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"but i like blue!"

"i know, but this also looks nice."

"but it's not blue..." lily pouts at the brother, pushing his hand away, that's holding a cute pair of shorts like the one she wished to get for herself. however, now the problem happens to be the color. lily likes blue color, but the fabric in taehyung's hand is beige. she sighs deeply, picking up the blue colored shorts and turns to face the brother.

"fine." he hums and hands her the beige ones too. "just try these as well. i think you'll absolutely adorable in both the colors."

"okay." lily smiles now, walking next to taehyung all along the aisle, picking up a cute top in the middle, gasping as she shows it to elder brother. "this?"

"it's adorable, bubs. but i think it's for big girls." he chuckles, tilting his head to see the small crop top, with speghetti straps.

"you 'no like it, oppa?" she asks, glancing at the top then up at her brother.

"it's not like that. you can get it in your size, if they have it." taehyung shakes his head dismissively, throwing his arm around lily's shoulders, heading towards the changing cabins.

lily hums to herself, looking around, suddenly finding a cuter dress. she puts the top down, pulling taehyung to the nearby aisle and points at the pastel green gress. it's a simple one, with a flare that starts right after the chest part, giving it an adorable look. but, it's also pretty small. "oppa, can i get this one?" lily pleads, "it's so pretty!"

taehyung hums, picking out the dress and nods his head, holding it in front of lily, "i think it'll fit you." he says, "you like it?"

"yes!" she smiles widely, touching the small sleeves made out of net, giving it a puffy, cute look. "i'll try it on, okay?"

"yeah," taehyung chuckles, ruffling lily's hair, holding all the clothes she has chosen so far in one arm. with the other hand, he's being pulled towards the trial sections. a woman just steps out of a cabin, and lily quickly takes it up, holding out her arms for taehyung to give her the clothes she has to try.

"i'm right here." he says, sitting down on one of the sofa stools. lily flashes him a smile before shutting the door, leaving taehyung by himself to wait for her.

with a sigh, he pulls out his phone, tapping on the younger brother's name in his call log, and brings the phone closer to his ear. after a few rings, jungkook answers the call, laughing nervously, "i'm a little lost, hyung..." he mumbles, "where are you guys?"

"i saw you flirting with that girl, dumbass." taehyung hisses, "anyway, just come to the second floor kids' section. lily's trying on her clothes. she wants you to see them too."

"yeah sure." jungkook hums and taehyung hangs up, shaking his head at the younger brother.

he scrolls through his instagram feed, liking a few posts from his friends and brothers, even commenting on some, until he has successfully passed a few minutes. jungkook plops down next to him before glancing at the door, taking too long in whatever she's trying to wear.

"why's she taking so long?" taehyung groans to himself, "lily, are you done, honey?" he asks, throwing a ball at the door, which quickly earns him a look from the woman working near by. "sorry."

"damn," jungkook mutters, tilting his head as his eyes move up and down the girl's body. she's wearing a black skirt with a white blouse and an identity card hangs from her neck. "hyung, behave yourself." he nudges the elder with a smirk.

"shut it." taehyung chuckles, totally understanding why jungkook can't help but look back at the woman. she's such a vision. a tight skirt, fitting blouse, hair down and a peircing gaze.

"she's staring at you. go, hit her up." jungkook whispers, patting taehyung's shoulder and pushes him forward, forcing the elder to stand up. "go, hyung. i'll keep lily busy here."

"you're an asshole, kook." taehyung mutters, heaving out a deep breath, but walks over in the girl's direction. he's almost there when lily opens the door and steps out with the widest smile, calling for him to come and see her outfit.

"it looks great." jungkook says, standing up and holds lily's hand, turning her around to check the clothes 360 degrees and nods in approval, "cute. you can get these." he says, feeling the fabric of the top and hums. "it shouldn't irritate your skin either."

"yes, but it's a little warm." lily says.

"that's because it's new. when we've washed it once, it'll be better."

"okay. um, where's tae oppa going?" she asks, almost turning back, but jungkook cups her face, keeping her attention on him and the clothes.

"restroom. he'll come back soon. you try on the rest of the clothes quickly, so we can get going. i'm starving now."

"okay..." lily hums, glancing back and sighs on not finding taehyung nor the girl who was standing there before she went inside the cabin. she looks at jungkook, who's back on his seat, whistling casually, texting someone on his phone, however he looks up briefly when a girl passes him.

lily shakes her head in disappointment, hating that she caught him checking the girl out. gulping down thickly, lily looks down, going back inside and comes out in a minute, dressed in her own clothes. "hey, what happened? you don't wanna try on the rest?" jungkook asks.

"no." she mumbles, sitting down next to jungkook and leans onto him, "i'm tired. let's go home, koo."

"you must be hungry." jungkook hums softly, wrapping his arm around the little sister and leans down to kiss her cheek. "cheer up, bunny. we'll get something to eat before leaving, alright?" he assures, pulling her up and picks up all the clothes lily had selected for herself, dumping them all in a cart and sends her a wink, "how can we leave our princess's stuff?"

lily ends up smiling at that, hugging jungkook's waist from the side as she walks with him, glancing up at his face, telling herself that her brother is one of the nicest guys out there, who loves her a lot. her smiles settles to a relieved one on making sure that her brother is not someone whom other girls fear or don't like.

"koo, down." lily grins, cupping jungkook's face when he leans down, waiting for her to whisper whatever secret she had for him in his ear. however, she presses her lips on his cheek, giggling against his skin before pulling away. "you're the best brother in the whole world!"

"okay?" he chuckles. "what's with the sudden outburst of love?"

"it's not sudden, i love you all the time." lily says with a gasp, staring at him with a look of betrayal that jungkook thinks his sister doesn't always love him.

"i know, pretty. 'was just kidding." he smiles, stopping by the cashier's desk where lily helps him put the clothes on the desk, while he makes the payment. "how much do these cost?" he mumbles, peeking at a random tag and sighs, nodding his head, realising that it's all taehyung's choice of brands. obviously they have to be expensive.

"is it too much, koo?" lily asks, holding her favourite green dress and gulps, "can i just this one too, please? i won't take that one if it's too much."

"no, no, it's fine." jungkook shakes his head and glances at the man, "please put them in bags."

"sure, sir. that would be additional charges. will that be okay?"

"yeah." jungkook hums, unlocking his phone and leaves a quick text for taehyung to get straight to the food section. the man prepares all the bags, getting a brief smile from jungkook and a wide one from lily. she picks up two of the bags, leaving the other two for jungkook.

"have a good day. please visit again." the man says with a formal smile.

"good day!" lily says, waving at the man, earning a surprised look from, however he quickly smiles at her and waves back.

jungkook holds the bags in one hand, holding lily's hand in the other, walking out of the store with the little sister humming happily with all the shopping she got to do with her brothers. it's been a few minutes, but taehyung's still not back from the restroom, as jungkook told lily. she's sitting with jungkook in a café, looking at the menu and deciding what she needs to order, while jungkook is again on his phone. texting.

"i wan' cold coffee today." lily sighs after a lot of reading, getting a smile from the brother.

"and anything to eat?" he asks.

"dunno." she shrugs, resting her chin in her palm as she watches jungkook being captured by his phone. lily huffs at him standing up and fixes her dress, "i'm going to the toilet." she says, earning a nod from the elder brother, which she doesn't mind and marches off.

instead of going to the restroom, lily takes a deep breath, glancing back to make sure jungkook wasn't watching her. he's not. lily heads towards the escalators going up, wanting to look for taehyung herself. he cannot be taking so long in the restroom. she knows jungkook lied to her about where their elder brother went, and lily needs to find out. they cannot keep disappearing on her on special days like today.

all three of the brothers barely have time to go out with lily, and when they do it ends up like this. only jimin ever sticks with lily and prioritises her during their day-out's. jungkook does too, but only if the place interests him, like a gaming place or amusement park. taehyung, if he's alone with lily, will have all of his attention on her, but if he sees anyone else who can entertain the sister for a while, he likes to take breaks.

and lily hates this.

shaking her head, she heads straight to the store from where she got her clothes from. taehyung isn't here. huffing in frustration, lily turns back and makes her way to the restroom, stopping in front of the signs, different for men and women. she waits there for a while, thinking of the rudest word she knows and says it in her mind, because openly she cannot riak anyone hearing it.

jimin clearly said cursing is bad.

but this situation right now is driving lily nuts- nuts! she huffs, mumbling to herself in tiny, the bad-est word she knows, "fuck..."

then she looks up again, determined to go in and look for her brother herself. but it's men's restroom. lily gulps down with hesitation, walking up to the door and waits for another minute, getting startled as a man walks out right then, frowning at her.

"are you waiting for someone, kid?" he asks.

"um, yes. my oppa. is he inside?" lily asks, peeking behind him through the small creak left between the door and the wall.

"oh, but there's no one inside."

"no one...?" lily pouts, stepping back and nods, "okay." she mumbles, going towards the ladies restroom instead. taehyung must be somewhere around, and lily will still go to find him, but after using the toilet herself. she drank some water earlier and haven't had the chance to go to the toilet for a few hours now.

still a little upset and mind busy figuring out about taehyung, she pushes the door of the restroom, suddenly stopped by it. it doesn't open. she frowns, pushing it again with more force, but it still wouldn't open. "is it stuck?" she mumbles to herself, hitting her palm on the door, hoping that if someone was inside they'll pull it open for her. "is someone in there? please open the door!" she calls out, knocking again, however when she receives on response, she assumes there's nobody inside.

lily groans in annoyance, about to leave and go back to the floor below to use the washrooms there, when a familiar voice enters her ears. "tae oppa..." she whispers, staring at the door and sticks closer, placing her ear against the wooden frame, trying to listen if it was really him.

"someone's at the door."

that's definitely him. lily gasps, grabbing the knob and twists it a little, "yes! lily's at the door!" she gasps, knocking, "oppa?"

she's suddenly more worried than angry, on hearing taehyung sounding like he was in pain. is someone hurting him? why is he in the ladies restroom? did someone kidnap him and is now hurting him? fear glistens in her eyes, suddenly recalling jimin telling her about the bad people who force others to do bad things and make them really uncomfortable.

lily would never want her brother to go through such people. the pout on her lips stays there, now tears accompany her worried expression too, as she frantically tries to open the door and save her elder brother. nothing happens, in fact, now she can hear a high pitched voice too. it's a girl with him.

"oppa..." lily steps back, looking around for help, which although isn't needed for the door opens with a click and there's taehyung standing there. the little girl pouts at him, breaking into sob, more out of relief than worry now, as she's happy to see that taehyung is fine.

he blinks a few times, glancing back at the girl, whom lily still hasn't spotted. so, taking advantage to lily's dull mood, he carries her up, placing one hand on the back of her head, consoling her, while at the same time nodd for the woman to leave quietly. to his dismay, the girl is way more into him than he would've liked, for even when he's carrying a crying child, she leans from his free side and dares to kiss taehyung's cheek, mouthing him to call her.

'go' is all taehyung responds with, gesturing towards the door, sighing when she finally leaves.

"oppa, you' okay?" lily mumbles between sniffling, cupping taehyung's face and leans closer, a sad pout resting on her tinted lips. "i was so worried about you..."

"i'm fine, darling. why are you crying?" he speaks sweetly to her, making her sit by the sink and turns the faucet on, wetting his fingers under the water before wiping off his sister's cute cheeks.

"because 'was worried for you," she mumbles, hugging him again. "don' go away again, okay?"

"okay. as my little tiger says. is there anything else bothering lily?" he asks, wiping her face with his handkerchief and smiles softly, pecking her lips. "there's my pretty girl. c'mon tell me, what made this pretty baby cry?"

"you." lily huffs, earning a confused look from taehyung. "oppa, what was you doing? and why are you in the girls' washroom?" lily asks, pulling back only to look taehyung's face. "boys don't come in girls' washroom, right?"

"yeah... i'm sorry." he mumbles.

lily pouts at him, shaking her head and slips down to stand straight after pulling herself out of his embrace, leaving taehyung frowning in confusion. "you don't say sorry. you leave us e'rytime and go away with different noonas. i saw you one time kissing one noona, when- when we went out together. you don't wan' hang out with lily... you only like other noona and wan' spend time with her, oppa? koo is also like that. only jiminie oppa is nice..." she says, rubbing her eyes and holds his hand, pulling him to the door. before he tries to explain anything, she pushes him out of the restroom and closes the door, not locking it, of course.

"lily?" taehyung calls, "i'm sorry, princess. please don-"

"go out! it's girl's washroom!" lily whines, smacking taehyung's hand when he tries to hold her, and steps back, "go away! i will come when i'm done!"

taehyung pauses for a second, agreeing, for he cannot afford any unnecessary attention right now and nods, raising his arms up as a surrendering gesture. "fine. i'm waiting here for you, okay?" he says softly, to which lily doesn't reply and goes back inside.

she enters a cubicle, helping herself on the toilet and sighs, wondering why taehyung and jungkook are so weird. she just can't understand why they must go after every other girl and kiss her, or maybe even do weirder things. that's yucky! she shakes her head, fixing her undies and the dress, then flushes the toilet, before heading out. she stands by the sink, raising herself up a little on her tippy-toes, washing her hands with difficulty as the faucets are too far away, the counter being a longer than usual, which ends up in the front of her dress getting wet.

lily whines in frustration, holding the fabric away from her skin and walks to the door, opening it with a pout and teary eyes, "oppa, help..." she breaks into a sob, making taehyung instantly approch her and kneel down, patting her side.

"don't cry, baby. it's just water, it'll dry up in no time." he says and lifts her up, walking inside to the dryer and takes lily's hand, holding it infront of the machine, getting blows of air out. taehyung lets lily down and positions her right in front the mouth of the machine, aiming the air on her dress and pats her head, "it'll dry quickly like this."

however, lily's cries never lessen. she turns away from the wind, hugging taehyung and sobs on his shoulder, "what's wrong, tiger? please, don't cry." he kisses the side of her head, stroking her head with his one hand, while the other is drawing circle on her back, trying his best to calm the child down.

"i' scared..." she cries.

"scared of what? oppa's right here with lily. there's nothing to be scared of, right?"

"oppa forgettin' lily... oppa no' wan' lily any more..."

taehyung sighs deeply, pulling the little girl tighter into the hug and lowers his head in the small space between her neck and shoulder, leaving a soft peck there as he smiles sadly, "i'm sorry if i made you think that way, lily. oppa really loves you and will never ever forget his favourite girl." he says and adjusts his posture, making lily sit on one leg, kneeling on the floor with the other. "just because i talk to other girls, doesn't mean i forget my princess. those girls are not important, kiddo. if i don't like them i can break up with them... it's just- you won't understand it right now. you're too young to know everything. but try to trust your oppa, lily. i can forget everything in the world, but never my baby girl." he smiles kissing her palm and wipes her tears as she's distracted from crying, listening to his pretty words.

"promise, oppa?" she asks.

"promise." he hums, linking his pinky with lily's and places another kiss on top. "these girls will come and go, but you know who's going to stay with me?"

"lily...?" she guesses, earning a smile from taehyung as he nods.

"that's my precious girl." taehyung hums, "always remember this, whether it's me, kookie or jiminie, all three of us love our lily first, then anyone else in the world falls next in the list."

lily nods, standing up and hugs taehyung, "lily loves oppa too..." she sniffles.

"i know." he chuckles, turning her around now, so that the air falls on her dress and dry it faster. "okay, now one more thing. what you saw today has to be a secret, yeah?"

"you here?" lily glances at him, turning her head to the side as taehyung nods, massaging his temples at the traumatic flashback of the moment when he saw lily at the door. "but why? why was you here?"

"uh because the other restroom was all occupied, and there was a janitor outside, y'know she said i could use this one. i really had to use the toilet." taehyung lies, earning a look from lily that shows how she doesn't believe him at all. "please don't tell anything to anyone, princess. they're gonna make fun of me for going in the ladies' restroom, yeah?"

"you shouldn't go here." lily huffs, "you're a bad boy, tae oppa. if you behave like this, nobody will marry you."

taehyung blinks a few times, nodding gradually, "uh yeah, you're right. i'll be good now, i promise. so will you keep this a secret?"

"m'kay," lily nods. "but- but i think you're still bad."

"no, tiger. i've changed, really." he insists, but lily shakes her head. "alright, tell me what do i have to do to make you believe me?"

"taetae be a good boy and listen to lily." she says, facing him completely, as her dress is dry now. taehyung nibbles on his lip, understanding the trick his eight-year-old sister is playing at him, knowing that he wouldn't risk saying no to her.

"fine." he agrees. "i'll do as lily says. does that make you happy now?"

"little bit." lily nods,, holding taehyung's hand and walks out of the restroom with him, "i'm hungry, oppa."

"yeah, let's go and eat." he hums, "uh, but before that, just wait here, okay? give me a second." he says, and before lily questions him about anything, he disappears behind the door of the gents' restroom. lily frowns in confusion, wondering if he couldn't go back in the ladies' one.

"oppa...!" lily whines, crouching down with a pout and tears returning in her eyes, earning a worried glance from a man who is heading towards the restroom. he stops by the child, crouching down as well and pats her shoulder asking if she was okay, which only makes lily whine louder and eventually break into a sob.

"hey hey, don't cry. what's wrong, kid?" the man asks.

"oppa..." lily cries. her right fist rubs her eye, while the other hand points at the door with the standard 'male' symbol.

"your oppa is in there? do you want me to call him for you?"

"mm," lily nods, staring hopefully at the door as the man goes inside quickly. very soon the door opens again, this time taehyung walks out with a big sigh, glancing back once to send a grateful smile towards the man who very generously told him that his sister has been crying for him outside. taehyung carries lily up without a word and lets her stick to him, resting her head on his shoulder.

it doesn't take him long to reach on the floor below, as he had called jungkook to ask where he was, only to hear the younger panicking and saying that he lost lily. however, the matter is settled between the two brothers, when they meet, both sighing in relief for different reasons. when taehyung takes a seat for himself and pats lily's back, moving her a little on his lap, he realises that she was actually tired and cranky all this while and now fallen asleep. so, all those tears and random outbursts of love and jealousy were just signs for the elder brother to realise that his little baby needed to sleep.

"but she hasn't eaten anything." jungkook says, glancing at the kid's face and sighs, sipping his coffee while taehyung drinks his boba tea.

"she'll eat later. let's not wake her up right now. i can't deal with more crying." taehyung mutters.

"what are you talking about?" jungkook frowns.

"lily almost saw me with the girl in the restroom, and got upset because we were supposed to hangout with her and i, like an asshole, left her side."

jungkook sniggers at that, nodding his head, "she called you an asshole?"

"i'm sure she meant to call me that. just didn't have the word." taehyung sighs, glancing down at lily and strokes her side gently, "my poor child, i made her cry a lot. i feel terrible."

"well, how did you even get caught?"

"she came to restroom..."

"wait, so she saw you fucking that girl?" jungkook whispers, eyes wide as he stares at the elder brother.

"fortunately, no. but still... it's awful." taehyung cringes.

"you have told me worse things, just go on."

"we have lily with us, you dipshit."

"yeah, right." jungkook shakes his head, finishing up his coffee and sighs, "we should get going now, i guess, since lily's sleeping."

taehyung hums, picking up his cup and gestures jungkook to carry the child, which he does quickly, also holding two of the shopping bags in his hands, leaving the rest for taehyung. "i've paid already." he lets taehyung know, when he watches the elder pulling out his wallet, earning a sigh as taehyung stands up too, keeping the wallet back and picks up his drink in one hand, holding the other bags too and heads out after jungkook.

the way back home is particularly quiet, with frequent glances to his right, where jungkook is holding a sleeping lily on his lap. heaving out a deep breath, taehyung enters the mansion gate, praying for lily to just forget about what she saw entirely. he cannot bear explaining everything to jimin, especially the part that he went off entertain himself with a random girl he saw in the mall.

if lily wasn't with him, taehyung could gladly share the incident with jimin. he's the closest person to taehyung to ever exist, and sharing details like these wasn't a big deal between the two brothers. they've known worst things about each other ever since their young days, from risky text messages to their crushes, random hook ups, first alcohol experiences, first dating experiences, first break ups, and even possible fatherhood moments (that scared them both to death). however, this time taehyung knows jimin won't have the kind of reaction he always has.

"are you gonna talk to hyung or just keep it a secret?" jungkook asks, when taehyung pulls up right in front of the mansion. the elder male thinks for a moment, not having an answer and glances at jungkook.

"what would you do if it were you in my place?"

"probably hide it." jungkook heaves out, adjusting lily in his arms before opening the door, "jimin hyung takes the role of lily's dad pretty seriously, and i don't think anyone would like to hear about their eight-year-old daughter, or even sister for that matter, to have witnessed sex. even if it was two adults and no matter how consensual it was. lily's just a child and the truth is that she just shouldn't see it."

taehyung is left alone in the car, staring blankly at the door as jungkook gets out of the car and kicks the door to shut it close, heading inside the mansion with the little girl. he sits like that for a few minutes, lost in thoughts, wondering how someone can be as careless as him. it could've been anyone else to easily walk in on him almost having sex at a public place, and he already has plenty of people knowing him. it could be such a scandal.

groaning against the steering, taehyung curses the air around him, hitting his hand forward, which makes the car honk awkwardly. groaning again, taehyung gets out of the car, handing the keys to the guard and pushes his hair back in frustration, "get the shopping bags inside."

"yes, sir."

•••

it's almost eight. safe, so far. lily has been acting pretty normal, as though she had forgotten what happened earlier in the mall. after waking up, she was far less cranky than she was being a few hours before, even gave jimin a fashion show with all her new clothes and shoes that jungkook and taehyung have bought her. after receiving plenty of praises from jimin, she happily agreed to let him feed her too, while talking to seokjin on video call, telling him too about what all she got from the mall.

and now she's sitting on taehyung's lap, facing the big curved screen in front of them, where the brother plays videogames with people online. lily glances up at his face, then back at the screen and leans forward, picking up his glass, half filled with beer from the can that is still half full, sitting right next to the cup.

"no." taehyung says briefly, eyes pinned on the screen, hissing when he misses a shot.

lily frowns at him, assuming that he's talking to someone in the game, since he has his headset on and he often talks to people through it. "i'm talking to you, tiger. don't touch that." he hums deeply, shaking his head for lily to back away.

"why?" she asks and picks up the cup anyway, bringing it up to taehyung's lips, "is it yummy?"

"no." he sighs, chugging down the entire beer at once, leaving the cup in lily's hand, who pretends to drink like him, except that all she gets really is air. she hums to herself, inspecting the pretty looking transparent cup, holding with both her hands and brings it to her mouth again, but pulls away last minute to look up at taehyung, "oppa, water."

"it's there. take it." lily follows the direction he cocks his head in, slipping down from his lap and gets the water bottle. she struggles to open the lid, ending up with a frown for it's too tight for her little strength, making her pout and place it on taehyung's lap.

"open it."

"wait a sec." taehyung clicks his tongue, squinting at the screen, his fingers moving faster over the buttons and the joystick, muttering curses under his breath, until he found the aim he has been waiting for.

"oppa!" lily shakes his arm, disturbing his target and the red square shifts, leaving it for somebody else to kill. taehyung's character as well is out in danger, for he had gone too close to find the perfect angle for this shot.

"no!" taehyung groans, throwing his hands in the air as he falls back in his seat, kicking the floor harshly, making the chair roll back, while he grabs his hair in frustration. "i was about to end the entire game, lily! you could've waited for a merely a minute!" he exasperates. "god, fuck!"

lily glares at him, holding his cup and the water bottle now lying near her feet. "you're bad..." she mumbles, "oppa said that is a bad word. why did you say bad word to me?" she says with a pout as she crouches down sadly, picking up the water bottle, holding it along with the cup.

"i didn't say it to you..." taehyung sighs, however lily's expression doesn't change. so, the brother nods gradually, giving up against her and opens his arm for her, "i'm sorry, c'mere."

"no..." she mutters, putting the cup and bottle on his desk and walks to the door. "you promise me that taetae will listen to lily, but you' a liar. tae oppa, you- you wan' be friends with e'ryone but not lily... i won't talk to you now. bye!" she huffs, slamming the door of his room close, not stopping even when he calls out her name.

tears well her eyes and a pout tugs her lips downwards, walking along the hallway until she reaches jimin's room and pushes the door open, entering without a warning, just a sob. the room, however, is empty, making lily cry more for she looks around for her oppa, heartbroken after her taetae oppa said a very bad word to her and broke his promise. he doesn't even pay attention to her anymore!

"oppa..." lily sobs, going up to the bathroom door, for the lights are on and the sound of the shower gives away that jimin is inside. lily rubs her eyes, twisting the knob with her free hand, which surprisingly opens the door, drawing attention from jimin.

"lily?" he calls, clearing the fog from the glass wall to see if it's really her. "do you wanna shower, kiddo?" he asks with a chuckle as the shower turns off and he sighs deeply, stepping out now along with a lot of steam and a towel wrapped around his hips. "oppa's done showering, he can bathe you if you want?"

"tub..." lily points at the bathtub, earning a frown from jimin, as it is now that he notices her dull mood.

he crouches down to her height, cupping her face in his soft hand and rubs his thumb over her cheeks, wiping the tears off, "what's wrong, baby?"

"taetae oppa is bad..." lily breaks into a sob again, hugging jimin, who is just confused, asking her why out of genuine concern. "he said a bad word to lily, an-and he doesn't like lily now. he's found so many other friends..."

"hey, that's not true, kiddo. taetae loves you more than any of his new friends." jimin assures, pulling away slowly and smiles, cupping lily's little face, "no matter how many friends he makes, lily will always be his favourite girl. and that's never going to change."

lily sniffles softly, not saying anything and jimin takes her hand, kneeling down properly in front of her, determined to change her mood a little. so, with a smile, he unbuttons her shirt, gestures towards the bathtub, "let's pamper this sweet baby with a bubble bath, hm?" he whispers, tickling her tummy, earning a brief giggle from her lips, despite the teary eyes, which makes jimin laugh to himself.

he quickly prepares the water for a relaxing bubble bath just how lily likes, with her favourite scents, while she runs off to find her toys that usually join her in the tub. "jimin?" the brother looks back, walking to the door and opens it for taehyung. "hey uhm, is lily here?"

"she's coming." jimin smiles, "what did you say to her? she looked so upset."

"nothing..." taehyung massages his temples, "i just lost a game and she thought i was cursing at her..."

jimin sighs at that, shaking his head, "well, you should watch your words around her. but then again, it's not the first time i've told you and kook that. you guys just don't like to listen." jimin scoffs, "whatever. you can go. i'll put her to sleep after bathing her."

"you know i'd never say anything bad to her, right?" taehyung mutters.

"yeah." jimin nods, fixing his eyes on taehyung. "but still. she's just a child, too young to understand when you're actually mad or not, if your words are meant for her or somebody else. you don't want your sister to think you'd curse at her now, do you?"

"no. you're right. i'll be attentive..." taehyung hums, "please tell her not to be mad at me."

"i'll-"

"oppa," lily enters, stopping at the sight of taehyung. he tries to say something, but lily quietly moves to jimin, putting her toy basket down, which also has her favourite cup and a small bottle of water. "open it, please..." she mumbles to jimin, "i'm thirsty, oppa."

jimin opens the lid easily, pouring some water for her in the cup, smiling as she gulps it down quickly, not even minding a thin line flowing down from the side of her lips at how greedily she drinks water. the eldest brother chuckles and kneels down, ruffling her hair, "why didn't you drink water if you were so thirsty, huh?" he asks, pouring more water in lily's cup, which she drinks up quickly again, then wipes her mouth with the back of her hand.

"because tae oppa didn't give me water." lily huffs, turning away from taehyung and holds jimin's hand once she has put her cup down, "le's go, oppa. we're not talkin' to taetae."

"oh...?" jimin blinks a couple time, glancing at the brother, who just sighs, pleading him for help. "but lily, don't you think tae will be sad if we don't talk to him? he's out brother, we cannot hurt him like this."

"but he has other friends." lily mumbles, stealing a glance at taehyung's face, although she quickly withdraws her gaze and hugs jimin. "taetae oppa, go'away..."

"lily," taehyung hushes out, kneeling down in front of the child and tries to hold her hands, "i'm sorry, princess. i didn't mean to hurt you. i love you the most, you know that, right?"

"don' talk to me!" lily whines, eyes burning with hot tears as she looks at him, "you said 'fuck' because i- i asked to open the water for me... i know it means bad- means you don't like lily! and you leave lily to go with your other friends! i'm small, an- so you don't like to-"

"it's not like that." taehyung says, taking a deep breath. "i love you, tiger. i'm sorry i shouldn't have said that in front of you, but trust me it wasn't meant for you. why would i ever say anything like to my little girl? you own all of my heart, angel... please don't be mad at me. we can die without our heart, have you heard?"

"heart..?" she tilts her head, "no, don't die, oppa."

"well, if lily's upset with me and says that she won't talk to me, it makes me feel like dying." taehyung sighs dramatically.

"no..." lily mumbles, staring at him with worried eyes, "i' sorry... taetae oppa, don' die. i love you..."

"you do?" he smiles softly when lily nods. "well then, show me that you really are telling the truth."

"i'm saying truth!" lily says, hugging taehyung quickly and pecks his lips, "you' my taetae oppa, i love you. we're best friends and cuddle buddies."

"right," he kisses lily's cheeks, "so, you're not mad at me now?"

"no. but tomorrow we will go to disney world! all oppas and lily!"

"alright. we'll go to disney world and have a lot of fun there." taehyung nods, "well, you better sleep on time then, hm?"

"yes, let's take a bath now, and after that lily will go to sleep with oppa. is that okay?" jimin asks, patting the child's back, earning a nod from her. "very good. say good night to taetae."

"goo'night taetae oppa." lily says, waving at taehyung, who smiles and waves back too, before leaving the elder brother and lily alone for their bubble bath. with a giggle lily throws away her clothes, getting inside the tub quickly with her rubber duckies, elephant and a sponge ball. she holds out her arms, calling for jimin to join her as well, earning a fond smile from him.

"oppa, look, it's mamma ducky, dadda ducky and baby duckies." she says, putting the yellow ducks in descending order of their size, while the elephant sits in the corner. jimin relaxes in the water as well, sinking down until the water is till his neck, and closes his eyes.

"oppa," lily crawls towards him, sitting down on his thighs and lays with him, resting her head on his shoulder. jimin makes her sit properly, opening his eyes as he feels lily staring at his face. "what did you do today?" she asks, trying to initiate a conversation.

"well, i went to office first and did some really important paper work." the brother says, "after that we had a meeting where we decided the launching date of our new car. then i came home and waited for lily to return from the mall and give me an adorable fashion show with her new clothes."

"oh, that's nice!" she giggles, "we' getting a new car?"

"no, we're launching one in the market." jimin chuckles. "we can go for a ride on it, if you want."

"yes! oppa and lily driving in the new car!" lily cheers, hugging jimin tightly and kisses his cheek. "oppa, when you drive, please let me sit with you, okay? i will help you."

"let you sit in the driver's seat?" jimin arches up a brow, getting a nod from the little girl. "no, darling. kids sit at the back. you can drive when you're old enough and get a license."

"but it's my oppa's car. i can drive it." she states as if it was the most obvious thing for her.

"yes, it is oppa's car, but still kids don't drive, honey. we can get you a small electric car if you really wish to drive something." he sighs.

"no, i want real car like oppa. big car!"

"okay, fine." he hums on seeing her pout and pulls her into a hug, resting her head on his shoulder, "now quiet down and just relax for a while."

"hm," lily nods, staying like that, until she gets bored and her curious hands start tracing the tattoo behind jimin's neck. "oppa, i want tattoo."

"you want everything, huh?" he laughs lightly, pressing his lips gently on her bare shoulder, ruffling her hair. "what else does lily like?"

"uhm lily likes tattoo like oppa. cars, dinosaurs, puppies! and flowers! i want flowers, oppa!"

"okay, oppa will get his princess flowers tomorrow." he promises, smiling as she pulls her head back to see his face and grins playfully, leaning closer until their noses touch. lily cups his face in her tiny palms and pecks his lips for the millionth time. "you're so precious, my little butterfly." the brother whispers, breaking into an amused laugh as lily cackles excitedly and hugs him again to hide her face in the crook of his neck.

"love you so much, oppa." lily whispers like a secret, giggling as she fiddles with the chain jimin wears around his neck, which suddenly feels very attractive. "i want this, oppa!"

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a/n: i just love it when lily spots something new and just points at it and ask her oppas to get it for her, not because she's spoiled, but because she knows she has the right and power over her oppas, and knows that they will get it for her. especially things she sees them wearing or doing and wants the exact same thing to be like them. i find it extremely cute 🥺❤️

which one of lily's cute little habits is your favourite? please comment, so i can read it later and squeal and smile about it night 😍

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take care of yourself 💗 byebye until next time 💜🧿✨

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