My Son, Beomhyun

Chapter 57

Taehyun stares at Soojun and Beomhyun's animated figures that were slowly fading away. He smiles softly as the two boys burst in complete laughter as they walked away from his sight. Probably due to a joke that they had said to each other.

It was good to see that at least his little prince had a friend and was pretty comfortable around Soojun too.

After sixteen years of being a parent, Taehyun wanted nothing more than to see his baby bear smile. Seeing those big doe-y eyes turn into crescent shaped moons, those adorable teethies which he inherited from him. And that all too familiar laugh which sounded so much like Beomgyu.

They were all precious to him.

So precious that Taehyun wanted nothing more than to hope that time that it'll never disappear.

He sometimes wished his son would remain a child forever.

But Taehyun knew, and everyday prepared himself for that one question Beomhyun would ask him one day in his life.

"Pa, who's my dad?"

However Beomhyun didn't really asked him that question. And so Taehyun took the matters to his own hands.

Taehyun told the young boy about his father, he told his son that he ran away because his father had a girlfriend. And for another reason that he has yet to tell him but didn't get the chance to.

Though, to his surprise, Beomhyun was all calm about it.

"Look Pa, I'm not mad that you ran away from Seoul because of dad already having a girlfriend and not telling him. I'm just... I dunno, a bit disappointed I guess? And that other reason why you ran away and you didn't wanna tell me. Which I completely understand since you're not comfortable with it. But Pa, why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"Would you believe me if I did?" Taehyun asked a fifteen-year old Beomhyun.

The young boy pursed his lips, "Maybe..."

Taehyun rose a brow.

"Okay okay, maybe I won't since I'm still a child but still!"

"Do you want to meet him?" Taehyun asked him.

Beomhyun tilts his head, "Meet who?"

"Your father, do you want to meet him?"

Silence engulfed them that time before Beomhyun shrugs both his shoulders.

"Yeah sure, but if he says something rude to us then I'm not meeting him ever again."

They agreed to go to Seoul when Byun reached seventeen. But fate somehow took matters into its own hands.

Taehyun hoists himself up from his seat, pulling his face mask to cover his mouth and nose before tailing the two boys.

Though Taehyun was completely meters away behind them. The latter could still see Soojun's raven hair poking out from the crowd of pedestrians.

'He surely inherited Soobin-hyung's height.' Taehyun thought as he looks at Soojun who had his arm around his son's shoulder.

And then a memory of sorts resurfaced back to Taehyun's mind.

A year before he ran away...

-

"Doesn't he look cute?" Yeonjun coos as he picked up a baby Soojun who was wearing a bunny onesie from his playpen, placing the little bundle of joy on his lap.

Taehyun, who was beside him, nodded. "He sure is, the bunny onesie Hyuka gave him just made little Junnie even cuter!" he coos as he pinches Soojun's chubby cheeks which made the little baby giggle.

"I couldn't agree more," Yeonjun chuckles, adjusting baby Soojun on his lap.

Blinking his eyes, Taehyun tilts hus head a bit. "Hey hyung..."

"Yeah?"

"Don't you think Soojun's looking more and more like Soobin-hyung as time passes?"

Lifting his head to meet the younger, Yeonjun averts his attention from Taehyun to Soojun.

"What? No he doesn't, he looks like a mini me! Right bun?" Yeonjun ask the little boy who was busy playung with his bunny ears.

"Hyung, no he kinda looks like Soobin-hyung. But I wouldn't be surprised if he has your personality though," Taehyun says. "I mean, years from now he'll be a handsome young troublemaker."

"Hey! I am no troublemaker thank you very much. And neither is my son," Yeonjun protests, earning a chuckle from Taehyun.

"You don't know that," the younger giggles.

Yeonjun scoffs, "Anyways, speaking of the future. Are you planning on having kids Tyunnie?" he asks teasingly.

"Um, no not really, why?"

"Eeeh? Why not?" Yeonjun whines.

Not really getting why, Taehyun furrowed his brows. "What do you mean why not?"

Placing Soojun back on his playpen, Yeonjun gives Taehyun the look. "You know, when my little bun-bun grows up and all. And then you have a kid, what do you say we..." Yeonjun trails off and wiggles his brows, a knowing smile on his lips.

Getting the message, Taehyun's eyes widen. "Wait... you mean, set them up?"

Yeonjun nods teasingly. "Yup, so... what do you say?"

Taehyun burst in laughter, "Yah hyung, I'm pretty sure Soojun wouldn't like that. And besides, what makes you think that I'll even have kids in the future?!"

Yeonjun pouts, "Hey, you don't know that."

"Right, because it'll never happen."

-

'Oh it happened alright,' Taehyun thought as he continued to stare at Soojun and Beomhyun.

The blonde male chuckled as he witnessed Soojun tried to swing on one of the tree branch but ended up breaking it.

"Little Soojunie's all grown up now," Taehyun says.

The young ravenette shyly placed the tree branch down near the tree and looked over at Beomhyun who was laughing at him.

"Aigoo," Taehyun mutters, shaking his head as he watched Soojun properly placing the broken branch under the tree that would somehow be considered as a decoration.

As Soojun quickly places the branch he broke that had him satisfied. The young man stood up.

"You think they won't notice it?" he asked Beomhyun who was still wheezing.

"Yeah they won't, the branch is too big not to be noticed hyung!" Beomhyun exclaims, pointing at the branch.

"Why did you even tried to swing on it in the first place?! You could always do that on monkey bars at a park!"

"I don't know okay?!" Soojun exclaims, he lets out a panicky laugh. "I just felt like it!"

Beomhyun gave him a weird look, "Yeah, sure you do."

Soojun was about to protest when he felt someone staring at him— correction, he meant staring at him and Byun.

It wasn't like that creepy or killing intent of a stare.

It was somehow a faint and soft one.

Craning his neck, Soojun scanned the area that was flooding with people. Until his eyes met a certain figure meters away.

It was surely to be a male, it was wearing clothes that could somehow blend into the crowd. But had a black face mask covering half of his face, and was staring at him.

Soojun squinted his eyes, finding the stranger's facial structure very familiar.

Their eyes met for a few seconds.

And then Soojun's eyes widen in pure shock and recognition.

"Kang Taehyun?"

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I hope you liked the chapter:)

-Ria