Promises

33

Namjoon understood quickly that Seokjin's relationship with his mother wasn't bad. On the contrary, it was the best. After the little banter, Seokjin had dropped his mother off before going to university. When Seokjin came home, Namjoon was still sitting on the couch. Seokjin smiled and went directly to him, cuddling him as if it was the most natural thing. Namjoon put his hand on seokjin's waist, pulling him closer.

"I am sorry."

Namjoon looked down at him, "Why are you sorry?"

"You had to meet eomma like that," Seokjin mumbled.

Namjoon chuckled, "It was awkward at first, yes. But she is really cool. Protects you like a baby."

Seokjin giggled, "She does. That little banter can not really define our relationship. She had always been supportive of me. When I came out to my family as gay, when I wanted to pursue acting instead of business, when I wanted to move out of the house and buy my own. But when I was in a relationship with Jiwon, we started drifting apart. Because she saw through right away and knew that he was using me for money and also because he wasn't in our social status."

"I wonder what you really saw in him?" Namjoon said, jokingly.

"Hey..." Seokjin broke the hug and looked at Namjoon, offended, "People make mistakes, okay?"

Namjoon nodded defensively, "Okay, okay. Sorry."

Seokjin pouted but went back to hugging Namjoon, "And then I went to eomma and said that we were a family and a family shouldn't fight for some outsider. And we patched up. But when Jiwon stood me up, I feared what she would say or do. You must have noticed that she has too many connections. So I hadn't contacted her for 8 months."

Namjoon ran his fingers through Seokjin's hair lovingly, "It is okay. Now that she knows that you are happy, she must have felt at peace."

Seokjin looked up, placing his chin on Namjoon's chest, "I feel happy and safe with you."

Namjoon took his chin in between his thumb and finger and pecked Seokjin's lips, "I am glad to know that."

Seokjin sat straight, "Joon-ah..."

"Huh?"

Seokjin cleared his throat, "I don't know anything about your family. Tell me about them."

Namjoon hummed, "I come from a very normal family. Abeoji is a corporate worker, eomma is a housewife and you know everything about Taehyung. When I wanted to be a producer, they were very upset. Because I had a higher IQ than everyone else, they expected me to be an engineer or at least a researcher. But I love music. And it took a lot of convincing to make them agree with my choice of career. It took more convincing when I told them I am going to open my own company with a friend. But once I started becoming successful, their complaints decreased as well. I think they were just content to see me succeed. It also opened a window for Tae to become an actor."

Seokjin smiled, "That is so amazing. But what about your ex-fiance?"

Namjoon clicked his tongue, "Kwang Yerin."

Seokjin gasped, "The designer Kwang Yerin?"

Namjoon nodded, "We were supposed to get married as a mutual agreement. If I married her, it would benefit the company because her uncle is an influential person. But she was really arrogant and rude to my family. I tolerated her for the company but she really was a bitch."

Seokjin snickered, "What did she do to your family?"

Namjoon thought about it and then hummed, "Once eomma made us dinner and she scrunched her face saying she doesn't eat food if it is not organic."

Seokjin gasped, "Oh my god. She was a bitch."

Namjoon laughed, "Yeah. After we married, I went to see her uncle, Kwang Taegyong. He was upset that I married someone, but he understood the pressure from the media as well. So he agreed to invest in our company even if I didn't marry Yerin."

Seokjin put his head on Namjoon's chest and started playing with his fingers, "Joon-ah, will you introduce me to your parents?"

Namjoon's eyes went wide. He made Seokjin look at him, "You mean it?"

Seokjin smiled shyly and nodded.

"Of course." Namjoon kissed Seokjin's temple, "Eomma is going to be so happy. Let's go this weekend."

Seokjin nodded, "Okay."

~

The weekend came by faster than usual. It was a mess at the company because of the comeback and the debut of the new group being closer to each other. Namjoon had told Seokjin to be ready by 5 o'clock but he himself was running late. After an unnecessary meeting with the board, It was already 6 in the evening. Namjoon ran out of the company and made the driver drive the car as fast as he could to the penthouse. As soon as they reached the building, Namjoon ran to the house.

He entered the code and went inside, "Hey babe let's-" He looked at the person sitting on the couch and clenched his fists, "What the fuck are you doing here?"