THE AFTERGLOW | | vk

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It was a Saturday. Everyone was free on the weekend. So, they planned on spending time with each other after jimin's constant whining that it's been a long since they had time for each other. After contemplating for hours, they decided to have a makeover as it's been a long time since they groomed themselves in a saloon. Besides, little's hair has grown so long that it covers his face almost all the time.

So, taehyung planned to go to a salon and have a makeover with his hyung and his baby who already obliged his idea.

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Loud wails were heard all around in the apartment. Jimin immediately burst into taehyung's room, panting when he heard them. "What's wrong, tae?" He asked furrowing his eyebrows.

"Nothing wrong, hyung. It's just his constant tantrum. His hate towards water and bath. You might not know cuz you leave for work before this happens. Which is a daily routine for me now." He said as he carried a swaddled jeongguk in fluffy towels out of the bathroom.

"Oh, I didn't expect it to be this loud though I knew he didn't like baths and coming in contact with it," Jimin said has crossing his arms on his chest.

"It's ok, hyung. I'll bring him out once I get him ready." Taehyung said as he still carried the boy in his arms as he swayed him from left to right to hush him down.

"I'm almost done with the breakfast," Jimin said and left the room closing the door shut behind him.

"Calm down, baby. The bath is done. I wiped your body already. You're dry. Stop crying." Taehyung softly spoke as he cradled the younger in his arms. "Shhh," he kept shushing.

He sat on the bed and let the younger straddle him. The baby was all red now cuz of crying especially his nose and eyes.
His long wavy hair fell on his forehead up until his nose and philtrum. He was trying to move his hair away from his face but he was tightly swaddled in a towel. He kept thrashing in his caregiver's hold. He wanted to move his hair away. The wet hair on his face is making it 10x more annoying in the bath. He started shaking his head frantically.

"Hey, hey what's wrong, bub?" Tae asked as he stopped the younger from his previous actions. "Hw-hwair bwad. move" Jeongguk replied with wobbling lips and glossy eyes.

"Huh? What is it, baby?" The elder asked caressing his cheek."hwair bwad. Kookie no like." The little one said trying to shake his head again in order to move his hair away from his face. It took a minute or more for taehyung to understand what the younger meant.

"OK ok, got you, baby." He said pushing his dripping hair back with his fingers. Jeongguk visibly calmed down a little after that.

"C'mom let's get you dressed up," Taehyung said standing up from his place. He laid him down on the bed. He lathered the younger's body with body lotion and face with face cream. He wore him a pull-up and dressed him up in wide-leg grey jeans and a white full-sleeve baggy t-shirt and finally his socks.

"Nana mwilk" jeongguk said slightly stirring on the bed while he is getting dressed. "You will get, bub. Let me do your hair first." Taehyung said grabbing the hairdryer. "Mmhh, nana mwilk." Jeongguk repeated with his pitch getting higher while thrashing on the bed.

"Ok ok calm down. I'll get you your milk." Taehyung said walking out of the room after flicking younger's chin slightly to see jimin sitting at the dining table, busy on his phone " hyung, help me." Taehyung said stomping his legs to jimin. "What's wrong, tae?" Jimin asked averting his gaze on the younger.

"Can you do kookie's hair? Dry and brush them. He wants milk so, I'll go prepare it." Taehyung said looking at his hyung.

"Sure, tae. I'll do it." Jimin said getting up from his chair, walking to the younger's room.