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little!jeongin
little!minho
caregivers!skz

this super cute idea was requested by straybiz and i hope you enjoy!!

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Minho watched with folded arms and a slight pout on his face as Hyunjin kissed Jeongin's forehead, cooing at something cute the youngest boy did. Everyone was doing that right now - doting on Jeongin like he was the only little in the group.

Well, he was the only present little at the moment.

The group knew how much Jeongin had been struggling with vocal training recently, always wanting to put more and more into his performances than was necessary, and it was starting to take its toll on the youngest. Everyone knew he and Minho were littles, Jeongin just tended to slip more often and a lot further than Minho did. Which led the group to where they were now.

It was their day off, and while Minho had intended to spend it in his room relaxing and - maybe - regressing, Chan had quite literally forced him out with the rest of the boys to buy some things for Jeongin as a reward for all the hard work he'd been doing recently.

And Minho was all for spoiling and rewarding Jeongin most days, but today he really couldn't be bothered. He was already annoyed with Chan for completely disregarding the fact that he was a little too, and was one of the main dancers of the group responsible for teaching other members the choreographies they had to learn. Minho worked hard - they all did - and he didn't find it fair that he wasn't getting the same treatment as Jeongin.

So, he traipsed behind the others in the shop, not really speaking to anyone apart from Jisung occasionally, and even then he only gave one word answers and hated himself when Jisung got bored and went to talk to Felix.

He kept making eye contact with Jeongin throughout the shop, and he put on his best smile when the little looked at him, but he was pretty sure Jeongin could tell something was wrong. Minho didn't really care either way.

It was when they turned the corner into the stuffed toys aisle, and Minho saw the most adorable cat plushie he had ever seen in his life, and he was fairly sure his eyes sparkled at the sight of it. Jeongin looked back at him, but Minho wasn't paying attention as he stared in wonder at the cat plushie.

Minho was just about to maybe go and get it, when Jeongin walked down the aisle and picked it up himself, and Minho's heart dropped.

He wasn't even little yet, but Minho had the mind to go and take it from Jeongin, tell the youngest that he saw it first so it was his, but he didn't have to as Jeongin walked straight over to him and held the plushie out for Minho to take.

Minho's eyes widened as he reached out for the toy hesitantly, feeling tears fill them as he held the stuffed toy in his hands. It was so soft, and it reminded him of his cats back home...

"Minnie, baby?"

Chan's voice caused Minho to look up, vision blurred by the tears in his eyes but he could still make out Chan's worried expression. It was like the dam erupted, and Minho slumped forward into Chan's chest in a fit of tears.

"Hey, hey, kitten, what's wrong?" Chan asked, hugging Minho immediately and keeping him safe in his arms.

"What's wrong, baby?" Changbin asked too, now standing next to Chan and stroking Minho's hair gently.

Eventually, Minho pulled away from Chan, all red faced and teary eyed and shaking like a leaf. By then, the rest of the group had huddled around him, including Jeongin, who was sucking his dummy absentmindedly while still managing to look worried for Minho.

"M-Minnie wanna be wittle too..." Minho admitted with a sniffle, looking up at Chan with pleading eyes.

"Minnie can always be little!" Chan exclaimed with a bright smile, but Minho shook his head causing Chan's smile to fall and be replaced with a confused frown.

"Why not, darling?" Hyunjin asked, stroking Minho's cheek softly to wipe away his tears. Now that everyone's eyes were on him, Minho felt incredibly selfish. He'd been in a mood all day when he really didn't need to be, and that thought only made him cry more.

"Oh, baby, come here," Chan cooed, picking Minho up in the middle of the aisle and holding him to his hip. Minho buried his face in Chan's neck, his cries muffled by Chan's skin as the elder swayed on his feet, effectively rocking Minho back and forth. "Talk to me, pretty baby."

"I-Innie was wittle a-and evewyone onwy cared 'bout Innie b-but Minnie wanted to be wittle t-too, Daddy," Minho stuttered out through hiccups and sobs, looking at Chan trough his teary eyes.

"Oh, princess..." Chan cooed again, rubbing the small of Minho's back. "I'll admit, baby, we weren't thinking about Minnie when Innie wanted to be little and we're very sorry for that, darling."

"Really sorry, baby," Jisung added, cupping Minho's face momentarily to wipe away his tears. "You be little all you like."

Minho nodded and was about to rest his head back on Chan's shoulder when he felt someone tap his leg. He looked over and saw Jeongin, still sucking on his dummy absentmindedly. Minho opened his mouth to apologise but quickly found his mouth full of Jeongin's dummy. The older's eyes widened a little in shock before he hesitantly sucked on it, and Jeongin smiled so brightly that it made Minho smile.

"Such good boys," Seungmin praised, kissing Jeongin's forehead first and then Minho's before pulling an extra dummy from his bag. They always carried around extra everything when one (or both of them) were little, in case something got lost or broken.

Jeongin accepted the dummy happily and immediately made grabby hands for Seungmin when he was sucking again, to which Seungmin easily picked him up.

"Now," Chan said, bouncing Minho on his hip. "Let's get our babies some food."

Minho nodded, resting his head against Chan's shoulder again as the eight of them carried on with their shop. At one point, Minho fell asleep right there on Chan's hip, worn out from the week's stressful work load and crying so hard. When he woke up, he was back in his bed, and there were careful fingers carding through his hair.

He could hear soft humming from a voice he immediately recognised as Chan's, and he snuggled further into the eldest's warmth, hearing Chan chuckle softly before he fell back asleep again.

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thank you for reading! i really enjoyed writing this one!