Daddy's Romance Chap. 8

[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 8



The both of them sit on the bench just outside of the convenience store, wrapped in an awkward silence. Kibum fiddles with the hem of his sleeve, wondering whether he should start a conversation with his long time crush or keep being an idiot like this.

Well, he decides that he should stop being an idiot, anyway.

“So,” he speaks out softly into the silent yet cold night, noticing the flinch from the other male who doesn’t seem to expect him to talk at all, “what are you doing at time like this here?” He asks.

“I just got back from my office.” Jonghyun answers softly, eyes glancing anywhere but him. Kibum hums, “Where is Bomi?”

“She is with her grandparents.” He answers again and Kibum nods his head.

Again, silence blankets them. Uh.

“What about you? What are you doing here this late?” Jonghyun finally lifts his gaze up, staring straight into his eyes and Kibum feels like drowning in the warmness of them.

“I… want some ramyeon, so uh, yeah.” He shrugs, trying to act as if he is not clearly affected by the heavy gaze Jonghyun has on him. When he hears Jonghyun’s soft chuckle pierces the silent night, Kibum finds himself smiling and joining the male until they break into a soft laugh; completely destroying the ice wall between them.

This time, the silence is not awkward. It’s more like calming, as the both of them ponder over things in their head.

Kibum doesn’t expect to see the single father being so brave to start another topic, yet he finds himself to be more surprised at the sudden topic, which is clearly the sensitive spot between the two of them.

“Look, Kibum,” he says, gulping a bit and Kibum tries telling himself to not be distracted at how much he wants to touch that bobbing Adam’s apple. “We were in the same high school years back, right?”

Surprised, Kibum can only nod his head. Then, he sees a smile, a shy one, curls on the corner of the single father’s plump lips.

“You were very famous at that time.” Jonghyun mentions softly, with a hint of fondness in his tone.

Kibum flushes in embarrassment, “Y-Yeah… kinda.” Yes, he can’t deny it, because he was once very famous between the students in their high school. Everyone used to talk about him all the time.

“You know,” Jonghyun continues softly, “I used to like you during high school.”

The sudden admittance of feeling shocks Kibum to the max. His head snaps to the side, wide eyes staring at the red faced single father who doesn’t seem to be that brave to lift his head up. Kibum feels his jaws hanging open.

Jonghyun used to like him?

“You… you did?” He whispers questioningly, unable to wrap his head around the shocking fact. At the shy but firm nod from Jonghyun, Kibum feels his chest warms up and his heart seems to be doing some jumpy fluttery movements. This is too good to be true. He still can’t believe Jonghyun had a crush on him who also used to be crushing him back.

“I…” Kibum starts, his lips tingling at the words paused on the tip of his tongue, “I used to… like you too.” He decides to let the cat out of the bag. There is no more reason to hide it anymore.

Jonghyun’s head snaps up, not so different from his own a while ago. Kibum can notice him being so shocked about finding this out. Their eyes meet at that instance and red fills their entire face in that second. They are adults yet they act like this is their first puppy love.

After staring for quite a while, Jonghyun seems to regain himself back.

“I still do.” The single father mutters softly.

That makes Kibum goes beyond shock. He almost thinks he is dreaming, but one look at the seriousness at Jonghyun’s face assures him that this is not a dream at all.

“Me too.” Kibum says softly, voice no louder than a whisper. He gives the other a shy smile, one which is replied with one from Jonghyun which speaks tons of affection.

This is such an amazing night to Kibum.





Surprisingly, Jonghyun slowly reaches for his hand, holding it gently in his own. Kibum gazes down at the different size between them, gaping at how perfect their hands look holding one another.

“Can we try, Kibum?” Jonghyun asks, holding his gaze to steadily that Kibum finds himself being so overwhelmed. He stares for quite a long time and Jonghyun waits for his response so patiently.

“Is it going to be… okay?” Kibum says, gulping. He doesn’t want to reject this only chance offered in front of his very own eyes. There is no way he can handle the heartbreak, moreover after knowing that his crush was crushing on him too. He would be very insane to reject him; or to even let their hands go.

The single father shrugs his shoulder, feigning ignorance but Kibum can feel the tremble from their hands. It makes him feels calmer, knowing that he is not the only one being so nervous here.

“We wouldn’t know before we try it.” Jonghyun mutters softly, giving his hand a gentle squeeze.

That’s right, Kibum knows he is right. The preciseness in his answer makes Kibum blushes like a high school boy meeting his puppy love in the school bus. Oh such the irony.

“What do you say?” The single father asks to confirm his response. Kibum can hear the fear in the other’s tone and without wasting another second that would deter his decision anymore, he hears himself saying, “Let’s try then.”

He lifts his head up to give Jonghyun a smile, a bit shaky but that’s okay. They are trying to be together.

Jonghyun gives him a smile opposite from his; one that is so wide and shining so brightly even in this dark night and under the dim lamp from the convenience store. He feels a thumb rubbing onto his knuckles gently and Kibum brings his gaze back down to stare at their hands holding onto one another.

That’s such a beautiful sight to see.

“Let me drive you home.” Jonghyun pats his hand, before letting it go. Kibum almost whines from the loss of touch but then the single father is already holding the car door open. Kibum doesn’t even realize that the car is parked just right beside the bench. Feeling so shy and silly, Kibum gently slips into the car.

Jonghyun joins him by the driver seat, giving him a smile that is worth thousands of lifetimes, before driving him back home this night.







On the next morning, Jonghyun specially drives his daughter to the school, a bright smile decorating his face. If his daughter notices his strange act, she doesn’t mention about it.

He even specially “delivers” his daughter up to her classroom, wanting to see the pretty teacher who is Bomi’s forever favorite. When his eyes fall onto the sight of Kibum greeting the other kids, Jonghyun’s face lights up and he tells his daughter to call for the teacher.

“Teacher Bummie!” Bomi’s voice rings from the front door and the teacher’s head snaps upon the call of his name. As he notices the adult standing behind the little girl, a pretty pale blush creeps up to his cheeks, covering them in pink.

“Hi, good morning, Kibum.” Jonghyun says, giving the teacher a shy smile. Kibum nods, his teeth coming out to worry over his lower lip to try and hold his smile but failing nonetheless.

Bomi glances back and forth between the two of them, yet she shrugs and says nothing.







“And then? What happened?” Kibum lifts Bomi up higher on his lap, smiling as the excited little girl is storytelling him what she had yesterday.

“And then grandpa bought Bomi ice cream! Grandma was mad because Bomi got too much but it was okay, because as long as Bomi was happy, they were happy too!” She recites her yesterday’s life event so freely, making Kibum envies her because he wants to tell her too that he was having the moment of his life with her father the night before.

Bomi starts telling him other things and Kibum listens carefully, while they cuddle and snuggle, waiting for the father of the girl to come and get her. School is over around twenty minutes ago and actually Kibum doesn’t mind to wait with Bomi, but today he finds himself being so impatient, and wanting to see the single father quickly.

The familiar sound of a car honking brings them back to the real life from the stories of fairies in the story book. Bomi gets back to her feet, waiting for the father to scoop her up into his arms. Kibum clears his throat, absentmindedly patting his clothes from any rumple.

“Hey, princess.” Jonghyun greets the girl, kissing her cheek with a loud noise. Bomi giggles loudly, pushing his face away.

“Hey… Kibum.” He then greets the frozen teacher with a shy smile. Kibum lifts a hand up shyly, lip trapped in between his teeth. “H-Hi.”

“Princess, do you mind waiting in the car for a while? Daddy has something to talk with your teacher.” Jonghyun mutters to the little girl, who is surprisingly so obedient.

With Bomi seated silently in the car, Jonghyun gives him a shy glance. “Hey, Kibum. Um, I hope Bomi didn’t give you a hard time today.”

Kibum chuckles at the empty talk, feeling very much like a pair of high school sweethearts. “No, don’t worry. She is a good kid. She just talks a bit too much sometimes, but she is cute so I can handle it.”

Jonghyun nods his head, smiling gently. He very slowly reaches for Kibum’s hand, very bravely holding onto it. Kibum waits for his next words, his heart thudding so quickly in his chest.

“Kibum, can we… go out for a date sometimes?” Jonghyun whispers softly, giving him a hopeful stare.

Kibum bites down on his lip. “Yeah, sure.”

The smile blooming on Jonghyun’s face makes him feels like he is doing the best thing in the whole world. If with him agreeing to date the single father could form numerous of those cute smiles, then Kibum would do anything to keep the smile on his face.

“Okay. I will tell you again about it later.”

“Okay.”

“We have to go now,” Jonghyun says, squeezing his hand in regret, “I will see you again later.”

“Hmm.” Kibum smiles, nodding his head.

The single father looks up, offering a cute grin, his round eyes twinkling. Kibum feels his heart constricts in his chest.

“Bye… Kibum.”

“Bye.” Kibum whispers, squeezing the father’s hand before releasing it fully. Jonghyun gives him a wave of his hand, and Kibum replies it with his own wave, shy and accompanied by his blushing face.

He stares as Jonghyun drives away from the school ground. Once the car is driving away, Kibum sighs fondly, holding a hand over his chest.

“So, you are not telling me something, huh?” A voice resonates by his ear and Kibum shrieks in surprise. He jabs his elbow to whoever standing behind him, out of reflect, before spinning around to find a crouching, writhing Jinki.

“Serve you right!” Kibum huffs, sticking his tongue out, before he skips happily back into the classroom to continue cleaning.









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A/N: They are together, guys! Hehe thanks for reading! ^^