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chapter twenty-four





"at least let me explain, please?"


he didn't mind how he just teleported, he can't bear not being on good terms with jaehyun especially now that he knows that he's a father.


"dada! daddy! let's eat!" the kid called.


jaehyun just looked at him head to toe before walking away, wearing a smile as he went closer to jaeyu who gave him a hug.


taeyong suddenly gulped and fixed himself. he felt something in his throat and felt like he was going to cry after being ignored by jaehyun. he just gave him a hickey as soon as they woke up. now, will he ignore him?


"dada..." the kid whispered to him.


"hmm?" he hummed as he chewed his food.


"does daddy know?" he asked in a low voice.

taeyong couldn't help not to smile because of how his son asked cutely, he nodded his head which made the kid gasp dramatically.


after the breakfast, taeyong is now talking with doyoung as he let jaeyu spend the time together with his daddy. even though taeyong is still bothered because jaehyun didn't even glance at him.


"something happened?" doyoung asked as he noticed that taeyong looks so bothered.


"he found out," taeyong said and let out a sigh. "i tell him everything last night when i was drunk."


"isn't that supposed to be good?" doyoung asked, frowning.


"i thought it would be, but it's not." taeyong said, "he called me selfish." and he looked down.


"taeyong..." is the only word that doyoung can say.


"he's right though," taeyong said. "i'm still selfish."


doyoung didn't say any words but he hugged taeyong, the older one pouted and hugged him back.


"i was not siding with anyone but jaehyun has the right to be upset or disappointed," doyoung said. "he might be thinking that you're doubting his love for you to hide your son with him. i didn't say this before because we haven't known the truth yet, right? but now that we know, i understand him." he added.


"approach him, don't make it too long or you will just suffer. it's really hard being ignored by our loved ones." doyoung said and smiled.


doyoung was right, jaehyun might be thinking now that taeyong was doubting his love for not telling the truth to him. but you can't blame taeyong though,  jaehyun was waiting to replace his dad's position. that day might be memorable for him and taeyong doesn't want to ruin it.


"jae-"


"let's play outside?" jaehyun said to the kid.


jaeyu actually didn't know that his dada approached his daddy. that's why he agreed with what his daddy said. taeyong felt like he was going to cry any minute after being ignored again. he didn't know it was this hurt.


he just let out a sigh and calmed himself down, he suddenly lost his mood that's why he decided to go inside their room to fix some of their clothes since they will just stay here until next day.


"enjoy your honeymoon, my baby..." taeyong said, pouting.


"thank you, hyung..." the younger one said and hugged his hyung. "enjoy too, spend the time with your family." he smiled.


taeyong hasn't told them yet that he and jaehyun weren't on good terms, except doyoung. jaehyun actually acts that they were on good terms when they were in front of their friends, but also took the chance to move away from him when there's a chance.


it hurts taeyong but he can bear with it, it was his fault after all.


"take care," haechan said as he waved his hand.


taeyong is now inside jaehyun's car, he is sitting in the front seat while the kid is in the backseat. they are now going home, haechan and mark are also going out of the country for their honeymoon.


"dada, i want a chicken." the kid said while playing with his cars.


"later, hon." taeyong said calmly, eyes focused on his phone.


"i'm hungry..." he whined.


taeyong couldn't help not to laugh because of the last message that doyoung sent using taeil's number, he turned his phone off before  he looked up to see if there's a fastfood chain around and luckily it has.


"jae, can we go to the drive thru?" taeyong said calmly as he got his bag.


"yey! chicken!" the kid said happily and clapped his hand.


"you spoiled baby," taeyong said and softly pinched his cheeks which made the kid whine.


taeyong didn't even realize how serious jaehyun was, the younger one was annoyed seeing him being too occupied on his phone and even laughing. who the hell was he talking with?


"do you want some fries?" taeyong asked as he looked at jaehyun.


but jaehyun didn't even glance at him, taeyong just smiled a bit before handing the card to him.


"one fried chicken meal, two cheeseburgers and large french fries." taeyong said.


"dada, drinks!" the kid said.


"oh, and drinks." taeyong added, the younger one just nodded and stopped the car to talk to the speaker.


the kid on the backseat actually wondered why his daddy looked so mad, he didn't even smile at his dada. are they arguing? jaeyu looked at his dada and tilted his head. his dada thought how he would talk to his daddy.


jaeyu shifted to his daddy who just finished ordering. his daddy thought who was taeyong talking earlier on his phone.


waah, is daddy jealous?


"hmm, why is the baby giggling, huh?" taeyong asked as he heard his son's giggles.


"daddy’s jealous," he giggled.


taeyong suddenly looked at jaehyun, and the younger one was also stunned by what the kid said.


"i'm not?" jaehyun immediately said.


"yes, you are!" the kid argued, jaehyun already felt his ears heating up.


"daddy is jealous of what, baby?" taeyong asked.


"shut up," jaehyun told him.


"because dada is laughing on his phone!" the kid said.


taeyong suddenly frowned because of it, remembering that he was talking with doyoung earlier and couldn't help not to laugh. he looked at jaehyun who was now avoiding his gaze.


"oh, dada is actually talking to someone else because daddy doesn't talk to me." taeyong said, pouting.

taeyong winked at his son, which made the kid nod and join his plan.


"aw..." the kid said. "daddy should talk to dada now so he won't talk to anyone else," he added.


taeyong couldn't help not to laugh, their order also arrived after a few minutes and jaeyu moved in front, sitting on his dada's lap as taeyong helped him to eat.


after a while, they finally came home. jaeyu fell asleep that's why jaehyun decided to bring him inside the house since taeyong couldn't even handle everything. after putting the bag inside the room is also when jaehyun finished putting the kid on bed.


"jaehyun, please. just tell me straight if you don't want me anymore so i won't look desperate to talk to you." taeyong said when jaehyun ignored him again.


"why? because you already had a new one?" jaehyun hissed.


"a new one? what the heck are you talking about?" taeyong hissed, luckily they were outside the room so jaeyu won't hear them.


"the person you were talking to earlier." jaehyun said seriously.


"it's doyoung for fuck's sake!" he hissed.


jaehyun looked at him, and the older one let out a sigh. this is his chance to have a closure with jaehyun and he won't waste it.


"can you please tell me what's the reason for avoiding me these days, jaehyun?" taeyong asked, holding his tears back.


"you wanna know why?" jaehyun asked.


"i just asked for it!" he hissed.


"it disappoints me, taeyong..." he started. "hiding our son is disappointing to me. what's the reason for hiding it? because i replaced my dad's position? because you thought i married someone? well, that's already expected that you will think like that but why didn't you approach me?" tears already escaped on his eyes.


"i won't blame you for deciding to hide our son because if i were in your situation, i would also do it." he added. "but you're already there, have you doubted my love to think that i can really marry someone?"


"are you blaming me for everything i sacrificed, jaehyun?" taeyong asked.


"that's not what i meant," jaehyun said. "what i mean is that you decided for yourself again, you became selfish again. i'm not dumb to not know how hard taking a child alone is. i'm the other parent and i should have been there to help you but you didn't let me. you took that away from me." he added.


"and if i really tell you that we had a child?" taeyong asked.


"i can break the south's history by having my own king instead of a queen, they don't even care if they found out that the wedding is not true at all and it's just for the image." jaehyun said.


"you don't know how much i can do for you, taeyong." he said seriously.

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