Jungkook was passed another glass of juice by Namjoon and he drank it eagerly. It tasted really nice! He liked juice but Eomma couldn't afford it. Usually she couldn't afford a lot but he was never complaining cause he was a really good boy. If he got really hungry, he just drank a lot of water. He gulped down the last of the juice and set it back down, licking his lips. "Okay. I sleep well, it's okay. I'll be quiet."
He didn't want to sleep alone. He only slept alone if he had his bunny, he kept him safe from the dark and how scary it was.
All he had to do was not get in the way, stay quiet and hopefully, not have an accident. He didn't want to get punished. He would be really, really good. Then he might get to stay here. The safe place. "Will you be there all night?"
"Of course, we sleep there. We don't go anywhere." Namjoon smiled a little and set the juice aside, figuring the boy had enough. For now.
"Yeah, we'll be right there. Gonna read a little, probably, so there will be light on." Actually, Yoongi suspected that he would have to do a lot of work after the stunt they had pulled here, but whatever. That would take its time too. "You know, when I can't sleep well, I wake up Namjoon and we cuddle."
Well, it was true. "So if you can't sleep well, you can come join us in bed and we can cuddle too. I like cuddling."
Yeah, there he was, Min Yoongi, talking about cuddling. At this rate they'd have to keep the kid just so he didn't blab to anyone about this. "So come cuddle me, if you wanna."
"He gives really good cuddles. The best." Namjoon bragged with such a big, wide dorky smile that Jungkook couldn't help but giggle a little. These two were funny and they smiled so big and so earnest. It wasn't like when Cheon smiled at him or the men at the auction, that fake smile all bad men had. They were funnier. Nicer. Safer.
"Okay, I like cuddles too..." Jungkook admitted sheepishly as he finished eating, turning around to cuddle up to Yoongi and close his eyes. "Mister, I'm really sleepy."
"You set up the bed, right?" Namjoon asked as he started to clean up the plates and dishes. "Should I set up anything else?"
"Just get yourself ready for bed. I need cuddles." Yoongi smirked and then got up, carrying Jungkook with him into the bathroom. He found a fresh toothbrush and helped him with brushing his teeth, then he looked at him with a slightly sheepish smile. "Jungkookie, do you need help with the toilet? I can help, no problem."
"I can pee by myself." Jungkook informed him proudly before he bit his lower lip, looking down. "But pants are hard so you can help me with those. You don't gotta, I can learn to do the button. I can do the zippy but the button is tricky." Pants were always tricky. Luckily, he didn't worry about it right now. He didn't have pants.
He did have a small issue though. The toilet was very high up and he was very small. He didn't think of this. Eomma had a step. "... I can't reach the toilet." He stood on his tip toes. Huh. "Can you help me up, mister?"
"We need to get you a step, huh?" Yoongi lifted him up and gathered his shirt up too, so he wouldn't accidentally pee on that. Then he turned away, but didn't leave, because he didn't want to miss his cue to help again. "I can help you wash your hands too." There, good hyung. Damn, being a good hyung was not easy.
"You are such a good boy though, you can do so much already. How old are you, Jungkookie?"
"I turned four two months ago." Jungkook informed Yoongi very proudly, he was a real big boy now. He wasn't a little baby any more. He could use the potty, he could eat by himself and brush his own teeth. Kind of. It was a messy attempt but he did it alone and that's all that mattered. He finished going and held his arms out. "I'm done, mister."
Once he was off, he let Yoongi help him to wash his hands, washing very carefully so Yoongi would praise him more. He liked being a good boy. "Eomma says I'm the man of the house so I gotta be a big boy. I take care of her." Still present tense, not past. He hadn't fully wrapped his head around it all.
"Then I get why your eomma is so proud of you." He carried Jungkook into the room and, in a spur of the moment decision, he laid down with him on his bed, adjusting both Jungkook and Ryan in his arms. Cuddles. Cuddles were needed. "You can always talk to your eomma and she can hear you, even if she can't be here any more. But you have me and Namjoon now, yeah? And we will take care of you and you will take care of us. We'll figure it all out together."
Somehow. Hey, could a kid be that much harder than leading the mob?
"Eomma stopped breathing. I hope she starts again soon. Then she can never, ever see Cheon again because he's a bad man." Jungkook held Ryan close and then nuzzled against Yoongi. He was so a good hyung, a good man - he was the opposite of most of the men that Jungkook got to know. He didn't like any of them but he thought Yoongi was different. It was his eyes, they were softer - kinder. "I bet you'd be nice to eomma. We could all live together and with Ryan too." That'd be nice. He imagined that would be very safe.
Namjoon came in and sat on the couch/bed, just watching the two with a smile, texting intermittently. He was handling business.
"Now we'll all live together with Namjoon, Ryan, you and me and eomma will watch over you, yeah?" He could explain death and all that to him better when he wasn't quite that fragile. For now he just held the little boy and kissed the top of his head. "Close your eyes now, yeah? You need a lot of sleep and tomorrow we'll figure everything out."
And there was a lot to figure out, but most of those things he hoped he wouldn't need to actually bother Jungkook with.
"Okay, I'll sleep. Goodnight, mister." He looked down at Ryan and whispered good night to him, turning his head to smile at Namjoon. "Goodnight, Namjoon-nim." He wanted to make sure that everyone had a good night so he had to say it. Eomma always said that it had to be said or nightmares might happen.
"Call me hyung, kookie. You can call us both hyung." Namjoon smiled as he watched the boy burrow closer to Yoongi. "Goodnight, kiddo."
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He didn't want to sleep alone. He only slept alone if he had his bunny, he kept him safe from the dark and how scary it was.
All he had to do was not get in the way, stay quiet and hopefully, not have an accident. He didn't want to get punished. He would be really, really good. Then he might get to stay here. The safe place. "Will you be there all night?"
"Of course, we sleep there. We don't go anywhere." Namjoon smiled a little and set the juice aside, figuring the boy had enough. For now.
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Well, it was true. "So if you can't sleep well, you can come join us in bed and we can cuddle too. I like cuddling."
Yeah, there he was, Min Yoongi, talking about cuddling. At this rate they'd have to keep the kid just so he didn't blab to anyone about this. "So come cuddle me, if you wanna."
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"Okay, I like cuddles too..." Jungkook admitted sheepishly as he finished eating, turning around to cuddle up to Yoongi and close his eyes. "Mister, I'm really sleepy."
"You set up the bed, right?" Namjoon asked as he started to clean up the plates and dishes. "Should I set up anything else?"
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Somehow.
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He did have a small issue though. The toilet was very high up and he was very small. He didn't think of this. Eomma had a step. "... I can't reach the toilet." He stood on his tip toes. Huh. "Can you help me up, mister?"
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"You are such a good boy though, you can do so much already. How old are you, Jungkookie?"
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Once he was off, he let Yoongi help him to wash his hands, washing very carefully so Yoongi would praise him more. He liked being a good boy. "Eomma says I'm the man of the house so I gotta be a big boy. I take care of her." Still present tense, not past. He hadn't fully wrapped his head around it all.
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Somehow. Hey, could a kid be that much harder than leading the mob?
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Namjoon came in and sat on the couch/bed, just watching the two with a smile, texting intermittently. He was handling business.
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And there was a lot to figure out, but most of those things he hoped he wouldn't need to actually bother Jungkook with.
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"Call me hyung, kookie. You can call us both hyung." Namjoon smiled as he watched the boy burrow closer to Yoongi. "Goodnight, kiddo."