count on me┃jaeyong

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giving him a small smile, mark first handed the cup of ice cream to his son before making the little boy sit on his lap. ❝here, baby, your ice cream.❞

❝yay! mister daddy, do you know? jiro's favorite flavor is rose.❞ chan said out a random fact about a friend he has in school. ❝uncle bubu, would you like some?❞

humbly shaking his head, taeyong politely turned his down. he wasn't hungry to begin with, and he knows how much the baby sun loves ice cream.

taeyong then placed his attention back at the gravestone which the two of them were looking at the name being carved on it. they spent the whole minute staying silent, while the little boy was enjoying his ice cream. it then took mark some courage to finally gather the words he had practiced to say before coming here.

of course he knew that taeyong is here, that's one of his purpose as to why he excused himself during his work hours just to come and pay a visit to his late bestfriend. ❝h-hyung, how are you?❞

the older could tell that he was doing his best to have a conversation with him, and he appreciated it so much. ❝both my mothers are taking good care of me, and i'm doing fine with caring people around me.❞

referring as jaehyun's parent as his mother made mark show that small smile, although, he was having mixed feeling as to how he'll feel about it— about the fact that this is the reality. ❝how about the triplets?❞

❝please, i was just talking about them!❞ it didn't take taeyong a while to get comfortable with his presence. ❝i was called by principal moon again because taehyun just wrestled one of his classmates!❞

that caused mark to let out a good laugh, also minding his son that has ice cream on his cheek. the man then took a hanky out so he could wipe his son's face with it. ❝that sounds like something that dumbass would cheer on.❞

❝exactly!❞ taeyong strongly agrees with that statement. ❝i bet he's going to encourage taehyun to do more than just punch that kid's face.❞

the two of them stared at each other with smiles formed on their lips, laughing not seconds after. as mark was busy cleaning the mess that his son has made while eating ice cream, taeyong went back to staring up to the sky.

❝where's dahyun?❞ the older then asked out of no where, keeping the conversation between them going.

❝baby flower is with donghyuck, they are out playing at an arcade,❞ mark answered, sulking that he couldn't join them as he was fully packed for the day with business meetings and paper works inside his office. ❝then baby sun insisted to tag along with me.❞

having his lips pouted, chan went to explain himself. ❝because i also want to see uncle bubu!❞

that made taeyong raised a brow in a clueless manner. he heard the boy talk about his father wanting to see him, which he didn't expect at all. although, as much as he wants to ask about it, he just patiently waited till the latter was going to explain himself. sighing, mark stared straight at the beautifully carved name as he persuaded himself to grow some balls and talk to the older about his concerns.

❝hyung, i heard that you're staying in new york?❞ that was the first question he had uttered out.

right, that was scheduled today. which reminded taeyong that someone will come pick him up any minute from now. ❝it's just for a month, i'll be assigned to look after a student of mine. i wish i can bring along the kids with me, but i guess i'll have to leave them with mom and mama jung.❞