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Hoseok had taken little Jimin over to visit Yoongi and Jungkook. Taehyung had abandoned him and their son for a trip to the mall with Yoongis better half. So he and Yoongi were to baby sit while Taehyung and Jin were out.
“Jiminnie hyung is the cutest!”, three year old Jeon Jungkook proclaims as he crawls across the carpeted floor of Yoongis living room to where Jimin is sitting.
“Not cute Kookie. I’m your hyung. You’re the cute one” Four year old Jimin refuses and frowns.
“Buh hyung. Look. So cute.” Jungkook fumbles a bit with his words and reaches up , sitting on his knees and tries to squish Jimins cheeks. He’s a little shaky with his balance and falls into Jimins lap with an “oof!” before looking up at his hyung.
“Hyung cute?” He tries again.
“No Kookie! I’m big and tall and handsome like my appa! I’m not cute you’re cute” Jimin whines.
“But hyuuung!” Jungkook whines back and he’s getting a little frustrated because why wont silly hyung just agree? He’s so cute. Jungkook thinks he looks like a teddy bear. He’s warm and squishy and nice to hold, just like the teddy he holds and sleeps with every night. But he likes Jimin more. (he still likes Jimin more for the rest of his life. Except when the elder denies him kisses. Then he isn’t his favourite.)
“Okay guys, what’s going on here?” Hoseok enters the living room upon hearing the commotion.
“Appa, Kookie wont leave me alone” Jimin complains and looks up at his father, the toddler still in his lap.
“But hyung is cute” Jungkook insists and pulls on the front on Jimins blue shirt to get himself up again.
Hoseok chuckles. “Is that what this is about?’
“But I’m not cute, he’s cute!” Jimin argues.
Jungkook begins to cry. And its the most absurd thing Hoseok has ever encountered in his short parenting life.
Yoongi comes running in, ready to kill. Why is his son crying and who hurt him? Heads will roll.
“What did you do to my baby?” Yoongi asks Hoseok, and lifts Jungkook off the ground, cooing and fussing over him. Hoseok never thought he’d see the day his big bad Yoongi hyung would be a softie with a baby, but here is is, holding Jungkook who’s dressed in a Pikachu onesie, silently shushing him. Its almost funny.
“Hyung..hyung no cute?” Jungkook enquires from his father. Maybe his dad could shed some light on the situation.
“Cute?” Yoongi asks confused.
“Jiminnie hyung.” Jungkook supplies.
Yoongi looks from Jungkook to a very alarmed Jimin to Hoseok and back to his son. And laughs.
“Ah you boys. Of course he is. He’s a little cutie isn’t he?” , he chuckles and smiles at his baby.
“I’m not!” Jimins eyes begin to well up too. Now Hoseok is alarmed. Taehyung usually handles a crying Jimin and he isn’t here right now. It’s just him and Yoongi and he doesn’t know what to do.
“No be sad hyung” Jungkook says and squirms about in Yoongi’s hold. “Go down go down!” he protests, and Yoongi has no choice but to place him back on the ground next to Jimin.
“Hyung no be sad.” Jungkook says and wipes his small hand across Jimins cheek.
“Kookie sorry.”He apologizes and once again tries to pull himself up by Jimins shirt, planting a small peck on his hyung cheek. “Be happy now. Hyung has a nice smile”
Jimin sniffles and looks at the younger. He really doesn’t like being called cute. He’s the hyung, not the other way around. (Not like Jungkook pays any heed to this when he’s all grown up and towers over him years later)
Yoongi is having a hard time not squealing out loud over how adorable his babies are. Okay one isn’t his actual child but they’re all his babies nonetheless. He will fight anyone who argues this.
“You gonna stop calling me cute?” Jimin asks and Jungkook enthusiastically nods, He’ll try again later anyway. And Jimin will have to come around at some point. (some point comes twelve years later when Jimin blushes at the term).
“Now smile. Nice smile.’ Jungkook instructs and pushes Jimins cheeks up. The older of the two smiles, eyes turning up into small half-moons and it really is Jungkooks favourite smile (its still his favourite smile twelve years later. And all the years after that.)
“Okay Kookie” Jimin smiles at him.
“Hyung has a pretty smile. Pretty hyung.” Jungkook comments happily.
Jimins smile falls.
“I’m not pretty!” He says, scandalized.
“Hyung is pretty!” Jungkook insists.
Hoseok sighs and dials Taehyungs number.
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Years later Jimin still hits Jungkook over the head for calling him pretty. But now its because it makes him flustered when the younger gets too close to his face and makes him feel all hot and bothered.
Hoseok and Yoongi still have to occasionally make the two stop their silly arguments.
"But dad he's so cute! Look at him!" Jungkook says to Yoongi and gestures to his boyfriend who he's managed to wrap in a blanket burrito the elder cant get out of.
"Jeon Jungkook I am a twenty four year old, fully grown man. I will end your life." Jimin threatens. And wriggles around in his blanket-jail. "Ohmygod you smol little adorable hyungie!" Jungkook fake sobs and lunges for Jimin, engulfing him in a koala-like hug and causing them to both fall backwards on the bed. "Get off meeee!" Jimin whines. "No" Jungkook says gleefuly, cuddling his hyung closer and pecking him on the tip of his nose. "Appaaaa!!!" the elder cries out.
Hoseok does what he always does when faced with this situation. He sighs and dials Taehyungs number.
Jungkook usually apologizes and all is well.
And then he calls him cute again.
Jimin thinks its bad as it is ... until Jungkook discovers the priceless reaction he gets when he calls the elder ‘baby’.
They have a very healthy relationship you see.