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The moonlight beams into Chan and Minho’s shared bedroom, still being early in the morning. The house was quiet, the only time it usually was for the Bang-Lee family. When you have 6 little boys, the night is the best time of the day for the tired parents of said boys. But when you have a baby, getting a full nights sleep can be only yearned for.
It was around 3:55 am when whimpering could be heard from the baby monitor Chan kept on his bed side table. Chan stirred, waking up due to the whimpering and crackling of the monitor. Chan looked over to his nightstand and read the clock; 3:55, displayed in big, bold red letters. As Chan sat up to rub his eyes and check the monitor, Minho also was positioning to sit up next to Chan. Chan put his hands on Minho’s shoulders, gently pushing him back down to his pillows to rest, before kissing his head.
“ I got it, love. You were up the first time, let me go take care of Hyunie.” Chan said in a whisper to Minho, in which Minho just opened his eyes to look at Chan softly, before sighing and going back to sleep.
Chan cracked his back as he stepped out of bed, taking a deep breath as he did. He tried to stretch quickly, but quietly, making his way to the nursery when he was done, as Hyunjin’s cries were starting to pick up. Chan could tell the little was getting more and more distressed as time passed.
Once Chan opened the door to the nursery, he saw Hyunjin in his crib, rubbing his eyes furiously while starting to wail. Chan quickly looked over to the other side of the room, relived to see that Felix was still sleeping during his baby brothers crying. Chan crossed the room in two strides to Hyunjin’s crib, ready to comfort his baby. He gently put his hand on Hyunjin’s chest, starting to rub up and down to hopefully calm the little down. Hyunjin stopped rubbing his eyes to look at Chan, who had startled him from the sudden contact. Hyunjin’s cries started to get more intense, as he started to reach up while making grabby hands to Chan.
“ oh, my poor baby boy,” Chan cooed at Hyunjin before lifting the little into his arms, cradling his head on Chan’s Chest.
“ what’s wrong, hm? Can you tell dada, Jinnie?” Chan softly asked to the still crying boy, trying to understand what he needs.
Chan knew Hyunjin wouldn’t answer him, as he has one of the smallest range of all his littles. 3 months-12 months was how old Hyunjin was, and it still comes as a shock like the day he dropped for the first time with Chan and Minho. Still knowing that Hyunjin wouldn’t answer him, Chan couldn’t help but talk to him. He always just waits for the day Hyunjin will answer him, or even just wait for the day where Hyunjin would call him “ dada”.
Hyunjin’s wailing slowly turns into small hiccups and the occasional tear. He calmed down quickly, as Chan was pacing the room softly, having Hyunjin’s face on his bare, warm skin, mainly because he dosent sleep with a shirt on. Hyunjin had always calmed down when skin-to-skin was used, in which Chan and Minho have no idea why. They just believed it was a baby thing that they didn’t have to understand.
Chan was humming the tune of Limbo to Hyunjin, as he kept softly walking back in forth in the little nursery. “ that was faster than usual” Chan thought, as he carefully carried a believed to be sleeping Hyunjin to his crib. As he lowed the baby in his crib, Hyunjin started suckling on Chan’s chest.
“ oh-“ Chan said to himself as Hyunjin kept suckling, cheeks hollowing with every pull that he made. Hyunjin continued for about 5 more seconds before he started to whimper, tears threatening to spill very soon.
“ Are you hungry, Jinnie? Hm?” Chan asked Hyunjin, again not expecting anything back.
“ Let’s go to Mama so you can eat quickly, Jinnie-bear.” Chan said softly to Hyunjin as he continued to fuss, grunting while trying to find food. Chan walked quickly to his and Minho’s shared room, without jostling the fussy boy in his arms too much.
When he entered the room, Minho was already sitting up, hair tossled and all, dozing off to the side. Chan walked over to his beautiful husband, petting his hair slightly to wake Minho up. Minho jumped softly, eyes flickering open up to Chan. Minho saw Hyunjin fussing against Chan, and quickly adjusted himself and his shirt, before holding out his arms for Hyunjin. Chan passed off Hyunjin to Minho, in which Minho worked fast to get Hyunjin to eat. He adjusted Hyunjin against him, and Hyunjin fussed for a few minutes, not finding anything from searching.
“ shh, Jinnie..” Minho said, trailing off as he readjusted Hyunjin against his chest in a different way. Hyunjin quickly started suckling as soon as Minho readjusted him against his chest. Minho looked down at his baby boy, lovingly. Seeing his baby content and happy, filled his heart so greatly. He started caressing the baby’s long, soft hair as he drank. Chan kissed Minho’s cheek before climbing back into bed, putting his head on Minho’s shoulder, watching his youngest and his true love in the night.
They never expected to have a little this young. When they found out Hyunjin’s classification and his age range, they were truly shocked. But when Hyunjin dropped, he dropped hard. Chan could remember he and Minho panicking as they tried to calm Hyunjin down, as he had dropped while he was sleeping. So basically, they woke up to a wailing, scared baby.
The other littles were super confused, hearing their new baby brother wailing at the top of his lungs in the bright early morning. Chan remembers Minho scooping up the scared, crying little, bouncing him and whispering words into his ear. Hyunjin then quickly calmed down after the physical contact, hiding his face in Minho’s shoulder as Minho continued to comfort his new baby.
The other littles had flooded Hyunjin’s room, crowding around Chan and Minho who had sat on Hyunjin’s old queen size bed. Minho cradled him, looking down at him with wide eyes, while Chan wrapped his arms around Minho and Hyunjin, also looking down with wide eyes at the new little. They knew from the moment they heard that wail, they loved him so so deeply. Chan remembers saying,
“ boys, this is your new baby brother, Jinnie.”
The 5 boys whispered hello’s and cooed over the baby who was still hiding in Minho’s sleeping shirt. Minho heard Hyunjin whimper, so then he knew he had to prep their new baby for the first day, for who know how long, with their baby boy. From there on, the family loved and took care of the new baby boy.
Chan came back to reality when he heard Hyunjin sigh as he latched off Minho. Hyunjijn probably didn’t eat that much, because he had already woken up earlier that night for his first feeding.Minho opened his sleepy eyes once more, looking down at Hyunjin, who was milk drunk and sleepy. Minho gently adjusted Hyunjin to his shoulder, ready to burp him, but remembered something,
“ Channie, can you hand me the burp cloth?” Minho asked softly, as he was too tired to go anything above a slight whisper.
“ of course, my love.” Chan replied as he quickly leaned over agian to his nightstand, feeling around for the cloth that was always there for night feedings. Once he found it, he put it over Minho’s shoulder before kissing his hair once more. Minho gave a slight, sleepy smile before rubbing Hyunjin’s back firmly.
“ Alright Hyunie-bear, big one for mama,” Minho whispered to Hyunjin as he started to firmly pat his back. It took a couple pats before Hyunjin let out a soft milky burp, confusing him self after doing so. No milk trickled out of his mouth, which was always a relief for both Chan and Minho, as the baby usually got scared of his own spit up.
“ Channie, can Jinnie sleep in here for the rest of the night? It will be easier, so you won’t have to get up again.” Minho asks Chan, again whispering. Chan chuckled quietly before kissing Minho’s cheek.
“ of course my love, I love our Jinnie’s cuddles. “ He said loving to Minho, in which Minho just hummed in response. Chan helped Minho lay down into his pillow, putting Hyunjin in top of Minho’s chest, his ear resting above his heartbeat. Chan then kissed Hyunjin’s silky, long hair, taking in the smell of his baby shampoo scented like milk and strawberries. Chan then laid down next to Hyunjin, putting his arms around him and Minho’s sleeping form. He signed in comfort and relief, before closing his eyes.
“ good night, my loves. I’ll see you in the morning.” Chan whispered to in which no sound was heard, Hyunjin and Minho both being asleep already. He let the land of dreams take over him once more thinking about how lucky he and Minho are to have 6 boys who they loved so dearly. Taking one last deep sigh, Chan finally went back to sleep with his whole world’s right next to him.