For You I Will {Jihancheol}

2

It was easier to regress after Soonyoung, Seungkwan, Minghao, Mingyu, and Seokmin confessed and played together. They had even convinced Chan to join them a few times, much to Jeonghan's excitement.

Seungcheol found that being a caregiver wasn't as uncomfortable as he thought it was going to be.  Each little was unique and had their own peculiar personalities.

Seokmin was the big brother type, Seungcheol noticed.  Whenever he and one of the other littles would play together, he was always the one who shared his toys and made sure that everyone played nicely. This also meant that he was the biggest tattle tale of them all. It seemed like every five seconds he was telling him or one of the other caregivers about something his playmates had done.

"Daddy, Gyu said a swear!"

"Mommy, Kwannie won't share!"

"Hoonie! Haohao eated the blocks!"

It was cute, but irritating at the same time.

Soonyoung regressed much more than the others did. He liked to babble and crawl around with his "Seokie" and "Chacha" when he was allowed to play. Otherwise, he was stuck up under Jihoon, constantly demanding that the elder hold and cuddle him at all times.

Though he may act like it's an annoyance, no one was fooled. Jihoon was completely wrapped around Soonyoung's little finger.

Seungkwan was the troublemaker amongst them all.

Poor Seungcheol had to find that out the hard way. 

Little Seungkwan played all kinds of tricks with the help of either Vernon or little Mingyu. 

They replaced Seungcheol's body soap with mayonnaise, put legos just below Jeonghan's bed, and even hid Jun's cellphone in the most random places. 

Seungkwan was also the one who had been punished the most.

Whenever he was called out for something, he would always put up a big fuss and shout rude things at his caregivers. 

His punishments were usually a ten minute timeout or someone taking away his favorite toy. 

"I'll be a good boy!" he would whine.  "Kwannie won't do it again!"

Vernon, who spoiled the little more than all of them combined, always fell for that bit and would relieve him of his punishment earlier than agreed upon. 

Mingyu and Minghao were always stuck up under Wonwoo. They would talk to Seungcheol about wanting to dress him up, watch cartoons with him, and cook yummy snacks with them whenever he was out on a schedule.

It was the cutest thing, hearing the two of them say "Woowoo" this and "Woowoo" that. 

Seungcheol would notice Jun try to move in and get close to the two littles, but they would either brush him off or boo at him. 

"Why do they hate me, hyung?" Jun whined to Seungcheol one time.

Seungcheol only shrugged at him. "Why don't you try playing with them instead of sleeping all day?"

"Ok, fuck you."

"Junnie said a swear, Daddy!" Minghao gasped, pointing the boy.

Seungcheol shook his head with a chuckle. "Don't worry,  he's going to timeout."

"Hyung!"

Chan was only little when he was on the verge of a breakdown and each time Jeonghan would be the only one to take care of him.

It's not as though no one else had tried, they all tried to get close to Chan. 

It was just that Jeonghan would hiss and growl at them whenever they were in the same vicinity as the two of them. 

"My baby!" the vocalist would say. "Mine! Go get your own!"

They had all allowed this behavior since Chan going into little space was a rare case and Jeonghan would refuse to listen to them even if they did insist. 

Because of this,  Seungcheol has no idea what kind of little Chan was. 

At times like these,  he often wonder what kind of little he would be if he were to indulge himself. 

Would the others call him cute?

What kind of nicknames would they give him?

Would they want to cuddle up with him during naptime?

He shook those thoughts away as soon as they came.

Being with the littles seemed to relax their group as a whole and that was enough for the him.

Adding himself into the mix would ruin the dynamic they had worked so hard to build. 

Besides, what kind of leader would he be if he allowed his members to take care of him?

I can be a caregiver.
I can do this!

That was the mentality he held in a tight grasp until one night he couldn't take it. 

Five tracks he pitched to their managers for the hip-hop unit's newest mixtape were all rejected. 

"Who would buy this?" one of them said with a disgusted grimace on his face.

"Are you an amateur?" another gagged. "Have you even debuted?"

"You're the leader of the hip-hop unit.  We expected better from you."

We expected better from you.

That one phrase kept buzzing about in his head.

His thoughts only spiraled down from there.

By the time he got back to the dorm from the stressful meeting, it was nearing two a.m. and all of his members were fast asleep.

He couldn't go into his room. His sobs and heavy breaths would definitely wake someone up.

Seungcheol slid onto a sofa, hands raking anxiously through his hair.

When his eyes scanned the room, they weren't aiming for a particular target.

Despite this,  he found himself stuck on a bright red pacifier that was laying on the floor. 

Almost immediately Seungcheol recongizes as one of Soonyoung's, since red was the younger's favorite color.

He scooped it up without thinking, popping into his mouth with a relieved groan. 

His mind went fuzzy as he carefully suckled on the paci.

"I sad," he suddenly whined, hugging his arms closely to his trembling body.   "Wan' a huggie."

Before he knew it, Seungcheol was sliding off of the sofa and waddling towards where he knew Jeonghan was sleeping.

His mind went back to the rare moments where he would catch Jeonghan cuddling with Chan, then he knew that there was nothing he wanted more. 

He waddled into their bedroom, sneaking passed where Wonwoo and Minghao were sleeping to make to Jeonghan.

Unfortunately for him, Jeonghan was already snuggled in the bed with Chan.

Chan had been feeling insecure lately, but Seungcheol refused to think about it.

He wanted to cuddle with Jeonghan, too. Why does Chan always get to?

Seungcheol stomped his foot and threw the paci on the ground in a fit of frustration. 

Now who was he going to sleep with?

He knew that Wonwoo kicked in his sleep and Minghao snored funny,  so the only person left was Joshua.

Joshua had been a stern- but-loving caregiver to the other littles, but he hadn't seen any one of them stuck under him for constant attention.

At any other time, he would wonder why that was. 

Right now was cuddle time, though. 

So, Seungcheol hopped into Joshua's bed and wrapped his arms around his sleeping form.  The other mumbled a bit, but turned around to cuddle back.

Seungcheol felt himself relax and soon enough drifted into a comfortable sleep.