Forget Me Not✓| Yoonmin(+18)

chapter nineteen (part three)

Joon is tightly holding both tae and my hand, a frown on his face when he walks into the café. We decided it would be a good idea if they met somewhere they could talk and get to each other first; also, joon loves a good cheesecake and it might make him more susceptible.

He chose his clothes today; black slacks and a white button-up shirt...with his black bowtie. I smile at his choice; he wants to appear serious and presentable.

Of course, he's now wrapped in a big black jacket, purple hat, scarf and mittens which he protested about so much, saying we're ruining his "fashion choice" and he looks like an "ugly weird purple sandwich" right now.

I stop at the side and kneel down to take his hat and scarf off so he wouldn't pout anymore. I need him in a good mood today. I try to organize his disheveled hair which he wanted to have up today to look like a "big boy".

I take my own hat and scarf off and put my head in front of him. "do I look good?"

He giggles and puts his little hands in my hair, "styling" it. "you do now!"

I stand up straight and look at tae who doesn't have a hat. "now that's great hair with infected sinus."

He makes a face at me and goes forward with us behind him. Joon whisper-shouts at him. "taetae! Come here!"

Taehyung looks back at his urgent tone, confused. I smile. "he wants to hold our hands."

He grins and complies, and that's when we finally go toward the table which I'm seeing jungkook sitting at, hitting the ground with his foot repeatedly in nervousness. He has his back to us and he's taken by surprise when joon sits on the chair in front him, face expressionless and I can't help giggling at his cuteness.

We sit on either sides of him and the straw in his strawberry milkshake falls out of his mouth, his eyes wide. I smile at him to ease his nervousness. "hi! Sorry we're late."

He shakes his head so hard his now blonde bangs move left and right. weren't they brown a few days ago?

"no...NO! I just got here. Sorry I ordered without you."

He's sneakily looking at joon who's busy looking at the menu but I know he's listening to us. "aren't you gonna say hi and introduce yourself baby? It's not polite not to."

He pouts at me for scolding him and looks at jungkook's chest with a frown. "hello...I'm Yejoon."

Jungkook smiles so big he's gonna need stitches. "hi! I'm Jungkook...your...your other father?" he's hesitant at the end and I giggle at the way his face falls.

Tae snorts at this. "smooth!"

Joon glares at him and tae quickly coughs, wiping the smirk from his face. well, he's the boss here.

He turns to a shocked Jungkook again. "what is your job?"

Kook's eyebrows have reached his hair since joon keeps on surprising him. What kind of kid asks that first in this type of situation?!

"I...I'm a model...I wear clo..."

Joon looks offended. "I know what a model is!"

He turns to me and I see he's anxious. "can I eat cheesecake? With a strawberry milkshake?" I would say no under normal circumstances cause that's a lot of sugar but today, I nod and smile at him. Tae stands up. "I'm gonna order. Do you want anything min?"

Jungkook looks him up and down and I roll my eyes at him. "I want a strawberry milkshake too." joon smiles at me.

When tae goes away, joon returns his attention to Jungkook. "will you come to my school shows?"

The question is unexpected for both of us. Jungkook blinks slowly. "of course...if you want me to."

Joon crosses his arms on his chest, looking down. "why didn't you come see me before?"

He gulps, knowing it's the hardest question. "i...I...I'm sorry. I was just afraid...you and your daddy wouldn't want to see me...I thought you'd hate me."

Koon huffs and pouts. "silly." Jungkook chuckles weakly at this. "guess I am."

Tae comes back with our orders and joon's face lights up. he quickly sips his milkshake. "do you like strawberry too?"

Jungkook smiles, seeming less nervous now. "yeah. in everything." He musters up his courage to ask him a question. "how's it going at school? daddy told me you started in October."

Joon's face falls and he frowns, throwing his fork at the table. "I don't want to talk about that! Stupid!" his loud voice makes people turn around to see what's going on at the table. Jungkook looks close to crying and I'm mad.

"you apologize right now! Daddy didn't know you don't go there anymore! And you can't yell and say bad words like this!"

Tae's shocked but still sipping on his lemonade, letting me handle it. joon starts crying and I know it's half fake tears. "he is stupid! It's his fault!"

I'm fuming at this point. "what is his fault?! He just asked you a question and you should answer it, not be a brat to your daddy!"

Joon's shuddering and still crying non-stop. "he's not my daddy! You are." I see Jungkook rub his eyes and I feel bad. I know that maybe he deserves this for being an absent father but that's harsh to hear.

Tae decides to interfere by shoving a piece of cheesecake in joon's mouth. "let's eat some cheesecake and calm down. ok?" I let tae spoil him for the moment, deciding to wait till we get home.

Joon's breathing unevenly but he chews the cake anyway, leaning towards tae. Jungkook picks up a bag from beside his chair and puts it on the table. "I got it for you...I hope you like it." his voice is scratchy and he's looking down like a child who was just scolded. Why does it seem like he's the younger parent among us?!

Presents are what joon can't resist so he peaks at the bag from where he's stuffed his cheeks with cheesecake. "what is it?" he seems calm, talking with his mouth full and it takes everything in me and a meaningful look from tae not to comment on that.

Jungkook smiles weakly. "open it."

Joon grabs the bag and puts it on his lap, taking out a box wrapped in colorful paper. He excitedly rips it.

When I see the cover I can't help smiling. Joon is confused. "what is this?"

Jungkook grins and I almost coo at his bunny face. "it's a walkie talkie. You can talk to someone far from you with it."

Tae is smiling for the first time. "do you want to sit with him? You can try it together."

Joon is hesitant, dry tears on his face, and he looks at me. I smile and nod at him, hoping he will open up to him.

He goes to sit on the chair next to Jungkook, the box on his lap. Jungkook opens the box for him while he's curiously looking at it. "you take one and give the other to the person you wanna talk to. You push this button to talk and then push it again to hear the other end."

Joon takes one and closely looks at it. then he looks somewhere near jungkook's neck –I think he's shy and sorry- and gives him the other. "can you go far?"

Jungkook gladly complies, going to the hallway that leads to the bathrooms. Joon pushes the button, whispering. "hello?" he pushes it again, waiting. "hi joon!" he grins at this, seeming to like the present. He pushes the button again. "I'm sorry I called you stupid." He pushes the button again.

Tae snorts. "he's making good use of it." I grin and wait for Jungkook's response. "I ...it's ok! You were angry." Joon smiles and pushes the button. "come back...your milkshake is getting hot."

I wrote it while thinking of my cousin. we used to play around with these things when we were little. I miss him :( he's now grown up and I don't see him anymore.