Dahyun - 5

Chaeyoung - 4

Tzuyu - 3

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Tzuyu loved Minjoong. He went everywhere with her, her bed, the bath, the park. When he was being washed, Tzuyu would sit by the washing machine until she could hold him again. Everybody knew that Tzuyu loved Minjoong, Jihyo knew this best of all. Nothing could get in the way of Tzuyu and her love for that one specific dog toy. But it didn't make it hurt any less when Tzuyu would choose to cuddle Minjoong rather then one of her mothers. Tzuyu loved them a lot but...she just loved Minjoong more.

Dahyun and Chaeyoung were fine with this. If they incorporated Tzuyu into their games then they would also allow Minjoong to 'play' as well. They were fine with it, it was just how Tzuyu was. They didn't have a problem with being second to a stuffed animal so, it was quite funny and odd that their mothers were the ones with the problem. Tzuyu would frequently ignore everyone in favour of playing with Minjoong and, over time, Jeongyeon learnt to do her own thing. She didn't fell the need to give Tzuyu affection a lot and was more than happy to sit a little way aways, watching her youngest daughter playing with her favourite toy.

Nayeon didn't mind sometimes but she still got a little annoyed when Tzuyu would run away, giggling, with Minjoong when Nayeon wanted to cuddle her tiny little body and pinch her plump baby cheeks. But Nayeon (even Nayeon!) learnt that Tzuyu would always choose Minjoong over her if she had the choice. It was Jihyo though, that never accepted it, always making up excuses why Tzuyu would run away. Jihyo just never seemed to accept it. She was, no doubt, the closest of the three mothers to the youngest daughter so, to be second to a stuffed animal was unacceptable.

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"Tzuyu-ah," Jihyo called up the stairs," Come downstairs. I'll put on your favourite movie." It was just the pair of them in the house. Nayeon was working and had taken Dahyun with her (Momo was also at the company building so she could look after Dahyun when Nayeon needed to go into a meeting). Jeongyeon was over at her parent's house - they had a family reunion because Jeongyeon's older sister had come back from abroad. Chaeyoung was also out of the house,