My Little Squirrel Part 3 (Hybrid!Jisung x Reader)
Summary: After spending the night with Jisung at the shelter you signed the adoption papers and took him home with you. But somehow he didn’t act like his usual self when you arrived at home and you started to get really worried.
Contains: fluff, little bit of angst
Warnings: none
Wordcount: 3,8 K
A/N: I’m sorry writing this part took so long but I had a really bad writers block whenever I came back to this story. I still hope you like this part.
Enjoy!
Part 1, Part 2
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I dried Jisungs tears with my sleeves and softly kissed his forehead. His eyes were still closed as I looked at him again. God he was way too cute to handle.
“You should rest now. After all this drama you must be tired”, I suggested since I saw that his eyes were almost shutting by themselves as I stroked his cheeks.
He nooded and slowly laid down on the bed. Jisung reached for my hand after he had covered himself with his star blanket and looked at me with big puppy eyes.
“Can you stay with me? I mean… you don’t have to spend the night but maybe…just at least until I fall asleep?”, he asked in a tiny voice with so much hope in his eyes that I couldn’t say no to his wish.
“Of course I’ll stay with you”, I answered and squeezed his hand reassuring.
Seeing him be so at peace just from knowing that I would stay with him made my heart melt. He really seemed to have opened up to me a lot even though I still didn’t know that much about him. I took off my shoes and laid down next to him. He looked at my face first to make sure that I wouldn’t push him away before he wrapped his arms around me and snuggled against my side.
“I’ll stay with you tonight.”, I whispered and softly kissed his head again.
“Thank you”, he whispered back and pulled me even closer.
“Good night…Hannie”, I hesitated since I was afraid he would get angry at me calling him that again.
“Good night, Y/n”
I watched Jisung for some time just to make sure that he was able to fall asleep before I closed my eyes. I would have a lecture in the morning but I didn’t really care about that right now. I could just get the information I would miss from a friend later on. Jisung was my top priority now.
As I woke up the next morning Jisungs and my legs were tangled under the sheets and he had snuggled even closer to me at night. I looked at the peaceful look on his face, moved my hand from his back to his head and began to softly stroke his hair. I watched his mouth curl into a smile.
“Good morning”, I whispered.
“Morning”, he mumbled still a bit sleepy and opened his eyes.
“Did you sleep well?”, I asked and softly stroked his cheek.
Jisung closed his eyes again and pressed his face against my hand. He quickly nodded. I was glad that he managed to sleep ok. I looked at the clock and sighed. Right now, I should be at university watching my professor talk about some “very important” things. I did feel a bit bad for slacking off but looking at Jisung right next to me with the happiest smile on his face eased my worry again. I couldn’t leave him alone after what had happened. I knew he needed me and to be honest, I needed him too. He must have noticed that I was lost in my thoughts since he had moved his arm from around my waist to place his hand on my cheek. I smiled and turned my head to kiss his palm before I began to speak again.
“Are you feeling better?”
“Yes. Thanks to you”, he said with a slight blush on his face and hugged me tight.
“I’m glad”
I hugged him back and nuzzled my face against his neck. He was so comfortably warm that I could almost fall asleep again. To my surprise, Jisung started to softly stroke my hair and I snuggled against him.
“When you go home today…will you take me with you?”, he asked whispering and kept holding me close to him.
His voice was full of hope and his tight grip around my waist showed me that he was afraid that I would leave him here.
“Of course I will take you with me. I’m not going to leave you behind”, I mumbled against his neck and playfully tickled him to lighten up the mood a bit.
He giggled and grabbed my hands to stop me from tickling him some more. I looked at him and smiled. His eyes were sparkling and he looked really happy.
“God why are you so cute?”, I asked and watched him blush as I cupped his face and nuzzled my nose against his.
“Stop…”, he mumbled embarrassed and moved his hands to take mine away from his cheeks before he hid his face in his own hands.
“I’m just telling the truth, Hannie”, I whispered and smiled as he peeked through his fingers.
“You can’t just do that…my heart…”, he said and took his hands back down to reveal his dark red cheeks.
My heart was melting right then and there. I would shower him with kisses right now but I didn’t want to make him even more flustered, so I decided to stop the teasing. I hugged him tight one more time before I rolled to the side and sat up on the edge of the mattress. Jisung watched me as I stretched myself yawning and got up from the bed.
“I’ll go and look if bf/n is here already so I can talk to her about taking you with me.”, I announced and saw Jisung smile.
“Alright…but come back soon”, he said and watched me leave the room.
I walked towards the entrance and already saw bf/n standing there completely focused on the computer screen in front of her.
“Hi”, I said and she flinched.
“My god! DON’T SCARE ME LIKE THAT!”, she almost screamed making me laugh.
“Sorry. You were so focused you didn’t even notice me”
She held her hand over her heart and breathed heavily.
“You almost gave me a heart attack. Jesus”, she added and took a deep breath before calming down.
“Oh come on. It wasn’t that bad”
“Enough about my weak heart. How did our squirrel sleep with his human body pillow?”, she asked smiling.
“I think he slept really good. Jisung was really cuddly already”, I explained and had to smile thinking back at the big ball of fluff.
Bf/n had to smile too. She grabbed some papers from her desk and laid them out onto the counter in front of me.
“I guess you are here for these. Am I right?”, she stated and I looked at the adoption papers.
“You know me too well”, I answered and grabbed a pen putting in all my information that I had to fill in.
After finishing filling out the papers I handed them back to her and watched her stamp them before she went to make a copy for her binder. She came back and handed the papers to me.
“I don’t have to explain the rules of adoptions to you since you already know that. I also think that the week of testing out if he can live with you is unnecessary since we both know how much he loves you and the same goes the other way around. So I guess there is nothing keeping you from just taking him home now. I’ll stop by sometime to see how you too are doing. Obviously not because I’m curious but because I wanna see my best friend and favourite squirrel, alright?”, she explained and I laughed at her last suggestion.
“I think we can arrange that”, I said laughing and winked at her.
“Now go rush to your cutie. I’m sure he’s already packing his stuff nervously waiting for you to come back”
She didn’t have to say that twice. I walked back to Jisungs room and peeked in through the slightly opened door. Bf/n was right. Jisung was sitting on his bed packing clothes into his bag and kept glancing towards the door every now and then. I opened the door and leaned against the doorframe.
“Aren’t you the cutest?”, I asked with my arms crossed in front of my chest and smiled at him.
“I’m not”, he said with a pouty mouth and a blush creeping onto his cheeks.
“Yes, you are”
I walked towards him, leaned down so I was on the same height as him and placed a kiss on his forehead. He giggled and looked up at me with big puppy eyes. Seeing him enjoy how I was showering him with love and affection felt amazing. He looked so happy.
“So?”, I asked and pointed to the bag next to him.
He raised a brow in slight confusion before I continued to talk.
“Are you ready to go home?”, I added and watched his eyes slightly start to water.
“HOME…that sounds so nice”, Jisung mumbled before he stood up and fell into my arms.
“Thank you so much”, he whispered against my neck and hugged me tight.
After hugging for a few minutes we separated and I helped him pack the rest of his stuff into his bag before we walked to the front desk. All the way there Jisung didn’t dare to let my hand go as if he was afraid that I would leave him if he let go. We said goodbye to bf/n before we walked to the bus station together. He kept on holding my hand the entire way home and didn’t say a word. He seemed to be really excited but also a bit scared of what was waiting for him when we arrived. I understood since this was going to be his home in the future and he had no idea what it even looked like. I was kind of getting worried about him not liking his new home even though I was sure that he would be fine as long as he could spend time with me. As we arrived at the apartment I opened the door and walked in with Jisungs bag in my hand.
“You can come in. Don’t be shy”, I said trying to encourage him to come in since he stood there hesitating to move.
“Should I take off my shoes?”, he asked walking in with small steps and then carefully and quietly closed the door behind him.
“You can keep them on if you want to”
He shook his head as he saw that I had taken mine off and then removed his shoes before he looked at me again as if he was waiting for me to tell him what to do now. I guess the confidence he had just a few minutes ago had vanished completely and was replaced by confusion and anxiety.
“You can go and take a look around. I’ll put your luggage in your room for the time being. If you need me I’ll be in the kitchen making us something for lunch. Take your time. I know this is new to you and I can understand that you need some time. So go ahead and just look around”, I suggested and smiled at him.
“Ok”, he said in a quiet voice and then walked past me into the apartment.
I was a bit concerned since he seemed to be very anxious and scared but I decided to let him be for now. If something was going on I was sure that he would come to me. I quickly put Jisungs bag into his room and then walked into the kitchen to make us a simple lunch. I decided to make a simple noodle dish with a quick tomato sauce. While I was waiting for the noodle water to boil I looked around to see where Jisung was. He was nowhere to be seen from the corridor, so he was probably in one of the rooms. I went back to check on the water when I heard quiet steps behind me. As I looked to where the steps were coming from I saw Jisung walk in and sit down at the kitchen table. I wasn’t sure if he was really enjoying being here since he was so much quieter than this morning, but maybe it was just him being nervous.
“I’m making us noodles with tomato sauce and cheese. I hope you’re ok with that”, I said and saw him nod.
“Can I help?”, he asked still in a quiet voice.
“It’s fine. It will be ready in a bit and you can’t really help with anything at the moment”, I said, turned back to the oven and put the noodles into the water.
“Oh…ok”, he said in a slightly disappointed voice and stayed seated where he was.
I felt bad for refusing to let him help as I looked over my shoulder to see that he had a slightly sad look on his face. I looked around if there was something he could do, even if it was just something small.
“You can bring me two plates. They’re in the cabinet over there”, I said towards him and pointed to the just mentioned cabinet.
His face lightened up a bit and he jumped up from where he was sitting and grabbed two plates. Jisung brought them to me and I playfully pat his head.
“Thank you”, I said with a smile and watched him smile back.
Even though it was just a small praise, he seamed to really enjoy it. Since the noodles were ready, I separated them equally onto the plates and poured the tomato sauce over them. As I turned to put the pots I used into the sink I noticed how Jisung grabbed the plates and brought them to the table. He came back to me and looked through a few drawers before he found what he was searching for. A pair of forks and spoons for us to eat with. He brought them to the table before he sat down and waited for me to join him. I sat down across from him.
“Bon appetite”, I said before I began to eat.
He must have been really hungry since it didn’t take long for him to finish the entire plate.
“Did you like it?”, I asked and he nodded.
It took me some time to finish my plate since I was a little bit distracted by the way he was watching me eat. While I moved the empty plates from the table to the sink to wash them I continued to talk.
“Since I still have to work on an essay that is due tomorrow, you’ll have to entertain yourself for a few hours. You can unpack in the meantime and maybe think of something you might like to have in your room like decoration or something like that.”, I said and walked towards him after drying my hands.
“Ok”, he said and looked at the floor.
“Alright”
We walked to our rooms and I turned towards him as I arrived at the door.
“My room is right here so if you need anything just come in and ask.”
I opened the door to my room and waited to see that he went into his room before closing the door. I was still kind of concerned about him but maybe I was just overthinking the situation too much again. After sitting down at my desk, I was so focused on my essay that I didn’t even notice the time flying by so fast. I was brought back to reality when I heard something shatter in the next room. I instantly rushed to Jisungs room since it must have come from there. As I walked in I saw him kneel on the floor picking up pieces of the mirror that was now shattered on the floor.
“Hey. Don’t pick them up. You’re going to hurt yourself”, I said, quickly walked over to him and pulled him away from the sharp pieces on the floor.
I just now noticed that his face was covered in tears and his body was trembling like crazy. Oh no.
“Jisung…”, I whispered and placed a hand on his shoulder.
“I…I didn’t mean to break it. I forgot it was there and…I turned around and knocked it over. I’m so sorry”, he cried looking at the pieces of the broken mirror that he was still holding in his hand.
“It’s fine. Don’t cry, please. It wasn’t your intention to break it so I’m not mad at you. Give me those shards. I don’t want you to hurt yourself”, I tried to calm him a bit and carefully took the broken mirror pieces from his hands putting them onto the table where the small mirror had been standing before.
As I turned back towards him I saw that there were some small cuts on the inside of his hand. Nothing major but they were still bleeding a little bit. I grabbed his hand and lifted it up to my face so I could take a better look.
“See. You hurt yourself just because of that stupid mirror. I don’t care about it being broken or not but I do care about your wellbeing. So please next time when something like this happens don’t pick up the pieces. Just let them lie there and call for me. I’ll handle it then”, I explained and softly kissed the little wounds in his hands.
“O…Ok”, he said still sniffling.
“Come here”, I said and pulled him into a hug.
“Everything’s ok. I’m not mad at you. So don’t worry about it too much”, I whispered and hugged him tight.
He buried his face in my neck and held me as close to him as possible. It probably wasn’t just the mirror why he was crying. There was something else he wasn’t telling me.
“Let’s clean up this mess and then I’ll treat your cuts, alright?”, I asked and cautiously separated from the hug.
Jisung nodded and stayed seated on his bed while I grabbed the vacuum, a shovel and a broom to get rid of all the shards. He was watching me carefully while I gathered the left-over pieces of the mirror making sure that I wasn’t hurting myself. After I was done I walked towards him and reached out with my hand for him to take it.
“Come on”
He hesitantly took my hand and stood up from his bed following me to the bathroom. He sat down on the edge of the bathtub as I searched for a bandage and some ointment and then kneeled before Jisung. He watched my every move as I applied ointment on the wounds and then carefully bandaged his hand so it wouldn’t get infected. I carefully took his hand in mine and softly stroked it.
“I hope it doesn’t hurt too much”, I said in a soft voice and pulled him up with me.
“It’s fine. Thanks to you”, he answered and squeezed my hand as I dragged him with me into my room.
Since the essay was almost done I decided to focus on Jisung now rather than writing the last pages even though they needed to be finished soon. He was my top priority right now. I sat down on the bed and pat the empty space next to me. Jisung looked as if he wasn’t sure if he should join me or not so I waited for him to decide. He hesitated a bit before he crawled onto the bed and looked at me. He didn’t need to say a word for me to understand. I opened my arms and he instantly took that as an invitation to cuddle. Jisung snuggled close to me and wrapped his arms around my waist. I placed one hand on his back and the other in his hair running my fingers through it softly. After some time of silence I began to speak.
“If somethings wrong you can tell me you know that, right?”, I said more as a fact than a question.
He nodded his head and stayed silent for some time. Maybe he didn’t want to talk about it with me or it was something he didn’t feel comfortable sharing with me yet.
“You haven’t been acting like yourself ever since I brought you here. Do you not like it here? Or did I do something wrong?”
Jisung lifted his head and looked at me. He had that sad expression on his face again that I couldn’t really understand.
“No. It’s not that I don’t like it here. It’s just…I’m scared…”
“Scared of what?”
“Of you bringing me back when I’m being myself. I know that I’m too clingy and excited and loud. I don’t want to lose you just because I’m me”, he explained and avoided to look me in the eyes.
“Jisung”, I said in I quiet voice trying to get his attention back to me.
“Hannie?”
He finally turned his head towards me again. The look on his face made my heart almost break. I reached out to softly stroke his cheeks. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the touch.
“I wanted to take you in because you were being yourself and weren’t trying to act different just to get my attention. So please don’t hold back and be your quirky self like usually. I want you to run around and almost jump into my arms when you are excited. I want you to be as clingy as you can. Who doesn’t love the cutest squirrel on the planet clinging to themself all the time?”, I explained and watched his expression change from sadness to slight confusion.
“I don’t understand…why are you like this?”, he asked.
“Like what?”
“You are so understanding. You are encouraging myself to be who I am. You aren’t bossing me around telling me what to do. I don’t understand why? What do you get out of it?”
I was confused. Why would I want to get something out of this?
“I don’t get anything out of it, and I don’t need anything. I’m not sure if you’ve understood this already but I’m not and I will never treat you like a pet. You’re a human being and I will treat you like one. I have no intentions to make you feel inferior to me. You are worth just as much as I am.”, I explained trying to make him understand what was behind my behavior.
Jisung buried his face in the crook of my neck before I heard him sniffle again.
“Hey. Don’t cry”, I whispered and softly stroked his head.
“I can’t believe I found you. I’m so lucky”, he cried against my neck, his hands gripping me tight.
My heart was starting to race at his words. He was way too cute.
“I am the one whose lucky here. I get to spend all of my future days with a cute squirrel. I couldn’t be happier”
