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54. EN- Sim Jaehyun/Jake

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↬ part of: <33
↬ pairing: sim jaeyun / jake x reader ft. layla & jay
↬ genre: fluff | slight angst (happy ending !!) | established relationship
↬ w/c: 1.3k
↬ requested by: anon

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Jake acted like he wasn't bothered. He put on a smile as he always did, acting as if his heart wasn't sinking to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean with how you were acting lately. He told himself that things were ok when really, he was racking his mind with thousands of ways to try and keep things stable with you. He tried to hold onto what you had in all the ways he knew how to but despite all his efforts, he felt you slowly slipping away from him like sand in his hands. Lately, he's been wanting to ask. Ask you if you still loved him. Ask you if you were starting to fall out of love with him. Ask you if this relationship was one you wanted to stay in. But he couldn't bring himself to. Hundreds of thousands of questions were running through his mind, wondering why on earth you had been so distant lately.

Was it because of his career as an idol?

At 3 am, Jake came home and tried to stay as quiet as he could while taking off his shoes and coat. As he entered deeper into the house, his initial assumption of you asleep turned out to be wrong as he was met with the sight of you and Layla in the living room. The tv was playing, its volume low as Layla's head was resting soundly on your lap.

"You're still up, love?" he asked voice in a whisper to not wake up Layla.

"Mhm," was all the response he earned from you. He headed into the room you two shared, changing into his pj's and getting ready for bed. When he went back to the living room, the tv was now off and you were now laying down on the couch and Layla had moved to one of her dog beds.

"We're sleeping here tonight?" he asked as he settled onto the couch with you. You shifted to get more comfortable, letting out a sigh as you looked up at the sight of Jake,

"You missed Layla's vet appointment today," you said, disappointment evident in your tone. He let out a sigh of his own, looking up at the ceiling,

"I know, I know, I'm sorry. You went to the doctor's too, right? Is everything ok?"

"Everything's fine for the both of us, it just... I don't know, it would've been better if you were there," you muttered.

It was after that night that things sort of changed between the both of you. Jake apologized for missing out on both your and Layla's appointment when you later woke up and (attempted) to make an apology breakfast but ended up making a mess in the kitchen and resulted in the both of you heading to your favorite breakfast date place where you ate outside with Layla. He noticed you picking at your food that morning but decided not to question it and made a silent promise that he'd make more of an effort to come home and be there more often.

Maybe you were starting to get tired of his clinginess.

You and Jake decided to stay in one day, lazing around the house and simply enjoying each other's company was a choice neither of you was opposed to amidst all the chaos in your lives. Jake had missed being in your embrace and as he rested his head in the crook of his neck, body laying on top of you, while your hand gave him lightly back scratches it was easy for him to fall asleep. Layla was on top of him, she felt a little heavier than normal but he figured it was due to all the treats she was eating. Jake was about to fully fall asleep when he suddenly felt you moving and suddenly your presence was entirely gone. After hearing the door to the room open, he realized it couldn't have been because you needed to go to the bathroom, after all, there was one in your room. It turned out that you didn't quite close the door all the way because faintly, he could make out your words.

"Hey... he doesn't know... mhm, yeah." Who were you talking to? He wanted to get up and ask you but decided against it, instead, settling for the short snippets he could barely hear.

"No. I can't... early. He's asleep now.... meet at... next week."

You didn't come back to bed later after the call ended. When Jake finally decided to leave the room about an hour or so later, he saw you in the kitchen cooking up dinner. He went up behind you, wrapping his arms around your waist, hands settling on top of your stomach as it had a thousand times before. The embrace was natural between the two of you, one that was almost second nature. But you shrugged him off this time,

"Love?" he questioned.

"Dinner's ready, let's go eat," you said. Over dinner, he talked to you about Layla,

"Are we feeding her too much?" he asked. For whatever reason, a smile crept its way onto your face,

"I think it's just enough."

Maybe constantly asking you out on dates was getting too overbearing?

"Wanna go on a date today?" Jake asked the week after. You were on your phone texting someone while your other hand was holding Layla's leash. You looked up at your phone and at him with a frown,

"If you told me you were taking today off, I would've made plans with you, I'm sorry Jae," you replied. Just before leaving, you gave him a quick kiss and headed out the door with Layla. Jake wondered why couldn't he go? After all, you had said that you were going to the mall with some of your friends and you'd be buying new clothes for Layla since she seemed to be outgrowing her current ones.

Or... were you starting to fall for Jay?

Your recent calls and texts had been with Jay. You and Layla had even been made plans with him despite Jake asking you if you wanted to go out somewhere. It couldn't be, right? There was just no way that you'd do something like that and with someone, he considered a brother right?

The thought of you and Jay lingered in Jake's head as he opened the door to the house you two shared. It was your anniversary today but he couldn't spend last night with you due to practice. For whatever reason, you had been more than ok with him spending the night at Heeseung's place and coming home in the morning. Maybe you really were starting to fall for Jay. As yells of,

"SURPRISE!" and sounds of poppers fill his ears, Jake looks up from the ground to be met with the sight of all his friends and family in your house. He felt you come up to him, saw you look up at him with a smile, and noticed all the decorations.

"W-what is all of this?" he asked.

"It's our anniversary! I wanted to plan a surprise for you."

"Y-you still love me?" You looked at him confused,

"Of course I do, why wouldn't I?"

"I just thought.... It felt like you were slipping away from me," you heard him mutter as you felt his arms wrap around you tighter.

"Yah! You're stuck with me for life. Follow me, I wanna show you something." You took his hand and led him to the table where all the gifts words. Taking the two ultrasounds, Jake looked at them taking him a minute or two to process.

"Wait, you're, you're pregnant? And so is..." looking at the second ultrasound, "Layla?" You smiled at him,

"Happy anniversary babe, you're gonna be a dad... and a grandpa." It was with those words that Jake turned into a mess with tears of happiness as everyone gave their congratulations.