The scene when Seokjin got home was the usual chaos - the younger boys screaming at each other, the older two yelling at them. (Honestly, it was his apartment. Why did they spend so much time there?) He observed the scene for a few minutes, softly humming a tune. Even though they were running all around, they didn’t seem to notice him. (Which he was entirely fine with for the time being.) It wasn’t until he realized that they seemed to actually be arguing over something instead of just their usual bickering that he felt he should intervene.

He cleared his throat gently, making sure his internationally-known vocal chords were in proper working condition, then - “SHUT IT!”

The effect was immediate. Yoongi and Namjoon stopped yelling at each other; Hoseok dropped Jimin, who fell with a squawk and landed on the floor with a thump; Jeongguk hopped off the top of the refrigerator. (Which was normal. The boy had an odd habit of ending up places where he really ought not to be. For example, Hoseok, who lived a few rooms away, had once entered the condominium at three in the morning reporting that Jeongguk was sleeping in a janitorial closet on the fourth floor of an adjacent building that he notably did not live in.)

“Hullo, Jin,” they said in unison from exactly where they were, be it the floor of the living room or the conjoined kitchen.

Seokjin looked at all of them. “So, what happened now,” he deadpanned. “And why are you-” he pointed to Jeongguk