[Jeongcheol] donut shop

donut shop chapter 14

Seungcheol's POV

     My eyes fluttered open at the annoying light trying to seep through, I yawned, ready to stretch, but stopped when I felt something move. Once my vision finally cleared, I looked down to see my arms cradling a sleeping Chan. I smiled and kissed his forehead, this must be how it felt to have a kid, Cheonsa's pretty lucky waking up to this bundle of joy every day, if I had a kid- well I do now actually... I carefully got off the couch, stacking some pillows at the side to make sure he wouldn't fall, "morning, Seungcheol", the sudden angelic voice invading my ears caused me to look up at the angel standing in the kitchen.

I've always wanted a wife that could cook, knowing me I'm not anywhere near a kitchen guy, more of a burn down the kitchen guy. I walked towards Jeonghan, wrapping my arms around his waist, placing my face in the crook of his neck to inhale his scent which was accompanied by the lingering scent of breakfast. "Seungcheol...", I stayed there, not realizing the situation because my name being mewled from Cheonsa's mouth was enough to just shoot me up to cloud nine. "I didn't know you cook", Jeonghan chuckled sounding a little more confident, hitting me with a much softer tone, "well you don't know much about me at all", it was my turn to chuckle at his correct remark, "sorry... I know this is too soon, but I just couldn't help myself". Han stayed quiet, "we need to get to know each other", his arms awkwardly settling down my shoulders. He was right though, it can't go on like this forever; awkward, unwanted tension.

"Hmm"

"Tell me all about Dino too, it'll suck if I don't know my son's favorite food, fears, expectations, you know", suddenly the Cheonsa's hands trailed its way to either side of my face, his eyes looking at mine, "just be a good father to him Cheol, you don't have to keep aiming high. Just be yourself." Not gonna lie, I was a bit taken aback, but then again this was his child we were talking about, I smiled to reassure him, "ooh a nickname, I smell the love in the air", Jeonghan scoffed as he lightly hit me on the chest, turning around to finish cooking breakfast. "Whaat?", I chuckled, pretending to tip over from his hit, "appaaa!", a loud Chan appeared, running towards me, I scooped him into my arms then kissed his head, I'll never get tired of that, "morning little guy", Dino giggled at me. "Morning Dino-ah", Han greeted Chan, leaning towards him so he could give the boy a kiss on his forehead. "Kiss Cheollie appa too!", Jeonghan froze a little, his mind probably flustered, like last time. I sighed then sat the hyper Dino on one of the chairs, "you were too busy sleeping, you missed the magic!", Chan's adorably shocked face turned into a pout which, thankfully, eased the tension off the angel as he giggled at the little boy's silliness. As much as I wanted to kiss Jeonghsn again, I couldn't do it if he didn't want to- I know I hugged him, but come on, that's a completely different thing from a kiss.

"That's not fair! Next time I'm not gonna sleep!", I chuckled and ruffled his hair, "how about you sleep earlier instead? If you stay up then you'll fall asleep again and you don't wanna miss it, do you?", I asked the know convinced Dino. He nodded his head, "oh Hannie appa, do you like the gift?", Dino asked out of the blue to the now confused Jeonghan. The little monster noticed my reaction then shot an 'oops' face, "uh oh...", I chuckled, "it's no biggie Chan-ah, thanks for reminding me", Jeonghan continued to set our breakfast on the table, "speaking of gift, well it's not really a gift but I never got to give you the boba tea", Jeonghan walked towards the fridge taking out the beverage from yesterday. I flashed him my famous smile as he handed it to me our hands touched, the small, yet a big gesture caused a storm to haze through my body.

I slid the silver band delicately on Jeonghan's ring finger, "it fits just right", I said enthusiastically, holding his hand where the ring was, unconsciously caressing it. I looked at Han's face and by the looks of it he was conflicted, his beautiful face sent off an expression that was difficult to read and it just puzzled me on why it was there in the first place. I furrowed my eyebrows, "what's with the look", I couldn't help but feel a little upset, shouldn't he be happy, after everything I'm doing for him and Chan. He looked at my face then sighed hesitantly before talking, "look I know we've talked through this, but I just...- why? Why are you doing all these nice things out of nowhere- I just can't help but think..."

I huffed out unconsciously, "so you don't trust me, is that it?", my nerves felt like exploding out of nowhere, my voice raising as I dropped his hand, standing up. What was so hard? I'm trying to give them everything and I'm still an outsider? I'm trying so hard to hold back- I'm respecting the thing he doesn't feel comfortable with- so why? What's the problem? Jeonghan stood up too, sudden anger boiling in his glare, "yes that's what it exactly is. What do you expect me to do? Suddenly trust a stranger just because he's doing all this... this, that I never even asked for!". The upset feeling still lingered in me, but I couldn't help but dwell at his statement, he was actually right, but still...!

"Either way you should at least be grateful! Yeah, you didn't ask for this, but at least act like you give a fuck- this isn't for you, it's for the kid!"