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yoongi and jeongguk were taking a break at a food court after doing their weekly shopping when they heard a baby crying. jeongguk perked up and looked around, noticing a young mother trying to calm her baby, rocking the baby in her arms while quickly checking if they needed a nappy change.
"oh, aby sad!" jeongguk exclaimed as he looked at yoongi.
"they might not be sad, ggukie," yoongi said. "babies cannot speak yet, so if they need something, they can only cry. you too, when you were little, could only cry to tell me when you were hungry, sleepy, or needed your nappy changed."
jeongguk looked at yoongi in suspicion and yoongi laughed.
"you don't remember, huh?" he asked.
jeongguk turned back towards the baby and watched the mother put the baby back into the pram and leave.
"oh, aby go," jeongguk said sadly. "why aby go?"
"it's hard to take care of the baby in a crowded place like this, ggukie," yoongi explained. "also, the baby might be overwhelmed by the light and noise here."
"oo," jeongguk hummed. "bye bye aby."
yoongi chuckled as he petted jeongguk's head. he went to buy some fried chicken and salad because seokjin was craving some and then went home.
"oh, welcome back," seokjin greeted when he saw the two. "there's a letter for you."
"me?" yoongi asked curiously as he walked to the kitchen to set the shopping and food down. he went to the coffee table to check the letter while seokjin and jeongguk unpacked.
"oh, it's an invite to a class reunion."
seokjin laughed. "well, don't sound so excited."
yoongi groaned as he leaned back on the couch. "i wonder if i could make an excuse to not go."
"they're going to bother you if you don't go, aren't they?" seokjin asked. "just show your face for a bit and then tell them you have to go do something important. do you want me to take the day off so i can look after ggukie?"
"are you kidding?" yoongi asked. "he's going to be the only one i like there so he's coming with me."
jeongguk hummed as he watched the two, still unpacking the shopping.
when the day of the reunion came, yoongi did end up taking jeongguk with him. he brought a small baby bag with a bottle of water, some baby biscuits, and a nappy change just in case although jeongguk hadn't needed one in a long time. he didn't plan to stay long so he only brought the bare minimum.
"if you get bored let me know, okay?" yoongi said as he patted jeongguk's back.
the organisers had booked a room in a restaurant for the reunion because there were about twenty people attending, although everyone had to pay for their own food and drinks. when he got there, almost everyone was already there, so he made a quick round to greet people around the room, not staying too long at one spot.
"oh, is this your son?" one of the girls asked as she cooed but yoongi pulled jeongguk away before she could poke him with her fake nail.
"i don't go around kidnapping babies, you know," yoongi said as he looked at her nails warily.
"oh, you know that's not what i mean."
jeongguk looked around the room, looked at yoongi, back around the room again, and started crying.
"oh, ggukie, what's wrong?" yoongi asked worriedly as he looked down at jeongguk who was sobbing into his shirt. jeongguk didn't cry often so when he did, he was always worried.
"is he hungry?" someone asked as they walked over.
"he shouldn't be," yoongi said. "i just fed him before we came here. but maybe he's a bit cranky because it's supposed to be his nap time now."
yoongi looked at jeongguk almost suspiciously when he noticed that jeongguk had stopped crying for a second when he was asked if he was hungry before he started crying again.
"ah, your husband works in an office, right?" someone else came over and looked at jeongguk. "poor baby. i guess you better take him home to nap then."
yoongi nodded. "i guess so," he said. "well, it was nice seeing all of you again," he added, hoping he didn't sound too insincere. "i better go now."
he carried jeongguk out of the restaurant, and the moment they got out, jeongguk stopped crying.
he peeked from behind yoongi's shoulder and looked around. once he noticed that they were outside, he looked up at yoongi. "dada go home now?"
yoongi looked at jeongguk and blinked. "did you... was that an excuse so i could go?"
jeongguk nodded. "dada no wan go."
yoongi stared in amazement before he burst out laughing. "okay, ggukie," he said. "let's go home now. but before that, let's go get you some ice cream."
jeongguk cheered and hugged yoongi tightly, humming as they went to the nearby ice cream parlour for his reward.