on my ❤️ like a tattoo

making moves

"can you believe it?" seulgi questions as she sits up in bed, stuffing her face with mango sherbet while jaebeom gets comfortable for a good nights' sleep.

"believe what?"

"are you listening to me?" she pouts, "i went to the playground with hyunjin earlier, and all the mom's crowded around me trying to touch my belly."

"and... that's wrong why? your baby bump is cute." jaebeom yawns, scooting over to rub said bump.

"yeah, but it's an invasion of privacy. my baby isn't an accessory that you can just rub to your heart's content. well...maybe you can, but that's different. it's just weird... i understand people's obsessions with baby bumps, but it makes me uncomfortable if you just touch without asking? you wouldn't normally touch someone without their consent, why does them being pregnant make a difference?"

"you're totally right."

"you're not even listening." seulgi laughs.

"i'm sorry, babe. i'm just tired."

"rough day at work? want some sherbet?"

"no, you and baby enjoy it. you know restaurants have some of the highest turnover rates, right? our host put in her two weeks, and we were already losing our dishwasher, and one of the sous chefs. interviewing, recruiting and training gets so expensive. affording it financially isn't a problem, it's the time that it'll take that sets us back."

"aww, i'm sure it'll be okay." seulgi assures him, putting her sherbet on the bedside table and leaning to kiss him, "you're not going to let this stop your success. you're the hottest restaurant in town. plus, you might be a jerk, but you train your staff really well."

"thanks for your support."

"no problem." she presses more kisses against his lips and he chuckles. "you're also the hottest chef in town, not just by popularity."

"yah... let me sleep."

"i am..."

"no, you're trying to seduce me."

"by kissing you? don't be silly."

"i've been kissing you for practically a decade, i know how to distinguish those kisses."

"okay, guilty, but you're just so handsome i can't help it."

"sleep, babe."

"okay okay," she pouts, kissing him one last time. "i'm putting my sherbet away first."

the next morning, jaebeom slips out of bed, and makes his way to do his morning routine as seulgi still sleeps. they have a busy day ahead. earlier in the week, he settled on an apartment and made arrangements to begin the move. they've since been slowly packing up their things, and tomorrow is the big move in day. he's already hired the movers, and today he and seulgi will visit the empty apartment and clean before their kids arrive. he's excited to move, and he's happy that everything has worked out so well, reducing the stress for both himself and his wife.

yeji is definitely excited to move too, hearing that she'll get her own room, while hyunjin is still too young to understand. the only other thing, is that they have to tell yeji about seulgi's pregnancy today. he also plans to go buy some baby necessities to be delivered tomorrow along with move in, and it's better to explain it now then tomorrow when yeji sees all the new stuff.

he waits until after breakfast, when seulgi's sitting on the couch, browsing online catalogs on her ipad, and he calls yeji out of her room. jaebeom picks her up and tosses her in the air once before meeting seulgi on the couch. he sits yeji down, between himself and seulgi, "yeji? your momma and i have something to tell you."