Brothers

25

"Mama," Seonghwa smiles as he leans against their head board on their bed in their room. Ana was leaned against his thighs facing him as they were propped up, her head came just below his knees. She hasn't mastered the art of sitting up yet, but she can hold her head up now just fine, "Can mommy's precious girl say, 'Mama?'"

Ana grins a gummy grin, squealing a little as she wraps her hands around Seonghwa's fingers then brings them to her lips. She begins to suckle on them, even gumming down and chewing on them so he knows she's cutting teeth soon. If it wasn't that, it was the red swollen gums, the drool, and the constant need for cuddles.

Seonghwa chuckles, wiggling his finger against her lips to make her blow raspberries, "Mama?"

"I don't know why you're trying so hard to get her to say mama," Mingi steps in the room, crawling on the bed over to his mate and daughter, "We all know she's going to say Dada first."

Seonghwa rolls his eyes before smiling at his Alpha. Mingi leans over Seonghwa's knees, blowing air on the top of the baby's head, making her turn her head to try and find the strange thing blowing on her. Mingi whistles softly, getting her to finally look up and she squeals loudly, reaching a hand up and grabbing his nose.

"How's daddy's pretty girl?" He chuckles, "By the wet grip on my nose I have a feeling you're fantastic."

"She's such a happy baby," Seonghwa comments, "Always smiling, except when she's hungry and when she wants cuddles. But even then she's still my happy and gorgeous princess."

"Soon we'll have another little one running around," Mingi chuckles, smiling at his Luna before tilting his head up and kissing his left hip.

The parents play and talk to their baby for a moment, before the moment was interrupted by Mingi clearing his throat, "I need to talk to you about something."

Seonghwa looks down at him, his blue eyes were shining as he smiles slightly. This was the first time in a while that Seonghwa had truly smiled at him like this, like he was in love and that he was happy. It made Mingi's wolf purr and bristle with praise at the thought of his Omega being happy.

"I've been thinking..." Mingi swallows, "And it's been really nice having some extra hands around here..."

Seonghwa's eyes widen in realization and he shakes his head, "No, Mingi no-"

"You didn't even let me finish," Mingi sits up.

"I don't have to! You're going to ask me if Jongho and his pack can stay here and that is a no!" Seonghwa snaps, his voice was low to not alert anyone outside of the closed door.

"And why can't they?"

"Are you serious?" Seonghwa scoffs, "Mingi, you nor Jongho can even stand to be in the same room as one another! You end up staying far apart and when one enters the other leaves! You haven't spoken since the fight, unless it was one worded responses. Every time you even think about talking to him Jongho goes on a run and is gone for the whole day! The others haven't been bad, I still don't trust them around us, especially Ana. And you really want them to stay here?!"

"Baby, hear me out," Mingi takes one of Seonghwa's hands in his and squeezes it, "They won't be living with us in our house."

"But you want them to stay?"

"On the territory." Seonghwa frowns, then his eyebrow raised in question as Mingi sat up, being eye level with his mate now, "Baby listen, I know you don't necessarily like them being in the house or even being around Ana. But what if... and listen to me closely on this, what if they stayed on our territory but had their own home?"