the leader decided if he was not going to join the live, he might as well hear what kook has to say.
                          
namjoon beamed and began typing something in the chat. he knew the chances of jungkook answering his questions were low, acknowledging the fast paced chat. 'how's gureum?' he typed and hit send.
                          
jungkook hummed, leaning into the camera to read the messages. "ah, gureum. i miss gureum a lot, but he's doing well. he's home with my parents. i really miss him being a puppy, he was my little baby," he laughed, cupping his hands to demonstrate how tiny gureum was when he was a puppy.
                          
baby.
                          
that's all took for the rapper to slip right into his headspace. he turned off his phone and tossed it on the couch, scurrying upstairs. he knocked on the singer's door, stepping a few inches back. kook turned his head back, noticing namjoon's tall shadow.
                          
"that must be joon-hyung," jungkook commented, getting up his chair and opening the door. 
                          
"daddy!" namjoon chirped, wasting no time to hug the maknae. jungkook's body tensed around his hold and whipped his head to the cellphone. "n-namjoon. what do i do.." jungkook whispered to himself. 
                          
namjoon had just called kook 'daddy' on a vlive.
                          
jungkook cleared his throat and patted namjoon's back. he let go of him and followed his caregiver when he went to sit back down.
                          
the maknae eyes focused on the chat, keeping quiet till joon spoke up. "whatcha' doin'?" he asked, peering at the phone, seeing his face on the camera.
                          
jungkook thought of the various possibilities that could happen if people placed that clip on the media with no context behind it. now everyone was suspicious of the leader calling him such a name on live. 
                          
joon crawled onto his lap, trying to read the comments like kook. "i'm live, joon," he pointed at his phone. the littles eyes widened, realizing what had happened. he turned to meet jungkook in the eyes before he hid in the crook of his caregiver's neck, way too ashamed to meet the camera.
                          
new comments flooded the whole chat asking questions as to why the leader was acting that way. "do you want to let them know? you don't if you don't want to," kook whispered in his ear.
                          
the boy sniffled. he might as well, there was no excuse other than the truth for calling him 'daddy.' joon nodded.
                          
jungkook looked at the camera again and patted the boy's back before letting out a small sigh. "so...i don't really know how to go about this but uh... namjoon-hyung is a little," he told the audience. he could hear namjoon whimper. joon closed his eyes and shook his head. 
                          
what if they didn't like him anymore? what if they thought he was odd? what if--
                          
"hey joon, it's okay, baby. look at the comments."
                          
namjoon shook his head. "h-hate me," he sobbed.
                          
"oh no, my love. look, they don't hate you, they adore you, baby," he pointed at the comments. joon sniffled and rubbed his eyes with his fist. the comments were a little blurry from the tears, yet everyone was so accepting of him.
                          
"t-they don't?" 
                          
"no, baby, of course they don't. i'll prove it to you. everyone, if you love joonie please send purple hearts in the chat," jungkook asked. moments later the whole chat center was filled with the purple heart emoji.
                          
the little cracked a smile, becoming a little less shy on camera, but still clinging on his caregiver.
                          
"do you guys have any questions?" his caregiver asked, playing with the boy's hair. namjoon agreed and nodded to jungkook's question.
                          
@/dopekook
what's namjoon's age range?
                          
the little held out four fingers, showing it to the camera, "four!" he beamed. jungkook grinned, "mhm, i'm guessing he's four right about now, but his age range is around three to five." he explained a little better.
                          
@/rmydarling
do the other members know? who's his main caregiver? ily guys <3
                          
"yeah, hyung's know too. they were very open minded about it! do you want to answer the other question that they asked, joon?" the little immediately nodded, "'s daddy!" he squealed and pointed at kook. he then assisted the boy to roll up his sleeves so his hoodie sleeves wouldn't be so long.
                          
@/yoonjpg
he's so cute. i'm actually crying rn 
                          
"ah.. 'ank you! b-buh no cry ami! 's okay!" he reassured. 
                          
@/tinyjinnie
why is Namjoonie so cute?! when did you guys figure out he was a little?
                          
namjoon was overwhelmed with compliments, his cheeks were burning. "thankies thankies ami! mmm i don' remember when... buh maybe daddy knows!" he turned to jungkook to take the lead. "i do remember when namjoon told us, it was back in january. i suspected it a little earlier as he kept coloring books and stuff.." he replied. namjoon agreed.
                          
@/sunnhobi
'm a little too! kookie is it hard taking care of joon? 
                          
"It's not that hard to take care of him. he-" kook was cut half sentence when joon gasped and pointed at the question. "is there a problem?" his caregiver asked, glaring at the boy who sat on his lap. "nu-uh. they are a wittle too!" he clapped his hands, hopping out of jungkook's lap to jump up and down in place. that was so reassuring to hear.
                          
jungkook chuckled and focused back to the question. "it's not hard taking care of him. he's calm for the most part. sometimes he can get a little difficult, but it's not a problem, we all have those days" he replied. 
                          
"do you want your pacifier, baby?" kook turned to namjoon who nodded. 
"you think you can stay here by yourself while i go grab it?" he asked.
                          
"uh-huh!" with that, kook left the room, closing the door on his way out. 
                          
namjoon crawled on the chair to read to comments once again.
                          
@/risepjm
what do you like to do in little space, joonie?
                          
"mmm. like coloring an' an' plawing with daddy" he replied.
                          
the door opened. "did you answer a question, joonie?" jungkook questioned. he lifted joon from the chair and sat before placing him on his lap. namjoon nodded and grinned widely when kook handed him his pacifier.
                          
@/beautaeful
such a cute pacifier
                          
the account pointed out the pastel pink and purple pacifier. the little let out a small 'thank you.' in fact those two colors were his favorite in little space.
                          
namjoon eyes drooped, as he rested his head on his caregiver's chest beginning to get sleepy. "you tired, baby?" kook hummed. the little gave a small timid nod, trying to not fall asleep during the live.
                          
"maybe we should end it, what do you think?" namjoon heard from his caregiver. as much as he didn't want to end the live, he was very exhausted. "think so.." he mumbled.
                          
"so we will end it here. goodbye everyone! we had a very long day today, we are heading to bed now. everyone, have a great day and rest well," he smiled, waving at the camera goodbye.
                          
"ni' night ami! be happy!" he giggled and also waved at the camera.
                          
with that kook pressed the end button on the live and carried the half unconscious boy to bed. "Sleep well, baby," he pressed a kiss on joon's cheek.
                          
"nii' night daddy.. do favor?" namjoon turned to kook.
                          
"of course."
                          
"tell ami i said goo' nigh' again," he mumbled.
                          
"definitely. now get some rest okay? daddy loves you so much, baby." 
                          
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