As Jungkook stepped into his family house, he felt a wave of nervousness wash over him.

He wanted to take Taehyung's advice on fixing things with his parents.

He didn't want to have a toxic relationship with his parents. After all, they were his parents.

His mother, as usual, was in the guest parlor, waiting for him to return. He never really did appreciate this gesture until now.

His mother waiting for him to return from school and still fighting with him. It was him who usually started the arguments.

"you're home early?" his mother said getting up from the chair and placing a hand on her hip.

"y-yeah. H-hi." he said nervously and rushing to his room.

Mrs Jeon held a face of surprise. It had been so long since she and Jungkook spoke without an argument.

So him just saying 'yeah' and 'hi' and running to his room didn't settle well with her.

"oh my! He could be sick!" she exclaimed, running up to Jungkook's room.

As Jungkook landed on his bed, he screamed but muffled it with a pillow.

He was nervous that he had to stutter. He was so nervous that he didn't know what to say. He was so nervous that his whole speech and peptalk had gone to waste.

He heard loud knocks on his door and his name being called. He lifted his voice from the pillow.

"Jungkook?!"

"um..." he cleared his throat, "yes?"

"are you OK? Do you want me to come in? Do you have a fever or something?"

"I'm fine mom!"

Mrs Jeon felt a wave of happiness rush her. When last did Jungkook call her 'mom'

"are you sure?"

"y-yeah." he responded. She smiled and felt tears begin to fill her eyes as she began to walk away from Jungkook's room.

Jungkook smiled as he heard the sound of his mother's footsteps fade.

It felt good calling her mom.

It gave him a sense of belonging.

And he loved it.

He made progress.

He walked into his walk in closet to change out of his school uniform.

***

As Jungkook came down for dinner, he took a deep breath to prepare himself for what he was about to do.

He walked to the dining table, "hey dad, mom."

His father looked at him weirdly. What had come over him? Mrs Jeon had told him about it but he refused to believe it but now he had seen it, he was surprised.

"are you feeling OK?" his father asked.

"perfect actually." he said grabbing his cutlery, "please leave us." he said to the maids. They bowed exiting the dining room.

"mom, dad, I'm sorry. For how I've been behaving these past few years."

Mrs Jeon gasped. Never in her remaining years did she think Jungkook was going to apologize or talk normally to them.

"what do you want Jungkook?" his father asked.

"I feel offended that you think that I want something from you. I just want a normal family. Is that too much to ask?"

"no it's just... Are you feeling OK?" his father asked again.

"ok. I know you're surprised at how I'm apologizing to you guys but it's sincere. I really want to fix things with you. So I'm sorry. I'll try to be a good son from now on. I'll be better, control my excesses and reduce my teenage like attitude. I'll try as much not to be a pest or butt into your affairs. If you decide not to forgive me I'll understand." Jungkook said now bowing his head.

A moment of silence rained in the dining room.

Mr Jeon bowed his head like Jungkook in thought.

Mrs Jeon kept looking at Jungkook in wonder.

Jungkook was just waiting to be judged.

"welcome home son." his father said as a huge smile graced his face. He stood up from his seat, opening his arms in a wide embrace for Jungkook to fit himself.

Jungkook flung himself into his father's arms, his mother back hugging him. Never in a million years would he expect his mother and father to accept him.

He felt a few drops of tears leak from his face down his cheeks and onto his father's shoulder.

They both released him from the hug after his father caressed his hair. Jungkook wiped his eyes using his sleeve.

They all went back to their seats, with all of them holding hands and wide smiles in their faces.

"so tell me son, what made you change your mind about us?"

"nothing. Fine. Ok. So when we got into Korea newly, there's this friend that I made who at that time, you guys didn't want me to see. He was gonna show me around. So the other day, he reminded me how important it was to have parents."

"oh. So he must be really special then?" his mother asked.

Jungkook blushed and then laughed.

"yeah. He's um... He's my boyfriend."

"I knew it!" Mrs Jeon squealed.

Mr Jeon laughed, "so when are we seeing this boy?" he said quirking an eyebrow.

"y-you want to meet him?"

"sure. He's your boyfriend right?"

"yeah, but-"

"no buts. We're meeting him." his mother said smiling.

And for the first time in a long, long, long, long, long, looooong-  you get what I mean.

They laughed together as a family.

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Hi!

Sorry for not updating for a very looooong time.

Very sorry.

Y'all should stay safe.

I've been kind of sick and then I bounced back to health.

My health keeps on fluctuating.

So after floating around for a really long while, I'm gonna start the actual plot now.

I wouldn't say I can't wait.

I can wait.

But...

Bai!

'peace out💟