Chapter 42

The following morning when I wake up my husband is not in the bed with me. I check the time and it's a little after 9am. I have a text from him though. I open it and it reads:

-You looked so peaceful this morning I didn't want to wake you. 🥺

We are on our way to the venue to start rehearsals, although some of us feel a little worse for wear. 🤢

I hope your arse is ok this morning, it looked really red last night. 🤗

Love you loads-

He sent that at 7:30am this morning, we didn't go to bed until just after 1am so he hasn't had a lot of sleep. I bet when he gets home later he is going to be shattered. I decide that i'm going to pamper him later. A nice soak in some bubbles and a massage for his aching muscles should do the trick.

I sit up and feel a dull ache, I think i'm going to be feeling this for a few days. I stand up and rub my posterior and it feels really tender. I head to the bathroom to get a look at it in the mirror but it's too high and I can't get the right position to see. Lori and Yoongi have a full length mirror in there room I think I remember her saying so I pad down to the last room at the end of the hallway. I pass the children's room and it is empty, I assume they are both with Sakura having breakfast or getting dressed as it's not that early, most days Jangmi wakes up around 7:30am.

I tap on the door and hear Lori say "come in". I open it and she actually has the children in with her. "Morning" I say stretching my arms out and going over to the bed where my Daughter is laying next to my best friend. Yeong is on the floor playing with his toy cars, doing the usual, making them crash. "How long have the kids been up?" I ask lifting my little girl up and kissing her forehead before giving her a cuddle.

"Since about 7am I think, Sakura got them up and fed them, got them dressed and then brought them in about 30 minutes ago. She has gone to the shops for supplies as we are already running low. Apparently the drunkards raided the kitchen last night and ate most of the snacks. She looked in on you but because you were sleeping asked me to take Jangmi because I was already awake. We have been relaxing together, haven't we bubba" she says her last sentence in baby speak.

"How was the rest of your night?" I ask her, I know she won't be able to go into too much detail because her son is in ear shot but she can give me the gist at least. She smiles, a big wide smile and says "we joined the daddy club and it was awesome". I want to know all the details, but I will have to wait until Sakura is back from the shops. "What about yours?" She asks. I look at her and mouth the word 'wow' and then tell her I will have to tell her later. I lay Jangmi back down, she is awake but maybe still a little milk drunk, she looks like she is going to drop off soon.

I walk over to the mirror in the corner of the room and pull my pyjama bottoms down a little on my left side so I can see my arse cheek. "Holy shit" says Lori, and then remembers she has little ears around her and changes it to "holy sugar". Yeong stands up to tell his Mummy she said a bad word and manages to see my big purple welt. "Oh no, aunty Aimee has boo boo Mummy" he says in the cutest little concerned voice. I pull my pyjama bottoms back up and walk over to the tot. I lift him up and he wraps his little legs around my waist. "Aunty Aimee was being silly last night and fell and bumped her bottom. I'm ok though" I say in my best cheery child friendly voice. He hugs me and says "oh dear, be more careful in future aunty Aimee. Down please". I pop him back down and he goes right back to playing with his cars. He has such a sweet disposition.

"We definitely need a good chat when Sakura gets back" Lori says checking my face to make sure i'm ok and that it was consensual, I know exactly what she is thinking and say "I'm fine, it's all ok. I will tell you everything later". She seems happy enough and asks if I will watch the kids whilst she has a shower. "Yeah no worries" I reply.

I lay on the bed next to my little girl and stroke her hair, taking in the details of her face. It's remarkable how much like her Dad she looks. They both have the same face shape, plump lips and dimples as well as skin tone. I do think she has a little of me in her though, more around the eyes. Currently she has a dark brown Iris, but apparently babies eye colour can change and be different by the time they are 1. I did a little research and she could end up with blue eyes. There is a 50/50 chance between that and brown. I secretly want her to end up with blue eyes, how beautiful would an olive skinned, black haired, blue eyed Korean / British child look?

She has drifted off to sleep now and Lori is back from the shower. "She even sleeps like Joonie" I say with a little chuckle. "If you are ok to watch her whilst I get ready maybe we can go out for a walk when Sakura gets back, or head into town for a coffee?" We would have to take one of the security with us, but it would be nice to be out. "Sounds like a great idea".