"daddy! cmere cmere!" seokmin heard from one of the upstair rooms. he was currently trying to make dinner, but he could check up on his baby for a moment. he made his way upstairs and to the littles playroom.
"what is it my little angel?" seokmin said, kneeling down to jisoo.
"daddy! me and miss luna drew you a veryyyy pretty picture!!" jisoo exclaimed with sparkly eyes, brighter than the stars. the little held up the picture. it has what seemed to be miss luna, jisoo, and seokmin chasing little fireflies in a grassy type field.
"wow sweetheart, this is so amazing! i love your artwork my precious angel! do you want daddy to keep it?" seokmin asked. jisoo nodded vigorously before slipping another piece of paper into his hands, reaching for the crayons next. seokmin had been a bit confused though since jisoo didnt color all that much when he was in little space. he usually plays with his toys or does something with seokmin.
"sugar, how old are you?" the other said in a soft and gentle voice.
"i-im four daddy.." he replied in a more shy voice. seokmin smiled and pecked jisoos forehead quickly.
"thank you sweetheart. dinner should be done soon too. i love you, angel." seokmin said, heading for the door to go back cooking.
"i love you too daddy!!" jisoo said cheerfully before seokmin was out of the room completely. seokmin made his way back down the stairs and to the kitchen.
"four.. hm, thats small for him, since hes usually always around six or seven, five sometimes. hes almost never four. maybe something is bothering him. i probably wont ask him about it until hes big again though.." seokmin muttered quietly to himself. of course, he didnt have problem with jisoo regressing smaller. he was just a tad bit worried.
jisoo has said himself once before when he wasnt little, that he only regresses younger when somethings really bothering him or something is on his mind. he said the smaller he is, the bigger chance he will forget about it. hes said he can slip as deep as two or three and thats as young as he can slip. so four worried seokmin. he brushed it off though, as he turned the stovetop off and laid the food to the side of the stove. seokmin then set the table in the dining room for him and jisoo. after that was done, he went up to the playroom once again. seokmin cracked the door open to see jisoo playing some kind of game with his stuffies. seokmin smiled to himself, finding it absolutely adorable.
"cupcake, dinner is ready. let's go downstairs to eat, okay?" he said in the most gentle voice he could manage. jisoo nodded and raised his arms out, presumably to be picked up.
"u-up up, daddy," he said, barely above a whisper. seokmin smiled and took the boy into his arms. jisoo rested his head on seokmins shoulder as he carried him, his arms and legs clinging onto him like koala. thankfully, jisoo was pretty light, so this wasnt much of a hassle at all for seokmin. they reached the dining room and seokmin sat jisoo down in the chair across from him. jisoo smiled at his caregiver.
"thank you, daddy," he said, still quiet. seokmin noticed.
"feeling a little shy, sweetheart? or a bit sensitive?" he asked. jisoo shook his head lightly in response.
"n-no daddy, just felt like being a bit quiet.." he responded. seokmin nodded.
"thats fine, baby. lets eat now, okay? we cant let the food get cold," he chuckled. jisoo just stared at the plate in front of him. seokmin noticed this too.
"need help, angel?" he asked. jisoo nodded once again, not giving a vocal answer. seokmin got up from his chair to help the little. after a few bites, jisoo said he could try do it himself. after succeeding, seokmin sat back down.
they soon finished eating and seokmin took their dishes to the kitchen to be washed.
"you can go back up to your playroom now, love," seokmin said after collecting the dishes from the table.
"daddy doesnt need help with anything?" jisoo asked, looking up at the other with big, starry eyes. seokmin chuckled a bit and shook his head, ruffling jisoos slightly faded blue hair.
"no no, darling, daddy can take care of everything, okay? its fine angel." seokmin replied to the other. jisoo understood as he scurried back up the stairs to his playroom.
seokmin began to start washing the dishes. he began to get lost in his thoughts though. he wondered why jisoo was acting this way. he, once again, had no problem with it at all and didnt care how small jisoo became, but he was just worried. jisoo usually never asks to be carried or picked up. he usually just waddles beside seokmin and holds his hand. he just hopes that everything with jisoo was okay. he hoped he hadnt done anything himself to make jisoo this way. that would just break seokmins heart.
after he finished the dishes, he wiped down the dining room table and shut the light out. seokmin then made his way upstairs to jisoos playroom. he saw the little drifted asleep next to the stuffies he was playing with. seokmin smiled and lifted the boy up bridal style to take him to jisoos room.
he then sat jisoo on his bed.
"angel, we have to get your pajamas on. cmon baby." seokmin said softly, very lightly shaking jisoo awake. the little slowly opened his eyes and looked at seokmin.
"o-oh! i-im sorry for falling asleep in my playroom daddy.. it was an accident.. i just got a lil sleepy and-" he began rambling.
"baby, its okay. you didnt cause daddy any trouble. lets get your pajamas on then, okay?" he responded. jisoo agreed and picked out pajamas. seokmin helped him change quickly and tucked jisoo into bed. he then went over to jisoos dresser to turn his nightlight on, since jisoo usually wakes up in the middle of the night to go to seokmins room.
"d-daddy.. dont turn it on.." jisoo said before seokmin hit the on switch. seokmin turned to him with a confused expression.
"you dont want your nightlight on, angel?" seokmin asked. jisoo shook his head, pouting. seokmin understood and went over to delicately kiss jisoos forehead, before whispering a good night.
"d-daddy wait.. dont go.. please stay.." jisoo called out before seokmin could leave the room.
"daddy is.. my nightlight.. c-can daddy be my nightlight..? j-just for one night..?" he asked, his starry eyes becoming tearful. seokmin rushes over to jisoo and hugged him before the other could cry.
"baby baby.. yes of course.. ill stay angel. your wish is my command. its okay, please dont cry sweetheart. im here, im here." seokmin said, stroking the others hair gently.
they stayed like this for awhile until seokmin felt jisoo fall asleep in his arms. he smiled and laid the other back down. seokmin hugged jisoo tightly to his chest, kissing the top of his head.
"ill be your nightlight angel.." seokmin whispered.
"for now and forever."
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