Third Person’s P.O.V.

“What happened?” Jimin hurried into the cabin to see Hoseok by the side of the hospital bed and Yoongi speaking to the doctor.

“He’s stable now, he kinda panicked because things were becoming a bit too overwhelming for him and his body just shut down” Hoseok voiced eyeing Jin on the bed “looks like he’s been disregarding his health a bit too much”.

“Is the baby okay?” Jimin spoke edging to the other side of the bed.
“She’s seems to be fine” the doctor turned to speak to them, coming beside Hoseok to check on Jin’s pulse again.

“He’s calm now but we need to find a solution to whatever is troubling him” she looked at them waiting for an answer “I cannot give him sleeping pills, it might affect the baby and he seems to be having trouble sleeping”
They realised that they didn’t have a solution either for Jin’s difficult situation and therefore held on to their silence.

“I cannot help him if I don’t know what the problem is” she turned to Yoongi now, expecting him to understand that although capable there are limitations to how much medicines can help.

“It’s a long story…to make it short, the man he loves is a soldier who was wrongly marked as a terrorist and put in a prison, and he keeps worrying about him” he narrated in brief making her brows perch up high “o-oh goodness…okay…so this soldier-turned terrorist-but actually good guy is the father of the baby…right?”

“Correct” Hoseok nodded at her analysis and spoke when he saw the doctor set her eyes back on Jin “he went to see him after 6 months today, I guess the exhilaration became too much for him”

“I can’t blame him, he has it tough” she spoke finally able to join the dots now “well, I’d say it could be the other way around…he has been stressing his body out for a while now n it has been pushing him into depression, which was affecting the baby but there’s been some positive progress since the last time”

They listened closely to her words as she turned to them now but before she could speak further Jungkook burst in through the door, his troubled eyes skipping over the rest to set on the one sleeping on the bed and without a word he closed the door behind him to head over to Jin’s side.

“He’s just so fucking stubborn…never listens!” He spoke through a clenched jaw drawing Hoseok’s attention “guess you were right, I shouldn’t have agreed to take him there” he spoke with a guilty shake of his head “maybe it’d be better if he just stayed home for now”. 

“I’d suggest the opposite actually” their heads snapped back at the doctor “I think visiting him will actually help both the baby and Seokjin. He really needs to be happier and stress-free, I am sure you’re all trying to help him through this but looks like he’s seeking an assurance of sorts, and visiting the one he is so emotionally attached to actually gave him that”

Jungkook stared at Jin’s peaceful face as he heard the words, debating over the suggestion because he still wasn’t very assured that it would do much good, especially since he can see how the whole thing culminated to make the other have a panic attack. But he held on to his silence, just like he had always done knowing that no matter how bad he wanted to care for the other Jin didn’t want that from him, heck he even told him that he didn’t want him to care.

His fingers tightened in a fist as he remembered the rage in Jin’s eyes as he had spoken those words without a bit of concern, and he cursed at himself yet again for those stupid incessant feelings for other.

And as the evening passed slowly the cabin began clearing out. Jimin and Namjoon had to leave when their babysitter called to inform them about little Minjae being inconsolable as he wailed for his Appa. Yoongi was in and out of the cabin, attending to call of emergencies ever-so-often, leaving only Hoseok and Jungkook being the constants by Jin’s side.

“I’m gonna go get a coffee. Want me to get something for you?” “Nope, I’m good” Jungkook replied from his seat, standing up to crack his back as he watched the other leave.

The room felt empty, the soft ticking of the clock the only sound and Jungkook found himself walking around the bed to peer at a sleeping Jin again.

“Guess you’re making up to all the dues huh…sleeping through the hours like this” he spoke ever-so-softly as he found his fingers gently threading through Jin’s soft brown locks in their own volition “unbothered how your whims scared the shit out of us” he whispered to himself as his eyes caught the peace on Jin’s face.

It truly looked as if Jin could finally relax being assured that Taehyung was okay, and so was their future.

His eyes fell on the bump where Jin’s possessive hand was unmindfully resting and he leaned down.

“You’re creating a lot of trouble…be good to him will you?” He softly rebuked, hands edging close to caress yet fearful if Jin would curse at him again and finally chose not to, dropping his grip at the edge of the bed and sighed.

“Would you really like it if I sang? I’m not very sure though…I’ve never done anything like this before” he spoke leaning closer to the bump, heart threatening to beat out of his chest as his head told him time and again that the doctor had probably only been messing with him, and this is kinda stupid, he wasn’t even sure if the little one could hear him.

“Well, here goes nothing” he shrugged to himself and closed his eyes, remembering the times he had hummed alone in his little makeshift home to pass the time.

You are the sunlight that rose again in my life
A reincarnation of my childhood dreams
I don’t know what this emotion is
If this place is also inside a dream…

…I hear the far away ocean
Across the dream, over the horizon
I’m going to the place that’s getting clearer
Take my hands now
You are the cause of my euphoria …

“Whoa…you’re good”

The voice startled him and his eyes snapped open to see Hoseok standing at the door and gawking at him, making him jolt away and gulp, fumbling and fidgeting in sheer awkwardness.

“Umm the doc…she said it’d make him feel better…so I just-“ “Oh” Hoseok nodded, going ahead to take a seat “carry on…you’re really good at it, I’ve never heard you sing”

“Yeah…it’s nothing really” his discomfiture was vehemently palpable as he stood by the bed, shuffling his weight from one leg to another before he was heading towards the door in long strides “I-I’m gonna go get a coffee”

“B-but you said-“ and before Hoseok had even completed the sentence he was out the door making the other stare with confused eyes until he shrugged and decided to concentrate on his coffee “strange”

Jin was back at home after a couple days, and Hoseok and Jimin took up the duty to constantly remind him to take care of himself no matter how many times Yoongi and Namjoon told them not to pester him.

Jungkook would frequently visit him too and Jin had even apologized for losing his temper and yelling at him, accepting that things had actually gone wrong just the way the other had feared. But Jin seemed delighted when they told him that he should create a schedule about visiting Tae because the visiting hours were limited to an hour per week.

And that was how Wednesdays and Saturdays became his favourite days of the week, his routine for the next few months were set around the visits to the doctor and to the prison.

When Jin went to meet him next he decided to follow the doctors’ instructions to talk it all out with Tae and reveal everything about things he had been holding in. She had told him that it would help both him and Taehyung to feel more assured and would definitely lessen their stress and in turn help the baby. Taehyung had fumed and fretted losing his composure when Jin told him about the issues he had been having with his pregnancy and about his panic attack and also about the stay in the hospital but calmed down when Jin told him that things were better now, and he was recuperating fast.

Jin would get him a picture of the ultrasound every time he went for a check up, and Taehyung kept those safely hidden in between the pages of one of his favourite books.

He was slowly getting comfortable in this new prison, not many knew about the real reason of his being there but they didn’t question much, initially fearing his gruff sombre attitude and Taehyung decided to keep the topic subtly shrouded.

By now he had gotten well acquainted with quite a few of them, most of the inmates were there due to disciplinary cases, often for disregarding direct orders from higher officials while the ones accused of sexual offences were usually the ones that were blacklisted.

Bogum being his cell mate would often try to chatter and just know him better although never forceful. He could see the notable change in Taehyung whenever he had his weekly visits, it was as if on those days the other lived in a trance.

Bogum would often tease him about Jin, because there was a word going around that Taehyung was a lucky one to have such a gorgeous visitor come and spend time with him, no wonder he’d completely stay dazed with the after-effect of the charms of such a sweet beauty.

He’d often scoff or avoid them but by now he knew he could trust them and enjoyed talking to them rather than staying cooped in his cell all alone.

So, when the whispers about the beautiful visitor being Taehyung’s lover spread among them, he decided he wasn’t going to deny the words anymore, more so because their growing adoration for Jin was pissing him off. They needed to know that despite his promise to not get into a fight he won’t step back from breaking their jaws if they even dared to dream about Jin.

And now as he and Bogum entered their cell with the warden loudly announcing lights out, the two sat together and Taehyung finally opened up to share the adversities life had thrown at him and who Jin actually was to him…

Jin was the piercing joy who came in while he had been bleeding in secret, who wore every wound with a smile while carefully gathering pieces of him and wilfully bled in his obstinate zeal to put him back together

“I’m lost without him…I was an idiot who wanted to die for revenge…he made me want to live for him” Taehyung spoke caressing the words in the letters which he had carefully kept stacked under his mattress. 

“So, I’m guessing that child is yours…” Bogum nudged him after watching him silently for a while and saw him get up and turn away from him “come on, it’s obvious that he’s pregnant” he chuckled to himself as he teased him “made sure to keep him ‘occupied’ till you get back huh?” And Taehyung smirked climbing to his top bunk while the other gave a little laugh, calling him a sly dog hiding his possessiveness behind those sweet lovey words and wished him goodnight.

In the next few months Taehyung had fallen to a comfortable routine as he spent two days every week listening to Jin’s life and implored him to tell him more but in return was pestered to share bits of his days as well because Jin would become worried and would constantly request to tell him if anything was wrong. So, he decided he’d just share his boring prison stories with him, if that’d keep Jin panic-free then he was okay with it.

And then he'd count the minutes through the next few days till he’d be able to see Jin again.

The weeks were passing by in rapid succession with Jin stepping closer and closer to the due date and Taehyung tried his best to hold back his concerns, cursing himself day in and day out for being such an incompetent partner and father who wouldn’t be able to be there when Jin would need him the most.

It was a Saturday when he sat waiting and hoping for the warden to come and tell him that his beautiful visitor was here but he was left disappointed.

Taehyung was vehemently troubled when Jin didn’t turn up. He wasn’t sure which emotion to choose as his mind boggled with fear, concern and a sliver of excitement as well. Oh how he wished someone would just tell him what was going on…was Jin okay…was he just having one of those not so good days when he didn’t feel like getting out of bed…was the baby giving him troubles again…were they safe?

All his prison pals knew it was a tough day for him as they saw no Taehyung at dinner and no matter how hard Bogum tried to ease his mind the other didn’t even spare him one word, not even a glance as he laid wordlessly in  bed. But when on Sunday evening the warden came to tell him that he had a visitor, he was out of the cell without a seconds’ loss assuming Jin must be feeling well now and had come to see him to make up to him for missing out the day before.

However, he was oddly startled to see Jungkook sitting there instead and fear took over him instantly as he sped ahead of the warden to confront the other.

“What’s wrong? What happened to him?” Taehyung huffed standing right in front of the other whose expressionless face and stiff silence was scaring him more with how mixed the emotions were “what is it…he’s okay, right? Th-They’re..“

“Congratulations” Jungkook finally looked up at him, face still blank as ever but his sienna eyes looked pained “she’s beautiful”

Taehyung felt his knees buckle and he had to hold himself up as he leaned against the table for support. He tried to control the wave of emotions that took over him

His little girl was beautiful...his daughter...their baby...

That's when it got to him what it feels like to be a dad...and his hands felt restless with the need to hold his little princess in his arms, a pained sigh left his lips as he tried to picture how she'd look cradled in Jin's arms...how pretty the picture looked in his head.

“She is, isn’t she? I knew it already though…” he smiled like a fool as his eyes watered “h-how’s Jin? Is he okay? He must be hating me right now…”

“He’s…just tired” Jungkook was scratching at his own knuckles as he remembered Jin’s teary face as he made him promise to go and give the news to Taehyung.

Taehyung felt awfully guilty to hear the words and sighed as an uneventful silence settled about them till Jungkook was speaking again.

“He told me to ask you what you would want to name her, although he has a suggestion” he softly relayed the information only to see Taehyung’s head snap up and gaze at him with wide eyes.

“I-I have been thinking about Mi-So but what did he suggest?” Taehyung felt a flutter in his heart to think Jin would be this thoughtful and the feeling made him want to shower him with all the affection in the world yet again.

“He said that he wanted to name her after your mother”

The words visibly stunned Taehyung and tears ran boundlessly down his eyes, "t-that's per-fect" he always knew Jin was a blessing but really sometimes he couldn't believe how selflessly Jin loved him “I don’t deserve him…really-I don’t”

“Tsk..” Jungkook scoffed at him “don’t demean his efforts by saying that after he went out of his way to prove how much you mean to him”

And though the words were haughty and harsh, those made Taehyung realize how correct Jungkook was. If Jin believeed so much in him then probably it was time for him to believe that there was good in him that was worthy of being loved…he deserved it, and all he wanted to do right now was to prove that he was worthy of everything Jin had given him.

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[A\N] Be prepared to meet the new little addition to the family in the next chapter ☺️

Borahae 💜