Stray Kids Littles (Book #2 of the Little Space Series)

8. Innie Time

JeonGin POV

I sit up with a whine and rub my eyes. I look around before seeing a bowl of soup and water on the table next to me.

My eyes go wide as I eye the pacifier and Benton that lays on the bed.

"SeungMin knows!"

I begin to panic as I try to figure out a way to explain this to him.

I am so lost in my thoughts and panicking that I do not notice the door opening. I do not even notice the lights that flicker on. I do not notice the bed dipping behind me either.

"Hey, it's okay baby. Calm down." I feel myself being pulled back into someone's grip.

"I understand that you are upset but you are going to feel even worse if you keep panicking. I know that it has something to do with the binkie and the bear. If you are worried about that, then you need to calm down. There is nothing to worry about. I am fine with it. You have your reasons for doing what you do and I am not going to stop you from doing that." He explains, rubbing circles on the center of my chest, over my shirt. He makes them change from small to large circles.

I nod and focus on the soothing motion.

"Follow me ok? Deep breath in with one large circle and one small circle. Deep breath out with one large circle and one small circle. Understand?" He whispers, hugging me a little more, forcing me to lean back into him.

I nod and follow what he said.

In and out.

In and out.

In and out.

I keep following what he said until I am completely calm.

I feel the tension that was in my chest ease away and I relax into SeungMin's grip.

SeungMin POV

I smile down at him once I feel him go lax in my grip.

"Baby. I already know what is going on. I understand that you may have panicked because you thought I was not going to accept you little space. I am more then willing to help you whenever you need it." I explain to him.

He turns and smiles up at me.

"We-really?" he says, looking at me with a huge smile and bright eyes.

"Really baby. Go on and slip. I know you want to." I encourage him. He nods then turns around, climbing up into my lap. He wraps his arms around my neck and his legs around my hips.

He nuzzles his face into the crook of my neck and I hear him let out a soft sigh.

I smile as I rock him back and forth.

I feel this breathing go a little more shallow and his grip on me lessens some.

I smile as I hear his soft breaths. I lay him down on the bed and cover him up. I slip his binkie in his mouth and the cute little polar bear in his arms before I turn the light back off. I slip in after him and hold him close to me as I drift off to sleep next to him, smiling wide.