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Jaebum knew that BamBam's idea was stupid. Because BamBam's ideas were always stupid. He didn't even know why he listened to the kid in the first place.
But that's just what he did and eventually, he found himself pressed against the armrest of a sofa, slightly tipsy, being all touchy with some stranger. A boy at that, which he swore would never happen again without thinking twice.
On the other hand.... why not? He's cute and smelling nice. Which is probably what led them to their current state after nothing more but a short, yet nice conversation about the horrible music playing at the club.
“I think... we should take this to another place...” the boy whispered into his ear after a long while of making out like this, his hot breath sending shivers down his spine. Jaebum struggled to hold the half filled cocktail glass in his right hand upright, not wanting to spill the spiced Mai Tai onto them. He didn't even know why he was still holding onto it.
“What place are you thinking about?” The loud music was drowning his slurred question but the boy seemed to understand as he slowly withdrew from hovering over him, letting Jaebum adjust his position and put the bright orange drink onto the small table in front of them. Not before taking another sip, though.
“Actually, I'm here because two of my roommates threw me out for tonight.” he boy said with a cheeky grin on his slightly swollen lips. “Soo...”
In retrospect, Jaebum's mind must've been too clouded to think straight but in that moment, the only logical reaction to the boy's words was to invite him over to his own place.
Of course, the place was pitch-dark when they stumbled inside, lips locked, hands roaming all over each other. Their breathing was already beyond the normal level of pace and sound, soft moans slipping out every now and then when Jaebum pushed he boy against the nearest wall. The latter had his leg shoved between Jaebum's, pressing his knee up against his crotch which had the other grinding against him a little, wanting to create more friction.
No words were needed as the boy started to tug onto Jaebum's shirt, wanting to move this to a more comfortable place. Thus, Jaebum guided the boy through the dark place towards his bedroom while not breaking the contact for even a second.
But suddenly, the other let out a loud hiss of pain, jumping to the side and holding his foot.
“What?” Jaebum asked, now clutching the black-haired's waist to prevent him from falling.
“I stepped... onto something.” the other panted, rubbing the hurting area.
“Sorry, I didn't clean the place...” Jaebum breathed before bringing their bodies and lips together again. “You okay?”
“Hmm... it's alright.” the other hummed and let his hands run up the back of Jaebum's neck, running his fingers though his dark, auburn hair.
Jaebum shoved his right foot over the floor, kicking the evil object aside only to notice that there was more of it. As usual. He should've known.
“Hey... let me carry you.” he whispered, lifting the boy up immediately.
“What am I? A kid? I'm not going to call you daddy, just to make things clear from the start.” The other chuckled but hopped up and wrapped his legs around him tightly nonetheless before they proceeded towards the bedroom like that which turned out to be quite a task in their tipsy state. Jaebum stepped onto some of those little, edgy things as well. But he only flinched slightly. His feet were probably used to it by now as it was nothing new at all.
He then pushed the bedroom door open with his shoulder, maneuvering the two of them towards the bed and finally throwing the boy onto the sheets. The latter shuffled a bit backwards, leaning against the headboard to leave more space for Jaebum to crawl on top of him.
“The name's Jinyoung by the way...” the black-haired panted in between their sloppy kisses while shoving his hands underneath Jaebum's shirt as the latter was sitting down on his crotch.
“Jaebum. Nice meeting you.” Jaebum answered in an equally unstable voice. Their crotches were rubbing against each other as they shared a firm kiss, tongues caressing each other in a battle for dominance. Jaebum knew it was mostly the effect of the alcohol that made him feel hot and needy but he also couldn't deny that Jinyoung might not be innocent as well. Though, most of all, he was still blaming BamBam for all of this. For sending him off for a carefree and fun night to let himself go after more than four years, ever since...
“Oh god~” Jinyoung moaned loudly while arching his back, bringing Jaebum back to the steamy reality. He didn't even know when exactly they got completely undressed, how many times they changed positions to find the perfect one, how many times he made Jinyoung come and how many times he himself saw the stars... but again: blame it on the delicious Mai Tai. Or the second. Or maybe the third... and BamBam.
***
When Jaebum woke up the next morning, he found Jinyoung gone.
Not that he expected it to be otherwise but he couldn't deny the fact that he hoped to see the other one last time in the morning. Maybe it would've helped to prevent himself from feeling a little cheap, hooking up with a stranger on his first night off... even though it wasn't his first ever one night stand... by far. But still, the first in a good while.
His head was feeling heavier than usual due to the aftermaths of the drinks last night but he got up nonetheless. Staying in bed for longer than necessary hasn't been an option for too long to make an exception today.
As usual, he quickly checked his phone to see if there was any message from BamBam, which was indeed the case. It read that BamBam would be there around 10. A quick glance at the time said that Jaebum had half an hour left to take a shower, change the sheets and remove any possible hint of what he's been doing last night.
Yes, he felt horribly cheap now.
Groaning, he shuffled over to the closet, grabbing a towel and some new clothing before he slowly made his way out of the bedroom. Other than his head, the rest of his body felt lighter than ever, making him smile a little. Maybe it wasn't that bad after all... Maybe that's just what he needed.
That's when he stopped in his tracks, hearing some shuffling from the living room. Did BamBam arrive sooner?
But as Jaebum peeked around the corner, he quickly noticed that this wasn't the case.
Much to his surprise, Jinyoung didn't leave at all. Instead, he was sitting on the floor in the living room, dressed in yesterday's clothing (which Jaebum noticed, he didn't pay too much attention to yesterday) while putting some Lego together. When he heard Jaebum entering the room, he looked at him with his left eyebrow lifted. “Whatever you're going to say – I won't believe you that this is a hobby of yours.”
“I didn't know you're still here...” Jaebum stated matter-of-factly, ignoring the topic at hand while Jinyoung put his small Lego house into the pink box next to the couch and got up on his feet.
“I stepped on some Lego again while trying to sneak out. Just wanted to make sure you're not cheating on someone with me...”
Jaebum ran a hand through his tousled hair while the other one was gripping the towel around his waist tightly. “Why would you care?”
“Because that's disgusting... I don't wanna have anything to do with such a thing.” Jinyoung answered with a sigh.
“It's kinda brave to sit in between a load of child's toys to wait for assurance then. Because if I were you, everything would've looked evident enough for me to run.” Jaebum chuckled.
“So?” Jinyoung pressed on the topic, shifting his weight back to both feet as if preparing to leave the apartment as soon as Jaebum confirmed his worries.
“It's fine. I did not cheat on anyone. It's just my daughter and I living here together.” the other said with a deep breath. “Promise.”
Jinyoung's expression softened instantly but then changed into something that Jaebum couldn't read at first. “Good. Would've been a shame to hate you after last night. But uh... I guess I gotta go now.”
“Yeah might be for the best...” Jaebum mumbled, still fumbling with his hair. “Yoonhee shouldn't find some unknown man at our place...”
Jinyoung nodded, taking a few steps backwards towards the door. “Uh-huh... and uh... I also think that this isn't my world here... with all the kid's stuff... How old...?”
“Four.”
“Nice... then... bye I guess... Thanks for the... night.” Jinyoung stammered, the witty personality Jaebum admired last night was gone from one instant to the other as he had his hand on the door-knob already.
“Sure... thank you, too. It was... really nice. Bye.”
With one last hesitant wave, Jinyoung then disappeared from Jaebum's view. The latter stood frozen for a moment, wondering how things turned awkward so fast before his eyes fell onto the clock handing above the kitchen counter. Only fifteen minutes left before BamBam brought Yoonhee back and he still didn't do anything to remove the hints of what happened last night. He quickly rushed to the bathroom, hopping into the shower to wash off all the stickiness from last night, hoping he'd feel a bit more awake afterwards...
It was just past ten when Jaebum had his arms filled with the dirty sheets, his nose unintentionally buried into the scent he was so infatuated with only hours ago. But now, he could barely recognize Jinyoung's somewhat addictive scent underneath the strong smell of sex.
Anyways, he froze in his place, the sheets tightly in his embrace, when he heard some keys rustling on the front door before it opened, revealing two smiling faces. One of it dropped the moment he eyed Jaebum, the other went brighter.
“Daddy~~” the little girl beamed, storming into the apartment with a cute, pink bow dancing on top of her head.
“Hey princess.” Jaebum smiled at her before throwing BamBam a short, worried glance. “Let me just put this into the laundry basket, alright?”
BamBam closed the door behind him, put a small pink bag onto the floor before quickly catching up with Yoonhee to stop her from jumping at Jaebum by lifting her up.
“Did the two of you have fun? What did you do?” Jaebum asked while quickly carrying the sheets away.
“We went to the zoo with Yugyeom oppa.” Yoonhee chattered. “We saw big teddy bears and many Bambies and even the Lion King!”
“Woah~ sounds like you've had plenty of fun without me then!” Jaebum laughed, returning to the living room where he crouched down, spreading his arms. BamBam grinned as he released the little girl from his hold and she dashed into her daddy's embrace, hugging him with all her force. “Did you miss me?”
Yoonhee nodded, her little face pressed against Jaebum's shoulder for a moment before she looked up at him again. “You have to come with us next time~”
“Promise.” Jaebum smiled, ruffling her hair which caused the pink bow to slip out of place. “Did BamBam buy you this?”
Again, the girl nodded eagerly.
“She was begging... I couldn't say no.” BamBam laughed, having spread himself on the couch.
Jaebum chuckled, lifting Yoonhee up before sitting beside his friend and pulling her onto his lap. “So you went shopping as well, I see... What else did you do?”
“We played hide and seek in the park and I always found Yugyeom oppa first.” Yoonhee giggled. “And then we watched Frozen before I had to go to bed. It was so funny because Yugyeom oppa knew the songs, too and we could all sing along.”
“You mentioned Yugyeom a lot.” Jaebum laughed.
“She just loves him.” BamBam stated. “But it seems to be mutual. I guess it's because they're the same age... mentally.”
“Look who's talking.” Jaebum stuck out his tongue at his friend who wasn't any better than Yugyeom when it came to childish behavior. One reason why the two of them clicked the moment they met.
“And what did you do, daddy? You must have been bored alone. You didn't have anyone to play with.”
BamBam started laughing, hiding it with a cough which caused him to cough for real, proving Jaebum's point. For a moment, the latter didn't know what to respond.
“It was okay. I was reading a book so I wasn't too bored on my own.” he then said. It wasn't a lie after all. He was indeed reading a book... maybe two pages before leaving for the club.
“Oh what book? Can you read it to me?” Yoonhee asked, her eyes widening. She loved hearing stories, regardless if the understood them completely or not. Jaebum was already half through the third book of Harry Potter, though he's had probably skipped half of it, thinking Yoonhee didn't have to hear some of it yet. She could read it by herself when she was older after all.
“We're still not finished with Harry Potter.” he just said.
“I guess you'll be able to read books on your own pretty soon, Yoonhee.” BamBam stated. “You did great reading the signs at the Zoo.”
“Really? What could you read?” Jaebum asked, feeling the pride already swelling up inside of him as it wasn't a normal thing for a barely four year old to start reading. Only if it's just a little bit.
“I read bear and fox and pig and...” she turned towards BamBam with a questioning look.
“Otter.” he added.
“I see you're on your way to read your first book.” Jaebum laughed, hugging his girl.
“Can I show BamBam my favorite book?” she then asked.
Jaebum lifted her up from his lap. “Of course you can.”
With that, Yoonhee hopped towards BamBam, grabbing his hand to pull him with her towards her room.
Once they were out of sight, Jaebum let his still pounding head fall against the backrest of the couch while heaving out a sigh. He really shouldn't have drunk so much.
About ten minutes later, BamBam came back to the living room with a bright grin on his face.
“Okay hyung. What happened yesterday? Tell me all the juicy details.”
The other quickly woke up from his half-asleep state. “Where's Yoonhee?”
“In her room, playing with her Frozen dolls. I closed the door, don't worry.”
Jaebum sighed again. “I just went to the club and had a few drinks...”
“Aaaand~? C'mon hyung, I took Yoonhee so you can have a free night and... maybe get laid and seeing that you were indeed changing the sheets earlier.....” BamBam wiggled his eyebrows, waiting for Jaebum to tell him the whole story.
The latter couldn't help but laugh at his curious younger friend. “Okay yes, I've had some. His name's Jinyoung.”
“Woah! A boy! What did he look like? Will you see him again?”
“Hold your horses, kid. He was strikingly good-looking...” Jaebum chuckled. “But I probably won't meet him again. He wasn't so keen on finding the Lego in the living room. Plus, I can't afford seeing someone... It would be too hard to explain it to Yoonhee. So it's okay like this.”
BamBam nodded, patting his friend's shoulder. “You know man, if you ever need some alone time nonetheless, I'm glad to help you out. I admit I was kinda worried yesterday if I can take care of Yoonhee by myself for more than half an hour... but I guess it worked out quite well.”
“Yeah because you're the same age... mentally.” Jaebum laughed, ruffling BamBam's blonde hair. “No for real, I wouldn't have given Yoonhee to you if I didn't trust you on this one. Thanks for having her, man.”
“No problem. You getting laid was worth it.” BamBam said with a wink.