family | ateez au | (under editing)

*part twenty*

third person pov
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"where's yunho and san?" seonghwa said as hongjoong ran to the kitchen with wooyoung in his arms.

"upstairs. san doesn't like today and yunho thinks it's his fault." mingi said so nonchalantly

"okay..." the oldest parent sighed out "you boys stay put"

the three boys nodded as they watched their mama run upstairs. once he reached san and mingis room, he knocked on the door. "secret password!" san yelled

"secret password? that's new" seonghwa played along

"mama! are you a spy?" he heard yunho say

"no... but i have secret information from the bad guys. i'll give it to you if you let me in" seonghwa smiled as he heard the two boys gasp then rush to open the door

"hi mama!" san cheered

"hi baby! you gonna let me in?" the boys nodded as they moved aside

"we need the information now" yunho said sternly as he held out his hands

"oh you do? well that's a shame. because all i have are tickles!" seonghwa said as he started tickling san and yunho

"imposter!" san giggled out

after a couple seconds seonghwa stopped tickling them, and moved on to giving them kisses. he sat them back up, and put each boy on one of his legs.

"i heard my babies were upset?" seonghwa said as he held them close "can i know why please?"

"may i say last?" yunho asked. this was something that hongjoong and seonghwa taught the boys, if they didn't want to speak at that moment. they didn't have to. so they taught them terms like 'may i speak last' or 'may i say later'. they respect their kids' boundaries

"of course you may. san do you wanna talk?"

"i don't like today mama" san pouted

"and why is that, my love"

"everyone's crying, i just wanna be focused on. is that bad?" san asked

"no baby. not at all. it's you big day, and everyone has been getting hurt and stuff huh? i'm sorry munch. but something i can tell you, is that if there's ever a day like this again, where you feel like you aren't getting attention when it's your day. you tell me and papa okay? we're trying out best to make sure you have an amazing birthday my love, but when you have six children that are all cranky it's hard right?" san nodded

"you don't have to hide when you're upset. and i promise i'll make this day up to you okay? just wait until you see your present" seonghwa smiled as he saw sans eyes glow up, before giving him a kiss on sans cheek.

"my turn?" yunho sighed out.

"whenever you're ready baby" seonghwa nodded

"i'm the reason sannie is having a bad birthday" yunho admitted

"what?" seonghwa couldn't believe his ears

"yeah... yeosangie cried earlier. sannie wasn't there for that. i should've helped jjong cheer up when he was crying. and i hurt wooyoung" yunho pouted

"sweetie, none of those things are your fault. and wooyoungs fingers getting hurt was an accident, me and papa understand that. we weren't trying to be mean baby, but when someone is hurt, and me and papa need to see what's happening, you need to watch out right? and when we tell you to go inside it's to make sure we have a safe space for everyone." yunho nodded, taking in his fathers words. his voice was soft and calming, like a waterfall, or honey.

"when can i say sorry?" yunho asked

"let go downstairs and see if he's feeling better hm? and then once we get that out of the way, sannie can open his presents"

"yayyy!" san cheered as he got off his mamas lap

"let's go mama" yunho said as he grabbed seonghwas hand

the three walked down stairs to see wooyoung sitting on hongjoong lap, all curled up with tears still running along his cheeks.

"how's me baby feelin?" seonghwa asked as he kneeled i front of hongjoong to meet eye contact with the small boy

"hurt" he sniffled

"still hurting? papa put ice on em?" wooyoung nodded

"and he can move them without them hurting?" seonghwa looked up at hongjoong who nodded

"yeah, i called hoseok to come look at them later. but all i see is some swelling" hoseok was the families doctor, but also a friend of theirs. he and seonghwa grew up in the same neighborhood and were pretty close during their teen years

"okay. yunho wants to say something to you youngie" seonghwa said and watched wooyoung nod.

yunho walked up to the couch and pouted

"i'm sorry i hurt your fingies youngie" he pouted sadly

"s'okay. you didn't mean to" wooyoung sniffled "carry me" he held his arms out demanding to be held

the parents laughed, while yunho smiled and picked up his brother very carefully from his dads lap.

"okay sannie. present time" seonghwa smiled

"i'll go get it" hongjoong got up to go upstairs. he came back down a little bit later with a box and an envelope

"open the box first" hongjoong said as he set the gifts down

inside the box was a three new video games and a purple controller for the families shared playstation.

"thank you!" san said as he hugged his parents

"you're welcome. open the envelope" seonghwa smiled and pointed at the purple envelope

inside was eight tickets to seventeens concert coming up in a couple months. while it was technically a gift for the whole family, san was grateful nonetheless. and besides. every birthday theirs a big present that's technically for the whole family, you should see how christmas is.

"SEVENTEEN?!" the kids all yelled. the yelling scared their puppy.

"s-sorry bo-bomi" yeosang said as he picked the dog up

"mama we're gonna see seventeen?" mingi jumped

"yeah, their company gave papa the tickets as a thank you for working on their album" seonghwa smiled

"there's an even better part" hongjoong smirked "we get to meet them before the concert"

this caused the kids to all scream like crazy, they jump up and down

"best birthday ever!"