"Excuse me?" Jaemin said with his cheeks growing redder by the minute as he looked at her with a baffled expression, wondering if he was the one that was starting to hear voices all of a sudden
"Oh...uh...I just mean like—cause you know...you're like...hot." She settled on just saying the truth bluntly instead of lying her way out of the statement.
"I—did you just...maybe we should go talk inside" Jaemin said, quickly turning around as his eyes widened while he caught his breath. And the Na Jaemin who had previously lost his cool because a 5 year old called him daddy—all of a sudden like he had been brought a million dollars to him on a silver platter. And that's when his ego kicked in like usual.
"Yurim, why don't you go and play with those lego blocks while I go talk to your teacher?" Yeona suggested, pointing over to the table where the play items Jaemin still had to clean and pack up remained.
"Am I in trouble?" She asked with a slight pout and Yeona shook her head quickly, not exactly knowing how to tell a child they were wrong for calling a hot guy daddy. Because he really was—
"Miss Han?" Jaemin called, reminding her that she still had to be alone with this hunk of a man
"Right...yeah. Yeona, by the way" she said with a nervous smile, tucking a strand of hair behind her ears.
"Yeona...that's a pretty name" Jaemin smiled, finding his rizzness once again. And Yeona swore that she was going to be the one making the mistake of calling him daddy from now on if he was to keep this up.
"Thanks...Jaemin's pretty nice too" she said, reading his name plate and making him chuckle lightly as they sat down by his desk while she beat herself up in her head for not coming off calm and composed—which she totally was...totally.
"So uh..." Jaemin trailed off, bursting out into a light laughter and Yeona did the same at the contagious sound of his.
"So Yurim is like...?" He asked cautiously, hoping he wasn't talking to an absolute stranger
"My niece...I'm her mom's sister—she couldn't make it today, by the way" Yeona said quickly and Jaemin nodded
"Yeah I figured...cause like...you're here" Jaemin said awkwardly with an embarrassed smile quickly taking over his lips. The two looked at each other before bursting out into a laughter, relieving their shoulders after the horrible icebreaker they had found themselves in.
"I'm sorry...let's start again. I'm Jaemin" he smiled as he leaned against the back of his chair
"Yeona" she smiled back simply, looking over her shoulder to see the little girl too invested in building a block house before she turned back to Jaemin
"You look a little too young to be a teacher, you know?" She asked as she playfully narrowed her eyes at him
"Yeah I wasn't really happy with my degree" he said, shaking his head with a lopsided grin
"Oh, what did you study?" She asked, more interested in him than for whatever she was called in to talk about
"Data analysis, like what would i even do with that?" Jaemin responded, clearly feeling the same as he forgot why she was even here in the first place
"I mean, now this is just a suggestion, but you could analyse data" she said and Jaemin let out a little chuckle
"Right yeah...I wish I thought of that" he added, rolling his eyes at her smart statement. The sound of Yurim dropping a thick block of lego made the two break out of their giddy conversation. They sat up a bit straighter and cleared their throats before look at each other with an awkward smile, both of their cheeks pink with blush.
"So...she keeps calling you daddy?" Yeona asked and Jaemin awkwardly laugh before nodding his head, wishing it wasn't a conversation he was having with the pretty girl infront of him
"I mean...I just thought it would be best to talk to her parents you know...in case something's going on at home with her dad or—"
"He's not...in the picture really" Yeona said quickly, correcting him
"Oh" Jaemin said, a little taken back
"So...I don't really know why she would even call you that" Yeona chuckled and he nodded slowly
"Right...maybe her mom could just talk to her about it? I just can't have the other kids calling me that either you know? Especially...outside of school" Jaemin said, scratching the back of his head
"Wait...she called you daddy outside of school?" Yeona asked with a little scoff, wanting to tease Yurim about the whole situation later
"Yeah...I was like...on a date" Jaemin said with a light chuckle and Yeona raised her eyebrows
"With your girlfriend...That must've been awkward" she chuckled, treading lightly
"Actually...just a first and last date. I'm single" Jaemin corrected quickly and she bit back a little smirk as their eyes met intensely at his statement
"A-are you?" He asked quickly, not letting an awkward silence take over them and he let out a relieved laugh as he watched her nod her head to confirm what he was hoping for
"Oh...that's good" he said with a smile that seemed to grow and reach his eyes and she raised her brows as her smile widened too
"Good?" She asked
"Yeah...because I would really like to take you out sometime" he smiled and she chuckled
"Hmm take me out how? Murder or like a punch in the face—"
"Like on a date, love" he chuckled, the endearing term making her stomach flip in all sorts of ways as she tried to keep her cool
"Okay...as long as you let my niece go for calling you daddy...which I still give her credit for, by the way" Yeona joked and Jaemin crinkled his eyes as he laughed. He didn't know whether it was her witty statements or confidence that seemed to flow through her, bur he was drawn from the start like a magnet to a fridge door
"Fine, she can walk out free if I get your number" Jaemin said and she smiled
"Deal." She said, getting up from her seat and walking over to the whiteboard. She took a big pink coloured marker, his favourite of course, before writing her number down against the white surface, turning to shoot him a small wink before walking over to Yurim.
"Am I in trouble?" Yurim asked again sweetly and Yeona turned to Jaemin with a smirk
"Is she in trouble, Mr. Na?" She asked and Jaemin's teeth grazed over his bottom lip as he shook his head
"I'll see you next week Yurim" he smiled as the girl strapped her bag onto her shoulders and bowed to him politely before walking towards the door
"And I'll see you for a drink...next Tuesday?" Yeona asked, watching him think for a split second before nodding
"Sounds good" he smiled simply
"Drinking on a school night, are we?" She asked with humour and he chuckled
"I'm a bit rebellious, what can I say?" He joked, shrugging his shoulders as he walked her out of the classroom, bidding her a quick goodbye as they eventually cut their conversation short.
And whether he could help it or not, he found himself waiting for Tuesday to come around every second of the day.
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baby fever | na jaemin
Fanfiction"Your daughter keeps calling me daddy" "First of all, she's not my daughter. And second of all...I don't blame her" _________ For someone that is surrounded by children five days a week, the last thing Na Jaemin wanted was to go home to one. He saw...
