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“Boo! I'm a tiger!”
Yoongi looked up from his toys with wide eyes at the sudden voice. His shocked expression quickly faded upon seeing who it was though, and instead of showing a terrified reaction as expected, the baby giggled. Yoongi smiled a gummy smile and proceeded to babble happily at seeing who it was. He outstretched his hand at the boy kneeling in front of him.
“Aww, Yoonieee.” Taehyung pouted when the baby clumsily grabbed the cat headband off him. The little crossed his arms as he watched the younger little be anything but scared.
“Taehyung! Where'd you go?” Jungkook's voice entered the living room.
Jungkook’s presence was shown when he entered the living room. He had Jimin on one hip, the caregiver holding him securely. After catching sight of his other little, he physically relaxed and walked over to the two littles.
“Taehyung-”
“Daddy! Yoongi didn' get scared!” Taehyung whined as he sat down on his bottom. His feet were stretched out in front of him as he stared up at his daddy with a pout.
Jungkook gave a questioning look, not having a clue on what on earth his baby was talking about. One look over to Yoongi was all he needed to guess what happened.
“Rawrrrr.” Yoongi said. The baby had the cat headband messily held over his head. His nose scrunched up to Jungkook as well.
Jungkook cooed. “Did Yoongi not get scared by you, baby?” The caregiver chuckled as he placed Jimin down on the playmat.
Taehyung's pout remained. He shook his head with crossed arms.
“TaeTae can't scare Yoonie cause TaeTae is cute!” Jimin piped up. He sat up on his knees and giggled as he pulled on Taehyung's cheeks much like their caregivers always did.
Taehyung surprisingly didn't whine at the action and giggled instead.
“Yoongi~!” A voice suddenly called out.
The said little gasped, his pacifier dropping.
“Kookie, hide!” The baby pulled on Jungkook's jeans.
The caregiver raised his eyebrow. “Hide? Why? What did our baby do this time, huh?” He asked.
Nevertheless, Jungkook complied because he liked having the role of the fun caregiver. He sat down on the ground along them and had Yoongi crawl behind him. Honestly, he did it too because there was no way Yoongi wouldn't be able to be seen. Yoongi was just a bit more shorter than himself and Jungkook's broadness couldn't cover an entire human too. It was fun to humor though.
“We help too!” Jimin exclaimed. Taehyung nodded as well.
Those two always had the job of distracting.
“Appa!”
Hoseok had just entered the living room when he was suddenly attacked by two littles. The caregiver almost fell back from the sudden weight thrown on him.
“Appa! Look! 'm a tiger!”
“Look, Appa! Daddy washed blankie!”
“Appa- !”
Hoseok was being bombarded with words that he could barely understand whatever his babies were telling him.
Jimin and Taehyung internally smirked because Hoseok seemed absolutely overwhelmed and had his full attention on them.
Unfortunately, they forget that they lived with another two caregivers.
Yoongi had been giggling as well from where he peeked behind Jungkook's back. But suddenly, his giggling would have to be caught short because he was unexpectedly being picked up quicker than he could react.
Yoongi had gasped at the action, until he suddenly realized who’s arms he was currently in.
“Uh oh.” Yoongi nervously said as he stared into his mommy’s eyes.
“Mhmm. Uh oh.” Jin knowingly said as he stared into Yoongi’s eyes.
“Oops.” By now, Taehyung and Jimin had turned around and realized that they forget to keep the other side guarded.
“Yep. Oops.” A voice suddenly said next to their ear.
Taehyung and Jimin squealed when they were each grabbed by an arm and were tickled.
“Joonie! Stop!” The littles begged. It wasn't until the two both fell on the ground from laughter did Namjoon stop.
“How’d you get out of your crib, again, huh?” Jin asked the baby in his arms.
“He escaped again?” Jungkook asked, now being informed on why Yoongi needed help hiding him.
Jin nodded. “It's his third time this week. It's dangerous because that thing is hard to get out of without help.” The eldest explained. He had been stroking Yoongi’s hair when-
“Oww.” Yoongi flinched away. He froze when he realized what he did and saw Jin’s eyes widened.
“Nooo. Yoonie fine.” Yoongi leaned his head back in order to avoid Jin’s pestering hand.
Unfortunately, Hoseok had already made his way up to them and brushed Yoongi’s hair back. He gasped at the bruise at the side of his head.
“Yah, Yoongi. If we catch you climbing out of your crib again, we’ll make sure to punish you alright? We can't have you with any more bruises.” Jin firmly said. He honestly had more worry than angry in his tone after seeing the tiny injury. It pained him to see his baby hurt just because they weren't cautious enough.
Yoongi gave off a whine and kicked his legs to be let down. He had an angry pout on his lips as he crawled away from the protective caregivers and went over to sit on Jungkook's lap instead.
“Aw, baby doesn't like being told off.” Jungkook teased with a chuckle. Yoongi moved to straddle his lap with legs hanging off each thigh. He hid his face in between the crooked of Jungkook’s neck.
“Well, we can't have him getting hurt. It's for his own good.” Namjoon sighed at the glum position of his baby.
“Come on, sweetheart. Let's go put some ice on that ouchie. We don't want it to hurt more, do we?” Hoseok called out for. The little made a small noise and refused to budge from his place.
“Yeah, Yoongi! You have to let Appa help or it will hurt a wooot!” Taehyung commented as he went to go sit by Yoongi and his daddy’s side.
The little frowned when Yoongi still didn't move from his hiding position. Taehyung stared over to Jimin, wondering if the other little had any advice to cheer the baby up.
Jimin thought for a while before the lightbulb went off.
“Ooh! Let's go buy toys! Toys always make ouchies feel better!” Jimin bounced on his feet.
“Um, Jimin. I don't think-” Namjoon began.
“Toys?” Yoongi lifted his head up. Of course that got his attention. He stared over to his mommy and gave puppy eyes to him.
Jin sighed. At this point, he was more worried than angry. He just wanted to take care of that bruise as soon as possible.
“Okay. We’ll go toy shopping.” Jin gave the final world. Yoongi immediately broke out into a smile.
“Yay!” The littles instantly cheered.
The same couldn't be said for Jungkook.
The caregiver groaned. “Nooo. I hate shopping.” He mumbled.
“Kook, you hate going outside.” Hoseok laughed as he picked Yoongi up from the caregiver's lap.
“That's why. The sun, the people, the lines of endless toys.” Jungkook groaned again.
Jimin and Taehyung laughed. Jimin sat on Jungkook's lap while Taehyung tightly back hugged him.
"Come on, Jungkook. It'll be fun." Namjoon laughed at the slouched maknae.
Jungkook sighed once more. He wanted to go home already and he hadn't even left the mansion yet.
~~~
“Ooh! I want that!”
“I want that!!”
“Ah-ah. Not so fast.”
Hoseok grabbed Taehyung's arm and pulled him back into a back hug hold. Namjoon mirrored the other and did the same with Jimin who had been running off to the opposite direction from where Taehyung had attempted.
“Toy! Toy!” Yoongi bounced in Jin’s hold.
“Hyung, this really wasn’t a good idea. They all seem so hyper that I’m pretty sure only two of them are making it back home.” Jungkook complained.
“I’m sure we’ll be fine, Kook. We just have to make sure to not leave them out of our sight.” Namjoon said as he struggled to pick Jimin up. The little immediately whined and squirmed to be put down.
Hoseok was also in a similar state and having Taehyung was much worse than having Jimin. He felt smaller and had the urge to explore a lot more. He was already crying to be put down.
“Ow!” Hoseok immediately let go of Taehyung's hold after the boy bit him. The caregiver held onto his neck that had unfortunately been the victim of the boy's teeth.
“Aish, Taehyung.” Jungkook was already face palming at seeing Taehyung run off towards the direction to the toys.
“Yah! Jimin!” Jin yelled out for.
Namjoon had been distracted in making sure that Hoseok was alright that his hold on Jimin had loosen. The little had taken his chances and ran away as quick as his feet could take him.
“Let's go shopping, they said! It would be fun, they said!” Jungkook yelled out to no one in particular after having an internal battle on who to chase first.
Taehyung, definitely Taehyung, he came to the decision.
~~~
“T-Tiga!” Taehyung yelled around the fingers in his mouth.
“Yeah. It's a tiger.” Jungkook nodded as he reached out to bring the stuffed animal off the shelf.
The caregiver looked like a complete mess after trying to look for the little this entire time through the department store and on top of that stop multiple tantrums. Fortunately (or not, he didn't know yet) Taehyung has regressed a lot further that he passed the stage of running around and instead became more clingy. Jungkook's arms were getting tired from the heavy weight but he was definitely not going to trigger a screaming baby.
They stood in (surprisingly) silence for a while. The department store was empty except for the seven boys and workers. They had the power to rent the entire store out for about two hours since they didn't want any paparazzi or annoying people in their way. They were thankful for it too because imagining their littles lost in a crowded store seemed like a nightmare.
Jungkook had taken himself to sit in one of the rocking chairs the store had up for display. A worker had passed by and given him a look, but with one glare back the employee had just went off their way. He was exhausted and there was no way they were making him get off.
Silence unfortunately could only last so long. A mix of whines and excited blabber came their way. Jungkook hadn't even realized his eyes were closed until the obnoxiously loud noises came closer.
“Daddy! Daddy! Look! Mine! Mine!” Jimin came up to him. In his right hand he held a giraffe with an extremely long neck. It had colorful spots which made Jungkook know exactly why Jimin adored it.
“Wow. It's so pretty. Did you pick him out yourself?” Jungkook smiled at his baby.
Jimin nodded. “ 's name is Burangi!” He jumped.
Jungkook was about to coo over his baby when a particular whine made him look up.
This was the first time he registered the rest of his friends’ presence.
“What did you guys do to the baby, now?” Jungkook asked with an unimpressed look. He watched as both Namjoon and Hoseok were attempting to calm a grumpy Yoongi.
Jungkook had to put Taehyung down on the floor after he wouldn't stop squirming. He wanted to play with Jimin who sat cross legged on the ground.
Hoseok struggled to keep Yoongi still in his arms. “Little boy decided it was ready to go home after finding his perfect toy. He’s also cranky because Jin hyung left and it's his nap time.”
Yoongi was crying out of frustration. Hoseok had him cradled but it was nothing close to the comfort of his crib. He wanted to go home now. He had picked out a kitten stuffie with a blanket attached and that was enough for them to be here.
“Jin hyung? Where is he?” Jungkook asked, just now realizing the elder was missing.
“We let him have a break and look at nearby stores after he struggled to take care of Yoongi all morning.” Namjoon responsed.
Jungkook scoffed. “You guys regret it now, don't you?”
Their face expressions was all he needed.
“Fine. Use the rocking chair to calm him down. I’ll go pay for Jimin and Taehyung's-”
Jungkook felt his blood go cold once he got up and realized he was alone. Oh my god, he began to curse.
“How did they disappear so fast?!” Namjoon asked after making a full circle and not seeing neither Taehyung nor Jimin around.
By now, Yoongi had began to loudly sob. Hoseok bounced him as he sat down on the rocking chair. The volume did not decrease.
“You guys go and look for them while I try to calm Yoongi.” Hoseok offered.
“You sure you’ll be fine with him?” Namjoon asked. He knew how his little was and he was sure Yoongi wasn't going to quiet down anytime soon.
“Yeah. I’ll take care of him.” Hoseok responded.
“Just don't lose him either.” Jungkook joked around.
They laughed.
~~~
“Hey, Jungkook.”
“Yeah?” The maknae responded Hoseok after his third round around the store. He looked like a mess.
“You...haven't seen Yoongi around here, right?” Hoseok sheepishly asked.
The look of absolute horror and anger Jungkook gave was absolutely priceless.