Taehyung discovered that Jimin and Sunmi where definitely two different human beings because when he woke the woman up the next morning to help him out with breakfast, she murmured

"You do it yourself. He's your kid"

Taehyung took a heavy breath and eventually did it all on his own. It was at this time he missed Jimin but of course, he would never admit it. After dropping Mintae off at school, he returned to the house to find Sunmi all dressed up and ready to head for work.

"Babe, can you freshen up so we can head to work together?" She said, full of smiles.

Taehyung did as she wanted. Since they didn't have breakfast at home, they stopped at an eatery. They ordered a cup of coffee and some toasts. No sooner had they sat down to eat than Jimin's image on the television across from them caught their attention.

On the screen, the female presenter was discussing about the upcoming Asian fashion show. She was listing out prominent fashion figures in the industry and each time Jimin's face appeared on the screen, Taehyung smiled.

"Jimin is going for Asian fashion week isn't he?" Sunmi suddenly asked.

Taehyung nodded his head then smiled. "yeah.... but he still hasn't come up with a design yet...."

Sunmi chewed her bottom lip. "He still has a contract with our company right? Is he going to make use of our shoes?"

Taehyung shrugged. "I have no idea. It's up to him.... though I'm curious about what he'll eventually come up with. I hope he takes it easy. He's been over working himself a lot"

Sunmi nodded stiffly. Taehyung was no fool. He instantly noticed her cold demeanor and brought the discussion to an end in other not to make Sunmi feel disrespected.

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Meanwhile, Mintae looked with sad eyes at the folded paper on his desk. Presently, he was not concentrating on what his teacher was saying but he could still hear her loud and clear.

"Park Mintae!"

His name was called and he looked up at the woman who had mentioned his name. She moved to him and smiled warmly.

"This time, you have to bring your parents Mintae" she said.

Mintae sighed. "Do i have to?"

"Yes Mintae. Your parents have never come to one of our events before. I hope things will be different this time"

Mintae lowered his head. "They are just very busy people"

The woman trained her eyes on him. "Are you ashamed of your parents?" She asked.

Mintae immediately shook his head. "No... it's just that my family....we are different."

"How so?" The teacher asked.

Mintae looked around and saw that everyone's attention was on him. He nervously played with his fingers, many things running through his mind. Recently, most of his classmates taunt him, calling him the kid with no parents. They called him plenty derogatory names. He got so used to it, it didn't bother him anymore but he didn't know how they would react when they find out he had two dads. As far as he knew, no other kid in his school had two dads. Much less a dad who used to identify as a woman so even when his teacher smiled so kindly, trying to get an answer from him he couldn't say anything and just kept his lips shut.

Seeing as how he locked up, the teacher nodded. "Every family is different Mintae. What matters is they are a part of us and no matter how they are, we'll always love them"

Mintae barely nodded so she stepped away. "So ensure you give them that letter so that they can attend"

Mintae nodded and the teacher left him. Soon after, he heard snickers beside him. He turned to look at the other children wearing smirks on their faces.

"Psst. We know you have two Dads" A boy with a mischevious grin and unruly dark hair said.

"Yeah.... everyone knows. We always see one of your dads picking you up" Another boy on his other side whispered and Mintae's face fell.

"That's worse than having no parents at all"

They both chuckled and Mintae clenched his fist tightly. "shut up! Shut up! What do you know?" He cried.

"Aww....is little Min Min going to cry?" The wild haired boy said.

"Bam Bam! Soo bin! Stop that right now" The teacher yelled at the two boys. Obviously, she had heard them and Mintae felt so embarrassed. The two boys laughed quietly and finally left him alone but when school was over, they came up to him while he was waiting to be picked up from the lounge. He tried to avoid them but they where stronger and bigger than him and ended up giving him a wedgie in front of the other children. Everyone laughed and mocked him while pointing fingers at him. Mintae knew things had turned for the worse. At first, the other children mostly ignored him. He didn't have friends because he was bad at interacting with others but he got used to it. However, lately, they started to terrorise and bully him after discovering he had two fathers making things remotely unbearable. After some time, he arranged himself and sat down with his head bent. He didn't cry. He made sure not a single tears spilled from his eyes. If he showed emotions, it would prove that he was really ashamed of his family. That he wasn't. He just hoped people would just let it go.

When Taehyung finally came to pick him up, he didn't say anything. On the way home, he was quiet and Taehyung definitely noticed it.

"Son, are you okay? Did something bad happen at school?"

"Nothing..."

"You don't look good. I'm sure something happened at school. You can tell me"

"Nothing happened okay? I'm fine!" The boy barked. Taehyung stiffened but then watched as the boy's face softened immediately and he looked apologetically at him.

"I'm sorry...I just had a really bad day at school" he finally admitted.

"Where you bullied?"

"Nothing i can't handle" Mintae added putting up a smile.

Taehyung smiled proudly. "How can you resemble me so much?" He said but then peered closely at Mintae. He wasn't buying his fake act. He knew something was definitely wrong somewhere.

"But you'll tell me if you're having a hard time won't you Minnie. I just want to help you okay? It's my responsibility as your father"

Mintae simply hummed a reply nodding his head. When they arrived, Mintae rushed to his room. There was only one person he could confide in at the moment and that was his Nanny. As for Taehyung, he was supposed to return to the company but he was so worried about Mintae he decided to stay back and asked Sunmi to cover up for him.

Mintae dialled Doo min's number on his phone and thankfully, it went through after a while.

"Hello, who is this?" Doo min said

"Nanny, it's Mintae"

She exclaimed happily. "Oh my boy. How are you?"

"I'm doing fine Nanny. I really miss you. You hardly call" he said pouting

"I'm sorry my dear child. I know I haven't been keeping in touch. I'm just so busy taking care of my niece little baby"

"That's why you've forgotten me"

"Park Mintae, don't be selfish now okay?" She sounded a bit harsh and Mintae ducked his head and sighed heavily. "Sorry...."

"Is something wrong? You don't sound good"

"I'm having a hard time Nanny. My class mates bully me because they found out that I have two dads and now my school is holding a parents, teachers meeting and they want all the parents to come....I don't know what to do"

There was silence on the other end but then Doo min laughed.

"Mintae, never mind what others say about your family. At least you have one, what about others that have none at all"

"It might seem difficult but when you're proud of your parents, the rest of the world don't matter. What matters is that you love each other and stick with each other during the ups and downs, The good and the bad"

"Never feel embarrassed about them. Whether they are good or not, whether they change their sex or not because in the end, they're all you have"

Tears started to roll down Mintae's eyes. "I'm just tired of the bullying"

Doo min laughed "Next time those bullies try to bother you, you stand your ground and you tell them, i have two dads. So what?"

"But they're going to beat me"

"Are you afraid of getting beat up? When you fall, you rise again. You won't stay down forever and maybe one day when you can't take it anymore, you give them a taste of their own medicine. That's why I always use pepper spray"

Mintae laughed loudly. "Thank you Nanny. I feel a lot better because of you"

"Tell your parents about it. They're adults. I'm sure they can handle it"

"I will Nanny. Thank you a lot"

"Don't worry. The month will soon be over and I'll be back"

"I can't wait nanny. I miss you" Mintae said.

They ended the call afterwards and Mintae sat on his bed playing with his phone unaware that Taehyung was behind the door. He had heard everything.

He had never felt so bad before. Hearing that his son was bothered over telling his parents about the activity in school made him feel like a sore looser. He wanted to go back inside and talk to him but what could he possibly say.

He wandered back to the living room deep in thought. Jimin had to know about this but he didn't want to interrupt his time with his boyfriend so he just waited for his return.

As he was still thinking, he heard footsteps behind him. His senses kicked in and he turned his head to look at the person who had entered. It was Jimin.

Seeing him at that moment, he suddenly forgot every other thing that had been bothering him seconds ago as his lips unknowingly curved into a smile. His heart nearly stopped when he saw Jimin flash him a small smile in return while standing there looking back at him but then a thought flashed through his head.

"What the hell is wrong with you? Why are you smiling like a fool just by looking at him. You really have to wake up"

And he finally did wake up because he shook his head and put up a non chalant gaze as his eyes wandered back to Jimin.

"You are back early..."

Jimin nodded dropping his bag on the couch as he walked closer to him. Taehyung couldn't help but notice that his face looked somewhat flushed

"Yes... Yoongi had to go for a business trip so I decided to just come back. There was no need staying there longer"

"Ooh"

An awkward silence set in before Taehyung cleared his throat.

"Well... it's good that you're back early because there's something i have to discuss with you"

Without warning, Taehyung grabbed his hand and walked him to the couch. When they sat, Jimin looked down at their hands and saw that Taehyung was still holding it looking totally oblivious. His entire face went red. If it had been days before, he would have roughly removed his hand from his own but now, why was he so hesitant?

"Em...Tae,"

Taehyung still looked clueless.
"Mmh?" He murmured

Jimin gulped  "You're still holding my hand"

The latter looked down. With an almost horrified expression, he removed his hand quickly looking absolutely flustered.

"Sorry... didn't realize I had been holding your hands all these while" he said

Jimin just nodded his head saying nothing as another awkward silence settled again.

Unable to stand the awkwardness much longer, Jimin began the conversation.

"So, what did you have to tell me?"

So Taehyung told him everything. With every word he spoke, Jimin's face darkened, growing paler and paler. When Taehyung finally finished, Jimin broke down.

"It's my fault!"

Taehyung stared at him quietly as he went on.

"It's because of me Mintae is ashamed...it's all because of me"

He couldn't hold it in any longer and he broke down in tears, his shoulders shaking tremendously from crying. Then his voice suddenly hitched when he felt a pair of arms sorround him patting his back softly.

He froze. His head in disarray. Taehyung just hugged him. He just hugged him! They stayed like that for a while. Jimin didn't want to move so Taehyung wouldn't notice how red his whole face looked. This was crazy. Really crazy and the craziest part was that his heart was beating really fast.

He wanted to ask Taehyung what he was doing but he held his words. He didn't want to read any meaning into this hug. He was merely comforting him and it seemed it was only a pay back his kind words yesterday.

The awkwardness amplified when Taehyung finally ended the hug and looked at him with a gentle smile.

"Jimin, now is the time for you to come out."

Jimin stared at him, his eyes suddenly resting on Taehyung's lips.

"Come out?"

Taehyung nodded. "No more hiding Jimin" he whispered. He looked really serious and for the umpteenth time, Jimin couldn't understand him. Was he really homophobic as he had thought?

Jimin let out a sigh and looked back at Taehyung. Then their eyes locked and it was intense. They where looking at each other neither pulling away and this time, Jimin didn't feel awkward. He felt something else floating withing his chest. Something beautiful yet dangerous at the same time as his eyes continued gazing at Taehyung's lips.

"Appa!"

Jimin and Taehyung nearly fell from the couch struggling to maintain themselves and appear normal but the ten year old knew better. He walked over to them.

"Whatch u doing?" He asked. His eyebrows raising in suspicion.

"Nothing... nothing" Jimin stammered and quickly hugged him.

"I missed you. Did Tae take care of you well?"

Mintae nodded. "Yep and Aunt Sunmi cooked delicious meals for her"

Jealousy flashed in Jimin's eyes but it vanished immediately as he pecked Mintae's cheeks. The boy suddenly reached into his pocket and placed the letter in his palm. Jimin opened it and read it. The meeting was going to take place in a weeks time. He felt his whole body run cold.

"They want you at my school for a parent teacher meeting"

Jimin went pale again and Taehyung instantly noticed.

"Nanny Doo min isn't here so..."

"We'll be there" Taehyung cut in. Mintae looked at Jimin curiously so Taehyung said.

"Won't we Jimin?"

Jimin forced a smile on his face. "Yes Min. We'll be there. I know it hasn't been easy and you've probably suffered a lot of bullying because of me but I'll try not to embarrass you"

Mintae's eyes watered. "I'm not ashamed of you Appa. I just want them to stop making things difficult for me just because i have two dads"

Jimin held him close rubbing his hand over his back.

"Everything will be fine" he whispered over and over again.

When he looked up, he met Taehyung's eyes. He gave him a reassuring smile and Jimin found himself smiling back. He didn't know why but at that moment, he felt like with Taehyung beside him, he didn't have to be worried anymore. He really didn't.

Thanks for reading. I have been busy lately so my updates are slow. I was interested in writing this chapter but I was immersed in some things so i couldn't. So please bear with me because the updates will be slower for a while. Thanks for understanding. 💜💜💜