"Mommy, what you smiling at?" Kookie asked, waking up from his nap.

"Well, I have a surpise for you." I said, smiling at him.

"A surprise for me? What is it, Mommy, what is it?" he asked, his eyes wide as he bounced on the bed, sitting up more.

"Remember how tomorrow is park day?" I asked, running my hand through his hair.

"Mhm, and we gets to play together." he said, nodding, squeezing his bunny to him.

"That's right. Uncle Yoongi said that after we are done playing at the park, we can all go over he and Jiminie's house for a sleepover. Would you like that, baby boy?" I asked, smiling as he gasped and smiled big.

"Yes!!!! Thank you Mommy! Did you hear that bunny? We gets to spend the night at Jiminie's house!" he said, looking at his stuffed rabbit. I chuckled and kissed him on the forehead.

"Are you excited?" I chuckled, watching him wiggle and squeeze his bunny close.

"Yea, cause I missed my Jinnie and Jiminie and Taetae." he said, getting a slightly pouty face.

"Aw, I'm sorry, sweetie. I didn't know you missed them so much. Well at least you get to see them soon." I replied, ruffling his hair. He leaned over and pecked my cheek quickly before giggling and cuddling into me.

"I gots Mommy, so it's ok." he said softly. I smiled and started showering his face with kisses, making him laugh and wiggle around. I started tickling his sides until he shrieked with laughter, tears pricking the corner of his eyes.

"Mommy!!! Stop, I gonna potty!!" he laughed, starting to cross his legs. I stopped tickling him and kissed his cheek.

"I'm sorry, go potty, baby boy." I said, leaning back. He shot out of bed and ran into my bathroom. While I heard him humming to himself, the house phone, which almost no one called, rang. I leaned over and picked up the cordless phone, answering it.

"Hello?" I asked, a smile still on my face, hearing Kookie still humming away as he washed his hands.

"Yes, is Jungkook available?"

"I can check. May I ask who is calling?" I asked, not recognizing the woman's voice.

"This is his mother, Mrs. Jeon."

"Oh, ok. Let me go see if I can go get him." I said, putting the phone on hold. Kookie came running out and holding his hands out to me.

"Mommy I washed my hands and they all clean." he grinned, jumping up on the bed.

"Kookie, your...your mother is calling." I said, holding the phone to my chest. His eyes got wide and he shook his head really fast.

"You don't want to talk to her?" I asked, holding the phone toward him. He shoved it away from him and hid under the blankets, tucking them over his head.

"I'm sorry, I thought he was here, but he must have run out. May I take a message?" I asked, taking the phone off of hold. I heard her let out a sigh before breaking the silence.

"You can tell him that he can't avoid me forever. Tell him to stop this childish behavior and give his mother a call." she said, hanging up the phone. I put the phone down and tried to gently pull the blankets down. Kookie whined and held them tight so they would not move.

"Kookie, she's gone. It's ok, it's just me." I said softly. He still wouldn't pull the blanket down, or loosen his grip in any way. I heard him let out a shuddering sigh from under his cocoon.

"Prince, I miss seeing your handsome face. Can you please let Mommy see you?" I asked softly, gently tugging at the blanket. He slowly started to loosen his hold as I slid the blankets from around his head, pushing his hair flat against his head. I pushed the hair off of his forehead as he looked up at me with big eyes. He cluctched his bunny close to him as he sniffled.

"Baby boy, do you wanna tell Mommy what is wrong?" I asked softly. I saw his eyes get sad as he took his empty hand and clutched my shirt, nuzzling his head into my chest.

"She no like me. She mean to me." he said, his voice sounding littler than I had heard it before. I wondered if his mother triggered something to make him regress even further into little space.

"Awww, my sweet little baby boy. I'm so sorry." I said, still running my hand over his head.

"She takes my stuffies and..and...and she hits me when I no wanna be big. She almost throwed away bunny, but I save him." he said, clutching his stuffed bunny rabbit close to his chest. He sniffled slightly as he clung close to me. I put a hand gently under his chin and lifted it up to face me, his eyes big and watery.

"She hit my sweet Kookie?" I asked, feeling my heart clench in pain at the thought of this sweet person in front of me being mistreated in any way. He nodded, his little lip quivering.

"She hate me." he said, his voice breaking just a little bit.

"I'm sure she doesn't hate you, baby. She probably doesn't understand you. I'm not saying it's ok if she hurt you, because it isn't. But I'm sure she doesn't hate you." I said softly. He shook his head and sniffled, crying finally. I kissed any tears that that fell from his eyes off of his cheeks, before cuddling him back close to me.

"Mommy never hate me?" he asked, looking up at me, his breath catching a little.

"Never ever. I love you, my sweet Kookie." I said, kissing his face again softly.

"Love you." he said, scooting up and kissing me quickly on the cheek.

"How about an afternoon snack? What do you want baby?" I asked, smlinng at him.

"Anything?" he asked, his eyes lighting up.

"Anything." I repeated.

"Ice Cream?" he asked, his smile huge. Normally I wouldn't allow it, but I wanted to pull him away from the dark space his mother seemed to push him in to.

"Yes, baby." I said, pinching his cheek slightly. He squealed in delight, sitting up and getting off the bed quickly. I served him his favorite ice cream and put on his cartoons, trying to keep him distracted. I got out my phone and started texting our group chat.

I sure hoped that my poor little one would feel better, and not allow his mother to effect him so much.

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