𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐢𝐧 || 𝐉𝐇𝐒

05 - Paths

Soomin pov

I woke up excited, it was finally the weekend after all, I could get some much needed rest and time with my lovely daughter. But a call from my secretary, who informed me of some emergency at work, dissipates my mood immediately, almost making me curse. Of course something just had to ruin this day.

It would take me an hour to get to the office and once I'm there it'll take at least an hour to sort things out, then another hour for getting back home. Considering that it is nearly mid-day, by the time I'm done half of my day would be gone and so would my time with my daughter.

Every weekend Minseo spends time with each one of us, Me, Nabi and my father, individually. And the fourth weekend is her "me" time, go and explore on her own and do whatever she wants. This week it is supposed to be my turn but this damn issue had to come and ruin it. Discontent, I write a note addressed to Minseo and leave for the office .

I know she would be disappointed. If I wasn't responsible for the majority of things then I would have had more time to give to her. Situations like this are one of the things I hate about holding such a high position in the company.

Throughout the meeting I was in a foul mood and my employees, noticing it, tried everything possible to avoid my wrath. However, as soon as I entered my office the annoyance I felt vanished seeing my cute little daughter there waiting for me.

"Hi eomma! I thought if we leave together from here, we could save an hour," she grinned at me, her tiny dimples peeking out. "Aww, I am so lucky to have a great daughter," I sighed as I hugged her. She giggles before hugging me back.

"I am sorry baby," I apologized, pressing my lips into a slight pout. "It's okay ma, let's go and make the best of the rest of today!" she said, pulling me out of the room, into the elevator that took us to the basement.

"So, where do we go first?" I asked as I took the driver's seat with my daughter in the back seat. "Imo booked us a ticket for the new Disney movie that was released this week, I can't wait to watch it with you, my friends told me it was a very heart-warming story," she said. "You are making me very excited now," I chuckled.

When we arrived at the mall, where the theater was, Minseo dragged me to a clothing store. We both liked to wear matching outfits when we spent time together but since I was at work today I was in my suit so the two of us bought matching hoodies and jean

She took out her phone, clicking a few selfies with me before we walked to the theater. We pick up our popcorn and a drink, and get to our seats. Minseo bounces on her seats, impatient and eager for the movie to start. She absolutely loves Disney movies. And I love watching her expressions during the movies. It was the purest, she would giggle when something cute happened, the look of surprise that takes over her features when there is a twist and how her expression drops and saddens when the characters cried.

"They both clearly love each other, they shouldn't get separated," she pouted when the intermission came on, upset about how the story was going so far, I let out a light laugh. "not all the couples are to get a happy ending baby," I said, patting her head.

She frowned, "but why leave them when you love them?" she asked, her eyes so innocent, "sometimes it's for the better, baby."

"Eomma, did you love appa?" she asked, "I did, Minnie," I sighed out, when she asked me about her father the first time I had lashed out at her, once I calmed down, I apologized to her and told her that he left me because he had better things to do.

"Didn't appa want Minnie?" the 6-year-old asked, with tears in her eyes. "He didn't know about you when he left me baby, who wouldn't want our little Minnie, hmm?" I pinched her cheeks as she giggled.

"Then why aren't you together?" she asked, "I think he didn't love me enough to stay with me," I shrugged, "then I think he is a bad person," she cutely glared at the big screen where some advertisements were displayed.

"He was a great guy when we were dating, and I think he still is, it's just that he chose his career over me," I said, playing with her hair. She went silent for a few minutes, soon the movie started again and she forgot all about our conversation.

She leans at the edge of her seat, waiting to see what would happen to the couple.

When the couple got married at last, she turned to me and said something that I least expected, "even if you both chose different paths it would lead you to each other in the end, if your love is true, eomma. Just like in the movie."

After the movie, we have lunch together and then go to the arcade. I kept wondering why she never asked me who her father was. Does she dislike him for leaving me?

I never let Hoseok know that he had a daughter, he left me saying I was a distraction, so how could I have gone back to him to tell him we had a daughter.

After spending the whole evening in the arcade playing different sorts of games it had to offer, we went to a bakery to get Minseo some cake and macaroons since she liked them so much. I smile watching her eat happily.

"Eomma, did you see the new reel that imo posted?" she asked me as she was eating her cake. "I think I did, you are talking about the one she posted last week right?" I inquired, she nodded yes, "it was great. you both do nothing else other than making reels huh?" I grin seeing her happy at my response. "It's fun eomma," she giggled.

Her imo is my best friend Nabi. She has been around since even before Minseo was born and has always been there for us, making her part of our little family. Nabi is Yoongi's childhood best friend, and I met her through him during the time when I used to be good friends with Hoseok's band members but I lost touch with all of them when we broke up, except for Nabi and me of course.

The boys know I was still in contact with Nabi but they never tried to talk to me through her, why would they when I avoided them like that. The first few months after my break up, the 6 members would always call me but I never picked up. Taehyung, who was the closest to me among the members, kept calling me for almost a year and sometimes even came to my home but I never let him in. I didn't have the heart to block them, but I also didn't want to talk to them at that moment. To this day I feel guilty for what I did, but I know there was nothing I could do about it, there is no point digging out old graves.

What are your thoughts? What do you all think Minseo thinks about her father? Does she hate him or does she want him also? 👀

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