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"whoa... taehyung what happened?" namjoon rushed over to taehyung and lifted him to his hip. his concerned eyes observing the bruises and little swelling on the baby's face. the young boys sullen expression matching his timid movements further worried namjoon. what could've happened to the little baby to cause him this much damage?

"i fell down the stairs playing..." he spoke softly looking away from the man's concerned stare. behind them the front door closed from mina shutting it. namjoon forgot to close the door after himself, his train of thought was cut short after seeing taehyung in such a bad condition.

there is no way the stairs could've caused this. namjoon scans his face, looking at the dark purple bruises and bandages. one bruise that was on his cheek in particular had namjoon wondering how hard did tae hit the stairs? it was so dark and swollen that it looked to be from a blunt force hit.

that and the slightly purple-ing bruise going right across his face had namjoon really wondering... what the fuck happened to his baby?

"are you still hurt? i'll take you to the hospital." just as about namjoon was about to turn towards the door, mina stood in front of him with a pleasant smile.

"joonie baby, he's fine. i patched him up already plus he said he was okay. i gave him some benadryl and everything so im sure he's fine." she brings her hand up to caress namjoon cheek.

"i... i just want to make sure he's okay. falling down the stairs is serious and these bruises don't look too light." namjoon says to her obviously troubled by the fact taehyung supposedly took such a hard fall down the stairs. what if he broke something or bruised a bone? "maybe we should stay home with him today... to make sure he is okay."

as the two grown ups talked, taehyung caught a glimpse of jungkook over mr. joon's shoulder. his eyes were wide and his mouth was agape. it made taehyung think... why did he look so surprised, why did he look like that?

jungkook looks down at his feet, then back up to taehyung. they shared eye contact, an angry glint present in the little boy's eyes. jungkook looked absolutely angry even his cheeks burned red as he tightened his fist out of rage. oh no... he was upset...

a little whimper came from taehyung's lips as he shied away from jungkook's glare. no not today... please don't leave him with this crazy bitch today.

"baby, the nanny will be here to take care of them both. c'mon namjoon we have things to do." mina speaks gently, head tilting as she holds the door knob of the front door.

namjoon just looks at her for a second, both of them holding a stare... it wasn't an ill intended one but more of one where both of them knew they did have important things to do today.

"hold on, let me speak to taehyung." namjoon says and turns to walk to the living room area. as they walked taehyung caught a glimpse of his mother and jungkook on the way there. they both had similar auras about them in taehyung's eyes. from his understanding they were pretty much the exact same.

taehyung shakes the icky feeling of them both out of his head shutting his eyes, snuggling more into the crook of namjoon's neck. it made him calm, he felt safe when near this man. he wishes it could stay with him at all times.

it's so important to him that namjoon is the only person in his life that doesn't hurt him and even gives taehyung a sense of utter care and protection.

when namjoon is around taehyung is safe.

"taehyung-ah.... are you okay?" namjoon asked trying to softly pull taehyung from around his neck, but the little boy was snug as a koala. the cuteness makes namjoon chuckle.

"i'll be... okay mr. joon." little tae reassures. he didn't want to say that, he did want to stay with namjoon all day so he can be safe. so he won't get beat up.

"you would tell me if you weren't okay right? and if you were still hurting you will tell me truth, right?" namjoon asked hugging taehyung back seeing how the little boy was holding him so closely like he was missing this affection.

"...yes. im okay~ momma made sure she took care of everything!" taehyung says kind of beaming excitement to show namjoon he'll be okay and not to worry. though the real reason she took care of everything is to cover her own ass. not for the sake of her one and only baby.

taehyung is strong though. he can endure this a little while more. he's just letting namjoon know that.

"okay good. you're such a sweet baby~ and so strong too. now im sure you'll be fine." namjoon tells taehyung now feeling reassured by the smile of taehyung. he feels some good type of relief hearing that but not completely knowing that the stairs didn't do this to taehyung. however he's giving the benefit of the doubt. maybe it was the stairs.

the man just says good things about taehyung to uplift the little baby because for some reason... joon felt like he needed to hear it. has he patted the back of the other's head kind of securely hugging the other in his arms. "you can always trust me tae-tae im always here for you."

eyes sparkling at the words of namjoon, taehyung hugs him back just as securely because he's never really heard anyone says these nice things to him before. the last nice person he had met was his biological father, and that was nearly 4 years ago.

then namjoon comes in and is so nice to tae, which is why the little boy clings to namjoon so much.

"thank you mr.joon..."