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seungcheol is feeling extra tired than usual. he just came home from his full schedule. as a leader, he felt the responsibility to attend every meeting that involves his group so he can discuss it to his members. aside from meetings, he just finished his late photoshoot.
it's almost past midnight and he can't help but want to slip into his headspace so he can rest but he doesn't want to be selfish as they have early schedule tomorrow.
he wiped his tears and made his way to his room. he struggled to change into a comfortable pajamas since he's fighting the urge to slip as he spot his favorite bunny plushie on top of his bed.
he pushed away his thoughts about wanting to slip and cuddle with his mama and get showered with kisses. he pouted, just wanting to feel loved and cared for.
as he successfully put on some comfortable clothes, he then get to bed and stared blankly at his ceiling. his night lamp is on while the main light is off. there are several glow in the dark stars on his ceiling that his mama put so he can sleep better at night when little.
oh, he so wanted to slip. he's still fighting the urge to slip but he suddenly felt something wet covering his lower half. he whined and tears started to fill his eyes from embarrassment as he realized that he had an accident.
he can't fight his headspace anymore and slipped deeper into his headspace, feeling too little to get some help so he proceeds to cry out loudly.
jeonghan heard muffled cries, his instincts kicked in as he sat up quickly and went out to find where the cries are coming from. he then reached the end of the hallway and heard the cries getting louder as he neared seungcheol's room.
he quickly opened the door and his heart broke in sight of his little baby struggling to breath from all his crying. he knew that the little is in an infant headspace.
"aigoo, my little cheollie. it's okay, baby. breathe with mama, okay? you're okay, cheollie-ah, don't cry." jeonghan comforted the still in distress baby then he realizes that seungcheol wetted the bed that's why he's continuously crying despite receiving comfort from his caregiver.
"my poor cherry. how about mama change you into something more comfortable clothes then we sleep in mama's room, would you like that sweetheart?" jeonghan spoke in a gentle manner. wanting to give comfort to the very distressed little, afraid that the little might end up waking up the others.
"mama? 's cheollie, okay?" he looked at the doorway and saw little joshua worriedly looking at his younger brother.
"he's okay, angel. cherry just feel extra little and sensitive because he's tired and stressed. mama's sorry cheollie woke you up from your sleep, will you be a good big brother and call dada for me?" jeonghan had successfully managed to calm seungcheol, he's now only sniffling and hiccuping a little.
"yes, mama." he is glad that joshua is in a much older headspace, the older little left to go to his dada while seungcheol removed seungcheol's sweaty pajama top and his wet pajama bottom, only left with his soiled boxers. jeonghan cannot carry the infant so will he ask for help.
"hey, is everything alright, hyung?" the main lights are now on with mingyu standing in the middle of the room still sleepy but fighting against it.
"yeah, seungcheol is in baby headspace and had an accident. can you change him while i clean his bed?" mingyu nodded, walked to carry the baby who only whined but did not struggle. they went inside the bathroom inside the leader's big room and proceeded to change the baby in a pull-up and a baby blue onesie. the baby is now giggling from his dada's tickles and kisses all over his face.
"who's a happy baby? cherry is a happy baby." mingyu kissed the baby's nose at the same time jeonghan entered the bathroom with the soiled bedsheet and pillowcases.
"mama.." seungcheol made grabby hands towards jeonghan and jeonghan happily hugged the baby and kissed him.
"hey, baby. are you feeling okay now?" seungcheol nodded, he can only understand but cannot respond with words.
"that's good. my good baby. always so good for mama." seungcheol preened at the praises towards him. his cheeks heated and he let out an embarrassed whine making his mama and dada chuckle.
"it's so late now. let's go back to my room, i already tucked shua back to bed." jeonghan said and motioned mingyu to carry seungcheol.
jeonghan grabbed a few things that seungcheol will need like his pacifier, his plushie and extra clothes and pull-ups.
"i'll prepare a bottle for him hyung." mingyu said as he put the now sleepy baby to jeonghan's queen sized bed. jeonghan kissed mingyu's lips as he uttered a thank you to the younger.
"no problem hyung. dada will be back, alright cherry?" mingyu then left a kiss on seungcheol's forehead before leaving.
"da?" seungcheol mumbled, lips wobbling as he ask for his dada. jeonghan immediately lie beside the baby, cuddling him and whispering sweet words to his ears.
"dada will be back with your bottle, alright? mama is here, you're okay." jeonghan rubbed comforting circles on seungcheol's head. seungcheol would whimper a little due to his tiredness until mingyu is back with a bottle of room temperature milk for seungcheol.
he handed it to the baby who immediately latched on it. "da, 'dle.." seungcheol is asking for mingyu to join them but sadly mingyu can't.
"dada still has to look after wonu, cherry.." wonwoo is in a toddler headspace, he still needs supervision from a caregiver.
seungcheol pouted but he nodded nonetheless. "that's my cherry. we'll play tomorrow if you're big enough, okay?" mingyu left after giving both a kiss goodnight.
"mama, chelly wuv you.." (mama, cherry loves you) seungcheol murmured before he closed his eyes. jeonghan felt his heart swelled with warmth as he kissed his baby's forehead.
"mama loves cherry so much too." jeonghan whispered before he too closed his eyes.
when morning came seungcheol is still in infant headspace so they don't have a choice but to cancel their schedule for today and decided to just have some time together to play with their littles.