RUSE || Taekook

THIRTY || J5C3C4J3J5O4

"Who's daddy?"

"Daddy is the best man in the whole world and he loves me and hyung so much and he says I'm really brave for taking care of hyung sometimes," Tata says, smiling proudly.

"Taehyung is hyung?"

"Yes, dummy," Tata giggles, satisfied that he finally managed to wash his hands. "Who else?"

Little space?

"Tata, stop playing with water."

Tata pouts, hands buried in the one-inch deep water he's managed to flood by blocking the gutter.

"Tata, stop."

Tata sighs and closes the tap, swishing his hand in the water, waiting for it to go down the gutter before he takes his leave. He skips out of the bathroom and jumps onto Taehyung's bed, bouncing on it.

Jungkook stares after him before glancing at the clock, groaning when he realises he's hardly slept for an hour.

"Kookie, I'm hungry."

"Should I order something?"

Tata runs off to Taehyung's closet and buries himself deep into the piles of clothes.

"Tata what are you-" Jungkook hurries over to him. "Hyung will be mad."

"Mama will clean it," Tata says from under the clothes.

"Mama?"

Tata pulls himself out and smiles at the blue onesie in his hand.

"Why does Taehyung have that?"

"Don't tell hyung."

"Wait, Taehyung doesn't know he has that?"

Tata snickers and runs past Jungkook, placing the onesie on the bed, "Mama says to always sleep in this."

"You're going to sleep?"

"Yes, Kookie, I'm very sleepy. Nona says I should always sleep when I'm tired so I can be fresh."

"Nona?"

Tata takes Taehyung's coat and shirt off, proceeding to strip himself out of the pants. He sits on the bed and fits his legs into the onesie, pulling over his back and pushing his left arm in, struggling with his right one.

"Kookie, help!"

Jungkook's eyes widen and he helps Tata push his right arm into the sleeve and zip the hooded onesie.

"Tata, how old are you?"

Tata pulls the hood over his head and smiles, "I'm four." For good measure, he pulls up his hand to show four fingers. Except, he shows five and doesn't realise it.

"Aren't you hungry anymore?"

Tata nods and walks over to the cupboard on one side of the room, pushing it back and having to struggle with that too.

Jungkook walks over to him and pushes the cupboard back.

Tata giggles and hugs him before leaning down and ripping a piece of camouflaged wallpaper right off the wall to reveal a small door that fits into the space in the wall.

"What the fuck?" Jungkook blinks. "Is that your secret hideout or something?"

"Don't curse," Tata opens the door. "Nona and Daddy made this for us."

Us?

Tata crawls into the little space and pulls out a wooden box, handing it to Jungkook.

Jungkook frowns and opens the box. A feeder, a can of cerelac and a pacifier. "This is yours?"