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it was a rare day off for seokjin. he was sent on a business trip despite his protests, and the upper management promised him two paid days off without decreasing his annual leave entitlement as compensation.
yoongi let him sleep in, pushing a body pillow against seokjin when he left because seokjin was a cuddler, and yet he dared question why jeongguk wouldn't sleep without his favourite bunny plushie. seokjin always woke up early to go to work, while jeongguk and yoongi only woke up a couple of hours before noon. whenever the baby took a nap, yoongi would either work on his compositions or nap together with him too.
seokjin also always felt like he had to spend as much time with jeongguk as he could on weekends, so he didn't sleep in on the weekend either. now that he had a rare day off, yoongi wanted him to rest more, so he left the room with the lights off and curtains drawn.
"good morning, baby," yoongi greeted as he walked over to jeongguk's crib, picking the baby up and holding him close. jeongguk liked to be held, and would protest whenever he was put in a stroller. he was better now, not making too much fuss if he was put in a stroller to go out, but when he was less than a year old, he only wanted to be put in the baby carrier.
jeongguk babbled, patting yoongi's cheek in greeting and buried his face in yoongi's neck.
"let's go outside, shall we?" yoongi asked softly, nuzzling jeongguk's hair. "let appa have some rest."
"res," jeongguk repeated, nodding slightly.
yoongi carried jeongguk to the kitchen and settled him in the high chair, letting him watch as yoongi prepared some scrambled eggs and boiled vegetables for them both. jeongguk liked eating solid food, and they were both grateful that he liked fruits and vegetables.
"is it good?" yoongi asked, cooing slightly as he helped jeongguk scoop up some eggs and direct the spoon to his little mouth. he was still a messy eater, but the bib was easy to clean.
"goo," jeongguk cheered, grabbing a piece of broccoli with his hand, having given up with the plastic fork, and shoved it into his mouth, chewing happily.
"you really take after your father, don't you?" yoongi asked in amusement. "both of you are really happy when you eat."
jeongguk let himself be wiped clean after he ate and drank some water from a plastic cup. yoongi took the bib off to clean it and then brought jeongguk to the living room, where his toys were. sometimes he wanted to watch the children's shows on tv, but mostly because pictures fascinated him.
"oh, i have to go to the bathroom for a sec," yoongi said. he looked down at jeongguk who was sitting on the sofa, half expecting the baby to be looking at him with his arms outstretched in a silent demand to be picked up, because he didn't like being separated from yoongi and would always follow him wherever.
to his surprise, jeongguk simply stared at him, nodded, and clumsily waved bye at him.
yoongi blinked in surprise, but decided that it was probably a good thing for jeongguk not to be too attached to him, so he quickly went to the bathroom so he could return faster.
meanwhile, seokjin finally woke up from his sleep. it had been a while since he got to wake up without an alarm, and he blinked sleepily as he looked around, noticing that yoongi and jeongguk were already up and about.
he slowly made his way out of the bedroom, rubbing at his eyes tiredly, but then shocked into wakefulness by what was happening in front of him.
"jeongguk, no!"
jeongguk was startled into releasing his fist, the stuffing he was holding onto tightly fluttering down onto the sofa, while he tipped backwards, falling onto the couch on his back with a soft fwump. he blinked slowly, staring at his father's worried face that appeared from behind the sofa.
"that is not food! what if you choke on it?" seokjin fussed as he picked jeongguk up, taking the remaining stuffing from his tiny fist.
"no foo?" jeongguk asked.
"no."
yoongi came back out from the bathroom, hurrying over to them. "what's wrong? i heard--oh."
on the sofa, one of their cushions was open, the stuffing spilling out from the zipper hole, obviously pulled out by jeongguk.
"i should've known he was up to something when he just waved me bye," yoongi said with a sigh, shaking his head in disbelief.