"JI-YU IS TRYING TO GO IN THE STREET!" Seojin screamed. Jisung stood up and went outside, stopping the six year old from running into the street.
"Ji-Yu, what have I said?" Jisung scolded gently.
"But the ball ran in the street" Ji-Yu pouted.
"Then you ask one of the older kids to go get it" Jisung told her. Ji-Yu didn't seem to agree with that; she was six! She was old enough to go get a ball from across the street without asking for help. And she had no problem saying so to Jisung.
"I know you are but there are certain things that you need to do first. Once you know to look both ways and you do it every time, then you will be old enough to go across the street alone. Okay?" Jisung explained.
"Okay appa" Ji-Yu nodded, understanding now. Jisung took her back inside, deciding that tehy were done playing outside for the day.
"If I do what you say, does that mean I can start walking around alone?" Ji-Yu wondered, cuddling up to her dad.
"We'll see about that. You still have to show me that you can be responsible, if I let you do things on your own" Jisung looked down at her.
"But Riri walks by herself sometimes" Ji-Yu didn't even seem to realize that she wasn't supposed to say that.
"Well, I don't think that Riri is supposed to be doing that" Jisung pointed out. Ji-Yu's mouth dropped open and she gaped like a fish for a moment before shutting her mouth.
"oops. Hyo-Ri is going to be mad at me" She stated, giggling a little.
"That's okay. I'm sure she'll understand that you didn't mean to tell on her. Now, I think it's time for bed. What do you say?" Jisung had a good idea what she was going to say before his daughter even went to say anything.
"No!" She shook her head. Jisung stood up, holding her as he walked to the bathroom to get his daughters bathed before bed.
"Yeah, I know. But you need to take care of yourself" Jisung lectured. Ji-Yu just sulked the entire time that Jisung was washing her hair or drying it off and helping her get dressed. The next morning, Jisung pulled Hyunjin to the side and told him what Ji-Yu had accidentally revealed. Now, the youngest rapper had no problem keeping secrets for his nieces and nephews, usually from Minho and Chan, but this was different.
"You told on me!?" Hyo-Ri stormed into the room, going straight for Ji-Yu.
"I didn't mean to! It just slipped out" Ji-Yu backed away from the younger girl.
"Yeah! Well how about my fist just slips out onto your face!" Hyo-Ri threatened, not even realizing that Hyunjin had heard the commotion and came in.
"Hey! Hey, Hyo-Ri. What was that? Come here" Hyunjin took her hand, puling his youngest child to the side.
"What was that? You do not talk to your unnie like that" Hyunjin sat down, standing Hyo-Ri in front of him.
"She tattled!" Hyo-Ri argued.
"Ji-Yu did not mean to tell on you and you know what, I'm glad she did because that is another thing that I want to talk to you about. You know that you are too young to be walking around alone outside, don't you?" Hyunjin explained.
"Yeah" Hyo-Ri gave in, nodding along.
"Yeah you do know that and you also know that because you aren't following the rules set for your own safety, then appa has to be strict with you?" Hyunjin made his daughter look up at him.
"I'm really sorry!" She cried, knowing that she was in trouble.
"I know you are, sunshine. I also know that you were looking forward to going to hte park later with your cousins and your friends, right?" Hyunjin prepared himself mentally for a major meltdown.
"Yeah" Hyo-Ri nodded, suspicious of where this was going.
"Well appa can't go with you and since I can't trust you to not wander off when I'm not there, I guess that means that your going to have to stay here with me, at home" Hyunjin braced himself for the meltdown now, knowing that it was coming.
"No!!! APPA!" Hyo-Ri whined, stomping her feet.
"Yes, sunshine. I'm sorry but your going to have to stay here with me" Hyunjin said again, standing up. Hyo-Ri clung to his leg, refusing to let go until he changed his mind. Which he didn't.
"Then I'm running away!" She announced, realizing that pleading with him was not wokring.
"Okay then. Do you want help packing?" Hyunjin was aware that she was not going to be running away, at least not very far. Hyo-Ri burst into tears and ran upstairs to her room, dramatically throwing herself on the bed and sobbing her little eyes out.
"That went well" Seungmin walked past, rolling his eyes.
"Hey, at least she'll learn something" Hyunjin shrugged.
"Oh, she learned something alright. Probably learned how to hide things better. Rejin! Do not touch that" Seungmin looked down the hall, to the playroom on the first floor and then quickly walked into the room, stopping his son from doing something. Later that day, the entire group went out to the park, leaving behind Hyunjin adn Hyo-Ri and Jisung and Ji-Yu. Jisung had decided that Ji-Yu would be unable to go as well after he let her go back outside and the girl ended up wandering out of the backyard and all the way down the street.
"This is stupid. Why should we have to stay behind while everyone else is outside?" Hyo-Ri pouted, crossing her arms.
"Because we broke the rules, duh" Ji-Yu responded, as if that was obvious. Hyo-Ri pushed her onto the bed, still sulking.
"None of this would be happening if you weren't such a tattletale" Hyo-Ri retorted.
"I told you, it was an accident! Besides, your the one who gets distracted by every little thing when we're on a walk" Ji-Yu argued. Hyo-Ri had nothing to say to that so she shoved Ji-Yu onto the bed again, got up nad left.
"That's rude!" Ji-Yu yelled after her but either Hyo-Ri didn't hear or the younger girl didn't care.
"Hey, Uncle Jinnie, can we watch a movie?" Ji-Yu wandered downstairs and found Hyunjin sitting on the couch.
"Sure, go ahead and pick something. I'll get your dad to join us" Hyunjin closed his computer, abandoning his work, and got up to find Jisung. Ji-Yu settled down on the couch, picking some movie to watch and then calling Hyo-Ri, just as Hyunjin and Jisung were coming downstairs. Despite being stuck at home, it wasn't that bad of a day and the two girls did enjoy having some alone time with their dads without their cousins or older siblings around.
Aria. 11
William. 8
Jack. 6
Mo Cha. 9
Jin. 7
Hae-Jun. 8
Ye-jin. 7
Suk-Ja. 8
Ki-moon. 7
Hyo-Ri. 5
Hyun-Ae. 7
Ji-Yu. 6
Jae. 6
Rejin. 4
Seojin. 3
