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Kun sighed. It was a tough day at work today. He had spent hours upon hours practicing the choreography for their upcoming comeback. Not wanting to drag the other members behind, he had told them to head home first and that he would see them later. The other members shared worried looks with each other, knowing Kun is a perfectionist and would not stop until he got the choreography perfectly. Assuring them that he would not stay for long, he ushered them out of the studio before heading back to practice. Kun had not kept his promise, however, as he realised too late that he had practiced till midnight. Kun called it a day, being way too tired to move another inch.
Taking out the keys to the dorm with aching muscles, Kun just couldn’t wait to take a warm, hot bath and wrap himself up in his soft bear onesie. He’s sure Mr Snuggles, his huge plush toy lion, misses him dearly. He giggled at the thought, feeling himself slip into little space. Kun shook his head, slapping his face lightly. “Soon,” he thought, “wait a while longer, Kunnie”. Kun had to be careful about his little space, he didn’t want the other members to find out about it after all. What would they say when they found out? How would they react? Kun shivered at that thought as he unlocked the doors and walked in.
The dorm was dark and quiet to Kun’s relief. The members seem to have gone to sleep. Kun was lucky enough to win his own room during the “rock-paper-scissors tournament of 2020” where they fought for the luxury of having the privacy of their own room. Kun had ultimately won the tournament, much to Sicheng’s dismay. This had allowed Kun to fall into little space more often, not just in his personal music studio. After a nice and relaxing shower, Kun had crashed into the comfort of his bed. Taking out a toy box in the shape of a treasure chest from under his bed, he unlocked it with a key the stored away in a drawer beside his bed. He could never be too careful.
The toy box was filled with colouring books, crayons, colour pencils, a small toy piano, a pacifier, multiple sets of onesies and finally, his beloved mr snuggles. Kun puts on an oversized brown onesie from the toy box and pulls mr snuggles from out of its confined space in the box. Kun let out a small giggle, falling completely into little space. “Hello mr snuggles, didcha miss me?” Kun asked his lovely companion. “Of course I did, Kunnie, you’re my best friend!” Kun waves mr snuggles around, answering for it in the deepest, gruffest voice he could. Mr snuggles is, in fact, a terrifying lion after all. Kun gave mr snuggles a good hug, mr snuggles loved cuddles and who was Kun to say no? “How about we colour, mr snuggles?” Kun took out his colouring set before mr snuggles could answer. He knew what mr snuggle’s answer was going to be anyways.
Kun placed a pacifier in his mouth as he opened up his colouring book to a new page. He snuggled mr snuggles as he coloured, humming proudly at his creation. Halfway through colouring his little house, there was a knock at his door. Kun froze, staring at the door. Did big Kun leave the door unlocked? He had no time to react as the door swung open, revealing Ten to be behind the door. “Hey Kun, sorry to bother you so late at night but I wanted to check up on you-“ Ten paused his rambling, trying to make sense of the scene in front of him. There was Kun, in a huge bear onesie and a big stuffed lion, colouring on a colouring book and sucking on a pacifier. Ten blinked. He pinched himself. Ow. Okay, so this wasn’t a dream.
Kun looked at Ten, his heart beating wildly. Oh no. Kun’s worst fears are coming true. Soon, ten would be telling all the members that Kun is a freak and he’ll be isolated and no one would talk to him and he’ll be forever alone and- Kun shook his head and covered his ears, tears rolling down his cheeks. He couldn’t handle it, everything was all crashing down. He suddenly felt another body envelope him, hugging him tightly. He could feel Ten rubbing his back, comforting him as he whispered soft encouragements in his ear. Kun calmed down, reducing to nothing but sniffles. Ten looked at him but without any distaste, much to Kun’s surprise. He had very much expected Ten to call him mean names but that didn’t seem to be the case.
“Are you okay with telling me what’s happening, Kun ge?” Kun nodded his head, he very much owed Ten an explanation after being so nice to him. “ ‘m Kunnie. Seven years old!” Kun showed seven fingers to Ten to prove his point. Ten tilted his head in confusion. “You’re seven?“ Kun nodded excitedly. “Hold on.” Ten said as he whipped out his phone, trusty Google would help his situation. After minutes of searching, Ten finally came across the term “little space”. “So... you’re a little?” Kun nodded. “I see...” It’ll take Ten a while to get used to it but little Kunnie doesn’t seem bring any harm, besides, Kunnie looks quite cute in the onesie. Ten reached out to pet his head and cooed when Kunnie leaned into the touch. “Baby?” Kun looked up, responding to Ten’s call. So Kunnie answers to that name too. Interesting. “You don’t have to worry, baby, I won’t tell anyone your secret. Only when you’re comfortable with talking about it.” Ten smiled, holding out his pinkie for a pinkie promise. Kun visibly brightened up, hooking his pinky with Ten’s. “Mr snuggles will eat you if you break your promise!” Kunnie smiled back, holding mr snuggles up.
“Mr snuggles? Nice to meet you.” Ten faced the lion, unhooking his pinkie to reach his hand out for a handshake. Kunnie giggled and placed mr snuggle’s paw into Ten’s hand. Ten shook it with a serious expression which made Kunnie laugh more. “Nice to meet you too, Mr Ten. Kunnie talks a lot about you.” A gruffly voice answered and Kunnie gasps. “Mr snuggles!” Kunnie covered it’s mouth. “Mr snuggles talks too much around strangers, he should sit at the time out chair” Kunnie pointed at the small stool at the corner of the room. Ten shrugged. “A punishment is a punishment.” He replied, Ten could see betrayal showing on the toy lion’s eyes as Kunnie stood up to place mr snuggles on the time out spot.
Ten was surprised when Kunnie immediately jumped onto Ten afterwards, hugging him tightly. “S-sorry if I scared you, Tennie” Kunnie whispered softly. Ten smiled and rubbed Kunnie’s back. “It’s alright, baby, you’re too cute to scare me.” He felt Kunnie whine about being a scary bear and chuckled to himself. “Say... do you happen to have a caretaker, baby?” Ten asked. Kunnie sat up and shook his head, looking down at the ground. “Kunnie was too scared to tell anyone..”
“How would you like me to be your caretaker then?”
“You.. you really mean that?” Kunnie asked, shock evident in his eyes. He looked like he was about to cry again. Ten nodded his head. “You can just call me daddy.” Ten teased. Kunnie, oblivious to Ten’s teasing, squealed and shouted, “daddy! daddy! daddy!” Ten hurriedly covered Kunnie’s mouth, blushing. “Shhh, not too loud, you don’t want others to hear you, right?” Kunnie nodded, eyes still wide. “Let’s not use the word daddy.. it’s not appropriate. Why don’t you call me TenTen instead?” Kunnie was far too innocent, he was a toddler after all. Ten swore to do anything to protect this little bean and his precious smile, even if he had to die for it. Kunnie smiled and nodded, hugging Ten tight. “Love you, TenTen” Kunnie mumbled, drifting off to sleep.