𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚

𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆

it was just barely two am when hongjoong finally got home. after a long day of working at the cafe, as well as his side job, he was finally able to enter his beloved home.

the eight boys live in an eight bedroom, four bathroom, two-story house that jongho's mother bought for them all. it was located in seoul, and the boys absolutely loved it. they each got their own room, and were able to have privacy yet have people to surround them with love.

hongjoong sighed heavily as he set his car keys down in the car key bowl along with the other two car keys, as there are only three cars. he took of his shoes and set his bag down. he missed his bed, missed his sleep, missed everyone.

he trudged himself up the stairs and into his bedroom. he sighed as he ran his hand  through his hair. he went into the bathroom and wiped off his makeup, washed his face, and brushed his teeth. he turned the shower on and stepped in, letting the water his body and relax him.

after he finished showering, he went into his bedroom and changed into one of mingi's old shirts that draped down to his knees and a pair of nike shorts. he crawled under the covers and let sleep take over him.

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seonghwa, like always, was the first one awake. he stretched his arms out and sat up, turning on his side and checking the time. seven thirteen. he yawned and stretched again before getting out of bed and going downstairs into the kitchen.

he took out some eggs and bacon to make for breakfast. it was a lazy saturday, and they were all off from work.

as he was turning on the stove, yeosang and yunho came down the stairs. "good morning," seonghwa said to the boys, who sat down at the bar and rested their heads on the countertop. "do you guys know if hongjoong came home last night? he wasn't here when i went to bed," seonghwa asks them. yeosang and yunho shrug their shoulders at the question. "i can check for you," yunho suggests. "if he was here, he would be in his room." seonghwa hummed at that. "thank you, yunho." yunho smiles and nods as he gets off the stool and goes back upstairs.

he opens their bedroom door very carefully, peaking to see if hongjoong was in there. he was and, as a surprise, he was also awake. hongjoong turned to the door, and saw that it was just yunho. "oh, yunho, good morning." yunho stood there for a couple seconds before saying, "good morning, hyung." "what brings you to my room," hongjoong asks as he shuts his laptop close. "seonghwa hyung didn't know when you got home, or if you did get home. i said that i would check, and here we are." hongjoong was filled with guilt. "oh shit, i'm sorry. i forgot to let you guys know." hongjoong gets out of bed and goes to hug yunho. "i'm sorry, yunho." yunho smiled before hugging hongjoong back, his tiny body being swallowed by his. "it's alright, hyung. no one's mad. you wanna go downstairs? seonghwa hyung is making breakfast." hongjoong nods into yunho's chest, which makes yunho giggle. he picks his tiny hyung up and wraps his arms around his waist, and hongjoong wraps his legs around yunho's waist. hongjoong hides his face into yunho's neck, and the two make their way downstairs into the kitchen.

"found him," yunho announces as he sets hongjoong onto a stool in the kitchen. seonghwa turns to him and smiles. like a mother, he rushes over and hugs hongjoong tight. "i didn't know you were home, baby. i was a little scared," seonghwa whispers into hongjoong's ear. "'m sorry, hyung." seonghwa pulls back and kisses hongjoong's forehead. "it's alright, baby. i'm making some breakfast. wanna come help yeosang and i?"

by nine, everyone was downstairs and had finished breakfast. wooyoung, san, and mingi were screaming the words to 'nillili mambo' by block b. seonghwa, jongho, and yeosang were watching the trio scream the lyrics, laughing at them and recording their terrible dancing. yunho and hongjoong, though, were on the couch and being affectionate. those two tend to be the most affectionate with one another. yunho was sitting on the couch, and hongjoong was on his lap, his head resting on yunho's shoulder. yunho had one hand resting on hongjoong's waist and the other going through hongjoong's hair. something was obviously bothering hongjoong, yunho thought, because hongjoong was usually never this affectionate unless something was eating him up. "joongie," yunho whispers into hongjoong's ear. hongjoong stirs. "is something wrong?" again, hongjoong stirs. yunho chuckles. "you wanna talk about it?" there was no response from hongjoong for a minute, but then yunho felt a small nod against his shoulder. "ok, that's good. do you want it to be just us two, or everyone?" again, there was no immediate response from hongjoong. "all," the boy eventually whispered. "they deserve to know." yunho nods. "if that's true, then i need you to get off me. just for a little bit, ok?" hongjoong nods and climbs off of yunho. yunho smiles at the cute boy before reaching over and pausing the song. "hey," mingi says, turning to yunho. "why'd you do that?" yunho looks at mingi, then at hongjoong, then back at mingi. oddly, everyone in the room seems to understand. "oh," mingi says, and takes a seat next to san and wooyoung. "joongie hyung," yunho starts, "has something bothering him. he feels like it's best for him to tell all of us, so if you all could listen, that would be greatly appreciated." everyone nods, and looks at hongjoong. "is it about last night," seonghwa asks, getting some kind of vibe from the situation they were in. hongjoong stirs on the couch before nodding. "yea," he says. "it's, um, about last night. something happened last night."