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"Kookie, don't touch that!" Taehyung exclaimed when he saw Jeongguk trying to reach for the paper shredder on the table which was on work. "You'll get hurt, baby. It has sharp blades." Taehyung said and kissed the younger's knuckles who just giggled. Taehyung just sighed knowing that Jeongguk wouldn't understand in his baby space right now. He just picked him up and walked away from the shredder.

"I'll place it somewhere else," Namjoon said and walked away with the shredder. Taehyung just nodded his head in agreement. He put the younger one on the floor and gave him the bag of legos he brought with him. "Play here." He said and spread open the legos. Jeongguk giggled and just messed around with the legos.

"I was just shredding off unwanted accounts and old files that have piled in my room." Namjoon said as he walked back into the living room. Taehyung turned his head to him and nodded. "Yeah, hyung. I understand. I've got files that have to be shredded too. They are piling up, making the room congested. Jimin has a few reports too. We both will have to go to the store and do it." Taehyung clarified and namjoon nodded understanding. " You can use mine." Namjoon offered with a smile. "Thank you, hyung!" Taehyung chimed. "I'll let Jimin know."

" So- How are days going?" Namjoon asked. "Days have been really busy. It's either kookie or work. But it's like a stress buster with kookie." Taehyung smiled and looked at the younger one. " These days he is slipping more into baby space, so, he needs more attention and care. I'm kinda thankful to Mr Wang that he allows me to work from home regularly, understanding my situation." Taehyung said. "I know right, He usually doesn't encourage all that to his employees," Namjoon said and Taehyung nodded. 

"Hyung, I've been thinking of this for a while!" Taehyung started. " what is it, Tae?" 

"As it's been a few months since Jeongguk graduated from his college, I think that he can join our company as an intern. He is an Arts and Commerce student too." Taehyung shared as he bent down to take a piece of lego from Jeongguk's mouth. " Yeah, he can do that! He can apply to our company for an internship." Namjoon chimed and patted Jeongguk's head who was now pouting. " Yup! and I can supervise and look after him from time to time at the company. we will be around if he needs anything. Less likely to get bullied as well. He has good scores to be selected but an interview might be a problem. He gets really shy around new people." Taehyung talked as he picked the younger ones from the floor who was trying to eat the legos on the floor. 

"Don't worry about that, Tae. I'll take care of that." Namjoon exclaimed happily which made taehyung smile as well, who now wiping the younger's mouth with a tissue on his lap. " But First of all, I want to ask Jeongguk if he wants to pursue anything else as his career. Arts students have got a lot of options. If he might want to do any of them, I'll let him do that. If he is ok working with us at the company, I'll fill the application forms and send the required documents." Taehyung looked at his hyung.

"Yup, that will be great if we have Jeongguk at our workspace. Work becomes more joyous." Namjoon smiled and tried to reach for the younger who was looking at him with his wide doe eyes. " Does kookie want gummy bears?" Namjoon asked and brought the younger on his lap. 

"He won't respond, hyung" Taehyung laughed. Namjoon just made an "o" face. "O- oH. Alright! I'll just give you all the gummy bears." Namjoon tickled the younger, who started laughing. "C'mon. Let's go" Namjoon exclaimed and carried the younger one on his hip to the kitchen. 

" Don't give him too many, hyung" Taehyung screamed as he laid down on the couch on his back, reaching for the remote before turning on the TV. He looked for the shows for a while and decided to watch 'FATHERHOOD' starring Kevin Hart. 

Namjoon walked back into the living room with Jeongguk, who was chewing on the gummy bears, holding the whole packet in his right hand. "That's a great movie, yo! Good choice!" Namjoon exclaimed as soon as he watched the movie playing on the screen. 

Taehyung turned his head to Namjoon " really? I'm gonna watch it now" He said and turned his head to the screen, turning his attention to the movie. 

But to taehyung's dismay, he couldn't watch the movie properly. Jeongguk crawled on top of him and laid on the elder's chest. He kept squirming around on his body, distracting taehyung's attention from the movie. sometimes, giving the elder wet pecks on his lips at random, snuggling into his neck or chest. Sometimes, he brought the gummy bears to the elder's mouth and fed him. Taehyung just held the younger close and let him do what he wanted. 

"That's enough of gummy bears, kookie. You had a lot today." Taehyung said, trying to snatch the packet away from the younger's hold, who had a tight grip on it. Jeongguk's lips wobbled when the packet was put away from him. "You could have let him eat it," Namjoon said feeling bad for the younger. 

"No, hyung. He still hasn't recovered from his cold yet. He'll start coughing due to too much sugar later." Taehyung said and sat straight on the couch with a sobbing Jeongguk on his lap.

Namjoon nodded understanding. "alright then, let's have lunch." Namjoon said lifting up himself from the couch.  "I've ordered the food." 

"C'mon, baby. It's time for your food!" Taehyung exclaimed and picked the younger and walked towards the dining table. "I didn't know what Jeongguk eats in his headspace, so, ordered Black bean noodles and fried chicken along with gimbap," Namjoon said and scratched the back of his head in anticipation. 

" Noodles and Gimbap would work, hyung. He would not like to have spicy chicken though." Taehyung rambled and settled himself on one of the chairs with Jeongguk on his lap. 

"That's great! I'll bring the plates." Namjoon said and walked into the kitchen. Taehyung sighed when he looked at Jeongguk who was still sobbing and biting on his paw. He gently took the paw out of his mouth and pecked his lips. "You can have the bears tomorrow, baby." He said as he wiped the tears with both of his thumbs together. 

"Here," Namjoon said and placed the plate in front of him "taehyung picked a pair of chopsticks and served himself the noodles. He brought the noodles to Jeongguks mouth and fed him until he was full. He later fed himself along with namjoon. 

They placed the dishes in the sink. Taehyung burped the younger, who was starting to fall asleep. "I'll leave now, Hyung. he has fallen asleep and I'll talk to him and let you know." Taehyung said and side hugged the elder, who nodded in acknowledgement. Namjoon pinched Jeongguk chubby cheeks a little before they bid their goodbyes. 

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After teaching home, Taehyung heard muffled noises. He looked in the living room to see Jimin watch Red Notice. " You are early today." He said that gained jimin's attention. 

"Hey!! Yes. We were left early today. Where were you?" He asked and turned his attention back to the movie. " I was at namjoon's. He wanted to meet Kookie. So, we spent a few hours there. Jeongguk fell asleep, so we had to come back." Taehyung replied. 

" Did you guys have your lunch?" Jimin asked, "Yup we had. Did you?"  Taehyung asked as he drank water from the glass. "I did. Wanna join?" Jimin asked pointing at the movie. " Nah, I'll pass. I'll join you in the night. Let's watch fatherhood. I couldn't watch it properly . we'll just take a nap for now." Taehyung sighed. " Alright, rest well," Jimin exclaimed and smiled, turning his attention back to the movie. 

Taehyung laid Jeongguk down on the soft mattress. He changed his clothes into comfortable ones, as well as his diaper after cleaning. He walked into the washroom and freshened up. He plopped down beside the younger and brought him closer to his chest.  A few minutes later, he looked down to see Jeongguk teething on his t-shirt. He just pulled his shirt over and Jeongguk immediately latched onto his nipple and hummed in content. Taehyung stroked his hair for a few minutes before covering themselves with a duvet and falling asleep as he held the younger close to his chest, who was still being nursed. 

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I want you guys to comment down a few ideas/situations for 'baby space'. 

I'm not happy with how this chapter turned out. T_T

'HAPPY NEW YEAR!!'

Have a great and prosperous year ahead!!