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Baby's Breath (Special #1)

Inspired by Falling Blossoms - Min Kyung Hoon x Kim Hee Chul

Never would Jungkook have thought that he would be teaching a 26 year old man. He taught children who had special needs, but never for a grown man.

His mother greeted him with a smile so pure and kind, it touched his heart.

"Seokjin-ah! Your teacher's here!" Mrs. Kim called for her son.

A grown man wearing a gray turtleneck and a rainbow scarf that accentuates his broad shoulders come out of one of the rooms.

"Jin, this is Jeon Jungkook who is going to be your private teacher. He's going to help you out with school, and I know how much you love learning right?"

"Yes mama! Jinnie loves learning! I practiced writing, reading, and counting yesterday!"

Jungkook couldn't help but smile at the child-like man in front of him. After exchanges of introductions and small conversations here and there, the two men began class.

It went by like a breeze. Jin was still struggling with math a little bit, but maybe after a couple more lessons, he would ace it in no time.

Jungkook came over again the next day to teach his hyung again. And it's been like that for almost a month now. Jungkook doesn't know why, but there's this charm to Jin that makes him wanna stay longer — he was special.

He does worry about Jin and his mom a lot lately, and feels protective over them too. He's noticed the bags under Mrs. Kim's eyes for the past couple of weeks, and how she reeked of alcohol sometimes; but manages to maintain a smile on her face despite a hangover or how she still treated them with kindness in the early morning. Her son kept her going.

The two boys got to know each other more and more with every meeting. Jungkook thought that he wanted to know more about his hyung so he left Jin a "mission" the other day, which was to show each other their prized possessions.

Jungkook brought in his camera, and told the bright-eyed man how much he loved taking pictures. His smile grew bigger and bigger when his hyung looked at his pictures with fascination and wonder. He felt his heart melt with every exclamation that left Jin's mouth.
When Jin was done staring at a picture of flowers, he showed Jungkook what his prized possession was.

The younger one was flustered when the elder laid down a stuffed alpaca in front of himself.

"Why is a stuffed alpaca your most prized possession?"

"Mama won it for Jinnie at the fair. She also said that Jinnie looked like an alpaca! Especially when eating."

Jungkook chuckled at ecstatic Jin who was playing with his stuffed toy. "Does it have a name?"

"Of course! I named him RJ because mama's name is Ryujin, and it already has 'jin' in it so I just changed the tiny j to a big J and put it together. RJ."

Jungkook was astonished by the way Jin described the toy's name — complex, but meaningful. He knew how much Mrs. Kim meant so much to Jin. She was the one who gave birth to him after all. It must've been tough for the both of them when his father passed away.

Jin was like an older/younger brother to Jungkook, and he couldn't help but feel attached to him— he felt like Jin was his responsibility. One day, that feeling turned into reality.

Jin was playing with RJ while Jungkook was making a small snack before dinner in the kitchen. The phone suddenly rings, and the excited Jin yells, "I'll get it!"

He grabbed the phone, and greeted whoever was on the line. "Hello! This is Kim Seokjin. Age 25! Who is this?" Jin's face went from a Cheshire-cat smile to and straight line in an instant. Tears began to roll down his face. "Mama? What happened to Mama?"