My Baker's Dozen

19

Seungkwan's POV

"You're telling me that Minseo Noona took off from work to stay with us for a few days, and I still have to go to drama club? Why can't I stay home?" I whined since Jihoon and Dk's band and chorus practices were cancelled for the day so they get to come home early. But it's not like I'm the only one who has to stay after.

"You signed up for it, so you have to go." Appa said, and I sighed before finishing getting ready for school.

"I'll walk you to the bus if it will make you feel better." Minseo Noona said, and I quickly nodded with a smile. While I tried to find my backpack since we had to leave in a minute, Minseo Noona got her coat and shoes on.

Seungkwan, where are you?

I can't find my backpack, Dk.

Did you try under your bed?

I peeked under and found it somehow stuffed under with a menagerie of things I didn't know were there. I grabbed it and ran out of my room to the door. I wasn't paying attention and accidentally ran into someone.

"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry." I said when I saw it was Samuel, and he just shrugged sleepily.

"What are you doing up?" I asked as I could hear my brothers yelling for me to hurry up.

"I couldn't sleep with the noise. Shouldn't you go hyung?" He asked, and I smiled sheepishly while feeling very rushed.

"Yeah, probably. See you later." I pulled him into a quick hug before sprinting towards the door. I shoved on my shoes and joined my brothers outside so we could walk to the bus. And as promised, Minseo Noona walked with us.

"Do you miss these crazy mornings, Noona?" I asked, and she smiled.

"It is too quiet in my house with Haechan and Umji gone." She said, and I frowned when I saw the bus stop getting closer.

"Just forget Mark hyung and move back in with us." Jeonghan hyung suggested teasingly, and she shook her head slowly.

"Are you guys still upset over me getting married?"

"Yes."

"A little."

"Very."

"Less about the marriage and more about you leaving the house." Joshua hyung said, and we all agreed. She sighed at us with a smile and motioned for us to get on the bus.

"Go on. Go learn something and be productive."

"But that's no fun." Jun hyung whined, and she pushed him towards the bus.

"Fine. Love you too, Noona."

...

"Seungkwan, you have to put emotion into this. And you have to hit that one note, you're timing is all wrong. Let's take it from the top again!" The drama club instructor announced, and everyone groaned. Between failing a math test and missing a science homework assignment and now this, today was not working out for me. I just want to go home.

I made my way to the backstage and waited for my cue to come on. Someone decided to would be fun to try a mini musical, and so far I'm the only one struggling. I tried doing as the instructor had suggested, but then someone pulled a chair out and I wasn't looking, causing me to trip and fall.

"Ah come on, Seungkwan." One of the kids muttered, and I mumbled an apology.

"Let's try and actually get through this before we leave for the day." The instructor said, and we all reset ourselves. We managed to get through the whole ten minutes without having to stop, and I only had a minor hiccup that no one seemed to notice.

As soon as we were dismissed, I speed walked off of the stage and grabbed my stuff. By the time I made it to the foyer, Minghao hyung and Hoshi were already waiting for me.

"Can we go?" I asked as soon as I saw them, and the three of us started on the walk home.

"How did everything go for you two today?" I asked, immediately feeling better once I left the school grounds.

"It was okay. I just really want to go home." Minghao hyung said, and Hoshi agreed with him.

"Hoe about you, Boo?" Hoshi asked, and I sighed.

"Not my best day. I just want to get home too." I replied, and Hoshi gasped excitedly.

"Can we run home so we can get there faster?" He asked, and Minghao hyung just shrugged.

"I have a feeling I can't stop you." He muttered, and Hoshi started running home. I immediately started after him, and Minghao hyung caught up to us.

We didn't run for long before we were running up the steps to our front door, and bursting through. I quickly pushed off my shoes and found Minseo Noona across the room. Not even bothering to take off my coat and backpack, I tackled her into a hug.

"Long day?" She asked, and I didn't even have to look up to know she was smiling softly.

"Too long, Noona. Too long."