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Chapter 37 || What Am I To You?

just as taehyung had promised, he brought jiah out, made it a cute family outing to her favourite place he remembered from back when they were dating and she was still in college. he already has been showering her with apologies ever since he returned from work, saying that he regrets what he did in the morning. jiah, however, had nothing to say other than nodding at whatever taehyung was trying to tell her.

the whole time she stays quiet, worried about jihun and scared that she might accidentally do something to make taehyung mad. she never says no to anything taehyung asked or offered, not right now as taehyung carries their son in his one arm, having his other arm wrapped around her. she looks down, feeling a gentle pat on her back that encourages her to go ahead and order whichever flavour ice cream she wants for herself and one for jihun.

jiah gulps softly, glancing up at the board which lists out all of the flavours and specialities this parlour has to offer. the last time jiah came here, it was with jungkook the day they first hungout even though it was just for an ice cream because jiah said she was having a bad day after being fired. memories flood her head, making her look back at the entrance and around, wondering if jungkook would still show up like he always did, miraculously everywhere she went.

"what happened? tell him what you want." taehyung says, pulling out jiah out of trance and she nods slowly, picking a random flavour which she doesn't even like that much.

"and for jihun, i guess chocolate?" taehyung asks, getting a glance from jiah as she shakes her head.

"cookies and cream,"

"okay, a small cup of cookies'n cream." he smiles, adding to jiah's balckcurrent ice cream.

"and for you, sir?"

"ah nothing, thank you." taehyung shakes his head, handing jihun over to jiah and pulls out his wallet, paying for the two ice creams.

"mamma, ji' i-kweam!"

"wait, you'll get yours." jiah tells him, then glances at taehyung, who has already taken the two cups from the man, nodding his head that they're ready to leave. jiah hesitates a little, but manages to stop him and gulps, gesturing towards the tables and chairs arranged around the open space.

"i'm tired," she hushes out.

"ah, right, i should've known." taehyung sighs, leading jiah towards one of the empty tables by the end of the hall, which has a couch lined against the wall. jiah lets jihun sit beside her and takes the seat on the couch rather than the chair.

taehyung places her ice cream in front of her and chuckles on seeing jihun already trying to grab the cup which is a little out of his reach. "c'mere, this is yours." he says, showing jihun the smaller cup, which probably doesn't matter to the toddler for he just stares at it intently, wanting it in his hands as soon as possible.

jiah sighs deeply, bending down a little to reach to her feet under the table and takes off the shoes for a while, hissing at the pain she feels on her heels thanks to these weird new ones. it's not even that high, but hurts her feet like she was walking on thorns all this time. taehyung doesn't miss her discomfort and shifts towards her side, caressing her knee gently, "are you okay?"

"yeah," she nods.

"doesn't look like it. tell me, princess. what's wrong?"

jiah looks down and taehyung holds her hand, leaning closer to her as he tugs her hair behind her ear, "i'm sorry, jiah. i shouldn't've behaved like that with you. i just can't help it- but i swear i'll work on changing that for you. i can't see you unhappy... i just want my old jiah back, the one with the prettiest smile, who believes in herself more than anything else in the world, the one who loves to play around."