fatherhood (incomplete)
last edited: march 2016
started: june 2015
title: fatherhood
group: got7
verse: canon
rating: g
word count: 1000+
summary: being a father is not what any of them had in mind.
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It’s Yugyeom that sees her first.
Her head tucked in a pink beanie, her eyes wide and bright and Yugyeom swears that there was a certain sparkle about her.
Soft greetings cooed from her lips before bursting into a eaar-popping wail.
Yugyeom’s never handled a crying baby before.
Sure, he’s seen babies, but only when they were smiling and grabbing onto his fingers with their tiny hands and cooing and being so adorable and cute and when hell broke loose he just gave them back to their moms.
There was no mom to be found.
The only thing Yugyeom does is to carry the baby inside, yelling out Jinyoung’s name.
--
“Yugyeom.” Jinyoung says, looking up at the younger with his jaw dropped and eye wide. “Do you want to explain why you’re carrying a baby?”
“Oh my God.” Jackson comments in English, “Did you steal someone’s baby? or--” his eyes grow wide in terror “did you father a child? I’m not old enough to deal with my baby brother becoming a father oh my GOD who’s the girl, wait when did it happen why did it happen oh my-”
“No.” The younger replies quickly, holding up the bundle in his arms. “She was left in the front of our dorm I was going to the convenience store to get some ice cream and-”
But he’s interrupted by a loud wail.
“Give me her, you’re holding her all wrong. You need to support her head.” Jinyoung clicks his tongue before taking the infant from Yugyeom. He’s a natural, rubbing his nose with the infant and cooing at her. More than what Yugyeom could do in the ten minutes he was with her.
--
It’s Jaebum that enters next. Exhausted from dance practice, the rest of the members fret as they watch him throw off his sneakers at the door, collapsing on the couch.
“Hey, hyung.” Jinyoung speaks to him first, his voice full of caution and uneasiness.
Jaebum only replies with a grunt before he buries his face into one of the throw pillows.
--
I’m sorry, I don’t have the courage anymore.
“What the f--”
“Bambam, there’s a baby here.” Jinyoung quickly hushes him, holding her tightly over his shoulder.
“Jackson.” Jaebum says calmly, putting his hand on his bandmate’s shoulder. “Is there something you want to tell us?”
“Tell you wha- Oh my God.” Jackson clasps a hand over his mouth, scandalized. “You think it’s mine???”
“I mean, it looks like the most obvious-”
“THE BETRAYAL.” Jackson yells. “DO YOU NOT WATCH ME ON TV??? NO DATING FOR THREE YEARS???”
“Don’t think I didn’t see you running around with-”“We’re just friends.” he gets on his knees for a dramatic effect. “WILL YOU LET ME LIVE.”
“Then,” Jaebum immediately switches his gaze to Mark. Who in turn looks at him with a blank face.
“Mark?”
Mark looks at Jaebum with a single eyebrow raised.
“What?”
“Hyung.” Jaebum says simply, his eyes narrowing slightly.
“Oh, sure, blame the American kid.” Mark puts his hands up. “Don’t you think she’s a little too young to be my child from my high school days? She looks like she’s eight months old, she’s not even one yet, for sure.”
Jinyoung raises his eyebrow suspiciously “and you would know that because…”
“I have two nieces.”
“True.” Jinyoung nods his head and drops the case.
“Well, first things first. We should name her.” he says as he readjusts the pink beanie on her head. “I mean, we can’t just call her baby for however long we’re going to have her.”
“Jinyoung, for God’s sakes we’re not raising-” Jaebum protests
“Jackie.” Jackson cuts in, beaming with pride for his name suggestion.
“Jackson we’re not naming this baby after you-” Jinyoung narrows his eyes at Jackson
“Well EVERYBODY here thinks it’s mine, so MIGHT AS WELL, SHOULDN’T WE?” Jackson throws his hands up in the air.
“Nara.” Jaebum quietly suggests, softly petting the infant’s head.
“Like.. Jang Nara?” Youngjae asks.
“...Sure.”
“What about Bambi?” Bambam asks, cocking his head slightly as he watches the baby look back at him with a smile. “See! She likes that one.”
“Nayoung.” Mark interjects quietly.
“Nayoung?” Bambam cocks his head. “Nah, I like Bambi better.”
“But her name is NAYOUNG.” Mark pushes forward, giving him a piece of paper that was tucked underneath the blanket.
“Anything about a last name there?” Jaebum asks, peeking over the note with the baby in his arms.
“Nope, just Nayoung.”
“Wait a minute- NaYOUNG?” Jackson looks over at Jinyoung with narrowed eyes. “Is there something YOU want to tell us, Jinyoung?”
“Are you serious?” Jinyoung asks. “You suddenly think this baby is mine because we share a name character? What about Youngjae?”
“Youngjae’s too much of a baby to actually father a child. We all know he’s as virginal as the Virgin Mary.”
“Hey!” Youngjae protests.
Jackson just shrugs.
“So… It’s Jinyoung, Mark, or Jackson’s.”
“Why hasn’t anyone mentioned Jaebum yet? This is injustice.”
“Leader.” Jackson crosses his arms, looking at Jaebum with the same doubtful look the other gave him earlier.
“My only child is Nora.” Jaebum replies tartly, looking back at Jackson with a glare.
“SO. Nayoung it is.” Jinyoung interrupts the two. “Not sure what to do about the last name though, that’s not important.”
--
“Shouldn’t we take her to an orphanage or something?”
“Oh yeah, great plan Jackson-hyung -- I can just see the headlines now: “idol group GOT7 seen at an orphanage, dropping off a baby -- I guess one of the members aren’t ready to be a father.”
“It was just a suggestion.” Jackson grumbles, resting his chin on arm of the sofa.
“So……. Are we going to be dads now?”
“Did anyone check around for cameras?? What if we’re on a hidden camera show??? Like a ‘surprise’ Hello Baby?”
“What kind of sick joke--”
“Hold on.” Bambam gets up from the couch and peers into the stuffed toy that’s sitting on their TV stand. “I’ve seen this in movies.” he taps on the eye, “never mind, it’s plastic.”