(we look happy in our family portrait)

i didn't get much sleep last night but that's alright

Bora was in a trance watching another episode of Legends of Tomorrow , when someone sat down next to her, but she paid it no mind, her eyes focused on whatever shenanigans the Legends were getting on in that episode.

"What are you watching?", a small voice said next to her.

Bora rubbed her eyes and looked at Hyejoo sitting next to her.

While she didn't necessarily need to sleep (unless she hadn't fed well in days or something as crazy as the last few days happened) like a regular human, Bora was like ninety nine percent sure children need to sleep more than a regular adult; so seeing Hyejoo looking wide awake made her a little bit worried.

"Shouldn't you be sleeping?"

"It's already eight in the morning", Hyejoo's ' are you serious' tone made Bora chuckle, it seemed like the kid had really taken a liking to her if she was already using that tone on her.

Seeing as Bora didn't tell her to get lost or something similar like others had done with her in the past, Hyejoo took it as a sign to get comfortable, so she laid her head on Bora's lap.

It seems like I spent the whole night binge watching this, Bora stretched her arms before changing the show to something more child friendly.

"Why did you change it?" Hyejoo whined as she burrowed further into Bora's lap.

Bora laughed and ruffled Hyejoo's hair, pulling another whine from the child.

"You're like five? You can't watch the show I was watching", her eyes pursued Netflix Kids' catalog, trying to find something suitable for Hyejoo that wouldn't bore her to death; if only she could contact Handong, she could ask her what Shuxin was into these days.

"I'm almost six and a half!", Hyejoo lifted herself up from Bora's lap and crossed her arms in defiance.

Bora chuckled, this kid was something else, "You can't watch Legends until you're like...", she paused dramatically, "...twenty or something."

Hyejoo started counting with her fingers how many years it would take her to watch whatever Bora was watching, when she ran out of fingers to keep her count, she took one of Bora's hands and kept going till she reached twenty.

"No fair! That's like so many years! ", the child pouted and threw her arms up.

Siyeon, who had been watching the exchange from the staircase, decided to intervene before Hyejoo's stubborn self would escalate the situation.

"Hyejoo, you know the rules."

Hyejoo dramatically dropped back to Bora's lap and mumbled, "No TV before breakfast".

Siyeon raised an eyebrow at Bora, who was watching her with an amused smile on her face, and nodded the kitchen's way before heading over there; getting the hint Bora turned off the TV and put a hand on Hyejoo's shoulder.

"C'mon kid, something tells me your mother is not someone to be messed with."

Groaning, Hyejoo got up from the couch and grabbed the woman's hand once she had stood up too; thinking that maybe Bora could convince her mother to have something sugary for breakfast instead of their usual healthy food.

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The sight of Siyeon hard at work greeted them, it seemed like she was making an omelette with what little she could find in the fridge.

Hyejoo tugged on Bora's arm and asked her to help her sit on the counter, where she immediately sagged in defeat when she saw her mother making something healthy, her hopes and dreams of maybe having pancakes or some cereal gone as fast as they came.