❝ single dad ❞ ; yoongi

sixteen ; ❝ bring it ❞

Jimin and Taehyung: 5 years old
Jungkook: 3 years old

It was a warm day, perfect weather to take the boys out to the park. They had been begging me for a while now, but it was always too cold and windy. I didn't want to deal with coughs, sneezes, and runny noses.

But it seems today the weather finally took a break and I couldn't resist seeing the happy smile on their faces when I told them, "Let's go to the park!"

I wasn't a child by any means, and the boys could play with themselves, so I sat on the bench and watched as the boys played tag. Once I was sure they could be responsible enough to not need my supervision every single minute, I turned away to my phone and started playing games.

My mistake.

"Appa! Come look!" I heard Jungkook's baby voice. I looked up to see him running on his stumpy legs to me.

"Bring it here!" I told him, leaning my elbows on my knees.

Jungkook grinned. "Snake!"

My eyes widened. "Snake?! Where?"

I followed Jungkook's line of vision to see Taehyung reach down to pick up a small, black, slithering snake and I gasped. He looked at it closely and then reached his small fingers up to pet the snake's back.

"Taehyung, put that thing down!" He looked at me and shook his head as I approached him. He then tried to offer it to Jimin, but poor Jimin wanted nothing to do with the snake.

"It feels wet," whispered Tae, still rubbing the snake when I crouched down in front of him.

"Put it down, Tae. It doesn't like being held," I said, my voice soft but firm.

The middle child pouted and dropped the snake, and we watched it slither away. I let out the breath I didn't know I was holding. Taehyung's pout turned into a grin as he looked up at me.

"Can we get a pet snake?"

I frowned. "No." Hell no.

"Pleeeeasee! My frien' Seojoon got one last week and he says it's cool!" he begged. "Jimin and Jungkook would also like one, right?" He looked at them pleadingly. Jungkook nodded, agreeing with whatever his big brother said, but Jimin shook his head. It slowly turned into a nod with a glare from Taehyung.

"See?"

I shook my head once again. "I'm not sure a snake is an appropriate pet for someone your age. Maybe we'll get a fish or something."

The three boys lit up. "Really?" bubbled Jimin, bouncing on his heels.

"Maybe."

The boys took that as a yes and looked at each other in triumph. I sighed and rubbed my temples. "Okay. Let's go eat."

"Can we go get a fish?"

"No!"

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