Jimin and Taehyung where busy during the following days. Their schedule was very tight and they hardly even saw each other except early in the morning when they where both rushing out to work, sometimes at the same time, entering their various cars and zooming off in a hurry.

But that friday, Taehyung returned to the house early. Mintae was sitting in the huge living room with a bowl of pop corn in his lap as he watched a cartoon on TV. Taehyung stopped to watch him. His heart ached. He felt like his job was taking a huge toll on him right now so much so, he didn't have any time to spend with his son.

So he didn't even change his clothes and just hurried to the boy's side dropping his brief case on the center table. He looked at Mintae whose head was bent and eyes closed as if he was sleeping. He looked so cute.

Taehyung sat beside him but the boy made no movement, still asleep.

"Mintae! Mintae!" He called out softly but the boy didn't stir so he put his arms around him and placed a hand on his cheek but instantly froze. Mintae's body was scorching hot.

Panicking, he checked his temperature again. Hot! It was just then he noticed that the boy's lips had turned blue.

Taehyung had no idea what to do.

"Jungkook! Doo min!" He shouted at the top of his voice. Tears threatening to fall down his eyes. He couldn't believe this. Mintae just had to fall sick at this time. He didn't know how to handle it. He cradled the boy's head in his arms and kept shouting out the names of the other two until they ran into the living room with wide eyes.

"Sir, what's happening?" Jungkook asked looking worried.

Taehyung looked at the boy in his arms.

"It's Mintae! Mintae!" He whispered.

Doo min crouched down and touched Mintae's forehead.

"He has a very high fever" She said looking alarmed.

"Should we take him to the hospital?" Taehyung asked.

Doo min shook her head. "No, he's a kid. He's bound to fall sick a lot. Let's just try to get the fever down" She said.

Taehyung had no other choice but to take her word since she was basically Mintae's care giver but if Mintae didn't get better soon, he was inviting a doctor as quickly as possible. He quickly picked his son in his arms as he rushed him to his room and placed him on his bed.

Mintae just laid there, lips trembling slightly. Taehyung was totally worried for the boy. He didn't know what to do, how to make things better. He turned to Doo min.

"Call Jimin, He has to be here right now!" Taehyung said. Doo min simply nodded her head and  brought out her phone from her pocket. She started to dial Jimin's number while Taehyung anxiously waited but there was no reply

"Sir, his phone is switched off!"

"Try again!"

She dialed the number again. Still nothing.

"Sir, it's still switched off!"

Taehyung clenched his fist as he stared at Doo min, fuming "Is this how he behaves? Is this how much he loves his work? Why the hell won't be pick up his damned phone!"

Doo min shifted uneasily. "He must be very busy!"

"Do you have the number of his friend Hoseok?"

Doo min immediately nodded and brought out her phone again to call Hoseok's number. The other immediately answered after two rings.

"Who is it?"

"Hoseok, it's Doo min, Mintae's nanny"

"Is everything okay?"

"Actually, No! Mintae's not feeling well. He's quite ill and I've been trying to reach Jimin on his phone but he isn't picking up. Is he still at work?"

"No he isn't. He left work an hour ago with Yoongi"

"Really?" Doo min said before looking at Taehyung to give him an uncomfortable smile.

"Oh... Okay. Thanks anyway. I'll try to reach Yoongi"

She cut the line and looked at Taehyung who was patiently waiting for an answer.

"Well...He has already left work! He's with Yoongi" She said and Taehyung ran his hands over his hair roughly. Doo min watched as anger shone through his eyes.

"He's having a nice time with his boyfriend while his son is here sick"

"It's his usual routine...."

"Just call Yoongi!" Taehyung cut in. Doo min sighed and dialled his number. It was still the same thing. His phone was switched off.

"Are you kidding me?" Taehyung yelled. He snatched the phone from Doo min's hand and quickly sent a text message looking dead furious.

Your son is sick. Get back home immediately as soon as you see this!

Mintae began to cough rather harshly and Taehyung ran to his side.

"His fever is getting worse!" Doo min cried then turned to Jungkook who was standing there looking clueless.

"Jungkook, please bring me a bowl of water and a towel... Quickly!"

The latter ran off and returned with what the older woman had required. She began to press on his skin with the towel dabbed in water but there was no improvement. They waited a while for the fever to reduce but nothing happened. Taehyung paced around the room restlessly.

"I'm calling the doctor!" He finally said as he quickly left the room to make a phone call.

"The doctor will be here any moment" He said as he reentered the room.

"Is he going to be alright?" Jungkook muttered.

"He will be" Taehyung whispered as he sat beside Mintae gently stroking his dark curly hair but his mind was filled with all the harsh things he was going to tell Jimin when he comes back.

Few minutes later, the doctor arrived and quickly attended to Mintae. Turned out he was suffering from an allergy caused by something he probably ate at school but the doctor injected him and prescribed some pills for him.

"He'll get himself in the morning. Don't worry! All he has to do is take his drugs. He'll be fine"

"Thanks doctor!" Taehyung said and the doctor left afterwards.

Feeling a bit relieved, Taehyung left the room to freshen up and change his clothes before he returned to Mintae's room.

Doo min was feeding the boy some food but he took over from her and started feeding Mintae himself watching as the child forced himself to eat. He had been so terrified seeing Mintae sick, seeing him go pale. There was no greater fear than knowing that Mintae would get hurt. Is this how it felt to be a parent? It was a wonderful feeling but yet, scary.

Mintae didn't have the strength to eat anymore so Taehyung stopped feeding him and just laid down beside him till the following morning.

He felt a light squeeze of his arm causing his eyes to throw open. He saw Mintae looking at him with big shiny eyes.

"Tae?"

Taehyung quickly sat up and began feeling his skin with his hands.

"Are you okay? You're fine right?"

"I'm fine!" Mintae answered smiling sweetly before he pouted. "Where's Appa?"

Suddenly, the door busted open and Jimin entered wildly rushing to Mintae. Once he reached him, he sat beside him on the bed as he enveloped him in a tight hug peppering kisses all over his face.

"Oh my baby, I'm so sorry....I'm so sorry!" he whispered.

"Are you feeling better now?" He asked urgently while Mintae nodded weakly.

Taehyung would have swallowed in his anger but the instant Yoongi walked in exposing his gummy smile, he lost his cool, the anger consumed him. He eyed the other as he calmly walked towards Mintae and gave him a teddy bear he had been hiding behind his back all along.

"Sorry Min, don't be angry with your Appa okay?" he said.

Mintae shrugged and whispered. "Okay Papa Yoongi" before taking the bear from him.

Papa again? Taehyung couldn't take it anymore.

"Jimin, come with me!" He said with a frown.

The latter glared at him. "Why?"

"Now!" Taehyung growled and stormed out of Mintae's room. In  a few seconds, Jimin followed and they stood in front of the door facing each other.

"What where you doing since yesterday when your son was sick!"

Silence.

"Answer me Jimin!"

Jimin scoffed. "What is it Taehyung? I'm not your husband neither am I your boyfriend so I have no explanation to give to you besides isn't the reason obvious?"

Taehyung scoffed. "I don't give a shit what you do with Yoongi but when that relationship of yours begins to affect my child then we are going to have lots of problems Jimin! "

"My child Taehyung!My Child! And don't you dare question my love for Mintae. I gave birth to him. I have been with him the longest, taken care of him all by myself. I've been there during his sick days a lot more than you have so back off!"

Taehyung threw his head back in frustration. "is that an excuse? I sent you a message since last night and you're just coming now? What if something bad had happened to him? Would you still have the guts to talk and run your mouth?"

Yoongi suddenly came out of the room and glared at Taehyung.

"Don't talk to my man like that!"

Taehyung threw him an annoyed glare "Hold it papa Yoongi, I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to Jimin, the man whom i share a child with"

Yoongi remained shut while Jimin just stared at Taehyung.

"I'll always be there for Mintae. My phone will always be open for him because I'm serious about becoming a good dad to him but you...I've seen first hand just how irresponsible you are as a parent and trust me, I'm going to report this!"

He was trembling slightly before he dashed inside his room and locked it firmly behind him.

"Taehyung! Where are you going? We aren't done yet!" Jimin screamed banging the door with his fist.

While inside the room, Taehyung's legs and hands shook violently as he searched his cabinet for his drugs but they where all finished. All he could find where the empty containers. He gripped his phone tightly as he called Jungkook.

"Kookie... I've run out. Please bring my drugs. I need them urgently!" he whispered and dropped his hands, his phone clattering to the ground.

Meanwhile, Mintae hugged his legs tightly sobbing quietly. He had heard the shouts and screams of his parents outside his door. They had quarrelled because of him and it hurt to know he was the reason. He thought he was alone before but now, he felt more alone than ever.

Thanks for reading! Poor Mintae! What do you think of the quarrel between Jimin and Taehyung? In your own opinion, is Jimin really to blame? Was Taehyung overreacting? You can let me know in the comments below. Besides, i won't be continuing this book for a short while due to personal reasons but i hope to be back sooner than you think. Thanks so much for reading. Love u all!