And so the lamp became the beast

All Was Well (Epilogue 2)

"Ma!" A deep voice that Yeji couldn't get used to shouted for her. "Mom, get up!"

Yeji looked up from the schematics she was sketching. "Ryu, your son is calling for you."

Ryujin grumbled, rolling over on the bed. "Before sunrise, he's your son.

"You better answer him before he comes barreling in." Ryujin covered her head with the pillow. Feet storming up the stairs announced the impending arrival. "Too late."

The door to their bedroom burst open. "Are you guys deaf?" Ricky boomed. "I've been calling for you." Ricky's six-foot-five frame filled the doorway. "I need you to settle an argument Ni-ki and I are having!"

"We're not arguing!" Ni-ki yelled from downstairs. Beomgyu's deep laugh announced his arrival in the house as well.

"Boys, when we built this house, it was so we could have privacy. At least until eight am." Ryujin grumbled while Yeji laughed.

Ni-ki showed up behind his brother. At six foot three he was smaller than Ricky, but not by much. He shoved Ricky face-first into the room. "Okay, we get it, but can you settle a disagreement we're having?"

"Depends," Yeji said as she walked from her desk to stand in the middle of the room, arms crossed. "Is the disagreement appropriate, or are you going to be grounded after?"

Ricky jumped up, looking between Yeji and Ryujin, who had finally taken the pillow off her head. Ryujin raised an eyebrow at her boys. Ni-ki caught Ricky by the shirt and pulled him from the room. "This can wait till later!"

Ricky stumbled backward from the room, trapped in his brothers' iron grip. "Love you, bye!"

Ryujin rolled onto her back and stared at the ceiling. "Do you think they're too old to drop off at the firehouse?"

Yeji laughed. "Ryujin, they're grown men."

"On the outside. They're fourteen and seventeen on the inside. I think you have to drop kids at the firehouse in the first year of their lives." Ryujin huffed. She ran a hand through her hair, pulling out sleep tangles. Yeji leaned over the bed and kissed Ryujin. "Good morning."

Ryujin smiled into the kiss, her eyes still closed as Yeji leaned away. "Good morning." She sighed. "You know, they look old enough. We could send them into the world. No one would judge us." The boys had shot up in the two years after their change. Namjoon had explained that usually, in the first few months after shifting, wolves grow exponentially and reach full-grown. Ryujin could attest to that first hand. As the youngest wolves to ever shift, Ricky and Ni-ki had taken that much longer. Now they both looked to be in their twenties. Ricky had even managed to buy alcohol without getting carded. That situation had gotten him and Ni-ki grounded for two weeks. (They knew what they were doing.) Beomgyu was glad to have two exuberant wolves to tussle with at all times.

"You will not send my boys away. They could stay with your dad and Jisoo for a while."

"You're right. I'm calling Jimin later." Ryujin checked her phone before dropping it back on the bedside table. She stretched. "What are you doing today?"

Yeji stretched her hand over the plans on her desk. "Seulgi wanted help with an interior decorating plan. I'm just looking it over. You?"

"I have a term paper due," Ryujin grumbled under her breath. She had considered going away for college, but once she and Yeji were married and officially had the boys to care for, they had decided to stay in Forks. Ryujin had decided to get her degree online. She was one semester away from receiving her Bachelor's in Psychology. ("If I have forever, why don't I just get degrees in everything? I can start with Psychology!" Ryujin had insisted. No one argued with her.)