“Daddies not oppas, baby”
“Because only you can call me daddy”
“Shh its okay angel, daddy’s just passing you to Sejin Samchon so we can go from the plane to our car princess” Hobi hushed as he felt his little love start to stir from her comfortable sleep in his arms.
Safe to say she had been in her precious dada hobi’s arms for the better part of 6 hours of the flight from LA to Korea having accompanied the her daddies on their Permission to Dance tour in LA.
Not that Hobi was complaining, unlike her other daddies who all complained about him hogging her during the duration of the flight, but none of them had the heart to wake their little up from your much needed sleep on the red-eye despite their selfish wants to cuddle and hold her.
Infact, Daddy Joonie had been close to stealing her from Hobi’s arms but Jinnie Appa had interjected fearing the clumsiest of daddies would manhandle her and wake the baby in the process.
So in her half sleepy state, she was transferred into the familiar arms of Sejin Samchon who often acted as a babysitter or even supplement caregiver to the little, even if she already had 7 other daddies. Before leaving, Jungkook pecked her quietly on the forehead with a soft “See you later darling” and Jimin brought her baby blanket over her head to cover her privacy as they prepared to leave the comfort of their private plane and down to the airport lobby to their cars.
It was a ritual, whenever they landed, baby would always go with Sejin and go into their car first and the boys would follow precisely 15 minutes after to avoid suspicion and to greet fans (as well as invasive paparazzis) before leaving the airport. As caregivers the boys would never subject their angel to that kind of risk so it was better that she left first and they would have a peace of mind knowing she was safe in her custom carseat (courtesy of Yoongi daddy himself) while walking out of the chaos that is the airport.
So Sejin and baby left the plane, going down the stairs and through immigrations smoothly. By the time they were preparing to face the arrivals section of the airport, she was fully awake having been jostled and woken by the bright lights and all the walking despite Sejin trying to keep things calm.
“Angel, we’re going to go out to see all the flashy flashes and dadas’ fans, do you remember what game we have to play now?” Sejin whispered in her ear while 4 other bodyguards stood around her prepared to leave at Sejin’s word.
“Invisible cloak game Sejin Samchon, like all the harry potter movies Jinnie Appa and Kookie dada likes!!” She bounced enthusiastically in his arms
“That’s right smart girl, so we have to cover you with your blanket and you have to hold on tight to Sejin okay?” He clarified in his best baby voice cooing at her enthusiasm
“Okayy!! And then we see daddies in the car” she replied
Littles weren’t unheard of for the most part and in this age, littles were considered luxuries which only the rich could afford often bestowed or gifted from the ultra-wealthy as a sign of recognition. So it came as no surprise that BTS, being the worldwide group they were, were given a little from the Korean Government as a reward for their cultural contributions and ARMY was well aware of the fact that they had a little.
However, even if the boys shared important details with ARMY, they were strict on their stance on letting their little enjoy life without the pressure of public interference or interest even if it was their fans so everything about their precious little aside from her gender and existence was not public record.
Paranoid as they had been, Namjoon and Yoongi had even gone out of their way to threaten any news outlet that if they published or even mentioned anything about their baby that was not priorly approved by the group they would cut all associations and push sponsors to pull out from supporting them. And being smart, most news outlets seemed to follow suit.
Except for that one instance where a picture of her playing on a playground was published on some trashy tabloid and you could be sure that they boys gave them all hell for that. First they stopped appearing at any events associated with the news outlet, pushing affiliated media to drop them. Then Yoongi convinced Samsung to pull out sponsorships, Tae convinced LVMH to stop buying ads in the paper, and otherwise would end their brand deal himself. Needless to say, within less than 3 days, the tabloid retracted their story and filled for bankruptcy a day later.
As their baby and Sejin left the lobby into arrivals, she gripped his cotton t-shirt hearing all the loud screams and snaps. From variations of questions to adorations, baby was starting to fuss. But she kept hearing so many different voices say something along the lines of “I love you, oppa Jin” or “saranghae Yoongi oppa”, essentially calling all her daddies something with the variation of oppa. Having been around her daddies a lot, she often noticed that most people around them called them sunbaenim or hyung but never oppa. So once Sejin and the four bodyguards navigated them into the car and Sejin pulled the blanket off, she asked Sejin
“Sejin Samchon, why do daddies’ fans call them oppa” she mused
“That’s a good question… Hmm let me think” He tried to think of an appropriate answer so he went with “Because daddies fans love them a lot”
So being in her 2-year old headspace she asked “Do daddies also love fans?”
“The most sweetie, right after you”
That’s how it started.
In the following week, the boys would start to wrap their heads around as to why their baby was starting to call them oppa this and oppa that.
The look on Jinnie’s face the first time she called him oppa would have been enough to make a grown man cry.
-flashback-
After arriving home from the airport, Jin tried to unlock their baby from her carseat and encourage her to make the short walk from the car to the main door of the house but then the heartbreaking scene happened when baby looked at her Jinnie appa and say “Jinnie oppa, uppies please”
Listen, Jin tried to laugh it off but his daddy instincts were weeping, his mind was wondering if his little angel had outgrown him or if they had passed the daddy stage with her now but trying not to overreact like all the parenting books taught him, he laughed it off in classic jin style. Inserting a window wiper laugh and saying “baby are you sure you mean oppa instead of appa??” As he lifted her into his strong hold.
“Nu uh oppa, not appa” she resolutely shook her head
“But daddy likes being called appa not oppa sweetheart, why don’t you call me appa?”
“Because I love you” and then he melted, her strong dada melted because his baby loved him so he let it slide and thought maybe this would be a phase.
-present time-
But it wasn’t a phase, a week had gone by and she was still calling everyone oppa, which broke her daddies heart as they tried to get her to switch back to appa but she was resolute. Always firmly saying she loved her dadas after being questioned about it
“Minnie oppa can we play just dance”
“Nuh uh babes, what am I first? Am I dada or oppa”
“Oppa!!”
“Princess, dada wants you to call me dada, is that okay” Jimin asked as he crouched down to her level pointing at himself
“But I love you oppa” she replied
“I know you love me and your other daddies, daddies love you the most too but we’re your daddies not oppas angel. Is there something you want to tell daddies?” Jimin questioned pulling her into him so she could sit on his thigh while he was squatting down to his level.
“But why do I call have to call you dada when other people who love you loads call you oppa? Does daddy not think I love you?” She looked up at her minnie dada with glistening eyes ready to cry
“Who’s other people baby?”
“Flashy flash people and fans dada”
And then it clicked to him “Oh? My love” he laughed relieved that his precious baby was still his and he was still her dada “those fans can call dada oppa because they cannot call us daddy”
“Why dada?”
“Because only you can call us that silly” he said kissing her cheek leaving a shiny sheen of his lipbalm “so that’s your special name for us and we know that you love us the most okay darling?
“Okay dada Minnie” she said fiddling with his rings on his fingers. “Does anyone else call you daddies or just me”
“Just, you princess. Only you” he confirmed kissing her all over her face
Not far away was Jungkook who yelled out “I’m sure dada minnie has called namjoon daddy sometimes in bed”
“Yahh kook, not in front of her, I’m going to kill you”
