Neighbors

Making the Baby's the Fun Part

"Baby~" Mark coos as he wraps his arms around Jackson who was grilling hamburgers for them to eat for dinner.

"Oh shit, what did you do," Jackson asks, arching his eyebrow at his husband's cute act. Being married to Mark for six years now, he's learned two things. One, Mark can be evil when he wants to and he'll catch you off guard with his sudden mood or attitude change. And two, Mark Wang doesn't whine, "Baby~" unless he needs or wants something that Jackson might disagree to or need some persuasion.

Mark pouts, tilting his head cutely, "Have you, I don't know, thought about having another baby? How many did you want when you met me?"

Jackson narrows his eyes, "What are you planning?"

Mark giggles, "Answer me!"

"What are you planning first?"

"Don't answer my question with another question, answer me!"

Jackson doesn't say anything and Mark pouts, "Please," he whimpers, using the puppy dog eyes that Jackson loves but also hates.

Jackson sighs, instantly giving in to the cinnamon swirl brown eyes, "Fine! When I first met you I wanted three but now I'm considering two."

Mark smiles in triumph, leaning closer to whisper in Jackson's ear as he bats his eyelashes, "You think we could," he grins, "try for baby number two?"

Jackson purses his lips, humming, "Mayleen will be five soon."

Mark nods, "Mhmm."

Jackson bites his lip, "I don't know baby, do you really want to start over? Practically from scratch? I mean look at Mayleen, she can read short sentences now, write her name, and count to twenty! Four years of her growing she's become her own little person."

"I know," Mark pouts, "But I miss it. I miss it when she was little and when she would giggle at every little move you made or face you gave her. I miss holding her when she fit in my arms and when she would coo in her sleep."

"Mark, if we have another baby now, it'll be like starting all over again," Jackson sighs.

"But that's the fun part! We get to make another baby and watch it grow into it's own little person and see what kind of life choices it's going to make," Mark was talking faster, Jackson knew he only did this when he got excited. Mark holds his pout as he nuzzles Jackson's neck with his nose, "Plus, Mayleen looks like me. I want another baby, but a mini Jackson version~"

Jackson sighs, "Babe, if we wanted another baby, we would've had it by now."

"But we were busy growing Mayleen into the beautiful little girl she is right now," Mark explains, now he was talking with his hands and clinging on to Jackson's arm, "She wasn't ready to be an Unnie or a Noona, but now, you can tell she is. She gets so excited when she sees Kihyun and always asks about the baby. She even asked me once if she can stay the night with them after they've had the baby to help with it. Now tell me right to my face if you don't think that she's ready."

Jackson sighs, not saying anything until he looks at his husband, "Let's ask Mayleen. If you think she's ready for a baby brother or sister, then we'll ask her if she would like one. If she doesn't, then..."

"If she doesn't we'll wait?"

"I don't want to wait until she's too old, by the time she's six and she's not ready, we just won't have another kid."

"No, I'm going to tell you this right now," Mark sasses, his mood instantly changes, "I will get that second baby if I have to go to fertility center and get a different man's sperm in me. Mayleen is ready. I bet if you ask her right now she'll probably say yes or she'll get excited and ask for one."

Jackson nods, "Mayleen!"

Since they were outside, Mayleen was playing with her dolls and stuffed animals on her slide. She jerks her head up when her daddy calls her, instantly sliding down the slide and rushing over to them. She hugs his leg once Mark removes himself and smiles, "Yes Daddy?"

"Me and Mommy need to ask you something," Jackson starts, picking her up and holding her on his hip. She is carried over to their picnic table where their dinner supplies is set up and ready for them to eat once the burgers are done.

"What," she asks, wrinkling her nose as she holds her hands out for her mommy.

"Honey we want to ask you," Mark starts, sitting down with her in his lap, "Do you like Kihyunie having a baby?"

She nods, "I told him the baby was going to be tiny, cute, and squishy like the ones at the grocery store!"

"Yeah they will be until they start getting bigger," Mark giggles, "But even then they will still be cute. I mean look at you!!" Mayleen giggles and avoids Mark's tickles as he tickles her sides, he eventually stops so they can focus on the topic at hand.

Before he could say anything else though, she tilts her head cutely, "Can you and daddy get another baby?" She asks innocently, looking between Mark and Jackson.

"You mean like a baby doll?" Jackson cuts in.

"No, I want a baby brother or sister," she nods to assess her command, "For my birthday."

Mark smirks at Jackson whereas Jackson puts his hands together to try and figure a way out of this mess, "Well, baby girl at this rate your birthday is in a month, a baby takes nine months to bake-"

"Then get to baking," she shrugs, "It's not hard."

Mark laughs, hugging his daughter close as he looks at Jackson and smiles in victory. Jackson snorts, "You've never baked anything your entire four year life, how would you know about baking?"

She shrugs, pushing her hair out of her face as she replies, "I've made cookies with mommy and they looked easy, making a baby doesn't sound hard either. All you need is a mixing bowl, sugar, butter, and chocolate chips!"

Jackson couldn't help but laugh a little as he shakes his head, not helping the smile growing on his face as he chuckles, "Okay, me and mommy will see what we can do."

"Really?!" Mayleen and Mark day at the same time, looking at one another and giggling while Mark kisses her cheeks.

"Yep, me and mommy will see about trying to get you a baby sibling soon," Jackson replies, winking at Mark who blushes in return.

"I'm gonna tell Jiwoo and Jiyoo!! I'm gonna be a big sissy!!"

"Not yet, mommy and daddy need to go to the doctors first to see if the doctor thinks it's okay to make the baby. Then once we are, we will get to baking!" Mark says confidently, not thinking about his words until Mayleen asks.

"How do you make a baby exactly? In the oven?"

Jackson chokes on his spit from laughing, he laughs so hard he's stomping his feet and no sound is coming out. Finally he stands, wiping the tears that are falling from his eyes as he chuckles, "Good luck with that one babe, you brought this onto yourself."

Mark glares at him as he walks to check on their burgers, they were way over done but luckily they weren't charcoal patties. Mayleen looks up at Mark, waiting patiently for her question to be answered and Mark kisses her forehead, "How about I tell you when you're older?"

"Okay!" She says cutely, "Can I go play with my dollies now?"

"Dinners ready, eat at least one burger for me before you go play," Mark hugs her and kisses her cheek, "I love you my baby girl."

"I love you mommy, can princess Diane Bunny join us for dinner?"

"Sure, hurry and grab her."

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Ahhhhh Markson's trying for a baby!! What do you think of mini Mark and her sass 😍