The Meaning of Family: The Collections

Family Vacation (4/9)

Jungkook was sitting on the edge of their bed, tying his shoelaces when Jayden exited the bathroom, a towel around his waist. The man had been quiet since dinner the previous night, not even attempting to have sex with Jungkook before they went to sleep the night before. Jungkook decided that his boyfriend had just been tired from all of the traveling and left him be until that morning. "I'm gonna go to the gym for a quick workout before getting breakfast. Would you like to join me?"

"Why, so I can watch you flirt with people there too?" It was at this moment that Jungkook realized the reason behind Jayden's quietness.

He looked up at the older male. "What are you talking about? I haven't flirted with anyone."

Jayden scoffed as he dug through his suitcase for clothes to wear that day. "So, I'm supposed to believe you were just having a friendly conversation with our waiter last night?"

"You mean when he mentioned that he liked to draw and paint during his free time and I replied by telling him I'm an artist and we proceeded to talk about our artwork? Yes, that was just a friendly conversation." The only reason Jungkook didn't hold back his eyeroll was because Jayden's back was to him at the time.

"You don't even talk to me about your artwork," was Jayden's reply, as if that were proof that Jungkook had been flirting with the Italian server.

"Well that's because you never ask about it." Jungkook was highly irritated with his boyfriend at this point, but he didn't want the man's jealousy to ruin the vacation for them. He sighed quietly before speaking softly. "I don't want to fight with you right now. Do you want to come workout with me?" His 25-year-old boyfriend stayed silent, so Jungkook stood up from the bed and moved toward the door. "I'll see you at the breakfast buffet in about an hour?" He waited a few seconds for a response but exited the cabin when he didn't get one.

***

"The family bean bag toss will be starting in just five minutes, make sure to get all of your practicing in."

"Alright," Taehyung stood in front of Austin, bean bags in hand. "Are you ready to learn how to properly toss a bean bag?" Austin nodded excitedly, tugging at his red swim trunks.

"Mommy, I wanna play too!" Caleb exclaimed, trying to pull out of Kortni's grip as she slathered him in sunscreen.

"Just let me finish putting your sunscreen on. I don't want you turning into a tomato." She finished rubbing the lotion into his arm and let him go. "There, you're good now." The preschooler skipped over to his father and brother, who had patiently waited for him before beginning the lesson.

"Alright you hold the bean bag like so..." Taehyung kept his hand flat, the beanbag resting on it with only a loose grip to keep it from dropping. "...and then you throw it towards the board like this." He swung his arm in an underhand toss, the beanbag landing on the board just a couple inches below the hole. The two young boys clapped and cheered for their dad, putting a wide smile on his face. "And that's how you play." He then handed each of the boys a couple of beanbags for them to practice, cheering them on and praising them even when they missed the board completely.

"Wow," Kortni commented, smoothing down her coverup dress as she stood up from the chair she was sitting in. "With how competitive you are, I'm surprised you're not pushing them to make it in the hole each time." She teased him, bringing a sarcastic laugh from him.

"I'm only competitive when it comes to beating you." Taehyung stated the well-known fact, wrapping his arm around his girlfriend and kissing her on the cheek just as the host announced it was time for the game to begin.

***

Yoongi blinked his eyes open and rolled over so he was facing Sophia, who quietly groaned and rolled over herself to accommodate Yoongi's position. He smiled softly before speaking to his wife of eight and a half years. "You hear that?"