Yujun’s POV
No more darkness, no more cold water, no more dangling between life and death, just...life.
It feels good to choose to live.
I feel warmth on my face, and I turn to the side to avoid the bright light with a tired groan, fight against waking up just yet.
Good sleep shouldn’t end this quickly.
After spending so long in the dark water floating aimlessly and waiting for the end, sunlight feels almost magical and foreign to , like sothing brand new and strange.
My body hurts in ways I can’t explain, it feels like dull aches, like it’s there but it’s not at the sa ti.
I draw a deep breath in and through my nose and as soon as I sll milk with a hint of jasmine and prominent patchouli, my eyes snap open.
Ho.
I’m ho.
Next to , is a baby wrapped in soft white blanket, it’s not just any baby...it’s my baby, my daughter, and it’s as if my heart is starting to expand as I look at her little face.
’Mate’ my oga howls and I look up from her face to look at the source of the patchouli...he’s really here, it wasn’t a dream, it wasn’t a hallucination, I did sll him before I passed out.
My Jaehyun is next to our daughter, he seems to have fallen asleep on his knees, maybe watching us together.
It is the sa position he slept in the night I ca to him...the first night I ran to Hwangyeon after saving Yunah, the night he saw my bump.
"Jaehyun" I call his na to wake him, and my voice cos out cracked, the alpha tightens his closed eyes in response to my call.
"Jaehyun" I try again and he lifts his head with a growl, already in a defensive mode for and our daughter, "it’s just " I whisper and he softens imdiately.
"Precious" he calls and presses his face into the bed, the alpha sniffles where he stays on his knees, hand gently splayed on Haeri’s small body to keep her.
"I’m sorry" he says and lifts his head, he gets up and I follow the action by also sitting up, I keep my back rested against the headboard.
He picks Haeri up carefully and cos to the other side of the bed to hand her over to , but my eyes widen in surprise and fear.
"I- wait" I stutter but hold my hands out in reflex.
"She has been waiting to see you" he says and bends forward, holding her like he was born to be a father. His movents are careful and gentle even when his excitent is bigger than both of us.
"Jaehyun wait- I- I can’t take her" I say, cheeks red with my words and his face changes to express the puzzlent he’s feeling at the mont, "why not? did sothing happen?" he asks.
"No...I just...I don’t know how to hold a baby" I confess and his lips form an O.
"It’s okay, I’ll teach you, here" he says and places the baby in my arms.
Haeri fusses for a few seconds but doesn’t wake up, Jaehyun’s voice guides into holding her properly and my body obeys, but I’m not here...I’m lost looking at my baby girl.
Her little body in my arms feels different from when I carried her inside .
My eyes fill with tears as I look at her. My dream co true.
A single tear rolls down my cheek and I don’t feel ashad about it, it’s a mix of emotions, of happiness, regret for hurting us both, of love, and of pride.
’Alpha’s don’t cry’
Those words will no longer have power over , I am not an alpha, I am an oga...like Yeon mom, I am a mom.
"It feels unreal doesn’t it" Jaehyun asks next to , his voice sounds so full of awe, he has been with her for a while and still sounds so smitten by her.
"Jaehyun-ah...my chest hurts so much" I say softly and he smiles softly, "it feels so tight like my heart would burst if I keep looking at her"
"That’s love, my precious" he says and leans into press our foreheads together, his scent and Haeri’s cover like a small bubble and my eyes slip shut.
This is ho. This is everything I have always needed.
My oga whines softly as our bond sparks and I feel his alpha.
"You’re here again" he says and sighs, like he has been holding his breath for a long ti, "I almost went mad when I couldn’t feel you anymore Junnah" he says and his breath shudders.
Haeri finally cries and distracts us, I look down at her in horror, "Jaehyun" I call.
I don’t know what to do with a crying baby.
"Jaehyun-ah" I whine his na helplessly and he chuckles, the teasing glint that is permanently in his eyes sparks and it feels like we were never apart from each other...like Chan never stole away from him.
"Why are you laughing, she’s crying!" I exclaim, arms already getting tired even just from her tiny weight.
"It’s okay, she’s just hungry, mom will be here to help. Haeri is such a big eater" the alpha jokes and I’m tempted to whack him in the head.
Her crying reduces slightly and I look down at her face, seeing her eyes for the first ti...they are red?
"Jaehyun...her eyes" I say and he nods, still smiling.
"She’s as divine as her mom" he says, eyes filled with pride while I frown, "Jaehyun...Chan is-"
"What Chan is will not affect our daughter" he says with a small growl, displeased at the ntion of that man.
"You’re right" I whisper and look down at her, what Chan is will not affect my daughter at all, I will do everything I can to make sure of it.
My baby will be loved, learn love and know how to love.
The door opens without a knock following and then Yeon barges into the room with a tray holding baby formula.
"NO SEX UNTIL FOUR WEEKS" he yells and I almost die again, this ti, out of embarrassnt.
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