Detached | Seungjin

Twenty-One

"Is... something wrong?" Seungmin asked as he peeked through the room only to feel a heated tension between Jihoon and Hyunjin.

Jihoon gives him a smile and walked to him, patting his head, "Nothing, Seungmin. We were just getting familiar with each other."

Seungmin looked over to Hyunjin's direction and Hyunjin smiles at him in return to reassure him nothing's wrong.

Suddenly, Minji's head popped out of the kitchen as she also peaked in to the living room. "Papa Jihoon and Uncle Jinnie is getting along?"

Jihoon chuckles, "Yes, baby."

Hyunjin clenches his fist in frustration, he hated how his daughter called someone else her father. It should be him, not someone else, and definitely not Jihoon.

Jihoon crouched to the ground and wiped a cream on Minji's face, "Silly Minji, you have a cream in your mouth. Was the crepe that delicious?"

Minji nodded, "The cake was so delicious! Papa Jihoon really knows Minji's favorite!"

Even though Hyunjin doesn't want to admit it, he does see a father and daughter love between the two, as if they have formed such a bond for a long time now. But Hyunjin refuses to lose. He doesn't want things to stay like that. Minji is his daughter, and he was gonna prove Jihoon exactly that.

"Papa Jihoon, Uncle Jinnie!" Minji called out, "Will you play with me in building the blocks?"

Both of them gave her a smile, "Sure."

Hyunjin was confident, he was confident that he was gonna do better than Jihoon. After all, he did play with Minji before with the blocks.

But well, he was wrong. Jihoon was more of an expert than him.

"Papa Jihoon is so good!" Minji squealed, complimenting the building of blocks he just made.

Hyunjin gritted his teeth in annoyance. He looked over to his product, and he can't help but feel annoyed that Jihoon is indeed better at these kinds of things.

Jihoon smirked as he scooted closer to Hyunjin, "You really think you can surpass me with this? I've been playing with Minji since she was young."

Hyunjin wanted to punch Jihoon right at his face at that exact moment. But of course, he can't, he'll just make a lot of trouble and maybe even Minji will get scared of him.

Hyunjin puts a smile on his face and walked towards Minji, "Baby, do you want to play with Uncle Jinnie at the playground again?"

Minji's eyes lit up, "Really?!"

Hyunjin nodded, "Mhm."

"Minji wants to! When will we play, Uncle Jinnie?"

"Now, if you want."

Seungmin clears his throat, "Are y'all forgetting that I'm here?"

Hyunjin chuckled, picking Minji up in his arms, "Well, if Minji's happy then..."

Seungmin sighed, palming his forehead, "Fine."

"I'll go with you." Jihoon insisted.

Hyunjin rolled his eyes, "No, you—"

"Of course! Papa Jihoon can come too!" Minji interrupted leaving Hyunjin to sigh in defeat.

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There it was, the glaring contest between Hyunjin and Jihoon while Minji was just on the middle, playing playfully with the sand in the sandbox.

Seungmin, who was watching from afar had his brows furrowed in confusion, "I wonder what's with those two? Is that really how some people get along?"