As planned, the next morning when the boys had woken, Heechul instructed Mir and Kibum to pack a bag for a week and ushered them to the car for the two hour car ride to Leeteuk’s. Neither youngsters questioned why, nor did they care since a trip to Leeteuk’s to see everyone was always a treat.

Much to Heechul’s pleasure, he noticed that Kibum was doing fine today after yesterday’s misfortune. Kibum was smiling and being playful with Mir in the backseat during the drive, acting as if nothing had ever happened. But Heechul knew that Kibum couldn’t push something like that away so quickly, but he was trying and that’s what mattered. It made him happy to see how far Kibum had come, how much he was improving and not letting everything hurt him anymore. Heechul was sure that a week surrounded by family and Kibum would be good as new. Something just told him that this week was going to change everything, for the better.

When they finally arrived around twelve, Heechul smiled as Mir ran to the house, pulling Kibum along with him. He chucked softly and shook his head as he grabbed all their bags and followed after them.

“See? I knew you couldn’t resist! Not even two days and you came back for me,” Leeteuk said gleefully, rushing into the room and throwing his arms around Heechul for a tight hug.

“What can I say? I just love you so much,” Heechul said with a grin. They pulled apart and stared into each other’s eyes for a few seconds, sending secret messages of how much they loved each other, before leaning in for a sweet, gentle kiss.

“Let’s run away before the kids notice we’re gone,” Leeteuk whispered. Heechul grinned at him, then grabbed Leeteuk’s hand and they ran out the door together. Because all the kids were old enough to be fine alone for a few hours…or at least they hoped.

Up the stairs and down the hall, gathered in Henry’s bedroom were all the teens sitting around and gossiping loudly about the one day that they were apart. Sungmin and Mir was talking excitedly about some new movie that came out that they both wanted to see, Donghae was trying to convince Kibum to go downstairs so they could talk privately, Henry was trying to stop them, and Eunhyuk was silently reading Henry’s manga and ignoring them all. Just the complete norm for them.    

“Come on, Bummie! It’s important!” Donghae whined, pulling on Kibum’s arm and trying to get him to move off the bed. However, Henry was holding on tight to Kibum’s other arm to ensure that he could not move, thus making the poor sixteen year old in the middle of a tug-o-war.

“Don’t go, Kibum! He’s going to corrupt your mind with horribly naughty things that you’re too young to know!” Henry objected.

“Henry! I’m barely a month younger than you, how am I any more innocent?” Kibum exclaimed, completely flabbergasted.

“You’re not so come on,” Donghae interjected, pulling harshly so that Kibum was yanked off the bed.

“Ouch, Donghae! That hurt,” He whined from where he fell to the floor.

“You guys are so annoying,” Eunhyuk grumbled, throwing a pillow at the trio.

“Okay, let’s go, Kibum!” Donghae said with a grin, dragging his brother out of the room. Henry sighed loudly and quickly followed after them, prepared to protect Kibum’s innocence. What would umma’s think if I let Hae corrupt Kibum? I’d be a horrible brother! Nopedy nopedy nope, not gonna happen!

“Donghae, I really don’t want to know! I already said that I couldn’t care less about your life,” Kibum argued, although he wasn’t trying to escape. Donghae just rolled his eyes and pushed him into the living room. Henry scurried after them and sat down next to Donghae on the couch.

“See, fishy? He doesn’t want to know. I didn’t want to know, no one wants to know. That’s supposed to be private!” Henry said confidently, trying to be the mature one.

“Who says I’m going to tell him? All I wanted to say is that me and Hyukkie decided not to have ! Isn’t that great?” Donghae said, beaming. Kibum and Henry stared at him blankly for a minute and Donghae continued to just grin at them, proud of his decision.

“But what have you been doing, ya know, all those weird sounds coming from Hyuk’s room?” Henry said timidly, unsure if he actually wanted to know.

“Oh, that? We were just – “ Donghae began with a wide smile.

“Please. Stop. Just stop,” Kibum said, closing his eyes and leaning back against the couch. Because he knew that even if his brother made a good decision about abstinence, he was still a teenage boy with raging hormones and was spending time with his boyfriend. Kibum really didn’t want to hear it.

“You’re mean, Kibum, who am I supposed to talk to about this stuff?” Donghae grumbled, crossing his arms.

“Henry’s obviously not as innocent as everyone thinks, tell him,” Kibum said.

“I am too innocent! I’m Mochi! I have cute puffy cheeks and squinty eyes!” Henry exclaimed defensively. Kibum rolled his eyes and scooted back closer to Donghae, linking their arms together absentmindedly.

“Henry is innocent, somewhat. I think Hyuk has corrupted him a bit though,” Donghae said. He glanced slightly out of the corner of his eye at Kibum, wandering why he was sitting so close but he said nothing of it.

“Eunhyu