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“What the hell!” Jongho’s voice was what Seonghwa woke up to, not the softer version of the child they had been interacting with but the irritated adult version that they knew all too well. “Why am I in your bed? What the-”
“Jong, chill out please.” He sat up, his hand pushing back his hair. Then it hit him, Jongho was an adult. “Babe get up now!” He hissed, shaking the captain’s body back and forth. Hongjoong only groaned, turning away from the other man, “Kim Hongjoong I swear to god.”
“Hwa fuck off.” He sighed, dragging himself up from the laying position. “Shit the kid.” He muttered, “Oh you’re not a kid!” His face fell seeing Jongho’s horrified expression.
“Why would I be a kid!”
By then Seonghwa had removed himself from the bed heading over to grab his dressing gown. “Stop yelling, both of you.” He sighed. “Ok I’m getting the others we need to have a group meeting.”
Jongho’s face fell, “Wait why, did something happen last night? Is everything ok?”
“It’s fine Jongho, something's just been strange.” Hongjoong cut it.
Waking the other members was met with confusion and disorientation, Seonghwa didn’t particularly care for it; he was just happy that everyone was normal, not just Jongho.
The living room was quiet, everyone sat waiting for the eldest to speak. Yunho and Mingi were sitting next to each other, Yeosang was resting on the youngest shoulder and lastly Wooyoung and San were chilling on the floor. “Weren’t you supposed to be with your mom?” Wooyoung spoke.
“So about that…” Seonghwa hummed.
“You turned into literal children. No joke.” Hongjoong cut in.
Seeing the other’s confused expressions, Seonghwa started going into his phone. “Look.” He handed the phone to San. The man’s face dropped into shock, then he passed it around.
“I would never eat lego.” Jongho muttered, taking the phone from Yeosang.
“San’s one to talk.” He replied.
Hongjoong chuckled at their reactions, “On the topic of San, him and Wooyoung almost burnt down the kitchen.”
The others burst out laughing, the other men in question hiding their faces in their hands. The laughter soon died down, Yunho’s face falling into something sadder. “Did you not get to see your family hyung?”
“I went to lunch with them on Monday.” Seonghwa replied, “I’ll see if I can spend the rest of my time off with them later.”
“Honestly, it was really sweet that you wanted to stay with us.” Yeosang added.
Seonghwa smiled. “Oh Sangie was such a sweetheart to Seonghwa.” Hongjoong added, “He was attached to his hip for a whole day because Hwa seemed upset.”
Jongho only smirked at the boy next to him, who just stared at the others like his deepest secret was exposed.
The rest of the day went fairly normal, the younger members bothering the eldest two for more stories about what had happened whilst they were children. Hongjoong happily shared while Seonghwa spent his time a lot more guarded.
Evening fell, Seonghwa resting in Hongjoong’s bed, his eyes fixed on his phone. “You talking with your mom?”
Seonghwa looked up with a small smile on his lips, “My mom said we can stay from Wednesday to Saturday next week.” Then his expression shifted into something softer, the captain moved next to Seonghwa, his hand resting on his hand.
“Darling, are you ok?” He pressed his lips to the eldest’s knuckles.
Seonghwa sighed, his body falling into Hongjoong’s arms, “Not really.” He paused waiting for the other to say something. “This whole thing with the others being kids kind of made me remember how much I want something like that.”
“Kids?”
“Yeah, maybe not six but like one or two would be nice. And if I had you by my side.” He placed a hand on the younger’s cheek. “You were a good father figure. You are honestly, you’ve been nothing but considerate to the others and with punishing them you always keep your cool.”
Hongjoong laughed at that, “I yelled at San and Woo?”
“Yeah but they nearly burnt the kitchen on fire, and then you were able to calm down so quickly.” Seonghwa rested his head on Hongjoong’s neck, the man running his fingers through his hair. “I just got irritable and miserable to the point that the kids noticed.” Hongjoong placed a kiss on Seonghwa's head.
Hongjoong sighed, his arms wrapping around Seonghwa’s waist, “Seonghwa, you’re not giving yourself enough credit. The others adore you, more so in kid form. Even when you were upset you were still so caring with them.” His hands shifted forcing Seonghwa to look him in the eyes. “You’d make an amazing parent. And I would be honoured to be by your side.”
The laugh he was met with was cold and short, “It doesn't matter anyways since we can’t-” Seonghwa was silenced with Hongjoong pressing his finger to his lip.
“Like I said however many years ago at this point, I will make you a child just give me some time.” Seonghwa’s laughter sounded a lot more real this time, his arms wrapping around Hongjoong as he pulled into bed.
“Ok I’ll wait, but you can start on that tomorrow." Hongjoong hummed in agreement as he pulled Seonghwa close, pressing kisses across the man’s face as the eldest member giggled at the contact. “Ok, ok I want to go to sleep.” He sighed, pressing his hand to the man’s lips.