jungkook: 20
jimin: 22

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"what?! noooo!" jungkook shoots up from his chair, hands slamming on the dining table with desperation which makes aera flinch and stop with her breakfast. she puts down her strawberry slowly, watching the dramatic response coming from her brother when he was told to take aera with him for today as the rest of the boys were busy and they couldn't leave her alone at home.

jungkook didn't like the idea at all, blinking a few times at the elder brother, hoping he would understand the misery jungkook would be put through if he actually agrees on taking aera with him to college. there are all sorts of people there, most of which are the ones who admire jungkook, see him as the popular guy with his group of three more friends, all utterly handsome and too cool to be babysitting their siblings.

the boy loves his reputation and would kill to maintain that for it had already taken long enough of a struggle from him to reach this level of power. high school was shit, elementary doesn't count, and now after the glorious glow up jungkook had, which everyone including him was aware of, he couldn't risk it all by showing up at the premises of his university with his five-year-old, unpredictable sister. no, that's just too much for him to take.

"you can take her with you!" he proposes leaning forward on the table, facing jimin who only sighs in response before shaking his head as a 'no'. next is jin, and jungkook puts on his most helpless face for him, doe eyes nearly radiating gamma rays of pleadings to penetrate the eldest. although nothing happens and jin places his hand on the boy's shoulder, squeezing gently as though it was a way of giving him some assurance that it wouldn't be that bad.

"why me?" jungkook's almost defeated at his own game, slumping back in his chair as his hand fiddles with the spoon in the bowl that still has some milk and cereals left in it.

"because we can't take her with us," jin says, "i've got a packed day, and so do jimin, yoongi and joon. hobi has got a workshop to attend and taehyung's not reliable,"

"and i am?" jungkook stares at the elder with disbelieving eyes, and emphasizes more, "i'm equally bad as him! in fact i'm shittiest one among all of us! what if i lose riri? what if i do something stupid like i've done many times and she ends up getting hurt?"

"jungkook-ah, please it's just one day, you don't have to overreact so much," namjoon sighs, massaging his temples as he sips his coffee, "and please, you're not as bad as taehyung. you two put together, then that is bad,"

"how many times are you guys gonna call me out like that?" taehyung leans back, pressing his lips into a thin line and gives a tight smile to the elders, "no, because i'm right here and literally trying my best not to get offended,"

"you're getting late," namjoon nods subtly, taking the last sandwich from taehyung's plate and pats the boy's shoulder, "get going, bye," taehyung gasps at his hyung, standing up with a certainly offended look. he snatches his sandwich back, putting more mayonnaise inside it aggressively before storming out of the kitchen, muttering something with his mouth full.

"argh!" jungkook groans, "i have classes too, hyung. i'm not free!"

"i know you just have two lectures today," jimin points out, "you told me yesterday,"

jungkook starts seeing his defeat, puffing out a tired breath as jimin pats his back, giving him a subtle smile that's one like an unsaid apology for doing this to the younger, and a promise that it would be the first and the last time jungkook's made to take his sister with him to college. jungkook heaves out a deep sigh, dragging his gaze to the young sister who's busy playing with fruits she was given to eat.

"fine," jungkook mumbles, "but this is gonna be the last time i'm doing this,"

"thank you so much, kook. i knew you'd understand," jimin beams, ruffling jungkook's hair, getting another sigh from the younger brother. jimin chuckles at him shaking his head and leans down to sneak in a whisper in jungkook's ear, "i was thinking if you liked a sports bike or something like that?"

jungkook's head snaps in jimin's direction, eyes round and dark in anticipation as he nods almost instantly, hugging jimin as tight as he can, "yes! when am i getting it?"

"we'll go to the showroom next week. you can see which one you like then, sounds good?"

"god, yeah! that sounds amazing! i'm gonna take riri with me everyday if you get me my favourite bikes and cars," jungkook grins.

"it's just this time because you've been saving money for a new bike okay? don't get your hopes high or think that i'm letting you waste money like this,"

"wait... am i going to pay for the bike?"

"who else did you think will pay?" jimin smirks, tapping the boy's chin gently and jungkook nearly pouts at that, nibbling on his lip as he mumbles a small 'you'. hoseok laughs at them, shaking his head and tells jimin to stop messing with the boy, which makes jimin snigger as well, "yeah fine, hyung's paying,"

"that's like a good hyung," jungkook grins, sliding the bowl aside and gets up. jimin on the other hand, arches up an amused brow at the younger, using his hand to catch jungkook by his ear, "ow! what- i'm just saying that you're the best hyung, that's all!" jungkook says quickly.

"sure," jimin nods before letting go of him and smacks the back of jungkook's head lightly, gesturing at the bowl, "finish that, you should not waste food,"

"that's cereals,"

"and milk," jin adds, "finish it, kook. you should always finish your food,"

"thank god, i'm taking riri with me, not one of you," jungkook mutters, picking up his bowl and gulps down the milk and the few cereals at once, showing the empty bowl to the elders, getting praising smiles from them.

"you're such a cute baby," hoseok laughs, squeezing jungkook's cheeks between his hands.

"no, hobi oppa, riri is cute baby," aera stands up with a cute grin playing on her lips.

"i know right?" jimin cooes at her, carrying her in his arms and kisses her cheek, "let's go and get riri ready now. she's going with kookie today,"

"where?" aera looks at jimin, then precisely at jungkook.

"his college,"

"college?" she frowns not knowing what that is and looks over at jungkook, "koo no- don' go college," she shakes her head.

"it's where i go to study, aera," jungkook explains.

"koo's school," aera realises and nods her head, "okay, le's go,"

"it's not school, it's college. big people go to college, okay?"

"riri go to school..."

"because riri's small,"

"chiminie oppa is big. koo is small,"

"i'm not-"

"okay, let's go or it'll get late," jimin says, not waiting for jungkook to say or prove that he's a big boy (a man, as he called himself) just because his five-year-old sister said he's small. jungkook could be childish and act down right stubborn sometimes, but that didn't stop him from being his hyungs' baby brother and the maknae of the elder boys.

he had learnt to play innocent at times of trouble and get away with non serious stuff just by reminding the elders that he's the cute kookie they raised. and that is never a hard job for him, considering that his hyungs are quite affectionate and love to have a quick run round the block of memories to the times when jungkook was young, adorable kid who wouldn't let go of his hyung and hide behind them when he felt anxious. he still did that sometimes, hiding behind namjoon, jin or yoongi, or quietly shifting back after hoseok, jimin or taehyung. yet he liked believing that he's old and mature enough to be treated like an adult ever since he crossed eighteen.

jimin shakes his head at the boy, gesturing for him to get ready as well for the elder woke him up early today, knowing that it would take a while to convince him to take aera with him. jungkook obeys at once, not really fussing about anything anymore, while jimin takes aera upstairs to her room.

"oppa, riri will wear that bloo,"

"what blue?" jimin asks.

"bloo, uhm bloo shirt and pants,"

"okay, go bring your clothes out," aera nods at that, running to the closet and starts rummaging through the drawers, not paying attention to the mess she's making behind herself, throwing out the clothes she's not looking for.

once she finds the set of her favourite baby-tee and shorts of white and pastel blue color, she smiles at the fabric with pride, happy that she could find them herself. right then jimin's voice calls her in the bathroom. she glances back, not going to her brother yet, instead she turns around and runs out of the room.

"aera, you have to take a shower come back!" jimin calls again, sighing deeply at the thought of the work he might have to put in to get the five-year-old bathed. but before he steps out of the bathroom, aera returns, hugging a set of bigger clothes in his arms, making jimin frown, "what are you doing? why did you bring my clothes, baby?" he asks, taking his his dress shirt, pants and the jacket as aera gives it to him to breathe freely.

"oppa will get ready too," she says, looking down at her button down cotton dress, trying to unfasten the buttons on the front until jimin's smooth voice fills her ears. she looks up to see him chuckling fondly at her, the smile being contagious enough to make her lips stretch into a grin as well.

"alright, now c'mere," jimin crouches down, helping her take off the dress easily and pecks her lips, eliciting a happy laugh from her as she steps closer to him, hugging him tightly. jimin stands up, taking off his shirt as well and puts their clothes in the laundry basket.

aera raises up her arms, jumping in her place until jimin picks her up, stepping under the shower rather than the bathtub, which makes aera pout, holding out her hand in the direction of the tub, "we have to be quick, so we'll shower today okay? you can have a bubble bath later,"

"no, bubble..." aera pouts, "go there, oppa," she points at the tub and jimin decides not to pay attention to that for he knows she wouldn't listen and just delay the process of showering with her little talks in between. so he grabs the shower head, letting the water fall on aera's head, making her short, curly hair stick to her head. she shakes her head a little, rubbing her eyes with either of her tiny fists, mumbling out a small 'oppa' in between, causing jimin to smile at her.

"hm? do you wanna stand down?" he asks.

"mm, no," she shakes her head, "bubble..."

"no, bubbles today," jimin chuckles, rubbing her back as he crouches down and makes her stand in front of him. aera whines loudly, getting back between his arms and lifts up her leg to climb back in his embrace, "what? what happened?"

"up," she huffs, and jimin notices how she's curled her toes and standing on her heels with discomfort. he sighs at her dramatic acting and pats her head.

"no, stay there for a while. oppa has to shower as well right? how am i gonna do that if i keep carrying you?"

"up..."

"please aera, we don't have time for this," he says, quickly washing himself as well by the time aera's busy grumbling and squirming with his bad decision of letting her down. after some time of sticking to jimin's legs, she grabs his shorts with one hand, wrapping the unoccupied arm around his torso, getting on her tippy-toes as she stands on his feet.

"what are you doing?" jimin looks down, turning off the shower and carries her up, which surprisingly quietens her down instantly. she sits quietly there, leaning onto jimin and blinks a few times, rubbing her eyes, "you and your acting," he sighs.

"oppa only taking riri up," she huffs at him.

"yeah? and what if oppa gets tired of carrying riri?"

"no," she shakes her head, "oppa's so stwong. oppa no' geting tired of riri,"

"why don't you like to walk, huh?" jimin asks, making her stand on the bed, wrapped in her micky mouse towel like a little candy.

"because i'm yo' baby," aera says, tugging on her towel and hands it to jimin, "do it,"

"goodness, you should do some work yourself," he sighs, but dries her body without wasting a minute as the last he'd want is a cranky five-year-old keeping the whole house up with her cold.

"goo'ness, you should do it," aera repeats, but more in her favour, making jimin gasp in surprise. although he decides to ignore it and just get her dressed so she can go off with jungkook who might be running late now.

"hyung! is riri ready?! i'm leaving in five minutes!" jungkook yells from hallway. yes, he's running late.

"yeah, just a second!" jimin replies back, applying the lotion on aera's body, then makes her wear her clothes and holds the hair dryer on to dry her hair.

"oppa-"

"later, princess. we're running late," he shushes her down and aera frowns at him, shaking her head.

"but you-"

"yeah, we'll play later and you can also have a bubble bath. i'll tell kook to prepare a bubble bath for you, okay?" jimin says, handing her the dryer while he dresses himself up quickly, buttoning up his shirt, then puts his socks, which reminds him that aera's not wearing her socks yet either. he glances at her and smiles, "take your sandles and go to kookie. he'll help you wear them,"

"not sandle, oppa riri h-"

"go go, don't waste any time. kook's getting late, sweetheart," he says again and aera pouts at him, slipping down from the bed and takes her sandles with him, leaving the room in search for jungkook.

"koo," she runs to him, seeing him waiting on the couch and holds out her sandles in front of him.

he nods quickly, making her sit beside him and brings up her leg, "no socks?" he asks, and the girl shakes her head, "okay," he shrugs, making her wear the sandals and stands up, "perfect, we're good to go,"

"my hair," aera reminds.

"i got it," jimin says, running down the stairs with aera's hair brush and ties half of her hair on top of her head into a pig tail, leaving the rest half to fluff up naturally. he kneels down in front of her, checking her face and as he applies a moisturizer and then a lip balm on her tinted lips, "done, riri's ready. now listen, don't bother kookie and listen to what he says okay? be a good girl,"

aera nods, licking her lips involuntarily and jungkook laughs at her, taking the lip balm from the elder brother and puts it in his pocket. jimin shakes his head, waving at the youngers as they head out of the house.

"are you excited to go to college with me?" jungkook asks, getting a nod from his sister and he chuckles, "okay, i guess. let's see how today goes,"

"is danny there?"

"yeah, danny's gonna be there. minhyuk and jackson will be there too,"

"wow, they' riri's fw'ends,"

"sure," jungkook nods, focusing more on driving than aera's voice occasionally talking to him, to which he makes sure to respond with a subtle nod or sometimes with one-word answers.

the way to the university isn't that long, but it makes aera wonder what the place might be like. in just fifteen minutes, the little girl imagined a big castle or one that's made of sweets like chocolates and marshmallows, and a river of hot chocolate flowing from a mountain near jungkook's school. that would be the best if aera's imagination is anywhere what her brother's school was like. she smiles excitedly, peeking outside the window from her booster seat, hoping to find the building of chocolates and candies, rather where jungkook pulls up is nowhere what she wanted the place to be.

her brows hunch down in disappointment along with her lips, staring outside where a lot of people are already present, some going inside, some standing in groups and chatting and some taking pictures together. jungkook stops in the parking lot, getting out of the car and goes to the backseat, unbuckling aera from the booster seat.

"this is yo' school?" she asks, looking confused with the number of cars and bikes present there.

"this is the parking," jungkook says, "and it's college not school,"

"okay," aera nods, holding his hand and walks with him.

jungkook's bag hangs loosely on his shoulder while his eyes are fixed on the phone, thumb typing something on the screen before turning it off. he slides the device in his pocket and glances at aera, stopping before they enter the main building, "okay listen to me now," he crouches down in front of her, "you have to behave yourself and not say anything unnecessary to anyone, get it?"

"nunesary...?"

"unnecessary," jungkook repeats, "means you don't have to say anything to the people who don't bother you,"

"i' be fw'ends, koo,"

"no, you can make friends in your school," he says.

"okay, but- but koo-"

"and no saying 'koo' so much. once is enough,"

"why? you' my bwother, koo," she frowns at him.

"i am, i know that, baby. but people here call me jungkook, and it's gonna be a little bit weird if you keep saying koo every two seconds,"

"but riri like koo..."

"i like you too. but it's just for today, please?"

aera pouts at him, but nods anyway getting a smile from jungkook as he picks her up and kisses her quickly. the five-year-old convinced with the soft peck jungkook left on her lips, making her nod in agreement to behave more like a big girl, maybe like a ten-year-old or so, rather than five.

jungkook puts her down once they're in the hallway inside the building, making their way midst students, some younger than jungkook, some of the same age and some older, all of them staring at him and his sister with confusion written all over their faces. the brother sighs, glancing at his sister as well, who watches her surroundings with her curious eyes, holding jungkook's hand with her tiny one.

"hey, kook," daniel approaches jungkook with a smile, throwing his arm around jungkook's neck.

"hi danny oppa," aera waves up at him, smiling one of her cutest smiles and daniel glances at jungkook.

"you weren't kidding?" he whisper yells, getting a sigh from jungkook as the boy shakes his head. "well..."

"danny oppa, hi," aera repeats, tugging on daniel's hand and waves again, making him smile slowly.

"hi, what is riri doing here today?" he asks, crouching down to aera's height and shakes hands with her, "well, i don't mind her being here though. it'd be fun with her, don't you think?" he asks, glancing back at his friend who only shrugs his shoulders.

"i don't know," jungkook looks around, "where's jackson and minhyuk?"

"they went to the cafeteria. jackson didn't have breakfast, so," daniel says, standing up and carries aera up in his arms, smiling at her, "do you wanna go eat something?"

"no, she just had her breakfast," jungkook refuses for aera, checking his watch and sighs deeply, nodding to himself on realising that there are still about fifteen minutes before their first lecture. "okay yeah, let's grab a coffee," he let's out, and the friend nods, not minding jungkook at all for he's more busy talking to aera.

"-and i have my best fw'end in school. we play together," she beams when daniel tells her how him and jungkook have been best friends for a few years now.

"really? me and kook play together as well. we love overwatch, fortnite, among us and y'know stuff like that,"

"cod," jungkook adds.

"yeah," daniel grins, "what do you like to play with your friends, aera?"

"hide and seek, tag, pokemon" aera says, "we play on the slide too, an-and sometimes we havin' my tea party,"

"really? that sounds fun," daniel says, entering with jungkook in the cafeteria, ignoring the all the eyes watching them, more like watching the child with them. jungkook sighs at that, slumping on the chair beside minhyuk and rests his head between his arms on the table, muffling his groan and curses.

"so you really brought your kid with you," jackson sniggers, "hi aera,"

"she's not my kid for fuck's sake," jungkook grumbles, "i told hyung i don't wanna take her with me. tae was free too y'know, but they forced her on me saying that he's less reliable!"

"koo, don't be sad," aera stands on the chair next to her brother and sits on the table, patting his head, making his friends laugh.

"yeah, she's right," minhyuk snorts, "don't be sad, koo!"

"don't be sad koo!" jackson imitates as well, while daniel just laughs quietly to himself.

"shut up," jungkook heaves out a sigh, "just tell me what do i do? i don't want her to see all the stuff that goes on here,"

"well, maybe you can avoid the girls for a day?" minhyuk suggests.

"yeah, it won't be that hard," jackson nods, sliding his drink towards aera and smiles, "do you wanna drink?"

"she's five! she cannot have bear you moron!" jungkook sneers, pulling aera back from the can of bear as she was about to reach for it.

"that gives us one reason not to leave her with jackson," daniel mutters, getting a sarcastic smile from jackson, and daniel mocks at him further, lifting up his middle finger at him.

"stop it, guys," jungkook says and puts aera down, leaning near her and points at the refrigerator near the counter, "go and see if you want anything from there,"

"wan' jacky oppa- that drink," aera points at the can in jackson's hand.

"that's not for kids, aera. you can have a juice or milk if you want,"

"no, that!" aera pouts, staring at jackson with hopeful eyes, making him gulp down his sip slowly, turning to her brother, "jacky..."

"am i supposed to say no to that?" he mumbles to jungkook.

"yes," jungkook nods, "see, this is why i didn't want to bring her here. now you're gona smoke and she'll ask for that too,"

"i don't smoke that much," jackson hisses, standing from his place and takes aera's hand, "kook loves banana milk, so i assume you like it too. let's get you that,"

"riri like banana milk," aera nods, walking to the fridge with jackson and waits patiently as he picks out a small bottle for her and gives it to her with a straw. aera starts sipping it quickly, grinning at jungkook happily as she shows him her drink while he doesn't have any.

"she's adorable," minhyuk smiles.

"i know right? if she was my sister, i would keep hugging her all the time," daniel chuckles.

"same," jackson grins as he returns with aera in his arms now and sits with her on his lap.

"i love her a lot okay?" jungkook defends himself, "it's just that she's still young and getting her to listen to me all the time is difficult. and it's not something i'd wanna struggle with here in the uni,"

"right," the boys nod.

"anyway, it's just for one day- two lectures, in fact. don't think too much about it. and now let's go, it's almost time for the first," daniel says, patting jungkook's shoulder. the boy nods, bringing aera with him and starts walking out of the cafeteria while jackson and minhyuk head to their respective classes.

"oh hey, look who's that," a feminine voice says, just as jungkook enters the class, making him sigh. he looks up to see the best friend of his almost girlfriend- hana. she smiles at jungkook with her natural playful eyes crinkling at the sight of him, seemingly happier than chelsea herself.

"jungkook?" jiya gasps as well, following after chelsea as the three girls approach him with their keen walk- slender, honey tanned legs. none of them having enough fabric to cover past their thighs and it makes jungkook heave out a breath again, shaking his head lightly to keep his thoughts and words to himself.

"hey," chelsea greets aera first, smiling at her, "aera, it's so good to see you, baby," she crouches down and aera smiles back, quickly going for a hug to the elder girl. they met before as jungkook would bring her home sometimes to hangout or work on an assignment.

"hi," aera giggles, taking the straw out of her mouth and glances up at jungkook. he smiles as well and chelsea stands up, leaning forward for a hug which jungkook returns like it was the most natural thing for him.

"didn't know you were bringing her here with you. i almost planned to ditch class today," she whispers to him.

"yeah, it happened all of a sudden," jungkook says and glances over at daniel to take aera to their seat. the friend nods instantly, taking the kid's hand while the other two girls follow them, wanting to be introduced to aera as well. jungkook takes the opportunity to kiss chelsea, making her smile before he pulls away to ask, "ditch class huh? and go where?"

"i don't know, i just thought we haven't been hanging out in a while, so..." she shrugs.

"yeah, i was thinking that too. and uh, don't worry i'm gonna do something about it," he grins, keeping his arm on her waist as she laughs leaning onto him, walking up to their seat at the back. "i think i heard the hyungs talking about going somewhere round the weekend or something like that. maybe you can come over?"

"and what about her?" chelsea points at the five-year-old sister.

"damn... do you think they're gonna leave her with me?" jungkook asks with horror lacing his voice.

"i mean, if they're going for work then maybe,"

"shit, dan-"

"no," daniel says quickly shaking his head, "i'm sick of providing my appartment to you guys just so could have sex there!" he whisper yells, making jungkook and the girls laugh.

"jackson and minhyuk too,"

"yeah, of course you'd know," daniel squints at jiya, getting a smack from her.

the bell rings and the students settle down as soon as the professor enters the class. surprisingly he was informed about aera's presence by the dean and allowed jungkook to have her in the class only if she doesn't disturb anyone. jungkook knew this must be his hyung who have connections all over korea and maybe even outside (he hasn't tried).

aera sits on the chair beside beside jungkook for the starting few minutes, although the serious environment of the class causes her to get bored and slip down from the chair, leaning onto her brother's thigh, "koo, why that man speaking so much?" aera asks, pointing at the professor, making him press his lips together to avoid laughing and glances at daniel next to him who's doing the same after hearing aera's words.

"he's teaching us," jungkook whispers to her.

"wow, you learning that?" aera asks, peeking at his textbook and nods, as though she understands what's written there. "koo, it's so boring..." she mumbles after a while, tapping on his leg and tries to climb on his lap.

"i know right?" daniel yawns, resting his head between his arm on the table and closed his eyes.

"wake up, danny. you no' wan- wanna study?" aera shakes his arm gently, getting no response from him, so she stops trying and turns to jungkook again. "koo, i sit on your lap,"

"come," jungkook hums, bringing the sister on his lap and strokes her back, not really in the mood to write anything today. he leans down, shifting aera to his one leg and rests his head on his book, staring at aera's face next to his, "hey,"

"hi," aera giggles, touching his cheek, "koo's so pwetty,"

jungkook smiles at that, pecking her lips and whispers, "riri's the prettiest," he says, draping his arm around her and aera rests her head on the desk as well, smiling at him, "i'm sorry for being a bit rude earlier,"

"mm? when?"

"uh nevermind," jungkook shrugs, "i love taking care of you, okay?"

"i love- care of you too," aera nods.

"really? but you're so small, how will you take care of me?"

"because i love you,"

"i know you do," jungkook nods, hugging aera and closes his eyes, not even realising when he fell asleep.

aera's stays awake, sitting quietly on his lap still and attends the lecture in her brother's place. she even takes notes on his book and smiles proudly at the alphabes she has scribbled and spellings of the words she already knew like 'cat', 'ball', 'dog' and a few more like that, which is when the professor approaches their seat, glaring at jungkook and daniel who are both dozing off.

"jeon jungkook, is this a place to—"

"shh!" aera hushes the professor, "koo's sleeping. be quiet,"

the students laugh at that while the professor is left stunned, "uh yes, but he's sleeping in class," he tries to make a point but aera shakes her head.

"my oppa said we stay quiet when- when someone sleeping. your oppa no' teaching you that?"

embarrassed would be an understatement for the professor as all the blood rushes to his face, glaring at jungkook's sleeping figure, "jeon jungkook wake up and get out of my class!" the man yells, silencing all the other students who had a good laugh.

aera flinches at the loud voice, pouting at him and her eyes fill up with tears instantly. jungkook wakes up now only to find his sister crying and the professor giving him a strict glare. "what the fu- what happened?" he mumbles, hugging aera quickly as she cried more loudly now that jungkook is awake and points at the professor.

"he's so bad! he' scolding koo and riri... le's go home, koo," she sobs, hiding in his chest and the professor finds it hard to stay mad now.

yet he tries to stay put and holds out his arm towards the door, "you get out of my class, jungkook and take your sister with you,"

"obviously," jungkook scoffs, "why would i even leave her here? for you to scare her more?" despite the gritty attitude, jungkook makes sure to get up from his seat, carrying his little sister in his one arm and holding his bag in the other, he walks out of the class.

"hey, don't cry now. we're out of there," he mumbles to aera, heading to the cafeteria and makes her sit by the counter, flashing a small smile to the guy on the other side as they knew each other.

"can i get you something?" he asks.

"uhm a chocolate milkshake," jungkook nods at his crying sister, getting a chuckle in response from the guy who gets to work quickly, returning within five minutes with a chocolate milkshake in a moderate sized cup, the straw sticking up from the lid. the brother mumbles out a low 'thanks', holding the drink in front of aera, "hey, look we have riri's favourite milkshake. do you wanna have it?"

aera blinks a few times, still sniffling with sadness hovering above her, but nods anyway, taking the cup with both her hands holding it securely. she takes a sip before glancing at jungkook and pouts, "no one scoldin' riri and koo..."

"yeah, nobody's scolding us," jungkook leans down, wiping the tears off her eyes and pecks her lips, "don't cry now okay? look your eyes look a bit puffy,"

aera nods at his words, not really minding them for her attention shifts to the side of the cafeteria, glancing out of the window. jungkook smiles at her, placing her down on her feet and takes her hand in his, "do you wanna go out?" aera nods to answer his question, and jungkook ruffles her hair, "let's have lunch outside, yeah?"

"mm," aera nods once, releasing her hand from jungkook's grip, being more comfortable holding the cup with both her hands as she sips casually while the brother takes the time to order some fries, chicken nuggets and a burger for them. 

once he gets the food, he calls aera to follow him and glances back to make sure she's coming as he leads them outside the cafetaria and towards the end of the hallway. aera observes the place more if she hadn't already in the morning, watching the people around her, walls, windows, and the huge ground outside. the bleachers are left deserted but nothing feels off as some boys are still playing soccer in the field and a few girls cheers for them from the side.

jungkook takes a seat more towards the back of the bleachers at the very end near the gateway from where they came. aera joins him as well, sitting on the seat next to him and places her cup down, taking the opportunity to wipe her hands as sweat formed in her palms during this while. jungkook chuckles at her, taking a sip from the milkshake for himself and nods for aera to eat whatever she liked from the tray.

aera peeks over his arm, standing near his legs  as the tray is placed on jungkook's lap. she picks up a fry, dipping it in the sauce before taking a bite and turns away, jumping and playing around among the empty seats.

"ri, you should eat first," jungkook says.

"i'm eating," aera nods, finishing up that fry and giggles as she runs a few feet away from the brother.

"c'mere, i'll feed you,"

"c'mere!" she laughs, standing up on one of the seats and sticks her tongue out at jungkook.

"c'mon, please aera. just come back and eat,"

"koo, play with me," aera frowns at him, tilting her head, "koo will catch riri okay?"

"not now. we'll play later at home," he says, breaking a piece of the nugget into smaller ones and holds out a tiny one for his sister to eat, "c'mere in one, two and th—"

"three!" aera cheers, jumping near him after running up closer and opens her mouth for jungkook to feed her.

"good job," jungkook laughs, taking a bite for himself too.

"again?" aera asks.

"alright, one, two, three," he counts, breaking into an amused chuckle when aera laughs, taking another bite from his hand quickly and claps for herself. the brother smiles fondly, not really regretting bringing aera with him for he can actually spend more time with her now and he knows how much he loves that.

after a few more times, jungkook makes aera sit on his lap, placing tray on the seat next to him and feeds her like that, telling her a story of the time when she was a baby and was learning to walk. aera looks fascinated with him for she had no idea that it was jungkook who taught her things as basic as walking. she hugs jungkook's arm, kissing on the fabric of his sleeve, "thanks koo," she smiles at him, then leans up a bit and pecks his lips, "riri love you so much,"

"aw, i love you more, champ," he whispers playfully, grinning widely at her as he hugs her as well and rests back on his seat, "i've to attend just one more lecture, then we'll go home okay?"

"mm," aera nods, pulling her head back to look at his face directly and touches his cheek, mumbling close to him, "i' sleepy, koo," jungkook glances at his watch, realising that it's almost 1pm which is around the time aera takes a nap after coming back from the kindergarten.

"are you full?" he asks.

"mm-hmm," aera nods again, yawning and nuzzles her face against jungkook's cheek, making him chuckle yet pull his head back to lay her properly in his lap. "noooo! koo, huggy..."

"like this?" he props her up to let her rest on his shoulder, and his one hand on her back, drawing slow circles there while the other is supporting her light weight. she sits properly on his lap, facing him and her legs on either side of him. jungkook thinks of taking off her sandals, but is kicked on his hand with an annoyed whine from the five-year-old.

"what happened? you don't wanna take your sandals off?"

"no," aera mumbles, clutching on his t-shirt with her tiny hand, eyes travelling to the side where she sees some girls now, "koo, why they watching us?" she asks and jungkook follows her gaze, shaking his head with a sigh.

"nothing, princess. they just wanna be friends with me,"

"noooo," aera pouts, nearly crying as she climbs closer to jungkook's chest, "koo is mine,"

"yeah? you don't want me to be friends with them?" he laughs lightly stroking the sister's back.

aera shakes her head, staring at jungkook with her dark, doe eyes and cups his face in her tiny hands, "they are no' nice girls. riri is nice girls— koo only love riri,"

"yes, that's my girl," jungkook grins, bumping his forehead against aera's gently, "riri's my favourite girl and she's always gonna be,"

"you say koo only riri,"

"yes, i only love riri," he chuckles, getting an instant smile from aera as she now rests her head against his chest without any fear or uncertainty, and closes her eyes, letting out a small yawn that resembles to that of a little kitten or a cute puppy. jungkook smiles fondly at her, kissing her forehead, "just stay like this always— my little riri,"

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