Her Neonate

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"Mommy?....Mommy?!"

Angel gets up and raced into his mother's arms, "Mommy I missed you!" He squeezes her, "Teayong told me that you won!"

"Won what baby?"

"At hide and seek...he had to shout 'Okay I give up' and you came out laughing at him and then ran away and told him to chase you so that's why you didn't come home just yet"
Alani side eyes Taehyung who just shrugs beside her.

"My, my does he have a colorful imagination" she laughs, Angel looks behind them and grins.
"Nammie helped Teayong find you too right?" He stood in front of him, Namjoon clears his throat and walks pass him.
"What's wrong with Nammie?" He asked the two adults, "Nammie?" Alani questions.

"Uh...while I was chasing you Namjoon and Angel have gotten close..." Taehyung rolls his eyes, "Well...'close' meaning Namjoon has started to tolerate Angel and will answer his constant questions"

Alani had an unexplainable expression on her face, "You hungry?"

"Of course" she replies snapping out of it, "Grandma made yummy food it's called...um...what's it called again Teayong?"

"We'll just call it kimchi soup" he winks at Angel who nods in response, Alani giggles at the duo.

They make their way upstairs and Alani is met with the aroma of spicy food, her stomach immediately growls.
"Mm that smells great"

"She says it smells good"

"Oh thank you"

"She thanks you" Taehyung translates for them, the two women exchange genuine smiles before everyone began setting the table and washing their hands.
Taehyung and Alani of course sat next to each other while Angel and Namjoon occupies the seats across from them, so of course Mr and Mrs Kim sat the the heads of the table.

Taehyung did his flirting thing by picking up some side dishes and tofu slices that seemed to slip from her chopsticks for her. They giggle with each other like school children, Namjoon stares at them, noticing her purposely dropping her food and pouting at Taehyung to pick it up for who happily obliges.

They looks so sweet together, Namjoon felt sickness rise up his throat and he excused himself to the bathroom and threw as quietly and quickly as he could before rinsing his mouth and returning to the kitchen.

"Uh...I'm gonna head out for a bit, maybe be back in a hour or two"

"Can I go" Angel yells and all the adults in the room reply (in both English and korean)

"No"

Angel pouts and Namjoon notices that they had the same pout, he felt sick again and leaves the house without a second thought.

"What's wrong with Nammie?"

"Why do you ask that baby?" Alani asked with an eye squint, "He's being weird...like a stranger...yesterday he snuck me and him some chocolate from Grandma's secret stash" he whispers the last part, hoping the poor woman couldn't understand him.

"Um...I'm not sure babe" she places her chopsticks in her mouth, earning a glance from Taehyung.
"My cousin has always been weird...ignore him"

After dinner the family began to wine down for the night and Alani finally asked the question she had in her mind since arriving to the Kim's home.

"Uh...so you guys were staying at your parents place this whole time?"

"Yeah Angel had my room and I crashed on the couch"

Alani laughs, "Boy do you have a thing for couches" Taehyung laughs dryly, "Wow you're so hilarious..."

"But maybe, if we get the chance tonight...we both could finally get in a real bed...you know?" He asked with a flirty grin, "Oh?" Is all Alani can respond with.

"Angel really likes it here and my parents adore him I'd hate to disturb that peace right, so we can just go back to my place for the night"

Alani stares at Taehyung before laughing "Nice try but I'll be spending the night with my favorite boy in the world"

"Okay that's fair" he nods, she didn't see her son in over a week, Alani waves him off and enters the room seeing angel putting his pajamas on.
"Oh look at the big boy getting himself ready for bed"

"Yup and I took a shower instead of a bubble bath...it's not fun but I felt like a big boy" she said slowly buttoning the top, Alani grins and sits on the bed, "I'm sorry for being away for so long baby" she speaks softly, "It's okay mommy...I wasn't sad..." he said with wavering voice.

"Angel...look at me"

He slowly lifts his head obeying his mother and shows his red face, Angel was holding his tears in as much as he could.
"It's okay angel you can cry" she opens her arms for him and he runs into them.

"I thought you were hurt mommy, or lost...I was scared" he hiccups still holding onto her, Alani rubs his back to calm him.
"I'm so sorry Angel...I was a bad mommy for going away like that"

"No you're a great mommy...you were just playing to hard for a moment but it's okay now" he looks at her while patting her head, Alani grins "I'm suppose to be the parent Angel"
He shrugs and goes in for another hug making sure to squeeze her tight and that's just how the two slept that night. Right in each other's arms.