The Meaning of Family: The Collections

From Friends to Spouses (Part 5/7)

Yoongi walked into his parents' house after getting off work. Since finals week had just finished for him, he worked nearly all day at the music store, getting off just in time for pizza night with his family. As he entered the residence, he saw one of his younger brothers pouting on the couch. "What's with you?" He asked Jimin.

Jimin just grumbled in response, Yoongi only catching 'doesn't love me' and 'cuddles'. As he entered the kitchen and saw Jennie helping Sophia put together some gift bags while Jin decorated cupcakes, he understood what Jimin was pouting over. "Hey, Yoongi~" Jin greeted without looking up from the task at hand. "Your dad should be home with the pizza soon."

Yoongi nodded in response before making his way to Sophia, pressing his lips to hers. "How's it coming?" They were currently preparing for the baby shower that would be taking place the next day. Sophia's favorite animal was a giraffe and her favorite color was purple, so that was what she decided on as the theme for both the shower and nursery. Jin decided to take over completely once the theme was decided, working alongside Sophia's mother to plan out the shower, only he was going to the extremes trying to make it perfect for his unborn granddaughter.

"I don't know what's more stressful, this shower or finals week next week." Sophia answered honestly, and Yoongi rubbed her back.

"Well, don't get too stressed."

"Aww, you two are so cute!" Jennie squealed before yelling towards her boyfriend. "Why can't you be like that?!"

"You're the one who's refusing cuddles!" Jimin's voice replied, and the 16-year-old girl rolled her eyes.

"Do you think this looks like a giraffe?" Jin asked, holding up the cupcake that he had been working on for the past 10 minutes alone so the younger people in the room could see it.

"Oh my gosh, it's amazing!" Sophia gushed over the dessert. "I love it, it looks great!"

"It looks delicious too." Yoongi said, subtly licking his lips as he looked at the sweet.

"Don't even think about it, Yoongi~" Jin told his oldest son. "These are for tomorrow." Jin set the cupcake down and started decorating the rest of them, Jennie soon abandoning them to give in to Jimin's whines.

The baby shower went smoothly, much to both Sophia and Jin's relief, and Sophia navigated her finals week with minor stress. It was when she started working full time at the preschool that things began to get rough. Having to work the majority of the day around a bunch of hyper, screaming young children would be stressful for anyone, but it was especially hard on Sophia as she was approaching her 34th week of pregnancy. She was feeling sleep deprived, sore, and overall just ready for the pregnancy to be over with. Yoongi was also beginning to feel exhausted over having to walk on eggshells around Sophia, which seemed moot because they ended up having small arguments almost every night after they each got home from work. Thankfully those were all solved very quickly, and they would still end the night cuddling in bed as they fell asleep.

It was early June at the preschool when Jin noticed something off about Sophia. She was pouring water into cups for when the kids would wake up for snack time while Jin was distributing banana slices along paper towels at each of the children's seats when she suddenly groaned quietly and grabbed her stomach. "You okay?" Jin was immediately worried for his soon to be daughter in law.

Sophia nodded as she grimaced. "Yeah, I'm just pregnant." Jin mentally commended her for keeping things lighthearted, but his concern didn't drop any as he went back to setting out the snacks. Especially when she would do the same thing every so often for the rest of the afternoon.

It was after all the kids had left for the day and the two of them were going through the lock up routine that the concern peaked. Sophia cried out as Jin was logging out of the computer in the office, making him immediately run into the main room where Sophia had lowered herself into a chair and was clutching her stomach. He rushed over to her and crouched in front of her, taking her hand. "I think we need to get you to the hospital."