I'll Take Care of You : Chapter 4
Honestly, I was multi-tasking while writing this...
Therefore, I think this chapter is kind of iffy but I think it's good enough, hopefully...
Things should pick up next chapter & do comment, I like them. :3
“Are you ready, Taemin?” Minho said in a low, soft voice, he was right behind Taemin’s ear as he asked the question to which Taemin responded with a meek groan.
“I-I can’t…” Taemin said in a hesitant tone, he was also trembling lightly in the changing room, specks of sweat were starting to form, “it’s too tight, it won’t fit!” It seems that Taemin was struggling really hard to make it fit. “Come on, try harder,” Minho encouraged, “it won’t hurt that way.”
“I-I… It’s stuck though! You can’t just leave, right?” Taemin cried, panicking, “maybe we should stop before it’ll hurt… Come on, take it o-”
“Here, let me do it then,” Minho scoffed in an irritated tone; Minho went around Taemin and pulled down the shirt as quickly and smoothly as he could. Apparently, Taemin couldn’t even put a shirt onto Yoo Geun; Yoo Geun was about to whine if they left the shirt stuck like that a little longer. “Geez, Taemin, how do you dress yourself?”
After they picked out new clothes for Yoo Geun, they walked around the mall for a bit. “Omo!” Taemin exclaimed excitedly, pointing at a store, “Look, hyung! Toys! Aren’t they cool? Shall we play with them?” Minho rolled his eyes and smiled, “what are you a kid?” Taemin gave Minho a dissatisfied expression.
“I meant… Play them with Yoo Geun,” Taemin tried to make an excuse to play with the toys, “let’s go look!” He pushed Minho from behind, heading towards the toy store while Minho was pushing the big stroller Yoo Geun was seated in. The store was fairly big and roomy, rows of toys, small to big, with kids and parents filling the aisles. Taemin immediately ran to the toy gun section, picking up a bubble gun.
“Do you think Yoo Geun would like this?” Taemin let out a huge smile, his teeth and eyes were sparkling as he asked Minho. “Do you like bubbles, Taemin?” Minho chuckled softly, asking nonchalantly as one of his brows rose. The young boy nodded eagerly, “It brings back some childhood memories! OMO! A super huge-o teddy bear! ” He ran into the bear that was about 10 feet high, Taemin closed his eyes, smothering the bear with a pleased and satisfied face.
So cute, Minho thought as he smiled to himself as he strolled the stroller to where Taemin stood hugging the bear, hold on… D-did I just call him cute? Well, he is, there’s nothing wrong with thinking that, right?
“Hyung, I forgot to buy milk for Yoo Geun!” Taemin jerked his head up off of the bear, with a surprised expression, “let’s go shop at the super market now!” Minho sighed as he smiled again. It’s getting hard to keep up with his pace, oh well, at least its fun.
At the market, Yoo Geun was still in his stroller sucking on a lollipop, observing the new surroundings that passed by. Yoo Geun’s stroller was filled with shopping bags that were hanging by the handles of the four-wheeled vehicle. Whereas Taemin trotted around the snack aisles, indecisive on what to buy, he would pick a snack up and another but he wasn’t sure so he put them back down; the cycle repeated.
“Taemin,” Minho called from down the aisle, pushing a shopping cart, “what do you want for dinner?” Since Taemin is pretty helpless around the house, Minho helps with dinner every now and then and helps clean up the house that Yoo Geun makes a mess out of. “And aren’t you suppose to get milk, Taemin??”
“Oooh yeah,” Taemin innocently said with a dumbfounded face, he came over to hand Minho all the snacks he bought, smile cutely at him and stride back to the baby stroller to go to the milk section, “I want something that has danggeun in it!” As Taemin walked around the large market, he wandered off into the Baby’s section unknowingly; he found some powdered milk and bottles. “Hmmm, is this where I get Yoo Geun’s milk?”
Carrots? He wants to eat carrots tonight? Should I make some stew then? Minho pushed the shopping cart around; maybe I should just make some gunmandu instead… Let’s go ask them. After minutes of searching for Taemin and Yoo Geun, Minho found Taemin looking at a breast milk pump. “Uhh, Taemin…” Minho approached the curious younger boy, a bit worried, “what are you doing in this section?”
“Hyung, what is this suppose to be?” Taemin asked honestly with a serious and straight face “is this some kind of new bottle with a weird design?” Minho couldn’t help but laugh at the innocent boy, ah, sometimes, I think he’s just joking but he’s actually so serious and clueless. Taemin is way too cute and innocent for his own good! “Wh-what’s so funny?” Taemin asked, sulking, wondering if he had said something wrong. Minho was cracking up, he pointed at the label on the shelf.
“Can you not read?” Minho chuckled sarcastically, “or are you just playing dumb?” Taemin grimaced and read the label, his face flushed red as his eyes widened and his jaw slightly dropped. “H-how was I suppose to know?!” Taemin retorted, embarrassed that he didn’t even read the label, he turned away from Minho. Minho couldn’t stop smiling as he shook his head side to side.
“We better hurry, Yoo Geun must be getting tired and hungry, right Yoo Geun?” Minho walked to the stroller just a few steps away and saw that the stroller seat was empty, froze stiff in his spot, as he slowly turned his head towards Taemin. At first, Taemin didn’t know why Minho was staring at him so seriously, so he just waved.
“Where’s Yoo Geun, Taemin?” Minho asked slowly, trying to stay composed; Taemin became confused and looked at the stroller that was filled with bags but no Yoo Geun. Panic flooded into Taemin’s eyes as he quickly scanned the area, this made Minho worried even more. They both began to call Yoo Geun’s name as they quickly paraded each aisle looking for Yoo Geun. “Wh-what are we going to do? I kept my eyes off of Yoo Geun and now he’s probably lost somewhere,” Taemin began to freak out, placing his hands onto the side of his head, “what if someone kidnapped him, too? He’s probably all alone and scared… This… This is my fault!”
Seeing Taemin like this hurt Minho, he placed his hand on Taemin’s shoulder, trying to comfort Taemin. “It’s not your fault, Taemin,” Minho softly said in a soothing voice, “don’t worry, we’ll definitely find Yoo Geun, I’ll make sure of it. Okay?” Taemin nodded firmly, clutching Minho’s hand that was on his shoulder. As Taemin’s coolly and slender fingers touched Minho’s hand, Minho’s heart skipped a beat as he looked at Taemin’s worried face that was facing the ground. Minho was about to unconsciously slide his hand up to touch Taemin’s soft, silky skin but a rustle by the stroller was heard.
Yoo Geun made his way out from under the stroller basket that was covered up by all the shopping bags. The two young men stood in shock and surprise, Yoo Geun stared at the two in a mischievous way as he smirked and his chubby cheeks became rounder as he giggled, his big round eyes looked like two black lines; he really enjoyed causing trouble for Minho and Taemin. “Yoo Geun!” Taemin cried out as he sprung onto the small child, “you scared me! Don’t ever do that again! What would have I done if you were gone?”
For some reason, Minho wanted to be mad at Yoo Geun for playing such a horrible trick like that but seeing how relieved Taemin was and how Yoo Geun was okay; it just dissolved his anger so he appeared over Yoo Geun and ruffled his hair. “Yah! You really had us going there, huh?!” Minho said, he was obviously irritated but saw how close the two were, it made Minho change some of his views on Taemin. “This time, we definitely have to keep a close eye on Yoo Geun, now let’s buy these things and eat some dinner.”
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A/N: Oh yeah! Usually in movies, I've seen the kid gets lost or gets switched by another kid; so I just wanted to be different and make Yoo Geun hide in the stroller basket, LOL.