Jeongguk's breath gets caught in his throat as his gaze meets the alpha's'.
"Mate." He says.
The alpha smiles widely.
Her daughter tugs his sleeve.
His eyes stay on his mate to prepare himself to see the dismay on his face.
But that never happens.
Rather he sees the brightest grin on his face, when the alpha crouches down to her daughter, Sora's level.
"What's your name, little one?" The alpha's voice is deep, rich like honey.
Sora looks at him with a question in her eyes, he nods.
"Jeon Sora." She extends her hand.
Taehyung chuckles and shakes her tiny hand, "I'm Dr. Kim Taehyung."
The omega swoons seeing them interact. He had no hopes of his mate accepting him, seeing that he already has a pup, but the Moon Goddess has chosen someone special for him.
Jeongguk can clearly smell his oak scent, with a tinge of sandalwood in it.
When Taehyung stands up and looks at him, expectantly, he holds his hand out and stutters, "J-Jeon Jeongguk."
The alpha takes his hand and places a featherlight kiss on his knuckles. His face heats up as tingles of warmth course through his body.
"I'm so happy to meet you." Taehyung whispers.
Jeongguk looks at Sora and then back to the alpha, "You are?"
Taehyung lifts the little girl in his arms, "I am."
And when the alpha extends an arm, Jeongguk accepts it and lets himself be embraced.
・❥・
It's when they are on a date, the next day, the omega asks him, the question boggling his mind,
"Are you okay with me being a parent?"
Taehyung doesn't say anything for a moment, he holds out a hand. Raising an eyebrow, Jeongguk slips a hand in his. His inner omega preens when the alpha grips it firmly.
"When I saw you yesterday, I thought I was lucky to find you. But when I saw Sora, I felt like the luckiest man alive." He murmurs, earnestly.
His heart hammers in his chest, "Did you want your mate to be a parent?"
"Growing up, I never thought that way. But now that I have a mate, who has a cute little daughter, I feel blessed."
Jeongguk smiles hearing the cheeriness of his voice, "So do I."
・❥・
It doesn't take much time for Sora to warm up to Taehyung. For they were too similar.
"Let's watch Rapunzel." Sora hands him the remote.
Taehyung nods and gives her a high-five, "I like that movie, too."
The omega shakes his head fondly seeing his two favorite people gushing over Rapunzel's long hair.
"I want hair like her too."
"Ask your appa if you could get your hair dyed as blonde."
Sora turns to him, "Will you let me?"
Jeongguk gazes at both of them with pleading expressions on his face, "Hmm okay, when you're sixteen."
His daughter breathes a sigh of relief, "TaeTae, ten years more, then you can dye my hair, okay? Don't be sad, we can't do it, right now." She patted his shoulder.
The omega had to clamp a hand on his mouth to not let a laugh escape his lips.
Taehyung nodded at her, with a slight pout on his face. After putting on the movie, he gave the omega a dazzling smile.
A hand intertwined with his at the top of the sofa, and it was kept like this until the movie ended.
・❥・After one month・❥・
"What do you think Sora would be, when she presents?" Taehyung asks, while cuddling in the afternoon.
"A true blooded alpha." He blurts out.
His mate turns to him, "Huh? But you are not....Sora is not your biological daughter?"
"Yes, she isn't." The omega breathes.
The alpha looks surprised, "Really? She has the exact same mole under her lips as you..."
Jeongguk smiles, "I have raised her, but I didn't birth her."
Taehyung nodded, "You've raised her well. The other day she was telling me not to pluck flowers, when I wanted to put one in her hair."
The omega feels endeared but frowns at not being asked the question he was expecting,
"You won't ask me, why am I raising her?"
The alpha presses a kiss to his temple and pats his hip, "You can tell me, if you want to. I didn't want to pressure you."
Jeongguk falls in love a little more, seeing how respectful and understanding his mate is.
"Sora is my best friend's daughter. Her mother, Yerin and his mate, died in an accident. Yerin had left Sora with me that night. So I took the responsibility." Taehyung stares at him, intently
"How old were you, at that time?"
"22."
The alpha gasps, "You were /so/ young, and you still decided to be a parent?"
"Sora's grandparents were old, and she was comfortable with just me. It was tough in the start, but now, I can't really imagine my life without her." He explains.
Taehyung brings him closer by his waist, so that their noses brush, "You are brave, my heart."
"Y–Your heart?" He chokes out.
The alpha pecks both of his eyelids, "Yes, my heart. You and Sora both, little pieces of my heart."
And Jeongguk's own heart soars like never before.
( "I love you." The alpha pecks his forehead and rests his hand on the omega's stomach.
"Where is my kiss and 'I love you' ?" Sora crosses her arms on her chest, looking pointedly at Taehyung.
Laughing, he scoops the girl in his arms and presses a kiss on her forehead too, "I love you, Sora."
Satisfied, she nods and waves at her father when he walks out of the door.
She looks at the bump on his father's stomach and pats it, "I will take care of you and the baby, appa."
"Of course you will." He chuckles.)
- end.
(A/N: thank you for reading <3)
