family | ateez au | (under editing)

*Part thirty-two*

third person pov
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"okay, what do you guys want for dinner, we're just ordering out" seonghwa said

"that's what you wanna talk about?" yunho genuinely asked, the parents nodded "we aren't gonna talk about what just happened?"

"not now yunho. we will. but not now" hongjoong gave the kid a knowing look, to which he responded with a nod

"can we have mcdonald's?" wooyoung asked. the parents nodded and got everyone's orders

"i'll go get sans order" jongho said before wooyoung was even done talking

"it's okay jjong i-" seonghwa tried to protest, but jongho was already running up the stairs.

jongho got to the olders door, and knocking softly "hyung, can i come in?"

"sure" he heard the boys faint voice from the other side of the door

"mama and papa are getting us mcdonald's, what do you want?" jongho smiled, it was fake, but it was a smile

"what? they can't ask me themselves?" san snarked as he sat up

"oh- well i kinda volunteered to. they didn't even want me to. but i figured you wouldn't wanna talk to them right now" jongho said

"hm, i don't wanna talk to anyone right now" san commented back. ouch.

"just tell me what you want san" jongho rolled his eyes

"my usual. sweet tea this time" san as he picked up a bouncy ball and started bouncing it off the wall

jongho left the room and sighed, he hated seeing everyone so upset. yunho seemed pissed, yeosang always looked worried, mingi had a mixture of sad and angry. and wooyoung was just confused and frustrated. his parents were clearly upset. more angry than sad right now, he thought. but at the end of the day, san is still... san. he's still their brother, and his parents' son. right? he's still san, still my brother jongho had to keep telling himself to prevent any tears from showing.

"what'd he say?" seonghwa said

"his usual, but sweet tea" jongho answered

"maybe the sweetness will stop him from being so bitter" yunho mumbled

"yunho." hongjoong warned

"mama, can i talk to you later? like after dinner." jongho asked

"yeah baby, you know you always can" seonghwa smiled

did san know he could talk to them? or did he always see the outcome of an argument in his mind? what does san even think about?

jongho had so many thoughts roaming around his head, he didn't even notice that yunho, yeosang and seonghwa had left to get the food.

"you alright, sweetie?" hongjoong asked, snapping the youngest out of his thought bubbled

"yeah... just thinking"