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"Hyungs!" Dowoon said, gathering all of their attention. "Yes, Woonie?" Jae asked. "I'm going to the office room for VLive. Does anyone wanna come with me?"
Jae nodded, "I'll come. Let me get my stuff." Lately, Jae has been feeling stressed. Late at night he tries to regress, but the pressure of his members finding out causes him to not regress. Which leaves him more stressed than before. He figures doing a Vlive with the maknae will help him feel less stressed.
He grabbed his hat, keys, and phone before joining Dowoon. "I'm ready." He smiled. Dowoon nodded and they walked down to the JYP building. They walked to their assigned office room. Jae noticed that Dowoon was carrying a bag.
"What's in the bag?" He asked. Dowoon just shook his head. "Don't worry about it yet, just set up the phone camera for me?" Jae nodded at Dowoon's request.
He set it up, and pulled a chair behind the camera. Before he pressed the Live button, Dowoon pulled out legos from his bag.
Legos.
He plays with legos when he's regressed. Jae felt himself panic, but he tried his best to stay calm. He can't regress. Not here. Not now. Not when he's with Dowoon. Not when they're about to be live.
"You okay, hyung?" Dowoon asked Jae. Jae just nodded. "Ready to go live?" Dowoon nodded. "One, two, three." Jae said, before pressing the live.
Dowoon was talking, as he was pulling up a YouTube video on his phone. He was going to make drums out of his legos.
Jae felt himself pout. He wanted to help!
He shook his head, cursing at himself as he almost regressed. Dowoon was talking and building the legos, and Jae felt like it was harder and harder to stay big.
Soon enough, Jae had slipped. He looked at his surroundings, and little Jae realized that they were in the office room. He looked at Dowoon, and saw he was playing with legos. He loved legos!
"Can Jae play?" He asked, not realzing his voice sounded baby like to Dowoon, not realizing he had slipped. Dowoon looked at him in shock, and shook his head.
"No, hyung. Maybe we can do a guitar together next time?" Dowoon suggested, and normally, Jae, big Jae, would nod and accept that. But Jae was little, and he turned fussy.
"No!" Jae said, huffing and crossing his arms. Dowoon looked at him in shock, and decided to end the Vlive. "Hyung?" He asked.
"Let Jae play!" Jae said, and walked over to the table. He destroyed Dowoon's half drums and decided to make whatever his imagination came up with.
What the fuck?
"Jae, that was mean. Why did you do that?" Dowoon said, clearly hurt and confused to why his hyung would do that. Jae just looked at him, and then ignored him.
Jae absentmindedly played with the legos, making a car and making small zooming sounds. Dowoon stared at him with shock, and texted the rest of his hyungs to ask what was wrong with Jae.
Sungjin said the only thing he could come up with was age regression. What was that?
Dowoon decided to being Jae back home. Jae whined and pouted as he had to clean up the legos, almost throwing a tantrum until Dowoon promised ice cream.
Jae nodded happily, and tried to hold onto Dowoon's hands when they were walking home. Dowoon awkwardly took Jae's hand, making the boy giggle happily.
As soon as they were home, Dowoon went to his room and shut the door, leaving Jae confused.
"But ice cream?" He asked, staring at Sunjin, Younghyun and Wonpil with teary eyes. They looked at each other, until Sungjin took initiative.
"You want ice cream, bubby?" Sungjin asked, and Jae nodded happily. "Ice cream!" He said, and ran to the kitchen. He pulled a chair and sat in it, watching as Sungjin made his ice cream.
"Can you take this medicine, Jae?" Sungjin gently asked. Jae shook his head. "No! No medicine. No medicine for Jae!" He yelled, and pouted. Sungjin just sighed as the two men in the living room watched with shock.
"Here, I'll put it into apple juice, okay?" Sungjin suggested, and Jae shook his head. Sungjin sighed. "Jae, if you don't take this, you don't get ice cream." He said gently and Jae huffed.
"Fine. But apple juice and ice cream." Jae said, hitting his hands on the table as he waited. Sungjin put it into a cup, and Jae tried to drink it, but it spilled all over him.
Jae immediately began to cry, not liking the feeling of the apple juice drying cold on his clothes. "Daddy!" Jae cried, making grabby hands to Sungjin.
"Oh, no. Did Jae make a mess?" Sungjin pouted, kneeling to where Jae sat. Jae nodded. "How about, we take a bath and then ice cream? Or how about dino chicken nuggets?" Sungjin said, and Jae gasped.
"Dinos!" He yelled and then giggled. Sungjin smiled. "Yes, dinos! If you take a bath, dinos will be here, okay?" Sungjin promised and Jae nodded.
Sungjin picked Jae up then set him down. "Go to the bathroom and wait for me, okay?" Jae nodded and ran to the bathroom."No running!" "Sorry, Daddy!" Jae yelled and slowed down.
Sungjin sighed, "Listen. I'll explain later. Right now can you guys fix him the chicken nuggets?" Younghyun and Wonpil nodded.
Sungjin thanked him, and walkes into the bathroom. "Are you ready for bath time?" He asked, and Jae nodded.
He undressed Jae and made the bath, playing with Jae a little. It was then time to get out, and Sungjin helped dry Jae off and got him dressed in the softest clothes he could find.
The two walked to the kitchen, hand in hand, and Jae sat at the table. "Dinos!" He clapped his hands, smiling as Wonpil put the plate of nuggets in front of him.
"Ketchup?" Jae asked, looking at the three men. "Get him ketchup, Bri." Sungjin said. He pulled Jae's sleeves up. He sat beside Jae, and watched him eat, making sure he didn't make another mess. He wiped Jae's mouth when he got ketchup and crumbs on it.
"All done, baby?" Sungjin asked, and Jae nodded. "All done, Daddy." Sungjin took Jae into the living room, where they watched a kid show on the TV.
Soon, Jae was getting sleepy, yawning cutely. "Is Jae sleepy?" Sungjin asked, and Jae shook his head. "Jae not tired." Which was a total lie since his eyes couldn't stay open.
"How about we read a bed time story then go to bed, okay?" Sungjin said, and Jae nodded. Sungjin took Jae into his room, tucked him in, told him a childhood story, and then kissed him goodnight. When Jae was asleep, he walked downstairs to where the rest of the members were.
"What the fuck is wrong with Jae hyung?" Dowoon asked, which caused him to get glared at. He shrunk at the stare. Sungjin sighed.
"Okay, so. Jae is an age regresser, or little. He goes into a childlike mindset, and acts like a child. He does it because of stress, I assume. From what I've read, regressers keep it a secret because they're embarrassed, scared people will find it weird." Sungjin explained.
The three nodded. "Now, it'll be hard to get used to if Jae chooses to regress in front of us, but be nice. Do not call him names or tease him, it will only upset normal him and I will be very upset with you. Do you understand?" Sungjin asked, and the three nodded again.
"Alright. If Jae wakes up as normal, we'll have a discussion. If he stays little, we'll take care of him. Now, get some rest." Sungjin said, and they all headed upstairs.
Now they all wait for morning.