Aurora ||| Ateez

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"Good job, Archer!"

Yeosang clapped and cheered as his baby started to crawl towards him on all fours, the tiny boy was finally starting to crawl on his own at 7 months, which meant Yeosang would have to baby proof the house so he didn't crawl in a cabinet or bump into a corner.

Baby proofing. Mingi was supposed to do that..

Yeosang feels something heavy tug at his heart as he picks Archer up, and as he looks down at his son's fox like eyes that the baby inherited from his father, Yeosang smiles at his happy babbling. It's been about a week since the group departed, and Yeosang's definitely felt the impact of not only Mingi, but the rest of the packs absence. Without his fellow omegas and alphas, Yeosang's felt highly anxious, and he suspects it has something to do with his strong maternal instincts and the lack of pack communication. He feels incomplete, but his life line has definitely been Yunho.

A part of Yeosang is glad that he had to stay behind with him, so he'd have someone familiar in the house with him while the pack is gone. But Yeosang can tell the beta's been hit the hardest out of the two of them, without Hongjoong he seems almost empty, a fake smile and polished words are all Yeosang gets out of him. He still eats regularly and gets enough sleep, Yeosang makes sure of that, but Hongjoong needs to come home soon, all of them do. But it seems that Yunho's slowly been warming up to the lions they've been living with for the past few days. Soyeon left behind two of her stronger deltas, Yena and Chaeyeon, to hunt and protect everyone in the house, and a sigma named Yujin to help with Yunho's pregnancy and the two babies now in their care.

For the first two days of the lions being in the pack house, Yunho wanted nothing to do with them, to the point where he would stay in his room and only leave to use the bathroom and eat. But one day, he started to feel back pains, the same ones that Hongjoong would massage away, so Yunho was prepared to suffer in silence. Yeosang voiced his concern to Yujin, the prides healer, and she immediately started working on a medicated paste for Yunho's back. After Yeosang convinced Yunho that it wasn't poison and that it would help him, he allowed the omega to rub the paste into his aching muscles, and after about a hour, he felt just as good as he did when Hongjoong massaged his back. Ever since then, Yunho kept a open mind to the lions in his home, and everyone started to get along better and become more well acquainted, even Archer.

Since Soyeon left the rest of her pride behind, that also included her recently born daughter, Yuna. Archer has taken quite a liking to the young lion cub, to the point where he'll cry if he hasn't seen her in a few hours and must take his afternoon nap in the same crib as her. Yeosang finds it adorable, and he's thrilled that his baby is interacting with someone close to his age, but he doesn't know how Mingi will react when he returns.

Yeosang sighs as he stands up from his recliner he was relaxing in, Archer tight in his arms as he opens the back door to the pack house and goes to sit on the stairs. He can't help but stare at the treeline, hoping that his pack will walk through the trees, everyone happy and healthy. After a while, Yeosang hears the door open, and he turns his head to see Yunho stepping outside and waking towards him. "What are you doing out here? I thought you weren't feeling well?"

"I'm better now, I just needed some rest. But you don't seem alright. You're clinging onto Archer again." Yeosang grins as the beta sits beside him, the baby in his arms babbling happily as he tries to crawls into his uncles arms. Yunho smiles as he gently takes the baby from Yeosang, being careful to mind his bump as he gets Archer comfortable on his lap. "What's up with you? Everyone's wondering why you were out here, and they were too nervous to check on you."

"I'm fine, I just needed fresh air."

Yunho doesn't buy his excuse but nonetheless, he looks out onto the treeline with the same hope in his eyes. The same hope that his pack will come back soon.