Tiny captain

13

Trigger warning: light violence, more swearing than usual

"Yeosang hyung. Wake up" a voice woke up the boy from his slumber.

"What happened?" whispered panicked Yeosang sitting up as quickly as possible without waking up Hongjoong, who was still sleeping soundly next to him.

"Come with me, we might wake Hongjoong up" the two exited the room and quickly made their way to the living room, where Seonghwa was sitting on the couch, waiting for them to arrive.

"So that's what you do? Use the excuse of caring for Hongjoong and just sleep more? That's not fair on us. At all" attacked the oldest as soon as he saw Yeosang. The others were also there, looking quite mad.

"I already told you, I wasn't gonna let Hongjoong dance today. He's mentally a baby, and you wouldn't bring a baby in a dance room with blasting music. So I didn't bring him. Do you know just how fucking hard it was to make him eat a single cookie with the fever he had? He was so sick he refused to eat in fear of throwing up. Goddamn it hyung, you told us to accept him but you're the first one accepting only the good part of his age regression. As soon as he throws a tantrum you're ready to leave him without even listening to him. You... you're such a hypocrite" spat Yeosang, making everyone gasp. Seonghwa ignored the drop of honorifics and just stood up.

"I am definitely not. I was the one who he opened up to, I was the one who cared for him more in the last three days. I can't even be stressed now without everyone attacking me" raised his voice the oldest, making Yunho glare at him.

"Hyung, Hongjoong will wake up if you keep shouting. Plus, this isn't the version of the story you told us in the practice room" pointed out the third oldest, making Seonghwa at a loss for words.

"Yeah hyung, you only said he refused to practice, but all this fuss... just because he didn't do what you wanted him to do?" Wooyoung looked at Seonghwa disappointed.

"And you didn't even think something was wrong and just assumed he was misbehaving simply because he wanted to?" San's voice was annoyed. Seeing everyone team up against him, Seonghwa rolled his eyes.

"Guys, he's our leader. He can't behave like a child whenever he wants to, he's an adult and he has his responsibilities just like the rest of us!" snapped the oldest.

"Hyung shut up. Just... don't even speak. He is in his little headspace because me and Woo were stupid and didn't listen to him when he tried to stop us, just like you said he can't control it so don't be all caring only when you want to" came the answer from San. Everyone nodded at his words.

"Fine then. Defend the mental" Seonghwa tried to leave, but was met with a hard slap on his face by Jongho. Seonghwa's head snapped to the side with how hard the maknae had hit him, but the youngest didn't seem any bit regretful.

"What the fuck Jongho!" screamed Seonghwa angry.

"Get the fuck out of here. I don't give a fuck if you're the oldest, we're not going to respect you until you respect Hongjoong. He's our leader, he brought us to where we are now and you dare say shit about him" hissed Jongho, venom lacing his words. The others all looked at Seonghwa in disgust.

"You have an hour to gather your things and leave this dorm. I don't care where you go, just don't come back here until you've learned what respect is" everyone nodded at Mingi's words, making the wordless decision to not call him hyung again until he learns his lesson.

"Fine, at least I'll stay away from that crazy bitch" muttered Seonghwa.

"I'd stop the name calling there, unless you want a matching slap on the other cheek" glared Jongho, following Seonghwa to the bedroom he shared with Hongjoong to make sure the oldest wouldn't do anything to the little.

"Are you gonna stay there watch me pack for the rest of the time?" Seonghwa asked in an annoyed tone.

"Yes, and if you keep complaining you can get out of here without anything on you" warned the youngest, keeping his volume low to avoid waking Hongjoong up.

"Whatever" muttered the oldest, putting everything he thought was necessary in a small trolley.

"You finished?" asked Jongho after half an hour, when Seonghwa had zipped up his baggage. Seonghwa answered with a hum, so Jongho pushed him out of the door with his suitcase.

"My other hyungs will make sure you get out and never come back. Goodbye" fake smiled Jongho before slamming the door in front of the oldest's face. However he had slammed it with a bit too much force, as Hongjoong woke up with a scream, crying and covering his ears.

"Goddamn it" muttered the maknae before approaching the little quietly.

"Hey baby, it's alright, everything's fine, it was just hyung, sorry for giving you a scare" hummed Jongho, caressing the leader's hair in an attempt to calm him down.

"Jus' papa? Nuh bad man?" Jongho was quick to recover from the shock of the new title, assuring him it was just an accident.

"Bad man nuh here?" asked Hongjoong with a tiny voice. Jongho wondered who this bad man was. It couldn't be Seonghwa, he always was good to the little when he was in the room, only acting like a bitch when the leader couldn't hear him. Maybe it's related to the past trauma Seonghwa mentioned, thought the maknae shaking his head.

"No baby, the bad man is not here. It's just papa and the other hyungs" assured Jongho.

"An' dada an' mama?" asked Hongjoong with glossy eyes.

"Mama's not here petal, but papa is here and dada and the other hyungies are in the other room. Let's go play with them, I bet they missed their little minion" Jongho picked the little up, noticing how warm his skin still felt, and carried to the living room, where he was welcomed with cooes and a 'he's so tiny' by Wooyoung.

"Do you want to watch a movie minion?" suggested San, to which Hongjoong nodded.

"Hyungs found a really nice and silly movie, do you want to watch that instead of Peter Pan?" Hongjoong thought about it for a bit before nodding, allowing Jongho to place him on the couch next to Yeosang, who immediately started cuddling him.

"Dada" slurred the little, still sleepy. Everyone cooed at the nickname.

"Shh baby, dada's here. Let's watch the movie, hm?" everyone settled down and looked at the screen which was playing the Bee Movie, Hongjoong immediately immersing in the story, fascinated by the characters.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Woah. Hold on. Jongho papa bear 🥺 i'm so soft dont touch me

also hongjoong losing the team ring 😭💀 poor captain

welp see you in the next one then! Hopefully everything will turn out okay? (it's a genuine question, i wrote the chapters like months ago and forgot the content 💀 guess i'll find out during my last minute proofreading)

have a drink/a snack and remember ily

~Nabi