Emily walked into the lounge slowly, her hair still damp from the earlier shower and her eyes still half closed from a nap.
As she tentatively sat down on one of the sofas she winced, making the boys snigger, Hoseok strolled in, beaming behind her.
"Fucking sunflower" she muttered.
Just as she sat down the doorbell rang.
"Can somebody get that, I don't think I'm able to stand up and sit down again without severe pain rippling through my skin" Emily glared at Hoseok.
"Sure babygirl. It'll either be food or Mattie right?" Namjoon stood trying to contain his laughter.
Emily heard Mattie's voice fill the hallway and as she entered the room carrying Iris followed by Archie loaded with a bag full of what Emily presumed were Iris' things. She was like a shining light, as she walked in, Passing Iris to a waiting Taehyung she lunged to scoop Emily up in a hug.
"Careful, I got a lesson in trust during my afternoon exercises as you described them" Emily rolled her eyes as she whispered.
"Oh god, so you talked to them then?" Emily nodded
"Who from?"
"Hoseok"
"Ouch"
Emily nodded as she turned to realise everyone was looking at them both. Her face reddening,she glanced at Taehyung who was bouncing up and down lightly holding a very awake baby.
"She's had her bath, and she's in her pyjamas, hopefully she will settle at some point. There's no point in trying too hard, she's not in that routine stage yet, she wakes when she feels like it"
*ding dong*
"Food!" Jungkook shouted running for the door followed by Jin, holding a mask for the younger to cover his face.
Emily gave Mattie a pointed look toward the back door while the boys were distracted.
"So you talked to them? How did it go" Mattie laughed looking down at Emily.
"Yeah, not by choice, Jimin found me crying and yeah... it's all ok. They want me to
talk to the soulbond advisor at the company for any of my 'concerns'. Babies are a good to go once we get back to Korea and do some research, we're going to have therapy to help with my trust and my insecurities and I'm going to stop being such a fucking tit and pull my head out of my ass"
"Oh god they're not mad at me are they? I shouldn't have said anything"
"No, not at all. I think they were all just mad at me for keeping it to myself and then just blurting it all out. Hoseok was mad at me for not telling him what I wanted, or how I felt, they're both really important things to him"
"Hence the tender ass?"
"Oh god it's not just my ass, he went to town, I swear I'm going to look like a blackcurrant tie dye tomorrow!"
"I can't believe you enjoy all that pain!"
"Believe me. It's not just pain, he's so good, soooo good!" Emily practically drooled the last word.
"I think she might be hungry, she keeps trying to suckle on my fingers" Taehyung looked confused, between Iris and Mattie.
"Oh yeah, if she smells other people's food she gets like that, gets it from her Mama, Chuck her here" Mattie laughed grabbing Iris like a rugby ball, unclipping her bra under her shirt and sitting down on one of the comfy outdoor sofas.
Taehyungs face was almost the colour of the beautiful red sky, like a reflection.
"We'll be in, in a moment" Emily laughed at his reaction.
"So how's it going, the boobs?"
"Oh god at first it felt nice looking down at her, like we connected, she latched on almost immediately after she was born and hasn't stopped since but then as my nipples got more and more sore it felt like she was a little piranha, I dreaded feeding her but we're good, I got some cream from the chemist. Honestly some days I feel like a cow, if I'm not expressing, I'm feeding and in between I'm leaking. I just always smell like milk. They seem to go from enormous watermelons to sad lemons in a sock" How Archie still wants to do anything I don't know"
"Ouch. I'm glad you've got to try feeding her yourself though. I know you really wanted to. So have you and Archie, you know, tried anything?"
"We did, but it was so uncomfortable inside, it honestly felt like reverse giving birth. I suppose it's to be expected, for now we're just sticking with the outside, he's had more fucking blow jobs in the this last year than I can count, I swear my knees have callouses" Mattie laughed bitterly.
"You know you're really selling this whole baby thing. Imagine times that by seven, I'm just going to be a sex doll with my mouth propped open for a year. Part of me hopes I get as horny as you do so I can make the most of it before I'm a whale" Emily couldn't contain her giggles.
"Did you two want any snacks while you're waiting? Before it is all gone?" Yoongi produced a platter of Chinese starters and two bottles of water.
"Oh you're an absolute star. I'd love some" As Yoongi passed Mattie the plate. He glanced down at Iris, before walking back into the house quickly.
"Is he ok?"
"He saw your boob, he got embarrassed. Don't worry he will be fine. I think they all forget they maybe sucked on someone's nipple when they were babies. Although they seem to remember the action well enough" Emily rolled her eyes.
———
All sat on the floor with amazingly full plates of food and a murder mystery playing. Iris was fast asleep on the floor in her carry cot, Charlotte was asleep next to her, with one ear trained on the tiny baby, as if protecting her. Emily was always a little over cautious at allowing Charlotte to get too close to her, figuring it was better to be safe than sorry, she was a big dog and sometimes didn't know her size.
The boys had made sure Emily ordered practically the whole menu and over half had already gone. Han and Choi opted to eat in the kitchen, and watch the football on the television in there. Emily made sure they had plenty of beers chilling in the fridge.
Everyone was half watching the tv and half chatting amongst themselves. Archie had found a fast friend in Taehyung who was eagerly chatting about photography with him and Jungkook. Mattie was chatting about her job with Namjoon and Jin and Emily was happily eating sat on Jimin's lap. Hoseok and Yoongi were making sure everyone had drinks, checking on Iris, and generally just being the best hosts.
As Emily slurped a long noodle, Jimin picked up the other end, slurping it into his mouth, like Lady and the Tramp, a camera clicked as they got a few inches apart, then stopping to have a quick kiss.
"God you two are just too sweet" Mattie pretended to vomit and shook her head.
"Oh before I forget, I wanted to ask you boys for a favour, a big one. You can say no. If you're not ready" Mattie smiled a pleading smile
"Emily has booked us a spa day, and I know Archie has been desperate to spend some proper time with the boys, is there any chance.."
"Yes, we would love to! If you provide plenty of food for her. We will take care of the rest!" Namjoon excitedly interrupted.
"You will? And you won't drop her? And her nappies are.. well, disgusting" Mattie winked.
"I won't drop her! And I'm sure we have clothes pegs" Namjoon deadpanned
"It'll be good practice for you!"
"Mattie!" Emily smacked her best friends arm.
"Owww! I was just saying! At least they'll know what a chill baby is like before you unleash the tiny dragons from your taco" Mattie giggled
"Taco?" Jungkook looked confused
"Think about it" Yoongi raised an eyebrow
"Oh, ohhhhh, I'm never going to look at taco the same way"
"I hope you don't eat her taco the same way you eat an actual taco either... Hananim" Hoseok looked up.
———
Emily was getting ready for bed in the bathroom of the shed with Namjoon squeezed next to her.
"You know I really enjoyed tonight" he nudged her with his hip.
"Me too. I love how you guys all get on especially with Mattie and Iris. You know you're going to be the best Appa's one day" Emily smiled snuggling into his bare chest.
"And you. Are going to be. The best Eomma" he punctuated each bit with a kiss on her forehead.
"I love you Mr Kim"
"I love you Mrs Kim"
"Mrs Kim?"
"You will be one day! If you choose to, I thought I'd see how it sounded"
"And how does it sound Mr Kim"
"Absolutely perfect Mrs Kim"
As Emily stripped off her pyjamas, and allowed Namjoon to rub some lotion into her sore spots. He rubbed up and down her thighs, moving onto her back, her shoulders, his large warm hands made her feel like putty.
"Fucking hell, your hands are amazing! I feel like I'm 2d I've sunk that far into the bed"
She turned onto her back, pulling him down into a soft, gentle kiss.
"I am so lucky to have you, all of you. Thank you for being so patient with me. I know I'm a knobhead and a big cry baby but You guys have really changed my life"
"We are the lucky ones"
They chatted for a while before Emily snuggled into his chest, her legs wrapped around him. Her arms around his neck.