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Contains Chan spanking Jeongin.
August 29th 2018
It was the end of summer now and that meant heading back to Korea for the start of the school year.
It's a good thing they stayed so long when they came back, because Chan couldn't imagine doing all this packing and unpacking for any shorter of a trip.
It had been a much needed trip home, even for Changbin and Hyunjin.
And although Hyunjin had really missed Minho, he had learned that he was able to be more independent than he thought.
It still made him sad though. To think that Minho was a grown up now, and worked fulltime... What if he went and moved away or got married or something?
Even though that seems like the natural progression of life... It felt wrong.
Even though Chan was a good parent, and Hyunjin was happy most of the time, he still wanted to live with Minho...
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Chan had to come to terms with the fact that he would always worry about whether he was doing the right thing. Life was going by so quickly. Next spring the triplets would be 13. In about 2 months Changbin would be 19. In a little over a Month, Chan would be 27. And Minho would be 22. Jeongin was turning 10 in a week.
Hyunjin was turning 15 in just a few days.
He was starting to be more independent. It was good. They would go back to Korea, and things would go back to normal for a while... But Chan knew that his 5 year contract in Korea was ending in about a year and a half...
Then he would be sent back to Canada, and he anticipated Hyunjin's reluctance considering Minho probably wouldn't come.....
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Their first day back in Korea felt like a buzz of movement and noise.
Hyunjin forgot how busy it felt to be here.
Everything felt so routine, which was normally okay, but it seemed like such a drastic change.
Minho of course, had met them at the airport and everyone was so happy to see him. Especially Hyunjin.
They only had 3 days to readjust before starting school again. The jet lag felt so extreme.
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Minho had definitely missed his brothers. Although it was nice to be able to come home, watch whatever he wanted, have no one bother him, eat whatever he wanted. Not have to take care of anyone else for once. The apartment didn't get dirty. He only washed his own laundry. He didn't have to deal with any kids. He didn't have to make meals for 8 people.
It felt like he finally got to be young. Actually it was the closest he got to being a kid himself.
He was never carefree before, and it was nice to finally experience...
But he did miss them. He missed his late night conversations with Chan. He missed hearing Changbin lecturing Jisung 24/7. He missed roughhousing with Hyunjin and Felix. He missed Seungmin making him coffee in the morning and then sitting beside him quietly until Jeongin woke up and he ran off to bother him.
He was glad to have them back.
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October 2018
It was just over a month into the school year now, and it was starting to get cooler.
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