The Meaning of Family | BTS

Chapter 5

"Why do I have to share my room?" Yoongi grumbled from where he was perched on his bed, hugging a teddy bear to his chest.

Jin was currently moving Hoseok's bed into Yoongi's room while Hoseok carried his toys into the room with Jungkook following him around. "Because Jungkook is a baby who still cries in the night sometimes, and you and Hobi are really close in age, so it's better to have you two share a room from now on and let our new friend take Hobi's room." Yoongi let out a 'humph' as he clutched the stuffed animal closer to him, only letting his pout disappear when Jungkook crawled over to the bed and used the piece of furniture to pull himself up to stand, patting Yoongi's leg with his hand. Yoongi let out a giggle and Jin smiled as he placed fresh sheets on Hoseok's bed.

By the time all of Hoseok's things were moved over, the doorbell was ringing. Jin opened the door and immediately smiled at the two-year-old in Namjoon's arms. "It's so nice to see you again, Tae Tae!"

Taehyung smiled widely and tried to lunge away from Namjoon into Jin's arms. As Jin settled the toddler on his hip, he said, "Wan' pasketti!"

"You remember us having spaghetti?" Jin gave his tummy a quick tickle before gesturing for Namjoon to come inside and closing the door behind him. "So, what happened? Isn't he supposed to be with his grandma?"

Namjoon sighed as he set his briefcase down on the coffee table. "Let me start from the beginning. He was first taken into the system when his father was arrested for drunk driving," Jin nodded, eyes widening when Namjoon finished his sentence, "while he was in the car....not strapped into a car seat." Jin subconsciously held the boy, who was now running his fingers through his hair and giggling, closer to him. "So, we picked him up from the police station while his father was being held, then we spoke to his grandmother and were able to find a background check on her, since we had one on file already from something else, so we placed him with her with the terms that she could not allow her son to see him."

"He doesn't have visitation rights?" Jin asked.

Namjoon shook his head. "Not yet, he has to complete a checklist with specific items and we'll check with him in two months to see about granting him supervised visits. Anyway, we got a call this morning from her neighbor saying that her son had moved in with her, which is of course against the terms, so I went back to the house and picked him up and here we are."

Jin nodded and looked back down at the boy in his arms, who had moved on from his hair to prod at his face. "Well, we'll have lots of fun here, Taehyung!"

"Some things you should know about Taehyung, he's not potty trained yet," Jin heard the little pitter-patter of feet coming down the hallway from Yoongi, and now Hoseok's, room, "and his speech isn't as well developed as most kids at this age. We did have a speech pathologist do a quick assessment and she said he's not to the point of actually being delayed, but to watch it-"

"Joonie!" Yoongi and Hoseok ran up to the man and wrapped themselves around each of his legs while Jungkook giggled and attempted to crawl faster. "We missed you!" Hoseok exclaimed.

"Missed me?!" Namjoon inquired dramatically. "You just saw me!"

Yoongi giggled while looking up at him. "We still missed you!"

Jin laughed at the two boys as he tried to push Taehyung's finger away, so he wouldn't get poked in the eye. "Alright, boys, I'm sure Joonie has to get back to work." Both boys pouted as they detached themselves from his long limbs.

"Oh, that reminds me!" Namjoon reached into his briefcase and pulled out a few pieces of paper. "Here are those forms for that trip you mentioned." Jin took them from him and quickly skimmed over them. "Just fill them out and get them back to me by two weeks before you're supposed to leave."