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"Hobiiii. Have you see my hair clip?" Jania calls as she looks around the room.

"Uuhhh," he looks around the bathroom as he zips and buttons his pants. "Yeah." He picks it up from the counter and takes it into the room. She's cradling Mina as she looks at herself in the mirror.

"Can you do it for me? She doesn't want to be put down. She's fussy today."

"Yeah I know. I tried to put her down for a nap earlier after I burped her and she was not having it. She pulled all on my chains and screwed her face up." Hoseok gathers Jania's hair, smoothing the sides before getting it into the clip. He takes his own initiative help her tie her sweatpants too.

"I put her on her stomach earlier for tummy time and she picked her head up."

"What?" Hoseok looks at her at he finishes the bow.

"She picked her head up for a few seconds and looked around. You were in the shower. I was laying right next to her and she was looking me in my face."

Hoseok looks down at Mina as she looks at her mother. She stares at both of them this way all the time. Every time one of them is talking, she tries to find them by their voices. She enjoys hearing them talk to each other the most, though.

The sounds of their voices are always soothing. But when they talk to each other, their tone is softer. Their pitch is at its resting, comfortable state. Their speech is medium paced. It's like the perfect lullaby back and forth for little Mina. It can be a lullaby or simply a sound of comfort for her.

"You were looking at Mommy?" Hoseok takes Mina from from Jania, giving her the opportunity to finish whatever she needs to do before they leave.

"She's pretty, isn't she? I know she is. And she smells good, too." He talks to Mina and Jania smiles as she puts her pants on.

She wiggles them up her thighs and around her butt before zipping them up and buttoning them. Hoseok tries not to make any comments but he does stare. Jania shakes her butt as she puts her socks on and that draws him out of his trance. He looks at her and smiles sheepishly.

"You had ass before but this is crazy."

"Like I belong in Texas, right?" She asks with her eyebrows raised. He rolls his eyes and she laughs.  "You sure you got enough to handle it or you gonna tap out?"

"Ha-ha. Very funny. I was tired that night thanks to you trying to drain me."

"You said it was mine. I was just coming to collect what I was due."

"That worked out beautifully." He says as he looks at Mina. "We got the prettiest little girl in the world now. One of cutest babies on the planet. All because your mother doesn't know when to stop playin with me."

"Don't act like you were in control." Jania cuts in. "You definitely were not with how quick you were done."

Hoseok side eyes her and kisses Mina's nose. "You know what? Hurry up so we can go to dinner." He grabs Mina's shoes and sticks his tongue out at her as he leaves.

Jania grabs her jacket and puts on her sneakers before jogging down the steps. She grabs her phone from the kitchen counter and her keys as well. Hoseok straps Mina into her car seat and the family gets into his car to go to Mr. Anderson's house.

The drive is quick as Hoseok zones out for most of it. He's thinking of how the dinner will go, how the conversation will go after. He wonders how Jania will feel. So far, he's only seen her at two ends of the spectrum. Either she has no reaction at all or she flips. Her flipping has two subgroups. She flips and smashes shit or she flips and cries.