A Happy Family 1.2 - Zustin

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Lately, Jake has been acting grumpy and it's becoming difficult for Justin and Zayn to handle. He threw a tantrum when he found maple syrup instead of chocolate syrup in his pancakes one morning when he strolled down for breakfast, once shouted at Zayn for not filling his sippy cup with Apple juice and made Jace cry because he wanted to watch Power Rangers when Jace was watching Sponge bob one afternoon.

Zayn was on the couch in the living room, reading a book. Jake was playing with legos, trying to build a tower on the carpeted floor and the one year old Jace was sitting nearby clutching Alex on one hand and blabbering some words only he could understand to the stuffed toy. It was heavenly for Zayn, the house being completely peaceful and silent with Jace's soft mumbling only being the exception. But he doesn't mind it, just thankful that Jake was so engrossed in his Lego. His small pout whenever he placed a Lego in the wrong place, his face in full concentration, eyebrows furrowed and eyes wide just like his old Jake. However the 'new' Jake has been quite different. Hard stares, cold tone etcetera etc. Zayn just shook his head and went back to reading his book. He was so engrossed in it that he forgot about the fact that the 'new' Jake would appear soon and it did eventually.

Zayn was pulled back to reality when Jace started to cry. It began when the gurgling baby thought that it would be cool to grab one of his brother's small red Lego and put it in his mouth. As soon as Jake sees this, he reaches over and tries to grab the Lego from his baby brother. "Noo!" Jace whines and he tightens the grip on the red block and pushes Jake's hand away. After trying to get back the small plastic piece from his brother, Jake huffs and pulls back his hand only to suddenly throw a bigger one at the now happy and content baby, successfully hitting him square on the temple. Jace's eyes start to well up in tears as he looks up towards his abba and tries to reach out for him by making grabby hands towards his father.

"Ba!" Little Jace shrieks. Zayn lifts up the baby carefully and brings him to his chest and shushing him while rubbing the now reddening part of the temple. "Jacob Drew Bieber we don't not hit each other in this house, especially not your younger brother!" Zayn scolds the three year old and Jake just huffs in return. "That's it! You are going in time-out. Get your little bum to the corner" Zayn says pointing to the designated time-out corner, irritated with Jake's recent behavior.

"Ba 'Ba!" Jace cries harder clutching the thin fabric of Zayn's t-shirt as he tries to bury himself in his abba's chest. "Does that hurt badly, munchkin?" Zayn asks, the mother side in him coming out as he rubs that part on his son's forehead. "Owie 'ba" Jace mumbles into Zayn's shirt and nods his head, his sobbing reducing to sniffles in the comfort of his father. "There there, it's alright baby. Abba will kiss it better. Would you like that?" Zayn cooes at the one year old and gets only a nod in return. He sighs and kisses his sons temple repeatedly rocking both of them back and froth. Jace eventually tires himself out and slips into a deep sleep.

But what Zayn didn't know was the look of envy in Jake's gaze as he watches his abba holding and showing affection towards his baby brother.

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Justin decided that he is going to get his baby boy a toy once he heard Jace tell him about what had happened that day when he returned home. "Thwre got owie 'da!" Was the first thing Jace said, his tiny right hand pointing to his temple as soon as Justin pulled him on his lap. "Aww baby boy. Is it better now?" Justin asked bringing his baby closer inspecting the slight pinkish spot and planting a kiss onto it. "Yesh dadda! 'Ba gave a kissy" Jace said proudly as if his father's kisses had a healing power. Justin let out a laugh and cuddled closer to his baby boy. "Did he now. That's so sweet of him" Justin looked up and winked at Zayn who was coming back from the kitchen with Jake following behind him quietly. Jake had apologized to his brother after deep down, feeling slightly bad for him. He didn't mean to throw it that hard. For him, he feels that Jace always gets what he wants because he is a baby.

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