Scoldings-Jin

Balloons were scattered across the living room floor. A ‘Happy Birthday’ banner hung taped squint on the larger wall of the living room. A stack of presents were already in the corner of the room, no doubt more to come. You could hear Seokjin in the other room fumble with the larger present. That wasn’t going to be wrapped, instead you had bought a large red bow for the small child’s convertible.

You were taking a couple minutes to just set out the rest of the snacks, a long table sat pressed against a wall, an arrangement of sweet and savoury snacks covering the table. You could already tell a couple were missing thanks to your husband who simply suggested he needed to make sure the quality was perfect.

“You know these are for the guests.” You spoke to your husband as he walked through to the living room.

“Quality control.” Is all he muttered, laughing before placing a soft kiss on the side of your head, his arm around your waist. “You’re worrying too much.” You sighed, nodding. It was your son’s first birthday party since the pandemic and the first one he’d remember. Missing out on his fifth birthday, you made sure his sixth was as good as you could make it.

Before you could ask where your son was, the last time you saw him was when he was testing out the bouncy castle in the back yard, you heard a thud and something scrape the wooden floor in the kitchen. With one worrying look to Seokjin you raced to the kitchen.

There, your son stood on the small step ladder, his index finger swiping a chunk of green vanilla frosting off of his dinosaur themed birthday cake. The green marks around his mouth showed that it wasn’t his first swipe. It was a miracle his outfit he picked out for the party wasn’t dirty. He was still oblivious to both of your presence as you placed your hands on your hips, an eyebrow raised. You could feel Jin shake with laughter behind you.

Clearing your throat, you had to bite back your laughter as your son jumped, his finger frozen in mid air as he almost took another bite, frosting covering his finger.

“And what do you think your doing?”

“Quality control.” He repeated his father’s excuse though you doubt he knew what it meant. Seokjin gave a snort of laughter that he unsuccessfully tried to hide.

“Y/S/N that cake’s not for now. We have to save that for when your friends come over.”

Your son instantly looked deflated, his shoulders dropping as did his finger. His bottom lip stuck out in a small pout. Turning to you, your son widened his eyes, tilting his head.

“Nope. Puppy dog eyes aren’t going to work this time.”You shook your head, crossing your arms. Your son gave a huff, though the expression never left his face.

“I’m really disappointed in you Y/S/N.” Jin spoke, his voice soft as he crouched down, though he didn’t have to go as lower as normal due to your son still on the step ladder. “I thought you wanted to share your cake with your friends. I hear that Yu-Jun was really looking forward to the cake.” Your son looked apologetic at the mention of his best friend’s disappointment. Yu-Jun was Yoongi’s son, and your son’s best friend. While he was close friends with the other members’ children, he was closest with Yoongi’s son, maybe it was the closeness in age, but you knew that in any social situation they’d be together.

“Sorry.” Your son mumbled.

“Come on, let’s get you cleaned up.” Jin gave a groan as he lifted his son from the stepladder, placing him down, and taking him to the bathroom.

You could only give a sigh as you placed the cake in the fridge where it probably should have been. As you begun to wipe the countertops, you could hear Seokjin speaking softly to your son, though you could tell by the tone of his voice he was still talking about the cake.

You dodged Taehyung’s son as he ran past you, chasing after Jimin’s daughter, loud giggles following them both like a trail. Making your way to the kitchen, empty plate in hand, you stopped in your tracks.

Once the party had started you brought out the cake once more, however, this time you kept an eye on your son. Though thankfully, he was distracted by the flow of guests, and the party activities you had arranged.

However, now, he stood with Yu-Jun, bot on their tiptoes, green frosting surrounding their mouths as they swiped at the frosting.