requested by jikook_amen

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warning: mentions alcohol. but i swear it's funny!

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"pass me the ice," taehyung grumbles, anticipating his first drink of the night as jungkook passes the ice tray and smiles seeing the elder preparing a glass from him too.

taehyung cracks his neck, sighing softly as his eyes watch the dark liquid falling straight into the wide glass which already is half filled with coke. once it reaches just below the rim, he smiles and adds a few cubes of ice, then slides glass towards jungkook and repeats the same with his own, clinking the glasses together for the younger waited for him to start drinking.

taking the first sip, jungkook closes his eyes wanting to savour the feeling and keep it preserved in some corner of his brain on getting to drink after such a long time. the last he remembers was when his friends suggested going to a bar and there things had gotten a little out of hand when his tipsy body accidentally bumped into another tipsy body. unfortunately of a girl. that's not a scene to remember, he didn't even ask for her name, let alone the number.

he had told the whole story to taehyung later who laughed his ass off but admitted it was hot, especially not knowing the person's name he was hooking up with. but more than that he found it absurd and tried to shrug it off under the fact that jungkook was drunk and didn't pay close attention to anything at the moment and so did the girl. but anyways let's not go there.

taehyung clicks his tongue, taking a another sip and glances at the drink in his hand, "seriously man, sneaking rum in the house was hard."

"i know, you have no idea what excuses i made to yoongi hyung." jungkook sighs, finishing his drink and puts the glass on the table, "but i guess i wanted it really bad, like i can't explain it, i was craving a hard drink."

"you sound addicted now." taehyung laughs.

"aish! keep it low!" the younger slaps his hand over his mouth, glaring at the other male, "i swear if anyone wakes up and sees this i'm blaming it on you."

"you're a legal," the elder rolls his eyes, "so you're at equal fault."

"but hyung still says i shouldn't be drinking bacardi or cognacs and drinks like that..." the boy sighs, pulling back and grabs the bottle again, pouring more in his glass. "i can't believe you were the first one to tell me there's something like this that exists."

"such a baby!" taehyung laughs again, ruffling his hair while jungkook rolls his eyes, pulling his head back, sending a little glare at the elder.

"yeah, a baby a who drinks?" he scoffs.

"no, it would be that if aera drinks." jungkook laughs at taehyung's words, shaking his head as he couldn't even bring himself to picture his sister ever drinking hard liquor.

he chuckles making another drink for himself and for taehyung as the latter slides his forward, nodding at the bottle. he nods in response while the elder stands up, telling him that he'll return in a few minutes from the bathroom and also get his phone from his room, before disappearing at the end of the hallway, leaving jungkook alone with the drinks.

he takes a sip of his drink, scrolling through his phone until a pair of footsteps grab his attention, making him look up with a smirk, "i had your drin– ri?" he frowns and the smirk dies gradually as it suddenly dawns upon him that he's drinking, and the drink is rum!

his hand rummages through the table, pushing the bottles and the glasses behind him as he stands up instantly and smiles nervously at his sister who has a pout on her lips and hand rubbing her eyes, "wh-what happened, princess? did you have a bad dream?" he asks.

aera nods slowly, walking towards him, sending another wave of panic that forces him to step forward and hug her before she spots anything unnecessary, "aw it's alright, let's go back to your room hm?" he says, rubbing her back while making sure his body is blocking her vision to the table.

"yeah, but i wan' water..." she grumbles, with her eyes half close as her hands hold onto the fabric of his thin t-shirt.

"i'll get it, go to your room."

"no... i saw a ghost in my dream, and now i'm scared. i'll sleep with you..." she mumbles, "he was going to eat me and i was crying..."

"i... i'm so sorry," he sighs, being more sorry for himself as another one of drinking events have being successfully ruined. why do kids wake up at the wrong time? the last time aera woke up at midnight he wasn't at home, so she called five times until he answered and having the girl waiting for him to get done consoling his sister that he's just out with his friends and no monster ate him.

he sighs softly, glancing up to the stairs again where taehyung is now standing staring at him with wide eyes and mouth half open in shock. he gulps thickly, slowly making his way towards the youngers and nods at the girl, making jungkook shrug in response, 'why's she up?' he mouths.

'nightmare' jungkook mouths back, making taehyung sigh. 'take the drinks' he gestures over the shoulders.

"water..." aera looks up at jungkook who flinches at the sudden voice and nods, remembering she needed water.

"yeah, you go-"

"no," aera shakes her head, looking less sleepy now. she holds his hand and glances at taehyung, "oh hi, tae oppa. what are you doing? do you want water as well?"

"uh yeah, water... right," taehyung sighs.

"is that coke?" aera peeks from jungkook's side and looks up at him, "why are you having coke at night?"

"n-no, i wanted water as well but-"

"he couldn't find water so he woke me up, and then we ended up drinking coke instead!" taheyung says, smiling bitterly on noticing jungkook giving him a weird look.

"really?" he presses his lips together, feeling the secondhand embarrassment from the lame excuse as taheyung nods, nudging him to play along, "okay, yeah that's what happened."

"can i drink coke too?"

"no, just take the water and go back to sleep."

"whyyyy? you're drinking coke, why not me?" she frowns at him and turns to taehyung who looks away instantly, knowing he won't be able to say no if she pleads him with those shimmering doe eyes and a pout on her tinted lips.

"oppa please?" she shakes taehyung's hand, staring at him with her head tilted at an angle and pouts, "just a little bit? you said i'm your best friend, then why are you not listening to me?"

"just a little bit..." taehyung sighs, earning a look from the younger male who is shaking his head and holding his hands as a cross over his head, telling taehyung to say no. however he stops, gaining his posture back and clears his throat as aera quickly hugs taehyung and glances back at the brother, sticking her tongue out.

"idiot" jungkook mutters, walking over to taehyung who regrets his decision as well, "i'll blame you if the hyungs come to know."

"shut up, you're in this with me." taehyung hisses, grabbing the younger's hand and eyes to play along for as far as this game goes.

"i wish i wasn't." he sighs deeply, watching aera picking up a can of coke and takes a sip, sitting on the kitchen counter quietly, swinging her legs back and forth slowly. then her eyes land on something, past the boys making them turn around following her gaze which is when they gasp realising it's where their drinks are kept.

"holy fuck!" taehyung curses, as aera jumps down from the counter and walks over to the dining table, instead of taking the drinks, her hand dives to the bowl of chips next to it. the boys sigh in relief having their hearts relaxing from the summersaults inside their chests.

"what is this?" she asks, pointing at the bottle and jungkook hisses, placing his hand on his chest.

"i'm dead, you face everyone in the morning..." he whispers to the elder male who rolls his eyes and elbows him on the waist, making jungkook wince and shoot him a glare.

"your sister is asking something, jungkook." taehyung smiles, "won't you answer her?"

"jerk" jungkook mutters before turning to aera with a forced smile, "it's a drink like coke y'know..."

"oh? can i taste it? it looks pretty."

"no!" the boys voice out together, making her flinch and stare at them. taehyung laughs nervously, stepping near the table and takes the bottle, handing it to jungkook who puts it back on the counter behind him. "it's not for kids... and it doesn't even taste that good. coke is better."

"really? you were drinking that?" the sister asks, peeking the shining bottle again still half filled with the drink. "can i see it?"

"why? there's nothing to see."

"it looks pretty, i wanna see it." she says, moving past the boys and almost gets the bottle until jungkook holds her hand, shaking his head as a no. "please?"

"no, aera listen to me and go to your room." he sighs.

"you wanna drink it alone right? i'll tell oppa you don't share..."

"no!" they shriek together, making her flinch again. jungkook pulls her back into a hug and kisses the top of her head, "you're my princess aren't you? we've to keep this a secret alright? so no, you won't tell anyone anything."

"why?" aera looks at him, making him curse under his breath as he exchanges a glance with taehyung who gulps nervously.

"because... uh y'know how they are right? they'll scold us for staying up at night, especially for drinking. so please don't tell them, you can have another can of coke." taehyung says, earning a quick nod from jungkook as he agrees with the elder's words, finding them reasonable.

"hm okay," aera nods, taking her can of coke and smiles at the boys as she sits on the counter. "you can drink your coke and i'll drink mine."

the elders exchange glances contemplating if it is okay or not to be drinking in front of a kid, especially when the kid is their younger sister. they sigh, sitting down and grab their glasses, promising themselves that they're just going to finish this round and then no more alcohol. yes, that's all.

"i wanna drink in that glass too," aera says, slipping down from the counter and goes near the boys, sitting on jungkook's lap, attempting on taking his drink. he sighs softly and chugs the bacardi down at once and gives her the empty glass.

"it smells different that coke." the sister points out.

"yeah, i told you right, it's another type of coke, that's why." he bites his tongue as she nods at his words, buying his lie easily and pours the coke in the glass, drinking it then with a victorious grin as if it were an achievement to be sipping from that particular type of glass.

"does it really make you that happy?" taehyung chuckles, ruffling her hair when she nods, clinking her glass with his, "cheers," he smiles.

"are you not drinking more?" aera asks, glancing at jungkook who shakes his head, realising it's not morally a good thing to be drinking in front of a kid, and also he's aware of the tremendous amount of alcohol in the drink that would probably start showing gradually if takes another drink. "why not?"

"i don't feel like it," he sighs deeply, leaning back and nods for the sister to finish her cold drink, "let's go and sleep once you're done."

"hm, but you can have more coke by the time i'm finishing mine," she suggests, standing up and jungkook watches her going towards the cabinets, taking a bag of chips and grabs the bacardi with another hand, giving it to her brother who takes it hesitantly, glancing at taehyung with a what-do-i-do? face.

taehyung finishes his drink and presses his lips together, nodding subtly, "one more wouldn't hurt right?" he rubs the back of his neck.

jungkook shrugs, "i don't drink this usually, so i don't really have an idea when it starts acting up."

"how many?" the elder asks.

"till now? two and a half,"

"bitch when?" he hisses, "i just got the second!"

"you should not call each other that." aera sighs deeply, "bad words."

"uh yeah, sorry," taehyung nods, reminding himself of aera's presence before facing the brother again, "so, how did you have three?"

"two and a half," jungkook corrects, "you were taking long in the bathroom."

"you're such a... forget it." he sighs, "you won't have more, i'll take a half."

aera laughs at their childish bickering and opens another can, giving it to taehyung, "you can have this oppa, don't be upset." she says, smiling at him, which makes him smile as well.

"yeah, thanks. i can't believe how you both are siblings sometimes." he smiles bitterly at the younger male who scoffs and grabs the bottle, sliding it towards taehyung.

"i'll come in a minute." he says, patting aera's back as gesture for her to get up. she sits on his chair instead, eating her chips while jungkook takes his phone and heads upstairs. her attention shifts to a loud ringing sound which makes taehyung groan in annoyance, taking his phone and walks to the side, leaving the girl alone for a while.

aera looks at him, standing near the sliding glass door that leads to the backyard, then glances towards the stairs, deserted as jungkook doesn't show anywhere around. a mischievous smirk tugs the corners of her lips up as her eyes now move to the table where the bottle is placed.

"i gotta taste the coke," she nods to herself, "there's no way they're drinking all of it alone."

she stands up, picking it up and checks around, smiling when she's made sure taehyung is still busy and jungkook is upstairs. she bends down, crawling under the table and sits with her legs crossed, keeping the bottle in front of her and the glass next to it.

her eyes shine in keenness, pouting the bacardi carefully in the glass until it's almost full and places the bottle down, taking the glass instead and sniffs first, frowning at how distinct the fragrance is from the normal coke. bringing the rim closer to her lips, she takes a sip, coughing at the strong taste ranging awfully close to being sweet and bitter at once that feels stinging and burning on her tongue and down her throat as she gulps the drink forcefully.

"ew," her nose scrunches up, wondering why anyone would drink something so weird and even fight over it like taehyung and jungkook did a while ago. she stares at the drink, sniffing again before taking another sip to confirm that it does taste weird, but ends up coughing again as she gulps a large sip at once and shuts her eyes that almost teer up at the strong bacardi.

her hand moves to her head, seeing two glasses for one and squints her eyes to clear her vision. she puts the glass down and rubs her eyes, blinking a few times and picks it up again, watching carefully before taking another sip as it tastes funny now.

in a few seconds the glass is empty and all aera does is sitting quietly and looking at the bottle which appears moving out of the blue. she frowns, gasping at the shiny decorative bottle and speaks, "you walk! i can- i can walk too!"

"d'you wanna see... me walk?" she tilts her head, standing up and whimpers, holding her head on hitting the table above her. her head turns up, pouting at the table, "no hitting riri... my- my oppa will scold you..."

jungkook's voice erupts in the background for her, sounding muffled but loud enough to have the girl's attention, "mm?" she looks back, rubbing her eyes again and pouts, suddenly not recognising in which world she's sitting, as all her eyes perceive are a bunch of wooden sticks and a pair of legs wearing grey joggers.

"oppa..." she cries, "i wanna go home..."

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jungkook sighs deeply, heading down the stairs after using the bathroom and putting his phone for charging as he had noticed it was on the verge of going off. his eyes wander towards the table, frowning as aera isn't there and taehyung's voice comes from the living room, talking on the phone.

"ri, come let's go and sleep now." he says, standing by the table and realises the bottle of bacardi is missing from there. "baby let's not play... aera?"

"oppa..." aera's voice whimpers, making him frown, "i wanna go home..."

"ri?" he calls again, following the soft sobs and glances down under the table, staring at the sister with confused eyes, "what are you doing there? come out." he holds out his hand, crouching in by a chair. his eyes shift from the crying girl to the bottle lying on the floor with the drink spilled beside her.

horror takes over him as a few pieces of glass are scattered too, he pulls aera out and checks her quickly, looking for any possible injury from the glass, "are you hurt anywhere?" he asks as she keeping crying and sticking to him.

"oppa, let's go home..." she rubs her eyes, making him frown as he pulls away from her hug, catching the scent of bacardi from her. a wave of horror washes over him and he leans down a little, holding her straight to sniff with full focus, his eyes slowly widens when he can smell the alcoholic drink in her breath.

"fuck..." he blinks a few times, staring at his sister who apparently drank straight bacardi from the bottle.

"duck?" aera looks at him, wiping her tears and shakes her head, "i- i no wanna be a duck... i'm riri..." she whines.

"yeah, i'm sorry..." he gulps thickly as his brain pictures the angry faces of his hyungs, especially jimin and yoongi for being so careless and getting their little sister drunk.

"kook-ah? what are you doing down there?" taehyung enters back, keeping his phone on the table after attending a long call from one his friends who needed some relationship advice.

"aera drank the bacardi..." he says in a serious tone.

"what? be a little lou-"

"ri drank the bacardi!" he exclaims, standing up and stares at the elder with wide eyes depicting the fear in his expression which must be contagious for taehyung too mirrors the similar scared look as they stare at aera who is not crying anymore, but mumbling something under her breath, poking the leg of the chair beside her.

"is she..."

"yes," jungkook nods slowly, "what now? hyungs will kill us... why did you leave her alone?! it's your fault!"

"you left first!"

"yeah, because you were there! i would never leave her with alcohol near by knowing how curious and mischievous she is! but you did that, so it's your fault." jungkook declares.

"i was talking on the phone, dude!"

"you could've at least kept an eye on her!" the boy whines, earning a glance from aera who looks too confused to make out anything. he sighs deeply, massaging his temples and looks back at taehyung, "okay listen, now let's do one thing, we cannot get her un-drunk. but we can at least try to keep it between us right?"

taehyung stares at him nodding quickly and gives a thumbs up, "good idea, let's not have anyone waking up and it's all settled. she'll be fine by morning i guess."

"yeah cool." jungkook nods, shaking hands with taehyung as they close the deal, promising each other to keep this incident a secret between themselves without any third party getting involved.

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jungkook groans in frustration, having a deep urge to bang his head on the wall as he watches taehyung struggling to make aera stop crying after accidentally telling her that she's not a boy but a girl. aera had started throwing a tantrum, pouting and letting out salty tears, claiming that she's a boy.

the brother sighs deeply, cracking his neck as there's already enough noise filling the air and now his sister's cries were just adding more in the way to wake up the hyungs. in fact they might not wake up during a fire or an earthquake but their princess crying could have them springing up into action in a blink.

so jungkook grabs her hand, pulling her to sit straight and hoists her up in his arms, "hey, keep quiet, we'll go to riri's room and then sleep alright? oppa will stay there." he says, "stop crying now,"

"no, i'm... i'mmmma boy..." she gurgles out, looking at her brother and squints her eyes, suddenly not crying anymore, "koo... you're so cute, thank you for- my bein' mah sistuh..."

"i'm your brother." jungkook sighs, pulling his head back as aera tries to grab his hair and whines when he doesn't let her. "don't do that, baby. do you wanna hurt oppa?"

"oppa..." aera pouts, tilting her head as she sinks between his arms and points at the couch, "sit there..."

"no, we-"

"noo!" she whines again, making the boys flinch with wide eyes as she starts moving her arms and legs, not quieting down until she has gotten both the boys sitting on the couch facing her. she smiles lazily and nods, poking taehyung's cheek and giggles, "you look like that... that person i know... taetae!"

"yeah, i feel like it too." the elder sighs.

"why you sad?" the girl frowns at him, shifting closer and sits in front of him with her legs crossed, "did some-one hur' you? tell me..."

"no, but i'll be happy if riri agrees to sleep right now." he smiles a little and aera thinks for a moment, gasping at his plan and shakes her head, standing up on the couch.

"riri is me..." she points at herself, "and i will save you first, no sleeping now!"

"hey shh! keep your voice low!" jungkook hisses, smacking on her leg, earning an instant glare from aera which soon softens and turns into a pout, eyes filling with warm tears, letting the brother know it wasn't a great idea to hit her right now.

she rubs her eyes, breaking into a cry while jungkook closes his eyes cursing at himself for making her cry again. he pulls her to sit down and cups her face, ignoring the frequent kicks and slow punches from the sister. "hey, oppa's sorry, aera. i didn't mean to hit y- fuck!" he groans leaving her and bites his lower lip harshly, shifting away from the crying girl who didn't mind kicking her brother's crotch mid-motion.

"damn..." taehyung shakes his head, "that must hurt a lot. are you okay?"

"do i look okay to you?!" jungkook sneers, shutting his eyes tightly, falling on the carpet, his hands placed over his pants on the crotch where he just got kicked. "jesus! i'm gonna tie this girl and lock her in the bathroom until she's sober! i get drunk too, but i don't kick anyone's dick!"

"shut up, she didn't mean to hit you." the elder smirks and leans down, closer to the groaning boy, "endure it jungkook, you're a man. a man doesn't feel pain. come on it's nothing."

jungkook glares at him, getting up and kicks taehyung on the crotch as well, "fuck! what the fuck is wrong with you dumbass?!" taehyung growls, shooting a glare at the younger who smirks now, nodding down at his pants.

"endure it hyung, you're a man. a man doesn't feel pain. come on it's nothing." he repeats the elder's words and scoffs, "didn't help, did it? exactly!"

"fuck you!" taehyung groans, falling on the couch, turning on his side as he tries to calm himself down and convince himself that it doesn't hurt that much. oh fuck, it does!

"what's going on here? what's with all the noise?" they hear a raspy voice over aera's sobs and their own groans. taehyung lifts his head up, eyes expanding as he ducks down quickly and turns to look at jungkook.

"jin hyung!" he whisper yells.

"ri? why are you crying honey?" the eldest walks closer to the couch and the boys gulp thickly. jungkook closes his eyes slowly shifting away from the couch as it won't be so hard since he's already on the floor, but taehyung grabs his shirt, glaring as if saying 'you're not leaving me alone in this'.

"yeah just fucking great" the younger male mutters, cracking his neck and waits patiently for jin to see them, then ask what is happening, then wake the others up and then at last whoop their asses together.

"tae? what are you do- jungkook? what are you guys doing? and why's ri crying?" jin frowns at them, taking a seat near aera who quickly shifts closer to him and sobs louder, pointing at jungkook.

"she was hitting riri..."

jin blinks a few times, glancing at jungkook and then back at aera, "you mean he?"

"yeah- no, koo is my sistuh," aera stops crying and wipes her tears, making the eldest even more confused. taehyung laughs nervously, standing up with a faint groan and adjusts his pants, taking aera's hand and pulls her up with him.

"she's just kidding, haha ri you've been making such funny jokes these days." he forces out a laughter and kicks jungkook's leg as he gets up too and nods. "we'll go and sleep now. look at the time, gosh! jungkook i told you let's not play right now."

"you were playing?" jin gives a weird look and points at aera, "then why's she crying?"

"because she lost!" jungkook jumps in, "why else do kids cry?"

"oppa..." aera mumbles, tugging on taehyung's hand, however gaining attention form all three, "where's jiminie oppa? riri wanna go to jiminie oppa..."

"yeah, come on let's go and sleep!" jungkook chimes again, hugging her tightly and starts walking towards the stairs, "my baby sister is such a good girl, she loves her oppas so much. i-"

"jungkook, taehyung what's going on?" jin crosses his arms on his chest, sending suspecious glares to the younger boys, making them laugh nervously, shaking their heads.

taehyung rubs the back of his neck, smiling a little and gestures around randomly having no direction in particular as he speaks, "hyung... jin hyung, what brings you here? you should be having your beauty sleep right now...! oh my god, look at those dark circles, hyung what have you been doing? your skin so dull. please go and rest, i can't see the most handsome person in the entire world losing his beauty just because the kids," he sighs, nodding towards the younger siblings, "-are playing. no no, that's cruel. you should go hyung, don't worry about here. i'll take care of them."

"oppa!" aera chirps, yanking her hand away from jungkook and giggles, taking careful steps towards the top of the staircase where jimin is standing with a frown and his arms crossed on his chest. "riri's oppa," she mumbles, hugging him tightly and closes her eyes, "e'ryone is no' nice to riri... they're meanie..."

"hm?" jimin glances at her, noticing the odd way of speaking and the poor language that sounds slurred all together. "are you okay?"

"yes, but riri feelin' a li'le icky, oppa."

jimin keeps quiet, patting her back and leans down when she pulls by his shoulder and kisses his cheek, "riri loves you, but not koo... she is bad"

"for the last time i am your brother. you don't have have a sister!" jungkook hisses, "from which angle do i look like a girl huh?

"i no have a sistuh?" aera frowns, glancing at jungkook who sighs, glancing at taehyung who in turn looks defeated and gives up on trying to hide anything now. "i wan' sistuh! gimme my sistuh!"

"jungkook," jimin calls, glaring at the younger and points at aera whining for a sister, "what did you do?"

"i didn-"

"we did," taehyung sighs, "we were just having a drink and she showed up and then sat with us. then we left her for a while and she drank it..."

"drank what exactly?" jimin asks, leaning down and near the sister as he confirms the previous smell he noticed is of rum, "rum?" he glares at the boys, "how much?"

the two shrug their shoulders, making jimin breathe deeply in anger as he steps down the stairs and pulls jungkook, making him stand with taehyung, "how much did she drink?" he repeats.

"we don't know..."

"what did she drink again?" jin asks, "what kind of rum?"

jungkook gulps, glancing at his feet as he answers with barely any voice coming out, "bacardi..."

"bacardi," the elders' eyes widen, glancing at the thirteen-year-old and then back at the boys, "you fucking let a child drink bacardi?!" jimin yells.

"n-no!" taehyung looks at him, shaking his head, "it was an accident jimin..."

"does it look like i care?" jimin hisses, glaring at the two, "who gave you the permission to get rum in the house? me, and even the hyungs have told you enough times to keep those out of this house! and you, jungkook what did i say about hard drinks?"

"i'm sorry..." jungkook mumbles, "i swear i didn't drink much."

"for god's sake jungkook don't even get me started about this. why drinking that when you know your body doesn't support liquor? the last time you were almost poisioned you idiot! is this a joke to you?!"

"it was the first time, hyung... i'm okay now."

"yeah but this time you get your sister to drink that? i hope you understand what that means, a thirteen-year-old shouldn't be consuming that kind of drink even by accident. let her alone, jungkook i wouldn't suggest you drinking that either!"

"i'm sorry, i didn't mean to..." jungkook says, glancing at his sister who is much quieter now, sitting with jin on the couch as he's making her drink some water. she whines a little, pulling her head back and scrunches up her face as her eyes tear up and the next moment she's leaning down from the couch, throwing up on the carpet. "god..." the boy hisses, looking away as he feels nauseous too and sighs deeply.

"goodness, what have you both done to the poor child. this is gonna get her sick." jin shakes his head, helping her up for she's crying again, this time from pain in her throat and stomach and the gross taste in the mouth. "wake yoongi up, he'll deal with these two and go with her."

jimin nods in response, glancing at taehyung and jungkook who say nothing and keep their heads low, "do you feel drunk?" jungkook whispers, nudging the elder and he shakes head as an answer. "me neither, he's getting mad for nothing. i can handle anything."

jimin shoots a sharp glare, making jungkook shake his head quickly as he shuts up and sends a nervous smile to his hyung, "i was saying i won't drink again and tae won't drink either."

"yeah, i- i won't..." taehyung sighs, "at home."

"same," jungkook nods.

jimin rolls his eyes, taking aera upstairs while jin orders the boys to start cleaning up, earning grossed out faces from the two as they bring mops, a bunch of tissue papers and a room freshner before beginning with the job.

"is he really waking yoongi hyung up?" taehyung whispers.

"i hope not." jungkook whispers back.

"what the fuck did you both do again?!" a loud voice rings through their ears, making them flinch as they turn around slowly staring at yoongi walking down from the stairs, already looking angry and his words coating with a thick dialect.

"we're so dead" jungkook sighs softly, "he will break us into half and throw us in the trash."

"or maybe chop us and feed to the crows."

"yah! jungkook and taehyung come here right now." jin sighs at yoongi's angry voice, pointing near the coffee table where the younger boys are crouching as they're almost done cleaning up. taehyung stands up first on being pushed by jungkook to the side, making him fall out of the hiding region of the couch and smiles nervously at the elder males.

"hi yoongi hyung... you woke up pretty early today...? is everything okay?"

yoongi glares at him and looks around, "where's the other one?"

"there!" taehyung points down next to him where jungkook hisses, standing up slowly and glances at yoongi. "it was his idea i didn't do anything hyung! i swear! it's all his fault!"

the youngest stares at taehyung with wide eyes, feeling betrayed with the sudden flip his accomplice made. he shakes his head quickly, looking at yoongi and hits taehyung's head, "why are you lying?! you were the one who brought the drink at home and lured me for it then agreed to let riri stay and then you! tae hyung left her alone! that's why she drank it! how is it my fault?!"

"bitch" taehyung glares, "couldn't you play along?"

"no, i don't lie." jungkook heaves out, cracking his neck and turns to the elders who are both watching them bicker not saying anything yet. taheyung flinches and jungkook takes a step back when yoongi steps forward, grabbing the two by their shirts, holding them onto place.

"one more word and i'll throw you both out of the window."

"he's lying hyung..." jungkook mumbles, pouting the elder as it suddenly dawns upon him that he's the youngest and yoongi wouldn't be that mad on him. "i promise hyung i didn't mean to hurt riri, i didn't even want to dri-"

"really?" taehyung gives him a look, "and you don't lie?"

"okay fine, i did want to drink. but not like this... i'm sorry hyung," jungkook says, slowly freeing himself from the elder's grip and drops on his knees, holding yoongi's leg, "i swear this won't happen again. forgive me hyung-nim."

taehyung blinks a few times watching the dramatic acting of the younger and gulps, not knowing what to do. jungkook tugs on his pants, nodding for him to copy his actions and it should be fine, yoongi wouldn't beat up his dongsaengs. taehyung nods and does the same, holding the other leg of yoongi and pleads him for forgiveness.

"yah! leave me! you cannot get away with what you've done like this." yoongi says, kicking his leg but the boys don't move. he glances at jin who is busy holding his laughter behind his hand, watching the serious situation suddenly turning funny.

"hyung please forgive us!" taehyung looks up at him and points at jungkook's face, "look at him, he's really guilty and me too. it's not showing, but he's crying from inside! he's really hurting! i know you don't like seeing us so upset, please forgive us."

"i-"

"yes hyung, he's right. i feel like i'm gonna die if you stay mad at us. i promise we won't do anything like this again."

"yeah, and if we do, i'll hit jungkook real hard that he'll be back in his senses." taehyung says, earning a look from the younger which he ignores and pats his head instead, "but there's no use of that, because this won't happen again. right kook?"

"yeah..." jungkook nods, trying to forget taehyung's previous words and focuses on yoongi, "you are not mad anymore are you?"

"get away from me." yoongi rolls his eyes, his cheeks flaring a reddish tint as jin bursts out laughing at the younger's over the top acting.

"hyung, this is not funny. tell them to behave themselves." yoongi cracks his neck, pushing the boys away and heads upstairs, muttering to himself, "idiots."

jungkook grins, sitting on the floor just as taehyung and gives him a high-five, "he's not mad at least."

"this was a great idea, you're not that dumb." taehyung gives an impressed look and the younger shakes his head, glancing at the eldest who chuckles.

"you both are too much." jin says, "now get up and do something with jimin, he wouldn't hesitate to come up with something to teach you a lesson."

"yeah, he already scolded me a lot." jungkook rubs his neck, standing up and dusts his off his hands. "i'll cook for jiminie hyungie and tae can take his car for servicing, and we're done."

"bold of you to assume he'd be that easy." taehyung scoffs. "you keep pleading him and begging him to forgive you like we did to yoongi hyung."

"and what will you do?"

"watch you." he smirks at jungkook, "your jiminie hyungie is my best friend. he's not mad at me."

"bold of you to assume that." jungkook rolls his eyes, before facing jin, "how about you talk to him? he wil scold me again. or i can do the same thing again, he wouldn't last that long... i mean if yoongi hyung can melt, anyone can."

"try," jin shrugs, "i'll talk to him too."

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taehyung nods at jungkook, taking a deep breath before opening the door to jimin's room, finding him laying on the bed with aera, probably helping her to sleep. his eyes open, glancing towards the boys and the gaze changes in a blink, turning into a strict glare.

the two enter the room quietly, taking advantage of aera sleeping in the same room, knowing jimin won't scold them like this. jungkook closes the door behind him and follows taehyung, both sitting on the floor from jimin's side, earning a confused look from jimin.

"what?" he whispers, "do not do anything stupid and leave. she's not feeling well."

"we cane to apologise," jungkook whispers back, "will you mind forgiving us a little?"

"i wish i could kick you instead." jimin hisses, "get out you two."

"ah come on jimin-ah, we're sorry." taehyung says, "ri's gonna be fine and we won't let this happen again. no hard drinks at home from now."

"yeah, right. i won't drink anything either, hyung."

jimin frowns at the two as they stare at him with pleading eyes and lips puckered into pouts. he blinks a few times before looking away and shakes his head, "just leave, we'll talk later."

"no, we're not moving from here until you forgive us." taehyung says, "yoongi hyung was so mad, he even hit jungkookie. you can hit him too, so he won't repeat this and i take the guarantee."

"why am i always getting hit in your story?" jungkook squints at taehyung who glares at him nudges him to play along. the boy sighs, looking at jimin and nods, "okay yeah, it hurts so bad hyung."

"idiot," jimin mutters, "are you expecting me to believe that?"

"it's true! look," jungkook leans ahead, turning his head and points at his cheek that has a reddish tint. the elder rolls his eyes, lifting his leg a little and kicks the two away. aera stirs in her place, mumbling something in her sleep, making jimin glare at the boys.

taehyung breathes deeply, turning to jungkook and pulls him closer, leaning in his ear he whispers, "where's your acting dude? be jimin's baby brother, he'll melt in a second! start acting!"

"what is baby brother? i'm twenty-three!" jungkook pushes him away with a weird face.

"not for your hyungs, especially jimin who raised you. so you start acting or i'm kicking you again."

"you-"

"good, that's what i thought. start." taehyung nods, smiling bitterly at the younger who closes his eyes, looking down in embarrassment. he sighs deeply, lifting his head up and glances at jimin who is not paying attention to them.

"jiminie hyungie," jungkook sits by the bed, poking the elder with his index finger, "hyung, i'm sorry, you said you don't want me to die then why are you mad when i'm alive? i won't drink rum again, i don't wanna die either..."

jimin says nothing while taehyung watches with an amused smirk under his hand as he nods in support of the boy.

"you remember the day i turned twenty-one and we all had a drink together? that was the best day, but after that everyone got so busy that we didn't get time to sit together like that again. today tae hyung came early and we were talking about it, then he said we can have a drink if i want, and i agreed. he can handle rum well and i wanted too, so i told him we'll have that. riri came there and took it by acci-"

"promise me you won't get any of those at home? in fact avoid drinking those anywhere." jimin says, looking at the younger who smiles instantly and nods. "say it,"

"i promise! so you're not mad at me now?" he asks, making jimin shake his head, sighing at his brother's silliness. "and tae hyung?" jungkook points at taehyung who stops smiling and straightens himself, waiting for a response.

"no," jimin says, making the two smile widely and hug each other as a part of their celebration. "now go, if aera wakes up, you're in trouble."

they nod, getting up and head towards the door, however stopping when jimin asks another question, "yoongi hyung wouldn't hit you." he says, "then who did?"

"him," jungkook points at taehyung, "he said you won't believe us of my cheek isn't red enough."

"you did?" jimin arches a brow at taehyung who shakes his head, "you both are so weird, just go."

the boys grin at him before exiting the room and gave each other a high-five as they everything settled without much damage, well if you ignore aera getting drunk and throwing up.

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