Strings Attached

Chapter 12, A Part of Your World

"Yeaaaaahhhhhh, bow down peasantsss!" Your daughter copied her favourite person on earth and it almost made you throw the cushion at Taehyung.

"Taehyung! What did I tell you about not saying that infront of her? She started asking random strangers to bow down by calling them peasants at the shop last time!"

Taehyung only snorted as he high fived Jiah who noticed Yoongi's presend shortly after.

"SHOOGY!" She ran on her short little legs and gave Yoongi a big hug who was now on his knees to reach her level.

"Hello, beautiful."

"Are those presents for me?" She slyly asked Yoongi pointing towards herself and he could melt right there and then.

"Yes, of course. Go open them."

Your daughter excitedly ran over to open her presents and you screamed over, "Jiah, what do you say when someone gives you presents?"

"Bow down peasants!"

Her reply makes you glare at Taehyung who looks guilty already. "I'm going to kill you, Kim Taehyung."

To save himself from your wrath, he diverts his attention towards Yoongi and acts surprised as if he noticed him just now. "Wait, aren't you THE SUGA? Like THE SUGA? Man, I'm a huge fan. I love how you're representing us asians at such a huge scale and..wait, what are you doing at Y/N's house?"

"I'm an old friend." Yoongi replies matter of factly and it makes you ponder the status of relationship you had with him. What even were you guys?

"Oh well, I'm Y/N's ex crush and my name is Kim Taehyung. How come you never told me you were friends with Suga, Y/N? Nice to meet you, Suga."

"Taehyung!" You scold him for being such a child and he just laughs in response.

"You can call me Yoongi, I'd prefer that."

"Very well, I'd prefer that too. SHIT, I FORGOT WHY I BROUGHT JIAH BACK EARLIER. Y/N, there's an emergency. A client is acting up because of something about her custom made dress. We need to go. Jiji, let's go."

You looked at Jiah who was totally immersed in her new presents and knowing her, disturbing her would only mean dealing with her attitude for the rest of the time. "Do I really need to go? You know how Jiah gets if you disturb her play time and she won't let us work."

"I'll stay here to look after her then." You looked over towards the owner of the voice and Yoongi looked like he'll be the happiest to do this.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, he's sure. He's an adult, Y/N. WE'RE GETTING LATE, SHE'S GOING TO BURN MY FIRM DOWN!" Taehyung's panicked state left you with no choice but to gather your essential stuff as you mouthed Yoongi a thanks and left in a hurry.

Little did you know, Yoongi's favourite time was about to have the time of his life as he was about to form a very strong bond with your daughter. Or rather, his daughter but he didn't know that.

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Taehyung dropped you off after a heated day with the client, claiming he was too tired to get out of his car and so were you so you didn't argue. You were about to turn your key in when you heard the sound of a piano followed by giggles coming from inside. You smiled to yourself but the smile was short lived because you suddenly remembered this was temporary. Yoongi's presence in your and Jiah's life was temporary and you hated it. You hated how Jiah deserved to have her father around but you took it away from her. You hated this and you hated yourself for doing that to her.

"Oh look, mommy's here."

"Mommy, I love playing the piano Shoogy got me! I can play it very well, see?" She played it and for a 3 year old, it was amazing and you were so proud. Proud and confused as to how Yoongi managed to get her interested in the piano at all.

"Wow, mommy's very impressed. Go change in your pyjamas now, it's your bed time." Being the obedient girl that she was, she got up without a word and went straight to her room.

"Thank you so much for today, Yoongi. You must be so tired."

He didn't look tired at all, in fact he looked like he could run 10 laps right now if anyone asked him to. He was all smiles and you really wanted to look away before it made you feel weird. "Surprisingly, I'm not tired at all. I just...I love spending time with Jiah. She's such a quick learner and so witty for a 3 year old. She's going to make you proud when she groes up, Y/N."

And just like that, you had tears in your eyes. This was her father, her father praising her and she'll never know this and neither will he. You were running away from the guilt for so long but it was taking its toll on you now. Yet, you had no choice. Telling Yoongi would only make things worse and you had no energy for that.

"Hey, are you okay?"

"Yes, just got a little emotional hearing you praise her like that. She's my world, you know."

And he knew. He knew that Jiah was your world and for once, he wished to become a part of that world too.