Disclaimer: this contains little space. I'm not fully educated on this, so if I get anything wrong please correct me.

Summary: V is a little, and has been for years, but the others don't know...until they do.

Words: 3406

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The members of bts assumed they knew everything about each other, but apparently someone was keeping a huge secret from the rest of them...

Taehyung was a little. He had been since three years ago.

He wasn't exactly ashamed of it, he just didn't know how the others would take it. He cared about them too much to lose them.

So, he kept this information to himself.

Luckily, he had a room by himself, so it was easier for him to get away with stuff, like occasionally sleeping with a binkie in his mouth, or coloring in a coloring book, or cuddling with plushies and soft blankets and pillows, or wearing childish clothes.

Today, all the members had left for the studio.

Taehyung already knew the choreo, so their manager let him take a day off.

The members would be gone for hours, so Taehyung shut himself in his room.

He pulled everything from his closet, putting everything in place.

He put his soft blankets, pillows and plushies on his bed, took his coloring book out with his crayons.

He popped his binkie in his mouth, sucking on it while he took his clothes off, changing into a soft blue pajama set with cartoon characters on it.

He crawled into bed, pulling up his blankets and cuddling one of his plushies while he began coloring, still sucking on his binkie.

He began slipping deeper and deeper into little space, his mind foggy as he focused only on his coloring.

Having not realized so much time had passed, Taehyung didn't put his stuff away, or get himself to be his big self again.

He didn't even hear the others get home.

Suddenly, someone knocked on his door, before walking in, "Tae, we got-"

Jin stopped talking, taking in the sight.

Tae whipped his head around, grinning around his binkie and giggling.

"Jin hyung!" He yelled, climbing off his bed to run to Jin, hugging him tightly.

He took his binkie out to kiss Jin on the lips, his little mind set seeing nothing wrong with the motion, seeing it as a way of showing affection to anyone you loved, "I missed you!"

Jin blushed, staring wide-eyed at the boy.

He hadn't moved or said anything, acting like a statue.

Tae stared at the oldest, pouting when Jin didn't react to him. His eyes slowly filled with tears, and his pouted lips started to quiver.

"Hyung?" He said quietly, "You don't like Tae?"

Jin seemed to snap out of it, shaking his head slightly, before pulling Taehyung into his chest when he saw the tears, hugging him tight.

"No!" He started, "of course I like you, V!"

"Then why don't you say anything back?" Tae whimpered.

"I was just surprised," Jin told him, massaging the boy's scalp.

"You like Tae?" Tae asked, looking up at Jin with teary eyes.

"I love Tae!" Jin said quickly.

This caused Taehyung to grin wide, before he put his binkie back in his mouth, giggling again.

"I love you, too, Jin hyung!" He said, "Want to see my coloring?"

Taehyung didn't let Jin reply, instead pulling him over to the bed to show him his coloring book.

"This one is a kitten! It reminds me of Yoongi hyung. And this is a doggy. Isn't he cute?"

Tae looked up at Jin, waiting for the oldest to reply.

Jin, by then, had pieced together what was going on, and, although he was shocked, he still smiled at Tae.

"He's adorable," He replied.

The dog Tae had colored in was sloppily done; there was crayon everywhere outside of the lines, and the colors didn't fit. But Jin didn't want to hurt Tae's feelings.

Seeing him cry a minute ago when he didn't respond made Jin feel awful.

Tae grinned, hugging Jin.

Just then, Jimin came in.

"Jin Hyung, you disappeared," He said, huffing at Jin without noticing Tae yet.

Tae was now sucking on his binkie again, which he had taken out to show Jin the coloring book.

When Jin didn't reply to Jimin, the younger looked to Tae, gasping when he saw the boy sucking on a binkie in children's pajamas.

Then, his eyes fell on the bed, with childish blankets, pillows, and even plushies on it. BTS' plushies, to be specific.

Tae was innocently looking between Jimin and Jin, waiting for someone to say something. He didn't want to interrupt his hyungs' conversation.

When no one spoke, Tae walked over to Jimin.

"Hi, Jiminie!" He said happily, clinging on to the other. His words were slightly messed up from the binkie in his mouth, but it was still eligible.

Jimin hugged back, looking at Jin for help.

Jin shrugged.

"Wanna color with me?" Tae asked, looking at Jimin with big eyes.

Jimin stared back, entranced by the stare, blushing slightly.

"S-Sure, V. I'll color with you," he said.

Tae giggled, running over to his bed.

"Wanna color with us, Jinnie?" He asked Jin, crawling on to his bed, making sure to leave room for Jimin.

"Maybe later, Tae. I need to go make dinner for all of us."

Tae pouted, but nodded.

Jin left, and Jimin joined him in coloring.

~

Tae must have fallen asleep at some point.

But when he woke up, he was big again. At first, he didn't remember what had happened earlier.

But once he woke up more, he noticed he had all his little stuff, and a binkie in his mouth still.

He panicked, looking at the clock. It was around the time they always had dinner, which meant the others were probably home by now.

"Shit!" He yelled, his binkie falling as he started rushing to put everything away.

But then, dread hit him like a bus, just as he was shutting his closet.

Jin and Jimin knew.

His face, and probably the rest of his body, flushed red.

He stared into space in horror.

Just then, someone was knocking at his door.

"Time to eat, Tae," Jin called through the door.

Taehyung listened to Jin walk down the hall, telling the other members, before retreating into the kitchen again.

Had they told the others? Did they hate him now?

Questions filled Tae's head, and he felt tears welling up in his eyes. His bottom lip trembled, and he reached his hands up and dug the palm of his hands into his eyes to keep the tears from falling.

He sucked in a breath, trying to calm down.

He felt himself trying to slip back into little space, and he had to force it down.

The others hated him.

Jin, Jimin. They told they others. They hated him. All of them. Yoongi, Hoseok, Namjoon, Jungkook. They'd tell PD Nim, and he'd be kicked from the band.

He spent a few minutes calming down, before he trudged out of his room, nervously walking to the kitchen.

He had changed into loose sleep pants and a baggy shirt, stuffing his hands in his pockets.

He kept his head low as he got to the kitchen.

The others were talking as they ate - he was the last there.

"Here, Tae," Namjoon said, "your plate is in your spot already."

Tae looked at his plate of food, muttering a thank you as he sat down. Between Namjoon and Jin.

He began nibbling at his food nervously, not daring to look at anyone.

Suddenly, he felt a hand on his thigh, and Jin was leaning in to whisper in his ear, "I didn't tell anyone about earlier, Tae. I don't think any differently about you, and neither does Jimin. You can come to both of us when you're little, you know. You don't have to hide it from us. If you're not comfortable with the others knowing, that's okay. But don't be ashamed of it, okay?"

Jin kept his hand on Tae's leg.

His words made Tae blush, but he was so relieved that they didn't hate him.

He glanced quickly at Jimin, who was across from him.

He was looking at Tae worriedly, but when their eyes met, he smiled warmly at Taehyung.

Tae blushed, and looked down.

The others didn't notice the exchange...well, except Hoseok, who would glance between the three for the rest of dinner.

~

It was a month later, and Tae had gone into little space two more times since then.

The first time was around Jin, when it was just them two.

He had sat in Jin's lap, playing with the older's hoodie strings as Jin held his phone in front of Tae so he could watch a cartoon while he sucked on his binkie.

Jin would occasionally kiss the top of Tae's head, would run his hand down his arm, and Tae would snuggle closer.

The second time was around both of them.

He was in Jimin's room, laying in his bed with Jimin's plushie, when Jin came in, smiling fondly at the boy who grinned back at him.

Jimin was at his computer working on something, singing lullabies to Tae.

He paused his singing when Jin came in, smiling at him, "hi, Hyung."

"Hi, Jimin," Jin said, going over to kiss Jimin on the forehead.

"Jin, Hyung, come lay with me," Tae pouted.

Jin looked to Jimin, who nodded, so Jin crawled in next to Tae, the younger immediately cuddling into him. Jimin returned to singing lullabies.

When Jimin finished working on the computer, he turned to see the two were asleep already.

He quietly got in behind Taehyung, cuddling into him.

~

Today, however, everyone was home, outside in the yard.

Tae, Jungkook and Yoongi were playing catch, while Jin, Hoseok, RM and Jimin were fixing up the garden.

Yoongi threw the ball particularly hard to Tae, who didn't catch it.

It hit him in the head hard enough that it sent him flying down.

"Owie!" He yelled, immediately starting to slip into little space as pain coursed through his body.

"Tae!" Yoongi said, him and Jungkook running over to the boy.

"Are you alright?" Yoongi wasn't able to finish, because Taehyung was up and running to Jin like a child to their mother.

"Jin hyung!" He cried, running into Jin's arms.

He pressed his face into Jin's chest, crying into it.

Jin was alarmed, looking wildy at Yoongi and Jungkook, who quickly followed after Tae.

"What's wrong, Tae?" He asked quietly.

"I got an owie!" Tae cried, looking up at Jin to point to his head.

It was red and there was a clear bump starting to form.

"How did that happen?" He asked, rubbing the boys arms.

"Yoongi hyung," Tae pouted, pointing to Yoongi, who looked both guilty and confused.

"I'm sure it was an accident," Jin said calmly.

Tae shook his head, "Yoongi doesn't like Tae!"

"Jimin," Jin called, slightly panicked, "take him in and put ice on his head, please."

Once Jimin had taken the crying boy in, all the others were staring at Jin expectantly.

"What the hell was that?" Yoongi asked.

Jin sighed, "I really don't want to do this to Tae, but I know he'll be too shy to do it himself. Tae is...a little. He didn't tell anyone because he was scared we'd hate him. Only Jimin and I knew, and we've only known for a month."

They still looked confused, except for Hoseok who was grinning.

"What does that mean?" Namjoon asked.

"It means, sometimes Taehyung slips into the mindset of someone much younger. A little kid, or a toddler. He does it for different reasons, like if he's too stressed or just wants someone to take care of him. Jimin and I have only looked after him twice. Well, technically three, but that was when we first found out about it."

"How long has he been a little?" Yoongi asked.

"I think he said three years now? Jimin and I had a conversation about it with him a week after we had first found out, and he explained everything to us."

"Do you think he'd let me take care of him?" Hoseok asked excitedly, bouncing on his feet.

Jin smiled, "If he's comfortable, I think he probably would. You'd have to ask him yourself."

Then he turned to Yoongi, "Tae thinks you don't like him right now, so please go and explain to him that it was an accident?"

Yoongi nodded, looking like a pouty kitten as he went in to find Tae.

He found him and Jimin in Jimin's room, Tae cuddling into Jimin's chest, sucking on a binkie.

Jimin was holding an icepack to his forehead, singing him a lullaby.

Yoongi blushed when he realized just how cute Taehyung looked. And how attractive Jimin was at that moment.

Shaking his thoughts away, Yoongi walked into the room.

Jimin stopped singing, causing Tae to look up at him, noticing he was looking at the door.

Tae looked over, seeing Yoongi there, who smiled awkwardly at him.

Tae pouted, his eyes tearing up again.

Yoongi rushed forward, laying on the other side of Tae, turning his body towards his own, stroking the hair out of his face.

"Listen, baby," he whispered, causing both Taehyung and Jimin to blush, "I don't hate you. I could never hate you. I love you very much. I didn't mean to throw the ball at your face, and it hurts to hear that you think I hate you."

"You don't hate baby?" Tae asked, his words distorted from the binkie.

"Yoongi doesn't hate baby," Yoongi confirmed, blushing from his baby talk.

Tae nodded, plucking his binkie out.

He leaned forward, kissing Yoongi on the lips quickly, before turning back to Jimin, who was just as surprised as Jimin.

~

Jimin had successfully gotten Tae to sleep by stroking his hair and singing him a lullaby and, once again, when the other woke up an hour later, he was big again.

He wasn't alarmed when he woke up in Jimin's arms, with his binkie in his mouth.

He simply took it out, setting it on the bed, snuggling back into Jimin before his eyes shot open. 

He shook Jimin awake, panicking.

Jimin opened his eyes, sitting up when he saw the worried look on Tae's face, "What's wrong?"

"The others know!" Tae yelled.

"Shhhhh," Jimin comforted, pulling Tae into a hug.

Jin was in here earlier. He told me that once we left to get ice on your forehead, he talked to the others. They don't hate you, and Hoseok seemed happy you were a little. He apparently asked if he could take care of you."

Tae blushed at that, thinking of Hoseok taking care of him. He had the urge to slip back, but he needed to find Yoongi, Namjoon, Jungkook and Hoseok to talk to them.

He kissed Jimin on the lips, not really sure why, before he left the room, leaving a blushing Jimin behind.

He found Jungkook first. He was in the hallway.

"Kookie," Taehyung started, blushing bright red when the younger smiled at him.

"Um," Tae started, looking at his feet as he shuffled them nervously.

"It's okay, hyung, don't be nervous to talk to me," Jungkook told him gently.

Tae nodded, feeling slightly better. "I just, um. I wanted to ask what you thought about me, um, being a little."

He whispered the last part, scared of Jungkook's response.

Jungkook pulled him into a hug, "I don't mind it at all. You can always come to me if you need someone to take care of you."

The next person he found was Yoongi, in his genius lab.

"Hyung?" He called.

Yoongi looked up, smiling when he saw Taehyung in the doorway, "come in, Tae."

Tae shut the door behind him, his cheeks red as he remembered his encounter with Yoongi earlier.

Yoongi called him baby. And Tae, oh god, had kissed him.

"I just wanted to know if you were fine with me being a little," he asked quietly.

Yoongi got up and, just like Jungkook, pulled him into a hug.

"Of course I am. You're still Taehyung. You're just more special than you were before."

Tae blushed, whining as he smacked Yoongi on the back, who chuckled at the flushed boy.

Then he found Namjoon.

Namjoon immediately hugged Taehyung before he could even say anything.

Tae squeaked as he was pulling into the man's firm chest.

"I wish you told us earlier, babe. We love you any way you are. You can always trust us, okay?"

Tae nodded into the man's chest, his cheeks permanently red.

Namjoon stroked his hair, kissed his forehead, and pulled back to look at Tae, gently bonking their foreheads together, careful to avoid the injured part of Tae's head.

Tae grinned, feeling himself start to slip a bit.

"If you feel comfortable with it, you can come to me when you're a little, okay?" Namjoon said sincerely, looking into Tae's eyes.

Tae nodded his head, staring back at Namjoon.

Lastly, Tae found Hoseok.

He was in his room, on his bed.

Tae, having slipped slightly into little space, walked over to Hoseok with a little more confidence.

Plus, what Jimin had told him earlier about Hoseok made him more confident.

Hoseok was grinning at him, and when Tae was in front of him, Hoseok pulled Tae into his lap.

"Hyung!" Tae giggled.

Hoseok's eyes widened from the giggle, and he seemed to become more excited.

"Are you a little right now, princess?" Hoseok whispered encouragingly.

Tae blushed, fiddling with Hoseok's shirt. He nodded shyly, pouting and smiling at Hoseok.

Hoseok's grin widened, "I've always wanted to look after a little. Will you let me help look after you?"

Tae nodded again, and Hoseok started peppering kisses all over his face.

Taehyung giggled, holding Hoseok's shoulders, as the older kissed him.

Jin heard, and stood in the doorway, watching the interaction fondly, before he was leaving the two alone.

"Hyung!" Tae giggled, "stop it!"

"Can't I kiss my princess?" Hoseok pouted.

"Yes, but not so crazy," Taehyung giggled.

"How about like this?" Hoseok placed a soft kiss on Tae's forehead.

Tae nodded.

"And what about this?" He kissed Tae's nose.

Tae nodded, scrunching his nose.

"What about this?" He kissed his left cheek, then his right.

Tae nodded, giggling. 

"What about this?" He kissed his chin.

Tae nodded.

"And what about this?" He whispered, kissing his lips.

Tae blushed, kissing back.

It was only a few seconds, but he still loved it.

Tae nodded when they separated, "I like that one," he admitted.

Hoseok giggled, "me too."

~

It was a week later, and all the boys were in the living room.

Then, Tae walked in from where he had been in his room.

He was wearing a pink set of pajamas, with Disney princesses on them.

He had his binkie in his mouth, and he was carrying Jin's plushie.

All six of the men looked at him with wide eyes, stunned at how beautifully adorable he was.

He blushed at their looks.

"Hi princess!" Hoseok yelled, running over to Tae before lifting him into his arms.

"Hi daddy!" Tae yelled back, making the others coo.

When he was brought over to the couch, he reached for Jin and Jimin.

He still had a closer bond with the two of them while he was a little than the rest of the boys.

Which the others understood, since they were the first ones who found out.

"How's my bug today?" Jin asked, putting Tae on his lap.

"Good," Tae blushed.

He took his binkie out, placing a kiss on Jin's lips.

"You still haven't kissed me," Jungkook pouted.

Tae leaned across Jimin, placing a kiss to Jungkook's lips, giggling at the bunny smile he got in return.

"I haven't gotten one, either, Baby," Namjoon grinned teasingly.

Tae pouted, leaning over to give Namjoon a kiss, too.

All seven of them ended up piling together on the couch to watch a Disney movie picked by Taehyung, who was sitting on Jin and Jimin's lap.

The other four were on either side of them, leaning over to gently touch Taehyung in a comforting manner.

Taehyung didn't know how he got so lucky to have the support from all six of them.