jungkook: 22 y/o
taehyung and jimin: 25 y/o

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"it's okay, kiddo. let taetae go today, we'll go out together later." jimin says, carrying the whining child in his arms, making her shriek more as she leans towards taehyung, who is standing there just staring at her and his brothers struggling to get lily to listen to them. tears well her eyes at this point, being extra cranky due to lack of sleep all thanks to the viral fever she had for the last two days.

despite being sick and missing school, the sickness seems to have left her body as soon as she saw taehyung getting ready to meet up with his friends. on asking him more, lily came to know that the friends are actually his fellow celebrities with whom he has formed a bond over filming together or by mutual friendships. lily, however, isn't the slightest concerned about him or his friends, but only wants him to be with her all through the day as she's sick and needs his cuddles to get better.

jungkook and jimin, both offered to be her cuddle buddy in taehyung's place while he's out, but the idea almost offended the little girl, starting a struggle that none of the brothers knew would be so hard to deal to with. it's been almost forty minutes that they've been trying to console lily, luring her with different treats and promises if she listened to them and let taehyung go, although nothing has really worked on the cranky kid so far.

if she said she wants taehyung to hug her, then nobody other than taehyung can make her feel better. it's something that she's been doing ever since she was little, resulting into tantrums now because taehyung just doesn't know how to say 'no' to lily. even right now, he stares at her with a soft look, knowing that she might get a headache with all the commotions and crying, which will just worsen the situation for all of them, especially jimin, who has to stay up with lily if she can't fall asleep.

"oppa..." lily whimpers, breaking into a sob and jimin sighs deeply, rubbing her back as he hugs her.

"don't cry, princess. do yoy wanna feel sick again?" he asks, sitting down on the couch with the crying six-year-old on his lap. "shh, lily's such a good girl. she'll stop crying now and listen to oppa, right?"

"taetae don' go away..." she mumbles.

"he's just going to meet his friends. he'll come back in a while."

"yeah, and i'll get you a lot of chocolates on my way back, alright?" taehyung says with a smile, sitting beside jimin and pats lily's hair. "you should stay at home and rest, so that when i come back we can play, yeah?"

"no, i wann' go with you..." lily says, sniffling as she looks at taehyung with her teary eyes and wet lashes, lips cutely moulded into a pout that might just let out another cry if he refuses. she leans forward, which taehyung doesn't protest and pulls her on his lap, hugging her warmly, "jiminie oppa give me medicine... i's so yucky... i'll go with you..."

jimin shakes his head, standing up as jungkook sniggers from the opposite couch, where he has been lying causally all this while, given up on trying anything against their sister. "that's because he wants you to get better. medicine is important when we're sick, and if we don't take medicines, then we get even more sick." taehyung reasons lily, who just shakes her head, hiding her face in the crook of his neck as she hugs him tightly.

"i'm- i wann' go with you, oppa. please? just one day?" she pouts, giving him the puppy eyes, "i' listen to you, oppa, and be like a good girl. you love lily so much, taetae oppa, please...?"

"what will you even do there? it'll be my friend and a bunch of cameras because it's going to air."

"is it?" jimin asks.

"obviously, hyung. it's the wooga squad." jungkook teases, making jimin chuckle while taehyung just scrunches his face, giving him a look.

"stop being jealous of me."

"jealous? from where do i look jealous?" jungkook grins, popping the gum in his mouth as he sits up and stretches his body.

"my taetae oppa..." lily whines, hugging taehyung, making him sigh and jimin just fails to hold in his chuckle anymore.

"god, she's so dramatic." he laughs silently, "you're not even going to the military yet."

"stop laughing at her." taehyung says, "she's just a little baby. and you two are jealous because she doesn't cry for you like this."

"thank god she doesn't." jimin hums, taking lily's hands in his as he untangles her from taehyung and carries her up, "let's go to your room. oppa and lily will watch the little mermaid an-"

"taetae!"

"he's here, princess. he's not going anywhere, okay?" he assures, glancing at taehyung and eyes him to play along.

"yeah, i'm here. me and kook are playing videogames. you should go and get some rest."

"sure," jungkook sniggers, getting a look from the elder brothers, while lily stares at them with an unsure gaze.

"you' not going to your friends?"

"i want to. but you're crying. how can i leave my tiger upset?" taehyung says softly, cupping lily's face and leans in to peck her lips. although lily doesn't seem convinced and tugs on his shirt, "what?"

"why' you wearing this if you're not going...?"

"she's becoming so smart." jungkook mutters with an impressed smile, "we're doing a photoshoot for him, lily. you know tae loves cameras right?"

"don't lie! taetae is going away!" lily huffs, hitting jungkook for lying to her, which jimin quickly reacts to and steps back, hoping that would save the younger brother from getting hit by the cranky child. however, jungkook doesn't mind it and takes her from jimin, crushing her with the tightest hug he could without cracking a few bones in her small body, ignoring the whines of discomfort from her.

"shh, stop whining. you wanna go out, right? i'll take you out right now." he offers, nuzzling his face against her cheeks, earning an instant glance from jimin, for it's almost 1 pm now and she's supposed to take her medicine and sleep for a while.

"no, i wan' go with taetae..." she mumbles.

"why? you don't love me?" jungkook pouts.

"love you... but- but taetae is goin' away without lily. i miss him."

"and you won't miss me and jiminie if you go with him without us?"

lily thinks for a moment, pouting again and looks back at jimin, "oppa... i miss you,"

"god!" jimin and taehyung exasperate, while jungkook laughs silently, kissing her cheeks a few times after wiping the tears away.

"it's alright, guys. just get her ready, jim. i'll take her." taehyung gives in finally, making lily smile despite her teary eyes and wet cheeks. she wriggles to get down from jungkook's arms and goes to taehyung, hugging his hips tightly, making the brother smile. he crouches down in front of her, placing his hands on her sides to make her stand still, "you need to eat something and take your meds, only then you're going with me."

"no-"

"i'm not asking you, tiger. that's what you have to do, alright?"

"not medicine... please?" she pouts.

"you don't wanna get well?" he asks and lily remains silent, looking down in disappointment, "fine, but then don't cry if you feel pain. people who don't take their meds on time can fall really sick, and then they have to be taken to the hospital to get injections or even a surgery if it's too serious."

lily's face falls on hearing that piece of information, scared for her life as she quickly imagines herself in a dirty hospital bed, coughing like old grandmas and grandpas, and a tons of bottles attached to her hands like they show in the movies. even taehyung had one scene like that! she gulps in fear, nodding her head, not wanting to be one of those super sick people and looks up at jimin, holding his hand quietly.

"it won't be so bad, don't worry." jimin assures her, giving a hug to put some courage in the little girl, "we'll give lily a chocolate after she takes the medicines, okay?"

"it's so yucky, oppa. medicine make lily sad..."

jimin holds in a smile, nodding his head, "i know, my love. that's why oppa will give you a chocolate after that. it won't feel so yucky then."

"mm," she nods once, heading upstairs with jimin so he can help her get ready to go out with taehyung.

"are you really taking her with you?" jungkook asks, sitting on the couch with taehyung, who shrugs his shoulders. "wouldn't there be cameras?"

"yeah, but it's alright. not like nobody hasn't already seen her with us."

"yeah, cool then." the younger hums, turning on the tv. and looks for a good movie through netflix, hissing when three consecutive ones have taehyung as the male lead. "fine, i'll watch you today."

"don't." taehyung scrunches a face, "we all agreed on this, kook. nobody watches my stuff."

"but i have nothing better to do." jungkook grins, clicking on the first one and stretches his legs out, placing them on the table and rests back comfortably on the couch. "also, this one has amazing ratings. wow, never knew these many people like you."

"you're annoying, d'you know that?" taehyung hisses.

"yes, of course." jungkook snickers, not saying much after that as the movie begins. there's a woman on the screen, looking traumatised as she slides down against the wall. in the background there's some crying voice of a really young kid until it gradually fades away to the sound of a typewriter as the time and date appears on one corner of the screen. a knock is heard next, an aggressive one, which makes the woman flinch, however she doesn't move and looks around for something.

the knocking gets intensified coupled with a man's voice, screaming for her to open the door. she leaps to her side, grabbing a vase and breaks the bottom to have some sharp edges poking out. right then the door is brought down and the woman steps back, the crying child behind her legs while she holds the broken vase in front for defence.

"i'm here." it's a tired voice, and jungkook's lips twitch on recognising it. he holds back an amused grin, watching as the serious scene unfolds the bad guy, who wanted to attack the woman is turned around and a gun is pointed right on his forehead. "you've done what you wanted. i gave in to everything you said. now i won't tolerate you laying your eyes on her."

"oh really?" jungkook laughs.

"turn it off." taehyung says.

"wait, it's interesting."

the bad guy on the screen has some good moves, for he successfully kicks the gun out of taehyung's hand, although taehyung being the hero is faster. after a good fighting scene, he pins the guy to the wall, taking the vase from the woman's hand and presses the sharp points close to his neck, "i said enough."

"really, enough. turn it off." taehyung sighs, standing up as he hears lily's voice from the stairs, crying again. "poor child, she's being so worked up."

"lily really shouldn't get sick." jungkook hums.

taehyung approaches the girl, carrying her up and pats her back, while jimin steps next to him, wiping off the tears from her face, "hush, don't cry. do you want tae's friends to think that our lily is a crybaby?" jimin whispers, buttoning the sleeves of her top on her wrists.

"yucky..."

"kook, get a her a chocolate from the fridge." taehyung asks.

"not me!" jungkook groans, but stands up anyway and brings a few, handing them all to lily, except one that he keeps for himself. "bye, lily. have fun."

"bye-bye," she mumbles, then opens her mouth as jimin unwraps a tiny ball of chocolate, putting it in her mouth and cups her face.

"listen to tae and don't bother him and his friends, okay? there will be cameras, so be a good girl."

"no..." she pouts again, turning to taehyung, "why camera? you have so many cameras..."

"we'll have only one today. don't worry about it. we'll do whatever my lily wants." he says, kissing her cheek, "don't cry now, and if you don't feel good, i need you to tell me, okay?"

"mm," she nods, waving at jimin who smiles in response, leaning closer to peck her lips.

"have fun, kiddo."

"bye-bye, oppa. love you."

"oppa loves you more, butterfly." jimin says, then glances at taehyung, "if she bothers you or cries, just call me. me or jungkook will come to get her. don't stop your shoot because of it."

"it's fine." taehyung says, "lily's going to be a good girl, right?" he asks, and lily nods confidently.

"i hope she does." jimin sighs tiredly, stretching his body. "gonna take a nap now. i didn't sleep the whole night."

"yeah, get some rest." taehyung hums, "see you." he says and heads out with lily, getting in the car that has been waiting for him for the longest time. he was supposed to leave about thirty minutes ago.

settling in the car, he pulls out his phone, texting in the group chat that he got late because something came up, and it's now that he's on his way. thankfully today isn't one of those heavy days when he has to shoot like professional actors, because that would be hard with lily around. but with his wooga hyungs, it's mostly just fun interactions and talks that their fans like to see once in a while.

glancing at his little sister, who's standing on her knees on the seat, watching outside the window, taehyung realises that maybe he shouldn't have brought her with him. it would be okay if she's fine, she can have fun and the fans wouldn't mind her joining the screen with him and his friends for a day, but if her fever returns, it could get quite unpleasant. she couldn't really sleep at night due to the fever and cough, which is also why jimin was up with her. although she slept in the morning for a few hours, her crankiness did not entirely vanish and anything against her wish was enough to make her whine and throw a fit.

taehyung lets out a deep breath, earning lily's attention and she moves to sit facing him. she crosses her legs, although a frown makes it to her face, looking down at the shoes that make sitting slightly uncomfortable. without a second thought, she takes off the shoe from one of her feet, about to do the same with the other one, but taehyung stops her in between. "why are you taking them off?"

"i can't sit." she says.

"sit like this and wear it back." he says, moving her in her place so that her legs are hanging from the seat.

"no," she shakes her head, but puts on the shoe and turns around to stand on her knees again. the car takes a turn, making lily lose her balance, falling on taehyung's lap as he holds her from falling out of the seat. she looks up at his face, giggling mischievously as he cradles her in his arms.

"you should sit properly in the car. if i wasn't here, you could've fallen down and got hurt."

"but oppa save me."

"oppa might not always be there, princess. you should be careful, right?"

"no, oppa and lily will stay together." she grins.

"why don't you listen, huh?" he huffs, leaning and bites her cheek gently, making her laugh and squirm to get out of his embrace. "who's gonna be good and sit properly now?"

"oppa!" lily giggles.

"yeah?" taehyung chuckles, arching up a brow.

"no, lily!"

"that's what i thought." he hums.

"sir, we're here." the driver says, getting a look from taehyung. a few bodyguards come up, opening the door for him, even though there aren't any fans since nobody knew about him being here. he gets out, holding lily's hand and heads inside the restaurant where the group will have lunch, and then set out to do something fun together.

as soon as taehyung enters the reserved dining hall, he breaks into a smile, raising up his hands in the air slightly, "i'm sorry for being late!" he announces.

"ah, lily's here!" the guys coo at the child with taehyung, making him sigh as lily helps him cover up for being late. he brings her forward, taking a seat and smiles at her, who's curious about almost everything.

"say hello to everyone." he tells her, so lily waves at them, mumbling a tiny 'hi' to the friends and even the camera crew. "c'mon, give your introduction."

"i'm lily," she says, bowing to the people present in the room, "nice to meet you,"

"aw, it's our pleasure to meet you." wooshik smiles at lily, exchanging glances with the rest of the guys, as they nod, watching the cute little girl they only heard in stories and saw in pictures.

"thank you," lily says, making everyone chuckle as she leans near taehyung, still standing beside him. he pulls a chair closer to himself and pats the seat, gesturing lily to sit down.

"how's lily here today?" seojun asks.

"yeah, you didn't tell us." hyunshik nods.

"it's a long story." taehyung sighs, taking a sip of water and hums, "actually she kept crying and wasn't letting me go unless i bring her with me. after a lot of thinking and talking, i was like, fine, let's go. that's how she's here... i'm sorry, though-"

"hey, it's alright. she's still young." peakboy says with a smile, "we had to meet her anyway. i'm actually glad that you brought her with you today."

"yeah, she'll enjoy here." seojun nods with a soft smile.

"our taetae is a good big brother." hyunshik cooes, making taehyung smile, glancing at lily, who's staring back at him, nodding her head in agreement. "look, she agrees too."

"do you think taehyung's good, lily?" wooshik asks.

"yea, taetae's so good." she says.

taehyung smiles at that, bringing her on his lap when she slips down from her chair and tries to climb up. he makes her sit facing everyone and wraps his one arm around her waist, "okay now, tell me do you know everyone?" he asks, and lily nods her head, pointing at seojun. "ah you know seojun hyung?"

"wah! i'm jealous." wooshik chuckles with the rest.

"where have you seen him?" peakboy asks.

"tv," lily answers, pausing for a moment and looks up at her brother, "sece'tary kim?"

"yeah, he was in that drama." taehyung smiles, "she's talking about 'what's wrong with secretary kim?'. she has watched that."

"did you like it, lily? did you like uncle seojun's work?"

"uncle?" taehyung snorts with everyone else while seojun looks embarrassed.

"yeah no, okay. we're pretty much uncles for her."

"uncle seojun, hi." lily giggles, waving at him. "sece'tary kim!"

"he was the ceo, princess. secretary kim was the girl." taehyung says.

"c-o?"

"yeah, like jimin is a ceo."

"mm," she nods.

"okay let's quickly introduce ourselves to lily!" hyunshik says, "i'm park hyunshik, i'm also an actor like uncle seojun."

"i'm choi wooshik, and i'm an actor too. just like uncle seojun." he stiffens his laughter and taehyung loses at this point, lowering his head in lily's shoulder.

"i'm kwon sunghwan, but people call me peakboy. i-"

"what?"

"sorry?"

"why people call you peep-boy?" lily asks

"peakboy," he clears again, watching everyone else laugh, "it's my stage name."

"wha's that?"

"uhm it's like, we change our real name for our fans to call us."

"but why?"

"because..." he takes a deep breath, "wow, i- that's a good question."

"ah she's amazing!" wooshik laughs, wiping off his tears from the corners of his eyes, and taehyung nods, giving him a high-five.

"lily, you didn't tell us your age."

"i'm six years old." she says with a smile, "what is yo' age?"

"we're much older than you. do you wanna take a guess?" hyunshik asks.

"yeah, how old do you think uncle seojun is?"

"can you stop calling me uncle?" seojun exasperates.

"fi'ty-one?"

there's silence for a moment then everybody's laughing again, making lily laugh as well, sitting comfortably in her brother's lap against his chest.

"and what about hyunshik?" peakboy asks, still dying from laughter.

"sixty-three." taehyung whispers in lily's ear.

"sisty-three!"

"wha- tae!" hyunshik gasps as taehyung laughs loudly.

"and him?" peakboy points at wooshik.

"fo'teen," lily giggles, deliberately saying random numbers and laughs on watching the guys enjoying. "and peep-boy is fi'ty-four!"

"and what about your brother?"

"twenty-five," taehyung whispers.

"twen'y-five!"

"that's cheating!"

as a few more minutes pass, they sit for a while, ordering their lunch and talking more to each other as well as lily. she's sitting on her chair by herself since taehyung said that she needs to get off him so he can eat. for this time, he gave her his phone to make sure she stays put in place. the elder guys, however, often ask taehyung if he's sure that she doesn't want to eat anything.

"she ate before coming here." taehyung says, glancing at lily and taps her shoulder, making her look up. "do you wanna eat?"

"no," she turns her head before he could try and feed her and turns to face the other side.

"okay, i'm not feeding you."

after being done with the lunch, the squad sets out for an outing they already had in mind. the last time they went ice skating and had a good laugh with taehyung, who doesn't really know the skill. today they're going to an arcade and peakboy and taehyung claim to beat everyone else. seojun says that he hasn't been to one in the longest time and wooshik just finds it interesting because he loves the place just like hyunshik.

they take two different cars, taehyung, lily and hyunshik in one car while the other three in the second car. lily loves an arcade too, knowing that there are a bunch of games there, for she has seen the gaming room in her mansion where jungkook and taehyung mostly spent their free time and sometimes jimin would join them too. sundays are half gaming and half sleeping or watching movies for the brothers.

reaching the place, lily skips her way beside taehyung excitedly, looking around with her curios eyes, quickly finding some games that she could play. during this time she gets closer to the wooga members individually, especially 'uncle' seojun who won her a pikachu plush from the claw crane.

then there's also a vcr game which taehyung lets lily play, giving another moment to his team and friends laugh and coo at, watching how lily took baby steps and then suddenly started jumping in her place. she wasn't scared but having gun with whatever she was seeing in front of her eyes. eventually as a few hours are passed, lily's excitement settles in and she looks around for taehyung, letting go of wooshik's hand.

"what happened, lily?"

"taetae..."

"oh he went to the restroom."

"i wanna go too," she says.

"ah okay, come." he says, taking her towards the restroom and meets taehyung on the way, handing lily over to him. "she wants to use the restroom."

"oh?" the brother hums, carrying lily up and goes back inside, after telling the elder male to go back and that he's coming in a few minutes. "go, i'm waiting here." he says, crouching down as he tugs her skirt and folds her sleeves on her arms.

she goes inside the cubical, not locking the door as there's no need and returns back quickly. taehyung fixes her clothes, about to leave when it hits him that he didn't hear the flush. turning back, he opens the door to the cubical and flushes for the child, glancing down at her, "you should always flush the toilet after using it."

"i forgot." lily says and raises up her arms. "up..."

"you don't wanna walk?"

"no," she mumbles as taehyung carries her up again, walking over to the sink and leans forward to let lily wash her hands. the water makes her shiver, which taehyung notices and makes her sit on the counter.

"are you feeling okay?" he asks, touching her forehead and neck with the back of his hand gently. "your temperature is rising again. my baby, do you wanna go home?"

"mm," she nods subtly with a pout, "oppa..."

"yes?"

"why is- i'm not okay? i don't like icky..."

"it takes some time. you're taking meds, so you're gonna get better real soon."

"i feel so icky," she whines, looking down at her hands, clenching them into fists and unclenching, "hands..."

"what? is it hurting?" he asks, taking her small hands in his, and realises instantly that she probably doesn't like how her hands are burning. he washes her hands again and dries them, bringing her in a hug as he carries her in his arms, patting her back. "just a little while, okay? we'll wrap it up here then go home."

"chocolate..."

"okay," he hums, "just sit quietly for a little while."

with that taehyung returns to his hyungs, putting on a smile like the one he had before he left, but this time lily isn't as energetic as earlier. peakboy approaches her quickly, holding a toy in his hand, showing it to her. "look, what i won for you." he smiles, as lily takes it from him, inspecting the battery operated doll that has pink hair and looks really cute. there's a button which lily presses, making the doll open her eyes and speak to lily in a cute computerized voice that surprises her, making her flinch.

she lets go of the doll, not having a clue that it would say hi to her start introducing itself as lucy. with a pout, lily turns to taehyung hiding her face in the crook of his neck, breaking into a sob. "hey, it's alright." taehyung rubs her back, getting down and picks up the cute little doll, "look, it's a pretty doll. it talks too, try saying something."

"nooo!" lily whines.

"i'm sorry, i didn't think she'd get scared." peakboy says with a worried look.

"why would you bring that kind of a toy for her?" wooshik says.

"i'm sorry, i didn't know..."

"guys, relax. it's nothing. she's not scared." taehyung assures the elders, especially the one who thinks it's his fault that lily's crying. "she's just cranky. she needed a reason to cry."

"still, i'm sorry."

"it's okay, don't be." taehyung smiles, stepping aside and lets lily down, earning a louder cry from her, and he gestures his manager to hold her for a while by the time they just say the ending lines and finally wrap it up.

"it's been a good day. lily came here and that just made everything more interesting." hyunshik smiles, "poor child, she's crying right now." he chuckles.

"he made her cry," seojun jokes, hitting peakboy playfully.

"i feel so bad right now, looking at her." he says.

"yeah, me too." wooshik nods, "tae, just take her. she wants to go to you."

"she won't let me do this if i take her right now." taehyung says with a light chuckle, "anyway, so yeah. i had fun today. there was a bit change in the plans, but still everything turned out well. thank you guys for accepting lily and i hope you you don't mind that she joined us today. i had no other option, i didn't want to make her sad."

"i had fun. let's do this again."

"let's hangout at taehyung's place next time, so that lily feels comfortable at home." wooshik suggests.

"yeah, that's a good idea!" hyunshik chimes.

"let's meet up again soon." seojun smiles.

"alright guys, let's see each other again! take care guys, bye-bye."

"bye, take care." peakboy says and the cameras are off. taehyung steps near his little sister, wailing her lungs out and lifts her up quickly, scrunching his face as lily hits him a few times before hugging him tightly.

"i'm sorry," he mumbles, sitting down on a chair and makes lily sit on his lap, facing him. "stop crying, baby. it's alright."

"why you' leave lily?" she mumbles between sobs, making him sigh softly.

"i'm sorry, i didn't mean to make you upset. i'm holding you now, aren't i?"

"taetae..."

"yes, tiger? what's wrong, please don't cry." he cups her face, wiping her tears off and kisses her cheeks, "shh, now be quiet. look, everyone's watching lily. they're gonna think lily is a bad girl making noise like this."

"e'ryone is bad!" lily whines.

"everyone is bad. just my lily is a good girl." he plays along, taking a bottle of water and helps her take a sip, rubbing her back as she coughs. "good girl, now let me see a smile."

"oppa... icky..." she pouts, rubbing her eyes.

"i know, kiddo. we're going home." he pats her head, standing up, exchanging a few words with his hyungs before parting ways.

lily's not crying anymore and sits quietly in taehyung's arms, resting her head on his shoulder. on the way back, taehyung still lets her sit on his lap, hugging her and pats her back gently to help her fall asleep. it works and by the time they reach home, lily is fast asleep on taehyung's lap. he carries her inside, met with jungkook still on the couch, watching a different movie now while jimin is scrolling through his phone, relaxing with a beer beside him.

"jim," taehyung calls, getting attention from the twin, who stands up with a smile, "take her,"

"she fell asleep?"

"yeah, she wasn't feeling well and ended up crying towards the end." taehyung sighs, plopping down on the couch once jimin takes lily from him, checking her temperature and frowns with worry.

"why's her fever not going down? she's been taking meds on time and everything..."

"i think we should call jin hyung again," jungkook suggests.

"yeah," jimin hums, "has she eaten anything, tae?"

taehyung pauses for a second, eyes widening with realisation as he checks the time, now noticing that lily didn't eat anything after her brunch and the medicines. "i forgot... i mean i did ask her when we were having lunch, but she wasn't hungry then. and after that it just slipped off my mind."

jimin shakes his head at that, stroking lily's hair, which is when she moves a little, whimpering softly in discomfort. "hey, are you up?" jimin asks in a tender voice, making the girl lift her head up, rubbing her eyes as she looks at jimin with a cranky pout. "welcome home, lily." he smiles.

"welcome home..." she repeats in a sleepy voice, "oppa, icky..."

"we'll go to jinnie oppa, okay? he'll help you out a little."

"le's go," she nods, "uhm- i wan' say hi to jinnie oppa, yoongi oppa, hobi and joonie oppa."

"okay then, we should call all of lily's oppas here." jimin cooes, kissing her cheek, "my baby will feel better with everyone, right?"

"yea, lily will not feel icky with oppa. oppa have magic!"

"of course. all the oppas take care of lily, that's why."

"mm, call jinnie oppa."

"okay," jimin takes picks up his phone, dialling their eldest cousin's number and puts it on speaker.

once the call is answered, lily leans closer and speaks, "jinnie oppa, hello. i'm lily."

"oh, hello princess. how are you? is your fever gone?" he asks.

"no," the question itself makes her sad as she pouts, staring at jin's name on the screen, "lily feels icky, jinnie oppa. fever didn' go away. i'm so hot..."

"you mean warm." jungkook laughs.

"hush! koo, i'm talking!"

jin laughs on the line and agrees, "yeah, where are your manners, jungkook? you should be quiet when two people are talking."

"geez!" jungkook rolls his eyes. "she's so annoying."

"koo'nnoying... lily is good, oppa..." she whimpers, turning to jimin, who nods without a second thought to avoid making her upset. "say lily good girl."

"lily's a good girl. my sweet little baby aren't you?" jimin says, heading to the kitchen, "we're gonna talk to jinnie for a while and eat something, so lily can take the meds after that and get well quickly, hm?"

"medicine again?"

"yes, baby. it's important."

"i don't like that..."

"i know, sweetheart. but we can't do anything about it."

lily almost cries again, but stops as jin speaks from the phone, "do you have honey, jimin?"

"yeah, i guess. why?"

"you can crush the tablet and mix it with honey, so it's not as bitter. it usually works with kids."

"ah okay, i'll try that." jimin hums, "thanks hyung. it's been really difficult to deal with her, she's crying every five minutes."

"it happens, jimin." jin chuckles, "kids get cranky when they're not feeling well."

"yeah, uhm can you and the hyungs come home tomorrow? lily said she'd like to meet you guys."

"of course! how can we not show up when our lily misses us."

"i miss you, jinnie oppa." lily hums, "b'ing ice cream for lily."

jimin laughs at her, shaking his head as he starts the preparing some mac and cheese for her while she's sitting on the counter, talking to jin on the phone and whining if jimin accidentally does something she doesn't like, for instance moving her a little away from himself because he didn't want her to touch the hot pan by mistake. jin keeps her engaged for the time being, even helping jimin to feed her with different stories, some bribing and a little bit of scaring her. it works, lily at least finishes up her food and also takes the medicine crushed in a spoonful of honey.

"now lily will get changed and rest for a while. say bye to jinnie oppa." jimin says.

"bye jinnie oppa, goo'night. see you tomorrow..." she mumbles.

"good night, kiddo. rest well and be all better in the morning, only then we can play tomorrow, yeah?"

"mm-hmm, we'll go to the park and play on the slides, okay oppa?"

"yeah. now go and sleep, bye-bye, lily."

"bye-bye," she waves to nobody in particular, leaning onto jimin's chest and yawns. "goo'night oppa."

"wait, we need to get you changed first."

"oppa do it."

"but— alright," he sighs, helping her out of her clothes and makes her wear a tiny cotton dress, taking her to the bathroom and sits her down on the toilet. lily says nothing, peeing as she did want to do it, and taps on jimin's hand when she's done. once she's cleaned and wears her underwear again, laying in the bed with jimin on his chest, she sighs softly, falling asleep almost instantly.

"my child," he smiles softly at her, kissing the top of her head, still patting her back gently, "it's been such a long day, huh?" lily stirs in her sleep, humming in her sleep as she snuggles closer to jimin, her cheek pressed against his chest, making her lips pucker out into a subtle, cute pout. "get well soon, love."

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a/n- hello again!! okay quite a lot happened in the last few days. like we moved to a new house (in the same city), so i had to say goodbye to the neighbour's very sweet dog, then i also got with another test, scored a bit low due to the chaos (i feel bad), we're still busy with unpacking the loads of stuff we have. if u've never changed houses/cities u probably won't understand ut sucks sm 😭😭😭 i'. soooo fuckkinggg tireddd godddd 😩😩😩😩