All Grown Up

Ten

"I can't believe he's actually dating her!"

"I'd never have guessed those two!"

"How'd she get so close to Captain Choi so quickly?!" I slapped my hands over my ears and whined, clenching my eyes now as I tried to block out the sounds of the voices, the words, the whispers.

"Dinosaur!" I looked up then closed my eyes as Jihoon slid his headphones onto my head, turning them on and playing some BTS song. I couldn't tell what it was, but I heard something about a diamond as the rest of the world drained away.

Jihoon's POV
I slowly sat beside Dino on the bench and turned him, so his back was to me, then pulled him down to rest against my chest. He sniffled as he held my shirt and let my music play in his ears, my arms around him as I set my chin on his head and heard the words around us. Talk about Seungcheol and his new girlfriend, Ji Young, talk about how lovey they seemed, how much they were perfect for each other.

"Jihoon." I looked up and smiled as Hoshi sat on the other side of Dino, giving him a look before he sighed and set his hand down on the younger's thigh, comforting him now.

"Is he okay?" Seungkwan asked as he and Ming Hao sat across from us and I huffed.

"He was about to rip his ears off before I put my headphones on him to help him." I said and moved my head to look down at Dino, but he was still sniffling and had his eyes shut. He moved around then tucked his face into my neck, my arms holding him close as Soonyoung scooted in some and Dino held my shirt in a death grip.

"I fucking hate Seungcheol right now!" Ming Hao scoffed and I snorted.

"Yeah? Join the cruise!" I huffed and looked over as Seungcheol came over, Ji Young's hand in his.

"Hey, can I talk to Dino-"

"No!" I spit and Seungcheol looked at me in shock. I scoffed and shook my head gently, careful of the baby in my arms as I glared at Ji Young.

"You're a fucking bitch with a special place in hell-"

"Jihoon-"

"Don't you dare tell me to watch my fucking words, Seungcheol! She knows exactly what the hell she did and she deserves every bit of torture she gets in Hell!" I growled and she actually fake cried, whining about how I'm so horrible to her. When Seungcheol dragged her off, Ming Hao shot me a look.

"She's in my music studio class. I heard her talking about how she was at the bar the same night we were, and she heard Chan's confession. She told her girlfriends that she was going to date Seungcheol just so Chan couldn't." I said and Soonyoung's face went from worried to a level of pissed off and furious that I have never seen before.

"She started dating Seungcheol just to hurt Dinosaur?!" He growled and I nodded. Again, gently, because of the baby currently using my neck as a shield from the world.

"Yeah, I'm sacrificing her myself!" Seungkwan scoffed and I smirked.

"That's if Wonwoo doesn't beat you to it when I tell the others!" I said and Seungkwan rolled his eyes.

"You say Wonwoo, but my money is on Jun and Jeonghan!" Ming Hao said and shook his head.

"When those two realize she intentionally set out to hurt their baby Dino?! Oh, not even flying to another planet will save her!" He said and I snorted.

"Yeah, I know! They make me look soft when they're angry!" I huffed and Hoshi sighed.

"Should I put it in our chat? With just us?" He asked and I eyed the others then him.

"Yeah, let them know." I said and Hoshi grabbed his phone, mine buzzing a minute later when he sent his text to the chat. Not even twenty minutes later, Jeonghan and Jun were calmly walking up to us and the smile on Han's face terrified me.

"Dino?" I gently poked him, but looked at Ming Hao and he smiled some.

"He's sleeping, Jihoon!" He whispered and I sighed, resting my cheek on his head as the J duo sat down.

"Hoshi, please explain your text message to us so that we may fully understand it!" Jeonghan smiled sweetly, a true mask to hide the rage burning inside him, and Hoshi huffed then I explained, telling the duo what I'd heard.

"Ji Young will regret the day her mother spread her legs to birth her." Jun promised and I sighed.

"Before we do anything, we need proof! If we try to ruin her name, Seungcheol may try to defend her and it could hurt Dino even more!" I reasoned and the two calmed down some and nodded.

"Yes, this is true." Jun said and I looked up as Mingyu and Wonwoo approached with Vernon and Seok Min, Jisoo not far behind.

"We saw your text." Wonwoo said and Mingyu looked at Dino.

"How is our baby?"

"Sleeping. Did he get sleep last night?" I asked and Mingyu sighed.

"When he wasn't sobbing into his pillow, yeah." He said as Jisoo silently began to pet Dino's back.

"We need proof then if Ji Young really did do this to hurt him." He repeated what I'd said and Hoshi nodded.

"Yeah, Jihoon said that."

"I can get some." Wonwoo said and shrugged.

"Maybe not enough to convince Seungcheol, but just enough to start. I've got a few favors I can cash in with some girls, get them to record Ji Young if she says anything about Chan-"

"Do I want to know?" Mingyu asked and Wonwoo smiled.

"Probably more legal if you don't." He said and I snorted.

"Yeah, I have a few favors I can call for the tech majors. I may or may not know a friend who can hack into any device given proximity." I said and Mingyu huffed.

"I'm surrounded by criminals!" He huffed and Ming Hao hummed.

"I can call a family friend too. He's good at digging up stuff people want to keep hidden. I can see if he can find anything on Ji Young that we can use against her." He explained and I frowned as Chan whined in his sleep. I took a deep breath then looked around at the faces of my friends, staring each of them down as I spoke.

"If we do manage to save Little Chan's heart, I'll be happy and all, but I may just end up killing Seungcheol for doing all this to Chan in the first place!" I threatened and while it may seem like a tension breaker joke, they knew I was serious. I'm an asshole, a grumpy cat on a good day, but no one touches my babies. And Chan? He's my baby-baby, and Seungcheol is hurting him worse than anything else we've seen from the bullies Chan's faced before.