Flashbacks are italicized.    ----- It was the middle of the afternoon. Eric and the kids were standing in front of a three-story building while Hyesung was parking the minivan in the endless rows of parking spaces. Eric and the kids faced each other off, Eric calculating their moves while the other five were contemplating his. Eric on his teeth, a bothersome habit when he didn't like something or planning on asking a favor.   ...Since when did Eric ask for anything?   He scoffed at himself.   "Okay, boys," Eric started, eyeing each and every child in front of him. "I'll give you all five dollars if you don't tell your mother that you missed one day of school in favor of having breakfast with me."   Minwoo, Junjin, Junsu, Changmin and Doyoon crossed their arms.   "Twenty." Changmin countered.   "Ten."   "Fifteen."   "Deal." Eric pulled out his wallet, handing each one a twenty dollar bill. "Better bring me back the change."   Changmin's grin grew.   "Grandpa, why are we at the mall?" Junsu asked, looking at the crowds of people inside the glass doors.   Eric's lip twitched. Hyesung had hinted in the plane that he wanted to go shopping after they drop off the kids on their first day together. Eric, of course, refused the idea. Hyesung gave him a glare, and Eric decided going shopping would be good exercise.   Eric knows better.   "Isn't this what kids your age want to go to nowadays?" Eric questioned innocently and Minwoo shook his head.   Before he answered, Hyesung finally made it to the group and started going off.   "Okay, kids. Since there are seven of us, we should split into two groups. Doyoon, Junjin, and Minwoo. You are coming with me." Hyesung said and grabbed Doyoon's hand. "Eric, if you run into trouble, promise me that you will not make the situation worse than it already is."   "Why do you think I will run into trouble?"   "And don't try to do anything 'fun' either. I better not hear a complaint about you putting fake tarantulas in women's dressing rooms just to see what they would do on camera."   "For the record, that store-manager was in on it too."   "Just be a good boy and please, please, PLEASE behave. You have your grandkids with you. I don't want Jaejoong to think we will be a bad influence."   "Too late."   Hyesung smiled and gave him a peck on the lips before leading his little group through the doors.   "And I MEAN it, Eric Mun."   "It's nice to know you have so much faith in me."   Hyesung blew him another kiss before disappearing into the mall.   Eric turned towards the remaining boys. Changmin looked mildly annoyed to be in a group with Junsu, if his facial expressions towards the other boy were anything to go by, and Junsu smiled bashfully at Eric.   "Okay. What kind of stores do you like to go to?"   "Candy stores."   "Build-A-Bear."   Eric raised an eyebrow.   "Well, that's...sort of disappointing. Wait, aren't you a bit too big to need teddy bears?" Eric asked and Junsu bit his lip and looked down.   Changmin rolled his eyes and sneered at the other boy. "Junsu likes to be treated like a baby. Didn't you know? Mom and Dad still pick him up and rock him to sleep because he has nightmares."   Junsu put on a fake smile, a bit hurt, but didn't look up.   Eric his teeth.   "I can't believe it." Eric waved his hands around before crossing them over his chest.   "It's true. Junsu's a big baby."   "No, not that." Eric waved it off and Changmin tilted his head.   "Then about what?"   "Your father can lift an eleven-year old. Unbelievable."   "What?" Changmin scrunched up his face in confusion before Eric grabbed each of their hands, ignoring the question.   "Let's go. I'm sure you guys need a new wardrobe or toys to play with." Eric led the boys into the mall, Changmin scowling along the way.   "I don't play with toys! I'm ten!"   Eric rolled his eyes.   Junsu finally looked up.   "Grandpa, you are..." Junsu started but stopped himself, hesitating before looking down again.   Eric stopped, letting go of Changmin's hand and tilting Junsu's head up.   "Junsu, what's wrong?"   Junsu bit his lip again.   "You're not mad?" he asked tentatively, "At me?"   "Why would I be mad at you?"   "Because I'm..."Junsu looked at Changmin, "...a big baby?"   Eric saw the flash of hurt through Junsu's eyes and Eric enveloped him in a hug.   "Junsu, I'm your grandfather. There isn't anything that you would do that would ever make me mad at you. It's a little weird, but I know you will grow up in your own pace."   Junsu smiled.   "Thank you, Grandpa."   Eric let go of him, got back up and reached for their hands again.   "Now do any of you know where I can find sports? And a bathroom?"   "No, we never been to the mall before."   Eric groaned.   ------   "Oh! This is so adorable. What do you think Doyoon?" Hyesung cooed over a sailor outfit and Doyoon giggled.   "Halbeoni~"   Hyesung smiled and put it in the cart. So far there was maybe ten outfits that were just for Doyoon, and twenty for him. Hyesung couldn't help but sigh happily.   He just loved shopping.   Speaking of shopping, he looked around the store for the twins; they both decided that they would like to look for their clothes on their own, and Yunho always let them be as long as they return at the same spot they dispersed.   On top of that, he really wanted his grandkids to love him; even though he worried a bit just the thought of them more than ten feet away.   Maybe checking up on them wouldn't be so bad. Hyesung surveyed the area.   He couldn't spot Minwoo, but he found Junjin flirting with a female attendant. Hyesung shook his head, but he was glad that he has at least one of them in his eyesight.   When he was debating whether or not he should go and intervene, Minwoo popped up next to him, a couple jeans over his shoulder and one on each hand.   "Halbeoni, help me choose. Red or black?"   Hyesung looked at each item carefully.   "Which one do you like?" Minwoo rolled his eyes.   "I like both of them. I just don't know which one I like more." Minwoo looked at both pants.   The dark, red pants had multiple chains hanging by a chain belt around the hips. It had at least six pockets on one side and four on the other, and a large 'M' on one of the back pockets. The black ones were almost the same, except had no chains. Apparently they were from the same designer.   Hyesung hummed.   "Take the red ones. Looks wild and exciting." Hyesung grabbed the pants and put them in the cart, making it to the top of the pile.   When he turned back, Minwoo had a surprised look on his face.   "What?"   "Did...did you really just do that?" Even though his tone was serious, Minwoo's lips curled up into a smile. Hyesung was confused.   "I...guess?" Hyesung said and, before he knew it, was engulfed in a hug by said teen.   "You don't know how cool you are!" Minwoo said before running off.   Hyesung, shocked, felt his heart flutter with acceptance.   Gracing his lips with his own smile, he continued shopping. Though now, Minwoo will occasionally show up with either shorts or shirts, some matching the style with the chained-red pants.   After another hour, Hyesung had two carts full of clothing and cologne. Most of it was his, of course, and Junjin and Minwoo had a few. Doyoon had more than both of them combined.   What? It's not his fault.   Hyesung dumped the clothing on the register, some falling as he stacked them up. The sales attendant stood flaggerbasted at the mountain of clo