"Baby... wake up" whispered Yeosang trying to wake Hongjoong up. Yunho was doing the same with Mingi, earning a 'good morning' in the deep voice the younger typically had in the morning. The little wasn't as happy about being woken up though, whining and clinging to his dada.
"Come on baby, breakfast is ready. Mama made pancakes, but he said he wants you to tell him if they're tasty or not" tried to convince Yeosang. At the mention of his favourite treat Hongjoong perked up, looking at his caregiver as if he had announced the best thing in the world.
"Dada! Go!" exclaimed excitedly the little, making Yeosang chuckle.
"Calm down baby, the pancakes aren't gonna run away" assured the caregiver, though he made a quick work of picking the little up and carrying to the dining table, where Seonghwa was plating the food.
"Mama! Pancakes!" shouted the little excited.
"Indoor voices baby" mumbled Seonghwa, to which Hongjoong pouted.
"Sowwy mama" whispered the leader, his mood dropping instantly.
"Aww baby, it's okay. You apologised so it's fine. Promise" assured the oldest, though the little didn't seem too convinced. His mood remained dull while the boys had breakfast, everyone surprised to see the leader not as energetic and happy as he usually was.
"Come on baby, have another bite" encouraged Yeosang, cutting up a piece of pancake for the boy. Hongjoong unwillingly opened his mouth, chewing on the food for a few moments before zoning out.
"Goddamn it" muttered Yeosang, gaining the others' attention.
"He zoned out pretty badly again" Yeosang said louder for the other members to hear, earning worried sighs and glances.
"Let's just leave him, we can't risk him having another panic attack or something" decided Jongho, remembering what happened a few days ago. The others agreed and Yeosang decided to stay in the dining room to check on the little. After a few moments the leader came back to reality, blinking his eyes a few times trying to orientate himself.
"It's okay" whispered Yeosang trying not to startle the other boy.
"I- I keep remembering him" teared up Hongjoong, obviously not in his littlespace anymore. Yeosang felt his heart break at how the leader was trying to stay strong.
"It's okay hyung, you are allowed to cry. It won't make us think any less of you" assured the younger, picking up Hongjoong and holding him as he cried desperately, face hidden in his friend's neck. Despite not being in his headspace, Hongjoong found being picked up comforting, appreciating Yeosang's caring nature as he tried to compose himself.
"Sorry Sang" sniffled the leader after a few minutes of crying.
"It's okay hyung" Yeosang repeated again. And he meant every letter of it.
"We can help you through this. Let's go to the living room, hm?" as soon as Yeosang felt Hongjoong nod against his neck, he carried the older to the living room, where everyone was worried.
"Joong-ah, you alright?" spoke up San.
"It's hyung to you" came the muffled answer followed by a sniffle, which concerned the other members even more.
"We should probably discuss more about this Joong. It pains us to see you hurting" Hongjoong sighed at these words. He knew he had to tell the others sooner or later but he dreaded it.
"..alright" came the sighed answer from the leader.
Yeosang sat on the couch, with the older still on his laps. Taking a deep breath the leader started opening up about the memories of that night, the others listening carefully.
"...and then... then..." Hongjoong lost the strength to continue, breaking down if front of his friends. He had only given them the introduction to the story, but he couldn't continue it. Everyone started to realise how the story continued, but still wanted a confirmation. Seonghwa noticed this and took the lead.
"Jongho, please take Joongie in our room and cheer him up, maybe play with him if he manages to calm down a bit. I will just... continue the story I guess" sighed the oldest. Jongho nodded, crouching down.
"Baby... my little minion, wanna come with papa? Come on, I bet your plushies are missing you so much" carefully Jongho picked up a sobbing little from Yeosang's arms and easily placed him on his hip.
"Come on, let's go steal dada's plushies hm? Bet he won't even know they're gone" smiled Jongho in an attempt to make Hongjoong smile too.
"Hey! I can hear you!" protested Yeosang, though he had a kind smile on his lips. Hongjoong giggled, sad memories quickly forgotten as he thought of playing with all of his dada's plushies. He had a looooot! It would be so fun!
"Com on, let's go before he finds out" Jongho excitedly carried the giggling little to the room Yeosang, Wooyoung and Yunho shared together and deposited the little on Yeosang's bed.
"Pick the plushies you want baby, we're taking them hostages" joked Jongho. The little crawled to the end of the bed and chose a dozen of plushies, depositing them one by one in his papa's hands.
"Can you walk by yourself while I carry all these to your room petal?" asked Jongho, having noticed the little had sucked on his fingers while choosing the plushies, possible sign he may have slipped younger. Hongjoong looked at him with the biggest puppy eyes possible before lightly shaking his head no. Jongho was ready to melt then and there as he assured he'd be right back, rushing to take all the plushies on the little's bed before going back and carrying Joongie too. The regressor only babbled as he was taken back to his own room and when the maknae placed him on the bed he started playing with the plushies, quickly getting tired and falling asleep among all the soft plushies, using the biggest one as a pillow. Jongho smiled softly and left, not wanting to disturb the little's sleep.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
accurate representation of me yesterday
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🦋: Wooyoung this is my bias line what are you doing here? 👀 ...oh you're here to stay? alright then, come sit next to our captain *raises hands*
pls woo is so cute 😭
yk that hongjoong minirecord pob for will? the double sided one where he's posing with that lil red pouch? 🥺 it's my dream pc
✨️question of the day✨️
do you have a dream pc? and if so, which one is it? 👀 im curious
also random, but stan badvillain 💅✨️ 2
Hope you have a nice day, please stay safe, drink water and take care!
Love you all, see you in the next one!
~Nabi
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Tiny captain
FanfictionHongjoong has been slipping unvoluntarily since that day. It's not a thing that he can control and it's not a thing that he plans on telling his members. Absolutely not. But telling them is not the only way they'll discover this part of him. Warning...
