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Yoongi sat on the edge of the couch, he looked back to the clock and sighed when only a minute had passed, "What if the yellow is too overstimulating?" He refers to the colour of the room their new Foster would be staying in, Seokjin rubs his shoulder, "It'll be alright, we can always paint over it if they don't like it" He nodded, yeah, yeah he was right.
He looked back to the clock, the social worker could be here with the child at any minute, all they had been told was that they were troubled and 5 years old, desperately needing somewhere to stay whilst his parents were under police custody. After months and months of waiting after applying and countless checks, they were finally deemed suitable for fostering and after more months they were getting their first child.
Yoongi jumped to attention at the doorbell, oh god they were here, are the sides clean? Did they have enough child-friendly food? Seokjin sensed the slight panic and grabbed his hand, he always knew when and how to make him feel better, "You'll be fine, everything is perfect" They walked hand in hand to the door and opened it to the social worker, he held a little boy by the wrist.
"Hello again, Mr and Mr Kim!" Mr Johnny Suh had been their social worker from the start, he'd been the one to check their house and sit down with them through all the procedures. They both stepped out of the way to let them come into the living room, "This is Taehyung, would you like to say hello?" Taehyung rather violently jerked his wrist out of Johnnys grip.
He handed over a rather thick looking file, "This is all about his case and some information, don't worry about schools until he's settled down and then give us a ring, he also has a doctor's check-up on Wednesday at noon that we've scheduled for yous, please do call me if you have any questions and worries!" Yoongi showed him out the door and they were left with Taehyung alone.
Seokjin squat down to Taehyungs height, "Hey Taehyung, I'm Seokjin but you can call me Jin and this is Yoongi" Yoongi gave a little wave but Taehyung didn't look up at them. "How about we take your shoes off huh?" Seokjin went to undo the velcro but Taehyung backed away, "No!"
Seokjin gave Yoongi a worried look and he came closer, "Ok are you hungry? I have some snacks" Yoongi offered and Taehyungs head shot up and Yoongi rushed to get some cookies, Taehyung seemed suspicious but ate the whole packet as quickly as he could, "You can have some later-" Yoongi was cut off with a whine from Taehyung, hugging the packet close to him.
Seokjin got a look at what Taehyung was wearing, he wasn't sure if it was intentional but his pants were 3 quarter lengths, cutting off at his shins. It wasn't exactly the right weather for them, his shoes also looked to little, his whole body looked too little, he was frail and lanky.
"Would you like to see your room?" Yoongi asked, Taehyung didn't nod but he allowed them to take him to his room, he looked around curiously, he glanced at the toys from afar but didn't touch them. Any other little boy would be straight into the box of brand new toys, Yoongi knows he would have lost his shit at the sight but Taehyung didn't falter, he was more interested in the bed.
Seokjin tried once again to get Taehyung to take off his shoes, he firmly shook his head and when Seokjin tried touching them he shouted a firm, "No!" At him once again. He wasn't sure what to do, he couldn't sleep in them but he didn't want to distress him. Yoongi got out a fresh pair of pyjamas from the wardrobe and showed them to Taehyung, toy story pyjamas with buzz lightyear on the front, Taehyung touched them and looked at his clothes.
"They're yours, you can put them on if you'd like" Taehyung seemed to be pulled between wanting to put on his new pyjamas but not wanting to take off his clothes. "Why don't you want to take off your clothes? We can leave the room if you like" Seokjin looked at Yoongi to see if that was the right thing to say and Yoongi nodded, looking for Taehyungs reaction.
"They're mine" Replied Taehyung, "Of course!" Yoongi said back to him and Taehyung squirmed, he bent down to slowly undo his velcro shoes and his face twisted as he took them off. Seokjin wanted to gasp but he didn't because he didn't want to scare Taehyung. He had blood all over the bottom of his socks, and it was obvious his shoes were way too small for him. Seokjin went to pick them up just to move them away but Taehyung snatched them from him with furrowed angry eyebrows.
Seokjin held up his hands in defence, allowing him to take them, Yoongi noticed the blood too and winced a little, "Alright do you need help getting into your pyjamas?" Taehyung shook his head and dressed himself quite easily. "Can I have a little look at your feet?" Taehyung shook his head firmly, he'd gathered all his clothes in his arms like he was scared someone would steal them.
"I'm sure they hurt, don't they? I can make them feel better" Taehyung looked him up and down, before taking his bloody socks off, once again hugging them against his chest. His tiny toes were very red and swollen, they curved inwards and the skin underneath was so worn down they had bled, they both desperately wanted to scoop him and give him a well-deserved bath but Taehyung would definitely freak out.
At least they'd managed to get him in some clean clothes for now, "How about I wash your clothes for you?" Taehyung only pulled his clothes closer to him with a shake of his head, "What would you like to do Taehyung?" Seokjin asked. Taehyung looked back at the bed behind him in he touched the sheets to feel how soft they were, "Would you like to go to sleep?, I bet you've had a long day"
For the first time Taehyung nodded crawling into the bed and cuddling the clothes next to him like a Teddy bear, "How about a story huh?" Before Seokjin could even get a book off the shelf Taehyung shook his head, "Well alright, if you need us we'll be right down the hall OK? Our bedroom will be open and the toilet light will be on if you need it, you can wake us up for anything alright?” Taehyung didn't nod but Yoongi still smiled at him, he turned on the little nightlight and left the door ajar.
"Was that alright?, I feel that went bad" Yoongi washed his face in the bathroom mirror as Seokjin got undressed, "We did the best we could for his comfort, it was the first night after all" Yoongi nodded and sighed, "We didn't even give him a tour, we should-" Seokjin grabbed his shoulders, "It might have overwhelmed him, the best thing is some comfy clothes and a nice sleep, for now, you did great"
Seokjin had always been the voice of reason, always the level headed one, he cupped Seokjins face, he was so smart and loving. They both lie in bed and couldn't sleep, just in case Taehyung got up and needed one of them but eventually sleep just took over both of them.