6 months later

Rustling sounds were heard through the baby monitor. It wasn't that loud but it is audible to a parent's ears.

Jaejoong got up from the sound and walked out of his room. He opened the door to his son's bedroom and smiled at the sight. His baby boy, Changmin was sitting in his crib with the blacket on his head like a hood. One small hand held the Bambi toy which was a present from Yunho and the other hand was fisted and rubbing sleep from the eyes that resembled the deer's in his hand.

Jaejoong walked over to the crib and stood over it for a few seconds. Seeing his mother, Changmin let go of the Bambi and stretched out his hand. Fingers opened and closed asking to be carried, with the blanket still on his head. "Aaanyaa~!" Which translated to 'Don't just stand there, I'm hungry'. 

Jaejoong picked up her demanding son and squished his chubby cheeks with his fingers, "My forever hungry baby....you're so chubby even your great grandmother finds you heavy."

"naaaa~!" Changmin bounced thinking it's a compliment.

"Ah....look at you. You know you're cute right? You're using it to your advantage." Jaejoong walked with him towards the kitchen, "Umma can use your cuteness to get a discounts. Right?" Jaejoong put the boy in his playpen and showed his palm to Changmin eagerly. Having learnt from his father, Changmin's tiny hand tapped on Jaejoong's palm giving him a high-five. "Oh you cutie." Jaejoong pecked his nose and whipped out a bottle of milk. "Drink your milk while Umma makes breakfast ne."

Jaejoong went about his morning chores making coffee and eggs for himself and Yunho. While they were cooking, Jaejoong also did some prep work for lunch like washing and chopping vegetables and hacking the chicken.

He felt arms snake around his waist and he resisted a smile. His lips did twitch though and he put the knife down lest he was provoked. "Morning Boo." Yunho pecked his cheek. Jaejoong hummed and went back to his work. He didn't make any move to release himself from Yunho. He was used to Yunho's actions now and just took it silently. He did get flustered when Yunho would do somethings though and Jaejoong would feel his heart race.

Like last week, they were having dinner with Jung Halmeoni in a fancy restaurant and Yunho would so casually direct Jaejoong's fork to his mouth. Then there were always those times when they took Changmin to the park in his stroller and in front of the other parents Yunho would always hold Jaejoong close by his waist and keep kissing him on the cheek. Yunho would always do things like this in public because in his words, "Jaejoong's reaction is cute."

Jaejoong pulled away when the coffee machine beeped. He poured the beverage in two cups and gave one to Yunho. "Play with Changmin till breakfast is done. He's getting angry." Jaejong jerked his chin to point at Changmin bearing a pout on his face.

The second Yunho turned towards him, Changmin Stood up holding the sides of the playpen and bounced. "Aaaaah~!" He gave a yell with a rising and falling pitch. He looked accusingly at his father for ingorning him so long.

"Good morning my bratty baby boo." Yunho pulled him out of the playpen and settled with him on his chair in the kitchen with Changmin on his lap. Changmin used both hands to pat on Yunho's chest in punishment. "Aw! baby, you're so angry. Appa is sorry ne." Yunho squeezed the boy, "Appa doesn't want to ingore you, but what can appa do when your Umma is so pretty." That effectively made JAejoong blush. Changmin though, didn't understand much. But he heard 'Umma' and 'pretty' so he knew and agreed. He clapped his hands and looked brightly to his father. "You agree with appa no?" Yunho picked him and blew raspberrries on Changmin's belly.  The boy squealed at the ticklish feeling and Yunho had to dodge the swinging legs from hitting him.

Still Yunho kept tickling him and playing aeroplane with him. His coffee was getting cold but Yunho just kept the mug at a safe distance and played with Changmin. Even the crisp shirt and dark grey pants were now crumpled because Yunho was on all fours like Changmin and the father-son dou pretended to be tiger and deer. In the game, Yunho growled and pushed (more like nudged with a finger) Changmin on his back and made it like he was nibbling his prey. It only tickled Changmin more and the infant's limbs flailed in the air.

"Yunho...." said man looked above the table at his wife setting the breakfast. "If any of the 3 Ps happen, you're cleaning it up."

"3 Ps?" Yunho scratched his head.

"Puke, Poop and Pee." Jaejoong said simply and sat in his chair.

Yunho turned to Changmin still lying on the floor. He poked the chubby belly, "Keep the 3 Ps in or there'll be trouble for Appa." Yunho didn't want to believe it but he could see Changmin smirk briefly. But you can't really tell because the boy has a lopsided smile and uneven eyes giving an overall sinister look.

He picked him from the floor and settled him on his lap once he was in his chair. Jaejoong pushed Yunho's eggs and toast plate to him and barely took a bite of his own toast when he got up and took the chair beside Yunho. Yunho who was trying to feed Changmin his baby food and eat his own breakfast was struggling. So Jaejoong took to feeding Changmin instead.

"So what plans for today?" Yunho asked to make conversation.

Jaejoong shrugged. "Nothing really. I think I'll take Minnie to meet Halmeoni. She got a tree house built for him."

"That's just a ploy so she could steal our baby. She wants to keep him in the manor." Yunho said conspiratorially.

"Don't say like that. Halmeoni just loves her great grandson. Besides, she's at the stage where you want to spoil your children's children. and Somtimes...." Jaejoong trailed off and left it at that.

"what?" Yunho prodded.

"I can't really put it in words you know. For one thing, she's blessed to see her great grandchild....unlike how frail my grandmother was.  And then, instead of being taken care of by her children....she had to be a parent again, that too after losing her one child and the other...."

"I know....uncle's behavior hurts Halmoeni a lot." Yunho continued.

"Yeah. So I feel like I should give her that you know. The comfort of a grandparent's life after they  have spent their whole life raising children."

"And what about your own parents? They are grandparents too."

"Umma told me the same, Halmoeni comes first. They aren't so old yet and Appa doesn't like to be treated like he's an old man. You know, he's planning to go horse-riding and that too with his hip."

"Is that what it is? He had asked me to look into good riding clubs and I thought it was for someone else. Now that I know, I'm going to tell him no horse-riding."

"Please do." Jaejoong nodded, "what about you? What's today's schedule? You should've been in the office by now."

"My two meetings with the Japanese clients got postponed so I have to sit in my cabin all day and go over files if not play solitaire." Yunho passed Changmin to Jaejoong since he finsihed eating. "I think I'll leave early come over to the manor."

"Lunch?" Jaejoong asked, biting the inside of his cheek to not give away anything.

Yunho shrugged, "I'll order in." Yunho didn't notice what Jaejoong was implying so Jaejoong smiled inwardly.

He put Changmin back in the high chair and took Yunho's empty plate. "You should change. Your suit's really crumpled."

yunho looked at himself. "Hmmm....yeah." He stalked to the bedroom.

When Yunho was out od earshot, Jaejoong looked at Changmin, "what say Minnie, we should surprise Appa with lunch?" Changmin squealed and clapped his hands in affirmation. Jaejoong wasn't worried about the voice because Changmin always squealed and it's not like the boy could talk. Jaejoong frowned a bit, "But Halmeoni wants to meet you...." Changmin doesn't understand but the serious look from Jaejoong makes him quiet."Looks like Umma will have to go alone. You can keep Halmeoni company right."

Jaejoong scooped Changmin and swung him in his arms. Yunho came right that moment and smiled at the sight. With his briefcase in one hand, he walked to them and hugged the two, "I'll see you two later." He kissed both on their foreheads and walked to the door.

Jaejoong followed him with Changmin in his arms, "Yunho..." He turned around while holding the open door, "keep your afternoon free." Yunho bit his bottom lip to resist a wide grin. he couldn't help but feel hopeful as he nodded and left the house waving back at Changmin's small wave.

~~~ 

"Here you go Halmeoni." Jaejoong placed a cup of tea with a plate of cookies on the coffee table. Mrs Jung, who was so busy playing with Changmin smiled at the gesture but frowned as Jaejoong put his jacket and took his bag.

"I still think you should just call Yunho over. Why take the food to him?" The older woman said.

"But it would be more strenous to him because he will have to go back afterwards. I'll just come back with him here for dinner." Jaejoong responded but it didn't entirely convince Mrs Jung.

Jaejoong had dropped in at the Jung manor after Yunho had left to work. While Changmin was left in the care of his great grandmother and two other maids, Jaejoong invaded the manor's kitchen. He even forced the chef to sit at the counter only occasionally asking the location of the ingredients. Jaejoong prepared a feast both for the people in the manor and to take to Yunho. Besides the main dishes, he whipped up a special batch of cookies and muffins for snack time.

Given that Jaejoong had done so much, Halmeoni Jung was of the opinion that taking it to Yunho is unfair to Jaejoong's work. Yunho should be sitting in a dining room with the spread before him and savouring every bite of the lovely food. Not in a office couch eating over a coffee table. "if he's not busy then he can just stay." Halmeoni insisted.

Jaejoong smiled, "Halmeoni...I know you mean well. I have my own motive for this. I've never done such a thing for Yunho-"

"You do a lot for him already." Jaejoong resisted saying that he hasn't done nearly as enough as Yunho.

"I do what a wife ought to do. But I want to do something out of the way. Like Yunho always does for me." Jaejoong wasn't lying. Yunho was nothing but wonderful during the pregnancy and since Changmin's birth, he's been an amazing father despite not being the real father. He was more than a good husband because he did so much to keep Jaejoong safe from Jung Yongwha. That and the love he showers on Jaejoong warms his heart and even if his feelings aren't sorted enough to reciprocate them, he at least wanted to do something special for Yunho. "I've never gone to meet him in the office. He leaves work for me. So I thought, I'd take him lunch for once."

Halmeoni gave Jaejoong a teasing smile, "uh-huh.... then I better get another grandchild from the steamy office romp you have."

"Halmeoni~!" Jaejoong whined while holding his red cheeks. It's a good thing that the old woman had the good sense of covering Changmin's ears before she said that.

~~~

Jaejoong walked with the bento and a basket of muffins. As he walked through the lobby of the Jung tower, all employees greeted him while referring to him as 'Mrs Jung'. Jaejoong felt a bit wierd being called that. Over here, he was always Jaejoong- an employee. It's the first time he has come to his former workplace since his fallout with Ilwoo and also since he became Yunho's wife. He was confined to a small radius of their house and Jung manor because Yunho feared what Yongwha could do to him and Changmin if they were alone.

Jaejoong was directed to Yunho's top floor cabin by the reception where he was recieved by Yunho's secretary Dara. The young lady bowed to him and smiled, "Good afternoon Mrs Jung."

"Good afternoon." Jaejoong greeted back, "Is the president inside?"

Dara nodded. "Today's relatively less hectic so we planned of having a pizza lunch party. I was just about to invite the President."

Jaejoong smiled at that. Despite Yunho's rapid rise in position, he's still the same man who maintained his friendship with his old colleagues. It made things less awkward otherwise who would be joking around with their boss in the same room. Jaejoong shook his head, "Oh Please don't give him any pizza. He's been eating so much lately, our son has picked up the habit. I'm controlling his diet now."

Dara chuckled, "I did notice Mr Jung ordered way too many snacks lately. I'll make sure to follow your orders from now on. Besides....." she looked at the bento box and smelled the delicious aroma. "I think Mr Jung would rather eat your food then pizza."

Jaejoong felt the heat in his cheeks. He felt that everyone was out to make him blush today. He just held out the basket of muffins, "I got this for others. Please distribute them." The secretary giggled as she took the basket and stepped out of the hallway.

Jaejoong took a deep breath to come back to normal and walked the few steps through the hallway and towards Yunho's cabin area. A small portion between the hallway and the cabin door was a lounge with Dara's desk and a small waiting area. Jaejoong opened the door slightly but paused midway when he heard some voices. Thinking he was busy, Jaejoong decided to wait, b