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Jimin kept fiddling with his phone, impatiently looking at the dashboard of the cab, then and again. They were already going in the speed limit, so there wasn't much he could do.
He quickly thanked the driver, hurriedly payed more than the estimated amount and ran towards the building. He saw a black Maserati pulling over and it was anyone's guess who that was but Jimin had no time for them.
"Minni..!" The toddler ran cheerfully to his direction with open arms as he stood at the door catching his breath.
"Are you okay baby?" He asked gathering him in his arms.
"Yup..! Teecher.. gave me snacks…" Jimin smiled at his words and glanced towards the teacher waiting behind.
"I am really sorry.. it won't happen again. His father was incharge of picking him up today but that's no excuse.. we'll be better.."
He bowed to the teacher in apology.
"It's okay.. Mr. Park… it happens sometimes and Soobin is an wonderful child, so it's no trouble but please try to communicate properly with your spouse next time or inform me beforehand." The teacher's smile faltered a bit before continuing. "Soobin, he got a bit worried today.. he tried to mask it.. but I have enough experience with children to know, also two years old aren't that good at acting as they think they are.." The teacher ended with a smile, lightly patting Soobin on his back, who was already yawning and droopy, head dropped on Jimin's shoulder.
Jimin apologised and thanked the teacher once again, collecting Soobin's bag and walked out of the building. He saw the Maserati still at the same place with two suit clad persons standing in front of it. Jimin had half a heart of calling a cab but it wasn't physically possible with Soobin sleeping in his arms, so he walked towards them with a sour face.
"Save it. Jungkook!!" He snapped as the other opened his mouth to speak.
"It wasn't intentional.." Came a reply. He sounded apologetic but intention wasn't the main concern of the moment.
Jimin rolled his eyes as his face contorted into a scowl. He pressed his lips tightly in other to avoid screaming as Soobin was still sleeping. So he retorted to glaring at him.
"Jimin-ssi… umm… sir?"
"What is it Namjoon?" He asked not even sparing a glance.
"The bag sir.. and I think we should move now as it might be raining soon.." Namjoon spoke each word in a measured tone. Rain wasn't that big of a concern but he would take anything to end the glaring match going on between his boss and his spouse.
Jimin shoved the toddler's bag towards his spouse's assistant and sat inside the car. He saw Jungkook taking the other side but was in no mood for chit chat, so he concentrated on the view outside the window.
"We got struck in a meeting.. we.. I.. I am sorry it won't happen again." Jimin heard Jungkook sigh at the end of the sentence. He wasn't angry, but scared. It was his routine to pick Soobin up from his daycare everyday since he was enrolled and it was never a problem for him. It was Jungkook himself who insisted that he would also pick the toddler up and it was the first day of his duty. Jimin almost reached home when the teacher called him informing his husband hadn't reached yet and it was already half an hour past the end time.
"And what about you Kim Namjoon ssi…? You are never once late in picking Jungkook up from home for your stupid meetings and as I have heard quite proud of your time management.. what's your excuse..?"
Jimin sneered at the assistant seated on the passenger seat of the car.
"Jimin… it's not his fault.. It's mine.. I am telling you.. now can you please drop it… I am really sorry.."
"Not good enough…" Jimin tried to keep his replies short and voice low to avoid waking up Soobin but it was futile as Soobin began squirming in his arms and asked. "What is a twin Minnie..?" As he woke up.
"W-what?" Both Jungkook and Jimin was equally astonished by the question.
"Teacher.. said twin.. showed me pictures.. the babies were same same… two.. she said twins…" Soobin supplied them in between yawns and it brought smile to all of their faces.
Soobin's teacher recently had babies and maybe she showed him their pictures to distract him. Now listening to that, Jimin felt more miserable as she probably had to stay away from her babies more than necessary due to his husband's stupidity.
"So where is my twin daddy..?" Soobin asked after Jungkook tried to explain him what twins were.
"You don't have one baby.. you are just one.. unique.." Jungkook said lightly booping his nose smiling.
"Huh? What's unii…?"
And Jungkook fumbled with another long explanation. Soobin had recently turned two and was an advanced and curious child. And Jimin loved that part of him but today was a long day and he would gladly have Soobin asleep as quickly as possible.
"Come here.. come to dad..!" Jungkook took the toddler from his arms. Maybe he could see the tiredness in his eyes but Jimin couldn't care less. Afterall the whole commotion was Jungkook fault.
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"I am telling you Jiminie.. we are twins.."
"Don't be stupid Tae..we are two months apart…"
"But.. it doesn't make sense.."
It didn't make sense. They were taught at school that a baby is born at the end of nine months of pregnancy. Jimin already had an idea about it. But that day, he was finally sure.
He was adopted.
With Taehyung being the spitting image of their father, and with two months of age difference with him, there was no other possible explanation. He was already struggling with the idea. He was always aware of how his grandparents and other relatives always treated Taehyung better than him. It didn't worry him too much as his parents never made him feel any different, neither did his brothers. But he couldn't help but notice. He would hear whispers how he looked like his mother, but he saw no similarity between them. And today he was almost sure. He will talk to his parents about it.
"I am telling you stupid..!!! he is my twin.. now get lost before I beat you up…!!!" Jimin saw Taehyung yelling at one of the girls of his class while some were cheering him on. It was always like this. Taehyung was popular and most friendly among all his peers despite being annoyingly loud and dumb(sometimes) and never once was afraid of picking fight with the bullies. And Jimin loved his little brother so he put his thoughts aside and walked towards the commotion before someone got seriously hurt.
"Tae.. I know you love me but picking fight for me isn't right…" Jimin tried to calm him down.
"I would have beaten the shit out of that idiot if not for you.." It was like speaking to a wall for Jimin. He tried to find another way to explain to his brother but it was already late as he saw Taehyung was standing over a desk and yelling "Everyone…!!! This... is my twin brother.. Kim Jimin.. anyone having any problem with the fact can come and deal with me..!!!"
And Jimin buried his face in his hands.
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"But.. I want a twin….." Soobin continued whining. "It was cute…."
"They were... baby.. not it.." Jungkook tried to deviate the topic but Soobin was one persistent child.
"But daddy.. want twins…"
Jungkook glanced towards Jimin for help but he pretended to be busy with his phone. Jungkook took off to spend time with Soobin after previous day's incident and it was a holiday for Soobin. Jimin had his dance class at afternoon so he too was free for most of the day.
"Jimin.. please help… I don't know what to say anymore.. he won't listen and I can't explain birds and bees to him at this age.. can I..?"
Jimin was a kind person overall but sometimes it was fun being petty. Specially at time like this.
"Take it as a punishment for yesterday Jungkook.."
"I am really sorry for yesterday.. I'll pick him up the whole week.. I promise.. I'll be before time.. I'll do anything but please help.." Jungkook voice was small as he was trying not to gain the attention of the Soobin currently sitting in front of the TV laughing at some cartoon character.
"Okay.. okay.. I think he has already forgotten about it.. " He saw Jungkook nodding in return but the relief was short lived as Soobin shrieked another twin!! as he saw an ad featuring twins.
"Thank you…."
Jimin looked up from his lunch. Jungkook wasn't a bad person but in their almost one year of marriage he rarely tried to begin a conversation unrelated to Soobin.
"You are w-welcome…"
"It's just I don't know how to handle him sometimes, it's like everything I say totally by-passes his understanding.."
Jimin wanted to laugh at Jungkook's concern but he knew better. " Logic isn't the best way to explain things to a child Jungkook.. sometimes dumb things make more sense to them.."
"And I am glad I have you here with me.. thank you Jimin.. I am really thankful…and for yesterday too.." Jimin didn't get to finish his sentence but was glad to hear what Jungkook said and it brought a smile on his face.
"You don't have to thank me.. it's no trouble…" Jimin continued smiling. "Also I have the experience you know.. Tae was the same… and I dealt with him.. and I am afraid but I think Binnie has inherited his brains.."
"Oh..!" Came a soft reply and Jimin didn't have to look up to know the sadness on Jungkook's face. He bit the inside of his cheeks in regret but what done was done already.
"Umm.. I have bit of work and I'll finish them before Binnie wakes up.. have a nice day Jimin.."
Jimin sighed and finished his lunch. He doesn't know what to make of his Jungkook's reaction. Should he be happy for his brother that Taehyung's husband loved him even after two years of his death. Or should he feel miserable that his husband might never love him ever.
When Jimin returned home, it was already late. He went out with Hoseok, his long time friend, dance partner and co owner of the dance academy. He needed a break from his life every now and then for not letting the misery around shallow him.
His heart fluttered a bit as he saw Jungkook and Soobin both deep asleep together on the couch. He picked Soobin up quietly and took him to his room and came back with a blanket to drape over his sleeping husband.
He noticed Jungkook's phone on the coffee table as it buzzed few times indicating incoming messages from Namjoon. But what caught Jimin's attention was his wallpaper. It was still Taehyung smiling widely looking at the camera directly in front of what seemed like the Eiffel tower. He should also have a copy of that somewhere in his phone. So with a heavy heart he walked back to his room.