Family of Four

Parent Problems

[Alternative title: The dads being bitter wine moms with each other]

Was I planning to never update again? Yeah.
Did I intend to forget this book and ignore it like my least favourite child? Duh.
But did I think that someone was actually reading it? Hell no. So to that person who recently began commenting, thank you! Cause I actually wanted to write here again.

Fun fact: I actually had two chapters written but never finished them cause I'm uncreative. So I'll be completing them and then figure out where to take the story next.

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Jungkook was taking his time away from Taehyung just as well as you'd expect. He'd beg to go see him, constantly mention his name just to annoy his parents and if he wasn't doing either of those, he was making snide or snarky comments to get under his father's skin. Which was working. By the end of the week, Seokjin felt ready to tear his own hair out and Namjoon wasn't faring any better. Coming home from a long stressful day of work just to be greeted by your moody child was something they hoped not to experience after the boys turned twelve.

"Oh, how fun adulthood is~" Sang Jin as he poured each of his guests a glass of wine. Seonghwa happily downed his within seconds, with Jackson right behind him.

"Slow down you two," Sighed Hongjoong, reluctantly holding his glass to his lips.

"Oh come on Hongjoong, we know you want to," Seokjin said playfully before finishing his drink in just a few gulps. Hongjoong glanced down at the red liquid indecisively but saw that both Mark and Namjoon had started drinking as well. Figuring it wouldn't hurt anyone, the youngest started to sip at the fancy liquid.

Jackson couldn't help but chuckle at how shy he was acting. "Relax Joong, you act like you haven't had a glass in years." He teased, ruffling the younger man's white hair. Hongjoong only rolled his eyes at him, finally finishing his first drink while the others were on their second or third cup.

"It might as well have been. Do you know how scared I am to bring something that isn't apple juice into the house?" Whined Seonghwa, leaning against his shorter husband's shoulder. "I've been so stressed but the only thing I have to calm my nerves is animal crackers and chicken nuggets because all my nice food gets eaten the moment I turn my back!"

"Unfortunately that's the only part that never changes." Sighed Namjoon as he swirled his third glass of wine around in his cup.

Seokjin tapped his glass with a teaspoon then raised it in the air. "Thank you all for taking the time to come out here and complain about your problems, even you Jackson."

"Are you kidding?" He scoffed. "Taehyung's done nothing but whine about losing his boyfriend and that it's a violation of his 'rights'. If I didn't have a car I would've sprinted here if I had to."

"Mm, he's been talking to me about his problems now as well...all the time." Remarked Mark. "I'm all for bonding but not like this."

"As such, I'd like to propose a toast: To forgetting about our 'parent problems' and taking a moment to talk about ourselves for once. We're not just parents, we're people too. So everyone fill your glasses, that means you too Hongjoong, and just relax. Give me your cup first Joong." Everyone raised their wine glasses, with Seokjin filling Hongjoong's to the brim the second he put it back down.

"There's someone here I don't know!" Seonghwa yelled suddenly. He pointed his finger towards Mark, who had been quietly sipping his new glass of wine, minding his own business. "You! You're dating Jackson right? Dish!"

"What...?"

"Talk about yourself," Namjoon told him to translate the younger man's term.

Mark replied with a light Oh and then shrugged. "Pfft, I don't know? Well, I wanted to be a teacher, but ended up being rich so that's fun. Real Estate is nice and all but I wouldn't have minded teaching kids English either."