With his heavily packed schedule, time off was something that George didn't get to cherish often. Work is pretty much the only thing he has time for even if it doesn't feel that way most of the time, therefore, he doesn't get to see his family as much as he would like to.
However, the boys had been granted a day to themselves and instead of spending it sleeping, he had agreed to babysit his two younger sisters whilst his parents took the twins out to have some quality time with them. It wasn't about favouritism, but his parents believed that all of their kids deserved some alone time with them and George had offered to step in and look after the girls.
Things didn't exactly got to plan since Aera fell sick. His parents were going to postpone their day out, but George insisted that it was fine and if needed any help then he would call the boys or his manager.
So, that's how George ended up on his way to his parents house at approximately 6:15 am. He parked his car, earning a few looks from the neighbours who were out gardening, collecting their mail or simply just heading out to work. It's no secret that the Lee's were the parents to one of the members of a large boy group and George was used to their stares.
He gave a polite smile to the elder lady next door, who he had grown to love over the years of living there — her name is Cho Heejin and she's a sweetheart, known George since before he had gotten into BigHit.
They shared a smile before George pulled out his key and unlocked the door before entering the house, getting away from the prying eyes.
He was first greeted by his step mother, who kissed his cheek before rushing around to sort everything out, she seemed stressed. George slid passed her into the living room where the twins were all dressed and sprawled out across the couch watching cartoons.
"Why are you here?" Questioned Geonho.
George raised an eyebrow. "Am I not allowed to come home now?"
"I mean yeah but we're not staying home. We're going out, are you coming?"
George shook his head and ruffled his hair. "No, I'm looking after Aera and Areum so you and Gwangmin can have mama and dada's full attention."
He leaned down and hugged both twins, who both contently hugged him back before heading towards the kitchen to grab a drink from the fridge.
"You're a life saver because Areum has been annoying lately. She keeps biting my finger and then laughing. I'm excited to get away from her, she keeps stealing all of the attention too. It's not fair," Gwangmin pouted.
"You know I thought the same when you two were born," George told them. "I wanted to give you away but apparently it's not allowed. So unfortunately, you're still here."
The twins scowled at him which only earned a cheeky grin from George. The two six — nearly seven year olds — have always doted on their older brother. He's an influential figure even their life even if they don't understand just how much their brother has an impact on others. They've always looked up to him.
"Alright boys, we need to get going," George's dad announced as he came into view holding a very tired Aera. Her eyes seemed to light up when they settled on George. "George, are you sure you're going to be okay?"
Taking Aera from his arms, George rolled his eyes at the worry. "I'm fine. The twins deserve a day alone with you and it'll give me good bonding time with the girls. Besides, I'm skilled in babysitting. The twins turned out just fine when I babysat them."
"Yeah, only because you dropped them on poor Jin."
"That was one time," George scoffed.
"Mhm, well today they both need your full attention. Areum is resting because she's still super sick and Aera has started showing signs of a temperature. Everything you need to do is written on a piece of paper that Dahae has left on the fridge."
"Okay, okay. Get your ass out that door old man."
And within minutes, the twins and parents were gone and Aera was resting soundly in George's arms. She was a lot heavier than Areum, purely because she's a toddler but he could still carry her around with ease.
Settling her sleeping body on the sofa, George grabbed one of the fluffy blankets from the basket beside the fire place and threw it over. He turned on her favourite channel and put it on low volume so that he didn't wake her up before he quickly rushed to get Areum who had started yelling.
She had recently turned two and was more vocal now. So, when she saw George, she screamed even louder whilst calling out his name.
"For someone who is sick you sure are excited," he muttered through his giggles, leaning down to grab her. He felt her head to find that it was clammy and hot, but not worrying.
He carried her own into the kitchen and set her down in her chair just as his phone started ringing. He answered it and shoved it on speaker.
"Hello?"
"You sound stressed already," Taehyung joked.
"I'm not I'm just trying to grab the girls some juice," He explained, setting his phone down in front of Aera and pressing the FaceTime button which Taehyung accepted. He cooed when the two year old appeared on his screen and began talking to her, giving George enough time to grab her juice as well as prepare her breakfast.
Once she was settled and eating with her juice, George grabbed the phone and peeked into the living room where Aera was still napping — luckily, she had already eaten so he decided to just let her to rest until she needed anything.
"You know, I'm the most excited for you to become a father. You'd make a great dad," Taehyung told him casually.
George's cheeks flushed feeling a little bit embarrassed. He had no idea why he was getting so shy, possibly because he had never thought of himself as being a good father one day. He assumed he was too boisterous and loud to be a good one.
"Thank you," he mumbled shyly before grabbing a wipe and reaching over to clean Areum's dirty face after she had finished her porridge.
"Don't get so shy, Georgie. Anyway, I better get going and I'll leave you to your daddy duties. Bye bye! Bye Areum," Taehyung sang earning a cute wave from Areum before the phone call ended.
George sighed and turned to look at her. She smiled sweetly and held out her arms.
"Cuddles with Georgie," she babbled.
Chuckling, George stuffed his phone in his pocket and lifted her up deciding that he would do the dishes later. He carried her into the living room and sat down at the end of the couch that Aera was sleeping on, with Areum in his lap and Aera resting beside him he let out a sigh.
"Maybe one kid won't be too bad one day," he mumbled to himself.
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i didn't intend for this to be as long as it was but there was some who wanted some more george x his family content and this idea popped into my head :)
thank you so much for reading, this wasn't proofread but i hope you enjoyed anyway.
you're greatly appreciated 💜
— blue x