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Minho had woken up early at about 5am in hopes of coming up with some choreography for their upcoming song. Being the perfectionist that he is when it comes to dancing, Minho ended up getting caught up in refining and choreographing. He told himself ‘1 more hour’ when the clocked hit 1pm, but next thing he knew he was looking up at the wall clock placed in the dance studio in shock when he realized that that was indeed the little hand saying it was 6:15pm and not 3:30pm like he had misread the first time.
It was almost time for dinner at the dorms, Minho had probably a half hour to get back to the dorms and shower, but after having such a long grueling day of dance practice Minho wanted nothing more than to slip into his headspace and take a nap, or in this case just go to bed super early.
Entering through the front door of the stray kids dorm, Minho made sure to take a quick shower before joining his members for dinner in the kitchen.
After dinner Minho hastily made his way to his bed, dramatically collapsed onto it, and closed his eyes to wait for sleep to overcome him.
But it never did.
No matter what position he tried sleeping in, no matter how many twists and turns he did, no matter how many sheep he counted Minho just could not fall asleep.
Feeling tears of frustration burning in his eyes, Minho quickly realized how close to slipping he actually was, so, he forced his tears away, grabbed his baby blanket, and went to seek out the comfort of his caregivers, maybe they could help Minho sleep with their cuddles.
Whenever Minho isn't in his headspace, he often felt like a burden to the rest of the members. He feels that he should be the one taking care of the members since he's the second oldest, and yet instead he clings to them as if his life depended on it when little.
Making his way into Chan and changbins shared bedroom, Minho shyly poked his head through the door where he saw Chan diligently working in his laptop and Changbin sleeping in his bed with earphones in. Not wanting to disturb them, Minho left to go find someone else to cuddle.
Entering the living room, Minho saw Hyunjin and Jeongin cuddling on the couch watching some reality show that little Minho finds boring. Seeing as the two were already cuddling and watching a show that wasn’t Spongebob, he figured he didn't want to intrude in their space, so he left them alone.
Feeling dejected and exhausted, Minho could feel tears well up in his eyes, and this time he didn't bother trying to stop them. Minho feels sad and lonely, and all he wants are some cuddles from any of his caregivers. At this point he doesn't care who gives him cuddles, he just wants to feel safe and loved by his caregivers. In a final attempt Minho made his way into the kitchen and noticed the three September babies busying themselves in making dinner.
One rule Minho had when little was that he wasn't allowed in the kitchen if someone was making something unless he had their permission. The rest of Stray Kids didn't want little Minho to hurt himself with the sharp objects in the kitchen. With tears running down his cheeks Minho turned around to leave, but was stopped when he felt an arm wrap around him and heard a voice. Felix's voice to be exact.
Felix had seen Minho from the corner of his eye, and saw that he was holding his baby blanket, something he only did when he was little. Upon further inspection he found tears trailing down the boy's cheek, so naturally Felix went to comfort his baby.
"Minho, baby, why are you crying? What's got my baby so sad, hm?"
Hearing the concern laced in his caregivers words made the small boy burst out in sobs as he clutched the hem of Felix's shirt. "m-minnie wanned c-cuddwes b-but eberyone ish b-busy" Minho cried, head buried into Felix's neck. Felix cooed and lifted the boy onto his hip while gently rocking him and patting his back in a comforting manner, hoping it'll help settle the boy down. After seeing something was wrong with their baby, Seungmin told Told Jisung to turn off the stove, and the two stopped cooking to figure out what was wrong.
After getting filled in by Felix, Jisung went over and started carding his hands through Minho's hair before Seungmin spoke up.
"Baby, you know you can always come to one of us no matter how busy we may be. We'll always have time for our baby, I can promise you that sweetheart."
When Minho stopped crying, the September babies thought it would be best to cuddle their baby to sleep seeing as his eyes kept closing only to shoot back open. After being reassured that nobody would be mad at Minho for wanting sleep and cuddles, Minho requested to have a giant cuddle party with all the members.
Entering Chan and changbins room Minho saw that Changbin had moved from his own bed and was cuddling into Chan's lap with Chan still on his laptop.
"Hey! what brings the three of you here?" Chan asked, smiling brightly when he noticed Minho was little, but soon turned into a look of concern when he saw the bloodshot look in the younger's eyes.
"This little fella wanted a cuddle party with everyone, Jisung is getting Hyunjin and jeongin." Felix replied, putting Minho down onto Chan's lap. Minho instantly latched onto Chan as he felt himself growing tired from the day's events.
Soon everyone came into the room and piled themselves on the not-very-big bed. They may
have been very cramped, but it was well worth seeing their baby's happy smile when they each gave him a cute little goodnight kisses.
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"Jisung you turned off the stove right?" Asked Seungmin
"...."
Hearing the very loud silence, Seungmin turned his head and slightly lifted it up from where it was placed on Changbins shoulder to look and see if Jisung was asleep only to be met with an expression on the slightly olders face that told the younger he most definitely did not turn off the stove.
".... Jisung ... please tell me you turned off the stove."
"...uh… I'll be right back. I… uh… forgot to fold the dishes…"