3:00 PM- Seokjin
(A/N: for the anon who requested stressed out! OC and new parent! jin . This was a really sweet request and I loved writing it! Hope you like it! Feedback is always appreciated.)
Need more diapers. When's the last time someone did the dishes? Running out of clean clothes too...did Jin remember to use the sensitive skin detergent?
You groaned, rinsing the conditioner out of your hair quickly and rushing out of the shower. You couldn't even shower without thinking of the endless list of things you should be doing instead- but your newborn threw up in your hair and it was either shower now or shave your hair off completely.
Showering was the right decision.
People had warned you that parenting was hard, but no one told you that it would make you want to scream out multiple expletives that were now not allowed in your house since you had a baby and babies had sponges for brains apparently and if you said the word fuck out loud, they'd grow up into a psychopath which would also be your fault.
Parenting was really fucking hard though.
You toweled off half of your body and pulled on the nearest pair of clean clothes you could find. You were about to rush out of the bathroom when you caught your reflection in the mirror. Regret flooded your body instantly, your nose scrunching as you took in how rough you looked.
It had been a month since you gave birth but it looked like you had been through a zombie apocalypse, dark under eye circles lining your eyes and your hair was all over the place. You were grateful for your body, having given you a beautiful baby, but you felt bad for yourself. You wished you could turn off the part of you that needed things like sleep or food or clean underwear. This would be so much easier if you were a robot.
It's not like you were alone in this, Seokjin was more than helpful- but he was just as tired as you. You vaguely remember that he had also gotten vomited on but urged you to shower first, guilt washing over your body all over again. You were crying before you really realized it, the stress building up in a surge of hormones and exhaustion.
You pushed it aside and tried to wipe the tears away, walking to the living room to tell Seokjin he could go shower.
Instead, you turned to see him standing in the doorway of the bathroom with a deep frown, watching you try to hide the fact that you were definitely on the verge of loosing your shit.
"Where's the baby?" You asked automatically, ignoring the tears still rolling down your cheeks in hopes he would do the same.
"My mom offered to babysit for the rest of the day, I said yes." He explained, still frowning. "Come here."
"Wait- she shouldn't have to babysit, I can do it-"
"No, you need a break," He insisted, placing his hands flat on your shoulder. He looked down at you with concern and empathy in his eyes, which only made you feel worse because he was just as tired as you, just as stressed out.
"Stop," You snapped, lashing out despite yourself. "I can't just take a break from being a mother- that's not really how it works."
"You're human and she's offering," Jin argued, his tone suddenly sharper. "I said you're taking a break- you're taking a break. We're not fighting about this."
You frowned up at him, angry tears falling from your eyes. You wanted to argue but you were too tired to formulate a good enough rebuttal, instead you let him push you into a chair as he stood behind you with a wide toothed comb, sifting through the rat's nest that was your hair. He ran through your hair slowly, carefully deconstructing every kink and knot and working hair oil into the ends. He blow dried it afterwards, humming the entire time as if you hadn't just thrown a temper tantrum.
"You have to take care of yourself, you're important- to me and our baby." He mumbled when he had finished, braiding your hair patiently.
"I can't be selfish anymore," You argued weakly, "There's more important things than haircare."
"It's not about your hair- it's about feeling like yourself," Jin reminded, "I didn't read all of those books about parenting for no reason, all of them said that this kind of thing happens after the baby comes. It's easy to lose yourself in how stressful parenting is, but you have me to remind you that you're important too- okay? So just take the rest of the day for yourself- sleep for as long as you want, my mom brought food over so you can eat when you're hungry."
"What about you?" You mumbled, looking up at him. He looked tired himself- handsome as ever, but tired. He smiled down at you sweetly, leaning down to kiss you lightly.
"I'll be sleeping right next to you- just gotta shower first," He grinned.
"I'll blow dry your hair after!" You offered, eyes suddenly lighting up.
Jin laughed and nodded, kissing you once more before turning to go shower. You pulled the braid over your shoulder and played with it idly, staring at yourself in the mirror again. Unlike before, you looked a little bit more like yourself- tired, but happy.
You still had a lot on your plate and your to-do list was still running long in the back of your mind, but at the very least you decided to press pause on it for a moment and make a new to-do list: one only with you and Seokjin on it.
masterlist.
