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Chapter 16

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As the morning rose to show its presence, the birds sing its early song and the fingers of the early light bleed through the window and into the room. On the other hand, while the morning gently creeps upon, the trio still remain lying in the comfortable, warm bed. Now, you will probably assume the three boys are silent while enjoying the presence of the others; however, in reality, all was awake and were talking up miles of conversations. Addition to this fine morning, Jisung had slipped into little space, so the quokka like boy spoke like there was no yesterday.

"Dada, Appa, we go swimmin' t'day?" Jisung requested turning towards Chan then to Changbin as fast as possible.

"Well, first, how old are you feeling today, Sweets?" Chan asks back in an attempt to gage the level of safety that must be met for today (or at least in this moment).

"‘M five. We go 'ow?" Quickly respond with the regression age, Jisung follows with impatient excitement. Earning chuckles from both his caregivers, Jisung attempts to "help" them as he just wanted to be at the pool as soon as possible.

(Okay I swear I wrote this before that iconic line...)

Getting into the pool, Chan volunteers to stick with Jisung the whole time in case of emergency while Changbin was free to do what he wanted as well as helped the Little out with anything from getting suncream on his back to getting a ball that Jisung "accidently" threw outside the pool. Like most children around Jisung's mental age, Jisung was a bit of a sadist as he found Changbin--who was running around on the hot concrete that slowly burnt his feet to get the ball he threw--funny.

"Sweet child, I may want to unalive you right now, but I unfortunately can't because of Chan." Changbin complains under his breath as he once again retrieves the straying off beach ball that was thrown form the grasps of Jisung.

"Alright, alright. You had your fun, Flower, but let's not throw our toys out the pool. Can we do that now, Buddy?" Chan attempts to discipline the little. Walking into the conversation, Changbin soon joins the two in the water.

"Please keep all toys in the water for the duration of this active. I repeat, keep all toys in the water." Changbin adds as he does a impression of a flight attendant. In response towards Changbin's playful manner, Jisung let's out giggles which essential renders his caregivers melting with bliss and happiness.

"Aren't you the cutest, Sungshine!" Chan then coos at the Little who was later being carried out of the pool. Because it was soon time to go, the eldest decides to clean up the youngest. After drying off the little as best he could, the slightly dripping baby sat obediently still on the chair as he watched his two dads begin gathering their belongings.

"Okay, let's get some food, shall we now?" Chan suggests just as he was placing the basket of swimming equipment back into the car. Walking over to make sure the youngest is buckled into his seat, Chan presses his question further for the baby. "Where do you want to eat, Flower?"

Now that Jisung was given the task to pick their meal, the youngest would often put a lot of thought into the simple decision. I mean, he had to pick one from the endless tasty food list he wished to have.

"Umm... We have cha' soo (char sui) p'ez? 'ike da bo'l kind."

"Of course we can get some char sui! Let's get going: how that sound?" Changbin says encouragingly and quite brightly.

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After the much-needed meal, Chan volunteered to take responsibility in driving home. While Changbin who was sitting in the passenger's seat and Chan freely speaking, Changbin was the first to fall silent at the moment he caught the softest notes of peaceful slumber. The younger of the two then turns around to see their Sungie had fallen asleep while his hands unconsciously gripped upon the squirrel plushie he insistently brought along.

"Aw~," Chan chimes in cooing. "You want to go anywhere specifically, Babe? Like before heading back home."

Changbin turning towards his boyfriend, appears to proceed to give thought to such a simple question. Although he already made up his mind of just handing back home to get some cuddles, Changbin continues pretending to think harder abt this now prolonged decision.

"Nah, let's go home. Oh, can I have cuddles afterwards?" Changbin pouts with bright and begging eyes. Shaking his head, Chan chuckles at his "needy" boyfriend before throwing a quick 'of course'.