We woke up extra early today. We were also really anxious. I really didn’t think Sunny actually meant that she’d be able to get us on ‘Hello Baby’ with them, but she did. That’s where we were headed this morning.

We were pulling up to the building where we would be filming this and Soo started freaking out.

“I can’t believe were here. I get to spend all day with Jessica-ssi. I might die.”

“Yah, you will die if you bring that up again,” Yuri shot from that back.

“Hey, you’d be equally as freaking out if it were, I don’t know Yoona-ssi,” he joked. Yuri didn’t have anything to say after that. Soo and I started laughing. “Hey I don’t know why you’re laughing; Tiffany-ssi is in there too.”

“I know, I’m freaking out too, but at least I’m not bringing it up every minute or two.”

We all were laughing until our manager told us it was time to go up to the room.

Once we reached it one of the producers told us that we were going to stay outside and ring the doorbell to “surprise” the girls. They knew we were coming, but it was for the show. We agreed and waited for the cue.

They gave us the green light and we rang the bell. A few moments later we heard someone coming to the door.

“Annyeonghaseyo!” We greeted. She then screamed a little and ran back in to the room. All for effect, since it was Sunny and she was the one that put all this together. “The dads are here!” I heard her call.

Once we came to the living room we saw two of the other members and a little baby boy sitting along the floor. On the count of three we greeted everyone correctly in front of the cameras and introduced ourselves.

“Ahh come meet Kyungsan!”

“Right! Hello Kyungsan, I’m Taeyeon I said while shaking his hand.” I saw him start to smile a little.

“Yah, he’s been here a minute and he already smiled at him,” I heard Tiffany shout. We all laughed. After playing a bit longer with him I heard Yuri speak.

“So what are we going to do today?”

We all looked toward the girls waiting for a response.

“Well today we were actually going to go to the store to get food to make homemade baby food.”

“Oh that’s awesome,” Soo said from beside me.

“We all can’t go though, so how about two of us stay and the other four can go to the store?”

I didn’t pay much attention to the conversation after that, the baby was in front of me so I started to play with him. I lifted him to a standing position and moved his arms around. He was giggling and making really adorable faces. I started to make noises at him and he loved it. He was laughing with me now.

“Alright then!” I heard someone yell, pulling me back to reality.

“Wait what’s going on?”

“You’re staying home with the baby while we go get food from the store,” Jessica explained.

I nodded. That was fine with me. I enjoy babies and most children in general. I could totally do this. I smiled to myself.

Wait, they’re leaving me here alone with this? I know there are tons of staff members here but still.

“Wait a minute. I’m staying here by myself with him?”

“Aniyo, pabo. Did you listen?” Sunny teased. “Since Tiffany is really bad with him and you seem fantastic, you two are staying. Maybe you can get Kyungsan to like her.”

They all laughed but my eyes grew wide. I quickly fixed myself for I know that there were at least five cameras on us. “Oh, uh yeah. I can try to help for sure,” I said as I smiled to them.

After a few minutes the four had left to the store along with a few cameras. I actually was the most nervous I had ever been. I was in a room with a small child, a small fragile child and Tiffany Hwang. We were going to be spending at least an hour with each other. This was totally the best and worst day of my life.

I looked at Tiffany who was sitting on the sofa a few feet away.

“So why do you think he hates you so much?” I asked while laughing a little.

“Yah, I don’t think he hates me, he just doesn’t know who I am. The other moms are with him more than I am.”

“Hmm,” I said aloud. I stood up and picked Kyungsan up with me. I sat next to Tiffany on the sofa and positioned him on my lap to face her direction. “Kyungsan-ah, do you know who this is?”

He was definitely more focused on the toy in his hands.

“Kyungsan-ah,” Tiffany called him. Her voice was so melodic.

“Here sit on the floor and play with him,” I suggested.

She did so and I sat the baby in front of her. I really did want to help them get closer, but I also had to use the bathroom. I started to head toward the hall where it was located but froze when I heard a voice.

“Yah, where are you going, don’t leave me alone!”

“I’ll be right back!” I saw her shake her head and I continued to the room.

Once I came back I walked to the carpet they were sitting on and I heard the phrase “What’s wrong?”

That couldn’t be good. I quickly came to sit on the opposite side of Tiffany and asked her what was wrong.

“He’s hiccupping.”

She was right. He just did it again. I looked to her and she was giggling at him. I really was speechless. Her eyes were almost gone and her smile was bright and beautiful. I probably had the dumbest grin on my face but I couldn’t stop it. She was too cute.

“What?” she asked after she had stopped laughing for a second. ‘Crap,’ I yelled in my head. She totally caught me staring.

“Oh uhm, nothing. Has he ever done this before?” I really needed to change the subject.

She laughed at another one of his hiccups before answering me. “Not that I’ve seen.” Tiffany then turned to Kyungsan and spoke. “You never did this before, what’s wrong?”

The baby just laughed even more. I couldn’t help but laugh at him either. He was being really adorable.

“Here let’s get him water.”

I returned with the bottle and gave it to her to have him drink. She started to put it to his mouth but then pulled away and started laughing. “How do I make him drink water? How do I make you drink water,” she said with the last line directed town Kyungsan. She brought the bottle to his mouth again. “Is this right?”

I knew she was talking to me this time. “No, he should be at an angle sort of so the bottle can be more up and down,” I said confidently. “Here like this.” I picked him up in my arms and held him in a more laid out position. “Now go ahead.”

She nodded and put the bottle to his mouth again. “He’s drinking!” she shouted.

I pulled my head back a little at the loudness, and that was when I realized how close we were. Her face was inches away from mine. I might’ve seemed calm on the outside but everything on the inside was going crazy.

“H-Here, try to hold him,” I suggested after he finished drinking.

“No, I can’t he’ll start crying!”

“Oh come on, that’s probably why he does cry,” I said only earning a confused and slightly insulted look from the other. “Oh I don’t know how to describe it… You need to be uhh, confident while holding a baby. Stop being hesitant and just kind of do it.”

She was nodding to herself. It seemed like she was thinking over my advice. “Okay, hand him over,” she said suddenly while looking at me.

I followed her orders and handed him off. She held him so his head was on her shoulder. I saw him start to squirm just as Tiffany spoke worriedly. “Taeyeon-ah he’s moving!”

“Tiffany-ah, be confident. Put your hand here,” I said as I moved her hand more to his back. “Make sure he doesn’t feel unsecure?” I saw that she was still holding him kind of weakly so I moved her arms around him in a better position. “Like this… Perfect!”

She smiled her famous eye smile at me and then looks at the boy in her arms.

“He’s not crying,” she whispered. I don’t think she knew I heard her because she looked at me and repeated herself louder.

I smiled at her. She looked so glad that he wasn’t fussing or anything. There was a brightness in her eyes that I haven’t had the pleasure to see before.

“What are you looking at?”

Crap. I really need to quit this.

“No-nothing. You just seem so happy,” I answered with a little laugh.

“I am. This is seriously the longest time I’ve ever held him. Thank you so much!”

A couple minutes later he had fallen asleep in her arms. They stopped recording us once they got the shot of Tiffany laying him down in his bed. After that we just had to wait until the others came back.

“Really though, how are you this good with babies? The guys that have been on here before had no idea.”

“I used to help my mom take care of my little sister.”

“Ohh no wonder you’re so good.”

I laughed. “Yeah, if you ever need any pointers let me know. I can be your tutor in babysitting.” I kept laughing at how ridiculous I sounded.

“Really? Here give me your number,” she said while pulling out her phone.

I might have stopped breathing momentarily. This is it Taeyeon, the girl of your dreams is really asking for your number. You can do this.

“Uhh, ye-yeah,” I said and then recited my phone number.

“Thanks,” she said.

It was silent for a while, and pretty awkward. I needed to say something quick.

“Oh congratulations on Inkigayo, and on Friday, we didn’t see you after the show or we would have said it to you then.”

“Thank you. You guys were surprisingly great too.”

I was slightly hurt. She didn’t expect us to be good?

“Ouch,” I said while laughing. “Thanks I guess, jeez.”

She clearly picked up on my teasing tone. “That’s not what I meant! Oh gosh. It’s just I didn’t expect you to be that good. Err, your group, I mean.”

I was cracking up over how she got flustered when she was attempting an apology.

“It’s okay Tiffany-ah I understood you…Omo I mean Tiffany-ssi, I’m sorry,” I quickly tried to recover from my mix up.

“Aniyo, don’t. You can speak casually to me it’s totally fine, we did just take of a child together after all.”

We both were laughing until the PD told us that we were going to start filming again. The others must have been back.

“I’ll go check on Kyungsan.”

I nodded to Tiffany. Just as she entered the room, four people came through the door.

“Where’s Tiffany?”

“Did she run away? I knew she hated him but- “

“Yah, I didn’t run away.” She reappeared in the doorway with a now awake Kyungsan. “Look I can hold him now!”

“Omo, how?”   “This is no joke.” The other two girls commented.

“Taeyeon-ah helped me. He’s so good with Kyungsan.”

“Jinjja? Can we nominate him for best mom?” Sunny asked making everyone laugh, even some of the staff.

“Ani, ani,” I said while waving my hands. “What did you get at the store?”

“We got vegetables and fruits and some noodles for us.”

“Yeah, we would have been quicker if this shikshin here wouldn’t have stopped every two minutes to look at food,” Jessica said.

“Yah, I was hungry!”

“You’re always hungry. This kid seriously eats eight meals a day.”

“It’s more like six or seven,” Sooyoung corrected him, “but whatever, let’s make this food!”

They headed to the kitchen. I stood up to go help them, and to maybe get a chance to breathe properly.

“No!” I heard when I started walking. I turned to realize Tiffany looking at me. “Don’t go. You have to help me make sure he doesn’t cry again.”

“Ahh Tiffany-ah, you’re doing a great job you’ll be fine. They look like they need help.”

“Yah Jessi, do you guys need help?”

“Ani, we’re fine, why?”

“See, now please stay.”

“Arasso.” I took a seat on the ground and started playing with some of the toys lying around, and eventually Kyungsan. He was a really cute baby.

Soon after we ate and then played a few more games with Kyungsan.  When it was time to vote, we voted Tiffany Best Mom for all her effort today and Jessica Worst Mom. She didn’t hold him the whole time we were there.

It was the end of filming before we knew it. The girls had to leave quickly because they had another schedule. We rushed our goodbyes and left.

We were on our way home when I heard my stomach growl. The noodles earlier were definitely not enough.

“Hyung can we order food when we get home?”

“Ahh yes! Please?”

He laughed at us before responding. “Yeah, I’ll go ahead and order it now.”

We thanked him just as I felt my phone vibrate. I hurriedly pulled it out. I had been waiting ever since I saw Hyomin for my cousin to call or text me. I really hadn’t heard from him in so long.

It was a text from an unknown number so that was totally a good sign. I’ll finally be able to talk to him again. I felt really happy. When we were growing up he was just like an older brother to me. I really did miss him.

I opened the text excitedly, but then my jaw suddenly dropped.

Text Message
From: Unknown

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