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It wasn’t an overnight feat. They both know there was so much to fix in their relationship, even if they wanted to start anew. They talk about it almost every night, making sure it was what they wanted, and ensuring they move forward about the right way.
Their days soon turn better once they’ve accepted and worked things out, and Baekhyun soon moves into Jongdae’s bigger room, where they end their long days intimately and in each other’s arms.
“So… you love each other now?”
Baekhyun and Jongdae looked at each other smiling, before the former turned to their son, “Yeah. We do love each other, very much.”
Daehyun is starting to sport a pout, “Then… how about me? Do you still love me?"
“Of course we do~” Jongdae carries Daehyun in his arms, “The way I love Appa and the way I love Daehyunnie is very different; but I love you both so, so much.”
“How different?”
Baekhyun chuckles, “You will only understand when you’re older, Daehyun-ah. But just know that Papa and I love you very much, and you will always be our number one.”
“Why can’t I know now?”
“You wouldn’t understand, Dae. It’s difficult. You still have so many years ahead of you, then you will learn for yourself.”
“Besides, we have two more things to tell you,” Baekhyun tries to change the subject. “One… Your name will change. Sort of.”
“My name? Byun Daehyun? To what?”
“Your name will now include Papa’s surname. Byun-Kim Daehyun,” Jongdae proudly announced. He had wanted Daehyun to retain ‘Byun’ since Baekhyun did raise him for the first few years of his life, and while he didn’t need the Kim name in Daehyun’s legal name, Baekhyun insisted on it.
“That’s long,” Daehyun comments, making both his parents laugh wholeheartedly. They had also wanted to say it meant that Jongdae is legally his father now, but they didn’t want to confuse the child.
“We have one last thing to tell you.”
“What is it?”
“Appa is… Appa has a baby in his tummy. You’re going to be a big brother!”
“Tummy?” Daehyun taps Baekhyun’s stomach, “Baby? Sister?”
“We don’t know yet, bub. The baby is only a few weeks old.”
“Baby…? How about me?”
“What do you mean, baby?” Jongdae asks, “We will still love you. Now we just have one more person to love.”
“Yeah,” Baekhyun agrees, “There’s a lot of love to go around. And you’re going to be the best big brother to your younger sibling.”
“Do I have to share my things?”
“Yes, sharing is good. But you will have some things for yourself as well.”
“And you will still love me, right?”
“Yes. Appa and Papa will still love you with our entire hearts.”
Daehyun figures that answer was enough and shrugs, “Okay. Appa’s going to get big like Jinwoon’s mom?”
“Yes,” Baekhyun chuckles, “I was big when you were in my tummy.”
“I was in Appa’s tummy? Did it hurt?”
“In the best way.”
“And Papa is going to get fat too?”
“Well…” Baekhyun started, before Jongdae interrupted him, “Hey! That’s not true.”
“We will see… When I was pregnant with Daehyunnie, I ate a lot.”
“AM I GOING TO GET FAT?!” Daehyun panics, making both his parents laugh for the umpteenth time that day.
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“Jongdae.”
“Mmm?”
“Jongdae. Wake up.” He shakes the other vigorously, “I wanna eat some steak… and cheese. Steak and cheese.”
“Cheesesteak?” Jongdae asks groggily.
“No, Jongdae. Steak and melted cheese. Mozzarella.”
“Now?"
“Yes, now. Cook it for me, Jongdae.”
It was 3am.
But sweet soul Jongdae gets up anyway, and within 30 minutes, a medium-rare sirloin steak with hot melted cheese at the side was presented to the 7-month pregnant man.
“Thank you,” Baekhyun pouts, earning a kiss from his fiance. Yes, fiance . Jongdae had proposed to him at their gender reveal party - the baby is a girl by the way - and Baekhyun of course, said yes.
He thinks it’s a miracle Jongdae even wanted to marry him, again, considering the nightmare that was the first 5 months of his pregnancy. And while it did scare the hell out of Jongdae, he finds himself falling more in love with the older man if it’s even possible, which also meant cooking for him at ungodly hours of the night.
He watches Baekhyun practically swallow both the steak and cheese at the same time, and doesn’t know whether to stop him or not. From previous experience, it really was a 50-50 chance the older man would get mad, but so long as Jongdae is watching him, it should be just fine.
Since he wasn’t there for the first time round, he wasn’t ready for what’s to come when taking care of his pregnant significant other. He soon finds himself awake at any time from 2-5am, cooking full meals for Baekhyun.
He quickly finds himself going grocery shopping every 3 days, to stock up on Baekhyun’s appetite. There were mood swings, a lot of weird cravings, a lot of cuddling and also a lot of sex.
Gosh, unpregnant Baekhyun’s libido is already high, imagine a pregnant Baekhyun. Through the roof. Jongdae didn’t have to go to the gym since he got pregnant. Even now.
“Dae~ Water please.” Jongdae nods and gets him a cup quickly, and fills it with filtered water, before Baekhyun reaches out for it and chugs it down. The younger man refills it once he is done.
“Oh!” Baekhyun gasps and touches his bulging stomach, “Dae! Hyelim is kicking me!” He quickly grabs Jongdae’s hand and places it on his tummy, and lo and behold, the kicks were there and very strong. “She said thank you for the yummy food, Daddy~” Jongdae smiles fondly at the other’s little silly antics.
“Daddy~” Baekhyun’s tone was much lower and a lot more suggestive, and Jongdae knows where the night is about to go.
“Jongdae.” When his call was left unanswered, Baekhyun sighs and leans back, “Jongdae, stop it. You’re giving me a headache.” At that, he stops his pacing before going to his fiance’s side, “What’s wrong, baby? Do you need me to call the Doctor?”
“No. Just you walking around the room like that makes me dizzy. Stop.”
“I’m sorry, baby. I’m just nervous I guess… even if I’m not the one being cut open…”
“I will be fine. I’ve told you so many times before.”
“I know, I can’t help but be nervous. I know it’s your second time… but it’s the first for me.” Baekhyun drops his shoulders at that; Jongdae is right. He is still all new to this, and it makes the pregnant man feel guilty since it wasn’t his choice that he wasn’t there for the first time too. Baekhyun reminds himself to be more patient.
“I’m sorry too, baby. But I will be just fine,” Baekhyun reassures the younger man, beckoning him over.
“In 3 hours, Hyelim will be right here with us, healthy and perfect. Just like you and Daehyun.”
“And you too,” Jongdae holds the other hands, “Thank you for giving me a chance.” They leaned towards and pressed their lips against each other, perfectly content just like this.
"Ew!!" They hear and smile into the kiss as they pull away to see the now 5-year-old Daehyun running in with Kyungsoo in tow.
"I agree." He looks at Baekhyun, "How are you feeling?"
"Good. The operation is in a couple of hours. I'm excited~"
Kyungsoo smiles and pets Daehyun's head, "Your son wants to see you first before we head back home."
"How was school, baby?" Jongdae asks as he carries their son in his arms.
"It's good! I got a boyfriend now!!"
" What?! "
“Yeah! Changmin asked me to be his boyfriend and I said yes and we kissed!”
“WHAT?!”
“Wait,” Jongdae asks, “Who’s Changmin?”
Daehyun had the audacity to roll his eyes at his father, “I said he’s my boyfriend!!”
“You kissed each other on the lips, bub?” Baekhyun asks, rubbing his belly.
“No, Appa, ew! We kissed on the cheeks!” He leans towards Baekhyun, wanting to get close to him, “Baby gonna come today?”
“Yes. Are you excited to see your sister?” Daehyun had inevitably grown to love the amazing human being in Appa’s tummy, even making important choices for her like what crib or toys and books she should have.
“Yeah~ She’s going to be so small, right?”
“That’s right. For now, you will go and behave for your uncles, right?”
Daehyun nodded his head vigorously and kisses his Appa on the lips, “I will see you later, okay?”
“Okay, baby,” Baekhyun chuckles, “I love you so much.”
“I love you too, Appa.” Daehyun turns to Jongdae, “I love you too, Papa!”
“I love you and your father a whole lot, bub.”
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The procedure went by fast and smoothly, baby Byun-Kim Hyelim was born on October 26.
Baekhyun cries as the Doctor brings the baby to his face during the operation, but he just knew Jongdae cried even more when he held her for the very first time in his arms.
Nothing could beat Jongdae sobbing and shaking so much holding her, but the sight almost brought Baekhyun close to that.
Jongdae rubs his partner’s shoulder as they watch the newborn suckling and drinking her father’s milk with her cute little mouth.
“Gosh, she even has the same mouth shape like you. Like a kitten. Our children look like you more than they do me and I carried them for 9 entire months,” Baekhyun huffs playfully.
“I mean… We cannot blame them if they wanna look as amazing as their father,” Jongdae jokes back, and gets a hit on the shoulder from the older man. “I’m kidding~ You know you’re the most beautiful man I’ve ever met.”
“Yeah, yeah. Flattery won’t get you anywhere, Mister.”
“You are. And Hyelim is going to be as beautiful as her father that brought her here.” Baekhyun’s heart flutters and he quickly pecks the CEO’s cheek.
The former sleeps for the next couple of hours, before waking up to yet another amazing sight - Daehyun carrying his sister while he sits on top of his fiance.
Thankfully, Baekhyun finds his phone by his bedside and quickly snaps some pictures. He also realises Jongdae has got his video camera already pointing at them, remembering that the CEO had wanted to capture as many videos and pictures to keep them as memories.
Daehyun giggles as he gently places his finger on his sister’s mouth, and then pokes her soft sheeks after.
“She’s really small, Papa.”
“She is, isn’t she?”
“Now Appa isn’t fat anymore?” At that, he turns to the subject of his sentence, and brightens up when he sees Baekhyun looking at them.
“APPA!” He screams, before Jongdae shushes him because he is still holding the baby. Daehyun pouts and looks down at the unbothered and still-sleeping baby, “Sorry, Lili.”
Chanyeol, Sehun and Yixing came by later to visit the baby. The three of them had met Daehyun for the first time when Baekhyun was 1.5 months pregnant, and apart from the first meeting with Chanyeol, it was also Baekhyun’s first time properly meeting the 3 of them.
The couple had also met with Jongdae’s parents again, and Baekhyun had constantly apologised during the visit. While the Kims were rightfully not happy at first, having gone an hour’s lecture (and that’s already best case scenario) on Baekhyun leaving Jongdae suddenly and keeping Daehyun a secret.
But Jongdae had strongly stood his ground that this was what they both wanted now, since they also have a son together now. They were older and had grown a lot since the wedding 6 years ago, and that they were also expecting another child together now.
After much deliberation, Jongdae's parents had given him their blessings, albeit reluctantly.
Knowing how the meeting would go, they had only asked Chanyeol to bring Daehyun in later at night, and inevitably, his grandparents loved him. Baekhyun's parents were already long gone, so this was a new concept for him, but Daehyun welcomed it nonetheless.
Baekhyun’s relationship with his parents was still a little awkward, so when they had come into the hospital suite and saw just Baekhyun and the baby, Baekhyun had almost wanted to run out the suite himself.
“Hello,” he bows and greets politely. Jongdae’s father just nods and his mom smiles tightly and immediately goes to the newborn in the crib.
“Where’s our son?”
“He’s out walking with Daehyun. He was getting a little restless.”
Baekhyun screams his mind for his fiance to come back right there and then, hoping telepathy might somehow work but he was stopped when Jongdae’s mother had asked whether she could carry the baby. Hyelim’s father nods.
While they do respect each other enough for Jongdae’s parents not to pay Baekhyun off to leave their son (yes, that’s what Baekhyun had thought at first, but Jongdae reassures that they’re not like that), they still refuse to talk to him more than necessary, and Baekhyun couldn’t exactly blame them.
He guesses that their telepathy might have worked when less than 2 minutes later, Jongdae and Daehyun come walking in, and the atmosphere turns for the better.
“Hey, I didn’t think when you said you were on your way, you’d be here so fast.”
“We meant to send the message earlier, but your father forgot,” Jongdae’s mom gently rocks the baby, “Everything went okay?”
“The walk? Yeah, Dae tell them what you saw!”
“We saw a huuugeee fish tank! And then we saw a shop that sells a lot of balloons and flowers!”
“That sounds awesome!” Jongdae’s father carries the boy, indulging in his excitement.
“Yeah it does. But how was the operation?” Jongdae’s mother asks properly this time, still looking at Jongdae.
“I don’t know, mom. Why don’t you ask the person who actually had the operation?” Jongdae side-hugs Baekhyun, prompting his mother to direct the question at him instead.
She discreetly glares at her son before reluctantly looking at Baekhyun, “How was the operation?”
“It went well. And fast. Thank you for asking,” he bows his head slightly.
“That’s good. Hyelim here looks like Jongdae."
“Yes, she does. Both the children look like him when they’re born, and Daehyun still looks like him now.”
“When are you able to go home?” His father asks this time.
“Tomorrow or the day after at the latest.” Baekhyun had recovered well, so he could go home soon.
“And you will be taking your month off?” He asks Jongdae this time, and he nods his head.
“No work. Just family, understand?”
“Yes, mom.”
“Don’t just let your fiance do all the work. Wake up with him in the early hours too.”
“Yes, mam!” His mother seems satisfied with the playful salute her son gave her, and nodded her head in finality.
“I’ve already signed the papers. We can go home now.” Baekhyun nodded his head as he packed the last of the necessities that he had brought to the hospital.
A nurse comes in to wheel Baekhyun out as Jongdae shoots a message to their driver, and soon enough, they are on their way back home.
As Baekhyun lays his head down on his fiance’s shoulder, they both look at the sleeping newborn and collectively sigh in content.
“This is all I wanted, even if I was a selfish coward in the beginning.”
“While that’s unfortunately very true, I don’t think we would be as strong as we are if not for the things that happened.”
“Yeah,” Baekhyun nuzzles into the other’s neck, “I agree with that too.” They stayed in the same position for a while before Jongdae pulled away as they approached the estate.
“I love you so much, Baekhyunnie. I can’t wait to start the next chapter of our lives together.”
“I love you too. It took a little while to get here but I'm ready now.”
“And I will be right by your side. Just like it should be.”
“For the rest of our lives.”
Jongdae leans and gives the older man a kiss, “For the rest of our lives.”