kpop littleshots

toothache ➳ stray kids

another chapter from a different book

little(s): Hyunjin, Felix, and Seungmin
caregiver(s): Chan and Jisung

*jisung, felix, and seungmin are briefly mentioned*

"Papa! Lookie! I drew a picture!" Hyunjin giggled as he shuffled towards Chan, handing him the colorful paper. "Oh, sweetheart! This is so pretty, you did a good job!" Chan praised.

Hyunjin blushed and jumped at the satisfaction that Chan enjoyed his gift. "And you stayed inside of the lines! I'm so proud of you sweetheart!" Chan almost teared up on the spot.

"A-and I used my new pencils Innie and Lixie got me, Papa!" Hyunjin giggled, he began stuttering from how happy he was going to make Chan.

Hyunjin hated change, he was so used to markers and crayons so when Felix and Jeongin got him coloring pencils, Hyunjin didn't want to use them.

"You used your pencils for this? That's amazing, baby! I'm so happy you like them." Chan was so proud of him, he was finally trying new things and enjoying it. "How about Papa gets you a sweet treat for being so good and making me proud, hm?" The older suggested.

Hyunjin immediately agreed and ran upstairs to find his shoes. "Woah, why are you in a rush, little boy?" Jisung said in shock at the speed Hyunjin was tying his shoes.

"I gettin' candy wif Papa! Oh, can Lixie an' Minnie come wif' us? Pwease!!!" He begged out of excitement.

"I'm so sure they would love to, but they just went down for a nap, maybe next time sweetheart..." Jisung said, hoping Hyunjin wouldn't have an outburst. He had been having them for the whole week, it made him wonder why Chan was taking him out for a treat.

"Aww. Not fair..." He said in disappointment. He wanted to spend time with his friends, but they HAD to sleep now. He shrugged it off and went downstairs to get in the car with his caregiver.

"Ready to go to, baby?"

"Yup!"

-

About 10 minutes into the drive, Hyunjin's mouth was getting slightly uncomfortable.

He began getting whiny, trying not to think about it but the pain intensified when Chan sped over a large bump in the road. The little one cried out in pain as his two rows of teeth collided quickly, causing him to grind his teeth against each other.

Chan quickly pulled into a random parking lot after hearing his baby in pain. "Baby? Are you okay, talk to Papa, princess." Chan scanned his face in case he hurt his head.

"I'm fine, Papa, jus' surprised me..." He whispered.

"Oh, I'm sorry my baby. Papa didn't see it, just sit back, we're about 5 minutes from the store." Chan reassured his boy before pulling off.

-

"Your total is $24.78, sir. Would you like to pay with cash, a card, or a membership card?"

"Card."

-

Hyunjin and Chan made it home safely. The second Hyunjin took his shoes off and washed his hands, he began munching on his sugary treats.

A random children's show was played on the TV in his room. He picked a gummy spider and made an 'ew' face at it, but bit into it regardless of its appearance.

He began chewing until he bit down on his aching tooth. The little boy whimpered, eyes filled to the brim with tears, a few slipping out, as he spat out the candy.

"Okay, Jinnie, it's bath time- Princess, are you hurt, what's going on?" Chan was worried for his little boy, he was doing so well today. He didn't know what was happening to his precious boy.

"Nofin' I'm okay Papa!"

"But precious, you're crying. Something is wrong."

"I'm okay, I wanna bath! Bubbles!"

Hyunjin was not okay. He couldn't bear the pain, he already felt bad for lying to Chan but he felt even worse with, what seemed like, the never-ending pain of his tooth.

"Alright, I'm gonna let you play for a while okay? I love you, I'll be back in a few minutes." Chan ended his sentence with a squished kiss on Hyunjin's cheek. "Papa! Owies!" He screamed.

"Did I hurt you, Bubba? Where does it hurt?" Chan worried. Hyunjin sobbed as he held his cheek and shook his head. He didn't want Chan to find out his tooth hurt, he was deadly terrified of the dentist.

"Come on, little one. I need to know where your problem is so I can try to fix it." He sympathized.

Chan finally realized he was holding his face, he caught onto what was hurting his boy. "Open your mouth, sweetheart."

"No! No no no no!" He wailed.

Chan had already had enough. He knew about the boy's fear of dentists, but he just wanted to see what tooth it was to get it out of the way. "Hwang Hyunjin. Open your mouth." The older demanded.

The boy in the tub sobbed as he moved his hand from his face. "There we go, that's a good boy."

Chan pulled the boy's mouth open with his fingers as he looked for the source of Hyunjin's pain. The little whimpered as Chan eyed his teeth. "Oh, I see it. Baby, you have a cavity." Chan explained.

Hyunjin whined, feeling like he disappointed his daddy. "Jinnie sowwy, Papa..."

"I know baby. I can just put some tooth gel on it until we go to the dentist, okay?"

"NO DENTIST!"

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