large age gap siblings. we needed smth cute. 🛐✨

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lily turns away from the screen, hiding her face in jungkook's chest as she feels scared of the clown that keeps popping up at the screen every now and then, followed by screams of the girl who's trying to save herself from him. jungkook wraps his arm around the little sister, rubbing her back and turns to lay facing her. he props up his weight on one arm, keeping the other secured around lily, and continues watching the movie that's scaring his sister.

another jump scare and the character screaming, makes lily flinch, letting out a soft whimper as she scoots closer to her brother if possible. jungkook hums in assurance, patting her back although most of his attention remains on the screen, watching with an intense frown. "koo..." lily mumbles, looking up at his face, "turn it off. it's scary..."

"no, it's not. you're a brave girl." he chuckles.

"but i'm scared, koo."

"it's just half an hour more. let me watch it, please?" he asks, lowering himself to hug lily better and adjusts himself on the bed when she throws her legs over his waist, almost laying on top of him at this point. "what are you doing, baby?" he sighs, giving a light tap on lily's bottom, bit that doesn't stop the child from climbing over him and lays on the side, away from the laptop that's playing the scary movie.

"koo, this side." she says, pulling his arm, however jungkook refuses to move and stays put in his position. "kookieeee!"

"what?" jungkook sighs deeply, his arm extending behind him to grab lily's hands, pulling her to the front again. "sleep if you want to. but let me finish this movie." he says, and lily shakes her head.

"i'm scared. hug me."

"i was hugging you." he states it like a matter of fact, draping his arm around lily's tiny figure again and leans down to place a kiss on the side of her head. "now close your eyes and sleep."

lily hums after getting a kiss, but doesn't close her eyes yet and keeps looking up at jungkook's face. his features luminate with the light coming from the laptop screen, emphasizing his features in a beautiful way, of course if you ignore the scary noises in the background. lily turns to face the laptop, shifting back against jungkook's chest and tilts her head to look at him again. he still looks handsome.

lily slips out of his embrace, and jungkook doesn't say anything for he believes that it's just a few more minutes until he turns off the laptop and have lily sleeping with him anyway. so, why not just let her play for a sometime? the child sits up, observing jungkook and giggles for he looks beautiful from almost every angle. she crawls to the side, switching on the lamp and looks back to check. oh. he just got more handsome.

"do you wanna keep the light on?" jungkook asks.

"hm," she nods once, getting back to her brother and makes him lay straight, which earns an annoyed hiss from him, but nothing more than that. he gives in, just for the sake of finishing his movie without any disturbance like his sister whining. lily lays herself next to him, leaning between his arm and chest, wrapping her arms around his neck loosely and closes her eyes, letting out a yawn.

the movie finally ends and even lily's fast asleep. jungkook moves a little, stretching his body carefully not to wake his sister up as he shifted her on the bed, placing a pillow next to her to replace him for a while, till he takes a shower and gets ready to sleep. jungkook pulls his t-shirt off and throws it aside for the laundry and then his shorts, whistling casually as he enters the bathroom.

he takes a moment to look at his face and body, making sure that he looks fine and if he doesn't he would increase his time in the gym. he picks up his toothbrush, humming to one of his recent favourite songs. for the last two-three days he's not getting any time to relax, since he had a few major projects, like working on his upcoming album now that he's done promoting the last single. and since taehyung is overseas for a shoot of a new web series, and jimin is busy with office too, it's mostly jungkook who looks after lily unless jimin is available.

he spits out the foam and rinses his mouth, smiling to check his teeth, then moves to the side, halting once to check that lily's still sleeping soundly. he opens the door a little peeking at his little sister and smiles to himself, seeing her hugging the pillow and sleeping peacefully. with that, jungkook goes to the toilet first, emptying his bladder for he has been drinking soft drinks ever since he started watching the movie and then had to finish the juice that lily refused to drink.

jungkook releases a deep breath, feeling much better and finally steps in the shower, standing under the water. he pushes his hair back, closing his eyes and feels the cold droplets of water hitting his skin. later night showers under cold water are jungkook's favourite. as he washes himself with his shower gel and puts some shampoo on his head, a sound from the room gets his attention.

he's about to turn down the shower to listen better, but the door of the bathroom opens itself and there's lily standing with a pout and teary eyes. "koo, i saw clown..." she whimpers, peeking through the little space between the door and the wall before closing it and steps back.

"there's no clown, princess. you must've had a nightmare." he sighs, "go back, i'm coming in a moment."

"no..." she mumbles, "there's a clown and he will eat me."

"there's no clown, lily. where will a clown even come from in our house, tell me?"

"i don't know that..." she looks at the translucent glass and taps on it, "can i shower?"

"i don't think so." he chuckles, "the water is cold."

"bubble bath?"

"it's midnight, baby. we'll take a bubble bath tomorrow."

"i wanna shower," she pouts, pulling off her shirt and tries to push the door of the shower open. "koo, why you i'noring me?"

"i'm not ignoring you." he sighs, finally turning off the shower and asks lily to hand him the towel. lily does as she's told, giving him the towel from the tiny creek he made by opening the door, holding it firmly by his leg for he knew that his little sister will definitely try to get in and shower to be fresh like him.

"koo?"

"yeah?" he hums, wrapping the towel around his torso and steps out, finding lily in the bathtub, about to open the faucet. "hey, hey, don't do that." he picks her up quickly, making her whine and reach out for the faucet, kicking her legs as well to stand down in the tub again. 

"hush, what happened?" jungkook runs his hand over her warm back, drawing circles slowly as lily quietens down and looks at him, "why did you take your clothes off?"

"because lily wan' shower with koo. we both smelling so good!" she smiles widely.

"right, do i smell good now?" he asks, holding his laugh when the six-year-old takes a wiff of his cheek and nods, "that's nice. lily smells nice too." he says.

"really? but lily don't shower."

"lily doesn't need a midnight shower to smell like a princess." jungkook kisses the tip of her nose, heading back to his room, making the sister lean onto him and looks around the room.

"clown..."

"where? if there's a clown here, koo will fight him and protect princess lily, okay? tell me if you see one." he says, putting her down and heads to his walk in closet. lily lingers behind him, pulling out her favourite clothes out of everything jungkook owns. she picks out a big, black hoodie not sparing jungkook a glance if he's getting dressed or not, but starts wearing his clothes herself. 

"what are you doing, lily?" jungkook laughs, while drying his hair with the towel, having a pair of grey joggers on his lower body.

"wearing clothes." she says, struggling with the large arms of the hoodie. jungkook crouches down and helps her wear it properly, then pats her side.

"you look so tiny in this." he smiles, pecking her lips, smiling as she giggles and gives him a hug. "and you're being so cute. i feel like we should go and steal some ice cream from the fridge. what do you think?"

"yes!" lily jumps in excitement, hidden under a big hoodie that reaches down her knees and makes excessive long paws at the end of the sleeves. "le's gooo! ice cream!"

jungkook chuckles at her, standing up and puts on the hood on her head. lily shakes her head using her hands to at least move it from her eyes, but since her hands are hidden inside the sleeves, the task becomes more tough than it is. she struggles to bring her hands out, but manages to pull up the fabric and let it pool around her little arms, sliding down to her cover her palms every now and then.

"baby?"

jungkook glances at lily as she giggles up at him, feeling playful instead of sleepy at this hour. "baby?" he repeats.

"you," she laughs.

"i'm a baby?" he arches up his brow, walking down the stairs with lily, chuckling when she laughs and nods her head. "how? you're the baby here."

"no, i'm six."

"and i'm twenty-three. isn't that a little old for being a baby?"

"no, koo is ten!" lily corrects him, "lily is six years old, koo is ten years old, okay?"

"but, i'm twenty-three."

"no, ten." she shakes her head.

"why?"

"ten is so big."

"ah, twenty-three is bigger than ten, silly lily." he hoists her up, nuzzling his face closer to hers, making her cackle playfully while trying to push him away. "how old are jimin and tae according to you?"

"uhm fifty-nine?"

jungkook laughs at that, nodding in agreement and places lily on the counter top. he grabs the tub of ice cream from the freezer and takes two spoons, handing one to lily and keeps one for himself. "koo," lily mumbles, taking her first tiny bite of the cold treat and hums, wigging in her place out of happiness, giggling as jungkook finds it funny. "when you watching that clown movie, i saw you."

"okay?"

"mm'hm, and i said wow, koo's so pretty!" she jumps on her place, staring at jungkook with fascination in her eyes.

"ah really? thank you," he smiles. "pretty people get kisses." lily leans forward quickly, pecking his lips then his cheek. jungkook pulls his head back, scrunching up his face as some of the melted ice cream from lily's lips is left on his face.

lily frowns at jungkook as he wiped his cheek and the side of his lips, making her pout, "why you wiping my kiss?"

"because it's messy." he plays along. "you don't know how to kiss people properly yet."

"i know! you're bad koo! you don' wipe yo' baby sister's kiss!"

"but my baby sister doesn't know how to kiss." he emphasizes more, leaning on the counter as his arms rest either side of lily, ignoring the way she pouts sadly at him.

"taetae..."

"what?" jungkook tilts his head, "you' gon' complain?"

"no," she huffs, "i'm— i will give only taetae kiss, and only jiminie oppa kiss!"

"they won't like it either." jungkook singers, picking up a spoonful of ice cream and brings it in his mouth, pushing the tub away from lily's reach. the girl whines in her high pitched voice, kicking her legs to hit jungkook's stomach and chest since he's bent down in front of her. he groans at the hit, holding her ankles in one swift motion and shakes his head, "don't."

"my ice cream!" lily shrieks, making him hiss at how painful her voice can be when she's screeching like that.

"okay, you can have it! stop shouting, geez." he mutters, giving her the whole tub and moves away, shaking his head. lily rubs the tears away from her eyes now that she has successfully gotten what she wanted. she sits quietly eating the ice cream, when some footsteps along with some talking voices are heard.

lily gasps and turns to jungkook, shifting towards him on the counter and stands up, leaning to get in his arms. "koo, clown..." she whispers with horror written all over her face. "le's hide, koo. clown will kill us."

"there's no clown, lily." jungkook sighs, never taking her off the counter and continues finding himself some snacks from cabinet on the opposite side of the kitchen. the footsteps get clearer and lily feels more scared, staring at jungkook's back for he's not even trying to protect her.

lily tries to get down from the counter on her own, not paying attention to the wooden stand where knives of different sizes are placed. jungkook whistles to himself casually, opening a bag of chips and doritos, then turns to grab a can of beer, since he just decided that sleeping isn't worth it and he'd much rather watch another horror movie.

"koo, help..." lily whimpers, hanging from the counter as her one leg is down in the air and the other is still on the counter top, her little hands trying their best to hold up her weight. she moves her hand more, peeking above to find the wooden thing and grabs it, hoping that it would save her from falling, but the voices are getting clear now, until a sudden loud noise makes lily flinch. the knife holder slips, letting out the sharp kitchen tools, which fall down along with the crying six-year-old.

jungkook turns around quickly at the sound for everything happens too fast. suddenly lily's not eating ice cream anymore, instead she's on the floor, wailing her lungs out, the knives around her and there's also some blood in her. he's not the only who approaches lily, but somehow jimin does too, rushing to help the child and start soothing her.

"what were you guys doing?" jimin asks urgently, checking the little sister and winces softly on seeing blood on her hand.

"we— wait. hey, nobody move." jungkook says, pulling lily a little away from jimin and takes out the smaller knife that got stuck in the extremely oversized hoodie lily is wearing. jimin gasps at that, quickly making her sit on the counter and pulls off the hoodie from her tiny figure, checking her body for any kind of injury.

"oppa..." lily cries looking at her hand that has a bleeding cut. although it's a small one, it still makes the child cry at the sight of blood, especially after she just saw a clown tearing apart that girl in the movie. she shifts closer to jimin, hugging him tightly and mumbles in a scared voice, "jiminie oppa, p'ease p'otect lily from the clown. he will eat me... he's there..."

"what clown?" jimin rubs her back, glancing at jungkook who sighs deeply.

"i told you, princess. there is no clown here." he repeats himself once again, which makes lily whine more.

"koo don't know anything! you' bad! you don' even p'otecting lily from clown!"

"hey, it's okay." jimin says softly, taking a tissue and places it on the cut. "what were you doing?"

"koo didn't save me from clown... koo is so bad." lily sniffles, rubbing her eyes.

"what clown?" jimin frowns, turning to jungkook, "what is she talking about?"

"it's nothin—"

lily huffs at jungkook and makes jimin face her instead, "koo was watching clown movie and it was so scary. i was scared and then i saw clown in my dream and i got scared again... so i went with koo in the bathroom. and then koo and lily was so happy! koo said we should eat ice cream. but he was—"

"you don't have to make it that detailed." jungkook sighs, massaging his temples, hating the age gap between them for lily always tends to let out everything exactly as it happened to jimin. it's only upto jungkook and taehyung how they can mould her words into something that favours them.

"oppa..." she pouts, sticking to jimin and gestures her hand towards jungkook.

"jungkook," the eldest warns.

"sorry," he sighs. "it's just that she was scared. and i guess she heard you coming and thought it was a clown. and she might've slipped."

"might've?" jimin arches up a brow, "you were in here with her, and you think she 'might've' slipped?"

"i was facing the other way. i was taking snacks and— yeah," jungkook mutters, "but okay, sorry. i didn't think she'd fall."

"and koo wiped my kiss." lily adds to her list of unfortunate events, making jimin stare at her for a moment, his lips twitching to smile.

"aw really? he did that?" he pretends to be shocked, shaking his head in disappointment. "that's so sad, lily. how can anyone even do that?"

"yea," lily mumbles, nodding her head, "koo did that... he don't love me."

"i know, is he turning bad now?"

"yea," she nods slowly, glancing at jungkook with teary eyes, "koo don't be bad... lily like you so much... you' my pretty jungkookie oppa."

jimin looks at him too, nodding his head in lily's support, "yeah, and why would you show her a horror movie? it's rated for adults for a reason."

"i know, i just thought she'd sleep and i'd watch the movie. but she kept watching with me." jungkook sighs, "and c'mone hyung, it wasn't even that scary. she has to grow up to be a tough girl, not a puss—"

"do not." jimin glares at him, making jungkook choke. "you, jeon jungkook, i see where this is going. now you're using that kind of inappropriate language at home around your sister— to her even! do you think that's a good thing?"

"no," jungkook mumbles, "i'm sorry. it just slipped."

"then learn to keep your mouth shut." jimin scolds, "i shouldn't hear you cursing or using any of those words again. do you get it?"

"yes," he nods, "i'll pay attention to it..."

"you better." the elder hums, carrying lily in his arms and heads upstairs to his room, where he cleans off the little cut on her hand, putting a bandaid of her choice, before finally getting in bed.

"oppa scolded koo," lily says, smiling at jimin as she moves to lay on top of him and places her head on his chest, hugging him like a koala. "jiminie oppa is the st'ongest. oppa p'otect lily from clown, okay?"

"the clown was in the movie, honey. it's not real." he tells her, stroking her back gently and places a kiss on her head, "there's nothing to be scared about. oppa's right here with lily and we're all safe at home."

"but what if— what if clown come here?" lily mumbles and glances at the window. "close that, oppa?"

"there's nothing— okay, fine." he sighs, smiling at lily as he gets off the bed and walks over to the window. lily hunches down in his arms, hiding herself so that if there was a clown, it wouldn't see her.

"go back oppa, clown will see us!" she whimpers, hugging jimin.

"there's nothing. look," he says, making her turn towards the window slowly and pats her back, "lily's such a strong baby. why is she scared of something that's not even here?"

"because lily saw one clown..."

"where? tell me, if there's a really clown, oppa will go and tell him not scare our princess."

"uhm there..." she mumbles, not giving a specific direction, but her eyes remain focused outside the window. there's really nothing other than the guards on the gate of the mansion. she looks at jimin and tilts her head, "clown is real?"

"well, yeah." he says, "but it's actually people who become clowns to make others laugh. they perform at circus and even magic shows, and people love when they do tricks and make them laugh."

"really? clown is people?"

"yeah," jimin laughs lightly, "their job is to make people smile and laugh. don't you think they're good?"

"yes..." lily hums, nodding her head, "but why is that clown killing that girl in the movie? he was not nice. he was scary..."

"they just made a movie to make something interesting? some people like horror movies, like jungkook and tae, and they just get those scary characters out of different places for the audience."

"don' talk like big people. i'm small people, oppa." lily giggles.

"ah right, sorry." jimin chuckles, "but i hope lily isn't scared anymore?"

"a little bit scared," lily hugs him, "but lily is sleepy and oppa is sleepy. we should go to sleeping."

"we should go to sleep." he corrects, patting her back and lays down on the bed, pulling up the covers with one hand. jimin turns to his side, bringing lily between his arms, cuddled close to his chest as he pats her side with a gentle rhythm, humming along with it to help her sleep faster. he smiles to himself as it doesn't even take five minutes and lily's light snores can be heard by him, making him chuckle silently.

he strokes her hair and adjusts her a little, kissing her head, "sleep well, my love. oppa's here to deal with the rest."

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a/n-  update after an eternity 😭👍 but i made it anyway. how are you all doing these days? did you miss me? because i missed you all a lot! 🥺❤️✨ thank you for a continuous support and lovely messages. it really makes my day to hear from you guys. the fact that you're willing to wait and support me when i'm having a specifically disintegrating time (sigh) irl, it helps me. thank you. i really hope i can write more and update more often for you, i promise i'll work harder! fighting! 😤✊

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