BEST OF ME ~ ParkJimin [EDITING]

34. WRONG PATIENT

HEEJIN's POV
'He's so cute' Yuju said as she carried Minkook. I smiled at I looked down from him to his sister lying in a crib beside me. She was sleeping, totally like me.
'He looks so much like Jimin. Look at his cheeks and his nose' she said carrying him closer to me and pointing out Jimin's features in him to me. She's right, he looks unmistakably like Jimin did in his baby photos. Talking about Jimin, how come I haven't seen him around?
'Yuju?' I asked.
'Hmmm?' She replied with her eyes still glued to Minkook who was sleeping now. Eyy, stop staring at my child that way, I'm the only one who has the right to.
'Have you seen Jimin?'
'Now that I think about it. I haven't......' she had not even completed her statement when Jimin walked in quietly with the boys.
'Noona!!!' Taehyung screamed.
'Shhh!!!' Yuju said. 'Babies are sleeping....'
Jimin came nearer to me and I sighted Jungkook smiling to me from a corner in the room. He gave me a thumbs up and my eyes watered immediately.
He looked lovingly at Minji sleeping in the crib and touched her fingers. 'She's so pretty, like my wife.' I smiled at his statement.
'Thank you, Heejin. So giving me such beautiful kids and on my birthday too.' He said staring deep at me, i could see tiny droplets of tears in his eyes as he kissed my forehead. He must be so happy.
'I'd consider it as my birthday gift.'
'Stop being so cheesy, hyung.'
'I mean it, really.'
'Where have you guys been?' a curious Yuju asked.
'Wrong labour room.'
'What does that mean?'
'I'm sorry for not being here with you, babe.' Jimin apologized but I was too excited to be angry at him now. I still wanted to pretend to him, to see a bit more of his sorry side but what he said broke my mind immediately.
'We stood in front of Eunjung's room for hours thinking it was yours. But....'
'But.....'
'She doesn't have much time left.'
'What does that mean, Jimin?'
'You might want to say your last words to her.' He said as tears began to fall in his eyes and he explained that she did all she did and lied was to make sure her baby was taken proper care of since she knew she'd die soon. It was shocking but more shocking to see Jimin cry because of that. Eunjung may have been a cruel person to us but she was once Jimin's girlfriend.
After hearing that, I wished I hadn't hated her so much. I now understood her reason for doing all that. I stared at my children and now understand what being a mother entails. I felt like I was Eunjung, confronted with a choice of saving your child or your life. The little creatures in front of me, I could die for them.
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'It's okay, Mino. You'd injure yourself thinking about her too much. She's already gone and wouldn't like to see you like this.' I said, trying to comfort Mino. It pained us all that she was gone.
'I know, Hee. But I can't do it. How would I live without her? What do I do with her?' He asked pointing at Eunjung's baby. I raised my eyes to Jimin and motioned to him to follow me.
'Don't say you're trying to do what I'm thinking?' He said and I facepalmed. How did he know of that?
'Jimin that's the best thing to do. We can't leave her here with him.'
'Are you sure about this?'
'Yes. I can handle it as long as you have no problem with it.' I replied and he sighed.
'Your being too nice may get you into trouble one day.' He said and I giggled.
We returned inside to Mino and told him about it. Surprisingly, he agreed easily and we brought her home.