#;appa

Darkness, thunder, being alone. All things Sumin hated and feared. Jay had important business he needed to take care of and had assumed Sumin was fast asleep before leaving the house. Sumin was the kind of child to “go to bed” and sometimes not actually be able to fall asleep for hours and hours. She had yet to tell her father, not wanting to worry him when she knew had already lots of other things to worry about. About an hour after Jay had left, the weather took a turn for the worse and started pouring with roaring thunder to accompany it. Sumin didn’t know when her appa would be back so in the meantime she ran, plushie in hand, to his room before crawling under his covers to try and comfort herself. As the thunder seemed to get louder, so did her sobs and whimpering. Jay walked in the front door only to hear Sumin’s cries for him. He ran towards the cries before bringing his daughter into his embrace, trying to calm her down. He knew how terrified she was of thunder and instantly regretted leaving the house. “I’m okay, you’re okay, we’re okay.”  He said while bringing her head to his chest, letting the sound of his heartbeat calm her down. “I..I t-thought…I thought appa went bye bye..” Sumin managed to say in between her sniffles and hiccups before hugging Jay even tighter. He gently set her down back on the bed before changing and trying to help her fall asleep, softly singing to her in the process.  

It was around midnight when Sumin heard noises outside of her window. She gave up on trying to go to sleep and headed to Jongin’s room. Being her appa, he made her feel safe and he always had a way of helping her fall asleep. She quietly opened his bedroom door, her plushie in one hand, and head towards her appa. Hesitantly, she gently poked his cheek and spoke softly “Appa…” She lower lip quivered at his response ”No, no — Go back to sleep.” and she sniffled as her tiny voice shook “B-but I’m scared because of the scary noises, appa..” Jongin instantly woke up and helped Sumin into his bed, holding her close. She pressed her ear up against his chest to listen to his heartbeat as she always found that to be comforting. Sumin eventually fell asleep in her father’s embrace and Jongin only fell asleep after seeing his baby angel sleeping soundly.