ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ʙᴜɴɴʏ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ| Jikook

epilogue

“It’s time.”I set the bucket on the hook and slowly exhaled.

The animals were fed and ready for the day, and it was getting to the point that hiding my contractions from Jungkook was impossible. I still wasn’t sure how I’d gotten away with it for so long. I hadn’t been too quiet with the last couple, but then again, he was preoccupied with building the new pen for our incoming cow. Strangely, the new cow was also named Daisy, so that was going to be fun.

“Grilled cheese?” Jungkook asked, wiping the sweat from his brow.

“Not for lunch, silly mate. It’s time to meet our baby.”

He dropped the hammer he was holding, narrowly missing his foot. “Baby? Now?” He scooped me in his arms and started running out of the barn.

“Put me down. I weigh a ton.” I don’t know why I even bothered. When he got like this, it was best to roll with it. He walked in the direction of our new minivan because, apparently, I was that dad.

“I need to shower. I’ve been mucking out stalls.”

He cussed under his breath as he changed directions. “Dammit, what kind of a mate am I? I should’ve been doing that!”

“You’re the amazing mate who was getting the barn ready for yet another animal because I felt bad for the little bugger.” If a fifteen hundred pound beast could be considered little.

“How long have you known?” He reached the screen door and finally set me down to move Daisy out of the way. It had become her new favorite place to sleep, and it was a pain in the ass.

A contraction began to build, this one definitely stronger than the last, or maybe it felt stronger because I was just standing and not working. In any case, it sucked.

“Shit. Forget the shower. Let’s get you to Doc’s.” He set the pig back down and went to scoop me up again, but I swatted his hands away.

“No. I need to get the animal grossness off me and you do too. Just call Doc. I’m sure he’ll come over.”

Jungkook huffed but he begrudgingly agreed, and by the time I stepped out of the shower, Namjoon was already waiting with Jisung in tow.

Jisung was technically old enough to be left on his own, and he could more than handle it, but Doc still took him most places with him.

And I got it.

Jisung’s father was still in town and couldn’t be trusted to leave the kid alone. Although, at the rate he was drinking, I doubted he’d be a problem for long.

“I brought Jisung,” Doc explained. “He offered to take care of the animals.”

Jisung nodded like a little bobblehead. He loved animals, and if I were to guess, a job as a vet was in his future.

“Thank you. I appreciate it.” Jungkook took him out back to show him what to do, or more accurately, make up shit for him to do, while Doc did a quick check of my progress.

“How far apart?” Doc asked as I stood there in my bathrobe. I knew it wasn’t worth putting any clothing on.

“Five minutes.” I still had plenty of time. I read all the books and way too much random stuff on the internet. It was part of the reason I kept working instead of heading in early. “I’ve still got time.”

Doc’s arm wrapped around my shoulders and he smiled. “You have time if your wee one isn’t a shifter. But since that’s probably not the case, time is not on your side.” He gave me a half squeeze. “So how about we get your room ready for this delivery?”