requested by MalakMoharram

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note: please know that aera will be 10 years old, but the rest of bts will the current (real) age. means the age of them in ITS-2 will be taken in the plot. also they have bam with them.

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"aera, get up, look we're here." jimin says, shaking the sleeping, little girl in his lap. she hums faintly, nuzzling further into his chest as even after having space in the car she sat with the eldest brother, on his lap and eventually fell asleep while watching the beautiful scenery in the way.

"jungkook-ah, wake up."

"i'm up, i'm up." the younger nods, letting out a yawn, "aish! my back hurts..." he groans a little, holding his shoulder as he straightens himself on his seat.

"come on, you can rest later." jimin says, stretching himself after straining his back too with the sister sleeping on him for almost the whole way. "car rides are so tiring."

"i know right?" jungkook sighs, getting out first and chuckles, "bam is sleeping too."

jimin smiles in response, glancing at the dog's portable kennel where jungkook's new four months old puppy was residing. jungkook opens the gate of the kennel, patting the doberman's head to wake him up. he licks the boy's hand, coming stright out after a nice nap and barks, wagging his tail while standing in front of the car, waiting for jimin to come out as well.

"hey, someone's had a nice sleep hm?" jimin chuckles, petting the dog, while holding aera for she kept sleeping, and didn't want to get up.

"i'll carry her, your back must be hurting." jungkook offers, taking the sister from jimin and glances down at her, "wake up, baby. look, even bammie is up."

"mmm" the girls shakes her head, covering her face with her hands to avoid the bright sun, "oppa..."

"yes honey, get up, the armys are gonna watch this. do you want them to think that aera is baby and her oppas have to carry her everywhere?"

"army?" she opens her eyes, catching one word, making jungkook chuckle as he leans down, rubbing his nose against hers. "where?"

"they're gonna watch through the cameras."

aera nods at his words, "i'll walk..."

"good girl," he smiles, placing her on her feet. she breaks into a giggle instantly as bam comes near her, licking and sniffing around her shoes. she pets his back and crouches down the way jungkook and the rest do to cuddle bam, forgetting she's already small when compared to them and appears even smaller now.

"bammie, did you sleep too?" she asks while the dog is busy licking her face and playing when she tries to rub his back. "i slept with jiminie oppa, and y'know i had a dream. there was you and me, koo, jiminie oppa, taetae, appa, joonie oppa and hobi oppa and jinnie oppa. and we were playing in the park."

"that is great, now come on let's go in. tae and appa are already here."

"really?" aera chirps, ready to run inside the huge house, built especially for this season of in the soop with bts.

"wait, take your bag." jungkook says handing her the micky mouse bagpack with aera's basic needs that she packed herself, like her medicines, some candies, a notebook, a pen, a ball, a small gun and a water bottle.

"my bag." she unzips it and looks inside, "you didn't steal anything did you?"

"why would i steal anything from there? it's not even that important." jungkook scoffs, heading inside with his suitcases and bam following behind.

"it is important!"

"yeah, the ball? that is important?"

"yes, how are we gonna play if there's no ball?"

"and the candies?"

"we'll starve and die without them."

"...and the gun?"

"to fight my enemies."

"who's your enemy."

"tickle monster."

"well he's on the way here."

aera gasps, giggling at him before running away, "appaaa!" she squeals, entering the living room behind jimin, grabbing attention yoongi and taehyung instantly.

"hey, riri's here finally." taehyung smiles at her, opening his arms for the girl to give him hug. aera grins in excitement, but more in an attempt to hide before jungkook comes in. she climbs on the couch, quickly stuffing herself between yoongi and taehyung.

"aera" jungkook calls, laughing as he keeps the luggage aside and stands facing the hyungs who chuckle at their never ending game.

"bammie," aera calls, motioning her hand for the dog to hide as well, "tickle monster eats puppies too!"

bam barks at jungkook, making the boys stare at him with astonished eyes. jungkook gasps and takes a seat on the couch, bringing the pet near him and rubs his back, "there's no way you understood her, did you?"

"he did." aera giggles, "right bammie?"

he barks again, wagging his tail as he leaves jungkook and goes to aera instead. she jumps down from the couch, hugging the big pup, smiling widely at him, "i know, daddy is so stupid."

"i didn't even say anything." yoongi sighs, "nonetheless, that is rude."

"not you," aera laughs, "bammie's daddy, jeon jungkookie."

"oh so now y'all be calling me like that?" jungkook sighs dramatically, "i don't- no, please, jungkook is a fine name."

"daddy!" aera chirps and bam barks along with her, making her laugh, "bammie's so intelligent. how can you be his daddy?"

"sassy girl!" taehyung laughs, giving aera a high-five while jungkook is standing defeated and embarrassed by his sister's savage side erupting at him. she's definitely jimin's sister and yoongi's daughter at times.

"ah we're here! where's everyone?" hoseok's voice echoes filling both aera and bam with excitement, as they quickly run to the front door to see the rest three boys.

"ah, here are the babies." namjoon chuckles, glancing at the eldest who is already kneeling down, petting bam and hugging aera with one arm.

"they can never get enough of this." hoseok laughs and namjoon nods.

"that's the fun of having kids around." the leader smiles, patting aera's head before heading inside with their bags.

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a week later

"princess, come here, you wanna go on a ride?" jungkook calls with a wide smile playing on his lips as he accelerated the atv.

"can bammie go with us too?" she asks standing next to the bike as jungkook shifts a little back, deciding to make her sit in front of him.

"no, how will he sit here?" he chuckles.

"mmm, okay." aera nods and looks up at jungkook, "i'll do it," her hand points at the handle, making him smile.

"alright," he agrees and holds her hands over the handle, accelerating ahead once he'd sure aera won't do anything funny during the ride.

"no! leave my hand!" she frowns at the brother.

"no, aera, you don't know how to drive this. so, oppa's teaching you."

"don't hold my hand..."

"then you won't be allowed to sit here."

"noooo!"

"you've to listen to oppa then."

aera pouts, but eventually agrees on sitting quietly, looking around the greenery which was a rare sight in the city. jungkook turns again, coming back near the house, leaving his left hand and points at taehyung, gesturing aera to say bye to him.

"bye oppaaa!" aera shouts over the distance, smiling widely at taehyung once he's looking at her along with the other boys. "we're going for a drive!"

"wait!" taehyung yells back, jogging towards them as jungkook stops, sighing when the elder grins and sits on the atv, behind him. "let's go together!" taehyung suggests.

"yayy!" aera cheers, "let's gooooo!"

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"riri's having a lot of fun." namjoon chuckles, admiring the little girl laughing with jungkook and taehyung on the atv bike, as they circle around the yard with bam running after them.

"yeah, it's been quite long since she actually got to play like this." yoongi adds with a soft smile, "thank god we decided to bring her here. us being idols, affects aera too."

"i know," jimin sighs, taking a sip of his coffee as he sits beside his hyungs, "sometimes i think i took the wrong job, especially y'know when aera's still so young and needs someone by her side. but then armys constant love and support really makes it easy for me to deal with everything. i mean, we do actually have the best fans, they understand and are very cooperative when it's about aera. i'm really thankful for that..."

"i can understand, with the band growing, there growing responsibilities too. i was worried about the tour and everything, armys don't always see everything, and they don't know how that child used to cry when we couldn't take her on tours on events with us." namjoon nods with a sad smile.

"yeah, but i'm so glad it's all coming together now." jimin smiles softly, "she understands us better now, sometimes she is stubborn but that's fine, she's just a kid after all."

"exactly, and as of her age, she's really considerate of others." jin adds proudly.

"of course, i'm the appa after all." yoongi grins.

"sure," the boys laugh at his reply, turning their heads as aera's voice rings in their ears and find her running towards them. jimin keeps his cup on the table, opening his as as she straight away goes to hug him, giggling all the way.

"what happened?" the brother asks, patting her back.

"nothing," she grins, pulling away from the hug, making him chuckle at her.

"my princess is adorable." he smiles, showering her face with kisses, bringing her on his lap.

"armys are going to love this." hoseok cooes and glances at the camera, pointing his hand at aera laughing while jimin leans down, leaving a bunch of smooches for her, "you see, this is how live everyday. please love this kid, she's amazing." he chuckles.

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