Like an Echo [KTH Fanfic]

Cute

The house was quiet, an unusual quiet.

Lena had gone out with Jin-Ah today to find gifts for Yoongi, leaving Taehyung at home with Annika since the band had a week off for Yoongi's birthday.

It was March 7th. Annika was approaching being eight months old, and Yoongi was approaching 27 years old. Time had flown since Annika was born, making this outing feel like Lena was leaving a newborn at home.

Lena checked her watch, curious as to why the house was so quiet. Usually the house was full of noise, especially when Annika and Taehyung were together. She hadn't heard from Taehyung since she left, so she knew he hadn't left the house.

Checking the kitchen, she was surprised to see nothing in the sink. Either Taehyung forgot to feed their child, or he had done the dishes after feeding time.

Climbing the stairs, she expected to find Annika asleep in bed. It wasn't nap time, but it was the only explanation that Lena could come up with for the quiet.

To find nothing in the room was strange, so she made her way to her room; maybe Taehyung had brought her into their bed to sleep. Taehyung loved to keep Annika with him when she slept, and it took a lot of coaxing to stop Taehyung from bringing Annika into their room every night.

Wrong again, she thought that maybe they were in the basement in Annika's playroom. Usually the whole house would echo with the sounds of Annika playing with her father, so she doubted this being the answer.

The room at the bottom of the stairs was empty, a few toys out of their bins were on the floor alone.

What solved the mystery was the red light at the end of the hallway being on. Taehyung's studio was in use, which was not something typical of Taehyung to do with Annika, especially now. Annika was in full swing saying "mama" and "appa", continuously babbling around those words.

Carefully pushing open the door, Lena heard their new single Boy With Luv coming from the speakers softly. Taehyung had Annika in his arms, dancing with her as he sang.

"Mama!" Taehyung smiled as he spotted her. "How was shopping?"

"It was good," Lena smiled and pecked his lips before kissing Annika's forehead. "How was your day with Anni?"

"Good," Taehyung smiled. "We played, napped, and then she's been helping me edit the new album."

"Mama," Annika held her hands out toward Lena.

Lena pulled Annika from Taehyung's arms and rested her on her hip.

"How long did she sleep?" Lena asked.

"Two hours," he replied. "I would have woken her up before that but I sort of fell asleep too."

"Looks like we'll be up late tonight," Lena sighed and rocked Annika to the beat of the music.

"I'm sorry, bug," Taehyung said. "I should have set an alarm."

"How many times have I done the same?" She asked. "It's okay."

"I still feel bad," he said as he shut off the music. "Why don't I make dinner?"

"That'd be nice," Lena smiled. "Since Anni is going to be up for a while, why don't we do a movie marathon?"