The Stuffie I Left Behind | tk

Chapter-5

It was a bit later than midnight when Taehyung jolted awake from his sleep. He was not a light sleeper, neither a heavy one too. But this time, he was quick to open his eyes.

He looked down in his hold to see Jungkook twisting and thrashing with closed eyes. Small tear drops were leaving his eyes, and Taehyung immediately understood the little was having a nightmare. He sat up and pulled Jungkook on his lap, sitting across him.

Jungkook snapped his eyes open suddenly and gasped, tears never stopping from his eyes. Taehyung pulled him closer and started rubbing his back in hope to comfort him.

"Shh baby, It's okay. It was just a nightmare. You're okay, I'm here. Breathe little one, so brave." Taehyung kept mumbling near the little's ear.

Jungkook's sobs slowly turned into sniffles and the cries died down. He roamed his eyes around and relaxed when the familiar face came into his view. He was still in his little space and the nightmare scared him badly, causing him to regressed further.

Taehyung gently smiled down at the smaller who seem to have recovered slightly. He lifted his hand and caressed the little's cheek who leaned more into the touch.

Taehyung by now understood Jungkook was still in his head space. The boy was dozing off slightly, head lolling to the side but he was quickly catching himself.

"It's okay, you can sleep little one." Taehyung whispered bopping their noses together. Jungkook let out a small giggle behind his pacifier which brought a smile to Taehyung's face too. But even after that, Jungkook refused to let the sleep take over. He kept catching himself when his head fell to the side, stiffling yawns around the pacifier. Taehyung observed this and sighed to himself.

He understood Jungkook was scared badly by the nightmare, whatever he saw over there, and now he was scared to sleep. He thought for a few seconds and stood up with Jungkook still in his hold.

Taehyung walked towards the nursery while Jungkook laid his head on Taehyung shoulder, fighting the sleep. As soon as he stepped into the nursery, Jungkook's eyes lit up like a thousand watt bulb. A small, soft, almost inaudible gasp left his lips behind the pacifier. He is in baby space. Taehyung thought to himself and smiled.

Jimin sure was a little but he never got to explore this side of little space by himself. Jimin was really an outgoing little, usually regresses into around five year old. So pacifiers and diapers weren't that common for him except a pacifier now and then when he was too stressed or scared.

Now looking at Jungkook, he was a lot different from the blonde. Jungkook looked like he usually regresses into two to three year old. Shaking off his thoughts, Taehyung settled on the huge couch covered in pastel colours placed just adjacent to the crib. A big TV was hung on the wall just opposite to the couch.

"What does little koo want to watch?" He whispered to the little while switching inthe TV and putting on netflix. When he received no answer except huge puppy doe eyes, he smiled and pointed to the TV. The colours attracted the little and all of Jungkook's attention was caught away by the vibrant colours.

Taehyung flipped through all the shows and Jungkook kept staring. The little suddenly lifted his hands in a grabby motion towards the screen looking at Taehyung With twinkling eyes. Taehyung looked at the TV and he saw the scrolling stopped at Shinchan.

"You wanna watch shinchan?" Taehyung gushed silently while bopping the little's nose. Jungkook giggled and gurgled around his pacifier, his bunny tucked safely in his arms. Taehyung smiled and kissed his forehead playing the show. He turned down the volume a bit to maintain the quiet ambience around them.

The sounds of the naughty boy and his mother from the TV soon filled the quiet room. Even though Jungkook didn't understand what they were talking, the colourful characters moving kept him quiet entertained.