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when seokjin dropped by that night, yoongi knew something was wrong. his eyes were red, and it seemed like a dark cloud was hanging over him. he was dressed in his usual suit and tie, but they were all black.
he quickly ushered seokjin towards the couch then went to prepare a cup of hot tea for him. jeongguk also noticed something was wrong, and quickly packed away his toys so he could go and snuggle with seokjin.
"thank you, ggukie," seokjin said softly as he hugged jeongguk. "and thanks, yoongi."
yoongi walked back and set the cup of tea on the coffee table before settling down on the couch next to seokjin quietly.
seokjin cleared his throat awkwardly. "one of our staff's grandfather passed away," he started. "it's... it's a part of life, i suppose. he passed away in peace in his sleep."
"but it doesn't make it any easier," yoongi said softly. "were you close to them?"
"everyone at the bank is pretty close," seokjin said. "i knew him as the sweets old man while growing up, because he used to sell those animal or flower-shaped sugar candies near the playground, and my mother would allow me one every two weeks, and another if i was especially good."
"i'm so sorry," yoongi said as he pulled seokjin into a hug, and they stayed like that on the couch for a while, quietly hugging each other.
"can you cheer me up?" seokjin asked after a while.
"of course, hyung," yoongi said. "ah, i think you will like this. i haven't shown this to anyone else except for my family, because this is really special to me, but i want you to see it."
"are you sure?"
"of course. i consider you guys family now, but you're a little bit more special," yoongi said with a chuckle as he took his phone out. "just don't tell jiminie i said that."
yoongi passed his phone to seokjin, and seokjin saw that it was open in a gallery folder titled 'precious'. there were videos in the folder, all of jeongguk. he pressed play on the oldest video first.
jeongguk was lying down on his stomach on a baby mat in a slightly cramped bedroom. the wall behind him was plain white and seokjin thought then that it must be the apartment they lived in while they were still in the city.
jeongguk made a confused noise as he turned his head to look the other way.
"i'm here, baby," yoongi's voice was heard, slightly louder because it was closer to the phone. "i'm here."
jeongguk's brows furrowed, he rested his chin on the floor, and with great effort, lifted his head up to look straight at the camera. he squealed happily when he saw yoongi, and the video ended there.
"that was the second time he lifted his head," yoongi said, pressing himself against seokjin's side as he watched the video along with him. "his first times are not on camera, but they're imprinted in my memories, hopefully for a long, long time."
seokjin smiled as he moved on to the next video.
jeongguk huffed as he sat facing the coffee table. the tv in the background was on a kids channel, but the volume was turned down low.
jeongguk grabbed onto the edge of the coffee table and hoisted himself up, standing on unsteady legs, before plopping down on the table and reaching forward to grab the box of baby biscuit that was in the middle of the table.
"yah!" yoongi exclaimed in surprise before he burst out laughing.
jeongguk looked up and grinned wide when he saw yoongi laughing.
"what did i say about wanting to eat things? you have to ask first."
jeongguk pouted. he grabbed a pack of biscuit and looked at the camera with pleading eyes.
"okay, okay, you can get one."
the video cut off as yoongi reached for the biscuit package to open it for jeongguk.
"his love of food started really young, hm?" seokjin asked in amusement as he patted jeongguk's head. "why am i not surprised at all that food was his motivation?"
the next video was a short one. jeongguk was sitting in a high chair and was grinning at the camera.
"who am i, ggukie?" yoongi asked.
"dada!" jeongguk exclaimed happily before he burst into a fit of giggles.
"this is my favourite," yoongi said as he smiled. "i quit my job at the fast food diner the day before, and he called me 'dada' for the first time while we were cuddling. i've had so many doubts, wondering if it would be better for jeongguk to be with someone who was more mature and financially stable, but in that moment, none of that mattered. i know i would give everything for this baby."
"i'm glad," seokjin commented. "you two are really good for each other."
in the last video, jeongguk was sitting on his play mat, but he was staring at the camera. he reached forward to put his hands on the mat to help push himself up, but struggled a couple of times.
jeongguk huffed and pouted and sat back down.
"come on, ggukie. you can do this," yoongi said encouragingly. "you already did it yesterday, so you can do this again."
jeongguk put his hands on the floor again, pushing himself up to a standing position. he exclaimed happily when he stood up straight, holding onto the edge of the couch for additional support.
"that's right. come here, ggukie. give me a hug."
jeongguk toddled over unsteadily, getting closer and closer to the camera until he disappeared from view, and the video ended.
seokjin handed the phone back to yoongi with a smile. "thanks, yoongi," he said. "thank you for sharing something so special with me."
"no problem," yoongi replied. "you care for ggukie a lot, and i was planning on gifting these videos to you anyway. i hope you're feeling a bit better now."
"i am, thanks," seokjin said. he hugged jeongguk tighter and kissed his forehead. "i think you're magic, ggukie."
"i know he's magic," yoongi said as he reached over and stroked jeongguk's head gently. "love you, ggukie. you're the best thing to ever happen to me."
jeongguk turned to look up at yoongi, and the two stared at each other with equally lovestruck expressions before jeongguk crawled over towards yoongi and snuggled close.
"what are you doing, hyung?" yoongi asked curiously when he noticed seokjin holding his phone up, directing it towards them.
"oh, nothing much," seokjin said as he locked his phone and put it back in his pocket. "now i have my own precious video."