Twenty five
It was five thirty when Taehyung came out of his room yawning from exhaustion. He looked around. Everywhere was filled with unpacked boxes signifying that this was his new reality. Living with Park Jimin and his son Park Mintae. He was thinking of changing that surname but that would be an issue they would deal with later.
In the next one hour, he would be heading to his company where he would have a long and tedious meeting with his mother and the board of directors. He was thinking of calling Jungkook to prepare him breakfast when he saw Jimin saunter into the kitchen.
His eyes nearly fell from his sockets when he saw what the latter was wearing or what he wasn't wearing. He wore tight shorts that really protruded his quite enlarged back side with a thin shirt which exposed his chest and nipples.
"Oh you're here so early!" he said in a sing song voice and Taehyung gulped.
"Do you always dress like that when you're at home?"
Jimin looked at his body then at him with a confused look on his face.
"Like what?"
Taehyung frowned while Jimin grinned, getting the message "Oh, like this? Of course i dress like this. I'm very free with my body and I love wearing clothes that don't make me feel constrained!"
Taehyung scoffed "You even dress like this in front of Mintae?"
Jimin shrugged. "He's used to it" he simply said and Taehyung huffed. "You're a bad example to your son"
Jimin placed a hand on his waist. "Am i? As far as i can tell, my dressing hasn't affected Mintae's upbringing"
He shook his head. "Look Taehyung, I'm a fashion designer. Expect to see much worse!"
Taehyung silently looked at him. "That doesn't mean you have to walk around half naked!"
Jimin ignored him. He just took a deep breath and opened the fridge.
"Hey stop!" Taehyung shouted.
Jimin paused, his hands which where reaching into the fridge in mid air. He turned to Taehyung.
"What?"
"From now on, you're going to be contributing fifty fifty to everything in this house if you indeed want to share and that includes food"
Jimin squeezed his face muttering curses under his breath.
"Yeah yeah, whatever!" He said in a low voice as he returned his attention to the fridge and started to rummage for things to eat until he settled for toasts and cereal.
Taehyung left him alone. He wasn't so keen on being around the latter. Besides he had lost his appetite. He went back to his room to take a bath and freshen up. It wasn't long before he heard the voices of Mintae and Doo min which meant they where awake.
After he was done dressing, he left his room and went to the living room carrying his briefcase. Jimin came out at the same time looking all stylish with a white tee shirt which had a long tail at the back. He paired it up with black jeans and black boots as he held one of his big white customised purses in one hand. A tiger patterned scarf was wrapped around his neck and he looked so sassy, so arrogant it made Taehyung cringe.
Jimin suddenly stared at him in his black suit. The only thing stylish about his dressing was the red checkered cloth tied around his neck and He had this judging and displeased look in his eyes as he stared at him.
"You look like you're going for a funeral!" Jimin blurted out.
Taehyung rolled his eyes. "I'm the CEO of a huge company. My dressing hardly matters!"
Jimin just shrugged "Whatever you say but to me, the way i dress matters because it's the first thing people see when they approach me"
He cocked his head to one side. "Everyone is going to avoid you the minute you enter your company looking like that!" He pointed a finger at him and Taehyung just ignored him.
"I don't care!" he whispered.
Jimin didn't say anything more. He simply smiled smugly before turning to Doo min who had been watching their interactions since then.
"Please can you unpack my things? You know where to keep them don't you?"
Doo min nodded her head. "Of course sir!"
Jungkook appeared in the living room.
"I'll help Doo min to unpack for you Master Jimin"
Taehyung eyed Jimin. "What master? Just call him Jimin!"
Jimin glared harshly at Taehyung before turning to face Jungkook with a warm smile on his face.
"No problem, you can call me Jimin and thanks a lot for the assistance" he said and Jungkook smiled.
Taehyung turned to the child who was standing looking at them with sad eyes.
"Are you two leaving? I thought we'll have our first breakfast together as a family" he said softly.
Everywhere went silent. Jimin and Taehyung locked eyes suddenly but drew away from each other looking quite tensed.
Family?
That word made Taehyung feel weird. As far as he could remember, he had never had a real family. All his life, he had felt alone. It had just been him versus the world with no one else beside him but now here was his son and Jimin. His family?
He knelt down to Mintae holding his two arms as he tried as possible as he could to look sincere.
"We are very busy. We have to work in other to earn money!" He explained.
Mintae shook his head. "I don't care about that. I just want to eat breakfast with you!"
Jimin approached the boy wearing a nervous smile as he too knelt down to him.
"I ate this morning Mintae and we have to be on time to get to work or we'll get scolded"
He pouted. "Do you want us to get scolded?"
Mintae shook his head wiping his face while Jimin pecked him lightly on the cheeks.
"Good boy! So if you don't want both your dads to get scolded, you have to let us go to work today!" he said.
Taehyung felt sad watching the boy turn pale as he glanced at them before sighing helplessly.
"We'll make it up to you!" He said suddenly
Mintae puckered up. " Really? When?"
"This weekend?" he said. He wasn't really sure if he would be able to keep to his promise because had so much work piled up in his office which really needed his attention but he had wanted to know his son and let his son know him so he was going to carve out some time no matter how small.
"Really?" Mintae said again, his smile bright.
Taehyung nodded and eyed Jimin with the corner of his eyes. He looked just as unsure as he was, his face crumpling into confusion but Taehyung nudged his arm and he flashed an ingenuine smile across his face.
"Sure Mintae...sure, we'll all be together this weekend" he murmured and eyed Taehyung back before they both stood up at the same time. Mintae looked satisfied with their answer. It showed with the way his smile widened across his whole face.
"Okay Appa! Okay Tae, Bye and have a great day at work" He said and skipped to the dining room to eat the food Jungkook had already set up on the table.
"Alright, bye Mintae!" Taehyung said as he watched the boy devour his cereal
Mintae waved his small chubby hands "Bye!"
"Let's go!" Jimin said to Taehyung in a low tight voice so Mintae wouldn't hear. He frowned at him. "Why did you promise him Mr Kim? I'm very busy preparing for Asian Fashion Week. If I'm not able to make it, I will look like the bad Dad. Is that what you want?"
Taehyung huffed. "Do you think i have things easy? My company is about to launch a new shoe line. It's one of the busiest times for me but Mintae is more important!"
Jimin clenched his fist. "Of course he is, did i say he isn't?"
"Well you don't act like it! It seems you value work above everything else including Mintae!"
Jimin was seething with anger now. "Don't you dare...."
"Lower your voice! He can hear you" Doo min whispered discreetly to them as she passed by. They turned round and found Mintae staring worriedly at them. They laughed nervously and started to whisper to each other.
"You're driving me to work!"
Taehyung arched his brow. "Why?"
"Well because my car isn't here. It will arrive this evening!"
Taehyung scoffed. "Well, I'm almost late for my meeting. You can just take a cab!"
"Cab? In this residential estate?" Jimin retorted.
"Well, you can easily hire one. Do you want me to call one for you?"
He had a mocking look in his face as he began pulling out his phone when Jungkook suddenly appeared in their midst.
"Sir, why don't you give him one of the other cars?" he said. He was looking at the two of them with a conspiratory grin and never had Taehyung wanted to murder someone the way he wanted to murder Jungkook at that moment.
"You have many cars sir, it won't hurt to just give Jimin one besides, it seems you are both late for work"
Jimin giggled. "Thanks kookie!" he whispered and Taehyung growled looking cornered.
"Whatever, give him the keys to one of the cars" He said to Jungkook before turning to glare at Jimin. "You better be careful with my car okay?"
He flashed Jungkook one last annoyed look before stomping off. Once he was outside, he laughed to himself. Why did he suddenly feel like they both ganged up on him? Shaking his head, he entered his car and drove off.
Jungkook showed Jimin to one of Taehyung's cars. A white Mercedes-Benz C class. It was beautiful and really expensive, reminding Jimin just how rich Taehyung really was. He was seriously going to be careful with it.
When he arrived at the company, Hoseok was already waiting outside the building. When Jimin parked the car and got out to meet him, Hoseok gasped looking at the car behind him.
"Wow Jimin, don't tell me you have started driving Taehyung's cars because i know that isn't yours"
Jimin rolled his eyes. "Don't get me started. First day living with Taehyung and we already had an argument. A ridiculous one at that"
"He's an asshole. A cheap and selfish one" he added and Hoseok nodded.
"Let's hurry up. The meeting's about to start! We'll talk about the asshole later" Hoseok said and the two men entered the building.
Meanwhile, As Taehyung made his way through the hall, everyone avoided him, lightly bowing their heads in greeting just like Jimin had predicted. He even saw some people huddled in one corner, laughter in their eyes as they murmured to each other. He was sure it had to do with his gothic dressing style. One icy look sent their way and they all scampered in different directions. Finally, he made his way into the conference room where several people where already gathered, among them Kim Cha Ha his mother who was seated at the head of the table. His blood ran cold as usual when ever he saw her but he ignored the feeling and sat at the other end of the table. The meeting proceeded and within two hours, it was finished. Once everyone left, Cha Ha remained watching him carefully.
"Did something happen?" she suddenly asked throwing him off balance.
"What do you mean?" He questioned.
She shrugged. "Nothing...you just seem different...brighter"
There was silence before she quipped in. "You do know that i can find out whatever you are hiding right? You can't hide things from me you know?"
Taehyung scoffed. "I learned that the hard way... Mother"
She nodded smiling strangely. "Okay then, work hard son!" she said. As soon as she left the conference room, his hands began to tremble. His skin broke into a sweat and he began to hyperventilate. He reached into the pocket inside his coat and brought out a container packed with pills. With his hands still trembling, he opened the cover, took out two pills and popped them into his mouth.
Within some few minutes, he started to feel better but now something else bothered him. It was the nightmare of his mother finding out about Jimin and Mintae! No, she could never find out or all hell would break loose.
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