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“Moon, please stop eating the succulents, please! ” Yoongi whined, looking at his first adopted cat eating another one of the plants Namjoon brought last week.
The black and white cat looked at the human with a pleased, but bored look on his face. He stopped chewing the plant, jumping down off the sill and begrudgingly trotted beside him, going towards his bedroom.
Yoongi sighed, looking at the destroyed plant and just thinking he has to tell Namjoon about this, again, bringing him a new headache.
A soft purr that came between his legs made him look at another cat, pure white, sitting down on her butt and looking up at him, silently asking for pets. Crouching down, the human took the cat in his arms, going towards the couch, petting the feline in his arms.
“I really had a long day at the studio, Whitey… And coming back home to see Moon doing that, made my subdued headache to come full force…” he said grumpily, settling on the couch. “How the hell am I going to tell Joonie that my cat ate the 25th succulent he brought for me??”
Closing his eyes, he let himself relax while the cat in his arms settled on his chest, starting grooming herself. A paw on his forehead made him lazily open an eye, looking at the face of the orange kitten in front of him. “Hello to you too, Sunshine!” he said, smiling how the 3 months old kitten greeted him. This cat always greets him like that, with one paw or both on his forehead. He didn’t know that, rescuing this rascal from a heavy snow storm would bring so much happiness and love in his heart.
“ Meowwwww!” a loud shriek comes from his room, making Yoongi jump , looking towards the door. Two other cats come out running, one totally black and the other grey. “Black, Naughty, what the hell are you two up too now?”
Silence answered him, making him wary of what was happening. Getting up he moved toward his room, only to see Moon in the middle of his bed, licking his paws and sitting like a king on top of a weird looking figure under his covers.
“Who the fuck…?” he whispered, trying to remember if someone was supposed to come and he forgot, scratching his head.
Before he debated too much, Moon decided to take the matter into his own paws by using his claws on the unknown person, making said person jump, yelling murder.
“Koo?” Yoongi asked, looking at the younger male, making the other look tiredly at him, rubbing his right eye, still mumbling curses to the cat.
Saying Jungkook looked tired, was an understatement. He was a mess, his chestnut hair was a birds nest, dark bags under his eyes, his lips were chapped and his eyes dull. The younger male was looking like he battled at a crime scene all night.
Which he may have done, considering his profession.
“Sorry hyung… I forgot to text you that I’d be coming here.” Jungkook said, yawning.
“No worries, little one…” Yoongi said, snapping his mouth shut when he realised what nickname he used. “ Can you be even more obvious, Yoongi?” he chastised himself, looking at the floor for a second. “What happened? And where is Yuna?” he asked, looking back at the young male.
Jungkook didn’t notice the slip of the tongue, patting the empty space near him and inviting the older in bed.
“Yuna is at the kindergarten, I asked Jiminie hyung to pick her up and go with her to the dance lesson she has later in the evening.” he responded, cuddling on Yoongi’s side, sighing in contentment. “How was the date?” his voice was small, almost afraid.
Yoongi was thinking about how he got here, in this situation, and realised he got here because of his own oblivious feelings.
Min Yoongi is a producer, a well known one if he does say so himself, and he was so deep in love with his best friend, firefighter Jeon Jungkook and his daughter, Jeon Yuna, that he sometimes feels sick with just how much he feels for them.
“They didn’t show up…” he said, cuddling more into Jungkook, letting his warmth seep more into his body, almost like a hungry wolf devouring its prey.
“Oh, yoonie hyung...” Jungkook said, moving a hand into the others hair, playing with it.
“Maybe it's time to stop?” he asked with a small voice.
Yoongi took a moment to hear Jungkook. He knew he was right. He did need to stop tormenting himself. This was the 27th disastrous date he’d been on, and he knows why all the dates ended the way they did.
“Yeah. I think…I think i should stop…” Yoongi responded, looking at Jungkook from his hiding place.
Seeing the soft look in the younger’s tired eyes made Yoongi’s insides turn to mush. A soft caress on his cheek made him realise just how close they were, making his heart beat faster.
“Hyung, do you…” Jungkook started, a look in his eyes that the elder didn’t recognise.
“Hmm?” yoongi said, showing that he was listening.
“Do you remember how we met?” the other asked, his gaze never breaking. “I was just off of a shift from hell and Yuna, just 4 days old, was crying her lungs out... “
He continued, after Yoongi nodded. “You came, like a storm, into my unlocked apartment, I still need to remember to lock my doors, hahaha!” he said, rambling a little.
Yoongi smiled.
“And you stopped in your tracks when you saw me in my firefighter outfit, ash covering me like a blanket, a crying child and me on the verge of tears too,” Jungkook ended, lost in his memory, a far away look in his eyes.
A soft smile covered the producers face. “Yeah. I had spent 48 hours in the studio and was trying to sleep, when a wail made me get up and seek murder!” he said, laughing a little, making the younger pull the “bunny look” as he liked to call it. The younger’s face would scrunch and his front teeth would show, making him look like a bunny.
“But when i saw you like that, more of a mess than your daughter, I realised that maybe my days were not as bad as I thought.”
“Hyung…” Jungkook didn’t let the silence blanket them too long, making the older man look up at him again. “Hyung, why have you never looked at me?” he asked softly, a hurt look settling in his eyes, making Yoongi’s heart clench.
“What?” Yoongi asked, confusion clear on his face.
“Why have you never looked at me? Why have you never considered me as your partner, hyungie?” Jungkook asked, a silent tear running down his face. “I.. I have always been here, near you, for the past 6 years now…I tried...I tried to show you I can take care of you and my daughter for so long. Hyungie…am i not good enough for you?”
Yoongi was startled.
Knowing Jungkook, it required a lot of courage and trust, to open up like this. The kid was always such a shy bean, he was always easily embarrassed and sometimes acted like a 10 year old. But he was a great father and an amazing firefighter, not to mention how caring and knowing he was as a best friend.
Moving out of the embrace with the intention to see the other man better, he saw how Jungkook’s face dropped thinking he was going to reject him.
Settling on the younger’s lap, taking his face in his hands to get a better look, he softly asked: “Bun…since when?”
“I think… since that day… You wild looking, just to soften instantly, shooing me away to change while calming Yunie, and making us dinner...” he said softly, lowering his gaze.
“Bun, look at me, baby,” he said softly, waiting for the other to look at him. “I love you.” he whispered, taking a hand from the other’s face, grasping his hand and placing it on his own wildly beating heart.
“Feel this? It has been yours since even before our first meeting,” Yoongi continued whispering. “I first saw you moving here. I saw how tired looking you were and then the wild looking woman near you. Your mother was scary even then, haha!” he said, laughing a little to dispel the heavy atmosphere.
A mumble of “ she loved you from the first second though ..” made Yoongi’s gummy smile appear.
“I didn’t think you would have a child no older than a month when you moved in. I was definitely wanting to hit you up, but stopped myself when I saw Yuna, thinking you may be married or something,” he sighed, shifting a little on the younger's lap. “And even after i found that this child is not your flesh and blood, that it’s a kid you saved from a fire and her parents died, I still didn’t let myself to make a move,” he clenched his hand over the others hand, shaking his head, lost in his thoughts of self doubt. “I even tried to move on by dating, and we both know how that worked out,” he snickered and the younger laughed softly under his breath too.
“Do you...actually love me?” Jungkook asked, lost in the emotions and the touch his hyung was providing.
“Yes, bun. I do, truly, full homo, love you!” he said, smiling and laughing a little.
“I do too, hyung, I love you!!” he whispered, leaning in slowly toward Yoongi's face.
The tension was palpable, making the both of them shiver in anticipation. Lost in their world, lost in their own bubble, they closed their eyes the moment their lips met. The soft skin of their lips were barely making contact, but their hearts were soaring. Because both of them knew that this is just the start, this is just the beginning of a new chapter, for both of them.
The soft hue of sunset embraced them, claiming the room and its occupants in the most loving way, showing its support of this new beginning.
“We’ll need to tell Yuna, don’t you think?” Yoongi asked softly, cuddling close to the other's strong body, contentment sweeping through the nerves of his bones.
A nod and a forehead kiss later, Jungkook responded. “ Hyung, Yuna has thought of you as her other appa, since forever. Just the other day she asked me why I don’t kiss you like Jimin hyung kisses Tae hyung.” he laughed softly in the other’s hair, making Yoongi shiver. “I think we just have to be more physical in front of her, because in her mind, we are already together.” he continued, letting the silence settle over them after it. “And, to be honest, we were never much apart, either way. We already have been living like a couple in your apartment , even though I have one on the same floor, so this wouldn’t be a big change, hehe!” he chuckled, hugging the other closer and stronger to his body.
“Yeah, you’re right… Since I made you move in some of Yuna’s belongings with me to take care of her properly when you were working the night shift, we’ve kind of never been separated.”
“Yuna, stop doing that! And keep quiet, your appa is sleeping!” a hissing Jimin said, barreling into the apartment, popping the bubble of contentment and silence between the two young lovers.
“It’s already 7:00?” Yoongi whispered, climbing off of Jungkook’s lap to head out of the room.
“I guess so…” the other mumbled, clearly not happy with the fact he can’t hold his hyung longer.
“Apppppaaaa!!!” Yuna screamed, lunging for the producer the moment he stepped out of the bedroom. “Appa, you won’t guess what!!!” the girl said clearly happy, jumping up and down from it.
“What, my lovely?” he asked softly, opening his arms so the girl could hug him.
“I found a mommy kitty and a little kitty outside our home! Can we take them, can we??!?! “ she said, clearly excited.
Yoongi looked over his shoulder, at his now boyfriend, yawning and walking towards them in lazy steps. “Well, we have to ask your other appa, don’t we?” he asked the little girl, making her nod and jump out of his arms, just to stumble on the other’s male legs, clinging to them like a koala.
“Please, can we? Can we? Can we? Can we???!” she kept asking, making Jungkook look confused at the other two male in the room, both of them shrugging, letting the girl ask the question by herself.
“What do you need to ask me, little bear?” Jungkook asked, crunching down to the same level as his daughter.
“ Sooo, story time!” she started excitedly, looking at his father. “Me and Minnie oppa walk down the street, right?” she asked, nodding for herself, not letting the others answer her, before continuing. “ And I was singing the song I learned at school, right? And then I stopped in my singing because I heard something like our Moonie does when he isn’t pleased with what Yoonie appa feeds him, so I was curious about where the sound came from. I let the hand of Minnie oppa go and ran toward our home door. Oppa was yelling for me to slow down, but you see, I couldn't because there was a kitty crying and I needed to see them and help them like you do, appa, when there’s a biiiiiiggg fire, right?! So I ran and ran, but I was very careful not to go near the side of the road where the cars go, because that’s a no-no and I wouldn't want appa to be mad at me. So, right, I was running and saw this fluffy, white and grey cat, licking clean, like our Naughty does to us when we cuddle in front of the TV, a kitty no smaller than my hand. So, appa, I was looking in the box, and the mommy kitty cried, when she saw me. I think she was hungry but she can't leave her baby kitty because it's so small. So appa, can we please take them in?? They are so hungry and cold, appa, please???” the little girl said, not once stopping to breathe, making Yoongi snicker.
“I think Yuna here would be an amazing rapper later in life, if she pursues music!”
Jungkook was stunned… the last time he saw his daughter this excited was when she met the Kim twins. Looking at Yoongi for confirmation and seeing the yes in his eyes, he nodded towards his daughter.
“I mean, we already have 5 cats. So why not?” he shrugged, his daughter yelling an obnoxious yes, then running outside, Jimin on her steps, making sure she was alright.
“Well, I guess, our family is growing?!” Yoongi said, his gummy smile appearing, making Jungkook’s heart beat faster in his chest.
“Yeah… I guess it is!” he smiled, closing the distance between them, kissing his hyung’s forehead, hugging him tight. “It is growing.”