Detached | Seungjin

Ten

"Papa!"

Minji came running to Seungmin's direction as soon as class ended for her.

Seungmin crouched to the ground and lets his daughter fall into his arms. He chuckles as the young girl hugs him, "How was school, baby?"

"It was fun!" She squealed. "Papa, can we go to that sweets shop again?"

"Hm? Why? Is my baby hungry?"

She nodded, "Minji wants to eat some strawberry cake!"

"I see, well today's a lucky day for you! After all, papa is craving for strawberry cake too!" Seungmin told him.

"Yay!"

The two made their way to the usual sweets shop they always go to when there are special events. Although Seungmin is able to provide enough for his daughter, he still can't afford to buy her everything she wants. After all, Seungmin is a med student who also takes part-time jobs. Also, being a parent at the same time is hard enough for such a young man who doesn't have a partner to support him.

They both enter the shop and as they got inside, Minji's eyes lit up as her eyes landed on a familiar person.

"Uncle Jinnie!"

Minji immediately ran to Hyunjin's direction. Hyunjin chuckled as he watched the little girl. He picked her up and placed her in his lap.

Minji then noticed the familiar lady sitting across Hyunjin, "Oh, it's Auntie Stranger!"

She chuckled, "Or you can call me Auntie Yeji."

Seungmin, on the other hand, still stood on his place. His eyes landed on Yeji, which he couldn't help but think if they have met before. It was as if his mind was flying off somewhere, sudden scenarios came flashing inside his head.

"Hi, I'm— his— he's my— bro— jin—"

The voices inside his head weren't coherent, his mind was feeling dizzy. He doesn't even know why this is suddenly happening to him.

"Hyun— you're— my brother— boyfriend— told me— you—"

Seungmin was beyond confused, he didn't know why he was hearing those words which he couldn't even understand. A certain figure was forming in his head, but his mind was too fazed to form the puzzles.

"Papa?"

Seungmin finally snapped out in reality as he heard his daughter's voice. He sighed and walked towards them, keeping an eye on Minji, "Baby, you shouldn't do that. You might be disturbing Uncle Jinnie already."

"Oh, no. Don't worry about me, I'm fine." Hyunjin reassured.

Seungmin sighed, "Let's go, baby. We'll find another seat."

"Nope." Hyunjin refused. "You can just sit at our table."

"But—"

"Can't we, papa?" Minji questioned with such puppy eyes

Of course Seungmin couldn't resist his daughter. He nodded with a sigh, "Sure." He said making his daughter squeal in happiness. "Well then, I'll be buying your strawberry cake, okay? Don't go causing trouble now."

"Yes, papa!"

"You like strawberry cakes?" Yeji questioned.

Minji nodded, "I love strawberries!"

A smile curved on Hyunjin's lips as he suddenly remembered Seungmin. Seungmin has always loved strawberries and would often shyly ask Hyunjin to buy them for him back when they were in high school.

Soon, Seungmin came back with two plates of strawberry cake on his hands. He placed the first one in front of Minji and the other one to the other side where he sat beside Yeji.

"Hey." Yeji greeted, extending her hand to the latter, "Seungmin, right?"

Seungmin couldn't help but feel the same feeling he had when he met Hyunjin, as if he already knew her before. Regardless, he gave her a smile and took her hand, "Yeah, and you?"

"Hwang Yeji, I'm Hyunjin's twin sister."

"I'm— twin— of— jin—"

Once again, incoherent words started voicing out in his head. He shook his head to remove to snap out in reality and decided to ignore it.

"Well then," Yeji said as he stood from her seat, "I still have things to do. I have to go. Goodbye, little sunshine." She said, poking Minji's nose. She then turned to Seungmin and gave her a smile, "Catch up with you next time, Kim Seungmin."

As she walked her way to the exit, she first stopped on his track, tapping her brother's shoulder and whispering, "Have fun spending time with your love."

Hyunjin just chuckled and turned his attention back to Seungmin and Minji who were already taking a slice on their strawberry cake with their forks.

Hyunjin found it amusing, how they were both in sync as he watched them eat.

"Ah, delicious~!" They both said in sync

Hyunjin chuckled as he watched them, it was as if he was seeing another version of Seungmin, a tiny one, that is.

You're still the same.

Hyunjin wanted to say those words out loud, but he knew he couldn't just yet. He wants to say a lot of things to him, but he can't especially that Seungmin doesn't even remember him.

Suddenly, he noticed a cream beside Seungmin's lips, "You have some cream by your lips."

Seungmin tried to wipe both sides but he wasn't able to wipe the spot where the cream was. Hyunjin chuckled, leaning in to wipe the cream with his thumb.

Their eyes soon met, making them pause in their place. They stayed there, staring at each other's eyes. For some reason, Seungmin couldn't look away, he was having a nostalgic feeling just by looking into Hyunjin's eyes, and he just couldn't avert his eyes away.

The feeling was familiar, warming Seungmin's heart... but at the same time, there was a little ache in it.

But then, their moment was interrupted as Minji dropped her fork to the ground, creating a sound enough for the both of them to snap out.

Seungmin immediately looked away and grabbed the fork from the ground, "I-I'll just get a new fork." He stuttered, standing from his seat and walking his way to the counter, not even bothering to meet Hyunjin's eyes again.

"Excuse me, can I request for another fork?"

"Oh, sure."

As he waited for the fork, he couldn't help but glance at Hyunjin's direction who was listening to Minji's talking.

He couldn't help but wonder what he has saw in Hyunjin's eyes, on why he suddenly felt the nostalgic feeling he just had just by looking at his eyes.

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I'm sorry for the late update :((

Also, did you guys see Chan's spoiler for the album? I can already sense how much of a bop it is!! 😩

Lots of love! <3