spoilers everywhere!

after he managed to convince the two adults that drinking in broad daylight could lead them to making stupid decisions and getting in trouble, jisung was able to go and spend time with his family as what he intended to do in this special occasion they have attended. however, upon making his way back to the beach house where they are all supposed to stay in, he noticed his youngest son playing alone in the sad with his plastic buckets and toys used in building a sad castle.

but what caught jisung's attention more, and what sparked anger inside him, was how a group of boys went up to his chinese dumpling and started to make fun of his castle. ❝these fuckers, where's jiro anyways? i told him to look after his brother.❞

❝yeah, but i got carried away hanging out with jeffrey and chan.❞ a voice then said as jisung was marching his way towards their son. a teenage boy appeared right beside him, having the both of them looking like they were going to start a fight. ❝but i was keeping an eye on him from afar.❞

❝tough luck because i got ahead of you two.❞ someone then said from behind, making the both of them put a halt to their tracks.

turning around, the father and the photocopied son had their jaw dropped upon seeing the most feared zhong having a phone pressed to his ear. even already taking a guess and assuming who's he's talking to the phone, jisung still felt the need to ask. ❝who are you calling?❞

❝bodyguards. i knew things like this would happen, so i let them stay at the unoccupied house next to ours.❞ chenle then said ever so calmly, as if this is an easy problem to fix.

however, he's going a bit too overboard with hiring bodyguards to get rid of those boys that are bullying the youngest in their family, which jiro hoped he could snap some senses to his other father's head. ❝papa, dad and i can handle those boys. you don't need to call the—❞

nonetheless, chenle wasn't convinced with these two aggressive males. heck, he's even scaring the two with how he was fuming with rage upon watching his youngest son being surrounded by kids who doesn't have anything to do during their spare time. ❝no one messes with the zhong-park family.❞

with their hands raising up in a surrendering manner, neither of the two knew that they can stop the zhong that's pushing himself to calling the bodyguards to handle the kids. but what really caused for them to be dumbfounded is a loud determined voice trying to scare of the bullies. "hey!"

like a superhuman or hero in movies, appearing in dangerous situations, the oldest jung, from the triplets, then went in front of the scared chinese dumpling. despite of being shorter than these group of kids ganging up on such an adorable dumpling, that didn't stop the cool bean from scaring them.

❝taeho.❞ jie then uttered from behind, holding on to the hem of the boy's shirt.

❝he didn't do anything to you guys, why are you making fun of him?❞ and as expected, between his brothers, he's the type of person who believes that everything is fixed by talking it all out. ❝imagine what your parents would say if they find out that you are bullying an innocent boy, imagine how disappointed they'll be. i know for a fact that they didn't raise you like that. also, doesn't your conscience ever tell you what's bad and what's wrong? if you guys are bored, go touch some grass or whatever.❞

that speech he made didn't scare off the kids, but what made the boys shiver from their place is the family that stood right behind taeho and the scared chinese dumpling. there stood the jungs, with the youngest between the triplets giving the bullies a threatening sweet smile, and the hot bean warning the boys in the most violent way— showing his fists at them. not only that, but even the father, jung jaehyun, joined the kids by giving the poor bullies a glare.

which was stopped by taeyong as he lightly smacked his husband's chest. ❝jaehyun, stop that.❞

❝wifey, i'm just hyping our boy up.❞ the man then whined as he playfully put on a pained expression.

clicking his tongue, taeyong then told him. ❝you're scaring them.❞

jaehyun then rolled his eyes, defending this unfair treatment that he is getting. ❝you're not saying anything about taehyun, though?❞

lowering his eyes, taeyong groaned at how the quote about like father like son being applied here. ❝jung taehyun, i swear to god—❞

❝don't worry, papa,❞ cracking his knuckles, the said bean wasn't afraid of raising his fists up and motioning it for a punch just to scare the kids off. ❝i'm also hyping up taeho.❞

feeling his husband's stressful gaze at him, jaehyun let out a nervous chuckle as he then threw his arms over his man's shoulders. ❝relax, wifey. come on, let's take a swim while we let taeho handle the situation.❞

hearing his parent's conversation and knowing that they would leave, yoon took his eyes away from the sight of his older brother helping up the youngest park and had it followed on where his parents are. while scanning his gaze around the beach, the cute bean's mood then brightened up as he saw a certain half japanese playing beach volleyball with the others.

leaving his own brother there, that's hyping up the older one, yoon rushed along to where the love of his life is and didn't hesitate to shout for his name. ❝rin nakamoto!❞

being called out, the said half japanese then got distracted and missed the shot to spike the ball that he had jumped for. hissing, he slipped on the sand and landed flat on his butt. angry about it, he lifted his glaring eyes up and had locked gazes with the cute bean who contrasted it with his soft and loving stare. ❝what do you want?❞

clueless about their volleyball game still on going, the youngest jung then ran over to the nakamoto, lending him a hand. ❝are you okay?❞

❝i was, before you came here.❞ rin then uttered out quietly, not wanting for the latter to hear it and get scolded by his papa for being mean. he then politely refused to take the boy's hand as he stood up on his own.

❝rin, my papa and daddy is going out for a swim!❞ yoon happily announced, being bubbly as he had a great idea in mind just so he can also enjoy his time with the half japanese that he has been admiring. ❝do you want to go too?❞

rin was definitely holding himself back from shouting at the older boy, ❝can't you see i'm—❞

"rin, it's your turn!"

taking his eyes away from the cute bean that's standing right in front of him, the half japanese was then taken by surprise upon seeing the beach ball zooming right towards their direction. with fast reflexes, he then took the jung's hand and pulled him to a tight embrace, having his back turned to face the ball that's nearing to them.

however, a certain wong also made a move in running towards them and was just in time in hitting the ball back to the other side of the court. while so, he ran a hand through his hair and flashed the two a smile, ❝is anyone of you hurt?❞

and because of his heroic deed, instead of noticing that he's in the nakamoto's arms, yoon had his eyes sparkling at the older male who looked like he came out from the books because of how perfect he is. ❝jeffrey hyung.❞

and the youngest jung didn't even notice the scowl on rin's face, neither putting attention to how the half japanese moved away from him. all his eyes and focus is on that oldest wong who's ruffling his hair with a chuckle. jeffrey was being friendly, but it looked different in the nakamoto's eyes.

rin had no idea why, but his insides were fuming at the sight he's witnessing. and since this cute bean isn't even looking at him, might as well leave these two, not even letting them be aware that he's not playing anymore. shaking his head, he ran up to his father that's laying under the parasol with his shades and phone. the boy's presence then startled the parent.

his question took him off guard more, ❝where's papa?❞

❝buddy, shouldn't you be grateful that i'm here instead?❞ removing his shades, yuta played with his eyebrows by wiggling them and teasing his own son. ❝i saw your moment with yoonjae back there.❞

❝we weren't having a moment.❞ rin was quick to deny it, giving his father a look.

❝bud, you're lucky that i didn't mention at you looking totally jealous at how that cute bean is ogling his eyes at jeffrey wong.❞ yuta knew that he guessed right when the young nakamoto gave him a glare. he knows his son more than anyone else. ❝aw, buddy, just admit that you're in love—❞

"otosan, just tell me where papa is." using the japanese card, that was a way to tell his father that he's in no mood to play around.

"ah, you're just like your papa when you're mad. even that look you're having." yuta clicked his tongue, poking his son's forehead after with his index and ring finger. ❝he's with our birthday girl right now.❞

❝shiho? i thought she already woke up.❞ rin uttered out, not showing any interest with his sister now being their topic.

giving his boy a sheepish smile, there's something yuta is concerned about but he trusts his husband in taking care of it. ❝she did, and she also chose violence.❞

"get away from me!"

running down the corridors, the little girl was trying to keep distance away from the annoying brat who surprised her in her room. she was peacefully sleeping and when she heard the door creak open, shiho thought it was her papa, only to end up screaming when another girl entered the room with a scary mask on her face.

❝but that was supposed to be my gift to you!❞ the osaki then screamed back, trailing from behind while still holding that mask she used to unintentionally scare the birthday girl.

❝i don't like scary things,❞ shiho retorted, not even bothering to look back and just continued on running until she could now see the stairs she can take to go down to the living room and hopefully to see her papa there. ❝i don't like you!❞

❝shiho,❞ the young osaki shouted the girl's name with a whine. ❝happy birthday!❞

❝no—❞ a yelp was heard coming from the female nakamoto when she missed a step and was on the verge of slipping down the stairs.

but lucky for her, she was caught just in time by her own father who arrived after spending some time in the kitchen. the chinese then gave her a sweet smile, ❝shiho, what's the ruckus about?❞

not hesitating to snitch on the young osaki, she did. ❝papa, shizune went to my room and she scared me!❞

❝hm, our baby onigiri scared the birthday girl?❞ another parent then came, and it just so happens to be shotaro. he walked over to his girl that looked disappointed and carried her up.

huffing, the little osaki then cupped her father's face. ❝but papa, i was only giving shiho her gift.❞

arriving a little bit too late, sungchan also looked like he's being woken up by the noise that the kids are making inside the beach house. he was just sleeping in the living room as he got tired from the road trip, they had just a few hours ago. ❝what's the gift?❞

❝daddy, here!❞ raising the scary mask up, baby rice ball looked so proud at the present that she personally picked herself.

seeing it again, that caused for shiho to let out a pitched scream that could have possibly been heard at every corner of this house. ❝ahh!❞

covering her mouth, sicheng then showed them an apologetic smile. ❝i'm sorry, she tends to be a bit moody when just waking up. shiho nakamoto?❞

with glossy eyes, she turned to her father and felt more threatened with that sweet smile he's having, a sign telling her that he's not going to tolerate her attitude. not knowing what to do, she just then zipped her mouth up and buried her face on her father's shoulder. excusing themselves, the osaki family was then left there with a sad baby onigiri.

❝papa, daddy,❞ staring at the scary mask that she genuinely is fond of, she lifted her gaze up to her parents with quivering lips and pleading eyes. ❝is my present not nice?❞

frankly speaking, shotaro had no idea on what lie he should tell to his baby girl. the gift isn't actually that presentable to begin with, but he doesn't want to hurt his daughter's feelings. ❝well, uh..❞

❝what do you mean not nice? rice ball, it's the best anyone could ever have!❞ luckily, sungchan was there to save the day. walking up to them, he then took a turn in carrying their daughter. ❝here, give it to daddy, he can scare papa with it every single day in the morning.❞

shotaro's smile then twitched at the last part he said, ❝jung sungchan.❞

walking up to the stairs, the said man turned to face him with an endearing smile. ❝correction, osaki-jung sungchan. baby, we're married already.❞

the blush on the japanese's cheeks was then evident because of what's being stated, he couldn't help but look away at how confident the skyscraper can be in saying that. it's not like he's wrong, neither is he embarrassing him, it just sounded new to shotaro.

but breaking the ice between them, the rice ball in the man's arms then shouted. ❝and i am osaki shizune!❞

❝yes, you are, baby onigiri.❞ booping their noses and earning an adorable chuckle from the girl, sungchan then commented. ❝your name suits you so much, loud.❞

knowing where this is going, shotaro gave the man a look. ❝don't you dare.❞

of course he won't dare— he won't dare saying it in front of their girl. and so, sungchan leaned down to the japanese's height and whispered to his ear. ❝just like you in bed.❞

hissing at him, shotaro raised his fist and motioned it to hit the taller male who's just laughing. thought, sungchan managed to dodge it as he ran along with a giggling onigiri in his arms. the japanese planned to catch up to him, but he paused midway in doing so as he noticed a group of kids standing right behind the door that's slightly opened.

taking quiet steps towards them, the japanese celebrity then crouched down and joined the kids in whatever they are doing. ❝hey, what's going on?❞

❝ahh—❞ quick to silence themselves up, they turned to shotaro and hushed him down, which the celebrity bit down a laugh at how hilarious they looked. it was as if they were tiny spies.

❝uncle marshmallow, shh.❞ the smart one between the twins then said, pointing at the small gap left by the door, showing what's inside.

the rebel one between the twins then began to explain, ❝dada and uncle sunshine is talking about something.❞

nodding her head, the female wong that joined the group in eavesdropping then continued. ❝uncle simba and uncle sunshine are fighting because of a baby.❞

meanwhile, no matter how serious they looked, the baby flower that's with them then exclaimed. ❝i'm going to have a baby brother!❞

being immersed to whatever they are doing, shotaro also jumped in to hushing dahyun up. and with then, the kids, including the japanese celebrity, leaned towards the door and began to listen as to what conversation they were having inside the room. but before they can even hear a word, the door was pulled opened from the inside and almost caused for the japanese to stumble forward.

❝what are you guys doing?❞ one thing they were right about, it sure was donghyuck and jaemin inside the room.

the five of them had horror in their faces as they were caught listening to the conversation, shotaro was even included in this. afraid that the two would begin scolding the kids, the japanese wrapped his arms around them and pulled children close to him, as if he was protecting them from their parent's wrath.

but dahyun just had to be bold enough to say something. ❝daddy and papa were fighting! i just wanted to check if papa is alright.❞

❝no, we aren't fighting, baby flower.❞ picking her up, donghyuck then showered his daughter with kisses. ❝we just need space, that's all.❞

❝and by space,❞ jaemin pinched the twins' ears as he gave them a sweet smile. ❝that means giving each other privacy, which you both failed to do today.❞

❝ah, ouch, dada!❞ the both of them painfully groaned in chorus.

giving the boys a look of sympathy, donghyuck felt sorry for them at how his friend is being a little bit too harsh, he then darted his attention to the female wong that's clinging to the japanese celebrity. ❝yanna, how about you go to your parents, hm? we'll handle these three.❞

pressing her lips to a thin line, she then gave her uncle sunshine a nod before uttering out an apology to her friends. she took a step back and then went sprinting away to a room where she is also sharing with her parents. in doing so, she was taken aback to hear her papa's shout as she was still about to push the door open. accidentally, she put too much weight in leaning forward that she had opened the door.

having to witness a sight of her dad looking like he's being scolding by her papa.

❝baby?❞ jungwoo then called, surprised to see their daughter being there. it also made him nervous in thinking that she might have heard the conversation they were having.

❝are you going to let dad sleep in the garage again?❞ yanna then asked in a tone which she was feeling bad for what her other father had to always endure.

covering it up with a chuckle, jungwoo hoped he can change to a different topic to talk about. ❝actually, i heard that—❞

but no, the girl was persistent to save her other father this time despite of not knowing the context of this situation. ❝papa, dad is a good guy! he doesn't deserve to be in the garage. if you're going to put him there, bring me with him too!❞

this got a little bit too serious, which yukhei had to hold himself back from laughing. though, it made his job easier when he received a glare coming from his husband. ❝ari big, how about we go join your big brother? let's also play beach volleyball!❞

❝if we'll play,❞ being carried up by her father, she then threw her arms over his shoulders. ❝you won't have to go sleep at the garage?❞

there's no garage in this beach house to begin with. all their cars are being parked outside lot and is being guarded incase of robbery. though, yukhei has to lie his way out of this as he didn't want to get himself more in trouble and maybe he'll literally might have to sleep at the parking lot for this.

but as they were making their way out of the room, yukhei just had to whisper to his husband. ❝how am i going to tell her that you got mad because i didn't give you a stick of cigar—❞

with a click of his tongue, jungwoo didn't hesitate to elbow the man's toned tummy, earning a groan from him. luckily, he managed to stop his husband from saying anything more before their daughter might ask them a dozen of things. ❝i'm going to talk to doyoung.❞

the mention of the name then caused the taller to snap his head at him, giving him a look of doubt.

sighing, jungwoo then gave him a kiss of reassurance. ❝we're just going to talk, okay? go play with the kids.❞

sulking for a short second, yukhei had no choice but to actually leave him be. what happened in the past for them stays in the past, which is why, he has nothing to worry about. though, he might still be hung up on it.

watching his husband's figure disappear from his sight, jungwoo began to march down the corridors and make his way to a familiar room where the person he wants to talk to is staying. he knew the family inside the room is sleeping, and this certain some is tired, but that didn't stop him from knocking the door in hopes that he'll be given time to talk about something important.

"doyoung, can we talk?" his voice then became muffled inside which the tired married couple is laying down on the bed and just hearing his knocks.

groaning, all the said man did was snuggle close to his partner instead of standing up and actually entertaining jungwoo. ❝taeil, go and open the door.❞

❝how about you do it? dumbass.❞ the older was also tired from his work, taking this opportunity in attending the youngest nakamoto's birthday to rest. even their girls here are tired. little min is sleeping soundly on his bed, while their little moon is playing with the iron figurine that her older sister owned.

❝i'm still sleeping.❞ he claimed as he still continued to talk and cuddle close to his husband.

taeil then rolled his as he flipped another page of the book he is reading, since his laptop is being confiscated by this sleeping man right here, so he can't watch his daily dose of dramas. ❝and i'm reading.❞

grumbling incoherent words, doyoung found a solution for it. ❝dami, baby? open the door and let your uncle uwu come inside.❞

given the opportunity to do that, the little moon had to ask permission, as she was taught to have manners that way. ❝can i go outside and play with eleven?❞

taking his eyes from the book he is reading, taeil came to notice how the girl's cheeks had a bright shade of red just for mentioning that name. it was already obvious on what's it about, but the principal decided not to speak a word on it. ❝sure, why not? be careful.❞

❝i will, papa!❞ leaving the figurines down the floor and forgot to clean it because of how excited she is to go out and meet her friends, dami then opened the door and left it that way after greeting her uncle.

rushing across the corridors, she sprinted down to the stairs and became more excited when she caught a glimpse of her closest friends playing in the living room. she wasted no time to get down, and even skipped some steps— which was a dangerous thing to do as she could slip.

which she did, at the last three steps.

she expected to have a certain someone that has a name as his number to be her prince charming to save her, but instead, she got a princess. literally. ❝cess?❞

running towards her just to catch her from falling just in time, the female suh then gave her a smirk as she placed her down the ground. ❝pipsqueak, saved your life there.❞

but that wasn't what she wanted. call her unappreciative, but dami preferred to have shi yi to be her shining armor, to be the prince in a white horse, to be the eric to her ariel, and to be the sun to her moon. however, it looks like someone else got awed at what happened.

that just happens to be justin, or goes by his famous nickname, "little sushi". ❝wah, cess was so cool!❞

❝yeah, barbie became ken all of a sudden.❞ sian joined in, snorting at the joke he made.

well, it was supposed to be funny, but the female suh just had to take it personally. ❝excuse you, ji sian, but i can be cool while still being barbie. i don't need to be ken just to prove myself.❞

❝and you ask why people are so boring. they just don't want to joke around since you always take them personally.❞ sian then said while rolling his eyes, back to his normal routine in arguing with the suh.

meanwhile, a pair of eyes was observing them by the sofa, just having his arms folded across his chest while having his brows furrowed in discomfort. not because he was uneasy in his spot right beside his dad, but he was bothered by the sight he's seeing— and that is watching those two boys complimenting the female suh nonstop. ❝what's so great about her?❞

hearing his question, hendery lifted his eyes up from his laptop and took time to stop focusing on his work for a while just to answer his son, ❝she's a suh, that's already a valid reason.❞

scoffing, it made eleven remember a story which his dada and papa had told him. ❝yeah, and my name was made out of jealousy since you got yourself associated with a suh, that just happens to be princess' papa.❞

slamming his laptop close, the ceo gave his son a smile that could kill. ❝shi yi, i never agreed to be exposed.❞

now being playful, eleven managed to talk back. ❝it was never an option, dad, it's a need to do so.❞

❝come here, you— hey!❞ placing the laptop down the sofa, hendery was obliged to run after his son that's escaping as he knew for a fact that he'd be doomed in his father's hands. why did yangyang and xiaojun have to go and buy food for tonight anyways? he didn't ask to be stuck with a spawn from hell.

in the middle of running around, eleven looked back to see how far his father is and how long he'll still be able to live. not paying attention to what's in front of him, the young xiao had bumped someone.

and with luck on his side, he had more to tease his father about. ❝dad, look, it's the suh you got in trouble with!❞

on the other hand, the thai male then tilted his head to the side out of curiosity. ❝hendery got in trouble because of me?❞

❝don't listen to him!❞ managing to catch up to him, the said man then covered his mouth before he says something more that can cause him embarrassment. the last time he felt this way was when xiaojun thought that he's yangyang's brother. ❝by the way, where's johnny hyung?❞

❝went out to help buy decorations for tonight.❞ ten said with a yawn, stretching his arms as he just woke up from a deep slumber at the backyard. ❝have you seen kun, by any chance?❞

nodding his head, hendery pointed at the front door with the thai male uttering a thanks after. he then made his way to the door and as he opened it, ten was quick to go back to hiding as he could see his friend being with his husband. not like he's against that, not at all, but he was just nervous and concerned on what will happen to those two, especially when the qian is having a severe condition. but as much as he wanted to go in between their conversation, ten wasn't rude enough to do that.

❝so, we do have a large group.❞ kun commented as he scanned his eyes around the beach, seeing these friends everywhere, and also their kids.

❝yep,❞ chuckling, hansol stood from beside as he accompanied his lover outside. ❝one big family.❞

❝we look happy.❞ however, his lips curved down to a frown, contradicting to what he said.

since hansol was busy admiring the place, since it has been a while since he came here, he never got to notice the younger's sudden change of expression. ❝because we are contented this way.❞

they are contented that way, which got kun thinking deeply and getting lost in the middle of his thoughts. ❝you are content in not having me.❞

what he had just stated caught the man off guard, making him divert his attention to him. ❝what do you mean? kun, we won't be complete without you.❞

❝but i'm not the kun you guys spent your future with.❞ the chinese uttered out unintentionally. that would have just stayed inside his head.

hansol had already suspected something the moment they got here. the younger had began to distance himself, and if it weren't for the man's courage to accompany him by the porch then the two of them wouldn't have a moment like this throughout the short vacation they are having. ❝kid—❞

shaking his head, kun gave the man a small smile. ❝anyways, i'll go to the kitchen and see what i can help.❞

seeing him walk away first, hansol followed from behind in hopes that they would stop and explain what's going on and why he's acting like this. ❝wait—❞

but before he can even catch up to his pace, his arm was being pulled back as soon as he went passed by the door. turning around, he then caught the expected thai doctor that has probably been listening to what they are talking about.

❝hansol, how many times do i have to tell you,❞ aware of how miserable the said male is, that still doesn't stop ten from reminding him. ❝stop chasing the past.❞

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