kook and riri are twins— 5 year olds. jimin as their single dad <3

___

"achoo!"

"bless you," aera pats her brother's head, standing on her tippy-toes to reach up as he's sitting on the father's lap ever since taehyung told him that the ocean has sharks which like to eat cute little kids. he knew he was cute and therefore in danger. what if a shark suddenly came while he's playing in the water? it'll eat him up and then his daddy, sister and uncles are going to miss their little jungkookie.

taehyung had told the same story to aera as well. she was scared first, refusing to go in the water but when she saw jungkook being even more afraid, she acted tough in front of him, trying her best to look braver than her twin. as cute as it sounded (her trying to be supportive and courageous for her brother) jimin knew she was only doing it to show jungkook that he's the only one who's scared like a baby while she could be a big girl and get praises from everyone.

so jimin said nothing either, sitting on one of the deckchairs with his son, watching amusedly how aera pretended not to be afraid of the shark taehyung said was in the water. she would go to the end of the shore, then make an excuse and come back running to jimin, claiming that she's just checking on jungkook and doesn't want him to feel lonely.

"you don't wanna go?" taehyung asks, wiping his head with the towel as water drips down from his hair, body wet for he had just swam across the shore.

"mm'no," aera shakes her head, sitting beside jimin and glances at jungkook, "i wan' stay with koo and daddy,"

"are you sure? swimming is fun," taehyung tries to lure her with  mischievous grin, seeing if she will fall in his trap and just go with him, so he can later tell her that the shark is coming to eat her.

aera shakes her head again, turning to jimin with a subtle pout, "there is shark..."

"really?" jimin chuckles, sitting up straight and puts the down his cocktail on the table nearby. he makes jungkook stand on the sand and leans down to grab their bag, "who told you about the shark?" he asks the kids, glancing at them briefly while he takes out a tube of sunscreen, squirting some in his hand and brings jungkook closer first.

"uncle taetae," the boy says, turning his head towards taehyung who just sniggers, gulping down his drink at once. jungkook's made to look back at his father, as he applies the cream on the boy's face as well.

"uncle tae's making up stories to scare my kids huh?" jimin laughs lightly, glancing at his friend, getting only a shrug of his shoulders.

"yes. he's bad uncle taetae!" aera scrunches up her face.

"hey, don't say that," taehyung sits down near the kids, pouting at aera, "i'm not bad. i'm your favourite remember?"

"no,"

jimin laughs at him while taehyung just sighs, shaking his head and grabs his phone, getting busy with it than messing with a five-year-old. jungkook's ready to play out in the sun and have a good time in the water, as jimin has applied the sunscreen on his arms, legs, neck and face that are exposed to the sun, uncovered by his red iron man shorts and a matching sleeveless t-shirt.

then he makes aera stand in front of him, letting go of the boy who picks up the beech ball jin got for them and giggles at aera. his hands hold the yellow ball above his head, about to throw it towards his sister, making her jump in her place, already trying to get away from jimin so she can play with jungkook. jimin hums deeply, shaking his head as a gesture for her to not move and takes her arm, smearing the sunscreen on her skin.

"ri let's go and play," jungkook says, taking a few steps away from his father and twin sister, showing the big, inflated ball to her.

"wait— i'm coming," aera nods, turning to jimin impatiently and taps on his hand, "quick daddy! riri and koo will play,"

"okay," jimin nods, crouching on the sandy ground and applies a cream on her face as well, "gi'mme a kiss," he says, getting an instant peck from the daughter, making him chuckle as he cups her cheek and nods, "now stay like that for a moment," he says, applying the lip balm on her pouted lips and wipes off the excess from the side. "kook, c'mere for second!"

"mm?" jungkook tilts his head and the father nods his head, calling the boy over and applies the same lip balm on his lips as well.

"alright, now you both can go and play," jimin smiles, standing up and pats the kids' heads, getting excited smiles from the two as they run off to a distance, still away from the water where the shark is apparantly waiting for the cute five-year-olds.

jimin chuckles at them, shaking his head and takes off his shirt, glancing at taehyung who's heading back to the water now joining the rest of the guys. jimin jogs behind him to catch up, smacking the friend's head before laughing and running away in the water. "hey!" taehyung huffs, chasing after jimin and spalshes a big load of salty water on his face. grinning as he doesn't even give jimin the time to move his hair out of his face and wraps his arm around the latter's neck, forcing themselves under the water.

jimin gasps when he gets his head out and shakes his head, while taehyung laughs at him, "i could've died," jimin exasperates, making the rest of them laugh for they knew just how the two 95-liners enjoy pulling each other's leg.

"damn you didn't," taehyung plays along, "i could've taken your twins then,"

"and scare them about sharks?" jimin scoffs.

"for real, tae," namjoon laughs, "kook was so scared of coming into the water!"

"yeah, he wasn't even letting me go," hoseok adds.

taehyung chuckles at that, glancing back at the five years olds, suddenly replacing his smile with a frown as he spots two men talking to the kids, "who are they?" he asks, getting the attention from the rest of the guys. jimin shrugs his shoulders, brows knit together as heads out of the water, towards his kids. "i'll come with you," taehyung mutters, quickly following jimin.

"let's go," namjoon says, gesturing the rest of them as well.

"yeah, it'll scare them," jin nods, "yoongs! come here!"

hoseok laughs at him, jogging up to taehyung and jimin calls out for the children, getting a happy look from them as they quickly run in his direction. jimin smiled at both of them, crouching in front of them and nods, "what happened?"

"nothing," one of the two men voice out, "we were just asking where their parents were since they looked alone,"

"i'm the father," jimin stands up, not extending his arm or being friendly, just maintains a straight face as the two try to release some tension.

"he was saying he has a lot of chocolates, daddy," aera says with a smile.

the man laughs nervously, turning to the other one on his side, "uh yeah, i thought they'll like to have some... kids love chocolates,"

"don't even try to act smart. just leave before i call the police and get you arrested for trying to kidnap my kids," jimin voices out firmly, glaring at the two males.

"we weren't trying to kidnap them! please don't call the police!"

"yes, we're leaving. you won't see us again,"

the two walk away with hurried steps and jimin sighs deeply, kneeling down to jungkook and aera and hugs them together, "my babies, don't go anywhere with strangers okay? there are a lot of bad people out there," he hushes out to them, kissing their cheeks and carries them in either of his arms, "let's go. it ws my fault to leave you two alone,"

"it's not like that, jimin," jin assures, taking aera from him instead of letting him carry both the kids.

"i'm sorry for scaring them. they would've been with us if i didn't tell them the shark story," taehyung rubs his neck.

"since everyone's a little bit sorry," yoongi says, "let's go get the barbeque ready?"

the boys laugh, nodding their heads and yoongi and jin leave to set up the barbeque while the rest go back to the water. jungkook whines and wriggles in his father's arms, telling him not to go there, but jimin assures him that there's no shark and taehyung was only joking. even taehyung promises that there's no shark hungry for kids, which helps the kids a little, but not that much as they still insist on staying safe in someone's arms.

jungkook refuses to leave jimin, while aera finds place in hoseok's arms, playing with him as he sits on an ice cream shaped floaty. "koo look at me!" aera waves her hand at her brother, "i' sitting up here an- and shark will not eat me!"

the boy stares at the safe floaty then turns to face his father with a pout, making jimin chuckle as he shakes his head, kissing jungkook's cheek and hugs him warmly, "do you think the floaty's safer than daddy's hug?"

jungkook thinks for a minute until he's smiling wifely and shakes his head, sticking out his tongue at aera, "koo has daddy!" now it's aera's turn to pout.

"i' come there... daddy..." the girl mumbles, extending her arms out for jimin to take her as well.

"no," jungkook grins, "you stay there! daddy is mine!"

"mine!" aera frowns at the twin, stomping on the floaty as she gets off hoseok's lap, getting a gasp from him as they both lose balance and end up falling in the water. jimin, taehyung and namjoon laugh at them, however when taehyung pulls aera out of the water wailing her lungs out, he's forced to keep his laughter to himself, not wanting a slap from the five-year-old.

"hey, you're okay, don't cry," taehyung rubs her back gently, "the shark didn't eat riri. aren't you happy about that?"

aera stops crying then, looking down at the water around taehyung and nods slowly, rubbing her eyes, "no shark..."

"yeah, see? there's no shark. means we can swim all we want," taehyung smiles.

aera nods and turns to jimin, "there's no shark, daddy,"

"i know," jimin smiles at her, "hey, come i'll take you somewhere really pretty," he says suddenly and nods for taehyung to come with them too. hoseok and namjoon head out of the water as hoseok claims that he wants to help the eldest boys, while namjoon wishes to catch some crabs.

walking along the shore towards the end, on the other side of a cliff like coral reef, they reach an emptier side of the beech where the water is comparatively clearer, such that the rocks on the bottom are faintly visible. jimin smiles at the sight, making jungkook stand on his feet and watches holds his hand, leading him to the side where a freshwater stream merges with the ocean water, having a few little fishes, tiny rocks and some hydrophytes.

"wow, when did you even find this?" taehyung exclaims.

"last night. i came for a walk," jimin says, "it looks more beautiful right now,"

"sure does," taehyung nods, letting aera down and crouches down, dipping his hand in the water, smiling at aera, "it's not that cold. come," he says, sitting on the rock and dips his legs down in the water, making the fishes swim away.

"fish," aera whispers, crouching on the edge, touching the water with her finger and glances at jimin as lifts her up and makes her stand on the water, chuckling when she shrieks in fear of fishes.

"c'mon, my riri isn't scared of anything but little fishes?" jimin laughs amusedly, sitting with taehyung and holds aera's hands as she starts crying, "what happened? they're not doing anything," he says.

"funny how she almost caught a scorpion that day and is now scared to stand between some harmless fishes," taehyung laughs.

"i know right?" jimin shakes his head, bringing aera near him and holds her as she climbs on his lap. meanwhile jungkook is already in the middle of the stream, trying to catch a fish with his bare hands.

"kook! c'mere, what's that on your butt?" taehyung points out, getting a look from jimin, "it's fun teasing him," taehyung admits with a grin.

"where?" jungkook tries to take a look, but fails and walks towards his father and uncle.

"on your shorts. is that a fish? or a shark bit you?"

"shark?" jungkook gulps.

"yeah, how are you feeling? do you feel dizzy?" taehyung stiffens his laugh, holding jungkook's hand and brings him closer, cupping his face, "poor little boy, is it hurting a lot?"

jungkook's eyes fill with tears, breaking into a sob as he touches over his shorts, checking if a shark actually bit him on the butt, "you're such a shameless man," jimin hisses at his friend, seeing the son cry and nods his head which jungkook quickly catches and goes to him, hugging him tightly. "tae's joking, baby. there's no shark. nothing bit you. it doesn't hurt anywhere right?" he says, shifting aera to the left leg to make space for jungkook.

"tae's bad... i' no' wike tae..." jungkook cries.

"yeah, it's okay. we won't talk to uncle tae, alright?" jimin assures the boy, rubbing his back, "now stop crying, or tae's gonna think that he scared my kook,"

"i no' scared..." jungkook gulps, trying his best to hold in a sob and jimin smiles, wiping his tears. "why do you bring uncle taetae ery'where? he's so bad! we no' wike uncle tae..."

"we won't take him anywhere with us now, okay?"

aera looks at taehyung who acts offended and jimin chuckles, letting jungkook voice out his frustration, "riri's my only best friend," taehyung announces, opening his arms for her. she shakes her head, leaning closer to her father, making taehyung gasp, "seriously? not you too aera,"

"poor taetae," aera shakes her head in sympathy and jimin laughs, then taehyung ends up chuckling in surprise as well.

"fine, don't be my friend. i'm the one who sneaks in snacks for you, take you out when your daddy's busy and even save you from getting in trouble,"

"taetae, i' was joking," aera says quickly, shifting towards him as she gets off jimin's lap, forgetting that there are fishes in the water, "you' my fav'ite uncle, okay? no' be so sad. you' so cute,"

"that's like a good girl," taehyung smirks at jimin, hugging her tightly and kisses her cheek, "who wants a lot of chocolates and ice cream for lunch?"

"me!" aera points at herself, "riri wan' that— ice c'eam and chocolate!"

"okay, done. and what about kookie?" taehyung arches up a brow, getting a nod from the boy as he reaches out for taehyung, who smiles and standa up, carrying him in his free arm and glances at jimin, "you should go back to the hyungs. i'll take them to the supermarket nearby,"

"alright," jimin shrugs his shoulders, "change out of these clothes first,"

"obviously," taehyung says, "do you think i'm dumb?"

"i believe that,"

"well, sorry to break that bubble of yours, but i'm the smartest one after namjoon hyung," taehyung huffs out, making jimin laugh.

"sure, whatever helps you sleep at night,"

"it's true," taehyung smiles bitterly, "hey, kids, tell him who's the smartest of all?"

"daddy!" aera and jungkook chirp together, smiling their innocent smiles as though they were sure of their answer. jimin smirks proudly, while taehyung just sighs.

"fine, whatever. take them, and i'll get changed too,"

"you don't have to carry them always," jimin says, making the kids stand down from taehyung's arms and holds their hands, "let's go,"

_____

a/n- i'm sorry if there are typos 😞 please ignore them and well take care of yourself. don't get sick. it sucks 😔😔😔

....

2.7k words