By now, Yongguk is used to his boys.

As much as any leader is of course used to the boys that are under his care and attention, how each one needs to rehearse and who prefers to sleep with who and how to deal with arguments that inevitably break out between a bunch of young, hormonal boys all living in the same cramped living space with next to no personal space or privacy and a million and one other things which are fairly typical of all groups.

There are times when Yongguk could quite happily murder the boys under his care, forcibly lock them in rooms with one another in order to work out arguments between themselves or physically stick a barge pole between them when they are getting way too close for comfort or even worse making out in the living room in front of everyone like it’s a perfectly normal thing to do.

Yongguk cannot really complain about that because hell he would be jumping Himchan at every single opportunity if there weren’t a million and one things to sort out but there are some things that none of them actually need to see ever and he’d rather keep private time private if he were ever asked.

Not that he ever is but that’s beside the point.

Plus, Yongguk guards a secret that is his alone and it makes up massively for all of the times he’s forced to pry the members off one another.

It’s a secret that he has no idea about how it started or if it’s ever going to end but it’s one that he adores to the ends of the earth.

Twice a year, around the Summer and Winter Solstice, come what may, his five annoying, bratty and rather obnoxious bandmates turn into toddlers for one day and the cuteness level is through the roof.

The first time it happened, Yongguk freaked out and had no clue as to what to do, as going to sleep next to a very tired Himchan only to wake up to a screaming baby which sets four more off immediately is not a great way to be woken up in the slightest.

However, that is all now in the past and the leader now knows when to expect the change, what to do before it happens and how to cope with a day full of babies. He notices that Himchan gives him extremely funny looks when he volunteers to go and do the food shopping without assistance and has to tell Youngjae to keep Zelo entertained because he just wants to do this by himself and thankfully Jongup had gone out with Daehyun which made that situation easier.

The shopping trip is easy, he just has to make sure that he gets some top up supplies of flavoured baby milk and some baby food as he still has enough supplies left over from last time as at Christmas there had been a massive sale and he had taken full advantage of it. Though a smile crossed his features as he thought about that shopping trip as he remembered the sleep suits that he had bought for his babies and he couldn’t wait to get them all dressed up in them. He’d have to make sure that the camera was charged up tonight cause the photos would be just too adorable.

Of course he bought normal stuff as well, since the boys didn’t appear to know of their strange habit of changing into babies twice a year and he did not want to give the game away. It would take far too much explaining and probably result in more stress than enough.

The lady at the checkout smiled, “Oh, Yongguk-shii, is it that time of year again?”

Yongguk nodded and bowed respectfully towards her. She was one of the few people in the world who knew about the strange situation and had given him advice, guidance and time when he needed it the most. Yongguk couldn’t help but be thankful for her very existence and he would always be extremely polite to her. “Yes, Noona. They’re starting to show the signs so it should be tomorrow.”

She smiled happily in return, “All set?”

“Yes, I still had plenty left over from last time so all is good,” he grinned gummily at her and the woman behind the counter couldn’t help but reach across to pinch his cheeks with an equally gummy smile on her face, “You’re such a good Appa to them, Yongguk-shii, they should count themselves as the luckiest babies in the entire world.”

Yongguk couldn’t help but giggle a little, even if it did make him sound like a girl, “They are, but they never remember it and I wouldn’t dare to tell them for fear of what they’d do. I’ll make sure to bring the pictures for you when we’re next back.”

“You do that,” she smiled at him as she finished ringing up the purchases, “I feel as those they’re my own grandkids with the way we go on like this.”

Unable to stop himself giggling at that idea, Yongguk made his purchases and headed back into the warm night remembering just in time to pull his hood up so as not to get attacked by any crazy fangirls who may be lurking around. Thankfully there were none and he got back to the dormitory with relatively little hassle which made him smile.

Only to find a full blown argument occurring which made him sigh and head straight for it. It was Daehyun and Youngjae who were arguing over something completely pointless and it was clear that neither of them were going to back down so the pair had to be separated so that they could cool off before real hell broke loose. Yongguk secretly hoped that it would not translate over to their cute time but kept that thought to himself.

“Why are you grinning so much, Bang Yongguk?” Himchan asked, almost glaring at the other but not quite.

Yongguk shrugged, “I’m just happy is all.”

“You’re happy because Youngjae and Daehyun had another argument?” Himchan deadpanned towards him.

The slightly taller man shook his head, “No…I’m just generally happy that even an argument couldn’t put me in a bad mood.” Mentally he added to himself, Because tomorrow you’re all going to be cute little babies, calling me Appa and I don’t have to worry or stress about anything other than keeping you lot safe, happy and giggling.

Himchan shook his head, “Whatever. You make no sense sometimes.”

The rest of the night passed rather uneventfully, the two arguers opted to stay in two different rooms sulking in their own fashions and Jongup and Zelo managed to convince Himchan to play on one of their video games which was loud, noisy and just a little on the irritating side but Yongguk was quite happy to let them get on with it. He made dinner, since Himchan clearly couldn’t figure out why he was so happy and therefore opted to punish him by giving him the relentless task.

Yongguk made sure that everyone ate probably more than they could handle but no one really complained and he made sure that they all went to bed as they were supposed to as well. Not a single complaint was sent his way, as he had noted always happened when the boys were about to turn into their adorable tiny selves and they all already looked so cute and happy as they curled up under their respective covers.

Except Himchan who was trying not to fall asleep on the couch and failing miserably at it.

Once he was quite sure that everyone was asleep, Yongguk quickly made the rounds placing various baby supplies and the new sleep suits next to their beds because it was just quicker. Plus, it meant he didn’t have a panic on in the morning either which always made life just a whole lot better.

Making his way back to the couch, he smiled as the sleeping figure on it as Himchan already looked to be completely adorable and just a little bit smaller. Yongguk wasn’t entirely sure at exactly what time the change fully took his little ones but he never really minded because he knew that when he woke up in the morning they would be there. Picking the other up, he carefully carried him to bed and tugged off his clothes before laying down next to the other and wrapping him tightly in his arms.

Within moments he was fast asleep and dreaming of what was to come the next morning.

Only to feel the light pattering of tiny, delicate little hands on his face what felt like a few moments later that slowly made him open his eyes with a low grunt as the fingers were insistent today. For a second he felt inclined to grumble and wish for just five more minutes because they did not have any schedules but as he blinked away the morning’s haze from his eyes he was met by the most adorable sight.

A little baby, maybe only eighteen months old with a cropping of brown hair that was sticking up at completely random angles from the probability of him rolling about in the hugely massive t-shirt that was now spread all over the bed. A bright, beautiful smile greeted him and the little hands stopped battering at his face as a gleeful giggle escaped the boy, “Appa!”

Yongguk smiled, “Morning, Himchannie.”

“Appa!” Himchan said again, giggling and placing little butterfly kisses all over Yongguk’s face, “Up!”

“Yes, up,” Yongguk said, pulling himself upright and making a grab for the little boy before he could decide to go wandering off and immediately grabbed a nappy which he began to place on the baby. “Are your brothers up yet, baby?”

Himchan stared at him, blinking and on his thumb before grinning widely and giggling before attempting to wriggle away. Yongguk thankfully knew how to move quick and pulled Himchan back before he could get too far, finished securing the nappy properly and grabbed the little blue bear sleep suit that he had for him and pulled it on. Himchan giggled even more and kept on trying to wriggle and bat at him but Yongguk barely minded, rewarding Himchan with little eskimo kisses and blowing raspberries onto his tummy just to make him laugh.

Once the little baby was dressed, Yongguk picked him up, remembered to grab one of his numerous Tigger toys and headed out to the corridor in an attempt to work out which room would already be occupied with another awake baby.

Though he didn’t have to think for very long as a cry came from the door on his immediate right and he opened it to find two more babies, both completely on the exact same bed as one another and it was only by the t-shirts that he was able to identify who they were. Daehyun and Youngjae appeared to have made up during the night, had probably kicked Jongup back to his shared bedroom with Zelo and had snuggled together until they turned into their baby forms.

Of course, the problem was that the pair as babies were inquisitive, destructive and generally could cause the uttermost mess if not supervised correctly but just about got away with it by being able to pull the most adorable faces ever. So the fact that there was an alarm clock broken on the floor and the distinct smell of urine coming from the bed was something that Yongguk could honestly expect to happen. For once it was Daehyun who was crying, his little eyes all scrunched up and his black hair looking distinctly wet.

Youngjae on the other hand was not paying the least bit of attention and was crawling his way to the edge of the bed to investigate something that he had spotted which made Yongguk pounce. “Right…Youngjae, what do you think you are doing weeing on Daehyun? I know you two had an argument last night but really?”

Youngjae looked at Yongguk with wide innocent brown eyes before blowing an attempt at a raspberry at him. His hair was surprisingly light and well-tailored but that could be purely because there was next to nothing of it at the moment. Which made Yongguk laugh as he shifted the boy onto the opposite bed, deposited Himchan down next to him in order to give him a good distraction and then moved onto the still wailing Daehyun.

“Aww sweetie, come here,” he cooed towards the little boy as he picked him up to settle him down which was achieved almost immediately, “Don’t you worry, we’ll get you all cleaned up and sorted in a second. You trust to your Appa okay?”

Grabbing a towel, he dried Daehyun off the best he could, took a moment or two to get Youngjae to stop biting Himchan and gave him a teething ring to chew on instead, returned to Daehyun with little kisses as he pulled on the nappy and a blue cat sleep suit, picked up the teething ring which Youngjae had hurled at him before returning his attention to Daehyun and then remembered to built a fort of pillows around Youngjae to stop him wandering off or biting Himchan again.

He managed to catch hold of a bored Himchan who had gone to fetch the once again thrown teething ring and placed him on the floor next to the bed whilst he finished off Daehyun before putting the boy onto the floor to play with Himchan.

Youngjae’s turn with the nappy and the sleepsuit did not entirely go according to plan as Youngjae was in a right old stroppy mood and tried everything he could to be difficult and awkward. He pulled against his Appa, wriggled and turned, tried to clear off whenever he could, whined, nearly cried but Yongguk wasn’t going to have any of that and eventually was only appeased into going into the Pikachu sleepsuit by the promise of getting to hold Tigger. Sometimes Yongguk wondered if Youngjae really was that bright a baby or he just knew how to get what he wanted but at least these three were now dressed and sorted.

“Right, time for the play pen for you three and then I can get the little ones up,” Yongguk said, managing to get all three babies into his arms and carry them along to the living room where he had set up the ‘play pen’ which was in fact a small inflatable swimming pool which was filled with baby safe toys. The sides were too high for even the adventurous Youngjae to get out of and it had been a life hack that had saved a lot of time and hassle.

He stopped by the kitchen to start making up the boy’s breakfast milk in the special warmer as he had melted way too many bottles in the pan and quickly checked on the boys in the playpen, setting the monitor up so that he wouldn’t have to keep jumping back and forth before heading to the room of their two youngest members. Not without a stop back into the other room to strip the bed of the urine soaked sheets to be dumped into the washing machine.

The room where Zelo and Jongup slept was quiet and almost still but Yongguk expected that and as he opened the curtains he couldn’t help but coo rather loudly. Jongup was on his bed, laying on his back with his feet raised up into the air so that he could on his toes. Even though they were covered with his t-shirt but the wide innocent light brown eyes and wisps of light brown hair were easy to tell. “Oh look at my flexible boy,” Yongguk cooed, gently pulling on the baby’s legs, “You don’t want to go eating your t-shirt, it’s not that nice at all.”

Jongup blinked and smiled gummily at him, hands raising up to wave as he recognized the man above him and a gurgle coming out of his little throat. Yongguk cooed at him, pressing his finger to the boys button nose and making little ‘bop’ noises just to keep Jongup smiling before he was carefully untangled from the t-shirt and dressed like all the other boys had been but into a Stitch sleepsuit that was a little too big for him but since Jongup was liable to be quite sleepy today it did not really matter.

Setting the little baby back down, Yongguk kissed his nose for good measure before moving across to the opposite bed where a tiny bundle was still sleeping. There was his precious little Junhong, all tiny, soft and squidgy with his hands and legs all akimbo as he gently dreamed whatever it was that babies dreamed off. Grinning more widely than ever, Yongguk quickly checked on the older kids to make sure that they were fine which they were before carefully dressing Junhong in his own tiny little nappy and a baby frog sleep suit that once again was too big for him but it did not really matter.

Pulling the two babes up into his arms, he kissed the tops of their heads and headed back to the living room to add the pair to the play pen on specially raised pillows designed to help them learn to sit. Jongup was immediately that attention of Daehyun who started petting his head whilst Zelo continued to sleep away cutely. But it wouldn’t be long before the youngster was up and wanted to be fed. Yongguk smiled as he watched his boys, Himchan trying to teach Youngjae to share Tigger, Daehyun enthusiastically petting a more than happy Jongup and Zelo still slumbering away. A few clicks of the camera on his phone had the pictures captured and stored away safely before a familiar ping went off to indicate that the milk was ready.

“Ah, whose ready for their brekkie huh?” he asked the boys, receiving a few gurgles, giggles and a distinct cry of, “Appa!” from Himchan before heading off into the kitchen in order to start the feeding routine for the day.

Just another typical day of the boys he loved being cute little babies. 

authors babbling: OMG...the cuteness is nearly killing me. I hope it's not overly sweet and sickly for you all. Let me know in the comments okay?