seonghwa stepped in his car, extremely nervous about the night ahead of him. while getting ready to head out, seonghwa realized that this would be the first time he was babysitting hongjoong since admitting his feelings to himself. he drove slowly towards hongjoong's house, giving himself a little pep talk while on the way.

"it's ok, hwa. you got this. just act like mom told you to, make her proud. you got this." seonghwa whispered to himself as he parked his car, hesitantly stepping out and walking towards the front door.

before he truly processed what he was doing, seonghwa lifted his hand and rang the doorbell. he took one last deep breath to calm himself down before his friend, jongho, answered the door for him.

"hey, you're a little late." jongho laughed as he put his shoes on, rushing a bit as to not be late for his reservation.

seonghwa read his phone, 6:42.

he didn't even realize it was so late.

it was probably because i drove so slow to help ease my nerves, seonghwa thought.

"sorry man, i guess there was more traffic than usual." seonghwa lied a bit as he apologized to his friend.

"you live a few blocks away, there's no traffic on side streets stupid." jongho hit his friend on the side of the head, "but it's fine, don't worry. i have to leave though, so take good care of joong while i'm out. he's napping right now, but he should get up any minute since he knew you were on the way." jongho waved, rushing towards his car and leaving in a flash.

seonghwa closed the door and locked it, turning towards the living room and making his way inside. he sat down next to the sleeping boy, admiring hongjoong while he rested.

to seonghwa, hongjoong looked even cuter than usual. he was wrapped up in his favorite blanket, cuddling his toothless plushie close to his body. seonghwa smiled when seeing the toy, knowing hongjoong probably got that because it reminded the younger of him.

his sleeping eyes were absolutely adorable to seonghwa. his cheeks looked super chubby, lips pursed out a bit and his chest rising ever so slightly every time he took a breath. seonghwa wanted to touch his skin, to feel how soft it must've been at that exact moment.

without realizing what he was doing, seonghwa did in fact lean down and touch hongjoong's skin. he leaned in and stroked his cheek softly, smiling to himself as he looked at hongjoong's beautiful features. the sleeping boy must've felt seonghwa's touch and began moving in his sleep, opening his eyes a bit. seonghwa quickly moved his hand back and faced the television, pretending to be watching whatever cartoon hongjoong had playing.

"oh, hi seongie!" hongjoong yawned, rubbing his eyes with his fists as he greeted the boy.

"hi joongie, you were sleepy?" seonghwa asked as he turned towards the boy, smiling at him widely.

"yeah i was really tired. i was so excited when i heard that you were coming over today that i couldn't fall asleep last night!" hongjoong giggled and covered his face in embarrassment.

"awe! joongie, that's so cute." seonghwa cooed.

"well it wasn't cute for my undereyes! i had horrible bags!" hongjoong pouted while crossing his arms and seonghwa chuckled at the boy's adorable behavior.

"i'm sure you still looked beautiful. you look cute no matter what, and i mean that." seonghwa smiled and squished the boy's cheek.

hongjoong moved seonghwa's hand from off his face, "stop, you're making me flustered!"

"maybe that's my goal." seonghwa winked, making hongjoong gasp. the younger quickly composed himself and focused his eyes on the television in front of him.

suddenly, hongjoong heard his stomach growl loudly. he looked down and giggled, rubbing his belly with both of his hands.

"oh wow, i'm really hungry. i haven't eaten anything all day!" hongjoong spoke.

"what would you like? we can make something in the kitchen if you'd like." seonghwa asked hongjoong with a smile.

"i honestly just want some cheerios with strawberry milk. can you make that for me?" hongjoong asked, looking hopefully into the older's eyes.

"anything you want." seonghwa stood up, holding his hand out for the boy to grab. "come with me."

hongjoong giggled, grabbing the older's hand and following closely behind him. seonghwa led them to the kitchen, walking over to the refrigerator and grabbing the milk. hongjoong took it upon himself to grab the cereal, the bowl, and the spoon he needed from the cabinets.

hongjoong opened the cereal box and started pouring the food into the bowl himself, almost entirely missing the bowl and spilling it all over the floor. seonghwa thankfully noticed, quickly running to the boy's side and moving the box before the food could fall out.

"be careful, joongie!" seonghwa laughed, guiding the younger to the bowl and pouring the proper amount of food for hongjoong.

hongjoong laughed and covered his face in embarrassment, "sorry hyung!"

"it's ok, hun. just be more careful next time or ask me for help, i'll always help you." hongjoong blushed at the cute nickname, allowing seonghwa to complete his bowl by adding the strawberry milk for him.

the boys made their way to the kitchen table, sitting down for the younger to eat his breakfast. the table was silent, only hearing the sounds of hongjoong slurping milk from his spoon. hongjoong didn't like the silence. he wanted to do something fun with seonghwa, but he didn't know what he wanted to do.

should we watch a movie? no, we've done that before. i want something new. maybe we can bake something? no, not that either... it would just be him baking and me watching. maybe he'll play tea party with me now?

"seongie, i have a question." hongjoong asked after he finished his breakfast.

"what is it?" seonghwa answered, putting his head in his hand and staring at the boy in front of him.

"would you maybe play tea party with me today?" hongjoong looked the boy in the eyes, hoping for a positive response.

"yes. i'll do whatever you'd like to do." seonghwa smiled and hongjoong's eyes lit up.

"yay! can we play now?" hongjoong bounced, sounding impatient.

"of course, as long as you put the bowl into the sink." seonghwa instructed the younger and hongjoong immediately sprung up, rushing to throw the empty bowl into the sink. after washing it out a bit, he grabbed seonghwa's hand and dragged him towards his bedroom.

once the boys entered, hongjoong walked over to his closet filled with pretty princess dresses. he looked through them all, deciding on wearing the blue dress that reminded him of cinderella.

"seongie, which dress do you want?" hongjoong asked the boy, looking through the closet to see which would look best on the older.

"um... joong? do you mind if i just wear what i'm wearing now? i don't feel very comfortable wearing a dress." seonghwa hesitantly asked hongjoong, hoping to not upset the younger.

hongjoong frowned, wishing that seonghwa would wear one of his dresses. he began thinking, wondering what else he could put seonghwa in.

"wait!" the boy screamed out, searching for a specific item of clothing. seonghwa watched as hongjoong intensely searched all of his drawers, smiling at how adorable he looked.

when hongjoong found the jacket he wanted, he did a little happy dance before handing it to seonghwa.

"here! this is the jacket jongie wears when we play because he doesn't like wearing dresses either. will you wear this?" hongjoong pleaded with wide eyes.

how can i say no to that adorable face?

"perfect, i love it!" seonghwa cheered, putting his hand out for hongjoong to hand over the jacket.

"yay!" hongjoong jumped up and down, handing the older the jacket.

when seonghwa put the white material on, hongjoong's heart immediately fluttered. seonghwa looked ethereal, more beautiful than hongjoong had ever seen. the bling sewed on the coat sparkled brightly on seonghwa's body, reflecting beautifully in the sunlight. hongjoong always thought the boy reminded him of a prince, and now he was sure seonghwa was a real life prince.

he was perfect, to be completely honest.

"you look so pretty, seongie!" hongjoong cooed while hiding his rosy cheeks with his hands.

"thank you, joong." seonghwa replied, bowing respectfully to fit the character.

"ok, let me set up my plushies and the tea. one minute!" hongjoong lifted his finger up and ran, collecting some of his favorite toys to put in the small chairs at his play table. he also set up the plastic tea kettle and tea cups, having enough set up for all seven guests.

"seongie, can you do me a favor?" hongjoong asked, tilting his head a bit to the side as he did so.

"yes, what is it?" seonghwa answered with furrowed eyebrows.

"can you go downstairs and get mars? i left him on the couch when we went to make my cereal." hongjoong looked at the older with pleading eyes.

"ok, i'll be right back!" seonghwa smiled, quickly turning around to walk out of the room.

while the older was gone, hongjoong shut his door and locked it so he could get changed. he removed his crew neck and sweatpants and grabbed the blue dress he decided on, putting it on his tiny body.

"joongie, why'd you lock the door?" seonghwa asked when he returned, knocking on the door lightly.

"one minute, i'm changing!" hongjoong replied, quickly looking in the mirror to make sure everything he was wearing was in place.

once finishing, hongjoong ran over to the door and unlocked it for the older. seonghwa looked at the boy in front of him in awe. hongjoong looked absolutely breathtaking. the dress he was wearing was childlike, but somehow beautiful. the scrunch along the waistline hugged hongjoong's body perfectly, showing off his small waist.

seonghwa smiled widely while staring at the boy in front of him, grabbing hongjoong by the waist and pulling him in for a tight hug.

"that dress looks stunning on you, beautiful." seonghwa looked down at the boy in his arms.

"t-thank you." hongjoong stuttered out, quickly letting go of the older and grabbing the toy he was holding.

he ran back over to his table set up, placing the stuffed animal in his assigned seat. he then grabbed his bunny, dolphin, flamingo and fox, placing them in their seats as well. he left two seats open right next to each other, one for him and one for seonghwa.

hongjoong turned around after feeling a tap on his shoulder, facing seonghwa who had his hand held out. he looked down and smiled, grabbing onto it tightly.

"my princess, it would be my honor to accompany you for tea this afternoon. care to accept?" seonghwa leaned down and kissed hongjoong's hand, looking up into the boy's eyes afterwards.

hongjoong blushed a deep shade of red, not expecting seonghwa to act the way he was. hongjoong then grabbed the left side of his dress and lifted it, bowing to the older.

"it would be a pleasure, my prince."

idk if y'all remember me saying this before, but it was this chapter that i thought kq read in my drafts for mars asmr a while back... IT'S TOO SIMILAR, SEONGHWA ARE YOU REDING THIS?????

-vic