THE AFTERGLOW | | vk

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It was a bright Sunday morning. Taehyung carried an overexcited Jeongguk and walked out of the room with his bed head. "taetae, kookie hungrwy!" Jeongguk exclaimed loudly, patting taehyung's head as he bounced in his arms. 

"Wait for a little, baby. we have to see if Hyung cooked us anything!" Taehyung replied groggily as he walked to the kitchen with the younger. 

"but kookie hungrwy, Taetae." Jeongguk whined with a pout. "how about we have some gummies?" Taehyung chimed. "Yes, pwease. kookie loves gummies." the younger replied excitedly and hugged the elder's neck. Taehyung weakly smiled and pecked his cheek at his cuteness. 

He walked to the kitchen and found that there was no breakfast made. The elder huffed in annoyance and the younger on one of the island stools. "Don't move around , Taetae has to cook, play with ironman, okay?" Taehyung beckoned and the younger nodded "okay!" he replied and indulged himself playing with his favourite iron man toy. 

Taehyung ruffled younger's hair and made his way towards the fridge to collect the ingredients. He didn't have the energy to cook something special. so, he decided to make bacon strips with eggs. 

After he was done plating, he put it in front of Jeongguk and passed him the cutlery. The elder sat across him, quietly as he didn't feel like eating. He watched the younger cutting his eggs and bacon messily before he picked it up with his fork to eat it. The younger woke up to be a 4-year-old i.e he will be an excited and energetic little one, with a little brattiness included. 

"taetae, kookie done!" the younger said and pushed the plate away. "Good job, kookie" Taehyung praised with a weak smile. He stood up and put the plate away in the sink. He opened the cupboard and brought out a pack of gummies along with the pack of banana milk from the fridge. 

He wiped the younger's mouth with a tissue and gave him a few gummies from the packet. "What are you supposed to say after you receive something?" Taehyung asked. "Thwank you, taetae" The younger grinned. Taehyung smiled and pecked his forehead before jabbing a straw into the bottle of banana milk. 

Taehyung scrunched his face when he felt his stomach-churning. He could feel a light pain shooting up to his body. "Let's go watch something," He said and stuck his hand to the younger. The younger obliged and walked towards the living room. They both cuddled on the couch as they watched Ratatouille. 

A few minutes later, Taehyung gradually stirred around and grunted in pain. He started coughing soon later. Jeongguk heard and turned around in taehyung's hold. "Taeate, why are cwough?" He asked innocently. Taehyung coughed a few times before he answered "Taetae is not feeling well, baby. You shouldn't be here with me now. Can go play in the room like a good boy?" He mumbled as his eyes started to droop down. 

Jeongguk looked at him with a pout but nodded anyway. He was a good boy and he was going to obey what Taehyung said. He leaned down and pecked taehyung's cheeks before slowly getting out of taehyung's hold, waddling into the room. Soon, his attention was caught by the legos that were caught on the floor."lwegos!"  He exclaimed and immediately ran to them and started building it. 

Jeongguk could hear taehyung coughing and sneeze loudly from the living room. He looked at their bedroom's door with his doe eyes and a pout. He wanted to go to the elder but he promised that he will be a good boy. He started biting on his paw until he heard a loud sneeze again. "Taetae" he mumbled and his lips started wobbling. He wanted to go to the elder. He slowly got up from the floor and walked out to the living room still biting on his paw. He walked to the elder, who laying on the couch with swollen lips and a red nose. Jeongguk pouted looking at the elder like that. He looked around the living room, not understanding what to do.