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The surrounding men stand straight once they hear a car door slam. Their eyes revert to the ground, not wishing to come face to face to an angry Jeon Jungkook.
Jungkook is fuming once he reaches the site where - of course his men out of all people - had manage to fuck up.
Now Jungkook could be understanding. Since the birth of his son, he began to view the world in a different light. Jin-Seon was like the light of his life - and you being his mother and his wife was right alongside him.
However, what Jungkook didn’t like was when his time with his family was compromised. He had men for a reason to do the shit he didn’t want to - what was he paying people for if they couldn’t get the job done right and correctly?
Jungkook took pride that he has been a part of Jin-seons life since a baby - and now his son is five and he is a familiar face in his life. He eats breakfast with you and Jin-seon each morning and when he is off of school, he makes time out of his day for lunch. You three often go out to wherever Jin-seon desires - parks, amusement parks, zoo’s - and he doesn’t mind wasting one of his men’s salary if it meant that he could keep his son content.
But now? Jeon Jungkook is pissed.
Jin-seon had a play at his school - a kindergarten play where his son was the lead . Front and center and would be looking out in the crowd to not see him - it broke his heart thinking about it. To know that his own father never desired to attend anything that Jungkook deemed important, he made it his mission to be there whenever Jin-seon had hobbies, events or plays. Hell - he even met the teachers because Jin-Seon had asked him and you to.
“Can someone please tell me why I had to leave my son to come here?” Jungkook hisses. “Quickly before I shoot someone’s arm off.”
“Jeon-ssi.” one man steps forward, but appears utterly terrified at his boss. “The shipment is…”
Jungkook awaits for a response that doesn’t come. “Speak up.” he grinds his teeth.
“I thought the shipment was coming,” he says. “I, uh, think it was sent elsewhere.”
“Elsewhere…?” Jungkook crosses his arms. “I put you in charge of shipment and it’s not here.”
The man shakes his head.
“A large shipment of drugs,” Jungkook says slowly. “that is supposed to be distributed to hundreds of my men to sell…”
The man swallows.
“...is gone?” Jungkook finishes. “Millions of my dollars…is gone?”
The man nods his head. “I believe-”
Jungkook is livid. He inhales deeply, goes into his belt and takes out the gun. It only takes him a minute to shoot - the man hunching over to clutch his bleeding knee.
“I don’t pay you to believe in anything, Jang.” Jungkook hisses. His eyes glance around to the surrounding men, all scurrying away. “I don’t pay any of you to believe. I pay you to do your jobs right!”
Jungkook places his gun back into his belt and shakes his head. “Have I not been good to you all?” he questions. “I made sure you all are paid handsomely. You don’t even work on holidays! I allow you to be with your kids, don’t I?”
The men are silent, and now Jungkook is even more pissed.
“Don’t i?!”
“Yes, Jeon-ssi.” the men stammer in unison.
“Exactly. And the one day to fuck up is the day my son has a play. How selfish can you all be?” Jungkook shakes his head again. “Find my shipment. Immediately. Distribute it evenly between the sellers and do it by the end of tomorrow night. I don’t care where it’s at.” Jungkook claps his hands. “And get Jang out of my sight.” he hisses.
“What if he hates me?” Jungkook asks you with wide, scared eyes. “I rushed back as quickly as I could.”
You turn to face him, an amused look on your face.
“Y/N, this isn’t funny.” Jungkook hisses. The crowd is slowly scattering as children run up to their parents. “The play is done and I haven’t even managed to be here for any of it.”
You stop yourself from laughing. You place a hand onto Jungkook’s cheek. “I have videos you can watch. It’ll be fine.”
It wasn’t. It was easier for you to say - you weren’t the one that missed Jin-Seon’s first play. You got to see how adorable he looked in his costume, got to wave at him while he was on stage. Jungkook hadn’t and he regrets not shooting both of Jang’s knees.
“There’ll be more.” you try again, but it wasn’t getting through to Jungkook.
“But he’ll remember the one I missed.” Jungkook turns his eyes away to see where Jin-Seon had run off to.
You sigh.
Jungkook is an amazing father and it shouldn’t be a surprise to you after five years. You recall how scared you’d been when you fell pregnant and how you didn’t want your son to live the life Jungkook did - full of crime, murder and apparent emptiness. But he had lived up to his promise of protecting not only Jin-Seon but you, as well. You weren’t the lone parent you initially thought you would be when returning with him many years ago. Jungkook was there for every doctor's appointment, check-up, school meeting - even if he did run his own business full time.
“What if he grows up to hate me?”
“Not this again.” you snort.
Jungkook crosses his arms, ears growing red with embarrassment.
You heard Jungkook state his ultimate fear was Jin-Seon’s hatred towards him similar to his hatred for his father.
“I’m serious. What if I make this a habit? What if I turn into my father and then boom, he kills me because i became a shitty husband and father-”
“Jin-Seon is five!” you hiss. “He adores you.”
“Now.” Jungkook murmurs.
“Are you trying to tell me something?” you question. “Are you planning to become a shitty husband and father?”
“No!” Jungkook retorts.
“Then stop overthinking. Jin-Seon’s coming.”
Jin-Seon does come running, eyes sparkling with a wide tooth smile on his face. He jumps into Jungkook’s arms, hugging him close. In his hands he’s holding a rose given out to all the kids who participated in the play. “Appa, you’re here!”
“I am.” Jungkook holds Jin-Seon close, finding his son’s smile contagious.
“Where were you?”
Jungkook swallows, dreading the question.
“Appa had to work.” you place a hand on Jin-Seon’s head. “But he’s here now.”
Jin-Seon hums but nods. His smile doesn’t falter for a minute as he goes on to tell Jungkook the entirety of the play and just how excited he was.
You smile as you watch Jungkook and Jin-Seon talk, Jungkook completely enthralled in the conversation to realize that Jin-Seon - though young and only five - had not been upset that his father couldn’t make one event. What did matter was that Jungkook was here now to hear all about it.