𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗗//𝗣𝗝𝗠 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗪𝗢𝗟𝗙 𝗙𝗙✔️

Chapter 22//👁👁

"Can you be my dad?"

Hana's sweet voice rung in Jimin's ears and froze every muscles. He dragged his eyes across the table and glued them to the girl, thinking she might be joking but no, not a single glint of mischief or playfulness in her eyes.

She gazed deeply into him and stopped her eating even if it was her favorite ice cream. The topic 'dad' was a complete stranger to her considering she grew up without one and had to watch her mother struggle and suffer.

This tugging in her small heart whenever she sees Jimin show up together with Riley, as if they were connected, somehow....

It had only been a few weeks since she met this special man called Jimin but it was enough to notice how much impact he had on her mother.

She remembered how terrible Riley would look like when she started working and not a day goes by without her crying in her daughter's arms apologizing for not being able to provide food properly. But nowadays, her mother looked rather bright and cheerful after her new job as Jimin's assistant and sometimes even looked eager to get to work. These little details of Riley might be brushed off by others, but it sure didn't slip by her precious daughter.

Hana didn't regret abrupt question knowing Jimin, somehow, is what her depressed mother needs.

"W-What?"

"Can you be my dad? And mommy's husband?"

The words she used were clearly the ones she learned while watching her friends being picked up by two parents.

Jimin choked on her last question. His mind was too messed up to think as worries flood in him. Should I say yes? But I'm already her dad. Should I tell her that? But what if she hates me? I can't live without her or Riley....

"Min Min?"

Her sweet voice broke the male out of his train of worries.

"Huh?"

"Your phone is ringing"

The girl sighed after not getting an answer from the zoned out male in front of her and continued on her ice cream. Jimin's expression saddened and wanted to reach out to her so badly but his buzzing phone stopped him. He fumbled into his pocket before pulling out her cracked phone.

"Jimin? Where are you? How's Hana? I-"

"Mommyyyy"

The little one overheard the panicked Riley over the phone and stretched his arms out while closed and opened her fists as if she wanted to talk to Riley.
Jimin put it on speaker as Hana leaned forward with a giggle, excited to hear her mom's voice.

"Sweetie, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, mommy~ I'm eating ice cream with Min Min"

"Did you bother Mr Park to buy you ice cream?"

"No, I just wanted to cheer her up after school"

Jimin pulled the phone closer to talk to his secretary who sounded a little busy considering the noisy background.

"I'm so sorry to bother you, sir"

"Ew Riley oh my god! Sir? Hun, we're same age."

Jimin scrunched his nose hearing Riley addressing him with that word. Hana laughed at Jimin's cringed expression and Riley let out an embarrassed chuckle.

"Sorry again. But you mentioned that you fetched her home? Don't you have work, Mr Park?"

"Why would I be worried about work when my da- I mean, Hana's school was having a Parents and Teachers Day?"