The babysitter - Taekook

FOURTEEN

"Are you sleepy again, honey?", Jeongguk coos while pushing the stroller with a tired Chansol inside.

It has become their daily routine to take a walk through the park in the afternoon.

Usually, Chansol looks around with his big eyes, trying to take in everything he sees.

Most of the times he watches the trees swaying in the wind above him or he simply looks at Jeongguk, sometimes he even flashes him a small smile, making the young man's heart swell.

Jeongguk has grown really fond of the baby, loving the boy with all his heart already.

But today, the boy had spent the majority of their little "trip" with yawning and sleeping.

Jeongguk isn't surprised that Chansol's more tired than usual since the boy woke up a few times last night.

Normally, he wakes up not more than twice - if at all - but last night was different. He woke up nearly every one and a half hours.

Jeongguk thinks that he most likely had stomach ache and couldn't sleep because of that. So it makes him happy to see that the boy seems to be fine again.

Chansol fell asleep only a few minutes after they had started their walk. The boy had slept for a while then until he woke up again, seeming reloaded and more energetic than before.

Jeongguk reaches forward and moves the toy that dangles on the stroller to distract Chansol a bit.

The baby tends to be a bit restless after waking up so Jeongguk thinks it's best to let Chansol focus on something to prevent him from starting to cry or complain.

To his luck, his plan seems to work.

With big eyes, the boy follows the movements of the little toy as if it's the most interesting thing in the world.

A short amount of time later, they reach Chansol's home eventually. Jeongguk takes out the baby that seems not too happy about that and starts to whine.

"Shhh honey, it's alright.", Jeongguk whispers as he carefully holds the baby close to himself. He slightly sways Chansol what seems to soothe him.

He then pecks the boy's head softly before he makes his way inside the house.

Jeongguk closes the door behind himself and starts to take off Chansol's jacket and shoes as well as his own.

He takes the little boy to the kitchen where he prepares his milk. Jeongguk makes sure that the food has the right temperature and then closes the bottle, ready to feed the hungry baby in his arms.

The young male sits down on a chair next to the table and feeds the boy that starts to drink hungrily while looking at Jeongguk with his big doe eyes.

Jeongguk smiles at Chansol, his heart fluttering because of the baby's cuteness.

In the blink of an eye, Chansol finishes his bottle of milk, seemingly content now with a filled stomach.

Jeongguk puts the empty bottle aside and changes the hold on the small boy to make him burp. He doesn't have to wait for long until the awaited sound can be heard.

"So then, let's take a bath, hm?" Jeongguk gets up with the boy in his arms to go over to the bathroom.

"Today's bath day, remember? You smelly little boy.", Jeongguk speaks, obviously joking since the baby doesn't smell the slightest, still having his good-reeking baby smell.

Jeongguk fills the baby-bathtub with warm water and puts in a tiny bit of a baby-friendly soap. He then takes off Chansol's clothes and diapers and puts the baby in the tub.

He earns a small smile from Chansol as the baby's happy to be in the water again. Chansol really loves to take a bath like Jeongguk's noticed already.

The boy would even move his legs a bit and a content smile would never leave his face when he's in the water.

After about ten minutes Jeongguk takes Chansol out of the water, drying the boy's sensitive skin carefully. He then puts some baby-oil onto Chansol's skin before he finally dresses the baby on again.

A glance at the clock shows him that it's already bedtime for Chansol and that Taehyung comes home soon.

He carries the tired boy upstairs and tucks him into his crib. The bath and the walk have costed the little baby lots of energy, making him really sleepy now.

Jeongguk caresses Chansol's head a bit until he leaves the room and goes downstairs to clean up. He pours away Chansol's bathwater and cleans the wetness from the ground.

He then moves to the kitchen where he cleans the dishes and takes out the food for Taehyung that he's already cooked earlier today. He puts the pot on the stove to warm it up again.

Since today's Chansol's bath day, he prepared the meal already, as he always does since he doesn't have enough time for that otherwise.

Jeongguk sets up the table and checks the food that slowly starts to heat up again. After stirring a few minutes, he decides that it's warm enough and turns off the stove.

As if on cue, he hears Taehyung driving into the driveway. The older male walks into the kitchen right as Jeongguk places the pot onto the table.

"Hey, Jeongguk." He smiles at the younger.

"Hey", Jeongguk greets back, also smiling a bit, "How was work?"

"It was okay.", Taehyung answers as he sits down as well as Jeongguk, "But I'm kinda exhausted now. We had a lot of stress in the company today. I'm really glad to be back home now."

"Did something happen?"

Taehyung shakes his head. "Not really, there are just a few employees that seem like complaining is the only thing they can do. It can be annoying sometimes when they complain about the smallest things."

"Yeah, that sounds kinda annoying.", Jeongguk speaks, "A classmate of mine always complained about the smallest things. He always went to our principal to complain. No wonder the poor man was really annoyed by him."

Taehyung chuckles, "Ah yes, that one person that cannot be content with anything."

"Mhm"

As they continue to talk, both men finish their dinner quickly. Like every day, they clean the table together afterwards.

As Jeongguk was just about to leave the kitchen, Taehyung stops him, "Uhm Jeongguk, could you please sit down with me for a second?"

Jeongguk nods, a slightly confused look on his face as he follows Taehyung to the living room where they both sit down.

"So, I kinda want to ask you something. It's been on my mind for a while.", Taehyung starts, making Jeongguk's confusion grow.

"What is it?", Jeongguk asks curiously.

Taehyung seems to be a bit nervous which is really unusual for the male as he starts to speak.

"At first I want you to know that you don't have to answer this if you don't want to or if it makes you uncomfortable."

Jeongguk nods to show Taehyung that he's listening.

"It's just that during our .. argument, there was something you said that stayed in my mind. You told me that you've been through all this what I'm going through at the moment. W-What did you mean by that?"