Toddler - [TAEBIN FF]

Chapter 30

🎶: 'Hate that... (ft. Taeyeon)' by Key

Everything felt like a blur.

Taehyun had no idea how he was able to collect himself after crying his heart out from what happened between him and Soobin in the garden.

But somehow, he rose to his feet, walked out of it, to the parking lot where his car was, and went to pick his son up.

Juhyeok came inside the car with a happy smile, and Taehyun decided to smile back. He had applied some concealer under his eyes and squirted nasal spray in his nose, so he wouldn't suspect a thing.

"Did you have a good time?" he asked.

"I did! We played games, had a delicious cake, and I even broke the piñata! This was the best birthday party ever!"

"That's great!"

Juhyeok giggled, before he yawned loudly, and sighed.

"But I am tired now."

"Then I'll tuck you into bed when we're home."

"Yay!!"

Seeing his happy smile... made Taehyun's heart throb even more.

How will I tell him that Soobin... may never want to come around anymore... because of me?

Monday arrived sooner than expected, but the heavy feeling in Taehyun's chest hadn't gone away. In fact, it had gradually increased.

"Dad?"

Taehyun snapped out of his thoughts, and focused back on the road while keeping an open ear to his son.

"Hmm?"

"Are you scared of letting me go on the trip?" Juhyeok asked.

"No... not exactly."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I trust your teachers."

Especially since Soobin will come along.

Taehyun drove into the school parking lot, and carried Juhyeok's camping bag as he walked with him to where the bus was waiting.

"That's weird," Juhyeok said.

"What?"

"Miss Choi is there with Coach Choi and Miss Bae instead of Mr Choi."

Taehyun needed a triple take because of the surname tongue twister, before looking for his son's teacher, and saw her standing by the bus entrance.

He was right.

Instead of Soobin, he saw a second female, and another male teacher who was rather tall with long legs, and quite the fashion sense.

So that's Yeonjun...

At the same moment Juhyeok spotted Taeyeon with Yerim, equipped with bags, and excitedly patted his dad on his forearm.

"Dad, look, Yerim is there with her mom!"

"Oh."

Taehyun feebly waved at them, before making up his mind.

"You go to her, okay?"

"You don't wanna say hi?"

"It..."

Juhyeok smiled at his father, and hugged him around his torso.

"I'm just teasing you. Don't miss me too much while I'm gone," he said.