#inctlife

renjun:

so y’all are just chillin cause it’s a really hot july day (changming is 16 months) and renjun often just repeats really simple words to changming as the baby plays on his lap bc it’s getting to the point where he’s concerned that he hasn’t said his first word yet.

so renjun’s all like, “mummy. daddy. piggy. doggy. cow. food. choco. milk—“

“bunny.”

“bunny, nice one. kitty. slide. truc— oh my gOD Y/N!”

and ur like walking down the stairs like “what now?”

“changming! changming just– he just—“

“he what?”

“changming, say it again baby!” renjun coaxed, “y/n bring his bunny toy.”

“bunny,” the baby repeated.

“why?” you asked, walking in the living room with the light grey bunny.

“changming!” renjun smiled, waving the bunny in his face, “can you say bunny?”

“bunny,” the baby laughed as your mouth dropped open.

“oh my goD RENJUN!!!!!”

jeno:

so jeno and hoon are just chilling in the practise room. hoon’s in the baby area (which was created when areum was born) while jeno’s just practising. and jeno keeps doing this move over and over again but whatever way he looks at it,, it doesn’t seem right.

so he keep trying and trying and he keeps just mumbling under his breath in frustration.

after a while he looks over and sees hoon staring at him.

“what do you think, hmm?” jeno asked, talking mostly to himself as he knew the baby wasn’t about to talk back.

“hwaiting!” hoon shouted, waving his arms around and laughing before kinda collapsing down.

jeno’s eyebrows raised and he kinda made that confused dog noise.

“ya! lee jeno!” jaemin called, walking in the door.

“shut up!” jeno shouted, walking over to hoon and scooping the 11-month-old up in his arms, “hoon, say it again for uncle jaemin.”

“hwaiting!”

donghyuck:

“moonsun. stop it. moonsun. come here,” haechan repeated, getting up and chasing after his daughter, “moonsun.”

you and donghyuck had come to a restaurant just to relax but obviously with an 8-month-old who’d recently learnt to walk and you being 7-months-pregnant, it wasn’t easy.

“you can walk really well, but no signs of talking, ay?” donghyuck sighed, carrying moonsun back to the table and putting her in the high chair.

you nodded, “you like being difficult, don’t you sunny?”

moonsun giggled, “yep!”

“huh?” donghyuck exclaimed, whipping his head to look at his daughter, who was happily chewing on her toy.

“yep!” moonsun exclaimed again, “yep! yep! yep! yep! yep! ye—“

“oh great, she learns to talk and now she won’t stop talking,” you said, rolling your eyes.

donghyuck laughed, patting his daughter’s curly mop of hair, “you’re my daughter, aren’t you? my baby.”

jaemin:

“nana!! nana! could you get me the wipes please !!” you called as you watched areum messily eat her food.

so basically areum’s like ,, nearly a year old and she’s adorable, beautiful, talented, literally everything you hoped ur child would be.

but ur six months pregnant and ur child always need stuff and jaemin’s ur go to carrier,, so the name ‘nana’ was often ringing through the house.

“just coming !!” ur boyfriend shouts.

“nana,” areum giggled.

“huh.”

“nana,” areum said, laughing again.

“wait !! nana!! not important !! come here rn!!!!!!!”

and your boyfriend like sprints in liek “w hAT?!”

and to hear his daughter say ‘nana’ with that big ol smile on her face.

god he legitimately thinks he could have a heart attack.

“ah!!! my baby!!!!! i mean, i’m daddy, but i’m also nana, yes!!!!” jaemin cooed, picking areum up and cuddling her to his chest.

he was basically crying.

chenle:

so chenle was away on a lil tour with the dreamies so you and zihao were at home together just chillin (zihao’s like just over a year old) and he is SOBBING bc wHERE IS HIS DAD but you just think he’s uncomfortable ? or hungry?? bc how tf are you supposed to know

“come on zihao, i don’t know what to do,” you sighed, offering more toys to the crying boy but he just shoved them away

“daddy!” he screamed.

“daddy?” you repeated, “huh? zihao???? say that again.”

but this boys just sat there screaming daddy repeatedly and you’re like ‘omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg’

so ur like scrambling for your phone and you’re like “zihao!!! let’s call daddy, yeah??”

and that immediately shuts him up, watching curiously as you facetime chenle.

“hey babe, i don’t have a lot of time rn—“

“chenle you have time for this believe me,” you said, pulling ur child onto your lap, “zihao, who’s that?”

“daddy!” zihao smiled, looking happily at your phone screen.

and chenle nearly cries bc he’s not there while his son said his first word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but then he goes running to literally all the staff and all the members and all his managers being like ‘look at my son!!! his first word is daddy!!!!!’

jisung:

so y’all are having a big clean up bc you havent really been able to do that since sunmi has been born (sunmi’s like ,, 6 months?? somewhere around there)

and so jisung has her in this little baby carrier on his front and he’s just going about his business, running the soapy dish water and a couple of the bubbles fly away so, by law, he has to then pop them and say ‘pop!’ in a lil voice that makes sunmi laugh

and jisung has discovered a hack!! ha ha!! so basically, the word ‘pop!’ or just,, bubbles in general make sunmi vv happy :) and so, ofc, naturally, basically the only word said in ur house is ‘pop!’

and then, at sunmi’s 1st birthday party, y’all are chilling in the garden and areum has bubbles!! so she’s flying round the garden blowing bubbles and the kids are all chasing after them,, catching them,,,,,,,,,, and then!!!!!!! sunmi pops one with her finger and goes ‘pop!’

and jisung’s like !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so you and jisung rush over and sunmi’s just kinda like ‘pop!’ ‘pop!’ with no fucking clue of what’s going on tbh

genre: fluff

summary: in which nari goes into the studio with taeyong and the other members are very entertained by the similarities between her and her dad

ages: Nari = 3

warnings: none

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“We’re here!” Taeyong exclaimed, turning the handle of the studio door and nudging it open, Nari happy nestled in his other arm.

“Hey,” Mark smiled, waving cutely at Nari.

“Lee Nari!” Johnny exclaimed, pulling Nari out of her dad’s arms, leaving Taeyong to put down his bag and greet the rest of the members as he twirled the girl round in the air, her little white skirt spreading out like a tutu.

Nari giggled, “hello Uncle Johnny!”

“Hi baby,” he smiled, “now go and say hi to the rest of your Uncles.”

He put the three-year-old down, letting her run to her Uncle Donghyuck and then individually to the rest of them.

“Firstly, Donghyuck,” Taeyong announced, his voice distracting Nari from her conversation with Uncle Jaehyun as she waddled over and climbed onto her dad’s lap.

“One rule if you’re going to sit here, Nari,” Taeyong said, “you can’t touch anything on here, okay?”

Nari nodded, playing with her dad’s necklace.

“Good girl,” Taeyong hummed, pressing a kiss to her head, “okay, Donghyuck, we ready? I’ll press it in 3, 2, 1–“

“Start!” Nari exclaimed, exactly as her dad usually did, signalling the beginning of the music as all the other boys laughed, leading Taeyong to stop it once again.

“Are you the director now?” Taeyong asked, amused at his daughter’s sudden interruption, “let’s count down together, okay?”

Nari nodded, “3, 2, 1, start!”

Taeyong played the music again, high-fiving his daughter before listening to Donghyuck’s voice as he recorded his part for the new NCT 127 album.

Nari turned around in her dad’s lap so she could see Uncle Donghyuck, tilting her head and listening closely.

“Okay! Nice,” Taeyong said, stopping the music, “can you just um, do that bit in the middle again?”

Donghyuck sang briefly to double check what Taeyong was talking about, Taeyong nodding as he did it again.

“Nice!” Taeyong exclaimed, “I think we can already move on. Nari? How did he do?”

Nari gave her uncle a thumbs up and he smiled, rushing out the booth and high-fiving her.

“Mark? You wanna go next?” Taeyong asked.

“Daddy! Daddy! I do Mark’s part,” Nari giggled.

Taeyong laughed, kissing the side of Nari’s head, brushing her hair back, “I know you can, babe.”

“She can do Mark’s part?” Jaehyun laughed.

“She likes rapping,” Taeyong nodded, “though the words are a bit of a jumble.”

Mark laughed, “Nari! Rap for us?!”

Nari giggled, looking at her Dad as he rapped a little bit.

“Now you,” he said, Nari pretending to be shy before rapping similarly to her dad.

“Woah! Rap queen Lee Nari!” Mark exclaimed, all the boys making loads of noise towards the girl.

The three-year-old laughed, burying her face in her dad’s chest.

“Well done, baby,” Taeyong smiled, burying his face in his daughter’s hair, “okay, Mark. Ready?”

genre: fluff

summary: in which Elijah hears his dad’s voice clearly for the first time

age: Elijah = 7

warnings: none

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“Johnny, I need you to do just one more recording,” Taeyong said, beckoning over his friend.

Johnny nodded, “you stay here, buddy. Okay? I’ll be back in a second.”

“Actually, does Eli wanna come?” Mark asked, “I think he’d like it.”

Johnny nodded, shrugging, “come on, then.”

Elijah giggled, jumping up and running to take his dad’s hand, walking with him and his two uncles into the studio.

“Alright, here you go,” Taeyong said, handing Johnny the lyrics again as Johnny stepped into the booth.

“Why does Daddy have to go in there?” Elijah asked Mark as Taeyong and Johnny communicated about the part.

“Everything sounds better in there,” Mark explained, “you can hear really well.”

Elijah nodded, “I can’t.”

Mark burst out laughing at the 7-year-old’s bluntness, Elijah giggling too, before Taeyong turned round, telling them both to shush.

As Johnny began to sing a couple lines for his part of the new album, Mark began to think. He’s been in a booth before, he remembers how well he could hear his voice when he wasn’t wearing the headphones. It was crisp, especially in the new, high-quality ones SM had recently installed.

As Johnny finished, Taeyong clapping slightly, he walked towards the door, about to open it.

“Wait!” Mark exclaimed, making Johnny stop and Taeyong and Elijah look at him, “Eli, why don’t you go in there with Daddy?”

“Mark, there’s a lot of expensive equipment in there,” Taeyong said, so Elijah couldn’t hear.

“But he’ll be able to hear Johnny,” Mark said, “he’ll be able to hear his dad clearly.”

“Do you think?” Taeyong asked.

Johnny shrugged, “it’s worth trying. Mark has a point.”

“Go on then, bud,” Taeyong said, pushing Elijah towards the door.

Elijah took his Dad’s hand, the two of them going into the booth and sitting on the floor.

“Why am I here?” Elijah asked, before gasping.

The sound of his voice was loud, and he could hear it clearly, not just in vibrations as he usually did.

“Wh-What? What is it?” Johnny asked, Elijah’s panicked eyes flicking to his dad, “you alright?”

“Daddy,” Elijah said, eyes filling with tears as he went and climbed into his dad’s lap.

Without knowing why, Johnny’s eyes slowly began to fill with tears as well.

“What is it?” Johnny whispered, “why are you crying?”

“Don’t whisper!” Elijah sobbed, “speak! Daddy I can hear you.”

A tear fell down Johnny’s face as he smiled.

“Really? Really clearly?” Johnny asked, as Elijah nodded, looking to his dad with his red face and teary eyes, “you can hear my voice? And the pitch an-and the tone?”

“I don’t know what that means,” Elijah said, sniffing.

Johnny laughed, “Elijah, my baby, you can hear my voice.”

Elijah nodded, “I can hear mine too.”

Johnny smiled, “how does it sound? Do you like it?”

Elijah nodded, beginning to cry once again as he buried his face in his dad’s shoulder, Johnny placing his hand in the back of his son’s head, kissing the side.

“I love you, Elijah,” Johnny said.

Elijah lifted his head up and wiped away his dad’s tears, “I love you too, Daddy. You have a nice voice.”

renjun:

for changming read here

for huiliang you two planned to have him bc renjun rlly rlly rlly pretty please with sprinkles on top wanted a little girl so when you got pregnant with huiliang renjun was ovER THE MOON!!!!! and even when huiliang turned out to be a little boy renjun was still oVER THE MOON!!! bc that’s his little son uwu

and then two more years later and renjun’s like ‘☺️☺️still want a little girl🥰🥰☺️☺️’ and ur kinda the same so ur like ‘fine’ and then you get pregnant w/ jinjing and renjun’s sososososososoSO happy but has this weird kinda tug on his heart like... what if this isnt a girl... bc he is nOT going to be able to hide his disappointment, but she is a girl!!! it’s ur little jinjing !!!!and renjun actually cried

jeno

so for hoon you guys had been married for just over a year and jeno was like ‘:)’ ‘:)’ ‘please’ and you were like ‘who tf am i to deny the world of lee jeno’s child????’ so when you told jeno you were pregnant with hoon he was all happy happy picking you up and spinning you round

and then.. literally the first time you have sex after giving birth to hoon, you’re blessed with hani’s presence :) so when you told jeno he was very, very shocked,, but also kinda pleased with himself,, but mostly shocked cause like ‘w h a t that was s o soon!’ and ya, it was

and then you and jeno just went back to ur daily life and fucking and whatever and then haon came along !! and when you told jeno he was so happy bc ‘omg another one !!!!!’ bc jeno has discovered he literally LOVES raising children and he cannot be disappointed with another one

donghyuck

for moonsun, you and donghyuck weren’t married,, y’all weren’t even engaged so you were shitting urself but you finally were like ‘grow a fucking pair’ and you told him and honestly you didn’t know what you were scared of bc he was so supportive and so happy and immediately was like ‘you’ve gotta move in with me, we’ve gotta get a big house, should we get married??? dont answer that yet’

when moonsun was just over 12-months-old you found yourself with a little sonogram once again (woohoo !! miyeon !!) and so one again you were bricking yourself but then you were like ‘lets go he loves moonsun, he’ll love this one’ and he dID i mean he was kinda shocked but he was basically on the verge of tears like ‘our moonsun gets a little sibling’

and then !! miyeon is four months old and you guys are living your life as a family of four and minji just blesses your presence ?? and this time you dont even take a pregnancy test,, you just turn up at the doctors and are like ‘im pregnant’ and you’d be a FOOL to even THINK that donghyuck is ANY LESS HAPPY than he has been the other two times

for minhyuk read here

jaemin

for areum, you and jaemin were actually super duper young (jaemin being 23) and so you were literally crying and bricking yourself but you went to jaemin with this little postive pregnancy test, but jaemin started crying and you were like ‘ah no !!!!!!!’ but it was tears of joy bc thats his lil baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! his!!!!!!!!!! baby!!!!!!!!!! girl!!!!!!!!!

for haneul, areum was only a few months old so it was a bit of a shock and as much as jaemin loved having areum as his baby girl, he couldn’t help but secretly want a son,, but he wasn’t planning for anything, just praying, so he always called haneul his blessing 🥰

and then when haneul was nearly one year jaemin was like..... ‘this house seeming a bit quiet with no babies around’ so he talked to you about it and y’all only had to try a couple times and uju came to you like a little angel :) and after that you told jaemin to do one and just get a puppy

chenle

for zihao read here

for weisheng it was cause like,, it had been three years and chenle really wanted another baby bc ‘?? its a fucking baby?? have you seen them?? they’re adorable ???’ (chenle’s actual words) and so when you told him you were pregnant he was screaming and picking up you and zihao and just telling literally everyone,, he was so happy :)

jisung

so jisung doesnt like to admit it but he often gets quite jealous of his hyungs and after getting engaged to you he was just so fucking ready to have a child and you were like ‘jisung just wait until we get married, then the ancestors approve’ and jisung’s like ‘fuck the ancestors’ and he just goes about baby making until sunmi comes to you + you tell him you’re pregnant and he is literally sobbing bc even though you were trying,, he kinda just expected the worst?? though you dont tell anyone till after your married,, tryna fool the ancestors

genre: fluff

summary: in which Kun introduces a special someone to the wayv members

age: Xiaolian = a few hours old

warnings: none

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“Kun? Kun?” you chuckled, waving your hand in front of your husband’s face.

He quickly snapped out his daze, blinking at you a few times and humming.

“You can go and get the boys now,” you smiled, “I know they’re dying to meet her.”

“Aren’t they a bit loud?” Kun cringed, “it’ll hurt her ears.”

You laughed, “Kun, she has to experience noise at some point.”

Kun sighed, “alright.”

He got up slowly, giving his daughter another kiss before walking to the door and walking out into the waiting room.

“Kun!” Hendery exclaimed.

“Gege! What’s she like?!” Xiaojun exclaimed.

Kun smiled, looking down at the floor bashfully, “she’s beautiful.”

The boys all beamed at their leader.

“Um, she’s 6lbs, 7oz,” Kun nodded, “20cm long.”

“20cm?!” Ten exclaimed, “oh my god.”

“And Y/N wanted you guys to meet her,” Kun said, “so, would you like to?”

“Is that even a question?” Hendery laughed, “congratulations, by the way gege.”

Kun smiled, opening the door back up, letting the six other members of WayV follow behind him into the room.

“Gege, she’s tiny,” Winwin whispered, watching as Kun took the baby into his arms, walking round so they could all see her closer up.

“I feel like she’s gonna break if I touch her,” Yangyang said, looking at the baby in wonder.

“Well done, Y/N!” Xiaojun cheered, “it must have been hard.”

“Did you know that they keep you awake for a caesarean birth?!” you exclaimed, “because I didn’t.”

“You were awake?!” Lucas exclaimed.

You nodded, “see? He didn’t know.”

Kun rolled his eyes, bouncing the baby slowly so she’d gently fall back to sleep, “well, you’re both simple.”

You laughed as Lucas gasped over-dramatically.

“So what’s her name?” Yangyang asked.

“We think...” Kun began, looking to you for confirmation, “Qian Xiaolian.”

“Xiaolian,” Ten repeated, “what does that mean?”

“Little compassionate one,” Hendery translated, “which seems very suiting for Kun’s daughter.”

The boys all nodded as Kun put the baby back into your arms, going and hugging his members.

“Thank you for supporting me,” he whispered, with a slight sigh.

“You’re not the first member of NCT to have a child, you know,” Winwin chuckled.

“Yeah, but I’m the first member of WayV,” Kun nodded, “that’s a big thing.”

“Gege, you were basically a dad anyway,” Xiaojun laughed.

“With you lot I was,” Kun said, rolling his eyes.

Lucas looked back to the baby and you smiled, catching his eye, “do you want to hold her?”

Lucas gasped slightly, nodding eagerly as he walked to the bed side, bending down so it was easier to put her into his arms.

Kun turned to look. One of his best friend, who he knew to be very brash and clumsy, suddenly became gentle and quiet, letting the baby hold on to his finger as he smiled down at her.

“Lucas looks like a giant,” Ten laughed.

Kun smiled, walking to your bed side and kissing your head gently.

“They love her,” you whispered, watching as the members gravitated around Lucas and the baby.

“I love her,” Kun whined.

You chuckled, looking up at your husband, “I know you do, you haven’t stopped saying that since she came into the world.”

nct dream

jeno, haechan, jaemin + jisung being dads + husbands

renjun + chenle being dads + husbands

nct dream’s reaction to their s/o being in labour for the first time

nct dream’s reaction to their child’s first word

eldest child’s reaction to getting a younger sibling (nct dream)

nct dream’s reaction to their s/o being pregnant (all pregnancies)

nct dream’s reaction to their s/o being scared to give birth the second time

donghyuck’s reaction to moonsun being insecure of her body

nct dream’s reaction to seeing their baby for the first time

donghyuck’s reaction to his girlfriend becoming pregnant with moonsun

nct dream’s reaction to leaving their child for the first time

jisung + chenle’s reactions to their children dating

nct dream’s reaction to their daughter’s first period

nct dream’s reaction of their children dating for the first time

nct dream’s reaction to knowing they want to marry their s/o

nct 127

mark being a dad + husband

mark + taeyong reaction to seeing elijah hear johnny for the first time

nct 127 reaction to knowing they want to marry their s/o

wayv

wayv’s reaction to their s/o being pregnant (all pregnancies)

wayv reaction to knowing they want to marry their s/o

other/all

renjun + jeno/jaehyun + johnny reactions to their kids dating

johnny + nct’s reaction to elijah being part deaf

lucas + jungwoo when their s/o’s pregnant

members’ reaction to jisung having his own baby

johnny’s, lucas’s + mark’s reactions to having twins

2. "Do you need help hanging up the Christmas lights?"

4. "Excuse me—where is my Christmas kiss?"

14. "Would you like to put the star on the very top of the tree?"

jisung w/ sunmi (4 years) (sejun = 1)

fluff

“Daddy?” Sunmi said, watching Jisung intently, “Daddy!”

“Hmm?” Jisung hummed, turning round to face his daughter, “yeah?”

“Do you need help hanging up the Christmas lights?” Sunmi asked, the word ‘Christmas’ not coming out entirely right.

Jisung chuckled, crouching down to his daughter’s height, “no thanks, but it’s very nice of you to ask.”

Sunmi nodded, turning around and beginning to walk away before Jisung cleared his throat.

“Sunmi?” Jisung asked, making the four-year-old turn back around, “excuse me? Where is my Christmas kiss?”

Sunmi giggled, skipping back to her dad and kissing his cheek.

“Thank you,” he nodded, “now I’ll put the lights on and then we can decorate the tree, yeah?”

Sunmi nodded, “daddy’s the best!”

Jisung smiled at his adorable daughter, watching as she left the room, her braided hair bouncing on her back.

“How is she so cute?” he muttered, “who did she get that from?”

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“Sunmi! The lights are done!” Jisung exclaimed.

“One second, Daddy!” the girl called, having just been distracted by her little brother.

“Go on, go to your Dad,” you said, “Sejun needs to eat anyway.”

“But we need you,” Sunmi pouted, pulling on your arm, “go to the living room.”

“What? Feed Sejun in the living room?” you asked.

Sunmi nodded, the sad pout and puppy dog eyes still on her face.

“Fine,” you sighed, “come on.”

Sunmi cheered, taking Sejun’s hand and helping him down the stairs (you followed close behind, helping him even more).

“Ah, everyone’s here,” Jisung said.

You chuckled, shrugging, “your daughter said I should be here as well.”

“She has to be!” Sunmi cheered.

Jisung laughed, “okay, Sunmi shall we start decorating?”

Sunmi nodded, grabbing a decoration and letting her dad lift her up and put in on the top part of the tree as you brought Sejun’s high-chair from the kitchen, placing him in it, giving him a few baby crackers that he particularly enjoys.

“Daddy no, not that one!” Sunmi protested.

“Why? I like this one,” Jisung said, looking to his daughter in shock.

“Let’s ask Mummy!” Sunmi declared.

Jisung rolled his eyes, sighing, “fine, Mummy?”

The pair turned towards you, as you eyed the decoration in your husband’s large hand.

“Where were you going to put it?” you asked, Jisung moving his hand so it was in position, “um, no. Down a bit. Down a bit. To the left. Don’t put it on the tree.”

Sunmi burst out laughing as Jisung huffed, glaring at you, “Y/N!”

“What?! That’s my decision!” you laughed, assisting Sejun as he whined about not being able to eat the food you were holding in your hand.

The bickering continued on until most of the decorations were on the tree and it looked reasonably well-decorated.

“Sunmi!” Jisung called, the 4-year-old having stormed off to get some strawberry milk, “would you like to put the star at the very top of the tree?”

Sunmi walked back into the room, sipping her milk sheepishly as she looked between her dad and her little brother.

“I want to,” she nodded, “but Sejun is the younger family person.”

“Youngest,” you corrected her.

She nodded as she looked at Sejun and sighed, “so Sejunie should do it.”

“Are you sure?” you asked, “he’s not very good at holding things so this could be the last year you do it and then he does it next year.”

She shook her head, “no. Sejun is youngest now.”

You smiled, pulling Sunmi into a hug, “wow, you’re so grown-up Sunmi-ah.”

Sunmi giggled as your hand placement tickled her waist.

“Come on then, Jun,” Jisung said, taking Sejun out of the high-chair and giving him the star before lifting him up to the top of the tree, slightly repositioning it after bringing him back down.

Sunmi cheered, “all done! It’s really Christmas now!”

genre: fluff

summary: in which the girls go shopping and airi discovers she can have a lot more fun than she thought

ages: Airi = 16 / Ava = 17 / Jina = 16 / Jaeun = 14 / Nari = 15

warnings: none

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“We’ll be back later!” Airi exclaimed, reaching to shut the door behind her.

“Bye, Uncle!” Ava called.

“Bye!” Yuta called back as Airi shut the door.

“We all ready?” Ava asked.

“Yes!” Nari exclaimed, linking her arm with Jaeun’s and skipping ahead, Jina jogging to catch up to them.

“You excited?” Ava asked, nudging Airi slightly.

“I think so,” Airi nodded, “it’s the first time I’ve ever done anything like this.”

Ava smiled, “it’s good to do this!”

Airi nodded, taking a few deep breaths, “yeah, I think so. My friends asked me to play football today but I said no, so this better be good.”

Ava laughed, “it will be, I promise.”

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“Hungry?” Jina asked, “anyone?”

“I am a little bit,” Nari said, “but I could just get some coffee and be fine.”

“God I could die for coffee right now,” Ava said, making the other girls laugh.

“Let’s go here,” Jaeun said quietly, motioning to a cute café that was next to them.

Jina took her sister’s arm, walking over to the window where there was an array of different cakes and pastries.

“Good shout, Jae!” Jina laughed, “we cool with here?”

The other girls nodded, the five of them piling in the café and all sitting down in the back corner.

“So what’s the plan?” Airi asked, “like do we know what shops we’re going to?”

Jina shrugged, “I guess we’ll just look around and if we like the look of something we can go in.”

“We can get bubble tea as well!” Nari exclaimed.

“We only just sat down in this café,” Jina chuckled, “but yeah, we can get bubble tea.”

“I need some new earrings,” Ava nodded, “so we can go in a couple jewellery shops.”

Airi bit her lip, she’d never done anything like this before. It was really a whole new world.

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Jina gasped, “Airi! We should go in here!”

Airi looked up at the shop window, lots and lots of long and sparkly dresses filled the shop. She couldn’t help but stare in awe.

Airi smiled, biting her lip, “sure.”

Jina giggled, taking her cousin’s hand and leading her into the shop, the other three following behind them.

“Unnie, what did your prom dress look like?” Jina asked, looking to Ava.

Ava thought for a moment before picking out a maroon coloured dress, “it was this colour, and it had embroided roses at the top.”

“Ah! I remember that,” Airi exclaimed, “it was pretty.”

Jina smiled, looking at Airi out the corner of her eye as the Japanese girl got distracted by the sparkly dresses.

“She’s finally letting loose,” Jina said to her sister.

Jaeun glanced over at Airi as she showed off a dress to Nari.

“Hmm,” Jaeun nodded, “she’s seriously so pretty.”

“So are you, Jaeun!” Ava exclaimed in a sing-song voice, making the younger girl laugh.

“Um, I think I’m going to try these on,” Airi said, approaching Jina bashfully with three dresses in her arms.

“Oh my god you have to show us!” Ava exclaimed, “we’ll be waiting out here, okay?”

Airi nodded, hesistating slightly as she turned towards the dressing rooms. Was she really doing this? This wasn’t like her at all. But, for some strange reason, she didn’t hate it.

As Airi slipped into the first dress, she looked at herself in the mirror. This was a new side to her, and she liked it a lot.

“I’m coming out,” Airi called, hand gripping the curtain nervously.

What if they didn’t like it as much as she did? What if this is not what she was supposed to be doing. She should’ve gone to football with the boys like planned. Wear trousers to prom.

“Hmm, we’re ready!” Ava exclaimed.

Airi took a deep breath, walking out of the small room, facing four of her cousins.

Ava’s and Jina’s jaws dropped open, the other two smiling widely.

“Airi! You– you—“ Jina started.

“You don’t look like Airi, that’s for sure,” Nari laughed, “that- that’s a good thing, though!”

“Unnie, you look so pretty,” Jaeun gushed.

“Next one! Next one!” Ava cheered, as Airi laughed, going back in.