When 6 became 7

Chapter 30

"Tae?"

"Tae tae hyung?"

Taehyung groaned when someone was calling his name in his dreams, so he clumsily patted his arm around him in an effort to be left alone by the voice so he could continue his peaceful dream. He couldn't really remember what he was dreaming about, but he felt like he was drifting on clouds, warm clouds to be exact. But when the voice seemed to have hands as well and started to shake him, he noticed that the clouds suddenly had hard bumps and wasn't as comfortable as he first thought.

Where the hell am I?

"Tae hyungi, wake up"

Jungkook? Taehyung thought confused, and after a couple of seconds a few lazy brains started to wake so he could figure out that he was in Seokjin's and Jungkook's hotel room. Last night he was proud of himself for convincing Seokjin to let him stay for the night to help with Jungkook, so the oldest of the group could hopefully get some sleep. Sleep that his hyung desperately needed, because the make-up artists were having a difficult job to cover up the ugly dark circles underneath his eyes.

"Taeeeeeeee" Jungkook whined impatiently and decided to change tactics so he walked towards the end of the couch where Taehyung was laying. The boy had a cheeky grin on his face when his tiny hand grabbed the edge of the blanket and started to look for the older one's feet.

"Aish no Jungkook!" Taehyung quickly sat up straight as he retreated his feet underneath his butt before the toddler had found his prize. He knew he could never stay silent when he was being tickled underneath his feet, and if Seokjin was still sleeping, he would make anyone pay who would disturb his precious hours of sleep.

"Morning Tae Tae" the youngest smiled happily as he walked back towards Taehyung's place on the couch and held his arms up to gesture that he wanted to be cuddled "Up?"

"Morning to you too, my cute little bunny. Come here" Taehyung whispered and grabbed Jungkook underneath his arms to haul him up his lap. As he wrapped the boy in his arms and hugged him close to his chest, he watched over his head to look at the big bed in the middle of the room. Seokjin was lying on his side with his back turned towards them, but the soft snores that were filling in the silence in the room confirmed that the oldest was still deep in dreamland.

The biggest smile appeared on Taehyung's face, because his plan had worked out perfectly! He had Jungkook in his arms (and thank god Jimin wasn't around to snitch the toddler from him!) AND Seokjin was sleeping despite being 7am. It had taken a whole lot of words with the older one to convince him to let him stay in the room, but Taehyung was sure that Seokjin would never disagree with him again. He might be the youngest in the group (save for Jungkook), but he definitely knew what was best for them as well!

"I'm hungwy" Jungkook mumbled in Taehyung's neck when he had hugged enough and started to squirm in the older one's arms to be put on the ground again. "Do we eat now?"

Taehyung chuckled at the innocent yet serious look on Jungkook's face, so he had to ruffle the boy's hair while he nodded his head. He didn't mind changing into different clothes and just grabbed his slippers. "Where are your shoes?" he asked the little one, but when Jungkook shrugged his shoulders, Taehyung didn't care as well. It seemed that they were going in pajamas to the restaurant to get some breakfast, and if people didn't like that, it was their problem.

"Okay, no shoes then. Hyung will carry you okay?" Taehyung whispered and bent down to pick up Jungkook with one arm. The other arm was grabbing his phone and with skilled fingers he managed to send a quick text to Seokjin's phone to let him know where they were in case he woke up before they returned.