Johnny walked by Mark and Haechan's room, stopping as he did.
"Lee Donghyuck, did I not tell you to do something?" Johnny walked into the room, folding his arms. Haechan whined, looking up from his toys.
"But I hate cleaning, hyungie!" Haechan complained.
"Well, there will be no TV or video games until this room is clean, little boy!" Johnny warned.
"Nooo!" Haechan stomped his foot, his face turning red. Johnny didn't bother saying anything about that and turned to leave. Haechan grabbed the closest thing to him and threw it as hard as he could at Johnny's retreating back. He regretted it a moment later when Johnny stopped and slowly turned back around.
"Wait, hyung! I didn't mean to do that!" Haechan pleaded, backing away. Johnny caught his arm and swatted him twice.
"You are not to leave this room until it is clean, do you understand? And if you ever throw something at me again, you will get a spanking" Johnny warned. Haechan nodded, sitting down when Johnny left, and wiping his tears.
"Why are you crying?" Taeyong stopped as he was going past, his phone in hand. Haechan glared at him, upset that Taeyong seemed to get away with everything. Hey, that was it. Taeyong got away with literally everything. And everyone in the house knew that Taeyong was a complete neat freak.
"Hyungie wanted me to clean my room, but I don't know where to start!" Haechan sniffled, doing a good job of making it convincing. Taeyong turned his phone off, putting it in his pocket and walking into the room.
"Don't cry, Haechannie. Hyung will help you" Taeyong patted him on the head, smiling reassuringly. Haechan slowly 'calmed down' and nodded. Together the two of them cleaned up, but it was Taeyong who did most of the work. Everytime he tried to get Haechan to do something, the maknae would just stare at it and then burst into tears and Taeyong would do it for him to get Haechan to stop crying. Pretty soon, the whole place was cleaned up and Haechan threw himself at Taeyong.
"Thank you, hyung!" Haechan smiled as brightly as he could so that Taeyong wouldn't notice anything out of the ordinary.
"No problem, Haechan. I'm glad I could help" Taeyong patted the younger kid awkwardly on the head. Something wasn't right but he couldn't be sure what. And he was really glad that he could help his dongsaeng.
"Just next time, don't let it get so messy alright? It's easier to clean a room when it's not messy in the first place" Taeyong lectured. Haechan just nodded, barely paying attention. Taeyong didn't even notice and went about his business. Johnny popped into the room a moment later, seeing Haechan was back to playing but this time in a clean room.
"Nice job, Haechan. It looks great" Johnny patted the kid on the head. Haechan beamed at the praise, feeling a little guilty that he was the one receiving it instead of Taeyong, who did all the work. He tried to ignore it, not wanting to be in trouble and kept playing until it was dinner time.
"Hey, Haechan. How did you get your room so clean? It's never been like that, not after you clean it" Jaehyun stopped eating for a moment, peering over the table at the maknae. Haechan's face turned red and he looked down at his food.
"I don't know, I just...did it" Haechan shrugged, his voice barely above a whisper. Taeyong stopped eating too, the feeling that something was wrong growing, but he pushed it aside. Haechan wouldn't take advantage of him.
"I don't have any apple juice" Mark realized, sulking. Taeyong grabbed his cup, getting up from his chair and going to the kitchen to get Mark some apple juice.
"Are you sure you did it? You didn't get anyone to do it for you?" Jungwoo wondered. Johnny sat down after serving his own bowl and heard the question, rewarding Jungwoo with a cuff over the head. Jungwoo glared at him for that but decided not to say anything. He didn't want to get in any real trouble.
"What kind of question is that? Of course, Haechan did it by himself" Johnny scolded.
"Next time you should try cleaning your room by yourself though, okay Haechan? Just do what I showed you today" Taeyong walked back into the room, having missed the last part of the conversation and not even realizing he had inadvertently tattled on his dongsaeng. Haechan stared at his bowl, eyes wide. He had gone completely still as if that would keep Johnny from noticing him.
"Hold on" Johnny set his chopsticks down, turning to Taeyong, who was now the center of attention and had no idea why.
"Taeyong, what did you just say?" Johnny waited. Haechan scooted further down on his chair, trying to hide under the table until Jaehyun caught his arm and pulled him back into place.
"Haechan should try to clean his room on his own next time and do what I showed him today?" Taeyong repeated himself slowly, not sure what the problem was. Johnny motioned for him to wait a moment and turned next to Haechan.
"And when I came to your room earlier and said good job on cleaning your room, you didn't correct me or mention that Taeyong helped you?" Johnny reminded him. Taeyong scoffed.
"Helped? I did all the work" Taeyong corrected. Haechan kicked him under the table.
"And why is that?" Johnny wondered, starting to figure out what happened after he had left Haechan's room the first time.
"Because he was overwhelmed with where to start...?" Taeyong answered, also starting to realize that he had been taken advantage of. He turned to Haechan, not even angry just confused. Haechan looked away, accidentally meeting Johnny's stern gaze instead. Then he got up and tried to run. Johnny grabbed his napkin off his lap and set it on the table, scooting his chair back.
"Excuse me boys. Keep eating while I deal with Haechan" Johnny got up, heading for the stairs. Yuta motioned for the younger boys to stop staring and start eating. Meanwhile, Johnny walked calmly down the hall to Haechan's room, not even bothering to knock and just going right in. It wasn't hard to find the maknae, there was only a few places for him to hide.
Swat!
"Hyung!" Haechan squealed, putting his hands behind him. Johnny sat down on the bed, holding firmly onto the youngest's arm.
"What did I tell you to do earlier?" Johnny questioned, waiting. Haechan pouted, rubbing where Johnny had smacked him.
"Clean my room" Haechan mumbled.
"So why didn't you do that?" Johnny wondered. It wasn't even that hard of a job, except to Haechan.
"What do you mean?! My room is clean! Look!" Haechan motioned to the floor behind him. Johnny swatted him again and Haechan almost rolled his eyes.
"You know what I am talking about, little boy. Do not try to tell me that your hyung didn't do this all for you because you tricked him into it" Johnny waved a finger in Haechan's face, a little annoyed when the five-year-old looked away again.
"Right, it's early to bed for you tonight. And no TV or games for three days" Johnny decided, getting up and leading Haechan back downstairs.
"Now apologize to Taeyong for tricking him and then finish eating. It's bedtime after that" Johnny sat down again, leading Haechan to do the same after muttering a half-sincere apology to Taeyong.
"Bedtime!?" Mark and Jungwoo looked over at Johnny at the same time. Jaehyun rolled his eyes, hitting Jungwoo over the head.
"You don't even go to bed at the same time as them, weirdo" Jaehyun reminded him. Johnny gave him a warning look for that but Jaehyun ignored it.
"I don't want to go to bed early!" Mark complained.
"Not you Mark. Haechan is going to bed early because he needs to. You haven't done anything wrong" Johnny corrected. Haechan's mood only grew worse. Nobody else talked for the rest of dinner and as soon as it was over, Haechan stomped off to his room and aggressively got ready for bed. Taeyong barely even acknowledged him when Haechan came to say goodnight to everyone. And for the rest of the night, Taeyong talked to no one. Not even Yuta or Doyoung. Of course, by morning, the whole thing was old news and everything was back to normal. And Haechan's room was actually clean this time, unlike when he did it by himself.
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Johnny. 27
Taeyong. 10
Yuta. 10
Doyoung. 9
Jaehyun. 8
Jungwoo. 7
Mark. 6
Haechan. 5
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FanfictionJohnny is tasked with raising a group of kids amongst his own career as an idol
