Requested by WarriorPanda2004
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It was Monday. Mark and Jaemin were doing their usual routine. Make breakfast, eat breakfast, then cuddle on the couch until Mark had to go to work.
But this time, things were different.
"Jaem, can you pass the remote?"
"Yeah give me a sec" Jaemin reached over for the remote but it was snatched by little grubby hands before he could get to it.
"TJ give me the remote"
"I watch buggy buggy" Terrence-Lucas began pushing random buttons on the remote, trying to find the channel for his favorite cartoon.
"How about we watch buggy later?"
"No! Buggy on now"
"TJ don't make me bring the spoon" Jaemin warned, earning a small pout from the boy before he handed the remote over.
"Thank you, now go play with your sisters"
"But they playin dwess up"
"And? Don't you like dress up?"
"No, they only let TJ wear skiwts"
"But you like wearing skirts"
"Only sometimes"
"Then go play with Nacho, I'm sure he needs attention"
"Okey" TJ made a little noise to call the dog, waddling over to his room.
But could you really call it his room? It was invaded by his sisters when they got Nacho, so he no longer had space to do four-year old boy things.
He walked in the room, already hearing the argument over which color they would wear.
"I want pink!"
"No! I want pink"
"Fine, I'll take blue then"
"But I want blue"
"Didn't you just want pink?!"
"No! I wanted blue"
"Be quiet!" TJ interrupted their little quarrel by screeching at the top of his lungs.
"Shut up TJ!" The girls said simultaneously.
One thing you might not know about TJ, is that he's kinda sensitive.
When I say sensitive, I mean you don't want to yell at him unless you'd like to feel the wrath of two childish but overprotective dads.
"MAMA!"
It took a few seconds for Jaemin to come to his aid, as he unfortunately lost the game of rock paper scissors.
"What did you girls do?" He asked, picking up TJ and holding him on his hip.
"Nothin Mama" Tiffany held her hands behind her back, staring nervously at the ground.
"Tanya?"
"We were fightin"
"Over what?"
"Dresses"
Jaemin sighed, adjusting TJ so he could discipline the girls.
"How many times have I told you not to yell at your brother?"
They stayed silent.
"You know he's sensitive, so why would you do it?"
"Well he told us to be quiet" Tanya replied.
"And you didn't think there was a good reason for it?"
"Of course not, we're superior" Tiffany jumped in.
"Tiffany, may I remind you that you were born on the toilet?"
"Don't tell her that" Mark interrupted, standing in the middle of the group.
"Why not? It's true"
"Because you don't say that to a four year old!"
"Don't raise your voice at me!"
"I'll do whatever I want!"
"Really? Since when?"
"Well..uh.."
"Exactly" Jaemin set TJ on the floor before pecking Mark's lips and continuing.
"Girls, you already know what's coming"
"Come on, we weren't even that bad" Tiffany argued.
"Fine, then what do you want instead of the spoon?"
"I'd rather not have a punishment"
"Not gonna happen" Jaemin pulled the girls towards the center of the room.
"Hug eachother"
"Why?"
"That's your punishment"
They quickly hugged, Tiffany fake throwing up afterwards.
"No no, hold it longer"
"How much longer?"
"Until I say so"
As the girls hugged once again, Jaemin had mysteriously pulled out a long strip of cloth. He circled it around the girls before tying a not-so-tight knot.
"Don't you think that's a bit much?" Mark asked.
"Nope, they shouldn't have argued in the first place" Jaemin turned around and picked up TJ again, wiping off some tears from his face.
"Calm down baby, I'm sure they didn't mean it"
"They don' like me"
"Of course they like you, they have to, otherwise the mean monster is gonna eat them up" Jaemin set TJ down on the couch, turning the TV to his favorite cartoon.
TJ almost immediately started singing the theme song, clapping his hands along to the beat.
Jaemin smiled at the sight, almost forgetting about the darling little brats in the other room.
As he was about to walk into the room, he heard the somewhat muffled conversation of his daughters.
"Tiffy I think Mama forgot 'bout it"
"Mama wouldn't..would he?"
"I dunno, it never happened bee-four"
"What if he did?"
There was silence for a moment, and then there were quiet sniffles and choked back sobs.
Jaemin opened the door slowly, seeing the girls still standing in the middle of the room, crying onto one another's shoulder.
He quickly untied the knot, throwing the cloth onto the floor before trying to pick up the girls.
Realizing he was weak and couldn't hold two four-year olds at once, he pulled them over to the bed, sitting them down in front of him.
"Girls, what's wrong?"
"Mama, you forgot" Tanya sniveled.
"Forgot what?" Jaemin looked at them confusedly.
"Our birthday"
"What? Noo, I didn't forget" The girls gave him a look, they knew what was going on.
"Okay fine, I did forget"
Tanya started crying again while Tiffany just crossed her arms.
"Is it 'cause you not lovin us anymore?" Tanya asked.
"Why would you think that? Of course I love you"
"Lies! I seen you kissin' daddy" Tiffany made an angrier face, if that was even possible.
"That's because he's my husband"
"But chu don' kiss us like that"
"Uh, yeah, because it'd be weird"
"No! It's not fair. Daddy gets all the love"
"Are you sure about that? Go ask him"
Tiffany gave Jaemin a skeptical look before running out to the livingroom.
She came back a few minutes later with a grin on her face.
"In your face! Daddy said he gets tons 'o love"
"Well then he lied, I ran out of kisses to give"
"You can run out?" Tiffany looked at Jaemin curiously.
"Yeah, that's why you gotta save them for special people"
"Speckle people? Who are they?"
"People like me, daddy, and your future boyfriend" Jaemin wiggled his eyebrows.
"Ew, like I would ever have a boyfriend" Tiffany gagged while Tanya giggled.
"Listen, I'm sorry babes, I'll make it up to you"
"How?"
"I..don't know, what do you want to do?"
Tiffany pulled Tanya into a huddle, not so secretly discussing their plan.
"We wanna go to the store"
"That's it? No waterpark? No rollercoaster?"
"I'm not finished"
"Okay, go on"
"I wanna get plushes and candies" Tanya bounced around, thinking of the sugar rush that she's gonna have.
"What about you Tiff?"
"Three words"
"Please no-"
"Sparkly. Princess. Megaphone"
"I can't do that"
"Well why not? Yaya gets to pick her gifts"
"Do you know how loud you'll be?"
"That's the entire point"
Jaemin sighed, trying to think of a solution.
"Okay, if I get it for you, do you promise to only use it outside?"
"Possibly"
"I need you to pinky promise"
"..Fine" Tiffany hooked her pinky with Jaemin's, sealing off the promise.
"If you break the promise then it'll go in the trash"
"That's mean"
"I know, now go get changed"
"Do we have to?"
"Yes, I didn't buy those matching shirts for nothing"
...
"Tiffany can you go with Tanya to pick out plushies?"
"Okay" Tiffany took Tanya's hand, walking two feet and stopping in front of the wall of plushies.
While Jaemin and and the girls were picking out gifts, TJ was at home with Mark, trying to set up decorations for a party.
"Hey Terrence, can you take a look at this?"
"What is dat?" TJ looked confusedly at the wall in front of him.
Pink and purple metallic letter balloons were in a line, spelling out what was supposed to be "Happy Birthday" but instead it said "Happ Birhtday"
"It's a sign, that I failed miserably"
"What's miswebleed?"
"Bad. Very bad"
"Oh, den I agwee"
Mark sighed, picking up the Y balloon that fell on the ground. It had apparently decided to deflate itself, meaning Mark would have to reinflate it.
"TJ, can you wait here? I need to go fix the balloon"
"Otay"
"This is why you're my favorite. Don't tell your sisters though" Mark kissed his forehead before leaving him to stand patiently by the wall.
TJ stood there for a good thirty seconds before getting impatient. He started walking back and forth, turning slightly with every step.
He soon was spinning around, knocking himself into everything. Not on purpose of course.
"Hey what's with all the-" Mark paused, seeing the mess of popped balloons and stomped on streamers.
"Did you do this?" Mark asked, looking at TJ who was dizzy on the floor.
"..."
"Terrence-Lucas, answer me"
"Yes daddy, Im sowy"
"I know, but you still need to go to the naughty corner"
"M'kay" TJ walked over to the corner of the livingroom, sitting down on a red colored carpet square that Jaemin may or may not have stolen.
"I'm setting a timer for fifteen minutes"
"W-" TJ stopped himself. He was going to complain but realized that complaining would lead to a longer time-out.
...
It had been at least ten minutes, and once again, TJ was getting antsy. He started picking with the carpet, throwing the little fuzz that came off onto the floor.
The front door had suddenly swung open, making a loud sound that startled TJ.
Tanya and Tiffany rushed through the door, shouting one particular word.
"What the- Girls? Where's your mom?"
"Mama's in the car, he said sometin about a break"
"Okay, um can you sit with TJ? I'll be right back"
Mark walked out of the house, seeing Jaemin in the car, who was seemingly asleep.
He knocked on the window, startling Jaemin awake. Jaemin rolled down the window, blinking a few times to try and register who was in front of him.
"Mark? What's up? Did the girls get you?"
"No, I wanted to see what happened to you"
"Nothing much, after the store, they wanted to play zombie tag"
"And you weren't a zombie"
"Not in any of the thirty six rounds"
"Alright, come inside, I'll make you some coffee"
"Okay" Jaemin lazily stepped out of the car, basically crawling towards the front door.
As they entered, they heard a chorus of three kids, repeatedly saying "Fuck"
"G-"
"No no, I'll handle this, you go sit down" Mark kissed Jaemin's cheek, pushing him towards the couch.
He turned to the kids, putting on his stern face.
"Where did you learn that word?"
"Tiffy n' Yaya told me" TJ spoke up, not wanting to stay in time out any longer.
"Girls?"
"Mama said it when we were in da store" Tiffany admitted.
"Oh, so you learned it from Mama?"
"Mhm" Tanya agreed.
"Okay, well, as long as you don't say it again, I'll let you off the hook"
"Why can't we say it?"
"Because it's a bad word"
"What's a bad word?"
"It's..a word..that only me and Mama can say"
"That's no fair" Tiffany crossed her arms, giving Mark an annoyed look.
"Look, I'll make you a deal. If you don't say it until you're thirteen, you can say all the bad words you want"
"I guess that's accepable"
...
"Okay, are you guys ready?"
"No, hold on, I need to get a video" Mark rushed around the livingroom, looking for his phone.
"Mark, check your pocket"
Mark did as Jaemin said, lo and behold, his phone was in his pocket the entire time.
"Okay, okay, now you can go" Mark started recording the girls.
"Go- no, honey, you have to blow, not spit"
"Oh" Tiffany giggled awkwardly as she tried blowing out half the candles again, this time she was successful.
"Okay, Tanya go"
Tanya blew out her half of the candles on the first try, feeling extremely proud of herself.
"Congratulations girls, we no longer can consider you toddlers"
"I dunno what that means"
"You're not babies anymore"
"Aw, but I liked being a baby" Tanya pouted.
"Don't worry, you're still our babies" Mark picked them up, spinning around.
TJ was just standing around awkwardly, eating a handful of cake while he watched the dog play around with a stuffed squirrel.
"Hey TJ, what's wrong with you?"
TJ shrugged.
"You feelin' left out?"
TJ nodded.
"It's okay bub, it happens" Jaemin picked him up, squeezing him tightly.
"But you know what?"
"What?"
"I'm gonna let you eat all the sweets you want"
"Really?"
"As long as you don't complain that your tummy hurts"
"Tank you Mama" TJ grinned, kissing Jaemin's cheek.
"If you check the pantry, there's chocolate behind the goldfish" Jaemin whispered, sending TJ off to the kitchen.
...
"Why can't we just go to sleep already?" Tiffany whined.
"That's strange, normally you want to stay up" Mark raised an eyebrow at his daughter's behavior.
"It's not fun if you want us to stay up"
"Hmm, fair point. How about I give you some coffee?"
"No thanks, it smells stinky"
"Well, I'll be right back then" Mark walked into the kitchen, grabbing three cups and filling them a third of the way with coffee, and the rest of the way with milk and creamer.
"Kids! Come here, I have something for you" Mark called out into the livingroom, soon hearing small patters across the floor.
"What is it?" Tanya asked, taking the cup from Mark's hands.
"Just drink it"
Tiffany raised an eyebrow before taking a sip, smiling immediately as the sugar hit her tastebuds.
"Is it good?" TJ asked.
Tiffany nodded her head vigorously, taking a longer sip from her cup.
Soon all three of the kids had drank every last drop of the caffeinated liquid.
"Do you think you'll be able to stay up now?"
Mark received multiple energized giggles in return.
...
Almost two hours later, the caffeine wore off, leaving the kids crashing on the floor.
"Are you rea- oh" Jaemin had walked out of the room, holding TJ's cake but stopped when he saw his babies cuddled together, soft snores slipping through their mouths.
"Well crap"
"Looks like we have to save the cake for later" Mark yawned, taking the cake from Jaemin and putting it in the fridge.
"Should we move them?"
"Nah, let's not risk it" Mark took a blanket from the couch, laying it across the kids.
"Aww, my sleepy babies" Jaemin cooed at the sight.
"Mhm, real cute, but you have a rather sleepy baby right here who is on the verge of collapsing from exhaustion"
"Stop overreacting, You can go to bed if you want to, I'm gonna sleep here" Jaemin laid himself down next to TJ, almost immediately falling alseep.
Mark chuckled, shaking his head. He quietly kissed the kids' heads, ending with a peck on Jaemin's lips.
"Night babes"
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okay
well
hope you liked
dont ask me why they call him TJ if his name is Terrence-Lucas
and i guess we upgraded because my sister sends me this now
i need a new sister