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junhoe looks up from his book at the young girl sitting in front of him, staring at him. when she catches his eyes she smiles, showing the man a big toothless grin. he smiles back, closing the book after marking the page he got to.
“hi?”
“you’re really beautiful, sir!” she exclaims, moving to sit on the bench next to junhoe. “i’m jisoo and i’m five!” jisoo announces as she holds up five fingers, thrusting them in the man’s face.
the brunette shakes her tiny hand, “i’m junhoe and i’m twenty-one! nice to meet you, jisoo-ah!”
the girl giggles, holding her hand next to the man’s. “you have really big hands, oppa! they are like giant plates attached to your body!” junhoe laughs at the remark, closing his fist around hers.
“where are your parents, jisoo?” the elder asks, letting go of her hand finally.
“dad went to get me ice cream but i didn’t want to wait for him and then i saw you!” the girl explains, arms gesturing widely as she points to the opposite direction of the park, where he knows the little shops are.
“you should go back to him. he’ll probably worry!”
“but i don’t want to leave you! i want to play with you!”
junhoe sighs, but gives up on trying to convince her otherwise. he knows just how stubborn kids can be. he takes his time to actually look at the little girl. he notices her big brown eyes and her smile that reminds him of a bunny, the tiny nose that she scrunches up every now and then; then he takes in her spider-man onesie and her pink tutu and he cracks a smile. she really is adorable. the last thing he takes note of are her braids, which are horrible to say the least. there are strands of hair coming out of them and at the back of her head there are pieces that didn’t even make it in the tail.
“jisoo-ah?”
she turns her head towards him, making the tails bounce.
“can i rebraid your tails?” he asks, making her nod her head very fast.
“dad can’t braid them no matter how much he tries,” she says absentmindedly as she starts to loosen up the braids. “uncle jinhwan is better, but he only does it when i stay at his and uncle hanbin’s house. today it was just me and dad.”
junhoe begins to thread his fingers through her soft hair, sectioning it into two parts. he listens to her babble about her dad and uncles as he braids it, just loose enough that it looks good but not like before, when he was sure it will undo just by touching it with one finger.
“oppa, you know who else is beautiful?” she questions all of a sudden, turning to face him, a serious look across her face. junhoe makes a noise that lets her know he is curious about the answer. “my dad.”
“i’m sure he is very handsome, soo-ah. after all, you are one really pretty girl.”
“no, you don’t get it! you should be a couple! you would be the ultimate couple and then you could rule the world!”
he lets out a laugh, tugging at her hair by accident. he pets it in apology. he’s starting to think that if the girl’s father will not come to get her soon, he will be more than glad to have her as a daughter. he is pretty sure donghyuk will be happy to help him take care of her.
just as he is finishing tying her braid, a man comes running towards them, followed by a big dog, a labradoodle junhoe thinks. he stops in front of them, hands on his knees as he tries to catch his breath.
“j-jisoo!” the man pants, moving to hug presumably his daughter. if he truly is her dad, jisoo was right about the whole handsomeness thing. the man is a bit shorter than himself, with shaggy brown hair and the cutest bunny nose that junhoe wants to boop. he can see where jisoo has got the bunny thing.
“why did you run from me?” he asks as he kisses her head, arms holding her tightly.
“because, dad, i found someone as beautiful as you! i want him to be my new dad!” the dog comes next to her, jumping on his back legs to hug her. “i love you, too, pooh. i would never leave you!”
the father turns to junhoe, an apologetic look written across his face. “i’m sorry, she doesn’t mean it. she doesn’t usually says things like that.” he says while giving the man his hand. “kim jiwon, father of this little monster,” the man, jiwon, introduces himself as he ruffles jisoo’s hair. “hey this isn’t my hairstyle,” he pouts.
junhoe shakes the hand in front of him, smiling towards him, “koo junhoe. and don’t worry about jisoo, she was an angel.” jiwon just smiles, pulling the kid into his arms.
“dad,” jisoo whispers, pointing to junhoe, “ask him out before you miss your chance!” jiwon quickly shushes her, putting his hand over her mouth.
“gimme your phone, jiwon-ssi,” the brunette says as his hand reaches towards the man.
reluctantly, he gives the younger his phone. junhoe puts his number in, adding a pink heart emoji next to his name.
“i expect a text with the location for our first date… hyung,” he lets jiwon know as he puts his book back in his bag. he ruffles jisoo’s hair, blowing her a kiss as turns around. “see you, kims!”
and with that he is gone, a smile across his face. he really likes the way things turned out to be.