sunhee buckles her seatbelt, taking a deep breath as after a rush of an hour with lily crying after waking from her nap, jungkook not wanting to go to the hospital, and taehyung and jimin just not getting done with their fight, they finally made it in time for the appointment. it's the day lily is supposed get her regular checkup and dosage of vaccine since she was born. even jungkook has a shot pending from the last three months since he hid his immunisation card after he came to know that he still is a child and needs shots to prevent diseases.

taehyung and jimin are joining much casually. the latter didn't bother much for he needed one physical check up, especially about his weight to see how much progress he has made ever since he started hitting the gym two months ago. taehyung didn't have a problem but he had already declared that he was fit and didn't need any doctor's validation to prove him that. he's healthy at heart, mind and body, and he knows it.

sunhee just smacked his head, twisting his ear when she told him to get in the car and stop scaring jungkook about how huge the new needles are. she heard him going on about it for the whole day, telling the youngest boy about some bew scheme that includes using bigger, metal needles for preteens and adolescents. of course that made jungkook nervous, scared him even for the next thing he did was shut the door of his room and refuse to come outside unless sunhee promised that they won't go to the hospital.

it took a lot of time and effort convincing the boy that no doctors are so cruel to kids and taehyung was just messing with him. eventually she promised him that if the needle hurts him too much, they would have taehyung vaccinated as well. now it made taehyung give her a look, "for what?! no!" taehyung had protested, getting a tight smile from the mother who replied with, "you should've thought about that before scaring your little brother. now of course, you're going to get a shot first so the youngers aren't scared,"

taehyung groaned, finding no use of protesting and apologizing, and sat in the car with a frustrated expression, giving jimin something more to laugh about. this thing sunhee loved about their kids, jimin and taehyung especially, was that taehyung could be a brat, a naughty boy who'd tease and make fun of everyone, but when jimin came at him, even taehyung had to shut up. that is one of the reasons why jungkook goes to jimin to complain about taehyung bothering him.

"let's just go now," taehyung mutters.

"yeah let's go," jimin nods, "tae must be really craving an injection,"

"can you stop?" taehyung gives him an annoyed look, getting a smirk from the elder in return, while sunhee just shakes her head, focusing on driving rather than her elder sons bickering.

"what? you don't look so happy about it? needles are nothing, tae. not like they're gonna use 'big, metal' needles on your butt,"

"on the butt?" jungkook gasps.

"yeah, on your butt," taehyung hisses.

"no..." jungkook shakes his head quickly, shifting forward to peek at his mother's face with a worried look, "really mom? why on my butt? we can tell them to put it in my arm,"

"that's not something we decide, baby," sunhee says, "but don't worry, i'll be there with you,"

"but still..." jungkook mumbles, "i don't want other people to see or touch my butt, mamma,"

sunhee chuckles at that, ruffling the boy's hair which also makes jimin laugh lightly, patting jungkook's back. "it's okay. you can let the doctor's do their work. we all are going to be there with you," he says, assuring the youngest brother.

"yeah, and taehyungie's gonna cheer you up," sunhee teases, glancing at taehyung who looks at her with whining eyes, "aw, look at my baby. you don't wanna get a shot, tae?"

"aw, are you scared of needles baby?" jimin mimicks as well, mocking at taehyung, who just huffs and looks out of the window. "god, you're worse than lily. she's the one who should be crying, but she's sitting quietly as though we're going to the park,"

"no, she keeps screaming out of happiness when we go to the park, hyung," jungkook points out, turning to the baby sister buckled in her seat, staring outside with her round eyes and fingers in her mouth.

"right, she's actually sad," taehyung says, suddenly less sad about himself as he smiles, leaning closer to the baby. "i'll hold lily's hand when she gets a shot, so she won't be scared,"

jungkook hums softly, nodding his head and turns to jimin, "you hold my hand, so i won't be scared, okay?"

"okay," jimin smiles, hugging the boy and kisses his cheek, "you're so cute,"

jungkook grins at that, glancing at sunhee who is watching them with a fond smile through the mirror, "alright," she pouts at the youngest boy, "kookie has jiminie hyung, and lily has taetae with her, so should mamma leave now? i don't think anyone needs me here?"

"no," jungkook pulls himself straight, "it's not like that. we need you, mom. don't go,"

"aw, my baby," she pulls up in front of the hospital, quickly unfastening her seatbelt and turns to kiss jungkook's cheek, "let's go now. be a good boy, yeah?"

jungkook nods, getting out of the car with his hyungs while taehyung quickly takes lily out of her seat and carries her in his arms, smiling as he shows her around the news place, which is known as the city hospital. the baby is amazed by the huge building, so many people coming and going, and especially the wailing ambulance that passes them with it's red and blue light gleaming at the top.

they head inside once sunhee comes back after parking the car in place. sunhee confirms their appointment with the reception lady before taking the elevator up to the third floor. as they reach their, sunhee exchanges a polite smile with one of the nurses who leads them towards the doctor's cabin, "please wait here for a moment. dr. min is busy with a patient right now,"

"no problem," sunhee nods, taking a seat on the bench near by and nods for taehyung to give lily to her, if he didn't want to hold her anymore. taehyung sits beside her, making lily stand on her feet, holding her hands as she didn't let go yet. "come, jimin, kook, sit down,"

"i'm good," jimin says, glancing around to find the nurse from earlier walking towards them with two forms.

"please fill these forms out. we need to attach it to the kids' immunisation record,"

"sure," jimin nods, taking it from her when sunhee gestures him to. the nurse leaves and jimin takes a pen from the counter nearby, reading through the details, writing it down quickly for both lily and jungkook.

"done?" sunhee asks and jimin nods, "wait, show me,"

he sighs, sitting beside the mother to let her take a look at the form. skipping all the information, her eyes stop at the empty boxes in front of their fathers' name, "write jaesung's name there," she tells him softly.

"no need," jimin shakes his head, pointing at the mother's name which is very well spelling her name. "yours is enough. more than enough,"

"they're gonna come back and ask me to fill it,"

"say they don't have a father. not very uncommon,"

"jimin," she looks at the boy, "just write it, it's okay. he is their father,"

"i'll write your name again," he says and sunhee laughs, making him laugh a little too, "no, i mean. why do we have to mention him here? you didn't mention his name to jungkook's school. why now?"

"i don't know, you're right. let it be," she rolls her eyes, "sometimes i'm like, you guys need a father. but then seeing your fathers, it's like er no thanks"

jimin chuckles, nodding his head as he gives the form to taehyung, gesturing him to submit it at the counter. "jim," sunhee calls softly, getting a hum in response from him, letting her know that he's listening, "how will you react if i started dating again?"

"you're seeing someone?" jimin frowns.

"no, just asking," she shrugs her shoulders, smiling at lily who's now holding onto her, trying to climb on the seat. she makes her sit next to her and soon jungkook joins her as well, talking with her and pointing at the picture of some babies on the wall.

"you can tell me if you like someone, mom. i'll try to understand,"

"i know. that's why i'm talking to you, jimin," she chuckles, "although, i'm not seeing anyone. but you can always let me know if you are seeing someone who has a hot father,"

"no, that's weird!" the son shakes his head, "first of all, i'm not dating anyone. and second, if you start dating their father and maybe if you marry him, then what about me? i'll just be step-brother zoned,"

"right," sunhee nods slowly, laughing a little at jimin, "okay fine, i was just kidding. i'm not into dating— or marrying anymore. men are so stupid,"

"excuse me?"

"not all," she covers up quickly, pinching his cheek with a smile. the nurse returns in a moment, smiling at them as she lets them know that they can go inside now. sunhee stands up, carrying lily in her arms and looks over at jungkook, nodding her head to call him as well.

the boy takes a deep breath, holding onto the fabric of her top, close to her waist as he walks beside her quietly, hands sweating with nervousness and uncertainty regarding what the doctor might tell him. what if the injection hurts too much? what if they actually use a big metal needle on his butt? what if he's unhealthy? what if he is actually having a serious disease?

all of that is scary and makes him gulp, stepping closer to his mother with a pout, "send taehyungie first..." he mumbles, getting a weird look from the mentioned brother and jimin holds in his laugh.

"okay, fine," sunhee pats his back, entering the cabin and smiles at the doctor who is a lady, smiling back at her.

"sunhee! god, you finally found some time!" she chirps, standing up and opens her arms. sunhee chuckles lightly, shrugging her shoulders as she quickly moves forward and hugs the woman. when she pulls away the lady turns to the kids, cooing at the babygirl and ruffles jungkook's hair, "aw, these babies! did you miss me, kookie?"

jungkook's pulled out of his trance by the familiar face and voice, which makes him smile, suddenly a lot less scared than before as he steps forward, giving the lady a quick hug, "i missed you, aunty,"

"thank god!" she laughs and leans down to kiss his cheek, "but i think lily forgot me already,"

"maybe," he shrugs, "she's a baby, so she doesn't remember everyone,"

"ah is that so?" the doctor pretends not to know, making sunhee and the elder boys laugh at jungkook's genius grin as he nods to confirm his words. she shakes her head, turning to jimin and taehyung and pats their heads too, "someone grew up, hm?"

"of course," taehyung grins, "but forget about that. when did you even come here? i didn't know you were the doctor we're visiting,"

"yeah," jimin joins in, "weren't you in daegu? is yoongi hyung here too?"

"not yet," the woman replies, gesturing her hand for them to sit as she takes her seat too, "his mid sems are going on right now. he'll come after he's done with that,"

"ah okay," jimin nods, "but, it's so good to see you here,"

"aw, same here, jiminie," she smiles warmly.

"nobody's talking to me, should i leave?" sunhee complains, hugging her daughter, "me and my baby are feeling so left out,"

"ah, sorry," the older woman laughs, "how's work?"

"good," sunhee says, "but i think we should save the talking for later. don't you have more patients after us?"

"no, you're the last ones. after this i'll be done for today,"

"that's nice, why don't you go home with us then?" sunhee suggests, and the elder shrugs her shoulders, "oh c'mon, yoona unnie! you can't say no to me,"

"yes, aunty! you should come with us," jungkook nods.

"hm, alright if kookie wants," she smiles, pinching the boy's cheek and stands up, putting the stethoscope around her neck, "now come, let's see if kookie's growing up well or not,"

"i'm growing up well," he says, going to her and stands up on the weighing machine after taking off his shoes. the numbers change on the little screen in front of him that is more cartoonish, like a smiling elephant, stopping after a few seconds, getting a smile from yoona as she notes it down in his health report.

"that's good," she says, "give me some diet tips, jungkook. aunty's getting a little chubby these days,"

"i eat chicken and kimchi, you should eat that too," he grins and leans over the bar, pinching his aunt's cheek as well, "you're cute,"

"you're cuter," she gushes, hugging the boy and looks over at sunhee, "i'm gonna kidnap him and keep him with me,"

"i'll go with you. there's yoongi hyung," jungkook says.

"i'll ask him to come quickly, okay?" yoona says, "now come this side," she says, making him stand on another platform that has a height measuring scale against the wall.

"am i tall?" jungkook looks up, getting a chuckle from the doctor.

"yes, and you have a lot of time to grow up more,"

"that means you're short," taehyung sniggers, peeking at the numbers by jungkook's heads, "just 142, that's small,"

"he's eleven, tae," sunhee sighs.

"yeah, he can always eat and play more to grow taller," yoona says, giving jungkook a high five, which makes the boy happy, nodding his head for he too wants to grow tall.

"i'll be taller than tae and jiminie,"

"nope," taehyung shakes his head, "i'll be the tallest,"

"you're still growing too, taehyungie," yoona chuckles, "all of you. boys continue growing till 20-21,"

"i have four more years," jimin says.

"five for me," taehyung nods in determination.

"nine for me," jungkook says, "and a lot of years for lily," the women laugh at his words.

"alright, let's check lily now," yoona says. sunhee nods, making the baby stand on the weighing machine which she probably doesn't like for she lifts up her leg, trying go back, however she ends up falling on her butt. the elders chuckle at her, so she doesn't cry either, sitting on the machine with her curious round eyes staring around the cabin that has a lot cartoon animals, smiling and some even having dialogue bubbles as they tell the kids what to eat and how to stay more heathy.

lily stands up and looks up, staring at the elephant that tells weight in numbers, showing hers too, making her squeal, tapping on the rod attached to it excitedly. "she thinks that's elly," jungkook laughs.

"ah right," jimin smiles amusingly, "all blue colored cute looking elephants are elly to her,"

"elly is a toy?" yoona asks.

"yeah, her favourite stuffed animal," taehyung grins, "i got it from my pocket money for her,"

"that's adorable, tae. you're a good big brother,"

"thanks," he smiles proudly.

"he never got me anything," jungkook rolls his eyes.

"i did. try to remember the soccer ball you have,"

"i got that," jimin says.

"well, then how about those new colors?"

jungkook hums, recalling the big set of colors which includes, plastic crayons, pencil colors, wax crayons and some paint too. taehyung got it for jungkook on his birthday and the boy loved it. jimin gave him a soccer ball along with a whole set of sports equipments since jungkook loves to play no matter what sport it is. it was a baseball kit and a taekwondo outfit just like jimin's, just smaller in size, so jungkook could learn some martial arts too. that was the last time all the cousins and ther mothers got together. to celebrate jungkook's birthday as everyone was in busan at that time.

"is lily healthy?"

"yes, both of you are healthy," yoona replies, handing lily a candy for being a good girl and sitting quietly while she checked her heartbeat, eyes, tongue and ears too. "has she started running and all?"

"yes. she's never at one place at home," sunhee says.

"that's a good sign," yoona chuckles, "what about some listening and understanding?"

"she knows hello and bye-bye," jungkook says, sitting in front of his sister and waves his hand, getting a wave back from the baby. "bye-bye, lily,"

"bah!" lily waves her hand quickly, using both hands extended out towards jungkook.

"she xan say a few words and understand a little bit," sunhee says, "but most of it is what the boys teach her,"

"tae and kook mostly," jimin adds, "they're weird. taehyung was making her do push ups two days ago,"

"she did it well," taehyung says, "i was trying to see if i can do some. and you won't believe me, lily could do it better!"

yoona laughs at that, her eyes fixed on the injection in her hand as she's taking up the dosage of the vaccine and hums, pushing a few drops out until there's no air inside and shifts closer to lily, "now lily will take the shot real quick," she cooes at the calm baby who's sitting on the table, playing with the beautiful paper weight placed beside her. her attention shifts to her aunt, then at the hand holding the injection, "what's lily's favourite thing to do?" she asks, "guys, talk to her,"

"oh yeah," jimin and taehyung nod quickly, stepping forward. the latter holds her hand like he promised and leans closer to peck her lips.

"we're gonna go home and play with elly," he says, smiling at her.

"and we can also go to the park," jimin cooes, touching her chubby cheek gently with his index finger. the baby blabbers something, touching jimin's face, moving to crawl towards him but yoona quickly makes her lay on her tummy while sunhee tugs on her shorts and diaper, exposing the soft, milky skin of the baby for the shot.

lily whines under the hold, moving her arms and kicking her legs in protest, gradually realising that something's off. the brothers step in action, taehyung holding her hands, jimin patting her back and jungkook talking about the most random things to keep her distracted from the pinching needle pain.

"hey, shh," jimin shifts his chair closer, resting his chim on his free arm and nuzzles his nose in lily's cheek, "why's my lily crying? lily's a strong baby, isn't she?"

lily blabbers out some words, mixed with gurgles and drool dripping from her chin, yet a word that makes jimin chuckle is 'oppa'. he hums in response, glancing at the doctor, realising that she's done and has pressed a cotton on the spot where the vaccine was given. jimin carries her up quickly, rocking lightly on the chair while rubbing her back, the other hand keeping the cotton in place.

"it's okay, we're done," he assures, "no more shots for our princess, hm? oppa's gonna scold everyone who makes his little baby cry,"

taehyung pats her head too, leaning down with a kiss and smiles in front of her face, "don't cry, tiger. we're the strong ones, right?" he kisses her again, and eventually lily calms down, not crying anymore.

"good girl," jimin pulls away, cradling her in his arms and wipes her tears, "there, lily looks so pretty now,"

"they're so cute," yoona smiles softly, turning to sunhee, "you're lucky,"

"i am," sunhee chuckles, "it really brings me peace seeing them like that. all of my kids are so precious, especially when i see their bond. both tae and jimin love their younger siblings a lot. tae might fight with kook a lot, but i know he can't go a day without jungkook calling him hyungie,"

"your kids are beautiful," yoona says.

"mm-hmm," sunhee nods, rubbing her eyes slightly and calls jungkook over, getting the boy's attention, "come, it's your turn now,"

"no..." jungkook mumbles, stepping on the other side of jimin, shaking his head.

"oh it's okay, jungkook. it doesn't hurt that much," yoona assures, "i'll make sure it's not to bad, okay?"

"no, it hurts," he refuses, "i'm healthy. i don't need shots,"

"all kids need shots if they wanna stay healthy and not fall sick every now and then. come here, your mom is right here, she'll stay by your side,"

"yeah, go," jimin pats his back, "you're a strong boy, kook,"

jungkook pouts, but makes his way to them with a heavy heart, sitting on the bed and shifts closer to his mother, "hold my hand..." he mumbles. sunhee does as he says, also wrapping her arm around him in a hug and kisses his cheek.

"look at me," she says, "let yoona aunty do her work. you talk to me. should we go get some pastries after this?"

"yeah," jungkook mumbles sadly, peeking at mother's sister, who's opening a new syringe, "is it for my butt?"

"i'm sorry, yes," yoona replies, "hip, more precisely,"

the elder brothers look at jungkook, smiling knowingly as jungkook seems scared, leaving no opportunity to snuggle closer to sunhee, hoping she would save him from this torture. taehyung pulls up quickly as the boy's made to lay down, and drapes his arm over jungkook, standing nearby, taking support from the bed, "what? are you really that scared?" he asks.

"yeah..." jungkook hums, gulping nervously, "you're not doing it first. you're so bad,"

"i'm done taking shots when i was younger, kook," he says, "both me and jimin had those. and trust me we used to cry a lot. right mom?"

"yeah," sunhee smiles, understanding how taehyung was casually striking up a conversation to distract jungkook and also blocking the sight of yoona having the injection. "tae used to cry so much. do you know, kook, one time we went to get him vaccinated and he started crying even before the doctor did anything,"

jimin laughs, "yeah, and you said that all the other kids started crying too because he looked so terrified,"

"he was two years old then," sunhee laughs, stroking jungkook's hair, "taehyung was so mischievous and loud as a baby,"

"he's still mischievous and loud," jungkook giggles.

"okay yeah," taehyung mocks at him, glancing over his shoulder and sighs in relief when the process is done and yoona gives him a thumbs up. "did you feel something?"

jungkook stops smiling, peeking at yoona who shows him the empty syringe and gives an impressive smile, "look, it's done and you didn't even feel it. that's how strong boys are," she says.

"yeah," jungkook lets out, breaking into a proud smile as he gets off the bed quickly, standing in front of his mother and hyungs, once he has fixed his pants, "i didn't even feel it. i didn't cry like tae hyungie, mamma!"

"yes, jungkookie is my strong boy," sunhee ruffles his hair, while yoona brings two chocolates from her desk drawer, giving one to jungkook and one to lily.

"aunty," jimin calls, handing lily to their mom and stands up, "i wanted to check my weight...?"

"sure, get up here," yoona nods at the weighing machine, standing nearby and asks, "exercising?"

"a little," jimin grins, "i started two months ago. not anything heavy, just light morning stretches, jogs, and sometimes even made it to the gym,"

"you're still young for the gym part, jimin,"

"i'm seventeen. not that young," he says, "and i wanted to loose some weight,"

"okay, but not from your face," yoona pinches his cheeks, "these are adorable,"

sunhee laughs, nodding in agreement, "i told him the same. workout all you want, but don't you dare try get rid of your cute cheeks,"

"aish!" jimin ends up chuckling, pulling his head as he gets down from the weighing machine.

"yes, hyungie. i like your cheeks," jungkook says, getting a nod from taehyung too. "and lily likes them too. she always tries to eat your cheeks when she kisses you,"

"okay okay, i get it, you guys like my cheeks," jimin scrunches up his face, "now, if we're done here, should we go home?"

"ah yes," taehyung chirps, "aunt yoona, you're coming with us. let's go home and call yoongi hyung,"

"okay, let's go," yoona takes off her stethoscope, telling her assistant nurse that she'll be leaving now. taehyung walks the fastest, already near the elevator, mentally relieved that he didn't have to go through a check up. they should just leave before sunhee remembers it and takes him back to a doctor, who unfortunately won't be aunt yoona, since he has grown out of the pediatric range and would need a general doctor.

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a/n- this is for all those readers who were missing little kook calling his brothers hyungie😁😁 i hope you liked it, please vore and comment if you did!

aleo fid u see the new cover?