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"No." It is supposed to be a firm no, but the round, brown puppy eyes that stare at him from the high chair makes it hard to say no. He knows it's his weakness because Adam and Eve have been playing him for years with those eyes, but he was not expecting his son to be able to make those same eyes. Maybe that is why he sighs and smiles when the seven-month-old reaches out with small chubby hands and tries to grab the spoon with ice cream. Jinki laughs and easily gives in.
"Okay then." Jinki smiles and gives the boy the silver spoon. Jonghyun instantly places the cold spoon in his mouth, trying to relieve the pain from his first teeth. Jinki just smiles fondly at the baby and strokes his short, dark hair.
He loves being a father. His mother had been skeptical when he had told her he was going to adopt a baby but when she had met Jonghyun she had easily fallen in love with her grandson. On the other hand, Jonghyun was the cutest baby Jinki had ever seen in his life and as a pediatrician he had seen a quite few.
His mother had reprimanded him, telling him that a kid needs both a father and a mother and Jinki had promised the baby (although Jonghyun himself wasn't very aware of it) that he would find him another parent as well. But with Jinki being gay finding a mother was not in his plans and he didn't know how to find a partner with a kid. Despite all that, Jinki's biggest wish had to become a father and that was the reason he had adopted Jonghyun.
He sighs before he gets up and goes to the counter to find another spoon. In less than 30 seconds he's back, sitting in front of the now drooling baby and eating his ice cream. He loves Jonghyun. Jonghyun is an easy child and while it is hard to get up multiple times at night, his son is so adorable when he's not crying that it makes up for all the times he's not so adorable. Jonghyun throws the spoon to the floor when it's no longer cold and Jinki sighs again.
"Really?" he asks exasperated and the baby babbles a string of "dadadada" and reaches for the spoon in the ice cream.
"You know ice cream isn't healthy for a baby right?" another voice asks from behind him and Jinki turns around to stare at the most beautiful man he has ever seen.
"Uh..." Jinki says dumbly and mentally slaps himself when the other man sits down in the chair next to him, cooing to the baby who instantly lights up at the attention he's getting.
"My name's Kibum," the beautiful man says and Jinki nods a little. The man beside him is taller than him with a slim body. His shoulders are broader than Jinki's though and he has beautiful facial features, brown feline eyes. His skin glows like he's a god and Jinki is sure this man won the gene lottery. He's a lot more stylish than Jinki will ever be.
When he reaches towards the baby Jinki notices his long slender fingers and swallows a lump in his throat because he wasn't supposed to notice the man's fingers.
"And you?" the man says and raises an eyebrow and Jinki coughs to hide his staring.
"Uh, Jinki... Lee Jinki..." The baby lets out a small cry when the pain in his mouth becomes unbearable again and Jinki turns his attention to his son. Without even thinking he licks the ice cream off of the spoon and gives it to Jonghyun who again instantly puts it in his mouth and starts chewing. Kibum just smiles at the two of them.
"He's yours?" he asks and Jinki nods.
"Yeah..."
"He's so cute! I bet he takes after you." Kibum flushes a bright pink but Jinki doesn't notice because he's busy removing the drool from Jonghyun's cheek.
"He's adopted..." Jinki says when he turns his attention back to Kibum. Kibum stares at him wide-eyed.
"So he doesn't have a mother?" Jinki shrugs at that.
"He must have somewhere. I just don't know who because she obviously left him to be adopted." Jinki smiles a little sheepishly. "But no, I don't have a wife or a girlfriend either," he admits after a while and Kibum smiles shyly at him.
Kibum then turns his attention towards the baby again and Jinki leans back in his chair and takes in his surroundings. The beautiful man who is playing with his son is still what's taking his breath away. He hears a whoops and diverts his attention to the other man, the spoon again on the floor.
"Jonghyun-ah..." Jinki sighs and takes the baby from his chair and kisses his temple. The boy grabs at his collar and finds a corner of fabric he can chew on. Great. The ice cream has melted in its container and Kibum sits up straight in his chair before he looks towards the baby and his eyes soften again.
"Maybe we could... I don't know, get coffee someday?" he asks, sounding a lot more confident than he is. Jinki just smiles to the other.
"Are you asking me on a coffee date?" That just flusters Kibum whose cheeks are now colored a deep red.
"I-I..." He bites his lower lip and Jinki finds it endearing. Jonghyun shifts in his lap and releases the piece of fabric he's been chewing on.
"We can meet up for a cup of coffee, but I have to bring Jonghyun with me." Kibum lifts his head and meets Jinki's gaze.
"Oh, yeah, of course! Please bring him." Kibum leaves after having written his number on a piece of paper and Jinki sits in the ice cream shop with his son sleeping in his lap and a date with a beautiful man ahead of him.
If he has to be honest, life is not that bad right now. And he sort of thanks Jonghyun for being the adorable baby that he is because if Kibum has a personality that is just half as nice as his looks, he's definitely boyfriend material and Jinki doesn't want to the waste the opportunity.
On the other hand, maybe it is a little weird to accept a coffee-date from a stranger who is cooing over your baby. Then again, what does it hurt? It's not like Jinki has anything to lose. Then he remembers Kibum's words, looks towards his son and sighs.
"Can you believe your pediatrician father is giving you ice cream? You're definitely too adorable for your own good." When his phone rings and his mother asks him to meet up with her, he leaves the ice cream shop and the melting ice cream. He presses another kiss to the baby's forehead when he places him in the baby carriage and sticks the paper with the phone number into his pocket. Maybe going out for ice cream in November wasn't the worst idea he has ever had.
Age
Jonghyun - 7 months.