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The Kim-Jeon Chronicles: Talent
Talent- it was something that Jeon Jungkook seemed to have an abundance of. The whole world said so, it must be true right?
Everything came easy to hit, except studying. And it seems parenting was one more thing he was not good at.
Jeon Jungkook's little angel of a daughter would not stop crying and he was helpless.
Kim Min-ah, or Mina in english, was truly all Seokjin. She looked like Seokjin and cried like Seokjin. Apparently, she also danced like Seokjin but she did not need to know that.
In her 8 years of life, Kim Mina had wanted to be a ballerina ever since her dads took them to see Swan Lake two years ago. So like any parent with considerable wealth, Jungkook immediately enrolled her to the best ballet class in LA. In this little ballet school, Jungkook did not expect that the teacher would be a fan of his- a fan who slipped at how world famously amazing he was. Hence, his little princess is crying inconsolably since he picked her up.
"Mina! Stopped crying already!" Shouted his son, Jeon Junghoon or Kim Jun. Jungkook glared at him through the rear view mirror. This one, he was sure, was definitly his spawn indeed. When Mina wanted to do ballet, he asked Jun if wanted to try it out too and the boy said yes. He was good at it too. It was actually Jun's natural affinity that earned him praises- the praise that made his sister cry.
"Wonderful! You truly are Jeon Jungkook's son" said the teacher. Which made Mina ask, "Daddy, am I not your daughter? How come Jun and is so like you and I am not?"
Jungkook knew that at some they would have to explain how their children were born through the wonders of science. He did not expect it would be this soon.
He txted Jin as soon as he heard Mina ask and told him to come home early. This was not a conversation he knew how to handle.
"Princess, of course your my daughter. You just take after your Papa more." Jungkook tried to explain.
"Papa? What does Papa have to do about dancing?" Jun was the one who asked but Mina pipped down a bit.
"You kids have never seen your Papa dance right?" Jungkook asked them with a relieved smile. "Papa's also a good dancer. We used to dance together all the time."
"But Daddy! The teacher said..."
Jungkook had to cut her off. "Your teacher just said Jun is just like me. Our dance teacher was like that too Mina. She would even yell at your Papa and shake her head like this just because it took Papa longer to learn the dances."
"Dad, I'm not buying it... I can't see Papa dancing like you. You move like a professional dancer Dad!"
Jungkook laughed at his son's comments. He would dance with kids when they would play around, they've also seen him do some hip hop work-outs. They don't know though that he was once BTS Jungkook.
"What if I was..." Jungkook humored his kids as he parked the SUV. "Did you guys think I lived off Papa's money my whole life?"
Mina began to laugh, finally consoled at the story Jungkook was telling them. "Not gonna be surprised if you did Dad. Papa always complains about how long he's been feeding you."
"That's because Seokjin knew that food was the key to my heart early on," he said and made his kids grimace.
They all entered their 6 bedroom mansion and stumbled through to the kitchen for their afternoon snack.
Jungkook took out the strawberries he'd chopped before picking them up and poured himself some banana milk.
"So were you really a dancer Dad?" Mina asked again after picking up a few strawberries.
"Why is it so hard to believe?"
Jun squinted and looked at his well built father from head to toe. The kid then looked at his sister and shrugged. "Actually, Mina, it is believable. Papa though... your stretching that one Dad."
"Yeah... Papa dancing professionally... hmmm..." Mina replied.
It was this scene that Seokjin caught upon walking into the kitchen.
"What's this about me not dancing? I worked hard to be a good dancer you know!" Seokjin said indignantly.
"Papa!" The kids shouted in glee. They weren't expecting him to be home this early but they didn't know that Seokjin litterally dropped everything when he heard his little princess was crying.
Jun and Mina jumped off the stool and ran to their other father to kiss his cheeks.
Jungkook smiled brightly and watched Seokjin carry their kids back to the island counter.
"So what's this crisis?" He asked Jungkook after claiming his 'welcome home' kiss.
"Papa, were you also a professional dancer? Coz Daddy said you guys were." Jun asked straightforwardly. Mina nodded along with shining eyes.
Seokjin side glanced at his husband's direction. Jungkook busied himself with cutting up more fruit for them- obviously handing the problem over to Jin.
"It's true. Before I stuck myself behind a desk, your JK and I did dance a lot and we got paid for it. I was not naturally good at it though." He added the last bit and winked at Mina. "I liked well enough to work hard on it though... eventually I got good enough to keep up with your Dad a bit."
"Do you guys have video or something? We wanna see! Please Papa... we wanna see you dance."
"Why not just dance now???" Mina suggested excitedly, making Seokjin choke on his piece of melon.
"Princess, Papa's bit too old for the routines we used to do." Jungkook explained which earned him a glare from Seokjin. "You're nearing 50 babe." Jungkook added.
"A video will have to do then..." Seokjin answered, rolling his eyes as he took his large phone out and pressed on the youtube app.
"Which one should we show them?" Jungkook asked. "The one where you were dying?"
Seokjin glared at him again. "No we are not showing them Dope or On."
"Let's show the one in grand central! And yes, the Dope practice... so Mina will see how far practice got you!" Jungkook begged. It made Jin's ears go red but he sighed and gave in.
The family moved to their viewing room- Jungkook said it was something better apprecaited on the big screen.
The kids could not believe it when they saw their fathers dance and sing in Grand Central station. Then after a few more glances they noticed... "Is that Uncle Jimin?... and Uncle Tae???" Jun shouted.
"Yup, and Namjoon... and Yoongi... and Hobi... we were all in a group together." Seokjin replied in his most casual voice. Jungkook reached out and gripped Seokjin's hand. They both knew tonight would be the night.
"Wow Dad, you can sing like that?" Mina commented in awe.
"Papa can sing even higher notes than me baby," Jungkook replied smiling at his daughter.
"This like a boyband?" Jun asked.
"BTS?" Mina asked after Jimmy Fallon announced their name.
"Bangtan Sonyeondan" Seokjin replied. "Your Dad and I met because we joined BTS."
The kids mouths just went "o". Jungkook then moved the video to Dope before they could ask more.
"Oh Dad! You looked so young there!" Jun exclaimed.
"How old were you when we shot that?" Jin asked, feeling a little flustered at seeing his husband all cute in his costume.
"Not sure... 19 probably?"
"Oh it's Papa!" Mina pointed when Jin's part came on.
"I can see what Daddy meant. You do look like you were dying..."
"Yah! Junghoon! Show your Papa some respect... yeesh... definitly Jeon Jungkook reborn!" Seokjin commented. It made Jungkook laugh. Seokjin was about to go on a tirade but stopped when he noticed his daughter clammoring to sit on his lap.
"If Jun is like Dad then I'm like you right?" She asked ashe threw her arms around Jin's neck. "You guys got a little bit of me and JK in you both. You're kids, angel."
"Papa, we already know we can't both be yours. School told as that..." Jun rebuttled.
Jungkook shook his head and called for Jun sit beside him. He swung his arm around the boy who looked so much like him. "Jun, you may look and dance like me but that snarky wit is definitly Seokjin's." He said pinching his son's nose.
"And Mina, you may like pink and fluffy things, but the way you always sit on my lap and twist me around your little finger is most definitly JK." Seokjin added which earned him another kiss from his daughter.
"Thanks Papa... thanks Daddy..." the kids said when they exchanged parents. "We're so happy with you."
"We love you guys..."Seokjin added with warmth radiating all over his heart. "And you know what Mina... I was able to dance for so long coz Daddy helped me all the time. That's how he tricked me into falling in love with him."
Jungkook had to hit his husband in the shoulder."I did not trick you."
"Yes, you only stole your first kiss while we were practicing that..." Seokjin whispered and Jungkook had to blush at how bold he was as a child.
Jun and Mina merely stared and sighed. Their parents were being weird again.
"I'll help you practice if you want," Jun offered his sister, "I joined ballet coz I wanted to go with you but I actually like it."
"Thanks Junie, we can try hip hop next if you want..." Mina replied while their parents bickered behind them.
"Hey what's this..." Jun said clicking on the video 'Black Swan'.
Seokjin scrambled for the control when they heard the opening beats. "Not this one yet kids..." but it was too late...
"Dad... you're pretty... like a girl kind of pretty..." Jun commented a bit surprised while Mina was transfixed at the beautiful dancing.
"I think I just fell in love with uncle Tae..." Mina said absent mindedly.
They let the kids finish black swan but stopped them from watching more before they could see war of the hormones or better yet... blood sweat and tears.
That night, after all the stress of the day, Seokjin and Jungkook lay in their bed in each other's arms.
"You're so good with them, you know that..." Jungkook said as he settled his head on top Jin's chest. "I said your name and she stopped crying.
Jin kissed the top of JK's head as he stroked his husband's hair.
"You're good with them too. You're so patient and you love them so much Kookie," Jin reassured. "You can't expect you'd be a genius at parenting too," added Jin with a laugh.
Jungkook started to train patterns on Jin's soft tummy as he thought on what the elder said. He hummed and agreed. Parenting was more challenging than anything else he'd known. He was glad Jin was there with him. He lifted himself up and gave his handsome husband a chaste kiss. He gazed at how beautiful he still looked after all these years.
Jin stared back and caressed Jungkook's face. "You're so beautiful," he said softly. It brought back many memories from their youth in Seoul. He leaned into Jin's hand while his otherhand suddenly pinched the fat on Jin's tummy.
"I miss the abs, old man" Jungkook teased and Jin only laughed so he laughed too.
"I miss the sweet boy with doe eyes who was more of cute, innocent cherub than a little devil," Jin replied and flicked JK's forehead.
They kissed one more time then settled into asleep after saying, "I love you" one more time.