Chapter Five

“Yah, Kim Joonmyun, wake up.” Kyungsoo ordered, sitting down on the leader’s bed to shake the sleeping figure.

The sun peeked through Joonmyun’s eyes as he heard the blinds open, filling light into his room. He soon peeked through one eye, revealing three of his members, causually bringing themselves into his room with the most questioning looks.

“Soooo?” Sehun was the first to ask, putting down the magazine he had in hand from Suho’s coffee table.

“Good morning to you too.” the leader chuckled, getting up on a sitting position as he rubbed his eyes with the back of his hands. “I thought we had the whole week off.” he added into a yawn, fully waking up as his brain started to function.

The three members, Kyungsoo, Sehun, and Baekhyun, all looked at each other, nodding as they attacked their leader on the bed.

“Hyung, just tell us.” they all laughed. Somehow, their positions turned out with Suho being squished at the bottom as the younger ones toppled over him on the queen sized bed that wouldn’t even fit all four of them.

“YAH! Get off.” Suho tried saying sternly, but ended up laughing with them, since he was in a very good mood.

The troublemakers complied right away, slightly scared of their nice-looking leader that they would never want to cross.

“Mianhae hyung.” Baekhyun cheesily smiled as the three of them stood up infront of the leader.

“So are you going to tell us what happened?” Sehun broke off, again with his impatience.

“Aish,” Joonmyun smirked, throwing one of his pillows towards the maknae, who caught it easily with his good reflexes. “I’ll tell you all later. Just let me get ready first.” he said, finally stepping out of his bed.

“Do you at least want breakfast?” Kyungsoo interrupted the leader who was fishing clothes out of his cabinet.

Joonmyun looked up at him and smiled, nodding, as he ran his way towards the member, tackling them in for a hug.

“Hyung!” Kyungsoo screamed off-guard, their balance almost tipping at how much force he came at them.

“You’re so weird.” Baekhyun chuckled, slipping out of the group hug, pulling the maknae along.

Suho just smiled from ear to ear, walking back to his bathroom like nothing even happened.

The remaining members looked at each other with another questioning look, glad that their once jolly leader was back.

“It must have went well last night.” the maknae spoke, smiling himself, also feeling happy for his leader.

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“Oh! Joohyun is staying at the dorm for the weekend, so you guys better behave yourselves in front of my daughter.” Suho nonchalantly said after swallowing his blueberry pancake, drinking his hot coffee afterwards.

The three guys present paused, almost choking on their food, as they all  looked at their leader with widened eyes.

“Bwoh?” Kyungsoo was the first to speak, swallowing whatever he had in his mouth, both excited and scared at how things would end up.

Unlike the other two who were excited, Kyungsoo was the only one among them who actually knew about the consequences if things went wrong, but he couldn’t say anything now. Not without talking you and Jongin first.

“We have to clean the whole dorm first.” Kyungsoo said after, to hide his previous remark, going after his ‘umma’ image that fit him perfectly.

Baekhyun nodded along with Sehun, already thinking of things that they wanted to do along together with their ‘niece.’

“Where is Chanyeol and Jongin?” Suho questioned, drinking the last drop of his coffee, as he stood up to walk towards the kitchen sink to drop off his plate and untensils.

“Oh, they went to the store to get some food for the week since we are gonna be off.” Kyungsoo explained after swallowing his last piece of bacon, following the leader into the kitchen.

“Hyung! Wait for me.” Sehun whined, chugging down his glass of milk, running to the kitchen where the older guys were.

“Aish! Why do you guys eat so fast?” Baekhyun chimed in, still on his seat, just minding his business.

“We should start cleaning.” Kyungsoo, the mother, said, already taking out an apron for Sehun to wear to wash the dishes.

“Maknae shall clean the kitchen.” he instructed, tying the back of the apron for Sehun. He then went under the sink, taking out some of the cleaning supplies that they had, handing the basket towards the leader. “And hyung will clean the bathroom, while Baekhyun will take care of the living room.” he nodded.

“Fine with me! As long as it’s not the bathroom.” the diva uncoherently yelled from the dining room, still chewing on his pancakes and bacon.

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“Woah!”  Chanyeol stepped back from the door as he entered the house, early in the afternoon.

“What happened here?” Jongin chimed in, taking off his shoes to sight see over their newly cleaned dorm.

Kyungsoo, who was taking his well-earned rest, sat on the couch, not even acknowledging the two rapper’s comments as they went to the kitchen to drop off the new list Kyungsoo sent them for the food they had to buy.

“And why are we buying too much cookies and candy?” Chanyeol raised an eyebrow, taking the things off and putting them high on the shelves, much to his advantage over the sweet delights.

“Because—” Suho tried explaining, walking down the stairs, until he was interrupted by the ring of the doorbell. “Oh, it must be them. Now you guys, behave.”

“Oh, oh, oh! Is she coming? Is she coming?” Sehun asked excitedly, running down the stairs, joined by Baekhyun.

“Calm down.” the older smacked his arm. “You’re gonna scare her.”

“Her?” Jongin and Chanyeol exchanged looks, following the rest of the gang to the door, intrigued at who their guest were.

And there you stood. Nervous, but had a calm demeanor. You don’t even know how you ended up agreeing to let your child stay with his father for the weekend, much less along with the other members.

“Joohyunnie!” Joonmyun exclaimed in delight as he opened the door and squatted down to envelop her in a warm embrace.

All the other Exo boys watched in amazement at how well Joohyun welcomed her father and how you were standing there at their door, fully grown up, like they were.

“Noona.” Baekhyun smiled as you followed Joonmyun and Joohyun in, with the little girl still in her daddy’s arms.

It was really nice to meet the boys again. Gosh, you couldn’t even believe how long it had been since you left. You were always there every step of the way with them and after missing out on so much, it seemed like you missed out on too many things.

“Hey.” you awkwardly stood there, holding Joohyun’s small Hello Kitty luggage behind you, not even realizing Baekhyun was already running after you for a hug.

You smiled as his warmness covered you. Baekhyun really did have the warmest hugs and you surely did miss him. “I’m sorry.” was the first thing you whispered to your old friend, not finding any other words to say.

“Shhh.” Baekhyun hushed, rubbing your back gently.

Soon, Kyungsoo and Jongin were already pulling the piece of bacon off of you, wanting their turns for their greetings too.

After all the hugs and smiles with everyone, it came down to Chanyeol. You didn’t know how to act with him.

But, much to your thoughts, Chanyeol was the first to come to you. Smiling differently, almost apologetic in a sense as he wrapped his long arms around you without much words.

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“Be a good girl, araso?” you squatted down, giving your daughter one last embrace. “Remember to brush your teeth and not to eat too many sweets. You know how the dentist warned you last time.” you softly chuckled, pulling her slightly so you could study her face.

Joohyun, on the other hand, was laughing as she nodded at all of your naggings as the rest of the boys smiled, witnessing such an adorable moment.

“I love you so so so so much. And many more.” you smiled, kissing her forehead.

Your daughter repeated your words as she also followed suit, kissing the top of your head with a loud noise, making you laugh.

You stood up as waved goodbye to the rest of the boys, walking to the door where Suho was. “Call me if anything happens.” you softly smiled.

“Are you sure you don’t want to stay?” Joonmyun asked, hoping he’d get to have more time to spend with you.

“I’d really rather not, but thanks.” you said, your voice sounding like you really wanted to stay. You knew you couldn’t. There were some people that you had to pay a visit to.