Little Things

Be My Friend! Pt. 2

They left the maknae line alone. Three chaotic young men left alone while the eldest slept in. They expected to come back to a mess. But what they didn't expect to come home to was a lot of yelling and plushies. Plushies were strewn everywhere from the front door to wherever else inside the house. They also didn't expect to see the eldest and the maknaes to be in the flour-covered kitchen, covered in flour themselves.

"Jinnie nu take baf! Nu wanna!" Jinnie (?) exclaims, running around the kitchen away from Jimin while Jungkook and Taehyung stand on the sidelines, watching with grins on their faces. No one notices the three rappers standing near the kitchen doorway... until Jinnie attempts to run out of the kitchen.

"Can' catch Jinnie!" Jinnie squeals as he turns to run out of the kitchen but freezes upon seeing Namjoon, Hoseok, and Yoongi staring at him with wide eyes. This causes the others in the room to finally notice their audience.

"Uh oh," Jungkook mumbles as Jinnie looks around at everyone.

"Wha uh oh, Kookie?" Jinnie asks quietly, playing with the sleeve of his hoodie which is now ruined by their pancake failure.

"We made a mess that we need to clean while the hyungs are frozen. If Jinnie doesn't want to clean up, he'll let Jiminie bathe him." Taehyung says quickly, the only one whose brain is working.

There's one thing that Jinnie hates more than bathing and that's cleaning.

"Jinnie take baf!" The little exclaims, grabbing Jimin's hand.

"Then let's go wash up, baby," Jimin says quickly as he picks Jinnie up bridal style and manages to shoulder through the men still standing frozen. It isn't until Jinnie and Jimin make it to the bathroom that the three men snap out of their daze and process what's happened.

"Yoongi hyung, you owe us both 20 dollars and a meal. Hand over the twenty." Namjoon states, holding his hand out. Yoongi rolls his eyes, glaring at the younger.

"I don't have my wallet." The eldest retorts, earning a huff from the youngest rapper.

"Wait, you three knew?" Jungkook asks, putting his hands on his hips.

"We didn't know for sure but we saw the signs... Well, I did and pointed it out to these two hyungs." Namjoon explains, pointing at the two men behind him.

"And how did you know about littlespace, hyung?" Taehyung asks, smirking. Namjoon blushes and rubs his nape.

"That's none of your business. Clean up the kitchen while I order some pizza." Namjoon barks out as he walks away.

"His name is Jinnie?" Hoseok asks as he aids the maknaes in cleaning up.

"Yep and he's got a ton of plushies as you can see," Jungkook answers, referring to the many plushies just outside of the kitchen.

"His age?"

"Dunno. 3 to 5 maybe. Definitely not older than 7." Taehyung answers this time. The youngest glances over at the eldest that's been silently standing in the doorway this entire time.

"You've been awfully quiet, Yoongi hyung. What are you thinking about?" The youngest asks, wiping up the last of the flour from the counter.

"Trying to figure out how much money I'll lose from spoiling little Jinnie... I'll go broke but I don't care."

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By the time the pizzas arrive, Jimin has brought a onesie-covered Jinnie to the living room to watch cartoons; all three maknaes finally clean as well. Everyone one has gathered in the living room - Namjoon, Yoongi, and Jungkook taking up the couch, Hoseok lying out on the sofa, and Taehyung, Jimin, and Jinnie sitting on the floor together.

When Namjoon disappeared to pay for the pizza, Hoseok slides off the sofa and crawls over to Jinnie who's completely focused on Paw Patrol.

"Ne, Jinnie?" The elder whispers, a soft smile on his face.

"Hm?" The little hums, his eyes never leaving the screen.

"Wanna be Hobi, Joonie, and Yoonie's new friend?"

Jinnie's eyes widen and he turns his head to look at the brunette-haired man who's grinning at him.

"Weally?" Jinnie squeals as he hops into Hoseok's lap.

"Yes, really. We want to be your friend. Do you want to be ours?" Hoseok replies, watching the excited little start to bounce in his lap.

"Yesh!" The little exclaims, giving the man a hug that the elder returns wholeheartedly.

"Alright let's eat!" Namjoon exclaims as he walks through the living room to the kitchen. Jinnie jumps up immediately and almost falls over trying to get to his feet, but once he does he dashes to the kitchen, bumping into Namjoon once there.

"Woah, slow down, little one. No need to run." Namjoon says as he sets the pizza down on the table.

"Sowwy, Joonie," Jinnie says quietly as he shuffles over to the table to sit down. The others have finally started to trickle in so Namjoon quickly takes the seat right next to the little.

"It's okay, baby." Namjoon hums, pressing a kiss to the little's head which earns him a giggle.

"Joon hyung is so unfair. I wanted to sit next to Jinnie." Taehyung whines as he sits in one of the seats across from Jinnie and Namjoon; specifically, the one right across from the little. Jungkook sits right next to him in the seat in front of Namjoon, leaving Yoongi and Hoseok to sit at the ends of the table and Jimin to sit in the small space between Yoongi and Taehyung.

"First come, first serve. Now shush and eat." Namjoon retorts, smiling at the younger. Taehyung groans and mumbles something under his breath, something that Jungkook laughs at, but takes a pizza slice from one of the many pizza boxes. Everyone follows suit after, even Jinnie who upon questioning, insists that he's a big boy that can eat big boy food.

He still makes a mess on himself regardless and has to take a second and final bath afterwards.

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After an eventful hour of chasing Jinnie around the house and bribing him to go to bed, the six new caregivers collapse in the living room to decide what to do from now on.

"We have to talk to him about it tomorrow." Namjoon sighs, vocalizing what's on everyone's minds at the moment. Everyone hums in agreement, too tired to add much else.

"I wonder... if he was lonely." Jimin mumbles aloud, more of a thought than a comment but he's still heard.

"Why do you think that?" Hoseok inquires, looking up at the younger from his position on the floor.

"He stormed in here and demanded that I be his friend and I could see the hope and fear in his eyes when he asked... He was so happy when we agreed and even happier when Kookie and Tae said they'd be his friends too... It just makes me wonder is all." Jimin explains, looking up at the bare ceiling. The others hum at the younger's observation.

"Well, he won't be lonely anymore, that's for sure," Jungkook states softly and even if no one says anything; they all agree with their maknae. Jinnie nor Jin would be alone anymore.