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September 23 2022
Minho entered the living room looking for his wallet when he spotted Seungmin sitting on the couch, scrolling through his phone.
"Hey-"
"Hyung!!!" Felix called from, Minho guested, his bedroom.
"What?!" Minho yelled back along with 3 other voices, usually Seungmin, Felix and Han didn't call Hyunjin 'Hyung' but a little after his classification he started to answer the call anyway.
There was a little silence.
"Minho Hyung!" The named chuckle
"What do you need Yongbokie?!"
"Do you know where my pink socks are?!"
"No Lixie, find another pair!"
"But I want the pink ones!"
"They're probably with the laundry or in the washer, wear something else!" Minho knew the younger was pouting
"But-"
"I got this, hyung!" Hyunjin, probably on his way to Felix' room to try and convince him to wear any other pair of socks, god at this point, they didn't even have to match, one sock per foot was enough for Minho.
He sighed and directed his attention back to Seungmin, who tilted his head up at the sound of his hyung voice "So, are you ready? Do you need anything?" Minho scanned the second youngest and then the room with his eyes. He was fully dressed, with his backpack ready on the ground beside him, on the coffee table there was a glass of water he was drinking while he waited, and beside it. "My wallet!"
"I'm okey hyung, just focus on the babies" the babies, that's what they sometimes called Felix and Jisung when they weren't around. Speaking of which...
"Han Jisung, you better be dressed already!" He yelled while grabbing his wallet before putting it in the back pocket of his jeans and heading towards the younger's room.
So today they where going to take Jisung, Felix and Seungmin to get classificaded, since they where already 22, they could have taken Jisung and Felix last week, but the sunshine twins desaided at the beginning of the year that they would wait for Seungmin, unlike Hyunjin who said that he wold get his calcification the 21th of March and since he couldn't wait any longer, which was fair. After all we're talking about a week versus a six months wait.
Legally Hyunjin had until march 19th of the next year to get his calcification, a full year just like everyone else in Korea and most of the world, that's why Felix and Jisung had been able to take the decision of waiting for Seungmin when the company asked the four of them the second week of January, to what they agreed really fast, taking the three of them the same day meant losing less days of work, unless one of them tuned out to be a little, in which case the eight of them had to legally go into an hiatus of at least two weeks.
Bangchan, Minho, Changbin and Hyunjin were all caregivers, not a surprise for anyone, and Seungmin was most likely to be one too. As for the sunshine twins... Well, they called them 'the babies' for a reason. No one is really sure about Jeongin, he is not a little, that's for sure, although he would always be their baby, a Neutral most likely, but sometimes there were some caregiver tendencies peeking out, though they wondered if it was because he was an older brother, but he was still 21 and some people didn't show signs until after they were classified, and others show tendencies way before, usually littles. People who showed signs could be classified earlier if they wanted to. The members would have loved to, but usually companies waited until their idols had to legally get their classification, blaming it on the schedules, but it had more to do with the fans' desire of what they wanted their bias to be, and not wanting to break their illusion and losing fans, the same way they didn't say their sexuality or if they had a partner, still when a group member got classified they would make an announcement on the social media, and it almost always made it to the news.
He has seen plenty of comments on what Han, Felix and Seungmin were going to be, most of them the same prediction than them, but some stupid people said things like Felix voice was too deep to be a little, on that had wasn't cute enough (a total nonsense) and the usual that the four oldest still received until this day, Seungmin wasn't mature enough to be a caregiver.
Minho had chosen Felix and Jisung's outfits himself, not wanting to wait time waiting for them to decide, not that they cared a lot about clothes normally, but I was an important day and they looked a little nervous the night before, nothing fancy, he wanted them to be comfortable, so matching blue and pink hoodies and white cargos, maybe the white wasn't such a good idea but they would look so cute. That's why Felix was searching for the pink socks, he wanted them to match his hoodie.
He helped Jisung finish dressing, Hyunjin had convinced Felix to wear white socks since they were the color of the cargos. Chan collected everyone at the door, they put their shoes on and finally were out the house and getting into the company's minivan their manager was waiting in.
Just like the four times prior, they had the classification department to themselves for privacy, company's courtesy, they're manager had stayed in the parking lot. They were sitting on the waiting room, divided on two rows of four, in the front was, from right to left, Han resting his head on Bangchan's shoulder as the elder had his left arm around the younger shoulders, with his laptop on his lap, headphones on, headphones that periodically were passed to Jisung and Changbin, who was sitting on Bangchan's other side, for them to listen and give their opinion on the song that Banchan was currently working on, and on Changbin's right, I.N scrolling on his phone, in the row behind, further on the left, Hyunjin, head resting on his fist while his elbow rested on the back of the chair seungmin was sitting in, looking at the younger's phone just like Felix on Seungmin's other side while biting his nails, which leads us to Minho, who was just looking at Felix, gently reaching for Felix' hand to take it out of his mouth, he just let it happen to absorb on what he was watching, Minho kept looking at him, letting his mind wandering off.
He had two pacifiers on his backpack that were already sanitized. He was going a little insane thinking about the germs on the younger one's hands, and also, he was pretty sure that Jisung was currently biting on his string hoodie, but they had agreed to wait until the youngers were officially Littles to introduce that kind of items, they still could be wrong after all, Minho came back to earth when he noticed Felix' hand was on his mouth again, yeah, they weren't wrong, he, reach to grab his hand, when he noticed the younger one was shifting on his chair. "Lixie-ah, do you wanna go to the bathroom?"
The name snapped his head in the older direction, as Seungmin and Hyunjin lifted their heads from the phone to look at the presumed little, they seemed a little guilty they didn't notice. Pink tinted the younger one's freckled checks, just realizing he, in fact did, he nodded. "Okey honey, let's go."
Minho took Felix' hand, it was a little wet, but he couldn't bring himself to care, it was his baby's saliva after all. Thinking he should probably take Jisung to the bathroom too, he turned his head to the front row, but Jisung had the headphones on, listening to the song in progress. MAXIDENT has been ready for a while now, ready for realize a couple of days after they came out of the upcoming two week hiatus, they had rushed it so everything was ready on time the three M/V's were recorded and 143 coreografy was flawless, so it was something else, not urgent, still he couldn't brig himself to interrup the youger one's passion, he smiled as he saw Bangchan's hand taking the hoodie string out of the boy's mouth, sensing his gaze upon him, Bangchan tuned arround, his eyes finding Minho's.
"I'm gonna take him to the bathroom" he said, gesturing towards Felix as he lifted their intertwined hands. Bangchan looked at Felix, then at Jisung, biting his lip, obviously having the same mental processing that Minho just had. "It's okay, I'll take him after. I don't mind making two trips"
"You sure? I can't take him when he is done"
"No, that's okey hyung, you're busy, beside I'm getting a little tired of being sat" He gave him a little smile, before directing his atencion back to Felix. "Let's go Bokkie."
He started to walk as Felix followed him, soon the younger walked a little bit faster so he could walk side by side with his hyung, a little bit closer than necessary, cleary searching for comfort on his hyung presence. He was nervous, Minho colud tell, normally nor Felix or Jisung acted this young, usually, unless they were really stressed, they were pretty capable adults, independent, but as the classification day approached they both seemed more... on edge, clinging to the rest of them anyway they could. Sitting on their laps whenever they were out of the public eyes, holding their hands, winning and or pouting if they didn't get what they wanted, and also the accidents...
They've been occurring from time to time, especially for Felix. For about two years now, after Minho got his classification and the presence of two caregivers in the household had made their little side more prominent, they occurred especially at night, but Felix has had a couple of day time accidents this year after Hyunjin's classification, which led them to believe he was younger than Jisung, but they were both pretty young, no protection introduced yet doe the lack of classification, so lately, once a week, Felix and less frequently Jisung, would wake one of them up sobbing in the middle of the night because one of them had wet the bed. It was okay though, once they would properly start to regress, their big and little space will start to separate and they shouldn't have that issue while big anymore.
Once inside the restroom, he let Felix's hand go, and leaned his shoulder on the bathroom wall, eyes following the youger one as he went inside the bathroom stall. He was getting worried about how nervous his poor Bokkie was, for Minho it hadn't been a big thing, but he was sure he was going to be a caregiver. Group littles were usually reduced to how cute they were instead of their skill, which was stupid, there was scientifically that littles tended to have higher IQ, or be outstanding on their fields, like Han, for example, an ace without doubt, and Felix with his impressive vocal rage, the dance skill and the Taekwondo, but some people still underestimate them, non sense if you asked Minho.
The bathroom stall door opened. "Don't forget to watch your hands" Felix chuckle, as he walked to the sink, he in fact never forgets to watch his hands, neither does Jisung or any other member, when he first was classified his caregiver side came out so strong he grew up overprotective of the members, he had started, along with other things, to remember everyone to watch their hands after going to the bathroom, he had a weird relationship with germs, he didn't think it was a phobia, but the thought of one of his members getting sick made some shortcuts on his brain and anytime it has happened in the last two years he had gone all mama bear mode, barely leaving the sick member side, however soon he realized it made the members were incredibly uncomfortable and or annoyed especially if he asked in front of the staff when one of them was arriving from the bathroom, so then he started to do it just to be annoying, and now it was a running joke, well at least for him.
"Yongbok-ah you know we'll love you no matter what, right?" Felix looked at him through the mirror reflection, then sighed.
"Yes, I know that"
"So why are you so nervous sweetheart?"
"It's just well... you guys are hoping for me to be a little right? I mean you're all caregivers and me and Jisung are... but what if we're not?" Oh, the people pleaser in Felix.
"What do you wanna be Lexie?"
"I think I'm a little, and I'm okay with that, it's not like I want to be a little, but I also don't want to be anything else, it's just what it is. You know?"
"Yeah I get that, to answer your question, if neither you or Jisung are littles then we'll probably just try and find a little to adopt in the future." Felix frowned, obviously not liking the thought of them having a little that wasn't him, he was jealous, how adorable, Minho couldn't help but chuckle, which only seemed to make the other one madder. "Well if you don't like that we'll figure out something else if that happens, now come I wanna bring Jiji to the bathroom before you guys get called." He said and kissed his baby's forehead before taking his hand.
"Hyung?"
"Mmh?"
"Are there gonna be needles?"
"Yes Lixie, they need a blood sample, you know that baby." At this answer Felix whined and grabbed his hyung's hand tighter. "You're going to be fine, Seungmin is going to be with you. Now go sit with Minie and Jinie while I go for Seungie" He let go of the other's hand as Lixie did what he was told, and Minho went to kneel down in front of Jisung who didn't have the headphones on any more. "Hey wanna go to the bathroom before the nurse comes for you Jiji?"
Jisung shrugged. "Okay" they both stood up and Jisung grabbed his hand automatically.
"Hyung, can we eat leftover birthday cake back at home?" Minho let out a small laugh.
"If you behave then yes."
"I might cry with the blood sample." Might cry was an understatement, Minho was then sure that there was going to be tears.
"Well that doesn't mean you were bad behaved."
He had known Felix was a little almost from the moment he met him, when he started to teach Korean to the Australian it had become obvious, but jisung? At that time he would never had imagine, the discussions with Hyunjin the rude acting and the way he seemed to quiestion authority, sometimes even if it was Chan, but it was just that an act. Walls protecting the vulnerable anxious baby side of him. Unlike Felix, who seemd to see the good in everything and everyone, going arround as if the world was harmless, Jisung was more cautious, and he started to let them in as they started to know eachother better, and as he trusted them more the walls grew lower, until it became obvious what his classification was going to be.
"Hyung, I think I'm going to be a little." It looks like he'll have this conversation again
.
"Oh, do you?"
"Mhm, and I know you guys think so too, I've heard you calling me and Felix 'the babies' when you think we aren't around." Oh, so it wasn't the exact same conversation after all.
"Well I guess I can't deny it then. Do you think Felix has heard us too?"
"No, I don't think so, but I know he knows because I told him."
"That explains a couple of things" There was a little silence.
"Hyung you'll like me even if I'm not a little right?"
"Jisung-ah we'll love you even if you are a bartender."
Jisung giggled a little "Hyung, that's not a classification."
"It's not? Well, I'll love you even if you're a worm."
"Hyung!" He giggles even more, and Minho couldn't help but tickle him a little, getting more giggles out, he smiled a little before stopping and holding both of his hands and looking a Jisung in the eyes.
"Jisung, we'll love you if you're a Little, a caregiver, a Neutral, a switch or whatever, no matter what, always, without doubt. Okay?"
"Okay."
"Good, now go peeing before Changbin gets classificaded again." Of course, that made the trick and Jisung was laughing again.
They arrived just in time as a nurse came into the waiting room and called for them.
"Han Ji Sung, Lee Felix and Kim Seungmin?"
"Thats us." Seungmin said taking Felix' hand, walking past where Hyunjin was sitting before looking behind him, somehow sensing Minho and Jisung's presence at the entrance of the wating room, he smiled a little and held his hand out offering it to Jisung, who let go of Minho's hand and walked towards the younger intertwining their hands. He led them, closer to the nurse, who spoke lound and clear for the eight of them to hear.
"So I am going to take the three of you to take a blood sample, the results will be ready in about ten minutes. Then, if any or all of you are not a Neutral you can take a range test if you like."
"We'll take the range test right away if that's the case, right guys?" They both nodded and got a little bit closer to him, the six of them smiled at that they were just too cute.
The Range test was an optional not perfectly accurate questionnaire that placed littles on a headspace age range, and caregivers on an 'ideal' type of care, it could be elderly persons, littles of central age range, actual babies or kids, sick people and others, Chan was perfect for littles and kids all ages, Minho littles, animals and sick persons, and Changbin littles 0-7 and actual babies.
"Perfect, right this way please." The other five wave and simed at them as Seungmin started to lead the way following the nurse to the doctor's office. The doctor was a young girl with a kind smile wating for them, the office was nothing out of the ordinary, baige walls, a desk loking at the door with two chairs in front of it, and a examination table on the side. Seungmin guided both boys to sit on the chairs while he stood in the middle.
About twenty minutes latter, the three of them were back at the witing room, still holding hands, the two slightly older with teary eyes and sniffing. As soon as Jisung locked eyes with Minho, he ran towards him, sitting on the empty chair between him and Hyunjin, hiding his face onto his hyung's side, sobbing more openly now.
"Aigoo aigoo Jisungie, did they sting you?" He lifed his head nodding and pouting, he then rolled up the sleeve of his hoddie to show the band aid on his forearm. "Oh my, that must've hurt so much." Jisung nodded again and went back to his hidden spot, Minho wrapped his arm around him patting his hip on a comforting slow rhythm.
"Where is Changbin?" Seungmin came to sit on Minho's right.
"He went to the bathroom a little before you guys came back." I.N answered, an empty chair on his left, and beside it there was Chan, laptop long forgotten, on it’s place was Felix, who apparently didn't care about the fact that they were in a public space anymore, sitting sideways on his lap crying softly on his shoulder, back towards Jeongin as Chan gently rocked him side to side.
"Why, did you miss me Seungmin?" As on cue Changbin appeared. "Oh no, why is our Jiji crying mmh?" He kneels in the space between them and the third row of chairs, petting Jisung's head trying to make him look at him. "What do you not wanna face your favorite hyung.?"
Hyunjin laughed a little covering his mouth. "You're clearly not the favorite."
"Hey, I am Jisung's favorite, aren't I Seungie? You'll come out of there so Jinie can see that he is wrong?" He didn't respond verbally, instead whined really softly, and grabbed Minho's shirt on his fit.
"Changbin-ah let Hannie alone." Bangchan hadn't seen the interaction, couldn't really turn around since he was still rocking Felix, but he had heard the whine, Changbin sighed dramatically and went to sit on Chan's left.
"I'm Lixie's favorite, right Lixie?"
"I don't think Felix has a favorite." Seungmin said smiling.
"Well I do have a favorite" I.N spoke, the five of them lifted their heads in expectation.
"Yongbok hyung is my favorite." He said poking Felix ribs playfully earning a whine. "Hyung, don't be like that I said you were my favorite." He repetitive poked him in a ticklish way, the other letting out some giggles putting his head further on Chan's shoulder. But Jeongin didn't stoped. "Hyyungg." Giggling Felix got on his feets and turned around to face Jeongin, who lifted his hands making claws with his fingers. "Rawr."
"Oh no!" Hyunjin gasped dramatically. "Felix, the tickle monster its coming for you, run baby!" Felix started to run away giggling while In, chased him at the noise, Jisung lifted his head to know what was happening, Seungmin noticed, so he slowly stood up to approache him, playfully stalking him. "Oh uh, Jisung, looks like the tickle monster has possessed Seungmin too." Jisung gasped and turned his head to find Seungmin getting closer to him, que let out a squeal, before starting to run as well.
They watch fondly at the four youngest members, playing and chasing each other around. Yep, that's their beautiful family.