Ages:

Chanyeol: 48
Baekhyun: 49
Yifan: 24
Yixing: 23
Jongdae: 22
Minsoon: 19

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Byun Baekhyun loves Saturday. It’s the only day of the week in which he spends 90% of his day spending valuable time with his husband. While he may not be in his prime anymore, Saturday is a great day to relieve the stress that developed during the week. However, this particular Saturday is different. For this Saturday is the day in which all of his children come home to visit for the first time in months.

 

It is noon and the Byun-Park household, for the first time in months, is busy. In the kitchen, Park Chanyeol is preparing enough food to feed the whole population of South Korea as his husband tidies the living room and front foyer. Today, all of the Byun-Park children will be home visiting for the first time in months. It would be an understatement to say that the couple is excited.

 

Ever since their children left the house to experience the outside world, the home grew quiet and, understandably, lonely. In their early years, they would have savored these moments of peace. Now, the quiet only reminds them of the people absent from their life.

 

The change was gradual, yet the couple never found the time to get used to the silence. First, it was Yifan. Then Yixing, Jongdae, and Minsoon. All of their babies gone in a span of a few years.

 

In the living room, Baekhyun slips off his gloves and rubs his hands to signal a job well done. It had taken him ages to remove all of the cat hair from the furniture; an hour to be exact. After all these years, Skipper the cat is still kicking. Speaking of said cat, as Baekhyun turns around the stow away the vacuum, Skipper waltzes in the room, leaps onto the sofa, and stalks over to his favorite spot. There, the cat begins to groom himself, running his tongue against his greying black fur.

 

When Baekhyun returns, he exclaims, “Skipper! I just cleaned that!”

 

For a second, the cat pauses, as if realizing what he had done. He stares at the aging human before returning to his task.

 

Baekhyun shakes his head. Before he could continue his one-sided conversation, three knocks erupt from the front door. With a bright smile, Baekhyun rushes to the door. As he opens the door, his smile only brightens.

 

“Welcome home, my babies!” He greets them.

 

There, among the mess of luggage and bags, is all four of the Byun-Park children all grown up. To the right, is Yifan holding his bag of whatever. His hair had grown longer since the last time Baekhyun had seen him and he seemed taller, yet his smile still held the same gumminess that Baekhyun adored. Next to his eldest, is his youngest child attempting to hold around nine boxes (presumably presents) with an excited grin on her face. Her cyan, shoulder-length hair, completely different from her previous blonde, is pulled back into a messy ponytail, perfectly showcasing Minsoon’s face in a way that screamed ‘goddess’. Behind her stands Yixing and Jongdae, both carrying their luggage up the porch steps. While the second eldest Byun-Park child sports a supermodel-esque hairstyle that Baekhyun swore he saw in a magazine by the supermarket, Jongdae’s hair is sticking in all directions.

 

When all the Byun-Park children gather on the porch, they say in unison, “Hi Papa.”

 

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After Baekhyun urges all of his kids inside the house with his husband's help, as the latter finally arrives at the front door after he finished preparing all of the food, he corrals them into the kitchen before pulling each child into a tight hug. Baekhyun tries not to cry when he realizes that his kids are not kids anymore, especially when he hugged Yifan and Yixing. Those two were giants compared to him and he refuses to accept it. He embraces the fact that Jongdae is only a few centimeters shorter than him with Minsoon being a mere 160.

 

“Come on,” he says after the hug fest, “Your dad made some delicious jajangmyeon and samgyeopsal.”

 

At the mention of food, their eyes, especially Yifan’s, light up. It’s good to be home.

 

~

 

Dinner, for the first time in forever, is extremely loud and warm as the family exchanges story upon story about their personal lives. Jongdae is all giddy when he shares stories of how his relationship with Sehun is still going strong and apparently the former is thinking about asking his boyfriend into moving in with him; while Yifan pouts in the background as he still is a single pringle as no one fits his standards.

 

(“You’re standards are high as , hyung.” Jongdae points out as he swallows his food.

 

“Jongdae!” Yifan cries in offense, overpowering his dad’s exclamation of ‘language!’.

 

Jongdae only shrugs. “It’s true.” He pauses. “I mean, your definition of the perfect lover is impossible! Who has the time to-”

 

Yixing finds the time to in when he says, “Jongdae. Stop being so mean.”

 

Relieved, Yifan says, “Thank you!” However, he spoke too soon.

 

“He can’t know the truth for it will hurt his ego.”

 

“HEY!”

 

To the right of her brothers, Minsoon is trying not to spew food all over the table with her laughter. However, she fails.

 

“Minsoon!”)

 

During Yixing’s turn, he shares his adventures as a dance instructor and his encounters with his neighbor. At the mention of his neighbor, everyone at the table can see the hearts swimming in the second eldest’s eyes. He goes on and on about her never-ending brown locks and her blinding smile. Although it was quite a surprise as Yixing never expressed his crushes in the past, it took a lot of willpower to not coo at him.

 

“How about you Minsoon?” Chanyeol asks as he finishes the last portion of jajangmyeon, much to Yifan’s disappointment.

 

“What?” Minsoon counters. All of a sudden, her smile falters and she directs her eyes toward someplace else.

 

Having not noticed, Chanyeol continues, “How’s university? Are you focusing on your studies? Are you seeing someone?”

 

“Oh.” If her nervousness wasn’t obvious before, it is now. She distances herself from her plate and begins to fiddle with her fingers. “About that…”

 

Concerned, Baekhyun blurts, “What’s wrong?” Now, everyone at the table listens attentively to their youngest family member.

 

Minsoon then begins to ramble. “I’ve been wanting to tell you for a while now.”

 

Everyone’s heart begins to beat faster. What could be wrong with their Minnie?

 

“I didn’t know how you would take it.”

 

Oh no. Could it be?

 

“It took me a lot of courage to say this.”

 

It is!

 

“I’m-”

 

Out of nowhere, Jongdae jumps out of his chair and cries, “NOOOOOO!!!” He dashes to his sister’s chair and pulls her up. He then squeezes the life out of her. With his sister in his arms, tears start to stream down Jongdae’s face. He buries his face in Minsoon’s cyan crown while screaming, “You can’t die! You’re my baby sister! You can’t leave me with them! Who will-”

 

Taking this as a fact, Yixing exclaims, “You’re dying?!”

 

“You’re dying!”

 

“MY BABY IS DYING?!”

 

Before Minsoon could utter another word, three other bodies surround and squeeze her tight. Amidst all the chaos, Skipper suddenly stalks into the dining room and lets out a confused meow. When he sees the tears of the four men, Skipper yowls and joins them in their mission to prevent Minsoon’s death. To the side, Yifan sat there, unamused. “I don’t think-”

 

“YIFAN! DON’T YOU CARE THAT YOUR SISTER IS DYING!”

 

“She’s not-”

 

“WE DID NOT RAISE YOU TO BE THIS UNCARING! DON’T-”

 

Finding a voice, Minsoon yells, “I’m not dying!”

 

“-STAND… Wait. You’re not dying?” Baekhyun tilts his head as he stares at his daughter.

 

“You’re not dying?”

 

“You’re not gonna kick the bucket?”

 

“Meow?”

 

“What? No!”

 

In unison, the four men (plus cat) awkwardly say, “Oh,” as they release the almost blue girl.

 

As the men return to their seat with Skipper finding a way to curl himself against Baekhyun’s feet, Chanyeol clears his throat. “So what did you want to tell us?”

 

Taking a deep breath, Minsoon says, “As I was about to say,” she glares at her youngest older brother (whom of which gives her a sheepish grin), “I’m lesbian and I have a girlfriend.”

 

A moment of silence. “So you’re not dying?”

 

“JONGDAE NO!”  

Shaking her head at her brother, Minsoon glances nervously at her other brothers and fathers. “Well?”

 

Before she knew it, Yifan yells, “I KNEW IT” He turns to Yixing. “You owe me 20,000 won.”

 

As Yixing mutters a quiet ‘dang it’ and leaves the dining room to fetch his wallet, Baekhyun finds himself at his husband’s side and begins to sob; the latter being in a similar condition. Feeling the distress from his favorite person, Skipper purrs as he rubs himself against Baekhyun’s legs. Yet, his actions bring no change.

 

“Meow!”

 

As she sees her parents in a tearful mess, Minsoon thinks, Oh no. They aren’t-

 

Before her thoughts could continue, Baekhyun yells, “MY BABY’S GROWING UP!”

 

“What?”

 

“Meow?”

 

Ignoring his daughter (and cat), Chanyeol cries, “WHY ARE ALL MY BABIES HAVING RELATIONSHIPS?!”

 

“I’m still single…”

 

“YIFAN SHUSH!”

 

“Meow!”

 

[“I think I’m okay now. You?”

 

“...”

 

“Chanyeol?”

 

“...”

 

“Love?”

 

“... I CAN’T PROTECT MY BABIES FROM ERTS ANYMORE!”

 

“CHANYEOL!”]

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A/N: 

It's good to be back! Did you miss me? Probably not. I'm a boring person anyway. I just post Chanbaek family drabbles. With that aside, I do plan on introducing Minsoon's girlfriend in the future. That is if I figure out who's going to play the role of her girlfriend. If you have any suggestions, please comment down below. I appreciate it. 

Anyway, toodles! Don't forget to request! Constructive criticism is always appreciated!