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“Mom mom mom!”
You smiled as you bent down to your son who was tugging on your long black pants, ruffling his hair you chuckle.
“Seungmin, you got ice cream all over your face, what did I tell you?” You say with a sigh as you go into your purse and pull out wipes wiping his face and hands clean while the little boy grins happily.
“But I didn’t get it on my clothes!” He exclaims with joy and you can only sigh, he was in fact right, his white button up and black shorts that matched your outfit were in fact all clean.
“Alright alright” you say shaking your head, as you stand up tall again your son was quick to grab your hand.
When you guys had entered this little town fair there was a balloon stand and today was your day off so you wanted to make sure you and your son really got the full experience of this outing.
“Do you want to get a balloon?” You ask and Seungmin can barely contain his excitement as he nods his head quickly.
The walk to the booth was great as you two admired the different stands and performances, the day was sunny and everything was just perfect.
Days like this weren’t rare but they weren’t often. With your job you never really got to go out much with your son, your free days together mostly consisted of you two staying in your house and watching movies, playing games or anything that didn’t include leaving the house since you two were the biggest homebodies ever.
But going out like this every once in a while was much needed. Your son nearly a replica of you, also stays busy with daycare, after school and piano lessons, you would ask him if it were too much but he always seemed almost offended and would hit you with:
“But you do a lot of things too!”
Then what can you say? Nothing.
When you two finally made it to the balloon station you let your son browse and ‘ooo’ and ‘ah’ at the balloons before choosing one.
As he browsed you realized as the heaps of people began running in one direction as if excited to see something special. You were curious but at the same time you hated crowds and so did Seungmin, it made him anxious.
You were broken out of your thoughts from Seungmin tugging your pants before pointing at a green dinosaur balloon, he was like obsessed with animals, especially dinosaurs lately.
Smiling at him you pay for the balloon and thank the worker before leaning down and tying the balloon on your sons wrist, not too tight but enough so it doesn’t fly away.
“Mom, why is everyone circling over there?” Seungmin asks peaking over you and you look back at the crowd and then your son.
“Mmh, I’m not sure to be honest, I know just as much as you” you say pinching his cheek and he pouts “No, mommy knows more” he says with a huff and you can only chuckle.
“Can we check?” He asks and at that your smile turns nervous and you sweat drop giving him a look.
“Are you sure Seunggie? You don’t mind that so much people are over there?” You confirm and you see him frown before putting on a brave face.
“I’ll be brave!…but can you hold me?” He asks and you give him a huge smile “that’s my big boy”
With a heave and a huff you lift your son up, his legs wrapping around the right of your waist as you adjust him.
“Ready?” You ask and he hums as he cuddles against you and you make your way towards the crowd.
It took a while to navigate through the crowd. You made sure to hold Seungmin close and finally when you made it to the front you wished you hadn’t been so curious.
There in the middle of the crowd was Jeon Jungkook, national basketball player, handsome, smart and funny.
And also the father of your son.
It was years ago, you guys were kids, he made a decision and so did you and your glad you did because you couldn’t be more happy with the life you, Seungmin and your cat Minho have. Friday fun night where you play trivia games and watch silly American movies or karaoke nights where you don’t actually go to a karaoke bar but play the versions off youtube and get shown up by your son each time.
Tiny things like those were enough for you, it made you happy and you didn’t want that ruined.
“Looks like some kind of famous person?” Seungmin inquires breaking you from your thoughts and you hum.
“Looks like, it’s hot isn’t Seunggie? Lets head to the ice cream shop near our house and watch some movies with the patio door open with Minho yeah?” You say, you added all his favorite things together, Ice cream, movies and Minho, he can’t say no.
“Mmh! Let’s go!” He cheers and you laugh in both relief and adoration at your son as you begin to make your way through the crowd.
But you couldn’t help but look back on more time, he really had gotten even more handsome than when you last saw him, but you shouldn’t think that, you two didn’t even end on the best terms. Your anger just simmered to civil because you have more important things in life now.
But maybe that was a bad idea, maybe you should’ve just walked away without looking back because just then Jungkook looks up and both your eyes lock.
You wasted no time breaking eye contact immediately, squeezing by everyone with new found speed and strength as you quickly walked away.
Half way away your side began to hurt and your arms got tired so you put Seungmin down, much to his protest before giving him a playful look and grabbing his hand.
Just before leaving the fair Seungmin had seen a cute dog, looking back at the distant crowd that looked small from where you stood you decided you could let him enjoy the last few moments.
When Seungmin was petting the dog the dog had playfully bit at his balloon causing the string to rip and the balloon to slowly start floating to the sky.
It was silent for a moment but the minute you looked at Seungmin and his bottom lip tutted out completely you knew he was about to break down.
As Seungmin sobbed you waved the mother with a smile letting her know it was okay and it wasn’t her or the dogs fault, it was just bad luck at it’s finest. When the mother and dog finally left you pulled Seungmin to the curb where they were standing.
Pulling his fists away from his eyes gently you try to look him in the face.
“Hey hey, my big boy” you coo as he sniffles wiping at his eyes, you frown wiping his tears for him.
“Baby…I know I know, do you want another balloon?” You ask softly as you continue to wipe his tears but he only cries harder at that.
“T-That was th-the last d-dinosaur one th-though!” He cries and you frown deeper pulling him into a hug and cooing him.
“I’m sorry Seunggie, lets go get-“ you started before a voice cut you off.
“Hey little kid! I saw what happened to your balloon and I just happen to have one just like that! Would you like it?”