~September 2037~
"Uncle Jisung!" Teddie and Poppy cheered as they ploughed into his apartment.
They jumped on him as usual, excited to see their favourite uncle.
"Now you all better be good." JoJo warned. "Listen to Auntie and Uncle, and listen to Juno. Understand?"
"Yes, mommy." Teddie nodded excitedly.
"Okay." Poppy said, eager to run off and play with Scout.
"Juno, listen to your aunt and uncle." JoJo said, turning to him.
"I will." Juno sighed, embarrassed to be treated like a child.
JoJo raised her brow. "And don't give anyone that attitude."
"Fine." He huffed.
"Juno." She said in a warning tone. "Do we need to have a conversation before I leave?"
"No. I'm sorry." Juno said in a calmer voice.
"Good. Behave, please."
"I will." He said, accepting the hug she was offering.
She hugged him and kissed his cheek before walking out the door.
"Finally." Juno thought to himself. Finally, he was away from his mother's nagging.
He went in and sat down on Jisung's couch, playing on his phone.
After a while, Jisung came and sat down beside him.
"Whatcha doin'?" He asked playfully.
"Playing a game." Juno said.
"Can I try?"
"Sure." Juno said, handing him the phone.
They sat there laughing together as Jisung repeatedly died. He was not good at the game.
"Uncle, you're horrible." Juno laughed.
"It's not me. It's the game." Jisung defended, eventually throwing the phone down on the couch.
"When are -" Juno started to ask. "Never mind."
Jisung looked at Juno suspiciously. "When is Marielle coming? Is that what you were going to ask."
Juno tried not to smile. He rolled his eyes. "I was going to ask when Marielle AND Alex were coming." He said defensively.
Jisung snorted. "Uh huh. Sure." He nodded sarcastically.
Juno let out an embarrassed laugh.
"They'll be here soon." Jisung said, ruffling Juno's hair.
~
Poppy let out a loud cry from the bedroom.
Lani ran over, and Juno jumped up from the couch, following closely behind.
It was clear that a fight had broken out between Poppy and Scout.
Scout had her arms wrapped around herself tightly, trying to comfort herself.
"What happened?" Lani asked the girls.
Poppy just laid on the ground crying while Scout pouted.
"Teddie, what happened?" Juno asked.
"Umm. Umm. Well, Scoutie and Poppy was playing house. And Poppy was umm... poking Scoutie. And then Scoutie yelled at Poppy to stop. And then Poppy keeped pretending to poke Scoutie, and she was saying, "I'm not touching you" over and over. And then Scoutie got sad. And ummmm. Well, then I hit Poppy with this bus. Maybe by accident? Because she was being annoying." Teddie admitted, holding up a toy school bus.
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