Ateez Littlespace Stories

Happy Birthday Yunho!

Today was Jeong Yunho's birthday, and all of the members were very excited to wake him up that morning, as they had prepared him his favorite breakfast to eat in bed. What they hadn't noticed as they snuck into the room was that Yunho had been up late the previous night, rehearsing non-stop so he could impress Atiny.

Yunho often feels anxious when preparing for concerts, because he wants to be the best he can be. He oftentimes becomes overworked and overwhelmed with how much he pushes himself. He had cried himself to sleep the night before, because of how upset he had made himself with all of the rehearsing.

He was suddenly awoken by the sound of the door creaking open, and the frantic whispers of the members trying to quiet one another.

Even with his eyes closed, he could feel the sunlight on the back if his head from the window on the side of his room. He could hear the birds chirping outside, and realized the members must have let him sleep in today. He honestly did not know why, and as he slowly came to the realization that it was his birthday, his eyes flung open and he sat up as fast as he could.

The smell of the fresh pancakes drifted into the room as he looked to the members, trying to hide the stuffie he had fallen asleep next to under the blankets. Only San knew that Yunho regressed, the other members had no idea. With the members goofily singing "happy birthday" as loud as they could, Yunho was met with a huge plate of pancakes with syrup and whipped cream, with a tiny candle placed delicately in the center.

Sani quickly noticed the dried tears on Yunho's tired face, quickly switching into caregiver mode. He was cautious however, knowing the other members had no idea about his little one.

Yunho glanced toward the younger, feeling smaller each growing second of the members telling him happy birthday and handing him small gifts, each requesting him to open theirs first. As the Wooyoung quarreled his way to the top, he was able to convince Yunho to open his gift first.

After Yunho had opened all of the presents he was given, and eaten almost half of the huge stack of pancakes, he was ready to get on with his day. He knew that practice wasn't canceled just because it was his birthday, so he started getting ready for another stressful day of work.

After the previous night, he wasn't sure how he would handle the day, he was terrified he would begin to panic during the choreography practice, feeling like he wasn't as good as the other members for another day.

Practice flew by, and he was so tired when he got back to the dorms. Overwhelmed with the day, and feeling completely drained. He had showered and changed into his pajamas by the time San entered the room to see Yunho drying his hair, seeming exhausted. San quickly went to Yunho's side, handing him an oddly shaped gift.

"What is this?" a frustrated and tired Yunho questioned.

"It's a gift I felt I should save until now," Sani reassured him, "I didn't think you would have liked getting it this morning, baby."

Yunho looked at him with the puppy eyes he always gets when he feels small. He carefully began to tear the wrapping of this gift he was presented with.

A few seconds later, he was face to face with a golden retriever plush, and he quickly fell onto the bed giggling and smiling brightly. Sani reached over and pushed Yunho's floppy wet hair out of his face and asked if he liked it.

Yunho hugged the toy and rubbed his face in it in response to San.

San scooted to the head of the bed, and patted his legs for Yunho to lay with him, knowing he was in desperate need for cuddle time. Yunho flopped over onto his caregiver, as San turned on Tangled, one of Yunho's favorite movies when he is little.

"Will you stay wif me until I fall asweep daddy?" the little asked, squeezing San's waist with the plush on top of San's belly.

"Of course baby, daddy noticed you were sad this morning, and he never wants you to be sad, especially on his baby's birthday, daddy won't leave you baby, he is always right here" he said sleepily, pulling his baby closer to him as he slipped a paci into Yunho's mouth.

Yunho cuddled closer and began feeling drowsy and warm. He felt safe with his daddy right here with him, and he had a new stuffie to name in the morning. With his paci in his mouth, and his favorite movie on, he slowly began to drift off. He could feel his daddy covering the two of them with a blanket, and he sighed in pure bliss. Finally feeling happy on his birthday, he drifted off to sleep.

San loved his baby, his little Yunho. Holding Yunho as he fell asleep in his arms, he was so grateful that his baby trusted him with such a great responsibility. He knew that Yunho trusted the other members as well, but being trusted to keep this secret was such a huge gesture.

"My sweet little one, I hope you dream of butterflies and sunshine, running on the beach by sandcastles, with all of the other members there." San thought to himself. He hoped that one day his baby would be okay with the others taking care of him as well. San always did the best he could to be the best caregiver, but sometimes the task was overwhelming. All he wanted to do was make his baby happy, and he felt as though he fell short sometimes.

However, in this moment, with his Yunho curled up on him with his arms wrapped around him, he felt the happiest he ever had. He knew that his baby was finally happy on his birthday, and that was the best feeling he he ever felt.