Brothers

60

"Daddy! Daddy wait for me!" A high pitched voice called from around the corner.

Jongho stopped and a proud smile crossed his face when Finnley came running around the corner with a backpack slung over his shoulder. "I'm right here. Slow down before you trip and hurt yourself."

His first born stopped in front of him and hopped up and down. At nine years old, he wanted nothing more than to make his father proud and be by his side for everything.

It was very endearing for Jongho, especially since it took so long for him and Wooyoung to bond with the boy given how stressful Wooyoung's pregnancy and birth was.

"Where are we going?" The boy asked. He had inherited Wooyoung's eyes, so it was hard for Jongho to not smother him whenever he saw Finn blinking at him. They were wide and round, and every bit as persuasive as his cheeky omega could be.

"I was just going to talk to Uncle Mingi about our next hunt. Do you want to see if Raine wants to come with us? And where are the girls?"

"They are in with Mama and Uncle San." Finn spun around and ran to the room he shared with Raine, yelling for him to come with him.

Jongho just shook his head before going to the room he sensed Wooyoung was in. He found Wooyoung curled up against San's side. Each one had one of their five year old daughters in their lap. Willow and Rose were identical twins that took after San in almost every way, although they also inherited Wooyoung's eye color and they each had a little mole somewhere on their face. Willow's was in her right cheek and Rose's was on her left cheek, both were close to the corner of their lips.

"Hey!" Wooyoung perked up as soon as he saw his mate and helped Willow climb into San's lap. He hurried over to greet his mate, wrapping his arms around Jongho's waist and they both nuzzled each other's marks. "Are you ready to go? Finn was looking for you."

"He found me. He's getting Raine now. Yunho should already be over there helping out Hongjoong."

"Good, he needs it. Who would have ever guess he would have just as many kids as Mingi?" Wooyoung laughed, which San joined in as well. The combined sound made Jongho's wolf beam with pride as he looked at his pack.

"And this coming from someone who didn't want kids." San snickered.

"Unci Joo didn't want kids?" Willow looked up at him while Rose jumped down to take Wooyoung's hand.

Jongho chuckled and shook his head. "It wasn't his top priority, no, but he definitely makes an awfully good parent."

"Why aren't you a Mommy too?" Rose looked at San. "Aren't you like Unci Joo? And Yunnie?"

"Wow you two are very curious today!" San shook his head and kissed the top of Willow's head. "So many questions. You'll understand more when you're older. Not everyone wants to be a Mommy and a Daddy. We like to keep it simple here."

That couldn't be more accurate. The entire pack as a whole had been through a bit of a whirlwind over the past few years when it came to kids, but thankfully that was all they had been through.

Yunho had given birth to Raine shortly after Hongjoong had the twins. The three boys grew up very close and Finn was also in their little circle since he was a year older.

During that time, Hongjoong grew very close to Yeosang. The omega was always the one Hongjoong went to for advise on how to be a good mother, so they ended up spending a lot of time together. Because of that, Hongjoong asked Mingi for permission to have a pup with Yeosang after properly courting him.

Two years later they welcomed their son, Hadrian, into the world. He was growing up to be a perfect mix of both parents having inherited Hongjoong's face, ears, and nose but Yeosang's eyes and lips. And he was the definition of a 'cool kid'.

Hadrian was the child that cried the least out of all of them, but when he had a tantrum, everyone was miserable for hours. And they were few and far between. Even now, the six year old was always calm and collected and usually stood off to the side watching the other boys play together.

He did spend a lot of time with Parker though. Both boys were taking more and more after their mom every day.

Ana was spoiled for the longest time, being the only girl in the pack. She had developed a little bit of a 'princess mode', as Mingi liked to call it, where all she had to do was bat her eyelashes and anyone in the room would instantly do what she wanted.

That all changed when Timber was born a couple of months after Hadrian. Seonghwa had been dying to be pregnant again, and the fact that both he and Yeosang were pregnant at the exact same time gave both of them way too much power. But when Timber was born Mingi couldn't be happier.

Now a father of six, the alpha spent a lot of time worrying about how he was going to feed everyone since he still took responsibility for Jongho's pack too. Their family of six seemed so manageable compared to his family of ten.

Timber was as charming as Ana had been growing up and she fell under the princess category right away, especially when she started to take after Mingi's looks with her thinner eyes and bright smile. Ana became very protective of her too.

After that, though, Seonghwa didn't know if he wanted to have any more kids. They had their hands full with the six of them and it was hard to manage sometimes. Especially with Ana and Parker getting closer to presenting. Their training was more extensive as they learned what it would take to control their wolves.

Finn would start his training soon too, which they were al a little nervous about since they didn't know how his training would go since Wooyoung had spent most of his pregnancy as a wolf.

Once it finally did start they were all proven wrong, however. If anything, he picked up on what he needed to do the easiest and surpassed Ana who what been training for two years longer.

Two months after Timber was born, Wooyoung announced that he and San were pregnant with Jongho's blessing. The pair couldn't be more proud and San turned into a very, very overprotective father as soon as Wooyoung was confirmed to be with child. And really, Jongho did too. None of them wanted a repeat of what happened last time.

It ended up making Wooyoung a little stir crazy, but he was just thankful that they didn't have any stresses or worries. 

Not like last time at least. That winter ended up being a harder one for them and whoever went out hunting had to go further and further away to try and find enough food to feed the entire family. For some reason the herds weren't migrating as close to them, and they soon found out it was because a pack of wild wolves had moved into the area.

Jongho and Mingi spent several days discussing what to do. They weren't sure what the designated area the zoo had been given permission to trap in, and they didn't want to risk drawing any humans close to them again. So they ended up chasing the wolves off themselves. They drove the creatures for almost two full days, using their alpha pheromones to frighten them and keep them moving.

After that the hunting returned to normal and they were able to relax.

When they found out that Wooyoung was having twin girls, Ana was over the moon with how happy she was. She ended up spending a lot of time talking to Wooyoung's stomach and telling the girls how she was going to be the best big sister, along with Timber, and that they would always be taken care of.

The biggest surprise, though, was that two years after Willow and Rose were born and Seonghwa came storming into Jongho's house claiming he was moving in and never going back to the main house. He was livid and Wooyoung had to stay close by his side to make sure he didn't destroy the house.

It took almost the whole day, but Jongho finally managed to get the new out of him.

Seonghwa was pregnant once more.

With Hongjoong's baby.

It was an accident that wasn't supposed to happen, and Seonghwa made sure to give the beta hell for it for the next couple of months until Mingi had to pretty much order him to stop.

And when little Cyris was born all was forgiven anyway. It was probably a blessing that he took after Seonghwa a little more than Hongjoong, but he had still inherited Hongjoong's smaller face and cute ears.

It had been three years now, and thankfully there were no more surprise pregnancies. Everyone was taking every precaution because eleven kids were a lot for them to handle, especially with them being so close in age.

Jongho smiled when Finn came running up with Raine close behind, and the two boys ran ahead to find Parker. "Take it easy!" He called after them.

Wooyoung just laughed and took his hand. "You worry too much." His calming marshmallow scent flowed over his alpha, calming him down a little.

"I can't help it." Jongho huffed.

"Look at you." San teased from the other side. "Big bad alpha who didn't want to have a family now worried about his kids."

Jongho's cheeks flushed in embarrassment and he locked his eyes on the ground. He couldn't even bring himself to argue because he knew it was true. And if given the choice, he would probably have more kids in the future, but they had all agreed to wait a few years before even bringing up the subject again.

When they got to the main pack house, Mingi and Hongjoong were setting up a few tables so they could all sit outside and enjoy the beautiful summer day.

Two large fire pits had been dug into the ground so they could roast their latest kills. Mingi had also purchased a large outdoor grill that Seonghwa was standing behind to grill some sides for their dinner.

Willow and Rose ran ahead and were greeted by Teagan and Rowan. The two sets of twins were inseparable. They had bonded in a way different from any of the other kids and Wooyoung had mentioned a few times that since they weren't related by blood maybe they would end up mating each other. Seonghwa and Yeosang had melted at that idea too so now that's all the omegas wanted.

"Hey baby brother!" Mingi called out, waving his arm over his head.

"I really wish you wouldn't call me that." Jongho rolled his eyes but went to stand next to his brother to situate the tables.

Mingi just laughed and looped an arm around his shoulder. "Why? You'll always be my baby brother. You can't change that at all." Then he rubbed his knuckles against the top of Jongho's head.

The younger alpha growled and tried to break away from Mingi's grip, but it ended in them just spinning in circles while the others watched.

"Oh grow up you two!" Hongjoong shouted from the front porch. "You'd think that we were raising you two and not a horde of children!" Next to him Yunho started laughing and the two of them lifted pillows up to hide behind when Jongho shot a glare in their direction.

Despite all the teasing, Jongho couldn't help but look around at his family and feel a sense of pride. They had really built themselves a pack that was safe and happy. Even though there were still the two separate sides, they worked well together and always had each other's back.

But more than anything, Jongho was proud of himself.

He knew he hadn't been the easiest person to handle growing up with all his anger issues, and when he thought back to when he was kicked out of his father's pack it was probably deserved. He had grown so much over the past several years.

One by one, he looked at Yunho, San, and Wooyoung. He owed them everything because they made him the alpha he was today.

"They are here!!" Ana suddenly yelled, running past  everyone at full speed.

The entire pack looked to the trees to see an old van chugging down the makeshift road. All of the kids flocked to the vehicle and waited for it to be turned off and the doors to open.

Primrose and Kennedy stepped out and were immediately swamped by their grandchildren.

All three omega's quickly ran over to help herd them away so that their guests could come and greet the others, but Finn especially latched onto Kennedy's side and wouldn't let Wooyoung pull him away.

"It's ok." Kennedy chuckled and lifted the boy up into his arms. "I'm happy to see you too, Bud."

"I missed you!" Finn hugged the beta hard and stuck his tongue out at Wooyoung.

"Be nice to your mother." Kennedy shook his head but gave Wooyoung a kind smile. "You're looking well, Honey."

"Thanks." Wooyoung's cheeks turned slightly pink and he nodded. "It's nice to see you again."

Primrose walked over to join them, holding Cyris in her arms. "Thank you for having us! It's been too long."

"Sorry Mom, I know we need to try to be better about getting together." Mingi rubbed the back of his neck. "But you're here now, so let's eat!"

In a matter of minutes, they were all seated together passing around plates of vegetables, fruits, and sliced meat. Both grandmothers listened to updates from each of their grandkids individually, making sure to give each one the same amount of attention.

Several times Kennedy looked up and gave Jongho a look showing just how happy he was that his son was in a good place. Jongho didn't need to hear his words to know how his mom felt.

After everything they had been through, all the pain, fighting, anger... everything... Jongho had finally become the alpha he was always meant to be.

And he knew that he could do anything he wanted as long as he had his mate, his two betas, his children, and most importantly, his brother by his side.

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Written by flamewhipper

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