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They had been driving for about three hours now, it was nearly midnight and Taejeon was dozing off in the backseat, head fallen against the window where he rested and had the cutest pout on his lips. Taehyung kept glancing back at the boy with sparkling eyes, "He looks so peaceful when he's asleep", he hummed quietly. They had calmed down by now, Troye Sivan's strawberries and cigarettes playing from the radio as they were driving off the highway.
Jungkook was getting a little tired and he had asked Taehyung to switch seats for a bit so the older would drive, Taehyung agreed and now they were stopping at a small pub that was opened at any hour.

To get some food before they'd continue driving.

When the car stopped, Taejeon's head shot up and he glanced at his father, "Are we there??"
"No, we're just getting food. Are you hungry?", Jungkook asked softly. Taejeon nodded tiredly, spreading his arms so someone would pick him up and carry him inside. Of course no one could resist against those big babie eyes and the pouty cheeks. Taehyung took him in his arms and cuddled him while they were walking inside, followed by Jungkook who had a smile playing on his lips as he saw Taehyung and the kid.

He was glad they liked each other, Kook was planning to stay with Taehyung for a pretty long time.
"Dad", Taejeon squeaked out, "Can I get a burger?"
They stopped in front of the counter to order food, "Yeah, a cheeseburger?", Kook asked and the tiny one smiled happily, agreeing to that.
A set of fries and two other burgers, two cokes and one apple juice and their order was complete. As they chose a seat, Jungkook's eyes glued to the TV while Taehyung and Taejeon kept playing around with each other, the little one constantly dazing off while playing around.

So it didn't take long until his big head was resting on Taehyung's chest, his hands clinging onto Taehyung's fingers as if he needed something to hold on. Taehyung smiled at Jungkook, holding the kid tightly.
"He usually sleeps at 8pm, it's pretty late for him", Kook hummed, eyeing his kid lovingly. There was nothing more precious in this world than the love a father held within his heart towards their son. Kook was sure of that.

"What's our plan, Taehyung?", he then asked after a while, looking at the older curiously. He still hadn't properly explained what was going to happen now.

"Well, first of all we'll stay at Miami for a bit, my cousin will take us in and keep us hidden", Taehyung mumbled. "And then I'll try to get some money, enough so we can leave the country and start over somewhere else. Does that sound alright?"

"So you want us three to stay together?", Jungkook asked, hope sparkling behind those sweet, pretty eyes of his.

Taehyung nodded, "I'd love that. You two feel like home to me, even though the circumstances are pretty weird-"
Jungkook blushed, trying to hide his big smile, "It does. I'd love to stay with you too."

They intertwined their fingers and stayed like this for a while.

"How are you gonna earn money though? We have to stay hidden from the public", Jungkook mumbled, looking at Taejeon, "And what are we gonna do with him? He should go to kindergarden and make friends and-"

"I never said the way I'm planning to earn money is in any way legal", Taehyung chuckled, "My cousin's pretty big in the drug dealing business, he'll get us some missions and that's it. Taejeon will just have to wait a little more till he can go to kindergarden again"
Jungkook sighed, "Drug dealing? Seriously?", he asked worriedly.

"In every movie that ends up with deadly scenes", Jungkook mumbled and ruffled through Taejeon's hair, "I don't want to put my baby in danger."

"We'll be fine, I promise", Taehyung took Jungkook's hand and squeezed it tightly, "As long as we are together, nothing will break us apart."

"Can you promise me that?", Kook asked quietly, eyes drifting out of the window where he watched cars passing by on the highway. It was dark, the moon shining brightly from above while it had started raining. Honestly, it was an amazing feeling to just sit here, watch the rain, holding hands with the boy he was kinda falling in love with and just enjoying the peace of the night.
That felt like living.
Somehow Jungkook had never quite experienced anything like that, his whole life he had been hiding in his room because of his abusive father, avoiding to see him at all costs. Friends or going out after school was something Jungkook never had, neither did he ever go partying or had midnight dinner at a pub next to a highway.

Taehyung brought so much trouble in Jungkook's usually so boring life, but even through all the bad things that had happened by now-, the best feeling always stuck with him.
Excitement.
Waking up was suddenly a good thing, going to sleep wasn't as painful as it used to be. Everything just seemed to be going the way it was supposed to be.

"I promise", Taehyung interrupted Jungkook's thoughts and leaned over the table to press a tiny kiss to Jungkook's nose. "I'll keep you and our baby safe."

"Our?", Jungkook asked shyly, looking at Taejeon who quietly moaned and stretched his short arms while sleeping. He nuzzled his head a little more in Taehyung's chest and smiled happily during his dreams. "Yeah, ours", Taehyung repeated. "Family, remember?", he smirked and Kook's heart almost lost it.
How did he get so lucky?

The food got delivered, they put it all in the middle and just shared it. Taejeon smelled the burger and sat straight up, clapping his hands while his face lightened up. "Yummy!", he squeaked and started biting in his burger, sauce dripping all over the table underneath it.
"Oh, Taejeon", Jungkook groaned but couldn't stop himself from laughing when Taehyung tried to wash the kid's mess up with a tissue. "We gotta work on his manners, babe", Taehyung hummed and Jungkook blushed at the nickname.

Taejeon looked at the two of them, scrunching his nose in disgust. "Ew?", he said and tried to talk while having his mouth full of burger, "I knew from first day you two are making love!", he complained and then snatched some fries from the table in the middle, stuffing it in his mouth as well.

"Is there anything wrong with me and your Dad making love to each other?", Taehyung asked the kid innocently. Taejeon shook his head, tilting his head a little, "No-mpf- it mpf- sho shweet", he grinned, mouth still full.

"Eat and then speak", Taehyung reminded the little one of table manners but Taejeon only rolled his eyes and spit his food on Taehyung's plate, "I said, it is so sweet", he said in clear pronounciation.

Taehyung and Jungkook just looked at the spit out food and regretted many, many life decisions.

"Oh look!", Taejeon squeaked and pointed onto the TV where News were playing now. "Daddy is on TV! Wait that's me!!"

Jungkook's face lost every color and so did Taehyung's.
"Oh fuck", both of them let out as they heard police sirens from the highway and saw a whole crowd of people turning on their chairs and staring at the three of them.

"Oh fucking hell", Taehyung whispered and slowly got up, picking Taejeon up while doing so. Jungkook put his cap on and stood up as well, "We're screwed", he cried out and then saw the service coming towards them.

"RUN"

Both of them started running, taking different directions while Taejeon screamed in joy, he found it funny and still didn't get the seriousness of the whole thing.
Several people tried to cross their way but Jungkook pushed chairs against them, punched some dude right in the face and then held the door open for Taehyung who came running with the kid.

While running, Jungkook grabbed Taejeon and Taehyung rushed to the car door, unlocking it and jumping in right when the police was turning onto the parking lot, stopping as they saw a car rushing away.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck", Taehyung cursed, pressing the pedal as hard as he could, the car's tires squealing as they turned and rushed back onto the highway, police right behind them.

It didn't help that the ground was all wet from the rain, making the car slide dangerously much all while Taejeon suddenly started crying because he got scared from all this stress and tension that built up within seconds, making every tiredness leaving the kid's body.
"What's happening?", he cried out, Jungkook was holding him tight because he had no time to place him on the backseat, so he had the kid on his lap, cuddling him while it wouldn't stop crying.

"We're playing another game", Jungkook tried to sound calm, "We're trying to run away from the police."

"That sounds like a bad game", Taejeon whimpered, pressing his teary cheeks against his Dad's cheeks and just sobbed for a while, clinging onto his father's shoulders. "It's a funny game, Taejeonie", Jungkook whispered.
Taehyung took a sharp turn, leaving the highway to get rid off the police who was speeding up and got way too close.

They got onto a road that was full of wholes and made the car jump and slide even more. Taejeon kept panicking, Jungkook tried to keep him calm with talking softly to him but the kid wasn't even listening, he just wanted to have the rest of his burger and be in silence again.

"Fuck", Taehyung said, eyeing the mirror in which he could see the lights of the police' car.

"Jungkook", he whispered. "Whatever's gonna happen now-"

"You sound like we're about to die", Jungkook whispered, looking at Taehyung who was fixing his eyes on the left side of the road. It went downhill there, through a field but you could see another road down there. "Fuck, you're not gonna drive down there", he breathed out but Taehyung looked at him quickly, "Do you trust me?"

"I do but!", Jungkook screamed out, "Don't! We've got a kid in here!"

"And if we don't do it now, this kid will have parents in jail", Taehyung said.

"Whatever's about to happen, just remember that I fucking love you. I really, really, fucking love you", Taehyung admitted his feelings and then turned the wheel, and left the road, rushing down the field.

The police made a full stop on the road above but they didn't follow.

Well, good for them.
Because what Taehyung was doing right now was putting three lives in danger at once.

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