It's a week later.
The youngest siblings were busy studying the whole week as important exams are approaching.
Jungkook was better. He still had a cast on but other than that, he's completely alright.
The boys were keeping an eye on the princess, as her periods were around the corner.
True to his words, Jin got her customised pads.
Everything was ready.
It was around dinner time, when Namjoon went into Aera's room, to call her for dinner.
She was sleeping, with the book over her head.
He chuckled and took the book off her face.
He shook her.
She stirred in her sleep and turned to the other side.
He lifted her to a sitting position and tapped her cheeks.
She opened her drowsy eyes.
"'Joonie oppa, sleep please", she mumbled and hugged him, closing her eyes.
"Hey, wake up. I came here to wake you up. Not to put you to sleep. Wake up, little one", he said.
She didn't open her eyes.
He smiled and took her in his arms and went down into the dining room.
"Seems like the little princess is not waking up", he said sitting down on his chair, with her in his hold.
He caressed her cheeks lovingly, with a soft smile adorning his face.
"Let her rest, Joon. She's been studying the whole day. We have to arrange the table, still", Jin said from the kitchen.
Yoongi was helping him.
Namjoon pressed down a kiss on her head.
Taehyung was watching them, finding the size difference adorable.
Despite her age, she had a small frame.
On average, she could only reach their chest level.
On top of that, she's now in the arms of the giant of the family.
It was after dinner.
The family was resting in the living room watching some movies.
Aera was sulking because her brothers strictly said no more studying and she should relax herself.
She was sitting between Hobi and Taehyung.
Taehyung noticed she was becoming restless.
He bent down and took her feet to his lap, making her squeal in surprise.
She giggled and laid back on Hobi, who smiled and caressed her hair.
Taehyung noticed that one of her anklet was missing.
He didn't question her, not wanting to stress her more.
He let it slide.
Hobi massaged her head as she smiled.
Taehyung started to massage her feet, getting an involuntary groan from her.
She was in the verge of sleeping, between her brothers.
She was lying down, her legs pulled up to her chest, her head on Hobi's lap.
It was almost the end of the movie.
She scratched her feet and her eyes shot open.
She sat down immediately and looked at her leg.
Her eyes teared up realising one of her anklets missing.
"What happened, kitten?", Yoongi asked looking at her stressed face.
"Her anklet is missing", Taehyung mumbled as he pulled her in a hug.
She started sobbing out loud.
It was not a mere anklet.
It was a golden one.
It helps memories.
She wasn't concerned about her emotional attachment with it, but was concerned about the price of the anklet.
From the food she ate, the dress she wore, the luxury she had, were because of her brother's hardworks.
Growing up, she saw her brothers working day and night.
Jin lost his sleeps, sometimes.
She wasn't the one to spend money, because she have it.
She was the one to spend money, when there was a need.
And here she was, being dumb enough to lose a golden anklet.
"I'm sorry Oppa. I'm really really sorry", she cried out.
She was crying like a baby.
Jungkook turned the tv off.
"Princess, we didn't say anything, right? Then why are you crying?", Jin asked smiling.
"It's- it's costl-", her words were interrupted.
"You are crying because of this, kitten? You pabo, we can get thousands of such anklets. Stop crying this instant or I'll really buy thousands", Yoongi threatened her.
She cried more.
"Sorry oppa", she cried.
She was extremely guilty.
"Stop crying please", Taehyung muttered as his eyes watered involuntarily.
Jungkook started to cry too.
More loudly.
Everyone gave him a 'what the hell' look.
Even Aera stared at him in silence.
"That's how you stop someone from crying", Jungkook said proudly.
Jimin rolled his eyes at his brother's behaviour.
Aera stood up and went to Jin.
She took his hands in hers and mumbled, "Jinnie Oppa. I'm sorr-".
Jin pulled her on his lap and covered her mouth.
"Shh, princess. You are going to get yourself spanked. Yoongi is getting angry with all your unnecessary sorries", Jin said calmly as he took the wipes from the table and cleaned her face.
Small hiccups left her mouth as she looked at Yoongi, who was staring at her.
She gave him a weak smile as Yoongi nodded his head.
She leaned against Jin, who kissed her head.
He kept rubbing her back and sides.
He gave her a glass of water.
She took a few sips.
Namjoon put his sexy brain into work.
"Jimin-ah, come with me", he said and went upstairs.
Jimin followed him.
Ten minutes later, they came downstairs with a smile.
"Baby, we got it!", Jimin smiled brightly.
Her eyes lit up as she stood up and jumped in joy.
"Where was it oppa?", She asked running to them and hugging them.
"It was stuck on your pants", Jimin said pushing her head with his finger.
She smiled sheepishly.
She realised it must have stuck in her pants, when she changed it into her shorts.
"Now sit", Namjoon said making her sit on the couch.
He knelt on his knee.
He took her feet and placed it on his thigh and fastened the anklet around her leg.
"And you were crying for this?", Yoongi shook his head and went upstairs.
Aera widened her eyes, knowing that her brother was upset with her.
"Good night, oppa", she mumbled giving each of them a tight hug and kiss.
She rushed upstairs.
She smiled finding his door open.
She went in and locked the door.
Yoongi was lying on his bed, looking at the ceiling.
"Yoo oppa, talk with me", she said getting on the bed.
Aera sat beside him.
When he made no move, she laid her head on his stomach, with her ear pressed on his stomach.
"Yoo oppa", she called out.
He gave no reply.
"Looks like the noodles in your stomach are screaming for help. Oh no! They are getting mixed with the cakes and become cadooles. And here the apple juice is crying because of the lack of attention. It is being ignored until the bile juice has a crush on him. Now they are happy couples", she whispered more like spoke with no filter.
Yoongi couldn't help but chuckle at her antics.
"Okay okay I got it. A little bean also wants attention right?", He asked.
She sat up straight, giving him her bunny smile.
"Yes!", She said happy to get a reaction from him.
She laid over him and started to roll over him, making him hold her in one place.
"I'm not a pancake, okay?", He asked pulling her cheeks.
She smiled at him and bit his cheeks.
"Yes you are", she said bitting his hands.
"I sometimes wonder, if we raised a normal child", he said.
Her eyes widened.
She sat up straight.
She was about to get off the bed and but he held her.
"Go away!", She screamed.
"Hey, kitten. I was joking. Why are you getting angry?", He asked sitting up and pulled her beside him.
He had his hand wrapped around her shoulder and other hand busy stroking her hair.
She had her head to other side, not looking at him with a angry pout on her lips.
"Look at meeeee", he whined.
"So, am i not normal? ", She asked.
"Aigoo, i didn't mean it seriously, baby. You know what? There is a creature worse than you, living in this home. It's name is Jeon Jungkook ", he said stroking her chin as her pout was replaced with a smirk.
"Then you are the cat", she said pulling his fluffy cheeks.
Aera woke up in the middle of the night, gasping for air.
She had a bad dream that she could not manage to remember.
She looked at Yoongi who was sleeping peacefully.
She stroked his hair and kissed his cheek.
She sat there for sometime, trying to make her breathing normal.
She was feeling suffocated in her own skin.
She drank a glass of water.
She laid down again.
For the last ten minutes, she was trying to sleep, but the feeling of suffocation was there, as a hidderance of her sleep.
She finally made up her mind.
She removed her t-shirt and kept it over her chest, as she didn't has anything underneath.
She laid there for sometime and started feeling better.
She pulled Yoongi's arm and hugged it, so that no bad dream could come again.
She didn't mind sleeping like this with her brother, because he was the one who raised her for the past seventeen years.
Yoongi woke up in the morning.
He rubbed his eyes and tried to sit up, but something held his arm down.
He looked at his sister and was concerned immediately.
He pulled his hand out of her grip and covered her body with his blanket.
Did she had a bad dream last night?
Or was she ill?
Why didn't she wake him up?
He touched her forehead and neck.
Her temperature was completely alright.
He checked around her shorts and there was no red stains.
He sighed in relief and kissed her head.
He stroked her hair off her face and said, "sleep well, kitten"
The amount of trust and faith, she had on them, made him tear up.
He started at her peaceful face for sometime and kissed her cheek.
He got out of the bed and closed the curtains.
He made sure that the room door was locked.
He went into the bathroom to get ready for the day.