"HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIN! HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR BIRTHDAY! 

~dedicated to Kim Seokjin (Jin) of Bangtan Boys

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"You think hyung knows?" Taehyung asks Jimin. 

"I dunno," Jimin mutters. 

Six of the boys have called an "emergency meeting" if you will. It's Mother's Day, and they're planning to do something for Seokjin.

"Stop talking so loud," Yoongi shoots a half-glare at the Double Trouble duo. 

"What are we gonna do for Jin-hyung?" Jungkook asks.

"Simple. A party of sorts," Namjoon grins, with a twinkle in his eye.

"Huh?" Hoseok looks confused.

"Yoongi and I went out to buy decorations and stuff already," Namjoon says. "Remember we found that stuffed Mario on some website? Yah, Bang Sihyuk-hyung's paying for that." 

"Namjoon, you're too smart...for your own good," Yoongi mutters. Namjoon grins. It's true. He was the one who suggested going on some online shopping website to find a present for their Jin-hyung, and the boys ended up choosing a giant stuffed Mario which cost close to 80000 won. It was expensive, but Bang Sihyuk still paid for it. With Yoongi, Namjoon had managed to get out of the house and bought some decorations and small Mother's Day gifts which they're going to tape around the house to create atmosphere.

"Alright, so we needa get Jin-hyung out of the house," Namjoon continues. "I'm gonna do that, with Jimin and Taehyung. This way, we'll manage to keep Jin-hyung out the whole day. Besides, if Jimin and Taehyung try to help around with the decorations, we'll never get it done." 

"Yessir!" Jimin and Taehyung salute Namjoon in synchronization. 

"So whenever Jin-hyung says that he needa get home, the three of us have gotta tell him that we wanna look at something else, alright!" Namjoon looks at Yoongi, Jungkook and Hoseok. "Hyung, Jungkook, Hoseok, you stay home and do the decorations." 

"Yessir!" Hoseok imitates Jimin and Taehyung, leading to fits of laughter between the three boys. Jungkook just stares at his hyungs, unable to comprehend what's happening.

"Right, let's get to it!" 

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"Boys, come down for lunch!" Seokjin shouts from the kitchen. He has no idea what the boys are doing up there, and frankly, he doesn't want to know. It could be Jimin and Taehyung pouring glue on Yoongi's hair while he's sleeping for all he knows. He shudders at the thought. That last time he had to drag Yoongi screaming and kicking to the bathroom to wash the glue out of his hair, while he sent Jimin and Taehyung to the time-out corner to "reflect" on their actions. Well, they never did any reflecting anyways. It's never just Jimin or Taehyung sent to the time-out corner so they always end up talking to each other.

Six little boys run down the staircase, Hoseok riding the banister down with Jimin, Taehyung and Jungkook.

"Hobi, Jimin, Tae, Kookie," Seokjin sighs, running a hand through his hair after he places the seventh bowl of black bean noodles on the table. "Don't ride the banister down. It's dangerous. See, Namjoon and Yoongi are taking the--"

"Wheeeeeeee!" Namjoon yells as he slides down the banister, Yoongi following behind him, grinning his gummy smile.

"Right, no more riding the banisters," Seokjin says, helping Namjoon off the banister as Yoongi climbs off it himself. "It's dangerous. You might fall." 

"Fine," Yoongi mutters. 

"Yah, what did you say?" Seokjin taps Yoongi lightly on the temple. 

"Sorry, hyung," Yoongi says, as he follows the rest of the boys to the kitchen, to eat lunch.

"Hyung," Yoongi starts. 

"What?" Seokjin looks up from his noodles, annoyed at having been interrupted.

"Namjoon and me saw Pokemon Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby the other day," Yoongi continues. "Can we go buy it...pretty please?" 

"No." 

"Pwetty pwease?" 

"No." 

"Pwetty pwease with a cherry on top?" Yoongi and Namjoon are basically attacking Seokjin with aegyo now. 

Seokjin pauses for a while, before finally giving up, "Alright, alright. Let's go." 

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"POKEMON!" Namjoon cries in excitement. Well, this is kind of killing two birds with one stone. According to plan, Taehyung and Jimin are tagging along, pressing their faces at the glass of the game shop they're entering. And also, according to plan, Yoongi, Hoseok and Jungkook are at home. 

"Right, remind me to get more money from Bang Sihyuk-hyung later," says Seokjin. "Now that we bought your game, let's get home." 

"B-But hyung, we wanna go to that shop we saw just now," Taehyung whines, pulling on Seokjin's hand. Jimin takes the other side, and the two of them begin to pull Seokjin over to a toy store.

Namjoon smiles. Going according to plan...

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"Yah, Jungkookie, hand me those streamers!" 

Yoongi is standing unsteadily on a ladder, taping the streamers to the wall with masking tape he found in their bedroom in Seokjin's art and craft drawer. On the streamers, it says, "Happy Mothers' Day!" Yoongi nearly falls as the ladder wobbles. The stepladder should be steady so why...

"HOSEOK!" 

"B-But hyung, I dunno what to do now..." 

"Go tape the flowers to the door. And then at 1 o'clock, the Mario should arrive." 

"Right! C'mon, Jungkookie!" Hoseok grabs another roll of masking tape and runs towards the door with Jungkook following behind him, wobbling unsteadily.

Yoongi looks at the clock. He told Namjoon to bring Seokjin back around five in the afternoon, so they have another four hours and thirty minutes to prepare for the party they're going to throw for Seokjin. They had ordered a cake also, which Bang Sihyuk-hyung would be bringing later at four o'clock. It's now twelve o'clock in the afternoon. 

"Done, hyung!" Hoseok runs back to Yoongi.

"Great," Yoongi tapes the last bit of streamers. He finds more of the decorations they bought the day before and comes up with pink pictures of Mario. He tapes the pictures of Mario all over the house, along with Hoseok and Jungkook. 

There's the sound of the doorbell, and Yoongi rushes to answer it. It's the delivery man. Yoongi signs the paper and receives the huge Mario. 

"Right, we gotta stash this in Jungkookie's room," says Yoongi. He brings the Mario to the maknaes' room with the help of the other two boys. 

"That should do it," Yoongi wipes perspiration off his forehead. He stares at the clock again. 1 o'clock.

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"Can we go home now, please?" Seokjin's legs are starting to ache. "And I dunno what the other three are doing at home. They might be causing trouble." 

"No!" Taehyung points to a stuffed alien. "Tell him that unicorns exist on Exoplanet first." 

"What's that?" Seokjin scrunches up his nose.

"I'm naming him Lay," says Taehyung. "But he doesn't believe that unicorns exist on Exoplanet. He says he's a unicorn." 

"I'm not hearing any of this," Seokjin takes the alien from Taehyung and puts it back. "You have your stuffed lion already. You don't need another alien stuffed toy." 

"Alright," Taehyung mutters. 

Namjoon watches from the stationery section with Jimin, who's looking at random pieces of Frozen stationery sets. Namjoon looks at his watch that he just got that year for his birthday. It's four-forty-five. The walk back shouldn't take that long. 

"I'm tired hyung, let's go home," Namjoon says, rubbing his eyes. He'd told Taehyung and Jimin that this is the cue for them to get home. 

"Okay," Taehyung and Jimin each take Seokjin's hands and lead him towards the exit. Seokjin looks relieved, even sighing a little as the Double Trouble duo pulls him home, with Namjoon trailing behind.

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"Sorry I'm late," Bang Sihyuk says, holding a plastic bag with the cake box in it. Yoongi takes the cake from Bang Sihyuk and hides it in the kitchen. 

"It's awight," Jungkook smiles up at him.

"Well, I've got to be going. I'm sorry I can't celebrate this day with you boys," Bang Sihyuk says, tipping his hat. "Goodbye and see you again!"

"Bye!" Jungkook yells as Hoseok shuts the door. Yoongi looks up at the clock, excitement burning in his chest. It's four fifty. He takes the cake out of the box and looks at it. It's perfect. It says Happy Mothers' Day in pink lettering on the cake, and the cake itself is strawberry flavoured, with pink cream lining the sides of the cake. Jungkook reaches for the strawberry on top of the cake but Yoongi slaps his hand away. 

"I'll get you strawberries another time," Yoongi says. 

Jungkook pouts. 

At that very moment, the door opens. 

"We're back!" Seokjin calls out. Suddenly, three boys jump at him, screaming, "SURPRISE!" 

"W-What is this?" Seokjin looks around the house, completely redecorated with roses, cards and Mario taped onto the walls, even with a streamer that says HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY. 

"Mothers' Day?" Seokjin shakes his head. He doesn't have a mother. They all don't.

"Teacher says that a mom is someone who cares about you and make sure to take care of you when you're sick," Jungkook grins. 

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"Jungkookie, did you fall sick?" 

"Y-Yeah..." Jungkook sniffles, wiping away snot from his nose.

Seokjin sighs. "I'll get you some medicine. Just wait in bed and stay under the covers. We don't need you catching a cold to add to that fever." 

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"And a mom helps you pick out your clothes," Hoseok adds.

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"This shirt is horrible," Seokjin says. "There. You should get this one."  Hoseok is going to attend a friend's birthday party and has no fitting clothes to wear, so he had asked his hyung to bring him out to buy clothes, and in the end, Seokjin has decided on a pink shirt with matching red shorts and red sneakers.

"There," says Seokjin. "You look great." 

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"A mom helps you when you forget to bring your umbrella," Yoongi chimes in.

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"You forgot again, Yoongi?" Seokjin sighs, reaching into his bag to take out his own umbrella, which is only big enough for one person. The rain outside isn't ceasing anytime soon and Seokjin can't very well leave Yoongi in school. Yoongi pouts. "I didn't do it on purpose." 

"It's alright. Come on," Seokjin smiles at him, and sheltering Yoongi under his umbrella the whole time, leaving himself exposed to the rain. By the time they reached home, they got drenched.

The next day, Seokjin caught a cold.

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"A mom helps you when you cause trouble," Jimin and Taehyung smile mischievously. 

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"I tell you, I'll spank you boys!" their neighbour drags the boys towards her house, her strong arms managing to resist their screaming and kicking as Jungkook watches, scared out of his wits. They'd been trying to play football in their backyard, but the ball ended up crashing into the woman's window...again. The first time, it hit her cat, and she wasn't very happy about that. The second time, it hit her window, but the glass didn't break, thankfully. The third time they tried, the ball flew straight into her window. The hyungs weren't home that day, and the woman had stomped to their house, and when Jimin and Taehyung answered the door, the woman grabbed them and started walking back to her house.

"I believe those are my brothers." 

Seokjin has returned from grocery shopping, along with Namjoon, Hoseok and Yoongi.

"I'm sorry, ma'am, but may I know what did my brothers do?" Seokjin asks, voice calm and his tone is polite.

"Their ball flew into my window again. That window costs thousands of won to repair!" 

"We'll pay for it," Seokjin says, bowing low. "Even if I have to work all day and night." 

The woman looks over at Seokjin, before releasing the two boys. "Fine. I'll let them off. I don't care what happens next time. I'm not going to stand by and let it happen again." Jimin and Taehyung, already crying, are hugging Seokjin tightly. 

"Me too," Seokjin says to the woman, hugging the Double Trouble trio back.

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"And a mom helps you with your homework," Namjoon grins.

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"I can't do it anymore!" Namjoon cries, slamming his notebook to the ground.

"What can't you do?" Seokjin asks, walking into the room.

"Spelling." 

"Hoseok got it. Why can't you?" 

"I don't know. Hyung, how do you spell 'shake'?" 

"S-H-A-K-E," Seokjin says. "Trust me. You'll get the hang of it. Let me help."

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Seokjin, without even realizing it, has tears streaming down his cheeks, touched immensely by what his dongsaengs have done for him. He laughs before taking all of them into a group hug. 

They're all his brothers. 

"C'mon, hyung, let's eat the cake!" Jimin cries, running towards the kitchen, followed by the rest.

Each and every one of them are precious and he'd love them to bits. 

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