"Bye!" Aera waved at friend and walked to the main gate of the school with her backpack hanging on her right shoulder. She adjusted it and wore it correctly while waiting for her brother's car but it was taking too long.

After almost fifteen minutes of waiting a car pulled up in front of her and the window rolled down.

"Aera? What are you doing here alone?" The lady asked.

"I'm waiting for Jimin Oppa" The eight year old replied, "He must be on his way..."

"Oh you don't have to worry sweetie, come with me. We can call him and tell him to pick you up from my house." She suggested.

"Uhm Thank you Auntie, but I think I should wait..." Aera said.

"Oh C'mon, its so hot outside. You'll get sick if you keep standing under the sun like that. You can come with me, I've bought doughnuts too." She said with a cheeky smile. Aera smiled back and nodded opening the car door and getting in.

"Is Seoyon Unnie here?" Aera asked.

"Ah no, but she's coming back next week." The lady answered glancing at the little girl. In a few minutes they reached the lady's house and went in. She told Aera to keep the bag near the couch and come to the kitchen.

"Here," She said giving the doughnuts to her, "Its been a while since you came here right?"

"Yeah, I was a baby when I used to come here." Aera grinned.

"Aw honey, you're still a baby" The lady laughed remembering how Mrs Jeon used visit her when Aera was small. "Let's call your brother shall we?"

"Mm-hmm" Aera nodded while taking a big bite from the chocolate doughnut.

"Hello, Jimin?" The lady said after a few seconds of taking the phone, "Actually I called to tell you that Aera is with me. I saw her waiting and it looked like you were taking some time, So I brought her home with me."

"Oh Okay, thank you so much Mrs Lee." Jimin said, "I was worried about picking her up from school. I actually got caught up with some work here."

"Its alright Jimin-ah, she's enjoying here." Mrs Lee said chuckling as glanced at Aera happily munching on her food, "You can pick her up whenever you're free."

"Yes, thanks a lot. I'll try to come in an hour or two." He said.

She kept the phone aside and sat next to Aera, "Do you wanna play something after this?" She asked.

"Uno?" Aera said.

"Sure!" The lady smiled and ruffled Aera's hair.

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"What happened Jimin?"

"Oh nothing much, just Aera was waiting for me outside the school so one of our neighbors brought her home with them." Jimin answered and focused back on the road.

"Oh we're so sorry-"

"No hyung its alright. She'll stay there for a while its not a big deal. Sometimes when me and Kook are busy she has to stay at home without us. And this time was completely genuine. Who knew the flight would so late? So y'all don't have to say sorry." He said.

The eldest smiled and said, "You've grown up Jimin-ah."

"Of course I did" Jimin grinned looking at him.

"Hey wait!" One of the boys shouted, making Jimin slam his foot against the breaks.

"What?!"

"Isn't that Jungkook?" The boy said pointing outside. Jimin followed his finger and his gaze landed on this person across the road. He was looking quite impatient while staring at his car.

"Call him" Someone suggested.

Jimin nodded and pulled out his phone dialling his brother's number. The person too fished out their phone.

"Hey hyung" Jungkook answered.

"Where are you?" Jimin asked.

"A little away from the University" Jungkook sighed, "Can you maybe pick me up? My car broke down."

"Yeah sure" Jimin said.

"What, Really? That quick?" The younger boy said.

"Yep, turn around. Cross the road and get in the very first SUV that you see." Jimin said. Jungkook turned around and chuckled shaking his head. He hung up and walked towards the car. He opened the front door hoping to sit on the passenger but almost got a heart attack on seeing already occupied by this special person.

"Holy crap!" He cursed placing his hand on his chest, "Hyung?! I- No wait! Is everyone here?!" He freaked out and opened the back door seeing the five four other guys sitting in the car.

"Oh my god! When did you come back?" He asked stuffing himself inside or literally throwing himself on his hyungs' laps.

"Okay that's an interesting way of saying that you missed us." Namjoon said.

"I did miss you guys!" Jungkook exclaimed and hugged them one by one, although it felt uncomfortable in that position. The boys chuckled and hugged him too.

"I think you should go and sit in the back, this is so not okay." Taehyung said, pushing Jungkook's leg from his thigh. Jungkook raised his eyebrows and grinned mischievously before turning around sitting on Taehyung's lap making him groan in annoyance while the others laughed.

"Its hard to believe that you're turning nineteen in a few months." Hoseok laughed.

"If I sit at the back, you'll believe that I'm nineteen?" Jungkook asked laughing harder. "C'mon I'm just joking. Its not like I like floating here on my hyungs' laps. And this is congested." He said.

"Wait for two more minutes, I'm not stopping the car here. We're about to reach Mrs Lee's house." Jimin said

"Why there?" Jungkook asked.

"Aera's there. I couldn't pick her up from school." Jimin replied and pulled in front of a medium sized house exactly in two minutes. Taehyung opened the door and shoved the younger brat out.

"Ow!" Jungkook groaned and stood up rubbing his hip as he fell on his side. "You're so mean." He said

"Hyung loves you too Kook" Taehyung grinned wiggling his eyebrows.

"Go, call Aera." Jimin said, Jungkook nodded and jogged up to front door. He waited there patiently after pressing the door bell. The door soon was opened by a lady. She smiled as Jungkook bowed and greeted her politely. She called for Aera who came quickly and smiled widely on seeing Jungkook standing on the door.

"Hey champ!" He said and extended his hand for Aera to hold it as they walked back towards the car after bidding goodbyes to Mrs Lee and thanking her for taking care of Aera.

"Why did you take so long?" Aera asked looking up at him.

"Jiminie had to go somewhere, and my car broke down so..."

"Oh okay, you know I had doughnuts and ice cream!" She told him excitedly, "Oh and candies too! And we played Uno!"

"That's great" Jungkook chuckled and opened the door of the car.

"Oppa yo- You're not my Oppa..." She said confused by the five strangers in her brother's car, "Who are you?" She said and quickly stepped back near Jungkook.

"We'll tell you, first come in." Jungkook said while sitting inside.

"Where?" Aera asked noticing that the only place left was at the back with this person who seemed to be having a nap and a person with heart shaped smile beside him.

"Sit there" Jungkook pointed at the beside his hyung, "His name is Yoongi and that's Hoseok. You can be friends with them."

Aera pouted and looked at Jungkook shaking her head, "I wanna sit with you..." She mumbled.

"There's no more space here baby." He said.

"No..." She shook her head, "Why are there so many people in our car? Tell them to go home."

"No Aera, we don't say like that. Its rude." Jungkook said and gestured her to come in. Aera went in and sat on his lap, her expression wasn't convinced to have these many people in the car with them.

"Oppa..." She turned to Jimin who just smiled and nodded.

"We're going home, don't worry." He said. She glanced back at Jungkook and placed her head on his shoulder while hugging him.

"Are they your friends?" Aera whispered, although it was audible to almost all the boys.

"Yeah" Jungkook nodded, "And they'll be your friends too."

"I don't want friends."

"Why not? They're nice people."

"I'm nice people."

"You're a nice person, not people." Jungkook corrected.

"I'm not people?" Aera sat straight and looked at him earning a chuckle from the boys.

"Uh see, when we talk about an individual, its person. But when we talk about many individuals, its people." He explained. Aera nodded and laid her head on his shoulder again.

"Let's introduce Aera to these 'people' now?" Jimin said keeping himself from laughing.

"No" Aera shook her head.

"What is happening to you today? Why are you being like this?"

"Like what?" She mumbled fiddling with the hem of Jungkook's shirt.

"Like a bad girl" He said and made her sit straight, "Oppa doesn't like bad girls and he won't talk to them."

"No" Aera said turning his head towards her as he had turned away from her. "Look at me Oppa!"

"Say sorry" He said.

"Sorry Oppa..." She said. Jungkook looked at her and nodded before pulling her in a hug.

"What will they think of you if you behave like this? Do you want them to think that Aera is a bad girl? No right? Then be the good girl you are. Me and Jimin Oppa didn't teach you to be rude right?" He whispered to her. Aera nodded and whispered a small sorry. This time it was more meaningful as she realized what Jungkook wanted to tell her. He smiled and patted her head and opened the door as Jimin pulled in front of their house.

Aera jumped down on the ground and jogged to Jimin holding his hand as they walked inside the house which is when she noticed that the other five boys were coming as well. She tugged on her brother's hand making him look down.

"What happened?" Jimin said leaning down to her height.

"Are they coming in?" She asked.

Jimin nodded and said, "We have a lot to tell you I guess. Let's go quickly." He said leaving her hand and jogging towards the front door. Aera gasped and ran behind him wanting to win the race.

"You didn't count!" She said. Jimin laughed and opened the door heading in when he saw her coming behind.

"Okay now everyone, let's get changed and gather here in half an hour." Jimin said. The boys nodded headed upstairs with Jungkook who was going to show them their rooms.

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"Aera, how long?" Jungkook called from the living room.

"Just...five minutes!" She answered. Although her voice sounded as if she was struggling with something.

"What is she doing?" Jin asked.

"I'll go and see" Jimin sighed and stood up going up the stairs.

"Riri?" He called and saw her doing something with the door of her room. "What're you doing?"

Aera looked at him and flashed a nervous smile, "I'm stuck"

Jimin let out an airy chuckle and went to help her take her pant out of the hinges of the door, "How did you even get stuck here?"

"I don't know" she shrugged and tried to look at down at her pants at the back, "I feel like its torn." She said touching the fabric. Jimin turned her around and took a proper look, nodding as he saw a small hole.

"Yeah, but its not visible. Its fine." He said.

"No, I don't people to see my butt" she said and pulled him in the room, "Gimme new pants."

Jimin laughed and gave her a button down dress which was comfortable to wear at home or even sleep. She quickly took off her PJs and took the dress. Jimin buttoned it up for her to make the process quick and headed out of the room with her.

"Finally!" Jungkook breathed out looking at his siblings, "We thought you weren't going to show up."

"Sorry" She said and bowed like a good girl. The boys were awed and chuckled.

"Alright! We can start with the introduction now." Jungkook said after smiling at his sister as appreciation. Aera sat with Jimin and waited for them to say something.

"So Aera, this is Taehyung. You can call him TaeTae." Jungkook said and Taehyung smiled widely at the girl reaching his hand out for a hand shake. Aera smiled at him, maybe the name 'TaeTae' was attractive for an eight year old.

"TaeTae" she repeated to herself, "that's nice. I'm Riri." She said.

"That's cute" Taehyung said.

"And Jungkook is Kookie" She said.

"Yeah, I know" Taehyung chuckled, "And Jimin is ChimChim." Aera gasped and looked at him with wide eyes.

"How'd you know?" She asked.

"We all know your brothers." He said, "We're good friends."

Aera nodded looked over to the next person, "My name is Jin, and I'm the eldest here." The boy said.

"Eldest? Like older than my Oppa?" The girl asked.

"Yes" Jin nodded. Aera chuckled amusedly and clapped her hands.

"Wow! That means you can scold him and tell him to be a good boy?" She said making the others laugh.

"Yeah, but I don't think your brother needs that." Jin said.

"Heard it?" Jimin said proudly.

"Mm-hmm, you're a good boy." She said patting his head like he does to her. Jimin scrunched his face and pulled her in his lap, tickling her sides. Aera laughed and squirmed in her place while moving her hands to stop Jimin. He smiled and stopped but Aera didn't get up from his lap. She leaned back placing her head on his shoulder and looked at the others gesturing them to continue the introduction. They chuckled and moved on the next person.

After a few minutes Aera was still struggling to remember everyone's name. She only got 'TaeTae' corrected as that was interesting for her.

"No, stay here." She said in a small voice, a little shy. Taehyung smiled and nodded sitting back on his place next to Jimin.

"Hmm Let's talk about our hobbies?" He said.

"Okay" Aera nodded.

"Yeah great, you guys can talk and get to know each other better. I'll go and prepare something for dinner." Jimin said and patted Aera's back to get up. She shook her head and whispered him to not leave her with strangers.

"I'll be in the kitchen, you can stay here and talk to TaeTae." He said and made her stand up.

"Koo" she turned around looking for her other brother but he wasn't there. The eldest two also left with Jimin saying they'd help him. So it was, Namjoon, Hoseok, Taehyung and Aera left. She sat down awkwardly swinging her legs back and forth.

"Uhm do you... do you like videogames?" Aera asked.

"Yes" Taehyung nodded smiling widely, "I love videogames."

"Me too!" Hoseok said. Aera smiled and looked at them.

"I like them too" She said, "Kookie plays with me sometimes. But he plays alone mostly."

"No worries, I'll play with you." Taehyung said.

"Really?" Aera asked and Taehyung nodded.

"Why not? I'd love to have a partner to beat Jungkook." He said.

"Yes!" She nodded excitedly.

"What do like to eat?" Hoseok asked.

"Chicken" Aera answered.

"Hmm, that's good. Our Jin hyung cooks amazing." Namjoon said.

It had been a while that Taehyung noticed Aera stealing glances at him. Although he found it absolutely adorable, but just for a little more fun he asked if she wanted to says something. Aera hesitated a bit but finally let out an even more adorable answer.

"I like your eyes" she said, making Taehyung go over the top as he was the first one out of the boys to be successfully be Aera's friend.

"And I like your eyes." He replied.

"We can just exchange them then" Aera laughed with Taehyung.

"Looks like you're getting along well." Jungkook said and plopped on the couch next to Aera. She smiled and pulled him down to say something in his ear.

"They're nice" she whispered.

"Told ya'," Jungkook winked at her.

"Kook, get ready to lose the next time we play. Aera's in my team." Taehyung said.

"Oh so you're ganging up on me with a guy you just met?" Jungkook said dramatically moving his hands in the air. Aera giggled and nodded.

"Let's play after dinner?" She asked.

"Definitely!" The boys cheered. Aera nodded and stood up. "Where're you going?" Jungkook asked.

"Kitchen" she said and left the boys alone. Jimin, Jin and Yoongi were busy cooking while talking about some stuff. Yoongi looked up from chopping onions when Aera entered the kitchen and smiled.

"Hey" he said.

"Hi" she said quietly and sat on one of the stools. Jimin glanced at her and stopped what he as doing, taking the time to grab her cup and pour the moderately warm water in it then giving it to her.

She drank the water and sat there watching the boys cook, "Can I taste it?" She asked when Jimin was about to taste the soup. He nodded and Aera went near him. He held out a spoonful of soup in front of her mouth after cooling it down a bit.

"How's it?" Jimin asked.

"Good" she nodded analyzing the taste and gave a thumbs up.

"Go and call the others" he said.

"Okayy!" Aera sing songed and ran to the living room where she left the rest of the boys. "Dinner's ready!"

"Let's go!" She said pulling Jungkook's hand.

"What, why are you so excited all of a sudden?" He asked laughing a little.

"No..."

"What no?" Jungkook said, "Say the whole thing, I can't understand your baby talks sometimes."

"I'm not a baby." she stated and stomped her way back to the kitchen leaving the boys to laugh.

"What's up?" Jimin asked.

"Why's he calling me baby?" She mumbled with an intense pout while pointing at the youngest boy.

"You don't want him to call you baby?" He asked and Aera nodded after thinking for a while.

"He's saying baby talk... I don't do baby talk."

Jimin chuckled and glanced at Jungkook who just shrugged watching their eight year old sister sitting in her eldest brother's lap.

"What's baby talk according to you?" Jimin asked.

"...when we talk like a baby?" Aera said.

"Do you talk like a baby?" He asked.

"No" she shook her head.

"Its all good then, let him be." Jimin said, "And by the way, baby talk is when an adult talks in a baby voice to a baby."

"Oh there's no way I do baby talk then." Aera sighed in relief earning chuckles from around.

"So Kookie's the one who actually initiates a baby talk." Jimin said.

Aera laughed gave a thumbs down towards Jungkook, "But guess what? You're the baby either way!" He said laughing.

"Kookie's becoming a bad boy, we'll leave him in a zoo." Aera said, "Right Oppa?"

"Yeah" Jimin laughed.

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For some reason, I thought this chapter will do a good job right now.

BUT!

For the next one, a little spoiler 😁 How mad do you think Jungkook can get at Aera?

That's all, pls vite if you like the chapter. And prepare yourself for the next chapter.💜

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