The Secrets We Keep - Taekai

the one with the storm

"We'll manage it somehow. I'm sure our children will turn out amazing, just like their father - meaning you."

"And their other father - which is of course you."

Taemin smiled, "I love you."

"I love you too."

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It had been a couple days since they had gotten the news and honestly Jongin still couldn't believe that they were going to be having twins. And the fact that they still hadn't shared the news with any of their group members was starting to become an inconvenience when it came to conversation about what they had been up to recently.

Jongin momentarily tripped over his words when Baekhyun had asked what they had been doing recently. "Nothing much, Baek. Just mainly been sitting around the house, kinda getting used to our new boring life."

Baekhyun looked over at him for a second before nodding slightly. "Alright then. I just find it hard to believe that you and Taem haven't gotten up to anything recently."

"Other than the vacation we took to LA with Sehun and Jung Ah, we've just been sitting around the house - Taemin's been practicing for his next comeback."

Baekhyun raised an eyebrow, "What did you all do on vacation anyway? Sehun wouldn't say much about the vacation when he got back to the dorm."

"Went to the beach, hung around the hotel, went shopping, swam in the hotel pool." He replied, shrugging. "The whole vacation was mainly just for some time away from the spotlight that we have over here. It's easier to blend in over in LA."

"You all planning to move there like the internet thought?" Chanyeol asked, walking into the room. "I'm just asking cause that was an extremely long vacation - you all were gone for well over a month maybe even closer to two."

Jongin shook his head, "No of course not. We just wanted to make sure we enjoyed the different atmosphere, plus we all had free time in our schedules and thought it would be worth it to just have the time away to ourselves."

Chanyeol nodded, small smile on his face. "I get it. You and Taem have been Dispatch's favorite news to report on ever since you guys came out - I feel like everywhere I turn I'm seeing articles that have you all either about to marry or on the brink of breaking up, I couldn't do it if it was me in your alls position. So if a couple months in America were what you all needed as a refresher, then by all means take it."

"Thanks Yeol."

"Plus it got our supposed-to-be bachelor party boy Sehun to admit that he's in a committed relationship. So that's a plus. The world seemed to take it well too."

"Seems like they just wanted to know if I approved of the relationship. Which of course I do - begrudgingly but I still do."

Chanyeol and Baekhyun both laughed, Chanyeol nodded. "You would have preferred me as a potential brother-in-law right?"

"I don't know, Yeol. I think I'd approve of all of you about the same."

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It was late when Jongin got home, having spent most of the day locked in a practice room with the rest of EXO. He quietly made his way through the house, trying not to disturb Taemin if he happened to already be asleep.

As soon as he walked through the door to the bedroom, he spotted his boyfriend-shaped lump in the bed - rolling over to look at the door.

"Hey." Taemin said, stretching slightly.

"Hey - sorry if I woke you up."

Taemin shook his head, while Jongin got into their bed. "Don't worry about it, I'm glad you did. I haven't gotten to see you all day." He said, pulling Jongin down to where he could connect their lips.

Jongin put a hand on either side of Taemin, "I missed you today."

"Missed you too."

"What did you do today?"

Taemin shrugged, "Sat around - played on the piano for a while. Talked to Kibum on the phone. Not much."

"How's Kibum doing?"

"He's doing good, said he wants to meet up with us for dinner or lunch sometime soon."

Jongin nodded, kissing Taemin again. "That sounds good to me. It's been so long since I've seen Kibum."

Taemin hummed slightly, fingers tracing against the back of Jongin's neck.

"What are you thinking about?" Jongin asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Just a little bit of everything."

"Anything you want to talk about?"

Taemin readjusted on the bed, "It's nothing really. Just thinking about everything - I still can't believe we're going to have kids, not telling Key about that was weird as hell today. Like he asked how we were doing and how our trip was, and the first thing I wanted to say was that the trip was amazing and that we just found out we're expecting twins. And I couldn't, not yet at least."

"Yeah it's weird to not be telling anyone right now."

"I still agree with our plan to wait a while, I'm not trying to say we should tell Key earlier than everyone else or anything. I'm just saying it was weird to hide why we went to America."

Jongin nodded, "I get it. Completely. Baek, Yeol, and I were all talking today before everyone else got there and it was really strange not to share something that big with everyone you know. They're all practically my brothers and for them to not know that we are going to be parents is crazy to me, but like you said - I want to wait until it's a little safer to tell everyone. We're still early on right now. We'll tell everyone soon enough. As soon as it seems safe enough to do so and Key can be the first person we tell if you want."

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Okay so this is the 50th chapter
which is a goal I never thought I'd
get to. My longest fic on here
before this one is like 15 chapters,
50 was something I really didn't think
I'd get to. So I just wanted to
take a quick second and say thank you
to everyone who reads this story.