why me?

XXVIII

Time flew by quickly after that. There hadn't been any fights or misunderstandings between the 7 men, communicating seemed to go well and Jungkook started opening up completely. His therapy sessions started becoming less frequent as he made a lot of progress, making all of them so proud.

Seokjin could see the way the boy was blooming, his confidence slowly coming back. It made the eldest proud of him. He smiled as he watched Jungkook gasp as he stared out of the window, Taehyung and Yoongi soon both joining him.

"Hyungie... Snow!", Taehyung squealed as Yoongi simply giggled at the snowflakes slowly covering the ground. Jungkook was quiet, lost in his thoughts with a small smile on his face.

Hoseok walked in after he had heard the commotion and nodded. "That's right my loves! It's snowing, and do you know what that means?"

Taehyung turned to look at Hoseok. "I know, I know!", he squealed and turned to Jungkook. "Snow means hot choccy!"

Hoseok laughed at that and ruffled the boy's hair. "That's very true baby, but what else?", he smiled patiently as Yoongi and Taehyung started naming things.

Jungkook turned around. "Snow means Santa n chwistmas coming...", he said softly, making Yoongi gasp. "Santa? Pwesents?! Yoonie wan pwesents dada!", Yoongi squealed and clung onto Hoseok.

Namjoon walked in with a chuckle. "Santa will come in a few weeks to bring presents babies, but we can buy presents for each other?"

The boys, Hoseok included, eagerly nodded. "Wan buy pwesents fow hyungies" Jungkook softly said as he got up to waddle to the kitchen. The youngest spotted Seokjin sitting at the kitchen table and hesitated before tugging on his sleeve.

Seokjin looked up at the feeling and smiled. "Hyungie... Kookie wan buy pwesents fow evewyone...", Jungkook shyly said, making Seokjin coo and pull the boy onto his lap.

"That's really sweet of you baby! We can go to the mall with everyone after dinner hm?" he said, making the small boy nod.

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The three littles were barely able to hold in their excitement as their caregivers put their shoes and coats on, whining as Seokjin added a scarf and hat because he didn't want anyone to catch a cold.

Jungkook hugged himself and giggled softly. "Kookie aww wawm! Wan go to da maww now pweash!", he said, squealing as Jimin scooping him up and twirled around with him.

"Of course my love!" he said and carried the boy to the car.

Namjoon chuckled as the others sang along with the Christmas songs on the radio. The snow had created a beautiful white scenery outside, adding up to the cozy atmosphere.

After Seokjin parked the car they ran inside the mall, all shivering slightly from how cold it was outside.

"Taetae's toes gon fweeze dada!", Taehyung whined as he hugged Hoseok's arm, making the elder laugh and kiss his cheek. "Well then, let's start walking to warm your feet up hm?"

The group decided to split up, Seokjin and Namjoon going to the toy stores with Yoongi and Taehyung while Jimin and Hoseok took Jungkook with them, wanting to spend some quality time with the boy. Jungkook didn't mind, smiling happily as he held onto their hands and gasping at all the pretty decorations.

They went to buy clothes for Seokjin and Namjoon, and stuffed animals for the littles. Jungkook made sure that the gifts were good enough for them, not wanting to disappoint them in any way.

Just as they wanted to go to the food court to wait for the others, Jungkook spotted someone across the room. He gasped loudly. "Hyungie... S-Santa hewe! Santa hewe!" He said before he started bouncing with happiness. Jimin looked over and smiled, nodding.

He crouched down next to the boy. "Do you wanna take a picture with Santa baby?", he asked, making Jungkook nod eagerly. Jimin smiled and took him to stand in line while Hoseok called the others to tell them where they were.

Jungkook happily waited and was a bit shy when it was his turn. He sat on the chair next to Santa, smiling as he got his picture taken, before turning to the person next to him.

"Santa? Was Kookie good boy?", he asked softly, making Santa chuckle. "Yes you were, I'm sure you'll get lots of gifts Jungkook."

Jungkook frowned. He hadn't told Santa his name, and Santa's voice was a bit high-pitched... He stared at Santa's face and sniffled softly. That wasn't Santa, it was Hyejin. Jungkook sniffled softly. "Hyejin no Santa...", he whispered, making the girl gasp.

"Oh Kookie... I... I'm here to tell you a very secret message from Santa!" She quickly said, nervously laughing.

Jungkook looked up with wide, teary eyes. "W-weawwy? So Santa weaw?" the boy asked timidly, instinctively snuggling closer to his friend.

Hyejin let out a relieved sigh and nodded. "Mhm! Santa sent me here because he knew you were gonna be here Jungkook. He told me to tell you that you've been such a good boy this year, you're gonna get lots of presents!", she smiled.

Jungkook nodded with wide eyes and smiled. "Oki! Kookie wiww be bestest boy!", he giggled and waved at Hyejin before he went back to Hoseok and Jimin.

"What was that all about bun?", Jimin asked with a frown. "Nothing! Hyejinnie teww Kookie speciaw message fwom Santa!", he stated, making the two caregivers look at Hyejin with confusion on their faces.

Hyejin shot them an awkward smile from behind her fake beard and got back into character when the next child approached her.

"What was she doing here?", Hoseok asked Jimin as they went to the foodcourt, smiling as Jungkook ran to the others who were already there.

"Hyungies! Yoonie, Taetae! Kookie saw Hyejinnie and she give Kookie speciaw secwet message!", he happily told them. Namjoon opened his mouth to question it, but he was interrupted by the littles squealing and hugging Jungkook tightly.

"Kookie get speciaw message?! Wow!", Taehyung smiled as Yoongi nodded. "Wow! Wow!"

Seokjin watched how Jungkook eagerly talked with the other littles as they went back to the car, even offering to help Namjoon with carrying the gifts. The eldest nodded to himself, a huge smile on his face as he saw Jungkook slowly falling asleep in his car seat as they drove home. He really was so proud of their adorable baby.