Requested by anon
Genre: angst, fluff, his POV
Summary: You and Yoongi have been on again and off again for years, long before your eight-year-old daughter was even born. Now the unavoidable question is about to be asked,’Where does your relationship stand?’
Children are observant creatures. They don’t know complex relationships, they just know who’s together and who isn’t. The same goes for my little girl. She only knows that her mom and I aren’t together right now, but she can’t understand why.
During our daughter’s birthday parties, she and I would both be there for her, but when the other parents came to drop their kids off, they’d come as a true mom and dad, not just two people that were on again off again.
I met Y/n years ago. We hit it off really well, but then we hit a rough patch and broke up. We decided that if we met up again the next year, we’d give it another try, which we did, but it still didn’t feel right. We broke up for the second time and agreed that we should just wait for the right person. That pact didn’t last long of course, because the day we were both invited to the same wedding, we were reminded of why we got back together in the first place.
We were great together, we just didn’t see things in the right perspective. Y/n was sure that fate wanted us to be together, yet I still wasn’t so sure. I trusted her instinct anyway and we fell back into each other’s arms. That time I was sure we would make it, and then, one day, she had some news that would change our relationship forever.
“Hey, jagi. I’m home.” I walked over to give her a kiss and she smiled. When I pulled away I saw the redness around her eyes and realized she was crying.
“What’s wrong?”
“Yoongi, do you love me?” She asked.
“Of course I do, why would you ask that?”
“Because…” She struggled to get the words out, but after seeing her mind start racing, I knew it could only be one thing.
“You’re pregnant.”
“Yeah.” She burst into tears, her hands covered her face in shame. “I’m so sorry.”
“Sorry for what? You said the last time we broke up, it was because we couldn’t commit. Well, now I’m telling you that I’m not going anywhere.” I lifted her chin and tried to get her to look at me. “I know you’re scared about this, but this happened for a reason. As long as we have this baby, we’re going to be okay. I’m here for you.”
And I was there for her. We were side by side through the pregnancy and we both raised her for the first year just fine. But then we started thinking about the next step. She thought I only wanted to marry her because of the baby and honestly she was somewhat right. I wanted to get married and have kids, but things change. We had a kid, and then the talk of marriage just went off the rails.
We broke it off for the last time and swore that we would only do right by our daughter. She grew up with her mom and dad under different roofs. Y/n and I worked out the custody and decided on exactly half and half. I’d have her one week and Y/n would have her the other. Everything was going great until our little girl started to ask about us.
It was the day I picked her up from school. It looked like something was bothering her while we were having dinner and I asked what was wrong.
“My friends always have their moms and dads pick them up and I don’t.” She said with a pout.
“I’m sorry, baby, but your mom and I aren’t married.”
“When are you getting married?” She asked. I had no idea what to say. I could never lie to her, still, she’s too young to know the truth.
“Maybe someday. just not any time soon.” I can’t get her hopes up too high.
Of course, I love Y/n. She’s the mother of my child and the girl I saw my life with. There is just never a good time to be together. At first, we were too immature and couldn’t commit, then we were mature, but couldn’t agree to get married.
When we finished our meal and I tucked my daughter into bed, I still carried the thought of what might have been. What if Y/n and I just go where ever the relationship takes us. We only ran into problems when we think about marriage and commitment, but what if we just stayed exclusive? Y/n and I are great when we are just dating and carefree. Why did we rush? It only caused problems.
In a matter of hours, I made up my mind. I called Y/n and asked if she could meet me at my place. It was a little late at night, but since our daughter was asleep, we just had to stay quiet.
She texted me, saying she was outside rather than knocking and I answered the door.
“Hey, is everything alright?” She asked.
“Yeah. Everything is good. I just wanted to talk.” I invited her in and she sat down on my couch. “Y/n… I love you.”
“I love you too, Yoongi.” She said casually.
“No. I mean, Every time I think of my future, I see y/d/n and you with me.” I took her hands in mine before continuing. “We always argued about being together and putting labels on things, but it’s not what we really want. All I know right now is that I want my little girl to grow up with both of us on the same team. And most of all, I want to be with you.”
She looked at our hands and nodded. “I know you do. and I do too, but what about years from now? We can’t stay romantically involved for very long. How are we going to last.”
“I don’t know. I really don’t, but if history shows us anything, it’s that we are right for each other. We can take it slow this time.”
“You said that last time.” She disputed.
“It worked,” I said.
She laughed at my comment and said, “You wanna tell that to the little girl sleeping int he other room?”
“Y/n, just listen. We took it slow last time and we were together three months before you got pregnant, all through the pregnancy, and a year after that. I call that working. We only broke up because everyone asked where our relationship was going from there and we got nervous.”
“So where do you want us to go?” She asked. “If you say the bedroom I’ll be pissed.”
Her joke made me smile and I shrugged at her previous question. “We can just have dinner tomorrow if you’d like and talk about this more in detail.”
“And what if people ask about us?”
“We can tell them we’re dating. If things go well after that we can just cross that road when we get to it.” I told her. “Is that fair?”
“Yeah. I’d like that.” She said with a nod.
“Could I sneak in to give y/d/n a kiss goodnight?” She asked.
“Of course. First door on the right.”
I watched her walk down the hall and slowly open the door to our daughter’s room. I smiled to myself while she went in, knowing that we were finally going to try this for real. No stresses or labels, just the two of us and our little girl. When Y/n came back out, I showed her to the door. She hesitated before leaving and turned around to give me a hug, goodbye.
“Thanks for calling.” She said.
“No problem.” I pulled away and she left.
It’s still true that kids don’t save relationships, but if it’s really meant to be, they can certainly put things into perspective.
THE END