Papi | ShowKi

22 and a parent

In the middle of the night, all was still. The gentle breeze blew by the open window of a young man's room, causing the long curtains to blew gently with it. Gentle snores and slight shifting could be heard, but he still laid unbothered. Another peaceful night, he thought, until the sound of low whining forced him awake for the 18th time this night.

The man, often referred to as Yoo Kihyun, sat up, looking at the tiny form squirming beside him while crying out in either fear, hunger or discomfort. Kihyun could never tell which of the three the baby felt at the moment, so he was forced to go through all three.

"What's wrong baby?" His voice gentle and sweet with the whimpering infant. He brought a hand over and laid it against its chest, rubbing it and hopping to ease the baby. It calmed the whining, but he still continued to squirm around uncomfortably. Kihyun sighed, moving the baby onto the middle of the bed and grabbing once again, another diaper.

Up till 3 weeks ago, Kihyun was living a rather normal life. He was the typical quiet college student, preferred to be left alone but will socialize with a select few. He had a girlfriend, but they didn't last the moment she saw him with a baby that wasn't even his. The loss was on her though, Kihyun was doing great as a single father to a child he didn't even know who the parents were.

The young man merely found the child, unattended and left to fend for itself in a box next to the trash. No one had saw it apparently, but it was the only thing that Kihyun could see the moment he passed by it. He couldn't blame people though, the baby looked like a doll asleep in the box. It was when Kihyun touched it's soft rising chest that he knew it was alive and abandoned.

A normal person would report it to the police and try to find its parents, either to lock them up or smack them really really hard. Who would leave such an adorable baby? Were the parents wreckless? Were they not ready for a child and the responsibilities? Whatever the situation may be, Kihyun found it unforgivable. He took it upon himself to become the child's legal guardian. Doing paperwork while holding baby proved to be more of a challenge then kihyun could imagine.

The baby was then legally his. The parents were found after some dna test and had some punishment Kihyun couldn't care less about. All he was happy about was that the child was safe now, sleeping soundly in his arms as the real parents were dragged into prison cells. Not only were they charged with child abandonment, but we're also caught guilty with illegal substances.

All that mattered in the end was the baby, which he ended up naming him Hwan, meaning bright. The infant managed to bring a new light into Kihyun's life, so the name felt suitable. That, and the infant was very pale and round. He resembled the moon at times, glowing at night with just the right light.

Zoning out while changing a diaper wasn't the smartest thing Kihyun has done, considering the baby was now asleep because of how slow he was. he was gentle cleaning Hwan's bottom, being thorough and strapping on the clean diaper.

He sighed tiredly after, laying back into bed and pulling the sheets over both of them. They slept together in the same bed, kihyun's arm securely around Hwan while Hwan slept feeling protected. He was too lazy to buy a crib, and honestly his wallet could do without. As a legal guardian, he was a bit lacking with what he needed to care for a child, but as long as he had food, water and a shelter for Hwan, that's all he really cared about.

The rest of the night continued without interruptions, letting Kihyun both breathe and sleep comfortably. But when he could sleep, his body decided it wasnt a good time. Every muscle in his body was alert now, as if ready to fight or something. He was technically always ready to fight, for Hwan, but there was no visible threats at the moment.

He groaned, his eyes fixed on the sleeping baby and becoming jealous. He wanted to sleep well like that. He also wanted to have extremely squishy cheeks that squished his entire face when he slept on his side. It was so endearing Kihyun had to stop himself was pinching the month old babies cheeks.

"Aigoo..." He cooed softly, resigning to stroking the soft cheeks instead. The analog clock ticking on the walk read 4:17, meaning he had about 5 more hours before he had work. A normal person would take that time to try and sleep, but kihyun was no normal person. Instead, his nimble fingers reached for his phone on the nightstand, gripping it and opening to the home screen. His finger hovered over several apps, most of them being baby based games.

His finger hovered over instagram for a while, contemplating whether or not to check. He always got sad when he opened his insta, considering everyone his age seemed to he having fun and travelling while he was too broke to do so. He scrolled through his feed, liking the pictures he felt he saw a million times.

There was the usual instagram couple goals, AKA his friends Chae Hyungwon and Shin Hoseok. They always travelled together and posed aesthetically for eachother. Their page was honestly an art museum if art museums had instagrams. Every picture was perfect and well filtered, something Kihyun wanted to know how to do.

There was then the trio of misfits, Lee Minhyuk, Lee Jooheon and Lim Changkyun as they went by. They too travelled but mostly in the city. They took pictures of food, things they thought were funny, food, shoes, and more food. Kihyun couldn't bring himself to look at their page. It was just food, and it made him hungry.

More time had passed and it was no longer 4 am, but 6. He didn't think he'd spend 2 hours just scrolling through instagram, but he figured it was better than trying to contain himself from squishing Hwan. He snapped a picture for instagram, adding to his feed yet another picture of Hwan this week. He has no regrets though. He never does.

Until he hears soft whining once again.

A/N
Hey I keep deleting and making new plots. Luckily I have no avid readers .
Anyways, AU where kihyun is a single parent of a baby? please give a vote if you like it so I know how often to update this