[Neo Zone] Population: 23 Kids

Experimental Kiddos

Mark headed upstairs for a snack, if you could really could a spoonful of off-brand Nutella as a snack. And of course, Jaehyun was right there to judge him.

"What are you doing?"

"Eating Nutella."

"Why don't you put it on graham crackers?" 

Jaehyun reached above him to grab them from the cupboard, and Mark put down the spoon he was just about to dip into the jar. While opening the package of graham crackers, Jaehyun managed to drop them still in the wrapper, breaking almost all of them in half.

"Now we make little sandwiches?"

"Marshmallows! We can make s'mores!" Mark climbed up onto the counter so he'd be able to grab the bag they kept on the top shelf, tossing the bag down to Jaehyun.

Because the marshmallows weren't warmed and gooey, they made eating the s'more so much harder. The marshmallow wouldn't squish down, breaking the graham crackers when they tried to bite them, and Nutella dripped all over their hands.

"Not a good idea."

Mark shook his head, unable to properly respond with his mouthful.

"Haechan!" Kun screamed, his shout muffled when Haechan shut the bathroom door.

Haechan seemed unbothered as he walked past Jaehyun and Mark with a hair clip. Kun, on the other hand, then came out of the bathroom looking disheveled.

"This kid," he pointed in the direction Haechan went, "just walked in on me in the bathroom! No knocking, just walked in."

"Mrs. Suh wanted her hair clip!"

"You could've waited two seconds!"

"Want a graham cracker?" Jaehyun held it out to Kun, Nutella already on it. But marshmallows now came on the side after that mess.

"Sure. Thanks." 

Nutella on graham crackers was apparently the perfect way to get Kun to stop being angry.

Taeyong walked down to the basement just to see Jisung coughing, Jeno patting his back, and Chenle, Hendery and Lucas passing around a can of Cola while Jungwoo sat off to the side with Jaemin watching him work on a project.

"You okay, Ji?"

Jisung nodded, giving Taeyong a thumbs up even though he was still coughing.

"We were trying to introduce him to pop, but then Lucas made him laugh and it went up his nose." Hendery explained, taking another sip from the can and passing it to Chenle.

"Mrs. Suh is just letting you drink pop?"

"We were testing the 'Jisung is her new favorite' theory, and it worked." Jeno added in, passing Jisung a water bottle that was half empty when he stopped coughing.

"Want some?" Chenle held up the can, so Taeyong took a sip and passed it back.

"That hurt." Jisung whined, reaching over to grab the bear Taeil still hadn't taken back.

"Sorry, want some more? I won't make you laugh this time." Lucas held out the can to him, but Jisung shook his head. He'd had enough of that for the day.

"Taeyong hyung, can you help me with this?" Jaemin asked, pushing Jungwoo away since he was just leaning over his lap in boredom.

"What subject?"

"Math."

"Ask Doyoung, then. He's better at it."

"He's not here."

Taeyong sighed. "I'll go get Taeil then."

"He's at his house."

"Like I said. I'll go get Taeil." 

Jungwoo jumped up from the bed and went with Taeyong to go find out where Taeil lived, taking YangYang with them just because he was the only one that knew the general area to find him in.

And they actually brought back Taeil just to help Jaemin with his math homework instead of just trying to help him themselves.