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What’s wrong kid? (6)

Reader x Single dad!Jaehyun

Genre: Fluff

Words: 4.7k

Prompt: You notice a child crying at a school playground. You decide to see what’s up and meet an extremely stressed/extremely handsome father.

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A/n: This is ridiculously long… holy shit. Enjoy!

Pulling up at Jaehyun’s office building two emotions ran through you. One, you were irritated. You had been up for the past 48 hours working on a twenty-page paper. Albeit it was your fault for waiting till the last minute to write it. Two, you were confused. Jaehyun had sent you a vague text to meet him at his office after class, that you didn’t need to worry about picking up Hyunjin today. You looked up at the tall building and on any other given day you would stare and gawk at it, but today you just wanted to figure out what was going on and go home. Walking into the lobby, you dialed Jaehyun’s number. It went to voicemail and you paused and sent him a here text. A few minutes went by and no reply. You noticed how everyone that passed by would look you up and down as you were dressed in ripped jeans and an MCR graphic tee. You silently cursed to yourself for not having any of his friends’ numbers and walked over to the receptionist.

The lady had her eyebrows raised at your presence, but still asked if she could help you.

“Hi. I'm here to see Jung Jaehyun.” You smiled, trying to sound like you belonged in such a building.

“Do you have an appointment?” She asked pulling up a screen on the computer without looking away from you.

“Well no, bu-”

“I'm sorry, but Mr. Jung is a very busy man. Please come back when you have an appointment set.” She smiled before returning to her computer. You stood there and weighed your options. You could one, wait for Jaehyun to call/text back. Or go home and take a nap. Choosing the latter, you were in the middle of telling the lady to have a good day when Doyoung entered the lobby. He scanned the area and smiled when his eyes locked on yours.

“My child!” He yelled happily as he approached. You flinched and glanced around at the other people looking between you two. Before you could say anything he took your hand and dragged you to the elevators. He pressed the button and lightly tapped his foot until it arrived. He held his arm out for you to go first and you thanked him.

From your handful of encounters with him you noticed that he was more on the talkative side of the spectrum when it came to Jaehyun’s friends. So, you knew something was wrong when he stood there quietly.

“What’s going on?” You squinted at him. He plastered on a smile and look innocently at you. Not buying it, you folded your arms over your chest.

“All I can say is that it’s Johnny’s idea and I apologize for my part in advance.” He sighed, running his fingers through his hair.

You nodded and pouted. “Okay…can I go back down and leave or is that not an option?”

“It’s not.” You guessed, but tried anyway.

The lift dinged and you were ushered into the hallway. You were barely paying attention, but you figured that you were on the top level. Doyoung led the way and you glanced at the gold plaques that every door had with names and positions in the company. He stopped at the door that read conference room and opened the door for you. Looking up at him, you peered into the room.

Everyone, but Jaehyun was present. You liked his friends, but your guard was immediately up. Doyoung walked past you to join them at the round table and gestured you to come sit. Hesitantly, you did.

Johnny cleared his throat as you surveyed their serious expressions.

“Jaehyun wasn’t the one who texted me, right?” You said before Johnny could get anything out. You looked everyone in the eyes. Before landing back on Johnny. “You guys are about to do that thing where you ‘interrogate’ me and see if I'm truly a good fit for Jaehyun and by extension Hyunjin. You’re doing this because you care about them and that’s sweet. I was expecting this sooner if I'm being honest, but I just finished a twenty-page paper and I'm tired and slightly more irritated than I’ve ever been. So, for the sake of our growing friendship and my sanity can we please cut the bullshit?”

Everyone, including yourself, was taken aback. It came out harsher than you wanted it to, but you were working on two hours of sleep and an outrageous amount of caffeine.

You were about to apologize when Taeyong smiled and Sicheng and Yuta busted out a laugh.

“Wow she saw straight through your plan in like five seconds.” Yuta cried at Johnny. Taeil chuckled alongside them and asked how much sugar do you like in your coffee before going to make you some.

“That was unnecessary, I'm sorry.” You rubbed your face and groaned.

“Don’t worry about it. We like you.” Johnny comforted, patting your back.

“Where’s Jaehyun?” You asked as Taeil handed you your cup.

“We ditched him with one of the shareholders. Johnny stole his phone before he left.” Taeyong informed. You hummed and sipped on your coffee. Was it a good idea to add more caffeine to your system? No. But, Taeil was nice enough to make it for you.

“So,” Taeyong started grabbing everyone’s attention. “I think I can wrap up everything and everyone’s concern in one question. Do you see this relationship lasting?”

The first thing you noticed when you first met Taeyong was his sharp features. Everything about him was clean and cut like someone took centuries sculpting him perfectly. However, they forgot about his eyes. They were soft, warm, and a welcome contrast to him.

The strictness of his tone lost its severity when you looked in the eyes that conveyed hope from your answer.

“Yes.” You smiled simply.

Collective breaths were released, and a smile made its way on everyone’s face.

“Thank god.” Doyoung leaned back in his chair as if the tension left him weak.

You laughed at how easy that simple answer calmed their hearts. They didn’t ask any other question which you appreciated because you weren’t ready to give them a ‘I don’t know’ answer.

You were in the middle of talking when the door slammed open.

“You guys are a bunch of asshol-. Y/n?” Jaehyun closed the door confused. Once again you were faced with two options. You could play up the situation or say hi like normal. You glanced at Doyoung and a mutual understanding was made.

“Jaehyun.” You started sadly looking pitiful at him. Doyoung rushed to your side burying your face in his chest. You stifled a laugh that threatened to break through.

“Johnny has just been the absolute worse.” Yuta chimed in, happy to play along.

“He stole your phone and has spent the last thirty minutes hounding Y/n.” Taeil surprisingly joined. He walked over and soothed your back for added effect as collective nods and fingers were being pointed in Johnny’s direction.

Jaehyun’s head slowly turned from you to Johnny the look of murder being conveyed.

“You guys are fucking liars.” Johnny hissed, flustered at Jaehyun’s growing anger. “Listen they’re over exaggerating. I only did it because you threw us all off with the whole lov-”

Taeyong quickly pushed his chair and kicked Johnny hard. You looked between them confused before scooting away from Doyoung.

“He’s right we’re over doing it, nothing actually happened.” You smiled. You got up and walked over to Jaehyun, kissing him on the cheek. “I would love to stay and chat, but I'm tired so I'm gonna go.”

“Let me walk you down.”

You told him that it was unnecessary, but he did it anyway. When you reached the ground floor Jaehyun pulled you over to the receptionist desk and told the lady to put your name down in the system as VIP entry. She looked skeptically at the two of you, but did it anyways. Jaehyun interlocked your hand as he led you to your car. You tried to fight back a blush due to all the people staring at you. Like usual Jaehyun gave you a goodbye kiss before sending you on your way.

When you reached your apartment, you cut off the engine and sat there in silence. You weren’t dumb so you could guess what Johnny was about to say and why they were concerned about if you were ready to be this involved with Jaehyun. But, you also didn’t want to jump to conclusions.

Way too tired to think about anything, you got out your car and after a lot of effort made it into the apartment. You were glad that Kun and Ten weren’t home yet and went straight to the freezer. Grabbing Ten’s ice cream, you wrote a ‘I’ll buy you another one’ note on the fridge before going to your room. You ate the container until you couldn’t feel your cheeks and passed out.

“Y/n you’re dissociating again.” You looked away from the window to find Lucas staring at you. “Are you okay?”

You pondered for a moment. “No.”

That got everyone’s attention. You were always the type to say you were okay even though you weren’t because it was just easier. But, you needed some advice, so you told them about yesterday.

“I don’t want to put words in his mouth or jump to any conclusions, but what if he really did tell them that he’s in love with me?” You sighed.

“Well, how does that make you feel?” Mark asked.

You just shrugged your shoulder weakly because you didn’t know. You’ve never been in love before. Nothing past the platonic love that you have for your friends. Romantic love was a foreign concept for you. You were doing down the deep hole of over thinking when Jeno cut through.

“Talk to him.” He suggested. “This isn’t anything you’ve experience before, so it would help to talk about it and work out your feeling together. It’s obvious that you more than like him, but that doesn’t mean its love yet. If he says it don’t feel pressured to say it back, okay?” Jeno reassured.

“I'm changing your name to Jeno the Wise.” You smiled, pulling out your phone.

“What was it before?”

“Don’t worry about it.”

It was a rare event when both you and Jaehyun could put Hyunjin to bed. He claimed that since the guys ditched him earlier that week he could be petty and leave when he wanted to. Hyunjin was a bouncing mess and you read half her library before she finally fell asleep. Jaehyun was reading through some documents on his iPad while you mindlessly scrolled through Instagram on his bed. The conversation from earlier replayed in your mind and you accidently let out a heavy sigh.

“I'm being boring, sorry.” Jaehyun sat down his tablet and pulled you onto his chest. You slid your phone into your back pocket and smiled up at him.

“No, it wasn’t you, but I'm glad I have your attention.” You giggled.

Jaehyun wasted no time pinning you to the bed and sealing your lips together. You sighed into the kiss as he ran his hand down your side. He butterflied kisses from your jaw down to your neck. You stifled a whimpered that threatened to slip through as he bit down at a sensitive spot below your ear. He kissed the bruise and went on to make more around your neck and collarbone.

“It’s getting late, you should get home before I don’t let you leave.” He whispered against your skin.

“What if I don’t want to go?” You brought his face up to yours again and slowly kissed him. You waited until he took control before pulling away. “But you're right it is late, and I don’t have a change of clothes. Pity.” You laughed and rolled off the bed.

“God you're such a tease.” He groaned into the pillow and followed you outside.

“Clear up your weekend for me.” He said as you unlocked your car. You turned, looking at him confused.

“Do I get to know what for?” You asked wrapping your arms around his neck.

“Nope.” He smiled down and lightly kissed you. “Drive safe.”

Instead of going home like normal you made a detour to Renjun, Jeno, and Jaemin’s shared apartment. Renjun was confused when he opened the door, but let you in when he saw the array of snacks in your hands.

“Okay I have a mysterious date this weekend, so I propose we move the Stranger Things binge sleepover to tonight and skip our morning classes.” You announced to everyone in the living room. They looked amongst themselves before sending you a thumbs up.

“Kun can never know.” You shuddered, remembering last time you got caught skipping with your friends.

“Trust me. I rather die than sit through another Kun lecture.” Jaemin agreed, taking the popcorn bag from you and wandering into the kitchen.

Friday came along and you were packing. Jaehyun was reluctant to tell you anything, but you needed to know what to pack for. He eventually gave you a vague ‘casual and cool’ which was little help. Sighing, you settled with a few spring attire and called it a day. As you were grabbing your toothbrush you received a ‘here’ text from him. You said your goodbyes to your roommates and met him outside.

“Hello beautiful.” He greeted as he kissed your cheek and took your bag from you.

“Someone is in a great mood.” You laughed getting into the car. Jaehyun hummed as a reply and drove off. He informed you that it was going to be a long ride and if you wanted you could take a nap. You of course declined and told him that you wanted to keep him company; only to fall asleep an hour into the ride.

“Y/n wake up. We’re here.” Jaehyun lightly tapped you awake. You looked around confused in your current groggy form as he wandered over to your side and unbuckled you from the seat. You looked past him, and your eyes widened.

“Whoa.” You whispered. You looked out at the beautiful view of the ocean ahead of you. You heard Jaehyun chuckle, calling you cute, and grabbed the bags. It took you a second to collect yourself before you followed him into the beach house.

“Since its pretty late I'm gonna start making dinner and you can go take a shower and relax for a while.” He stated after putting away all the luggage.

“I can help.” You offered and was met with a shake.

“Nope. I'm pampering you on this trip. Now go relax.” Jaehyun shooed you out the kitchen and into the hallway. You pouted for a second and decided fine. You walked through the house and found the master bedroom. You got desensitize with how nice and expensive everything was around Jaehyun, but this room changed that for you. You whistled when you entered the master bath and smiled gleefully at the jacuzzi type bathtub. The inner child in you demanded a bubble bath and you were happy to appease it. As you set into the hot bath you turned on the Bluetooth and zoned out with your chill playlist surrounding you.

After an hour and a sufficient amount of wrinkles on your fingers and toes you got out, changed, and found Jaehyun in the kitchen.

“You’re still not allowed to help.” He warned pointing the spatula at you. You laughed holding up your hands in surrender. You slid into one of the stools as Jaehyun poured you a glass of wine. You looked at the glass and started to giggle. Earlier that day you were eating chili cheese fries with Yangyang and now you were drinking wine that probably cost the same as tuition.

You got bored and started pestering Jaehyun. You hopped down from the stool and hugged him from behind. He snickered as you followed him around the kitchen without letting go.

“Have I ever told you how cute you are?”

“Several times a day.” You teased. He turned around in your arms and placed a chaste kiss on your lips.

“Go out to the terrace. I’ll bring the food out.” He pinched your cheek and sent you away. You skipped outside and smiled at his set up. It was a simple candlelight dinner with light stringed around the terrace. The main appeal was that it overlooked the ocean. You sat yourself and sipped on your wine. Jaehyun came out a few minutes later and set a plate in front of you. It was French pepper steak dinner. He poured you more wine and the two of you talked over dinner.

You were a notorious light weight, so you were a bit tipsy. You knew Jaehyun was a funny guy, but you found yourself giggling at everything he said, and you were too busy laughing to see the hearts in his eyes. He held your hand and interlocked your fingers on the table. You smiled at him then out at the sky. The stars were out, so you started to name the ones you knew. Jaehyun sat quietly listening to the sound of your voice and the calm sound of the ocean mixing together in perfect harmony and smiled fondly.

Jaehyun proposed walking on the beach after dinner and you happily agreed. You ran to find your sandals and met him outside. You walked down the little trail to the private beach and skipped around. Determining that the sandals just got in the way, you took them off. Jaehyun took your hand in his and held your shoes for you. As you walked down the shore you collected seashells. You told Jaehyun that it would be a fun activity for you and Hyunjin to make stuff out of them.

“I've never seen you this happy. Did you come to the beach as a child?” He asked swinging your arm.

“Nope. Sick kid remember.” You bent down and picked up another shell. “The first time and only time I went was senior year. It was a graduation trip my friends and I set up. Growing up I always wanted too, so when we went I had so much fun. I'm a sucky swimmer and everyone was scared shitless because I would go too far or run into a wave with reckless abandon and threw caution to the wind.” You laughed. “Haechan had to sit me down and put me in ‘time out’ because I was under the water for too long. I'm pretty sure I raised all their blood pressure that day.”

“I can only imagine.” He chuckled next to you.

“I cried when it was time to go. It was childish, but it was before I knew that we all got into the same university. So, that trip was like our last goodbye in my mind. I guess they couldn’t stand seeing me like that, so Mark let us stay longer.” You smiled. “I felt bad afterwards since he had to drive us back at night. I apologized the whole way back, even though he said I was worth it.”

“Because you are.” Jaehyun stopped and spun you into his arms. “We can go swimming later in the day tomorrow.”

You walked back to the house and got ready for bed. A wave of shyness smacked you when you exited the bathroom. It was stupid, you thought, you had literally slept in his bed on multiple occasions. But, now you were suddenly shy?

“I um set up another room if you don’t want to sleep here.” He said his voice laced with the same shyness.

‘Ah we’re both stupid. Nice to know.’ You thought. Laughing, you got under the covers and beckoned him to do the same. He clicked off the lights and wrapped his arms around you like normal. There was an awkward tension in the air

“We’re idiots.” You laughed into his chest, efficiently killing the tension. Jaehyun laughed alongside with you and you felt him relax.

“I won’t do anything until you’re ready.” He reassured.

“I know. Thank you.” You lightly kissed him before resting your head back on his chest. You fell asleep to the sound of his steady heartbeat.

You woke up to see Jaehyun smiling down at you as he caressed your cheek.

“Good morning creep.” You yawned.

“Morning beautiful.” He beamed. It was already noon so you both got up and got ready to explore the little town near the house. You finished before him and sat on the porch swing and waited. You were playing with the hem of your dress when he walked out. He placed a sun hat on your head, called you cute, and led you to the car.

The town was your stereotypical ocean town. Beautiful and colorful. The first thing you did when you arrived was found an ice cream parlor. Walking around with a cone in hand you dragged Jaehyun into every store that caught your eye. Seeing the smile on your face he was happy to obliged.

Jaehyun had stopped to call and check up on Hyunjin who was with Johnny for the weekend. While he was on call, you spotted a small jewelry shop and wandered to it. There was an elderly woman running the store that smiled at you when you entered You looked around not really looking for anything in particular. Your eyes landed on a necklace set and you picked it up. It was simple; two silver necklaces with a half circle pendant that when combined made the moon. It was your style and you fell in love with it. You bought it without giving it an afterthought and rejoined Jaehyun outside.

You were done shopping and ready to go swimming. So, when you got back home you changed into the bathing suit Jaehyun had bought you in five seconds flat. You bounced around while Jaehyun got all the things ready to take down to the beach. A few minutes later you headed down.

“When you say reckless aband-” He started while setting up the umbrella.

“No regard for my own life.” You stated bluntly. You wasted no time peeling off your dress and skipped over towards the water.

“Stop.” Jaehyun called and you halted your step. You turned towards him and noticed his ear become red at your half naked form. He was flustered, but persisted. “Be careful. I’ll join you in a minute.”

You nodded and continuing over. The moment you enter you were taken down by a wave. You laughed as you resurfaced.

Leaning back, you floated around until you felt Jaehyun’s arm around you. Turning yourself upright you leaned into his embrace, securing your arms around his neck. He was about to lean in for a kiss when you dropped your arm and splashed him in the face.

The war that commenced was one of unnecessary magnitude and left you both exhausted. You crowned yourself the victor and swam circles around him. Laughing at your childishness he grabbed you and finally kissed you.

He left you to float around in peace while he chilled on the beach. You leaned back again and stared at the pristine and clear sky, thinking about everything and nothing at the same time. Jeno’s words once again infiltrated your mind. You were in some weird in between limbo with your feelings. You didn’t even know why you bought the necklaces earlier.

You let a particularly large wave take you under before resting your thoughts and getting out the water. You wrapped yourself in a spare towel and laid down on another one next to Jaehyun.

“How’s Hyunjin?” You asked.

“She conned Johnny into taking her to the ice rink, so she's living her best life.” He laughed.

You tried not to, but you ended up, taking a nap. The ghost feeling of the waves pulling you into the realm of unconsciousness.

You woke up again to Jaehyun lightly shaking you. You turned to him and he pointed forward. Sitting up you looked forward and watched the sun descend below the horizon. It created a wide line of orange that contrasted beautifully with the blue and purple hue over it. You stared in awe at it before turning back to Jaehyun. He was looking at you with the same look from the garden, but there wasn’t a Hyunjin to interrupt. The overwhelming feeling of shyness made its way through you again at the sincerity of his eyes and it was hard to look away.

Jaehyun was the first to break away.

“We should go and get you properly dried before it gets too cold.” It took you a second to leave the trance and you scrambled to collect yourself and helped him take everything inside.

You were again pushed out the kitchen and was told to shower, relax, and wait for dinner. After your bath you sat on the bed instead of venturing downstairs. You held both necklaces in your hands. You wanted to give him his half, but you didn’t know how too; you didn’t even know how to bring up a conversation to led to the necklaces. You flopped back on the bed and screamed into a pillow.

“Dinner’s ready.” He yelled from downstairs.

“Be down in a sec” You called back. Sucking it up, you clipped on your half and went down. You smiled at him as you walked onto the terrace.

Dinner was similar to the day before, but it was a lobster dish. You tried to engage in conversation, but your anxiety prevented you from doing so. You were too busy biting your bottom lip to notice the full moon, the stars that shined brighter than yesterday, and Jaehyun’s hand holding yours.

“Are you okay?” He asked. You glanced up at his worried expression and your heart stopped wavering.

You nodded and looked up at the moon for the first time that night, finding clarity in its presence.

“Whenever things were shitty growing up I would always wander to this playground near my house and lay down on the slide and stare at the moon. It was weird, but I found it comforting. One of the defining moments of my friendship was when I was given the nickname moon. I was glad that I was their source of comfort the way they were for me. And this is a roundabout way to tell you that you’ve become my source of comfort and I wanted to thank you for that.” You went into your pocket and pulled out the other necklace. “I know its lame, but I got this for you.” You gently flipped his hand and placed it in.

Jaehyun slowly held it up and glanced at yours. He was silent for a moment before breaking out a laugh.

“How do you do this every time? How do you keep surprising me with how amazing you are?” He smiled and you released a breath you didn’t know you were holding.

He clipped on the necklace and smiled down at it. He took your hand in his again and the look was back in his eyes. There was a pause.

“I love you.” He declared simply without any hint of doubt.

“I know.” You replied back breathlessly because you did. He was very transparent with his feelings, but that didn’t mean it lost it sincerity and severity. Hearing him actually say it to you made your heart jump and flutter.

His face fell and your heart jumped in panic. “Johnny’s little almost slip up gave you away.” You continued.

You held his hand tighter and looked him in the eyes. “Jaehyun I have to be honest. I don’t know if I love you yet. This is my first real relationship and what I feel for you might be love, but I can’t be certain, and you deserve more than a maybe.” You finished quietly.

Jaehyun had a small look of disappointment, but nevertheless smiled “Take your time.”

“I'm really sorry.” You whispered sadly, feeling bad.

Jaehyun got up and walked over to you. He gently grabbed your face and kissed you. “Don’t be. I love you, so take your time Y/n. I promise I'm not going anywhere.”

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