Daddy's Romance Chap. 3

[kumo_is_kumo]

Title: Daddy's Romance

Pairing: Jongkey

Genre: SingleFatherAU, Romance, Fluff, Smut, Angst

Length: Series

Summary: Working in a daycare is such a bless for Kibum—taking care of kids—but then what makes it better is the fact that he finds his love there. Moreover, the father of his favorite child.

Chapter 3



“Bummie?” The man on the couch asks, eyes narrowing confusedly. Kibum gasps for air just like a fish out of the water, eyes glancing from one spot to another before he groans out.

“Oh my God. This is so not happening!”

“What’s wrong? What is it?” Jinki asks.

“Jinki hyung, I know who Bomi’s father is!” Kibum exclaims with terror in his voice. Jinki furrows his eyebrows and nods, waiting for Kibum to continue.

“Yeah?”

“He is—”











“Damn it, how could I forget his name?” Jonghyun slams his head down onto the pillow. “Why are you so stupid, Kim Jonghyun?! You were going after him before!!!”

Groaning, Jonghyun lets himself falls down onto the bed for once again, and then putting his arm over his face. Shit, things get so difficult now.

Everything seems to click back right to their places, like the most fitted puzzle pieces. One image, then another one, to another, and then more flashbacks hit Jonghyun right on his mind more clearly.

“Life is playing with me right now...” Jonghyun murmurs, giving up.

The image of a smiling Kim Kibum as an adult stops his brain from working and Jonghyun feels himself blushes.

“Why is this happening to me?”







***







“Jinki hyung, what should I do now?” Kibum whines while shaking the older man’s arm. Jinki hums in deep thinking, bottom lip jutting out as he is pondering over the ideas in his head.

“Do you think he remembers you?”

“I... don’t know? I mean, if he remembers me than he should be acting like... him before...”

Kibum frowns as the picture of a grinning Kim Jonghyun is flashing in his mind. That kid with the senior uniform and golden blonde hair.

“But... he acted as if that was our first meeting just now... so I guess... no?”

“Then what are you afraid of? I mean, he looks like he doesn’t remember you, from what you tell me, so why don’t you act like yourself? If he doesn’t tell you that he remembers you then don’t say anything as well.” The older male states, nodding his head like the wise one.

Kibum beams.

“I see! Jinki hyung, you are so smart just for time like this!” Kibum jumps back onto the couch, arms enveloping the older male into a tight hug. Jinki groans as Kibum is planting wet kisses all over his face.

“Bummie, stop it!” He grunts loudly, trying his best to push the male away.

“Why? You seem to like my kisses before!” Kibum feigns a shock, holding a hand over his chest.

“That was before! Now is different! Act like an adult for once, Kibummie!”

“Hey!” Kibum gasps in offence, before he finally grins again.

“Jinki hyung, what can I do without you, huh?”

“Nothing,” Jinki simply says before pushing him away and walking to the kitchen.

Kibum smiles, “I’ll make extra chicken for you!” He shouts from the living room. He hears the shocked gasp from the kitchen, followed by the surprise voice of, “REALLY?!”

Yeah, there’s nothing to worry about. As long as Jonghyun does not remember him.

Remember the past Kibummie is not allowed.







***







“Teacher Bummie!” The happy voice calls in excitement, loud and clear. Kibum turns from putting the colorful books on the shelf and goes down on his knees, waiting for the running girl with opened arms.

“Hey, Bomi dear!”

“I miss you!” Bomi whispers excitedly while snuggling onto his chest, letting out a soft purr like a little kitten. Kibum laughs and pokes her nose, “But you saw me just last night!”

“It’s not enough! I love you so much that I want you to be by my side all the time!” Bomi says and Kibum feels his heart skips a beat. Oh, such innocent and honest words from a little kid.

“Are you hungry, Bomi-ah? Did you have your lunch already?”

Bomi shakes her head no while patting her tummy, “I’m hungry! But I don’t bring enough money to buy anything from school—”

“Do you... want to eat with me?” Kibum offers, all smiles on his face. Bomi stares up at him, big and round eyes shining in pure happiness before she shakes his arm back and forth.

“Really? Can I really eat with you?”

“Of course!” Kibum nods and Bomi cheers, “I bring too much food in my lunch box so... let’s eat!”

He lifts the girl into his arms and Bomi squeals as they run.











Jonghyun remembered this certain boy; his junior who happened to be this famous boy because of his beauty. The whole school went crazy because of him and his smiles. Jonghyun really wanted to know which one was the person.

He only knew the name; Kim Kibum.

But then on one particular day, Jonghyun felt as if he was the luckiest person ever to be able to see the said boy. Kim Kibum, or what they always called with ‘Bummie’ had a pair of feline-like eyes, cute button nose, plump lips, and the most important one was the dimple smile. Dimple. Everyone couldn’t resist dimple.

Jonghyun could never forget the time when he locked eyes with the said boy and Kibum smiled at him.

Kim Kibum smiled at him. Bummie smiled at him!

He knew that he fell in love with this boy but then, who was Jonghyun to even start with? He was just this normal high school boy, a senior on top of that, and he knew that he was not gay. He was not gay. He kept on repeating the words in his mind.

Kim Kibum might be very beautiful and took his heart away; but Jonghyun knew that in the end, he still had to marry the girl his father chose for him and continued the company his father had prepared for him. His life was planned before he was born, so what other choice he had?

Kim Jonghyun knew that this ‘love at the first sight’ was just a simple high school crush, a puppy crush, and it stopped there. No more. He kept on saying that but in the end; Jonghyun knew that he would never be able to forget this Kim Kibum.







***







Jonghyun feels like he forgets the way to breathe as he stares at the dimple smile. He misses that sight so freaking much.

But now with Kibum standing right in front of him, Jonghyun doesn’t know what to do. No, it’s just a rhetorical saying; Kibum is not standing in front of him for real. There is no way Kim Kibum could be standing in the middle of his office.

“Argh,” Jonghyun slams his head down to the desk, ignoring the documents all over it and the sound coming from his head and the desk. Minho stops by the doorway, eyes widening in surprise while his hands are holding on some documents.

“Hyung? Are you okay?”

“What? Oh, you.” Jonghyun scrambles up; rearranging his reading glasses and clears his throat awkwardly.

“So, what’s up?” He croaks out, wincing at how pitiful it comes out.

Watching in amusement, the younger male smirks.

“What are you doing just now? You were so out of it.”

“Nothing, really,” Jonghyun sends him an innocent smile, hands grabbing any paper he could find and tries to read it. Minho chuckles before laughing, and then closes the door behind him and enters the room to see a pouting Jonghyun.

“Don’t pout, hyung. It doesn’t suit you. Only Bomi who could pull out that trick.”

“Geez, fine!”

Throwing his hands in the air, Jonghyun admits on defeat. He could never win anything against the stick man.

“So, Minho.” Jonghyun starts again, grabbing the other’s attention.

“’Sup?”

“I met... Bomi’s teacher yesterday. The one at the daycare.” He tries to act nonchalant, and thankfully the younger male doesn’t think much about it.

“Ah, yeah, so what’s with him?” Minho asks, fully interested. Jonghyun furrows his eyebrows at the sudden change of act.

“Nothing. He just seems... nice? Bomi seems to like him so much.” He mutters, mind replaying the smile the male was giving him last night. He feels the sudden urge to blush but shakes it off. Minho will use it to blackmail him for the rest of his life if he ever knows.

“Yeah,” Minho says, “of course he is,” he mutters the last part, tone fond.

Jonghyun skeptically watches him but decides not to question about it. The younger male gives him the documents he has been holding for a while before walking towards the door to leave.

Before he closes the door, Minho sticks his head in and says, “I will take Bomi home again today. See you later, hyung.”

Jonghyun opens his mouth to argue but Minho has closed the door and leaves his office.

Disappointment fills Jonghyun’s mind. He is hoping to see the cutie Bumm—no, I mean Bomi’s teacher.







***







Kibum fidgets on his spot as he waits for the last parents to take the child away a.k.a. Bomi’s father. He feels so nervous even though he has been repeating the same sentence in his mind ‘he does not remember you so don’t you worry’.

There a tugging on his trouser and Kibum looks down, finding the girl staring at him in curiosity.

“Yes?”

“Teacher Bummie, did you see my daddy yesterday?”

Oh God, from all other questions, why this?

“Y-Yeah, I did. What’s with him?” Kibum tries to act oblivious but when the girl’s face lights up in happiness; he feels the sudden dread filling his gut.

“Isn’t my daddy handsome, Teacher Bummie?” She exclaims, hopping up and down on her spot. Kibum winces inwardly. Damn it, dead end.

“Y-Yes, of course! N-No wonder you are so pretty, Bomi-yah!” Kibum tries to switch the topic. The girl giggles, spreading her hands to be picked up, muttering “up, up, up!”

Kibum picks her up into his arms and she snuggles into his shoulder.

“Daddy is so handsome... Sometimes people come and talk to Daddy but he will refuse them and hug me tight, saying ‘you are my only one, Bomi’. Isn’t he sweet, Teacher Bummie?”

Kibum smiles at the thought and hums in agreement. “Indeed. He is so sweet.”

“And he is my daddy!” She laughs, chubby fingers clutching onto his shirt.

There’s a sound of honking car and Minho greets them by the gate.

“Yo!” He salutes them, a smile playing on his lips.







***







“Bomi-yah, stay still!” Minho half-scolds while laughing, watching the girl runs here and there. Kibum fidgets with the juice in his hands and watches the girl in amusement.

“Hey, Minho,” he calls.

“What is it?” The tall male answers with a smile.

Kibum shrugs, “You are not married yet?”

Minho seems to be taken aback by the question and he laughs.

“No. Haven’t found anyone yet. With works and Bomi, I don’t think I have enough time to date.”

“Why are you being the busy one taking care of her? Where’s her father?” Kibum couldn’t help but feels curious.

Minho breathes out and leans back to the bench.

“You know, Bomi’s father is the CEO of the company. He is so busy and sometimes I pity him. He doesn’t have much time to rest but he still makes some time for Bomi. Despite his busy schedule, he loves his daughter so much.”

Kibum watches Bomi hops on the sand box, her round eyes twinkling in happiness.

“She keeps on talking about her father.” The teacher says with a smile. “She loves him so much.”

“Of course. No matter how busy he is, Bomi will always be his first priority.” Minho agrees.

They watch the girl plays happily before finally Minho breaks the silence again.

“Hey, can I get your number?” He takes his phone out and Kibum blinks, before grinning.

“Ha. What is it that you want?”

“Reminiscing the old times?” Minho tries to joke. Kibum rolls his eyes and takes the phone, putting his number in.

“Just don’t call me in the middle of the night unless you are in an emergency state. I need my beauty sleep.”

Minho laughs loudly, “Alright! I would never disturb the sleeping beauty! When are you free, by the way? Want to go for a cup of coffee?”

Kibum scoffs. “Tomorrow’s my day off.”

“Call. I will text you the place.” Minho says, getting up and ruffling the other’s hair. Kibum wails at his act, swatting his hand away with a grumble leaving his lips.

“Bomi! Let’s go home!”

“Okay!” The girl shrieks, jumping out of the sand box.

He straps her into the seat and Kibum waves at her. Minho turns to him and pats him on the shoulder.

“See you tomorrow, Bum.”

“Yeah, see you. And stop calling me that.” Kibum huffs, crossing his arms in front of his chest.

“You never complained before.” Minho sends him a teasing smile.

“I did. You are just too stubborn to stop.” He banters back.

At Minho’s laugh, Kibum grins as well. “Okay, I’ll be going now.”

“Bye. Take care.”











The car drives away and Kibum sighs. He turns on his heels and flinches in surprise as he finds someone standing right behind him, covering his mouth before he could wake up the whole neighborhood.

“Lee Jinki!!” He hisses.

“Sorry.” Jinki gives him his goofy smile. “Who was that?”

“Minho. Choi Minho. Do you remember him?”

“Choi...” Jinki taps his chin, thinking in a Sherlock pose. Kibum walks pass him and enters the classroom to check some things.

“Ah, I know! He was the one who was going after you, right? The one who got into your pants?”

Kibum glares at him in anger. “Do you need to mention that part? And no, he didn’t!”

“I thought you said you fucked?” Jinki frowns in confusion. Kibum pinches his arm and Jinki winces in pain, muttering the repetition of ‘sorry’.

“And I thought you understood when I said we stopped before it could happen?”

“Ah, I guess I forgot that part...” Jinki mutters.

Rolling his eyes, Kibum grabs his things and begins to walk back to their shared house. Jinki grins and follows him, holding him by his waist.

“Are you angry with me?” Jinki asks, nudging his face to his shoulder.

“Yes and no.” Kibum huffs.

Jinki chuckles and kisses his cheek. “Come on, don’t be angry. I will cook the dinner tonight.”

Kibum gives him a side glance. “You promise?”

“Yeah, I promise. Anything for you, my Kibummie.” Jinki beams. Kibum sighs in defeat; no one could resist that goofy smile.

“Fine. I want to eat udon tonight.”

“Eh? But it’s hard to make that!” Jinki protests.

Kibum mutters mockingly, “’...anything for my Kibummie.’”

Jinki hums, “Alright, alright! Don’t pout or I will kiss you!”

Kibum shrieks and runs away. Jinki laughs loudly and grabs him by his waist, holding onto him to stay still on his spot. Kibum wriggles before giving up, leaning onto his shoulder as they continue their walk home.







“Who’s that with him?” Jonghyun mutters, fists gripping onto the steering wheel.











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A/N: Do you guys see some hints I leave there? About their relationship? And also, thank you so much for all the supports for this story! I'm happy to know that many of you guys are waiting for the update! Please let me know what you think about this chapter, okay?

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