Family Of 13 (Jeongcheol)

part 2 of chapter 1

I walked down the hall stopping every now and then to look at photos. I gazed at a picture of Wonwoo and Mingyu when they lost their first tooth. Mingyu grinned at the camera showing off the spot where his tooth was missing and Wonwoo just looked at Mingyu fondly not even bothering to smile at the camera. I reached one of the bedrooms. Our house has 6. Mingyu,Wonwoo,Jun,and Minghao share the first room. The second belongs to Joshua,Vernon,Seungkwan,and Woozi. In the third one is Dk,Hoshi,and Dino. Then of course Seungcheol and I share the master which has it's own bathroom and the last two rooms are a guest room and a play room with all the kids toys. Now came the hard part. I turned the door knob and peeked in to see if anyone was still asleep. Four sets of eyes stared back at me. I reached over and flipped on the light while closing the door. Mingyu jumped off the bottom bunk, raced over and gave me a big hug. "Good morning daddy!" He was all smiles. 'I swear it's like this boy eats sunshine and rainbows.' "Good morning sweetie." I faced Minghao who now bent his head down. "Minghao did you take Dino's teddy bear?" I asked firmly. Minghao reached beside his pillow and grabbed the snow white bear. "Yes..." His voice broke and his eyes welled with tears. I walked over to his bed and placed him on my lap. "Hey look at me." He lifted his head as a big, fat tear rolled down his chubby cheek. "Ming Ming I'm not mad at you." Minghao's eyebrows scrunched up a little. "You aren't?" I smiled at him. "No I'm not but you can't take your brother's things ok?" "Ok daddy." Minghao gave me a quick hug and then grabbed the teddy bear and ran out the room. Ming Ming is a nickname everyone uses for Minghao. Dino started calling him that because it was easier for him to pronounce since he's still practically a baby. I gave Wonwoo and Jun a kiss on the cheek. "Good morning my sweet hearts." Jun returned the hug and left silently. "He had another bad dream.." I looked at Wonwoo. He twiddled his thumbs nervously. "Daddy is he ok?" I opened my mouth to say something but couldn't think of anything. Jun is the quietest of the bunch. He was abused as a baby by his biological parents. Jun's now 3 year old body has faint scars scattered around his arms and legs. Every now and then Jun has nightmares filled with memories of the past. It worries Seungcheol and I. I squeezed Wonwoo's hand reassuringly. "He'll be just fine." "C'mon Wonwoo, let's go eat!" Mingyu exclaimed. I had forgotten he was there. Wonwoo and Mingyu linked arms and rushed to the stairs. I chuckled and followed them.

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As we descended down the stairwell I heard laughter and the clatter of metal pots. The kitchen was chaos. My eyes widened as I took in the scene. Vernon chased Seungkwan with a Nerf gun, Dino sat on the counter licking batter off his hands, Dk and Woozi finger painted on the floor with ketchup and some other questionable substance, Minghao and Jun threw dollar bills in the air yelling "confetti!", Hoshi slammed wooden spoons on top of pots as if he were playing the drums, then Wonwoo and Mingyu grabbed the remote. They turned on the TV and put on their favorite song and began belting out lyrics. Joshua skipped over with an innocent smile. "We're helping dad cook." He frowned. "Well we were." Seungcheol noticed me standing in the doorway and grinned sheepishly. "The boys asked if they could help cook and.. well.. this happened." I closed the distance between us and wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him sweetly. "That's ok I'll fix it. You know, I could've cooked." He rested his hands on my hips. "Yeah but you always make breakfast so this morning I wanted to surprise you." I hugged him. "Thanks Cheollie~" I cooed using my nickname for him. Seungcheol blushed. "Your welcome jagiya." I let go of him and placed my hands on my hips. 'Time to gain back some order.' I whistled and everyone froze. "Vernon you know you're not allowed to run in the house. Go put away your toys and wash up." "You too Seungkwan." They nodded and started picking up the Nerf guns and foam bullets. "Hoshi can you put away some of the pots please sweetie." "Joshua can you help him?" Joshua began stacking pots. "Yes sir." I walked over and grabbed Dino off the counter. "Seungcheol can you help the others?" "Sure anything for you." I tickled Dino and he giggled cutely. "Let's get you cleaned up mister."

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After cleaning up the kitchen I tied my apron around my waist and began cooking breakfast. While I was dicing strawberries I felt arms engulf me in a bear hug. Seungcheol nuzzled his face in my neck. "I'm sorry about earlier." "It's ok." I paused. "You know I was going to make pancakes and waffles but I don't think I can if you don't let me go..." Seungcheol gasped playfully. "But Jeonghannie~" I didn't move. He sighed. "Ok..." He released me and backed away. Seungcheol puffed his cheeks. "Can you put whipped cream on my pancakes?" I laughed at his aegyo. "Of course." Seungcheol did a victory dance. I just shook my head.
[Sorry for the time skips >.<]
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Breakfast was finally ready. "Kids it's time to eat!" Feet pounded down the stairs. All of the boys poured into the dining room. Dino trailed behind, running as fast as his little legs could carry him. Everyone took a seat. Mingyu almost missed the chair completely because he wasn't paying attention. I placed Dino and Hoshi in their highchairs and strapped them in. Seungcheol helped me pass out the food. Now came a difficult task...preventing food fights
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. Hi! Thanks for reading part 2 of chapter 1 ❤️ While I was writing I visualized 11 boys running around and I felt so bad for Jeonghan and Seungcheol 😂
~ Clawdia