My Baker's Dozen

8

Minghao's POV

Jun, get out here. I need help.

What's the magic word?

Please.

Okay, now where are you?

I sighed and looked back at the house, wondering if I really wanted his help. But wanting anyone else would result in having to go get them. Or I could just send Jun, but then there's the chance of him refusing. Plus, what I was trying to do would probably leave by that time.

I'm out in the backyard.

Okay, I'll be out in a minute.

In the window I could see him walk into the kitchen. A few moments later I saw him with a cookie and walking towards the front door. If Mingyu hadn't made a double batch, the cookies had roughly an eighty percent chance of actually making it to the next day.

"What do you need help with?" Jun asked once we joined me by one of our trees in the lawn. I was squatted down and holding a camera, which obviously made him confused.

"I need you to hold this frog for me so I can take a picture of it. It's for the photography club." I explained, and Jun's face turned to one of disgust.

"I'm not holding a frog! Why don't you hold it or take a picture of it on the ground?" I sighed at his whiney complaints.

"Because I need to be the one to take the picture, and it blends into the ground too much. I've already tried." I further explained, but Jun still didn't seem to want to do it.

"You can go ask someone else if you won't do it." I offered with a sigh, and Jun bounced up to go run towards the house.

I bet BooSeokSoon would do it.

They were my first thought, Ming.

I waited for Jun to come back with someone to help me, but half an hour passed and he still hadn't come back out. I looked back and forth between the camera and the frog to try and see if there was a better living object to photograph in nature, but I really didn't want to do a photoshoot with one of my brothers today. Maybe another day.

What's taking you so long, Jun?

Oh shoot, I totally forgot about you. Wonwoo pulled me into a game of chess, and then Hansol hyung started talking to me about something.

He paused for a second, and I couldn't tell if he was in the middle of something, or he was thinking.

What was I supposed to do again?

Go get one of the triplets and tell them to come outside.

Oh right! Got it!

Soon enough the entire BooSeokSoon trio came running outside to me. I don't even think Seungkwan had shoes on. But now that I look, none of them do.

"What do you need, hyung?" Hoshi asked, and I pointed to the frog that was miraculously still there.

"I need one of you to hold this frog so I can take a picture of it. Jun wouldn't do it for me." The three of them nodded and they launched into a game of rock paper scissors to see who would have to hold it. I waited somewhat impatiently since my legs were really starting to hurt from crouching that long, when Hoshi won. The other two went running back into the house, and Hoshi looked at them longingly.

I sighed and ran a hand through my hair.

"You don't want to, do you?" Hoshi snapped his attention back to me.

"Oh no, I'll do it for you hyung." He answered, but I could definitely tell this was not his favorite job.

"I'll try and be quick, Hosh." He nodded and took a deep breath before squatting next to me and picking up the frog.

"Is this how you want me to hold him?" He asked, and I nodded while starting to get a good angle on the frog. I took a few pictures and briefly reviewed them before letting Hoshi leave.

"Thank you." I said, and Hoshi nodded right before practically throwing the frog away from him. He got up from the ground and laughed as I painfully got up and stretched myself out. Hoshi waited for me, and the two of us walked back to the house together.

Did you get your picture Ming?

Yeah I did. Hoshi helped me. Thanks Jun.

I meant it sarcastically, but I'm not sure if he got that.

Don't know what I did, but you're welcome!