The short male breathed out, his eyes squinting from the sun. He had a hand on his hips, a loose flannel shirt blowing about under the light breeze. He felt a hand slip into his and looked up to see his husband blocking out the sun for him. "Can't have my baby's sensitive skin burn now, do we?" Baekhyun giggled as Chanyeol put on the smaller's shades and a large hat.

It was not that Korea did not have summers, but the sun was a little hotter in Spain and the smaller's skin was very sensitive. His pregnancy had made him more susceptible to fatigue and sensitivity.

"Is there salsa in your hat, like El Macho?" Jeongguk joked following behind with his husband and their toddler son. Taehyung groaned, "Don't be mean to my baby cousin, Guk. No more talk about food 'cause I'm hungry, so so hungry." He looked at their little son who was holding his hand and walked with a skip in his steps. He was very excited about their little family trip.

Too much had been going on in their lives. Chanyeol's company was falsely accused of money laundering and such. One of Taehyung's richy rich patients had died on the table under his hands. He knew the surgery was risky, he had warned the family prior to it, but it blew up and it took a long time to prove that the death was inevitable.

Baekhyun was done being cooped up in their house. He was tired of being treated as a flower that could whither away when touched. He was pregnant, not dying for fucks' sake, he'd scream at his husband and the taller had had enough. Jeongguk knew how stressed and mentally fucked his husband was, so the two decided they all needed a vacation.

Alors, Chanyeol had his secretary look up for some relaxing spots but they landed on Granada when his father reminded him of their old cabin at the Bermejales lake. It was pretty close to the other tourist spots in the city, closer to the town but not too close.

Chanyeol smiled at them before dialing one of his friends' numbers. The one who was supposed to have rented a car for the party of 5. "Binnie, you got any of those candies you got on the plane?" Baekhyun asked little Jeon Woobin who shook his head and pointed to his opened-wide mouth, "They so mmm and Binnie eat them like a baby shaak."

He did a little roar and the platinum blond sighed. He looked up to see Taehyung with a stern look on his face, "I thought I told you to lay off the sugar, Baek." Jeongguk slicked his raven hair back before scooting over to kiss his husband's temple, "Let him be, hon. It's vacation. You're Taehyung, not Dr Taehyung right now."

"But Gukkie!" The brunet pouted but his husband kissed it away, "Chillax and maybe," he leaned closer, "we could give Binnie a tiny sibling."

"God, I heard that you perverts!" Baekhyun exhaled a dramatic sigh and took Woobin's hand in his grumbling how his parents were dirty while the boy innocently replied they had already taken a shower.

A few minutes passed when one of Chanyeol's friends in the city showed up with his lover. "Took you long enough, Oh," the elder greeted to which Sehun greeted back with a boisterous laugh and a hug, "Missed you, as-- lot!" he quickly corrected seeing the curious doe eyes of Woobin staring at him.

"You must be Luhan?" the shorter Chinese smiled serenely and shook the CEO's hands. Then his eyes moved to the child cooing and gushing over him expressing how much he wanted one for himself but Sehun was too busy drinking and dragging him on dates.

Lastly, his eyes landed on Baekhyun. "How far?" the younger smiled, "I'll enter my 8th this week." Luhan smiled, "May I?" he reached his hand to the bump once the other gave him the green flag. It took him by surprise when the unborn kicked out. "Our minion loves treating me like a sandbag sometimes," the platinum blond sighed and the Chinese laughed.

"Everything ready?"

Sehun nodded handing Chanyeol the keys to the Parks cabin by the lake, "I had some people to clean up the place, but I haven't seen it myself. If it's still messy, let me know. I made them stock your refrigerator with basic groceries and there should be new bedding, as well. Your car's outside, by the way."

The two couples thanked Sehun before following him out the airport. He told them about a few good places to eat nearby but unfortunately, the couple could not join them since he had to turn up at a meeting in less than half an hour!

Chanyeol decided to drive, Baekhyun in the shotgun seat while the other couple in the back with their son who had his face stuck to the window to see the different people and the buildings. Granada looked like one of those vintage towns, quiet and aesthetic. The people were very polite and kind, as well.

They ordered a few of the signature dishes on the menu, the two CEO husbands paying for their beloveds' wishes. It was quite a long drive seeing the cabin was near a lake on the outskirts of the town.

Chanyeol and Jeongguk opened the car doors for their spouses and began unloading the trunk while Taehyung and Baekhyun held onto Woobin and went towards the front door of the cabin.

It looked pretty rustic. It felt calm and relaxing, something they needed so much. A little time away from the busy city. The woods behind looked so peaceful and sleepy as well. The Sun was beautifully shining over the lake making it look as if diamonds were scattered on the surface.

Baekhyun breathed it all in, he'd been dying to go for a swim and stretch his limbs. It was the only time where he didn't feel the weight of his body or where his spine wasn't begging him to sit down due to added weight in the front. He would definitely put aside some time for the activity, he made a mental note.

"Me open!" the boy squealed and jumped up to the door after wiggling out of the adults' grips. He tried pushing it and the knob was a little out of his reach. Taehyung chuckled at this and decided to twist the knob but the door swung open as Woobin tried pushing again.

"Yeol Hyung?" he called out and got a yeah as a reply. "It's unlocked." The taller furrowed his brows, "What? I'm gonna kill Sehun." Baekhyun shushed his husband before walking in followed by Woobin and Taehyung followed suit.

"Yeollie?" Baekhyun peeked his head out, "I don't think you'd wanna come here." Worry marred the taller CEO's handsome face as he looked at Jeongguk. He excused himself before walking to the door as well.

Anger took over his features as he looked inside. The place was dusty with cobwebs and spiders. The door was squeaky and thanks to Chanyeol, Taehyung did not lose his leg on a patch of rotten wood on the flooring.

Baekhyun and Woobin were allergic to dust, the two had inherited the family's gene of asthma while Chanyeol was a clean freak, a germaphobe you could say. He dialled Sehun before screaming at his phone while Taehyung and Baekhyun sighed going back to the car.

The doctor stood in his husband's embrace leaning against the car letting him kiss his cheek, "So much for a break." Baekhyun had waddled holding an energetic Woobin's hands to the dock.

The little one sat down and watched the water in fascination while his uncle huffed out of breath before pushing himself to sit. He could not even sit as he used to, for fuck's sake! He had decided, Chanyeol must never be allowed to touch him or if he did, he better have a condom over his junior.

The platinum blond took off his sandals before letting the coldness of the water cool him down. He kicked the water about, the two giggling like kids till Binie waved at the water, "Are you waving to the fishies, Binne?"

The little boy shook his head, an innocent grin on his face, "A boy there, he wave." The adult smiled, "You mean a mermaid?" Binnie looked at him puzzled, "Merma?"

"Mermaid. They're part humans and part fish, Binnie." Baekhyun chuckled as the boy listened to him intently and the pregnant one began narrating the story of the Little Mermaid.

Meanwhile, Chanyeol was done screaming at his phone and sighed resting his head on the roof of the car, "You'll never guess how much the people demanded us to clean this place up." The Jeon couple looked at him awaiting the answer, "1000$" They gasped.

"What the fuck!"

"No fucking way!"

Taehyung had a hand on his hip staring at his brother-in-law unable to believe his ears, "Please don't tell me you paid for it, we'll just do it ourselves. We can make Baek and Binnie sit out here and finish it up in a 'lil."

"Is it about the distance of the place from the town or something? This makes no fucking sense."

The taller CEO sighed, "We can't clean it all up and the last time Binnie played in the sand pit, we had to get him to the ER since that triggered his asthma and Baek's too sensitive, as well. I already agreed to pay 'em."

Jeonggukk sighed, "So how many are coming to clean it up?" He held in a laugh when Chanyeol muttered five but stopped when he realized he was serious, "1000 for 5 people?" The shorter CEO scoffed, "You've gotta be fucking with me."

Before he could say anything further, he heard his husband holler his name. Chanyeol stomped up the pier to his husband and their nephew. "Can't get up?" the shorter spouse rolled his eyes and put his arms up.

The CEO scooped him up and carefully set him on his feet before scooping up the laughing child. He blew raspberries on his tummy before setting him on his shoulder.

Once Baekhyun was filled in on about the cleaning, he was furious but they had to decide who'd stay there to overlook the people. There was no guarantee it wouldn't be left as it was the first time.

Then it was decided Taehyung, Baekhyun and Woobin would go for a drive into the city while the spouses stayed behind at the cabin. "Are you sure you can drive, babe?" Jeongguk teased his husband who snorted.

"I'm living with you and your horny ass every night, how can this be any harder, bunny?"

Jeongguk muttered something like I'm not horny every night and Taehyung took the opportunity to remind his CEO husband not to ogle at his peaches.

"You know what, imma adopt Binnie. Poor baby with horny parents."

The couple closed their son's eyes before kissing and eating each other's face right in front of the pregnant male, "God, you two are gross!"

Chanyeol, on the other hand, coddled over his husband as he got in asking him if he had everything he needed like his inhaler, sunscreen and juice boxes. Baekhyun pulled him in for a short kiss to stop his rambling, "I love you, I'll be fine. Call us as soon as it's all cleaned up yeah?" He nodded like a puppy completely smitten with love.

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The two CEOs had their masks on, helping the group of 5 in clearing up the place. It had a lot of cleaning up to do, a lot and the workers were being very quick that Chanyeol thought maybe the money was worth it. They were very skilled in even fixing a pretty bad problem in the pipes.

One of the bathrooms upstairs had flooded rendering it unusable. The wooden flooring of the bathroom had rotten with all the water leaking on it for God knows how long. Chanyeol clicked his tongue in annoyance and carefully stepped in to inspect it but one of the workers stopped him, "Ith could break, aneethime. Bee careful, el señor."

He nodded thanking him before going back downstairs. Jeongguk walked back to the living room after having inspected all the rooms downstairs. "A bathroom upstairs can't be used and a room's locked. I think I misplaced the key or something, we'll clean that up later if it's clumsy." The shorter CEO nodded.

Chanyeol was paying the workers while Jeongguk made himself busy calling his spouse to come back. Turns out, they'd already decided to come back and were halfway there. "We also got our men some food to gobble up!" Baekhyun announced on the call.

Taehyung and Jeongguk soon hung up with the elder telling his husband to drive safe.

Meanwhile, the workers had just left but something about them put off Chanyeol. They had a weird look on their faces. The look when someone wants to or needs to say something but they bite back and swallow the words.

They hurriedly left before he could ask them something. But one of the men came up to him, "Por favor, tenga cuidado. No apagues nunca las luces. Incluso las sombras pueden matar, señor." The CEO's Spanish was alright but the boy spoke too fast for him to make out anything.

And so, he did not know then it translates to 'Please be safe. Don't turn off the lights. Even shadows can kill.'

Just then his eyes landed on an old lady who stood a little by the woods. By the looks of it, he assumed she was an old lady. Maybe she lost her way, he thought and walked over to her.

As he went closer and closer, he could see the hunch in her back and the silver shite strands peeking out of her cloak. The skin on her hands was visibly sagged and her nails dark indicating it had not been maintained well.

She had her droopy eyes entirely trained on their cabin. "Hola, sen—"

"Estás maldito, tu familia también. Huye o serás testigo del nacimiento y la muerte de tu hija, ¡serás testigo del círculo de la vida de la forma más espantosa!"

"Nacimiento y la muerte de tu hija? Why the fuck are you talking about our daughter?" he was furious, their unborn baby was a girl and he and Baekhyun had spent nights talking about how they'd spoil their little princess and then there's this lady who was talking about her death, "Birth and death, what the fuck is wrong with you?"

The lady looked at him with a mysterious look which he could quite decipher. He found it threatening but there was a hint of... pity? Then she muttered with a voice an octave lower and in broken English, "Run away, boy. Save your family. Theenk why people did not want to come here."

As much as the CEO wanted to inquire more, he heard his husband holler his name. He turned to look at the woman but she was no more there. He looked around but gave up and went to the cabin.

Lunch was first and then was touring around. Woobin was having the time of his life running around every inch of the place since it was spacious enough. Thanks to his height, he had the added advantage of having too many spots for hiding well.

Baekhyun bit his lips, his face going pale as he could not find his little nephew for so long. The two settled on playing hide and seek and the pregnant male reprimanded himself for having stupidly chosen the game.

He had been searching for the past 10 minutes and he had no luck. His puppy eyes fell on the door which had a red X painted on it. He contemplated if it'd be dangerous but huffed before pushing the door open.

It was the biggest bathroom in the house and the beautiful tiles caught his attention. Though they were dusty still, the pale blue looked so beautiful with the little black storks painted on it. Then he moved to the tub and sat on the edge of it rubbing his bump where his little minion was happily kicking around, "Papa's losing his mind over losing your cousin and you're having fun here?"

A chuckle left his lips when the baby kicked his finger. He drew circles on the spot before something on the wall caught his attention. The section of the wall stood out and he began examining it.

He began pulling out the block and felt cold air brush against him and the hair on his back stood up. Baekhyun turned to look behind him but shrugged it off and went back to what he was doing.

The pregnant male felt that the block was heavy and scoffed. As he pulled it further and further, he heard something crack, more precisely glass and looked around. But there was no one except him.

He pulled a little more and the glass across the room shattered. He looked in the direction trying to figure out how the mirror but something made him freeze.

Dread filled him when he heard the flooring squeak. He gulped glancing at the floor. The squeak sounded as if caused due to footsteps and he called out Woobin's name but got no answer.

He turned in the direction of the sound and his eyes caught wet footsteps on the floor approaching him but there was no owner of the footprint in the room. At first, it was slow but the pace quickened and Baekhyun had his back glued to the wall.

He put a protective hand over his bump and had his eyes screwed shut mumbling Chanyeol's name. He heard the footsteps coming in fast and almost behind him but he felt two arms scoop him up and run out of the room.

As soon as his husband let him while holding his waist, tears rolled down seeing the block of tiles fall down the wooden floor, almost collapsing it. Had the taller been a couple of seconds late, Baekhyun was sure he would have lost his legs.

"God, Baek!" he was pulled back from his thoughts, "What were you thinking? Fuck, baby. You scared the shit out of me!" But Chanyeol stopped his rambles once he looked at his spouse's face.

He embraced the smaller in his arms while Taehyung stood there rubbing his cousin's back in hopes of calming him down. Chanyeol continued to whisper sweet nothings into his husband's ear and peppered kisses on his cheek and hair.

The CEO felt his spouse fall heavy into his arms and he panicked seeing he had passed out. Taehyung pat his shoulder, "He's alright, just shocked. Let him sleep it off, Hyung." The elder nodded before carrying the pregnant male in his arms and laying him in one of the bedrooms.

The two go downstairs to see Jeongguk enquiring his son about where he had gone running off to. The little boy had tears down his cheeks as his father questioned him. "Binne, I'm not even scolding you. I'm just asking where you were." The boy wiped his tears and sniffled when his Papa took him to his lap.

"Baby, you know Kyoongie can't find you like before, right? Where were you. honey?"

Woobin smiled, "Hyungie show me place, Binne hide. Hyungie give chocolates if Kyoongi-ie don't find Binnie. Hyungie wan' see Kyoongie." Chanyeol's brow perked up, "What hyung, Binnie?"

Jeongguk pitched in, "Can you describe him, baby?" The toddler nodded and jumped off Taehyung's lap. He stood near the armrest and smiled innocently, "Here is hyungie. He wan' meet all."

The younger parent sighed, "Woobin and his imagination." He smiled at his son. Not wanting to ruin his happy childhood imagination power, held him by the shoulders, "You can play with Hyungie but don't call Kyoongie, okay?"

A pout found its way to the child's lips, "But Hyngie also wan' Kyoongie. Hyungie like Kyoong vei vei much." Taehyung nodded, "How 'bout I play instead?" The toddler shook his head after a couple of seconds, "No. Kyoongie."

The doctor sighed leaning his head back on the couch and turned to Chanyeol, "Tell Baek to not tire himself out." When his son asked if they could go play, Jeongguk glanced at the clock and shook his head.

"It's almost bedtime, Binne. Let's go. I'll read you a story."

Woobin reminded his father about Hyungie and the male huffed, "Tell him goodbye, you play with him tomorrow, Binnie." The toddler, half-heartedly, waved his hands as if waving someone goodbye.

Once the duo was out of the room, Taehyung went to fetch two bottles of beer and placed one in front of Chanyeol and one for himself. "I'm so—"

"Woobin didn't intend for this, Tae. It's alright and Baek won't mind this either. He loves your kid too much." Taehyung chuckled at that remembering how his cousin poured out rich-ass clothes for the kid on every Christmas and birthday. He owned a clothing line and he loved spoiling his nephew rotten.

Jeongguk soon joined them and an hour passed before they decided to check up on Baekhyun. The pregnant male was reaching for the glass of water on the nightstand when the three popped in.

"How long have you been awake?" Baekhyun husked out a 5 as his husband helped him sit up and handed him the glass. "What happened, Kyoong?"

It was as if Baekhyun came to his senses right then and there, "There's something in the house." Taehyung sighed, not again. "Don't tell me you have an imaginary friend too, Baek. We just finished dealing with Binnie."

Baekhyun glared at his cousin, "Do you think I'm joking? I swear there was something walking towards me." Chanyeol held his hands and the younger looked up, "You have to trust me, Yeol. There is something!

"The footprints were wet an—"

"Wet?" Jeongguk intervened, "The bathroom is still dirty and if the footprints were indeed wet, then it should still be there." The pregnant male huffed out of bed and pushed his husband away when he tried to help him up.

He led the way to the bathroom and flung open the door. "See?" the three looked confused and the male himself turned around to see the floor but there was nothing, "It was right here, I swear to God!" He went on to ramble out the description of the footprint and the three looked at each other not wanting to lose control over their tongues.

"But Baek there's nothing." The pregnant male looked up at his cousin with a glare, "You cleaned it up, didn't you? You did." The doctor clicked his tongue, "I watched this collapse in front of my eyes. I'm not stupid enough to go in there again, cuz!"

"Fuck you!" the pregnant male screamed at the three before angrily stomping back over to the bedroom and slamming the door shut so hard that it had the other three adults flinching.

The night went pretty silent. Baekhyun had his back to his husband and the Jeon couple spent the night cuddling, and maybe had a little fun.

Come morning, the pregnant one was in a comparatively better mood and his raging hormones had calmed down. Calm after the storm. None of the adults dared to take up the topic again, not wanting Baekhyun to go all poco loco on them.

Chanyeol, Jeongguk and Woobin resorted to playing catch since Taehyung was against leaving him in the lake to swim like his stubborn cousin. Baekhyun was having the time of his life. The sun was above them but they felt no heat.

The water completely felt cool against his skin, soothing him. His body felt light as he swam laps under the hard supervision of his cousin. Taehyung, initially, had his eyes trained on his cousin but a few minutes passed and he had his nose stuck in the book in his hands.

Baekhyun had a mischievous grin as he looked around and saw that no one was paying much attention to him. He sucked in a long breath before diving deeper into the water. His baby was not giving him a hard time either, maybe the baby loves the water, he concluded and continued to kick his legs faster.

A little deeper, he thought it to be enough and looked around at the colourful plants and pebbles in the water. But a dark spot a little further from him caught his attention and his curiosity got the best of him.

The pregnant one swam to the surface to get another breath of air before diving back to the spot. He was able to hold his breath for a whole seven minutes, thanks to his parents who pushed him to excel at swimming. But he did not want to have to come back for a while and it's not wrong to be cautious.

As he swam cautiously towards the black spot which turned out to be a small cave, he wondered about the existence of a cave in a small lake. The baby under his heart kicked out so hard making him curl up and hold his abdomen.

Suddenly the aura around him felt eerie. He turned to the cave and gasped under the water when his eyes caught the sight of a rotting face with hair partially covering the right eye. The skin was white as snow, the lips in a dark shade of grey yet it was not black and the hair blacker than the darkest midnight without the moon.

His baby began to kick him again, with the same strength as if telling him to back and Baekhyun obliged. The pregnant male began swimming away from the cave and to the surface but something gripped around his ankles ceasing his swim.

He began kicking his arms and feet around hoping someone saw it. Baekhyun felt his baby becoming silent and water enter his lungs as his limbs stopped their frantic movements and began floating to the rhythm of the water.

"—hyun" his blurry vision focused to see his husband with teary eyes patting his cheeks and calling out his name. Chanyeol was dripping wet and the pregnant male smiled groggily as he touched his cheek, "Hey, Yeol." His head throbbed and his throat felt so irritated from all the coughing.

"God, Baek!" he heard his husband curse under his breath and on the other side, he could feel his cousin's tight grip on his hands muttering apologies over and over again. He turned to Jeongguk and reached his arms out, "Help me sit up, Hyung. The rocks really don't feel comfy."

Jeongguk shook his head flashing his famous bunny smile before pulling up the pregnant male to sit, "You don't lose your humour."

"It would take more than water for that." Jeongguk was always a great friend to Baekhyun. While his husband and Taehyung were too uptight for him, Jeongguk shared the same aloof, mischievous, laid-back personality as him.

"What were you thinking, Baekhyun?" he turned to see his furious husband and Baekhyun put up his defensive armour on, "I told you depths were off limit. What the fuck were you thinking? You want us to prepare your funeral or something? What the fuck, Baekhyun?"

As Baekhyun got ready to spit out his words, he bit his tongue seeing the tears well up in his husband's eyes, "I thought I lost you, and our baby, Baek. I would lose myself, B. I need you in my life, please be careful, baby. For me." The pregnant male went silent blinking away his tears.

"I'm sorry, Hyun," Taehyung had tears as he looked down, "I'm sorry I let that happen. I should've been more attentive. I'm so sorry, Hyun."

Baekhyun gulped not wanting to break down and tried covering it up with a laugh, "I just beat death's ass and you guys are making me cry as soon as I gain consciousness." He looked up at Jeongguk, "Guk hyung, you're the only one mentally stable to escort me to the bedroom."

Jeongguk snorted before nodding and carefully pulling up the pregnant male to his feet. He looped his arm around the younger and smiled, "Shall we, your Highness?"

"We shall, my jester."

Jeongguk helped the younger sit at the edge of the bed before sitting beside him. It wasn't long before the pregnant male broke down on his shoulder, "I couldn't f-feel the baby move aft-after sometime and-and I thought it wa-was over. I really thought I'd never see you guys ag-again, hyung. I really thought it was my en—"

Jeongguk embraced the younger resting his chin on the mop of platinum blond hair calming him, "But you're still here and we're not that easy to get rid of us nor you." When his sobs turned to sniffles, he pulled away and wiped his face.

"Be in the bathroom, I'll get you a change of clothes and some towels." The younger nodded waddling into the en suite bathroom. The raven head soon knocked on the door handing him a pair of pyjamas and some fluffy towels to dry himself.

Baekhyun soon came out with a small towel on his head, dressed in Chanyeol's pyjamas, "You seriously couldn't read the different tags?" The elder laughed seeing the pregnant male drown in the clothing.

"Chanyeol and Tae must be biting their fingers past their nails" the CEO joked and Baekhyun joined in asking the elder to dry his hair before he could lie down. "I'll get some sleep and then go meet 'em," Jeongguk nodded rubbing the towel over the mop of wet platinum blond hair.

"Can I confide something in you, hyung? I know Tae and Yeol wouldn't take me seriously at all."

Jeongguk hummed, "When I went in the water, I saw a figure. It was a kid, I'm sure and his face- it was decaying, rotting." He paused to take a breath. His body had gone rigid and the hair on his back stood up as his thoughts went back to the sights he had seen earlier.

"And-and I tried to swim to the top and something pulled me down. It was so strong but the grip was not a child's. No way! I felt the hand wrap around my ankle we-well and it pulled me back to the bottom. Remember the wet footprints? I wasn't hallucinating that, as well. I swear. Something's wrong here, hyung. Something's awfully wrong here."

Baekhyun only realised he was holding his breath when Jeongguk held him by his shoulders and breathed with him. He looked up at the elder in fear and dread. Baekhyun was serious as fuck.

"We need to get out of here soon, hyung. But I don't wanna ruin you guys' vacation either."

Jeongguk nodded understanding the younger's concern. He made the pregnant male lie down and tucked him under the sheets, "I'll go into the town tomorrow and I'll ask around about this place and look this lake up in the old papers and everything, alright?"

Baekhyun held out his pinky and the other chuckled linking his, as well. He sighed looking at the ceiling once Jeongguk left, thoughts clouding his head.

A few minutes had passed and the pregnant male was slowly dozing off when he was pulled right out of his drowsy demeanour. The door to the room squeaked open and he was too afraid to see who it was. The footsteps sounded as if trying to be silent but the hardwood would not allow them.

The mattress shifted and he gulped hard. Splaying a protective hand over his bump, he shivered with his eyes screwed shut. He felt the goosebumps rise on his skin when he felt something play with his hair.

It took every tiny ounce of courage in him to hold his breath and turn around. He blinked his eyes when he came face to face with the soft grin of Woobin. "Hi Kyoongie!" he chirped animatedly, "Binne have tata and toragi to pway!"

Baekhyun turned his body to the toddler and beamed ruffling his hair, "Who told you to sneak up on me like that?" Woobin erupted into laughter when Uncle Kyoong tickled his soft tummy.

The toddler soon began making up stories and scenarios with the two plushies and Baekhyun listened to it all and joined now and then with a soft smile on his lips, he could not wait for their little baby to make her grand entrance.

"Kyoongie met hyungie today in water?" Baekhyun momentarily froze. He remembered Jeongguk telling him the toddler was oblivious to the events that had happened since they had him in the living room so as to not freak him out.

"Who's hyungie, baby? What's his name?" the toddler shrugged, "He wan' meet chu for long time!" he widened his little arms to explain his statement and the platinum blond gulped. "Why does he want to meet me? Where can I see him?" Woobin looked up.

"Hyungie wans to tell secret," he put his lips and shushed before continuing, "he come at night to Binnie room to pway." The adult nodded his head and yelped when his unborn daughter kicked out.

Woobin gasped and put his little palms on the belly, giggling every time his little cousin kicked, "Baby play wi' Binnie!" Baekhyun nodded grinning at the toddler. "So Binnie, can Kyoongie sleep with you tonight? We both can play with hyungie?"

Woobin's eyes lit up at that as he frantically nodded and went back to playing with his plushies.

Taehyung and Chanyeol were still on their toes around Baekhyun for the rest of the night and so when Baekhyun announced that he would be sleeping with Woobin that night, his husband was pouting and whining.

"But B—"

"I wanna sleep with Binnie. He's sleeping alone."

Chanyeol smiled cheekily, "How 'bout I join you guys then? I can put in a matter—"

Baekhyun shut his husband's lips with a dainty finger, "I wanna spend time with my sweet nephew for just one night, Yeol. Please?" Jeongguk and Taehyung could only pat Chanyeol's back as he watched his small husband walk away holding Woobin's fingers.

While everyone slept, the tall CEO decided to settle on the couch with some beer and a movie. But fell asleep somewhere around half past midnight.

Meanwhile, the pregnant male whined feeling someone disturb his peaceful siesta. He was not planning to sleep that long keeping in mind to wake up soon but unknowingly drifted off into a tired sleep.

He cracked open his eyes and Woobin smiled. The boy was out of bed in his pyjamas, the tata plushie hugged against his chest. "Hyungie come! Wake-y!" the pregnant male sat up rubbing the sleep out of his eyes and waiting for vertigo to settle.

He wrapped his robe around his body feeling the shrewd cold air of the deep night waltzing in through the windows. The pregnant male closed the windows and blinds before lighting a few candles in the room.

The platinum blond took out a few bits of paper he had in a little box. There were two big bits- yes and no scribbled down in the respective bits, 26 smaller bits for the alphabets and 10 more for numbers from 0 to 9.

He laid it all out in the carpet where Woobin was and sat on his knees beside the toddler. "Can hyungie talk to me, Binnie? Can I hear him?" the boy cheerfully looked at the void in front of them.

In Baekhyun's eyes, it was just some space, null, void, blank, etc. But to Woobin it was not so. Despite the closed windows, the pregnant male felt a shiver down his spine as if the wind whispered in his ear.

He gasped and he swore he felt someone touch his hair. There was no way it was Woobin since Baekhyun held one hand and the other was busy clutching the plushie. He turned his head around to see if there was anyone else in the room.

Fear crept into his heart. Then he heard it. The same sound. The same noisy, eerie squeak of the wooden floor. "Hyungie says he likes you. So Kyoongie see hyungie and hear hyungie." His paper bits were a waste of time but he could care less about that.

Baekhyun turned away from Woobin and that was when he saw it, him, face-to-face. As clear as daylight. The boy couldn't have been more than 7 years and it was the image he had seen in the waters that morning.

The rotting, pale-as-snow face of a child.

"Baby?" he heard the hoarse voice of the boy and Baekhyun felt the adrenaline go wild in his blood causing the baby to become frantic. The voice was that of a child but it was almost like a loud whisper. It sounded as though the voice of someone who had been coughing too much or choking.

Baekhyun splayed a protective arm over his bump and nodded at the child. Seeing the boy smile, the pregnant male's eyes soften. "Can I feel baby?" the male was a little sceptical but nodded yet remembering to never let his guard down.

Baekhyun shivered when the ice-cold hands accidentally touched his hands but thanks to the robe, he did not feel it much when the apparition carefully touched the clothed belly with utmost gentleness. Woobin joined in as well, narrating everything about his little unborn cousin.

"You have un secreto?" the pregnant male asked. Though the child looked harmless, Baekhyun still could not get used to the idea that he was interacting with a spirit which was trapped in the world still, possibly a vengeful one as far as his knowledge about the spirits and stuff.

"What's your name, sweetie?" he stuttered out trying to maintain his calm demeanour. The spirit looked up, a little smile on his lips. "Alejandro."

"What secret did you want to tell me, Alejandro?" The spirit was about to answer when he cowered in fear at something at the corner of the room. The spirit looked at Baekhyun in fear which had the pregnant male shivering as well.

"Run. Run. Go far!"

He watched the little spirit run behind the closet and disappear into the dark abyss. While Woobin had his eyes trained on the closet with a pout on his lips, Baekhyun turned to look at what had frightened the poor little spirit away and saw a tall shadow.

It was as tall as the ceiling and as it grew bigger and bigger, darkness followed. The lit candles lost their flames as the cold darkness swept over them. The pregnant male pulled the oblivious toddler into his chest and looked at the little bits of paper on the carpet.

"Is there someone else in the room?" his voice was shaking and he was stuttering but he had to stay strong for little Woobin and his daughter. His body began shaking in fear when the window he bolted, flew open and the blinds erratically danced in the shrewd winds.

The trees outside were calm and composed. Not even the dry leaves shook but the wind in the room had things flying around. The pregnant male who had his eyes screwed shut, slowly opened to look at the paper bits.

All the bits had flown away except for three. And he silently read the words in his head which made his heart drop to his stomach.

D I E

He hugged the toddler tighter. By then, Woobin had also begun sobbing. The thick uncomfortable aura of the room made him sense he was in danger and made his tiny fists clutch and cling onto Baekhyun harder.

The pregnant male began reciting every prayer he knew. Tears were flowing down his eyes and he could swear he was screaming out his husband's name as loud as he possibly could. But none came.

The darkness screeched so loud that it had Baekhyun sobbing, his face red yet pale with bangs sticking to his forehead from sweating so profusely. With the little bit of courage left in him, he turned back to see the darkness.

It had taken over the entire room and every candle had gone out. His almond eyes widened when he saw Woobin's wooden toy box shake in its place atop the chest of drawers. The heavy wooden toy flew across the room in their direction.

A few inches and Baekhyun was sure, with the velocity of the box, it would have hit his temple and would have caused some serious consequences. With the speed it flew, it smashed into the window, shattering it into tiny shards.

Then he heard the others' frantic voices from the other side of the door and the entire darkness had vanished and the candles lit up one after the other.

"Baek! Wh—"

The last thing Baekhyun remembers is passing out in his husband's arms.

_____

Jeongguk as promised set out into the town with Woobin while his husband and Chanyeol were completely against Baekhyun leaving, nor did the pregnant male have the energy to get out of bed. He felt too drained.

He woke up the next morning with Taehyung intently looking at him. At first, he felt something tight leave his arms and no sooner, he could feel something on the side of his head, a little burn. Then he felt something soft over it before the cold morning breeze soothed it.

"All done!" his eyes caught the blurry image of his cousin getting up from the chair and walking away. Chanyeol soon came into his vision and the pregnant male blinked his eyes a few times before taking in a clearer picture of his husband.

His forehead had those little crinkles whenever he was tensed about something and Baekhyun pretty much figured out the reason. "You feeling better?" the tall raven head helped his pregnant spouse sit up with pillows supporting his back.

Baekhyun nodded looking at the two like a kicked puppy. Chanyeol sat by the edge of the bed, squeezing his swollen feet. The pregnant male mentally sighed feeling the warm hands on his cold feet. He was more than grateful for his husband.

Then the chair beside the bed was occupied by Taehyung who had just come back from leaving the first-aid kit on the table. "Your pressure's normal, I was really worried about that." Then he saw his cousin exhale, getting ready to ask him something, rather hesitant and awkward, "Baek, are you taking any extra meds? Besides your prescribed prenatal vitamins?" the pregnant male looked at his cousin confused.

"What do you mean, Tae? You know all my medication. Your friend prescribed them and you checked them, as well."

Taehyung and Chanyeol looked at each other with a sigh. The pregnant male watched as his cousin held his hand and held it tight as if trying to reassure him, "Hyunnie, you kept mumbling about the 'events' in Binnie's room last night. Like talking to a little boy and some other demon, apparently. I sedated you when you woke up screaming in the middle of the night but before you passed out, you were telling us all this and it doesn't make any sense, Hyun.

"I checked your meds again last night but there was nothing out of the ordin—"

Baekhyun looked at the two in disbelief, "What the fuck! Are you implying I'm abusing drugs or something?" Chanyeol opened his lips and decided against it but the doctor did not bite back his tongue.

"It's either drugs or we need to get you to a therap—"

"Shut the fuck up, Kim Taehyung! I'm not crazy, okay? Everything I and Woobin saw last night was true! I fucking screamed so much and it was you guys' fault for not coming in earlier!"

A sigh left their lips and Baekhyun's defensive demeanour crumbled away, "We did not come there cause we heard you screaming. We came there when we heard the window break." The pregnant male shook his head, looking at his husband with pleading eyes.

"Babe, I wanna believe you but it doesn—"

"Chanyeol, baby. I'm your husband, you have to believe me. I swear it on the life of our unborn daughter, everything I'm telling is true." Baekhyun held his husband's forearms with much strength but the raven head only sighed gently taking off his husband's dainty fingers off his arm.

He stood up and kissed his husband's forehead, "Choose your words carefully, Baek. That's our little princess, baby. I love you and I really wanna trust you but not in this. I'm sorry, B..."

Taehyung stood up as Chanyeol left the room and ruffled his cousin's hair, "The shard luckily scratched your temple. A little change in the angle, and you could've lost your eye." Baekhyun stared at the two men dumbfounded as they walked out of the room leaving him alone with his thoughts.

Tears rolled down his cheeks at the thought that his husband did not believe him and was concerned that he'd put their baby's life in danger. Bullshit! And Taehyung- him abusing drugs? Baekhyun wanted to sob at that.

Sure, he was yet to be a parent but the fact the two thought he'd fail his little sunshine made him sick to his stomach. Unbelievable! A hiss left his lips at the dull ache in his back. His baby was going crazy with his ribs.

Stupid Braxton Hicks! He cursed in his head. A scream left his lips with tears finding their way down the smooth cheeks. The pregnant man's face was all flustered as his abdominal muscles painfully contracted.

Taehyung and Chanyeol had rushed back in. The tall CEO held his husband's hand stroking over his fingers waiting for the pain to subside. The doctor was next to his cousin rubbing his back. Baekhyun's face was all scrunched up in pain as he squeezed his spouse's hand in his.

The contractions lasted for a few more minutes before the pregnant male felt like he could breathe again. His cousin handed him a glass of water and the smaller snatched it before gulping it down.

He looked at the two with a cold glare, "Why the fuck are you two here again?" He turned at his husband, "Thought I was trying to kill my baby with more drugs?" Then he turned to Taehyung, "Or that I was begging for attention?"

Before the two could respond, the platinum blond stood up and gathered a pillow and blanket in his hands, not to forget- his precious phone. Ignoring the two who were calling for him from behind, he walked over to one of the other guestrooms downstairs.

Locking the door, the male slumped on the bed and sobbed his heart out. Baekhyun would be lying if he said he believed his eyes. There were moments where he himself questioned his sanity but whatever devilish thing happened last night was too real to be not true.

He wiped his tears rather harshly and called the one person he trusted to completely understand him, at the least not accusing him of having gone crazy or abusing drugs.

"Gukkie hyung..."

The raven head promised to be back soon and that his little digging work was almost done.

Jeongguk hung up the call and looked at his son who finally seemed to have gotten a little out of the events that happened last night. Woobin was happily swinging his feet eating his fries and burger with his Teolaegi plushie on the other hand.

The very active child had been extremely silent and wanted to stick himself to Baekhyun. He threw a tantrum when the adults tried to get him to sleep away from Baekhyun. He had his hands on the bump saying he did not want to leave Kyoongie or Baby Cuzie.

Jeongguk let his son sleep with an unconscious Baekhyun though the other two were completely against it. But in the end, he got the bunch of keys to the house before closing the door and locking it, "If you wanna open the door, try and get the keys. Go to bed, for God's sake. I'm tired if you two being this uptight even on a vacation."

Only in the morning after a lot of cajoling and coddling and Chanyeol practically begging the younger CEO to see his husband did Jeongguk hand him the keys. But little Woobin had still not moved on from last night.

When the adults tried to get him off the bed, he threw a tantrum again, stopping when Jeongguk scooped him up saying they should go into the town to get medicines for Kyoongie and Baby Cuzie.

The boy cheekily grinned eyeing his father's plate of fries. "Want more fries, baby?" the toddler nodded smiling like a little squirrel. The CEO chuckled before replacing the empty plate with his. While his son was happily eating to his heart's content, the raven head went back to reading the files in his hand.

He had been to the city library to look into the cabin or if the spot had anything dark done on it. He was hell-bent on trying to substantiate Baekhyun's accusation. He knew Baekhyun and his little son were dying to go on this trip. They were the most excited and now they were the ones who were begging to go home.

Kids never lie nor would a parent who would do anything to see their unborn child. There was no way Baekhyun would paint himself to look crazy and he knew his son had the most vivid, out-of-the-world imagination but he would never lie about danger.

As he looked through the files, something caught his attention. Based on the location and the state, the CEO had initially thought Chanyeol's father must have paid a fortune for it but the documents were a contradiction.

He furrowed his brows seeing Chanyeol's father had gotten it for a very sweet deal, almost free. Then the cabin piqued his interest. He was looking through old photos with the cabin in articles and such when something caught his eye.

A picture of a pregnant woman and a little boy. Jeongguk turned to Woobin and looked back at the photo. Hiding the woman's face with his thumb, he tapped on his son's shoulder to show him the picture.

"Daddy!" the boy squealed so loud that it had the customers cooing at the child. The young father bowed to his head to the other customers before turning to his son, "You know him, baby?"

The toddler nodded, his mushroom head making it a hundred times more adorable, "That hyungie!" Jeongguk knew there was no way his son imagined someone from about 100 years ago.

It was not blind accusations anymore. Maybe there was more to his story.

Jeongguk contemplated something in his head before showing the full photo to his son who scrunched up his face. "That evi' ladhy. Hyunige hate, Binne hate." The CEO looked at the photo again.

"She too have baby? Like Kyoongie?" Woobin shook his head, "Do you know her name, Binnie?" the boy was deep in thought, "Binnie know but forget, Daddy." The parent ruffled his hair, "That's okay, baby."

Jeongguk then found an article that stated that a pregnant lady and her son had met an unfortunate end. The lady had drowned her son in the lake before being mysteriously killed. The news made him sad. He wanted to believe she had reasons. Reasons good enough to kill your own blood and flesh.

The raven head felt a tug on his shirt, "Daddy?" he hummed at his son, "Go home? Wan' see Kyoongie." Jeongguk nodded. The parent was carefully putting the papers into his bag when their waitress stopped at their table.

"Señor, you live in esa casa, no?"

"That house? Why?" the woman's nervous demeanour vanished and she looked stern, "Leave soon, por favor, señor. Big peligro! Protect a los niños." Jeongguk could make out that they had to leave soon and most importantly protect their children.

"Uhm... do you know what happened there?" he took out the photo, "This woman and boy, you know them? I need to know about them." The woman visibly shuddered at the picture and pushed it back into the CEO's chest, "Leave, pronto!"

Jeongguk confirmed there was something very wrong with the cabin and the lake. And taking his son's friend into account, he needed to know about the woman. He thanked the waitress and paid his bill.

Woobin took his father's hand and jumped off his seat. The waitress crouched to his level with a gentle, sweet smile, "Name?" the toddler smiled, "Woobinnie!" The woman smiled and chuckled at the grinning boy.

Jeongguk watched as she took off her rosary and put it on his son's neck. "This protect you. When you scared, say these words." The boy nodded listening intently to the woman's words, "Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me."

Woobin said it two more times and squealed at successfully saying it right. She stood up and looked at Jeongguk telling him to wait for a moment and came back with a bible and a little bottle in her hands.

"You will need them, señor. Number of padre is in the Bible. Call him, he help you. Say Lord's prayer every night."

Jeongguk thanked the woman and the toddler who was busy admiring his new accessory also waved the kind woman goodbye. She looked at them with pity, "Sálvalos, padre celestial. Quédate con ellos. No dejes que les hagan daño. Guárdalos bajo tus alas. Que tu espíritu esté con ellos. Amen."

When the father-son duo came back to the cabin, the toddler wiggled out of his father's grip before dashing over to his uncles' room. The little boy pushed open the door and smiled seeing Chanyeol with his guitar.

"Yeollie uncle?" the man took note of his little nephew and a grin played on his lips. Setting his guitar down, he scooped up the boy, "Hey, Binnie! When did you get back?" Woobin pushed his face away from the ticklish kisses on his cheek.

"Kyoongie no here?" a chuckle left the adult's lips, "You don't miss me, Binnie?" He flashed his doe eyes and the toddler laughed squishing the man's face. "Yeollie here. Kyoongie no here."

The CEO shook his head with a smile before carrying the toddler over to the guestroom downstairs. He set the boy on his feet and pointed to the door, "Kyoongie is there." The boy skipped over and banged on the door screaming his favourite uncle's name.

Chanyeol hoped to catch a small glance of his husband but the pregnant male sneakily hid behind the door. The CEO wanted to see if he was alright or crying, if he was craving something or wanted a massage.

A sigh left his lips. Jeongguk gulped down a bottle of water before chuckling at the elder, "Silent treatment?" Chanyeol shrugged. "Both or just you?" Taehyung rolled his eyes at his husband, "Shut it, Jeon."

His cheeky spouse pulled him closer by his waist before kissing him full on his lips, "You're a Jeon too, baby. Never forget."

"Still in the room, let me grab a beer and be gone." The Jeon couple laughed before making the other CEO sit with them as they talked about stuff, mostly Baekhyun and Woobin.

Meanwhile, as soon as the door fell shut, Woobin jumped on the bed and Baekhyun sat beside him, "Hey, Binnie? Had fun?" the toddler nodded animatedly about how his father gave him fries too and his little stomach was as big as Kyoongie's.

The pregnant male pulled the boy's shirt and began poking and tickling the huge tummy. A few minutes later, the toddler sat up, he took off the rosary off his neck and put it on Baekhyun.

"Pretty lady say this protect us. You have it. Binnie strong." Baekhyun had his hazel orbs swimming in tears as the oblivious toddler puffed up his chest and cheeks. The pregnant male pulled the boy for a hug.

This house had something to show them and Baekhyun swore they'd all go back safe and sound to their home and friends.

As they lay on the bed, Woobin was trying to say something but Baekhyun could not quite catch it. "Walk in shadho o—"

"Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me."

"Yes, Daddy!" the toddler looked up at his uncle, "Pretty lady say we shoo say that when we are scared." Jeongguk flashed his son a thumbs up and closed the door behind him, "Hey, how are you, overgrown kid?"

"Your husband and my husband are meanies."

The CEO laughed at that, "But we still love them too much, don't we?" The pregnant male blew his bangs out of his eyes as he sat up with a huff. "Did you get anything about the house? Anything of use?" Jeongguk nodded and handed a photograph and an old news article which was neatly laminated to prevent it from falling into pieces.

Baekhyun's eyes went as wide as saucers, his eyes trained on the boy. He looked so innocent and full of life. Just like their little Woobin. The reason for his demise was on his other hand, "She killed her own baby?"

He gasped, palm over his lips, Jeongguk nodded his bottom lip between his teeth. "But why? How could she even think of something this sick and force herself to do it in cold blood?" the male was baffled. No way could an actual parent do this to their child. He could not even fathom it.

Maybe she had her reasons, he wanted to reason with himself but there was no excuse reasonable enough to kill your own child!

The next document he laid before Baekhyun made him quirk his eyebrow, "No way this cabin is that cheap!" Jeongguk laughed at that with an apparently, "So some pretty bad shit must have gone down there and we have two more weeks to dig up all that."

Baekhyun nodded, "When I was coming down here, I saw one locked bedroom. Wanna explore it, hyung?" The CEO was a little hesitant but he gave in to the pregnant male's puppy eyes.

"Oh, and the basement too!"

Jeongguk shook his head crossing his arms in front of his chest, "I've seen enough horror movies to know that never ends well."

"Don't be such a buzz kill, hyung. Take chill pill, Whatcha say?"

Jeongguk shook his head and stood up as he stated sternly, "The basement is off limits. And we raid the mystery bedroom tomo—"

"Tonight! Yay! Can't wait, hyung. You're really awesome, thanks!" Jeongguk sighed and turned to look at his son who silently playing with his plushies, "Even my 5-year-old is less stubborn and easy to handle than a 27-year-old!"

Baekhyun stuck his tongue out. When Jeongguk decided to leave and let him rest, the pregnant male asked for the bag and decided to look more into it. The frightening news in the article piqued his interest.

Woobin was having his evening nap while the pregnant male was busy mailing his secretary about the latest designs and the photoshoot. But the sound of bells caught his attention. Not the church bells but the ones from cat collars- a lot of those and almost continuously which was annoying.

Then he heard a commotion. Mostly his husband's and Jeongguk's. He stood up to go check what was happening outside patting Woobin on his pudgy tummy as the boy began shuffling. Baekhyun softly closed the door and went to the front door.

Taehyung was at the door while the other two were in front of some old lady. She had lit up a small harmless fire as she sat inside a white round she had made with some salt while continuously tapping her cane on the ground. The cane was clearly old yet strong and it had a bunch of small bells on top of it which were a little annoying but Baekhyun shrugged it off.

The old lady was reciting something but he could see the two CEOs screaming at her, accusing her of witchcraft. "I knew you were trouble from the first moment I saw you! You're the reason for all the trouble in our place, right?"

"No digas lo que no sabes, muchacho. Don't be foolish, boy!"

Jeongguk began defending the taller raven head and Baekhyun rolled his eyes. He turned back to the old lady who was trying to recite something in peace and he was knowledgeable enough to know that salt was something which was always considered to ward off the evil.

Further inspection and he could spot the bones poking at her skin. Was this woman even eating anything at all? He pondered and walked into the kitchen.

He had a hand on his bump and rummaged through the fridge to find what he was looking for. They had had sandwiches for lunch and his little daughter was not really feeling like absorbing sandwiches apparently so he neatly wrapped it and put it away to satiate his midnight appetite. Once he got the plate, he quickly heated it up and walked out the front door ignoring his cousin.

"Hola, señora," Chanyeol and Joengguk's voice stopped blooming and the two went silent as the pregnant male walked past them and knelt beside the circle and called for the old woman with the gentlest voice and the warmest smile.

The old lady momentarily stopped her recital and turned to the male. A smile was, of course, contagious and she reflected his beautiful smile. "You look like you haven't eaten, so I brought you something," he was not sure if the lady could understand but tried his best through actions and pointed at the two buffy men.

"They won't disturb. I'll stay here."

Chanyeol's mouth went agape, "But, bab—"

"Fetch me two jackets, will you, Yeol? Her hands look cold."

"But, b—"

"Should I do it mys—"

Chanyeol walked in with a groan to get the jackets and the Jeon couple had a good laugh. Baekhyun handed the plate to the lady and she touched his cheek, almost feather-like, "I wish no harm on you or your baby girl."

She said in her husky, low voice and Baekhyun smiled looking down on his bump and rubbing it, "I know, señora. But how do you know it's a girl?" The old lady smiled, "You muy bonita y radiante."

"She means you're very pretty and glowing, Baek," said Chanyeol as he draped the jackets- one on his husband and the other on the old lady. Baekhyun blushed under his husband's eyes and turned to the lady, "Muchas gracias, señora." The lady nodded and picked up her cane once she was done with her sandwich and Baekhyun watched in amusement.

"This is to protect everyone, mi hijo. Shall I?" the pregnant male nodded and stood up with his husband's aid. The Jeon couple had gone back in to play with their toddler who had woken up in a fussy mood while the Park couple were still out observing the lady.

Chanyeol had literally zero liking for that woman but he stood for his husband's sake since he got easily and someone had to hold his hand to 'keep them from freezing.' She was done with her prayers pretty soon and the CEO rolled his eyes as the elderly woman approached them.

The lady took his spouse's hands and looked at his palm, "Que tengas días felices en el futuro. ¡Conócelos de alguna manera!"

The pregnant man looked at his husband for translation, "You've happy days and you should definitely meet them."

The old lady's feeble fingers searched through the dirty bag that hung from her scrawny shoulders. Her bony fingers carefully put on a bracelet around Baekhyun's wrist and placed an old pouch in his palms.

"Perlas y oil del árbol Palo Santo. Utilízalo, mi dulce niño."

Chanyeol once again translated the words and Baekhyun thanked the lady before she got the jacket off her malnourished frame. The pregnant male took it from her as she bid them farewell and went her way.

Chanyeol had the jacket in his hands while his husband walked into the house curiously looking at the bracelet with the beads of the Palo Santo tree. The CEO had a scowl on his face when his spouse stubbed his toe against the foot of the coffee table. He cried out in pain and sat on the couch.

"Jesus Christ, Baekhyun! Be careful!" the pregnant man already had tears down his eyes when his husband began massaging his poor toe, "You are so careless, Baekhyun. And all that shit about warding off evil! What the fuck? When did you become some magical witch, Baek? You stood out in the cold all this time for that strange old lady, what if you catch a cold? And whatever's in that old pouch, God!"

Baekhyun was sniffling and his tears only kept pouring as he stood up. The Jeon couple had also rushed into the room when Baekhyun went back to his new room and locked it behind him.

Chanyeol ran up to the door muttering a shit under his breath. He banged his fist against the door, "Baek, please open up for God's sake! I was just looking out for you, damn it! Open up, Baekhyun!"

That fight really upset Baekhyun, it seemed. The pregnant male had not even opened the door for poor Woobin who was pleading with his sweet uncle nor for his cool brother-in-law Jeongguk. Taehyung gave it a shot, as well but the platinum blond ended up telling them to "fuck off!"

Night came soon. The sun long gone and with the animals and birds gone off to rest their limbs, the tiny insects began their lullabies. The lake looked amazing, so peaceful. It seemed to be glittering with the moon's serene light falling on it.

The aroma of the various meats soaking up in fire and butter filled the place. Chanyeol and Jeongguk took charge of the grill while Taehyung set up the other dishes like salad and some mashed potato. He filled up a thermos with some hot chamomile tea since they'd decided to eat outside that night around a campfire.

Woobin was quietly sitting with Taehyung and helped his parent taking out the peas from their pods. Chanyeol had spent a good ten minutes trying to get his husband to come out for the campfire, as well but the male did not budge.

When the two CEO's were done putting the patties between the buns and arranging the meat, the group of four sat down to dine, Baekhyun being the exception. They had put out four chairs, they really wanted the typical log seating but they weren't Superman to carry them.

The taller CEO handed a plate and cleared his throat, "Baekhyun loves sausage and anything with meat. Can you?" Jeongguk squeezed the other man's shoulder and nodded.

Baekhyun heard a knock on the door and stood up from the comfort of the bed. "Baek? I got you food. Chanyeol picked out all your favourite meat and made you a plate. We're having a bonfire and I know you've been dying for one in front of the lake. This was actually going to your Yoda's surprise for you before the events from the evening ruined it."

The pregnant male had his head on the door with tears dropping from his eyes as Jeongguk continued after a breath, "He loves you, Baek. So fucking much. He'd go to the ends of the earth for you and I know you know it, Baek. You're carrying the fruit of your love and it's natural for him to be this attentive and protective. Hell, I didn't even let Taehyung go out of our room for a few months and became his bellboy until he pulled my ear and scolded me like my mom. He's just looking out for you and your daughter. He would even choose you guys over the empire he's built from scratch all these years in a heartbeat. I know you love him too much to let this wedge between you two become bigger and bigger. I know you guys are much much more than this, Baek."

Then he heard the CEO sigh, "Your food's in front of your door, Baek. I know you'll do the right thing." Then Baekhyun heard one last knock before the sound of retreating footsteps. Hearing the click of the front door, the male knelt taking his plate, "Your uncle Jeonggukkie forgot I can't bend much, my little sunshine."

Baekhyun salivated at the sight of the juicy sausages on his plate but the waves of laughter caught his attention. He kept his plate on the nightstand and grabbed a shawl to drape over him and fetched his plate.

Taehyung and Jeongguk went silent momentarily and Chanyeol looked at them puzzled before looking back. Baekhyun pulled the chair to be closer to his husband's while everyone busy staring at him.

"Baek..."

"You were only making sure I was alright. I'm sorry, Yeol. Forgive your little smurf?" Chanyeol stared at his beautiful husband. He looked stunning with the orange and gold flames in front of them. Despite the swollen eyes, he only focused on the beautiful hazel orbs which reflected the dancing flames.

He gently connected their lips in a soft kiss. It was not rushed and got heated, just full of love and emotions. Chanyeol pulled away and kissed his husband's forehead and looked into those intoxicating eyes, falling in love all over again, "I'm sorry, Baek. I should know how you feel but I was just screaming at you. I'm sorry, baby. I love you so, so much."

Baekhyun smiled playing with his husband's ear as he leaned in for a kiss once again. He linked his arm his right arm with his husband's left and leaned his head on his shoulder, "I missed you."

The CEO pressed a kiss on his hair, "I missed you too, baby."

All the while, the Jeon couple had their son's eyes closed. Jeongguk leaned in for a kiss, surprising his husband who, nonetheless, kissed him back. They did not get much romantic time with their curious toddler always looking up at them with those innocent, hawk-like eyes. So, they always cherished the minuscule moments and made the best out of those.

"Kyoongie!" a shrill squeal of happiness erupted from Woobin as he wiggled away from his parents. The toddler hugged the pregnant male's legs and Baekhyun hugged him back, as much as his bump allowed him to. The toddler began scolding his uncle in his language for not letting him in and the other three adults only watched the scene trying to hold their laugh seeing how Baekhyun was actually pouting.

Chanyeol and Jeongguk ended up strumming their guitars as their beautiful spouses sang and the little toddler danced. That night was peaceful when they cleaned up and decided to call it a night. Baekhyun had moved back with his husband, as well. Woobin was sandwiched between his parents. The tired boy slipped into dreamland pretty soon with Taehyung's honey-sweet voice and Jeongguk's rhythmic pats on his tummy.

"I love you." The couple whispered to each other before turning off the lamp to join their son, as well.

Meanwhile, the Park couple were just done having the best make-up sex ever. Baekhyun pulled up the sheets to his naked, sweaty chest as Chanyeol pulled him close. The hot CEO leaned over to kiss his spouse, "So beautiful and all mine." The pregnant male let his husband kiss him with a little lust added to the love.

But he soon pushed the buff male away and scrunched up his face, "I can still taste my milk on your lips." The male had started lactating about a month ago and all the self-control Chanyeol had built up shattered when his husband first revealed it to him.

"Get used to it c—"

Baekhyun chuckled pushing the man's face away, "Shut up! I know you'll say something filthy and gross, Park." Chanyeol teased him further before pulling the smaller to his chest as they both dreamily looked at the ceiling.

"Did you think of names for our little sunshine?" the CEO hummed at that, "I did but I'll only reveal it when she's born. I want her," he brought his hand to caress the stretched-out skin of the bump, "to be the first to know the name."

Baekhyun only rolled his eyes and hit the man's chest. When Chanyeol wanted to keep a secret, there was no getting it out of him. He was just the most stubborn person next to Baekhyun. "You're such a sap."

"Only for you, baby."

They stayed in a comfortable silence till Chanyeol decided to break it. He lifted his upper body to look at his beautiful spouse, "I'm really sorry about everything, B. This is not what I imagined our vacation to be. I've been a major asshole to you for the past few days. I'm sorry, B.

"I'm just walking on thin ice, you know. I'm constantly worried about you. Remember how Dr Kim warned us male pregnancies are hard? I feel like I'm holding my breath all the time and can only exhale when our sunshine is here and you two are safe and safe. I read stuff where sometimes the spouse had to choose between the baby or the carrier and I couldn't just push it to the back off my head, B."

Baekhyun had tears in his eyes as he looked at the most precious thing in the entire universe. Chanyeol was sobbing against his shoulder, "I can't ever lose you, baby. And this is something I have zero power over and I want to do every possible thing to avoid something like that happening."

"What if there com—"

"You. In a heartbeat, I'd choose you. You can live the rest of your life hating me, but I want to at least keep you somewhere under the same sky as me."

The pregnant male sniffled before turning to his side and burying his face in the man's chest. Chanyeol pecked his hair whispering I love you's. If they had each other, everything seemed complete.

Baekhyun did not how long he was asleep but knew it wasn't enough when he groggily sat up, thanks to someone constantly nagging him. "Baek, come on. We need to check out the bedroom. Remember?" that had him jump right out of his sleep.

"Get me my clothes, will you?" Jeongguk rolled his eyes, "You two are fucking loud, by the way. I feel bad for your daughter." Baekhyun huffed as he slipped out of his husband's hold and whisper-yelled Jeongguk to turn so he could get dressed.

"As if we haven't seen each other nake—" the pregnant male threw a pillow at the raven head.

It was years ago in highschool and Park Jimin, being the little mischievous sibling of Park Chanyeol and soulmate of Kim Taehyung set the two on a date. What's better than having your soulmate married to your sibling so you could be friends for the rest of your life?!

But Chanyeol was against the idea until Jimin picked out another jock, Jeongguk and Taehyung's cousin, Byun Baekhyun. Jimin was the Cupid who fixed a double date for Chanyeol and Taehyung with Jeongguk and Baekhyun.

There were no sparks during the date but Jeongguk and Baekhyun decided to go back to the jock's place since his parents were out of town. It was the first date Baekhyun had ever gone to in his life and that had Jeongguk laughing at him, "So, you're tryna tell me no one's asked you out and that you're virgin Mary?"

The smaller made had puffed up his cheeks as they continued to chug down their bottle of beer, "Want me to take your V-card then?" The smaller thought about it before nodding. Why not? One of the most famous people in their school was asking him to sleep with him. Why not?

The two were awkward as fuck when they got to the bedroom. They had shed their clothes and were sitting on the edge of the bed. Both fidgeting their fingers and gulping. The room was so silent, they were afraid the other might hear them gulp. Yeah, that awkward. Jeongguk decided to man up and cupped the smaller's cheeks, "Shall we begin?"

"Are you going to kiss me? Don't kiss me. I wanna kiss my husband only."

Jeongguk barely hid his laughter and smooched the other male's forehead, "If you want only your husband to kiss you, how can you agree to me taking your V-card, beautiful?" Only then did it hit Baekhyun and he began laughing, as well.

"Nothing came out of the date except a funny friend, I guess? Let's just get dressed" the jock put out his hand for a shake and Baekhyun nodded shaking his hand. "But you have a pretty peach, Byun."

"Peach? I don't have any peaches but I like strawberries. Very much!" Jeongguk shook his head as he got dressed, "I'll let your husband tell you what that is, never mind." The short cheerleader only nodded looking as innocent as a 10-year-old.

When he had dropped Baekhyun off at his house, he stopped him for a brief moment, "Can I get your cousin's number though? He's in French as moi and I'd like to have a friend there." Baekhyun nodded with a chuckle, well aware of the cheeky male yet punched in the number.

"Give me your jock friend's number in return. He's tall enough to hide out the sun for my sensitive skin."

Jeongguk had laughed and put in the number on the cheerleader's phone, "Couldn't come up with something better?" The other had stuck out his tongue before happily hopping off to his house.

Things had just fallen into place after that. Jeongguk and Baekhyun would help each other meet their crush and it took only a month for the Park couple to become official since Baekhyun was too loud for Chanyeol to ignore while three months for the Jeon couple. Taehyung played pretty hard to get and the jock loved it.

"Are you decent? Can I turn now?" Baekhyun cleared his throat, "I can't get my pants up and if I sit on the bed, Yeol's gonna stir. Plus, I can't bend 'cause I'm still, you know, ehem, down there..." The CEO rolled his eyes before making the younger hold the flashlight and helped pull up his pants.

Once he was ready, the two walked up to the bedroom in the farthest corner of the ground floor. Their feet were like that of a cat's and they silently turned on the lights praying their husbands were still asleep like rocks or logs. Once in front of the door, the pregnant male handed the other the bunch of keys which he had managed to swipe off his husband's backpack.

Jeongguk tried every key but none of them fit. None of them gave them a click. The CEO watched as the other pushed him away before kneeling in front of the lock, "What are you gonna do, genius? Pray?" Baekhyun showed him a hairpin from his PJs pocket and started his magic on the lock.

Their wide eyes met when they heard the satisfying click, "How do you eve—"

"Chanyeol thinks I haven't seen the nursery he's painting at our house," he turned to the CEO who helped him up, "and you better not breathe about it to him." Jeongguk nodded and asked if the nursery was fully done and the pregnant man shook his head, "I saw a half-assembled crib the first and last time I went there. Then I didn't wanna put his efforts to waste. I know he just wants to see the look on my face when he surprises me, don't wanna take that away."

Jeongguk held his heart and gagged, "You're a bigger sap than your husband, Byun–Park." The two then took a deep breath looking at each other as if trying to make the other twist the knob and open the door. "But you're the one who wanted to see what's behind the door, you know?"

But his arguments were cut short when Baekhyun threw the most powerful hard he had, "But I'm pregnant, you idiot!" Jeongguk knew he had lost the battle, hard. The CEO sighed as he wrapped his palm around the dusty cold metal of the knob. He heard the other sigh and hands on top of his, "Let's go to hell together, Jeon."

"Yeah, Park."

The knob with a rusty squeak and the two looked at each other and nodded their heads. They slowly pushed open the old door and felt a harsh, shrewd gush of wind blow past them that had the hair on their back stand up.

Before they could look into the room, "Ouchie!" they heard Woobin's voice. Jeongguk rushed to his son who was on his butt. The CEO lifted him up and Baekhyun rubbed the child's back, "Binnie, what are you doing out of bed at this time, baby?"

"Daddy go missing, so Binnie search Dadddy."

"Are you hurt, baby? Want Dadddy to take you to bed?" Woobin shook his head, "My butt ouchie!" Baekhyun let out an exhale, grateful the boy was alright. He pulled off the beaded bracelet off his wrists before rolling it onto the toddler's. When his father said he was going to put him back to sleep, the toddler protested, "But Binne wan' see that room too!"

The two adults sighed. Their timing sucked. When the toddler was in no way willing to compromise, the two adults gave in half-heartedly. They had tried to tell him they'd be going to bed, as well but the boy knew the cheeky adults too well to give in.

The toddler was still in his father's arms when they entered the room. The room was filled with cobwebs and was covered with dust all over. By the looks of it, it was a nursery, or was to be. Baekhyun and Jeongguk walked around the room to see if there was anything they could use to gain more knowledge about what they were dealing with, but they were not having much luck. Then the expecting one moved to the white crib in the corner of the room.

The crib was a complete contrast to the room. It had no dust on it and looked like it was well taken care of. It looked old but was not dirty as if someone wiped it clean every day. Not even a speck of dust. The white crib, on closer inspection, did not even seem to have any scratches on it. It was really easy to conclude that it was never even used and that it was being taken cared of even to that day. He bent a little to look at the bolts but there was no rust on them either.

"I don't think she ever got to use it."

"Think she killed the baby too?" The door slammed shut at that making the two adults back up until their backs were against the wall, "Do you think we're alone?" Jeongguk shook his head, eyes trained on the door. "I wanna go back to Chanyeol, hyung..."

"I wanna cuddle Tae..."

"Really, then why did you two leave?" the door flew open to reveal a furious Chanyeol and Taehyung. Their hair dishevelled and eyes swollen and begging for some sleep. It was obvious the two had just gotten out of bed. Taehyung and Chanyeol dragged them out to the living room. While Woobin was dozing off on the couch while his father and uncle were not having the best time of their lives.

All the traces of sleep had left Taehyung and Chanyeol as they screamed and lectured the hell out of Baekhyun and Jeongguk. The two had their hands on their laps and heads hanging low like naughty children being scolded by their parents. "Even the ghost would spare us..."

"Shut up, Park..."

"What was that?" Jeongguk looked up at the other CEO and shook his head as nothing. The two continued to go on until Baekhyun pulled on his husband's tank top, "Yeori, my back is killing me and my eyes are burning. Can we please go sleep? And little sunshine is also pressing on my bladder."

Taehyung huffed when Chanyeol just melted at his husband's pout. The tall CEO looked at the doctor, "How 'bout we continue this in the morning?"

"You're continuing this in the morning?" They heard the two voices chorus. Then the two on the couch shut up feeling the hard eyes on them. Taehyung and Chanyeol only huffed letting the two off, for the night. They were really sleepy, as well.

As they walked out of the room, the doctor shivered feeling eyes on him. He turned in that direction to see the door at the end of the hallway open a little, as if for someone to peek before slowly closing. Maybe he was too sleep deprived, he shrugged it off and followed his husband up the stairs.

The next morning Chanyeol tossed and turned at the aroma of pancakes hitting his nostrils. When he turned to the other side, there was no soft hair tickling his chin and panic made him sit up. Baekhyun's side of the bed was cold and he had only been hugging a pillow all the time!

He rushed downstairs as the drowsy Jeon family lazily walked down, as well with their little toddler still asleep on the doctor's shoulder. Before the Jeon couple could question the tall CEO about his hurry, he had disappeared into the kitchen.

"What are you doing here, baby? You scared the shit out of me."

Baekhyun chuckled tip-toeing to kiss his husband on the lips but quickly pushed him away, "God, morning breath. Brush your teeth." Taehyung inhaled the sweet smell of their breakfast and hugged his cousin, "Good morning, baby cuz! The pancakes smell lovely, thanks." The pregnant man giggled shyly before turning back to his husband and telling him to brush his teeth.

Woobin who was starting to wake up was then shifted to his uncle's arms, "Both of you freshen up! I don't want your morning breath taking over the pleasant smell of my cooking." As Taehyung and Jeongguk sat down, the CEO could not help but be curious. "My husband loves it when I cook and this is my way to apologize for last night. Sorry?" he looked at his cousin who nodded with a smile, "Apology accepted. Oh, and Baek?" the male hummed, "You and your husband are really loud. This place really has thin walls, you know?"

Baekhyun bloomed in red as he threw a blueberry at his cousin. Soon Chanyeol and Woobin joined then. Chanyeol had his giant baby on his lap as he fed him the pancakes while the Jeon couple only rolled their eyes. Taehyung had tried to get a seat on his husband's lap just for a moment but Woobin beat him to enjoying his seat.

As they ate, Taehyung looked at his son's wrist. It had become alarmingly red that it made the doctor flinch, "Binne, does it hurt?" The boy only pouted and shook his head. Baekhyun's eyes went wide and took off the bracelet. "I told yo—"

"Don't, Chanyeol. Let's just have a peaceful day. Don't start!" But it was weird to see it did nothing to Baekhyun's extremely sensitive skin. Not even a speck. He only shrugged it off before wearing it. Maybe Woobin was allergic to it, he assumed.

Baekhyun and Jeongguk were doing the dishes, after they volunteered, and the other two were looking up the things to do in the town. Woobin's wrist was neatly wrapped in some colourful bandage after having treated the infection. The pregnant man was scrubbing the pan when Woobin went to stand beside him, silently.

His little fingers were wrapped around the handle of a knife the expecting male had used to cut his pancakes into little bits. His pupils dilated further and further until the entire eyeball had turned black and dark. The little boy raised the knife and was almost successful until his father scooped him up from behind, "Binnie, you can't have knives, you know? How'd you get that?" His eyes were normal, the same innocent doe eyes filled with curiosity. Baekhyun looked to his side and frowned, "I think I dropped that or something. I'm so sorry. I'll be more careful." The CEO nodded and took the knife away before proceeding to dry the plates.

Baekhyun smiled down at the little boy, "Where's hyungie, baby? You guys don't play together now?" Woobin shook his head, "Hyungie run away."

The group of 5 were in the living room getting ready for a little walk in the woods behind the cabin. The other adults were chatting and laughing while Baekhyun had to respond to a few mails from his secretary. It was for their product which would be launching a day after they return and all the final minute works were going on and the employees needed to run everything through their boss.

"Are you even listening to me for God's sake?" everyone fell silent at Baekhyun's uproar, "What the fuck is wrong with you? I specifically wrote everything down before coming here!" His veins were popping on his neck and his face had red from the anger. Chanyeol scooted over to him and rubbed his back, "Baek, they can handle it, baby. Don't stress too m—"

"They've ruined my spring collection, Yeol!"

Chanyeol turned the laptop to face him and moved away from his spouse, "What happened?" The secretary began telling them their tiny mistake which could be easily restored. "We messed up one of his designs and the specifications for it. We'll rectify it before the models arrive, sir."

Chanyeol nodded, "Don't call him for a while. Call me if anything, alright?" The secretary nodded thanking their boss' spouse. Baekhyun had tears down his face, a habit of his. Whenever he became angry, he would break down into a sob and the angry tears would pour down his red face.

The tall CEO shut down the laptop and pulled his husband up, "Let's go enjoy the walk, okay?" Jeongguk ruffled the platinum blond hair while Taehyung who had Woobin on his lap was trying to cheer up his cousin. "Come on, you wanted to stretch your legs, right?" Baekhyun tried to stifle a smile at his cousin. Then the pregnant male stood up. "No more work for a little while, okay?"

The three adults nodded at Chanyeol and took up the backpacks they had prepared for their little walk in the woods. The doctor had proposed the idea of camping there for the night and asking around, the locals said there's actually a clearing for campers and such.

Chanyeol walked out first followed by Jeongguk and behind him, his husband, son and Baekhyun. It was not that notable at first but when Chanyeol paused abruptly in his steps, lo and behold, it was the head of a goat stuck on a giant pole. Baekhyun slapped a palm over his mouth rushing back in to settle the bile creeping up his throat.

"What the fuck..." Taehyung had followed his cousin in while the other two stood out examining the decomposing head. "I walked this way yesterday and this was not here, I swear!" The taller put his hands to his hip, an exaggerated sigh leaving his lips.

"Well, I didn't see anything either... fuck, man. This is fucking gross!"

Chanyeol and Jeongguk decided it would be best for the spouses and the kid, if it was removed. By the sounds from the inside, it was obvious the smell nor the sight sat well with Baekhyun or the unborn.

"So, who's gonna get the head?"

After a long contemplation, and a game of rock, paper, scissors, it was decided Chanyeol would get the head of the spike and bury it while Jeongguk got the spike out of the ground.

"¿Qué crees que estás haciendo? ¡Para, si quieres que tu hija salga viva!"

Chanyeol had been putting up with that old witch for two days but at the mention of his daughter, he lost it. "What the fuck are you saying?" He went closer, "listen lady, no one's touching my daughter or my husband or anyone here. And if it is to happen, then be it over my dead body!"

"Oh, ten cuidado con tus palabras, niño. Si eran tan queridas y cercanas a ti, no deberías haberlas traído aquí. ¡Ahora tendrás que ser testigo de la muerte de tu hija!"

Jeonnguk intervened. He did not know what exactly the lady meant but he knew what the last three words meant: death of your daughter. "We don't know who the fuck you are nor do we care, but our patience is on thin ice, lady. Death of his daughter? She isn't even born for fuck's sake and what the fuck are you saying? Did you put this thing out here?"

The lady nodded, "No quería ver a otra familia bañada en sangre y condenada al infierno!" She had tears down her eyes, "Pleez, hear me, señor." If it wasn't for Jeongguk, the taller was sure to have ripped the woman's head off, "Don't make me kill you, get the fuck outta my face!"

The old lady sobbed holding her chest. She knelt on the floor as if to beg the two men, "Llorona." She began and Chanyeol started translating her words to the others. "The woman who owned this land. She fell into the world of dark magic and never got out. But she loved her children," by then Baekhyun and Taehyung joined them while a very adamant Woobin had to be locked in, "But she sold her soul to the devil and it took her kids. She's sworn to get the souls of her beloved boy and her unborn girl back with her to the underworld and she won't stop at anything."

Baekhyun had gone pale clutching onto his husband's arm while Taehyung and Jeongguk gulped looking at each other. The four turned their heads to the doors hearing the loud banging of the door but the only one person behind the door was the toddler, Woobin. No way he had such strength to almost make the door tremble with every punch at the door.

The four adults hurried in their steps but the woman made them halt, "Shee's come. Don't go een!" Woobin was their precious little gem and there was no way they would let something happen to the little boy. Jeongguk warned his son before opening the door.

Woobin was in a fit of seizure on the floor with foam at his mouth and bleeding knuckles. The red at the wrist had taken over the entire arm. The toddler's left arm looked as if it were infected and the flesh rotting. Taehyung slapped a palm over his mouth as he took in the sight in front of him.

"Woobin!" a cry left the broken parent's lips while his spouse hurried to lift their son's unconscious twitching body. Taehyung was frozen in his steps and no matter how hard Chanyeol shook him or how loud Baekhyun yelled for his cousin, he was lost. He only came back to reality when his cousin's husband slapped him hard, "Jeon Taehyung! We need to get to the hospital!"

The tall raven head looked at his husband, "I don't want you to stress out, B." Baekhyun only replied with a nod watching the car drive away. The expecting male felt jittery as his knees bounced rather fast. He still could not the image of his little nephew out of his head, as if it were scarred with an iron rod in his brain.

He picked up his laptop while trying not to eat down his fingers. With shaky fingers, he put in the password and looked at the screen as it loaded. The pregnant male felt shivers down his spine when he felt someone watching him. His skin broke out in bumps as the hair on his skin stood right up.

Baekhyun said a little prayer to himself before slowly looking at the dark screen of his laptop. And there it was. A reflection. A perfect reflection of a female apparition. The male lost his breath and let his laptop fall off his lap.

He stared at the wall in front of him trying to unsee whatever his eyes had shown him. Then he heard it and... felt it. The breath, the gush of soft cold breeze. "Come..." Baekhyun stood up at that. He held a cushion up in front of him as he looked around, "Alejandro?"

Nothing.

"Llorona?"

He felt the air thicken around him. He could literally feel something there with him but he could not point out what it felt like. Baekhyun gulped and turned to his back. When he turned front, he was looking into deep, cold, blue eyes. It was cloudy, as if muddy with some sand but it soon cleared away showcasing the ocean blue eyes clearly.

The pregnant male soon let his walls down and his body relaxed. As if hypnotized. His feet began moving on their own and he along with it. Baekhyun saw nothing but those beautiful eyes which were guiding him and all his other senses had momentarily stopped.

He was led into the old bathroom where he almost lost his legs once but he had no realisation of it. The male was led to the spot on the wall which had no tiles on it. Once in front of the wall, did he come back to his senses.

He felt as if some drug had washed over his system before waking up. Shaking his head, the male squinted his eyes at the wall which had some kind of plastic stuck in it. Curiosity, yet again, got the best of him and he reached his hand out to it.

Baekhyun's fingers trembled when they grabbed onto that plastic cover and slowly pulled out the rest of it. Turns out the piece of plastic was a bag, probably buried inside that wall for God knows how long.

The pregnant male was scanning the objects through the cover when he heard a creak and rushed out of the room just in time to watch the floor of the bathroom fall into bits in the room underneath which happens to be the guestroom he was staying in.

He protectively splayed his hand over the bump which housed their unborn child. Unlike the last time, a second late and he would've lost his life and maybe their baby's, as well. With the bag clutched in his grip, he made a beeline to the living room.

Once his poor body was hydrated and his breathing had stabilised, the pregnant male spread out the contents from the cover. He pulled out the things one by one and laid them out. Some of which he figured to be some animal's bones judging by how small it was. He looked to see if it was broken or cut to be short but found no such indications. He found a bunch of bells, a tarot card which was pretty faded but he could barely make out the grim reaper on it and gulped.

He set the card down and looked at the feathers. They were coloured but he knew he was not wrong when he figured out the dry patches to be blood. Baekhyun lurched, the bile growing up his throat. He put them away and rushed to the bathroom to throw up the contents of his stomach. The blonde man leaned on the door as he gurgled the water to get rid of the aftertaste.

But then his ears picked up some noise on the hardwood floor. "Yeol? Are you guys back?" he got no reply but the sounds never ceased. He poured down the glass of water before carefully stepping out into the bedroom. As he walked a little further and further following the sound, he was in front of the basement door.

His hand was already on the knob when he remembered Jeongguk's words but screw that! Whatever was here could be the thing which hurt Woobin and the pregnant male made up his mind and pushed open the door. He gave it a gentle push but the door slammed open startling him. Baekhyun searched for the switches but the flickering bulb in the middle of the room turned on.

He held the railing tighter with each step until he was on the last. With a hand under his bump, the male put a wall around himself before strutting over to the light of the bulb in the middle of the room. He stood right under it and examined the bulb for a little while before turning his attention to the surroundings.

There was zero to no ventilation in the old room yet the edge of the carpet shifted as if disturbed by the wind. Shivers and sweat broke out on his skin. Something told him to look under it and yet again, he did. Slowly pulling it off, his eyes widened.

There it was. A pentagon neatly drawn with blood, or atleast what he assumed it to be. Then a rusty squeak got his attention from right over his head. The gloomy bulb began losing itself from the holder. Baekhyun, his eyes never leaving the bulb, walked in the direction of the stairs.

When he got to the railing, the bulb stopped turning and when he reached his foot to the first stair, it fell down with an extremely bright spark and shattered right on the middle of the pentagon.

As if something was chasing him, the pregnant male ran up to the door and slammed it shut. He thanked the heavens for not having lost his legs. Right when he stepped into the living room, a loud rumble of the thunder pulled him out of his thoughts.

Followed by the rushed sound of car doors slamming shut. The pregnant male pushed the earlier events to the back of his head before walking over to open the door. The first one to hop in through the door was Woobin.

Baekhyun was taken back. It was the same toddler who was lying unconscious with foam in his mouth and a... rotting arm? He looked at the boy's arm which had no sign of having been that red and horribly frightening. Baekhyun called out to him and the toddler beamed at him, "Kyoongie!"

"How are you, baby?" He eyed the adults before turning to the boy who was nodding his head, "But Yeori, Papa and Dada not le' me pway!" The toddler hugged his uncle's legs while Baekhyun was staring at his husband and the other couple in bewilderment.

"Honey?" he looked at the toddler who hummed back, "The adults need to talk. Can you sit on the couch like the sweet little baby you are?" Woobin nodded and jumped up the couch swinging his little legs back and forth.

"What happened? What'd the doctor say?"

Taehyung who was staring at his son ruffled his hair, "Nothing... Nothing's wrong with him and when we went there, he was fine. He was asking what's for dinner and was worried about his plushies. I'm not the only one who saw my baby looking dead on the floor, right? I can't be hallucinating something like that, right?"

"What about his hand?"

Jeongguk shrugged, "One minute he was unconscious in the car and the next minute he was up playing with us and his red arm wasn't even any shade near red. It was just like mine."

Chanyeol held Baekhyun's hand and squeezed it, "Have you been having contractions and not told us about it?" The three adults had their eyes trained on him waiting for his answer, "What? No! I'm already scared about the whole birthing part as is, why would I wanna go through it alone?"

Then he looked at them again, "Why?" His husband had his brows knitted together as he said, "Woobin was talking about welcoming his baby cousin with candies and toys tonight."

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It was somewhere around three in the night when Baekhyun woke up with pale skin and sweat making his clothes stick to his body like another layer. He was panting for breath as the muscles in his stomach clenched uncomfortably, very agonizingly. More painful than any other Braxton Hicks he's had.

The pain was so sharp and he no longer cared if he woke up the others. Chanyeol woke up with a jerk, his unfocused blurry eyes squinting and blinking trying to get back to his senses. And it was almost immediate when he heard his husband holler his name.

"Baek, what's wrong, baby?"

By then Taehyung and Jeongguk had rushed to the room as well. Baekhyun could not register their words as the pain took over his entire body. The doctor crouched in front of his cousin and splayed his hands over the clothed bump only to widen his eyes.

It was wet.

It was wet with blood.

He hurried to take off the younger's shirt and the three adults held their breath. Baekhyun's contractions paused momentarily and he followed the others' eyes to his bump. The front of his shirt was covered in his blood.

When Taehyung managed to pull the shirt off of him, they knew the reason. Three perfect claw marks right atop where their little bundle of joy was resting. Horror painted their faces and only jerked back to reality when another painful contraction forced a louder scream out of Baekhyun.

Taehyung instructed his husband to bring some towels and warm water and a few blankets and Chanyeol to take off his husband's clothes and bring the first aid box. The doctor managed to stop the bleeding from the wound so that he could move on to check the position of the baby.

Meanwhile, Jeongguk hurriedly flipped the pages of the Bible to find the number of the priest the waitress had given him and as soon as he found what he was looking for, he delayed no more in calling the man. The CEO thought of starting the car but the door would not budge.

Not even the slightest. His skin went pale and fingers cold as ice. He tried till his shoulder felt as if dislocated but all in vain. The raven head gulped as he went into the room where the poor male was screaming in agony. "I think it's best if we get to the hospital right now. The position and everything seems fine but I don't wan—"

"The door wouldn't open..."

Chanyeol and Taehyung stared at him in disbelief. "It wouldn't open," Jeongguk almost wanted to cry at everything that was going on, "I tried so hard, I swear but it did not budge." Before Chanyeol could say something, his husband screamed again. Taehyung covered him with a blanket before checking how dilated he was.

"I'm gonna deliver this baby... he's fully dilated. He's in active labour! The baby has to come. NOW!"

As per his orders, the two men found a clean pair of scissors, alcohol and more blankets and warm water.

In no time was Chanyeol behind his spouse supporting his back and letting him squeeze his hand and wiping the sweat off his beloved's forehead and Jeongguk helping his spouse with the medical aid as per the doctor's instructions.

"I c-can-t. It hurts too much and I'm scared, Tae. Please..."

Taehyung clutched his cousin's hands, "My son needs an awesome cousin like I have and I need a niece to spoil. You're not giving up, B. You can't give up now! She's almost here."

Chanyeol kissed his husband's damp hair as the smaller panted and shook his head, "No, I'm so tired, Tae..." The doctor pulled on the male's hand and guided it under the blankets. A new spirit found itself in the poor exhausted male. He felt the tiny hair of his baby who was dying to meet her parents and she was so close to it.

"Feel that? Only you can make her live, B. I can't do a C-section on you anymore since your baby is halfway through. Please, B?"

Baekhyun nodded and put his chin to chest when the next contraction hit and bore down hard. His face was red and hot and the veins in his neck popping. "Head's out!" Taehyung proceeded to hook his fingers around the baby's neck but luckily the chord was not entangled, "just the shoulders and we're done, Baek."

Baekhyun nodded and pushed hard. With every tear down his eyes, Chanyeol was breaking on the inside. He could literally feel the erratic heartbeat and the fast flow of his hot blood. "We need to make a tear, B. She's stuck. You trust me, right?"

The platinum blond nodded and the doctor nodded back. "Gukkie, pass me the scissors," the CEO nodded and reached his hands to the nightstand where he placed it but he could not feel it there. "Jeon?" the male excused himself and hurried off into the bathroom to look for it but it was not there either.

Until his husband's yelp reached his ears. Woobin had the scissors in his hands which were dirtied by his husband's blood. Taehyung gripped the spot in his arm which was bleeding. Jeongguk picked up their son from behind before pulling the tool out of his hands.

"He's not normal. He's not our baby!" Taehyung screamed and it was true. The boy's innocent little soul was trapped by a dark powerful entity. His eyes were pitch black and housed an intimidating look. The toddler's playful sweet aura was long gone and it was dark and heavy, very suffocating.

"Give me my baby!"

Jeongguk was stunned by his son's struggle against his hold. Woobin was much on the weaker side and he had never fought so hard, ever before. They turned his attention to Baekhyun who was turning pale and exhausted. Taehyung switched his focus to his cousin and ordered Chanyeol to sanitize the scissors and Jeongguk to lock their son out of the bedroom despite how much it hurt him to say so.

When the tall CEO came back, the doctor took the scissors from his hand before telling his cousin the clench a sock between his teeth. It hurt like a bitch when the doctor skilfully made a tear to help the baby.

Jeongguk held the blanket underneath the baby's head and one hard push later, the four adults sighed in relief. The baby girl wailed out healthily. Her face all red with blood and mucus and scrunched up.

The baby was laid on Baekhyun's chest as the two new parents cooed at their little bundle of joy. Meanwhile, Taehyung helped the younger with the afterbirth and Jeongguk with the blankets and towels.

Chanyeol was given the honour of cutting the umbilical cord and the girl let out a sigh making the adults smile in bliss. Just then a bang at the bedroom door reminded them of another problem they had to deal with.

Innocent little Woobin.

The continuous banging ceased for a moment and Taehyung went closer to the door and put his ear on it. "Pa? Ith col' here. Let Binnie in, pwease?" The doctor held back a sob when his husband held his hand from twisting the knob.

It was silent again...

"Give me my baby!" it was the voice of some woman with a very rough voice. Almost demonic, "That's not our son, baby. But we're gonna get him back, okay? I've called the priest, we're gonna get help, okay?"

Taehyung weakly nodded at his husband who kissed his forehead. "Tae, there's something wrong with her..." the doctor heard his cousin. The baby's breathing was slowing down and her tiny fingers were starting to be consumed in black. Her warm body felt cold against the tired parent's skin.

Then they heard it. The same demonic voice chant something in loud whispers. Chanyeol who had his huge hand on his daughter's tiny back was the first to feel the choke in his throat and fall to the ground gasping for breath before passing out. Quickly followed by Jeongguk and Taehyung who tried to fight it, "I'm sorry, baby cuz..."

Then the banging began again, and this time, harder. Baekhyun quickly made a swaddle for his baby as the incessant knocking continued. His nether hurt like a bitch but there was no time to waste.

He could hear the chants in whispers from the other side of the door getting louder and faster by the minute. As the chant gained power, the baby's life was slowly slipping away. Baekhyun began countering it with the Lord's prayer, over and over again. The soft whispers and gushes of air were slowly shifting to the tone of a woman. An angry old woman.

Baekhyun gritted his teeth as he slipped out of bed. He grabbed a pair of scissors which Taehyung had used, still wet from blood. "I'm neither giving up on my daughter nor my Woobin. Not today, bitch!"

He slowly trudged towards the door and the chants stopped altogether. Baekhyun put his ear to the door, with his senses high on alert. "Hyunnie!" he heard the toddler's scream of horror yet it sounded as though from a distance. The new parent gulped, he had no choice and he had to get out there if he wanted to save everyone.

And this time all alone...

He closed his eyes for a few seconds of prayer before pushing open the door. It was empty and calm... eerily calm. No sign of little Woobin. With the infant closely tied to his chest, the male walked in the direction he knew he'd find the precious toddler.

His pants were being dampened with blood but he had two lives he considered more precious and important than him and so Baekhyun only clenched his teeth and continued to walk to the basement.

Baekhyun's eyes fell on the dagger on the table which he had found out and clutched it tighter in his hands. Maybe the dagger put the bitch down once, and maybe it still had the same power.

He pressed a feather-like kiss on his baby girl's soft tuft of raven hair before twisting the knob of the basement door, pushing it open. A gush of breeze brushed past him, "You screwed with the wrong Karen, bitch. No one's touching my babies, even if hell freezes!" The baby leaned on his parent's chest seeking comfort amidst the very tense atmosphere around them and Baekhyun rubbed her back before slowly descending the stairs.

The room, just like before, lit up itself. "Show yourself, Llorona!" he hollered. His face was becoming pale as his body lost more and more blood by the minute. But this was a battle he was not going to lose. Never. There was wild wind in the dimly lit room that had the carpet fly away.

And emerging from the darkness was a small figure, "Binnie..." The Boy tilted his head and Baekhyun knew it was anything but his little Woobin. The eyes were pitch black and face pale as snow. "Give me the baby!" the voice sent shivers down his spine but the male did not dare let it show.

"No! Never! They're mine and you're not touching them! Leave my house, Llorona. Be at peace with your children."

Woobin let out a loud screech before charging towards him. The toddler had knocked him off his balance pushing him to fall on his ass, rather hard. It drew out a loud scream of agony. The infant began wailing her tiny lungs out in distress. Woobin straddled the male on the floor with the strength of the spirit before fighting the dagger out of Baekhyun's dainty fingers and stabbing him in the side.

The new parent clutched his side as loud cries left his lips. He could feel his nephew's small fingers untie the cloth wrapping the baby before carrying the infant to the middle of the pentagram. His senses were fading in and out and the chants sounded like murmured whispers. Baekhyun was slowly fading and he could feel it...

"My baby. No..." he panted, "Help us! Someone!"

But it all seemed hopeless...

He was stuck all alone...

He was going to die. Maybe his daughter too, who was not even a day old. Maybe his adorable nephew too...

But no, he was not ready to give up. He clenched his teeth through the pain before standing up in his wobbly legs. His vision took a few seconds to focus and he crawled over to the pentagram seeing Woobin lift the dagger above his daughter ready to stab right through the infant.

Baekhyun growled before pushing himself with every ounce of energy left in his body and pushing his nephew down. The dagger slipped out of the nimble fingers and the new parent took hold of it.

He held it to his heart and screamed, "You want a soul, bitch? I'll see you in hell!" But a blow to the back of his head knocked him out and the last thing he heard was the familiar sound of bells.

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When Baekhyun woke up, white walls made him blink his eyes. His throat felt as of someone had scrubbed it with wood and his whole body as if someone had pushed him down twenty flights of stairs.

His hand was held down by a weight and his droopy eyes fell on the very familiar mop of raven hair.

"God, Baek! You're a hard fucking nut, you 'lil shit!" Taehyung rushed to him before Baekhyun could wake his husband who was peacefully sleeping on his hand. The younger yelped before laughing as his cousin hugged him tight.

Chanyeol had woken up by then and his eyes filled with tears. When the doctor pulled away, the tall CEO sobbed on his husband's shoulder like a little child, hiccupping as he mumbled how he thought his husband was no more and such.

The trio updated him on how his baby girl, Park Aeri, was perfectly fine along with her cousin who was curled up in Jeongguk's jacket on the couch.

"So what happened in the basement? I remember losing consciousness but I don't know who hit me..."

The trio looked at each other before Jeongguk sat on the chair beside the bed. "Remember the grandma? She killed herself in Aeri's place and the police got something from her death..." Baekhyun looked at the raven head nodding him to continue, "She was the witch's infant daughter who was never found. One of the villagers rescued her before she could be killed and put her up in an orphanage. We were knocked out and suddenly woke up to Woobin's whimpers. We didn't know if it was really him but he had Aeri safe in his arms and showed us where you were. If not, we would've lost you there from the bloo—"

Taehyung smacked his husband, hard and the man looked up to see both his husband and Chanyeol glaring down at him, "I was in the middle of telling him something and now I've lost the flow!" Baekhyun chuckled when his cousin hit him once again and it was Jeongguk's turn to glare at his husband, "I'm gonna fuck your brains out when we get home, my kitty."

Taehyung gulped before clearing his throat as if to regain his demeanour. The other couple was looking at them with disgust, "You two need to walk around with a swear jar!" The doctor stuck his tongue out and pulled on his cousin's ear.

"He's a patient, Señor." They heard the doctor say as he walked in. The nurse checked on the male while the Spanish doctor proceeded to check his reports. "Everything looks fine, señor. Yo baibee will be brought soon for a feed." Baekhyun nodded his head excited to meet their little angel.

When little Aeri was finally brought to her parents, they were overwhelmed would be an understatement! The Jeon couple were cooing at the infant while Baekhyun couldn't help but sob. He had that tiny little human for nine months wriggling under his heart and now he could finally hold the feet which loved playing with his bladder and ribs.

The parent gingerly bit his daughter's tiny sock-covered toes, "That's for kicking me like a football, my 'lil nugget. Papa loves you so much." The three adults cooed at the sight until the infant's sleepy sighs turned to soft whimpers, "Someone's hungry, B."

The new parent stared between his cousin and his daughter, "Ok, boys! Get out! And get us some breakfast from the cafeteria!" Jeongguk stood up to leave while Chanyeol looked reluctant, as if silently asking his husband's cousin to let him stay, "Drag him along with you, babe."

"You heard the doctor," the younger CEO took the other CEO's arm, "let's get going. You can stay when you get back home to your bedroom."

"Fu-duck you, Jeon."

When the two men had gone out, the doctor helped his cousin get his infant daughter to latch on. Baekhyun yelped when Aeri finally latched on and began sucking for her food, "It doesn't hurt when Yeol does it. I don't have an alternative?"

"God, you're disgusting, Baek. And to know we come from the same family." Taehyung gagged and the other snickered before averting his eyes to his daughter. She had inherited both her parents' thick hair, no wonder all the heartburn! And her moles scattered on her face, her thin lips, the button nose and doe eyes.

It was love at first sight. Chanyeol and he had managed to create a masterpiece.

Baekhyun couldn't help but press a kiss to her forehead as she hungrily drank her food. "My niece is so beautiful, I'm gonna spoil the kid!" It was a few minutes later when Aeri was done eating and Taehyung burped her before gently rocking her to sleep and placing her on the crib next to Baekhyun's bed.

"Princess Park done eating?" Jeongguk poked his head in and his husband nodded ushering them in. Woobin woke up soon and wailed as soon as his eyes fell on his favourite uncle. The toddler was adamant on never leaving his side and Baekhyun had nothing against it.

It was two days later when Baekhyun was finally allowed to leave and the group had gone to the hotel they were to stay in for the next couple of days before they could get to their home in Korea.

"Yeol?" his husband hummed next to him. He had his little daughter on his chest while Baekhyun admired the two with hearts in his eyes, "What happened to the grandma?" Chanyeol sighed, "When we found you, she was lying dead next to you, baby. We lost her..." The younger nodded and asked what would happen to her next, "Well, her body's in the mortuary right now and I guess it'll be there till someone claims it..."

"But she has no family, Yeol..."

Baekhyun sat up looking into his husband's eyes, determined, "Before we board the flight tomorrow, can you get me her ashes? She saved our lives and that's the least I can do for her, Yeol. Let her soul rest in peace..." His husband could not disagree. The infant wouldn't be on his chest nor his husband next to him if it wasn't for the old lady.

He does not deny his husband's request and promptly calls Sehun to process the request. The man assures him they would have it before they started for the airport the next day.

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A week passed and the group was back in Korea. The news about the house went viral after that, and it somehow had become a hot spot for the adrenaline junkies and priests. The bones Baekhyun found were taken for analysis and they were bones of infants. They were all believed to be the remains of all the babies the witch had sacrificed. But nonetheless the evils of the house were long gone as the souls were finally at rest. 

Chanyeol had their baby daughter in his arms while Baekhyun placed the bracelet and rosary next to the urn in the columbarium. He closed it gently and put his hand on it, closing his eyes, "Thank you, grandma and may your soul find eternal peace in the after-life."

They stayed for a few more minutes until Baekhyun deemed he was satisfied.

The old lady held the hands of a young boy and the two smiled at the little family before slowly fading to mist into the light...