his shoulder are worth it.
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“Baaaa!”
“You want to go look for your dad?”
Jae responds by eating his fingers so maybe that’s a yes. At the sound of his favourite family member being awake, Rocket wanders into the baby room and monitors the proceedings.
“Where do you think he is huh?” Hanbin asks. “Is he outside?”
“Baa!”
“Maybe. Or is he with Minji? Are they eating cookies?”
“Oookieee!”
“Yeah, you’re right, they’re probably in the kitchen eating cookies illegally again.”
Things have changed between Hanbin and Jiwon like an ice-cube thawing out in the sun but with that came an air of awkwardness that Hanbin doesn’t remember being there since, well, since they first met in high school. He knew they were drifting apart, lives no longer sharing a common goal and path anymore, but it seemed like just overnight Jiwon changed again.
It puts Hanbin on edge, not knowing who to expect whenever they are anywhere near each other.
But he’ll take awkwardness over the coldness that froze their bedroom for so long.
Adjusting Jae on his hip, he descends the stairs and rounds the corner, only to stop dead in his tracks by the scene that greets him.
Jiwon and Minji are sitting at the dinner table with their backs to him. Minji is on two cushions but even so, she looks so small next to Jiwon’s broad frame in that old purple hoody that Hanbin hasn’t seen him wear since their university days. But it’s not just the way they look, the way Jiwon talks to their daughter is uncharacteristically warmer and more patient that it has been for months.
“NO DADDY! You haves to colours in the LINES here!”
“Okay okay, sorry. I’m not as good as you yet though.”
“Don’t worry Daddy! I teach you!”
“Oh Thank You.” Jiwon says with a chuckle. “You’re a very good teacher aren’t you? Who is this picture for?”
“For Appa! And Jae!”
“Ohhhhh is it now? Well, we better make it the best picture ever. Appa and Jae deserve the best pictures from us don’t they?”
“Yes!”
Something warm swirls around Hanbin’s stomach and clutching Jae closer to his chest, he backs onto the stairs and sits down on the final step to calm his shaky legs. Jae reaches out to grab at Rocket’s fur and for reasons Hanbin’s never really understood, the shiba remains completely unbothered by the over enthusiastic baby hands.
Things are….nice. Too nice.
Maybe the entire house was thawing.
Maybe all the ice will finally melt and he’ll get the life, and the Jiwon, that he always knew and loved back.
If you choose songs to describe each story right now what would they be?
BL: Sicko Mode, Runaway (instrumental for Jiwon), Runaway (original for Hanbin), Numb/Encore, Nightcall, Sex On Fire, Waste It On Me
UV: OG Bobby Johnson, Bitch Better Have My Money, Gas Pedal, Sex On Fire, Get Free, Heart In A Cage, Bangarang, Gun Harmonizing
DXM: Clubbed To Death (Remix), Faded, Born To Die, Life in Mono, Runaway
MV: Faded (current Timeline), Touch The Sky Intro (university Timeline), Don’t Let Me Fall (rap Timeline), Dreaming of You (dad Timeline), Ultraviolet (future or past Timeline)
