Several nurses saw off Sena, the only mother to give birth around the same time, as she left the hospital with twin girls. Taehyung carefully placed the babies in their car seats, holding them one in each hand. Taein seemed glad he hadn't thrown away Taeyoon's used ones.
“Now that I’m home, the real parenting war begins! The good times at the daycare center are over.”
“Just rest, I’ll take care of the childcare and housework.”
“We already have a lot to do. We only have the clothes Taein used to wear, so we need to buy more baby clothes to dress one more baby. We also need to name the babies and register their births.”
“Do you have a name in mind?”
“Will it be? The sky has been calling with clouds for ten months.”
“Should we do it with the crown prince?”
“Wouldn’t that be better? Tae.. Langi.”
“Taerangi, Taerangi.. oh, isn’t that a pretty name?”
“You had a dream about twin tigers, right? The first one was Taerang?”
“It’s good, isn’t it? The sky’s name is now Taerang.”
Although Sena and Taehyung didn't see it, Taerang seemed to like it and was nagging behind her.
“Second is... Taeyul!”
“The first is Kim Tae-rang, the second is Kim Tae-yul.”
Taehyung left home a few days later, saying he would come back after registering the birth. At home, Sena and Taedong were left struggling to raise the newborn all day.
“Mom, are you okay?”
Taein looked worriedly at her side and stroked Sena's wrist, which was covered with a guard, with his fern-like hand.
“As expected, our Taein is the only one left, but there’s nothing we can do about the newborns.”
“Chi- If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have said I wanted a younger sibling.”
"No, Mom is happy. Taein said he wanted a younger sister, and now he has two. So Mom is happy."
“Really? Then I take back what I just said!”
Sena and Taein looked at each other and smiled brightly. At that moment, Taeyoon...
“What the… I wanted to play with cars with my younger brother… Why are there only younger sisters?”
Taeyoon is pouting while fiddling with his toy car alone.
“Eww!”
Taehyung and Sena couldn't sleep well because of their newborn, Taedung, who would whine and cry at any moment, day or night. They took turns waking up to feed him formula and change his diapers. Before they knew it, the sun would rise, and Taein would have to help Taeyoon get ready for school. Taein, perhaps having grown up, would volunteer to do everything on his own, but Taeyoon, still a spoiled brat, would whine and demand that his dad do everything for him. But it was impossible to scold him. After all, they were only eight years old.
“Dad, Dad-!”
“Tae-yoon, Mom will help you with that.”
“No, I don’t want to! Dad, do it for me-”
Taehyung, who was frying eggs to eat before going to school, finally exploded after holding it in for a while and left the cooking to Sena. After changing clothes in his room, he quickly walked up to Taeyoon, who was throwing a tantrum because it wasn't going well.
“Dad, do this for me!”
“Kim Tae-yoon, your father told you not to act like a troublemaker.”
“Ugh.. Dad.. “
Taeyoon, frightened by Taehyung's angry expression after a long time, began to cry. Sena ran from the kitchen and stopped Taehyung.
“You can just talk to her nicely. Why are you so angry at her?”
" under… "
Taehyung, his mind at a boiling point, calmed down and approached Taeyoon, putting the socks back on the child's feet. He then lifted Taeyoon up, kissed her cheek, and gently nudged her back, telling her to go out and eat. Taeyoon, his whole body visibly upset, went to the kitchen to eat. Sena glared at Taehyung and whispered.
“Look, Taeyoon’s upset because of you. What are you going to do?”
“.. Okay. I’ll take the kids to school and come back.”
After dropping the kids off at school and returning home, Taehyung entered the room under Sena's stern glare and smiled brightly at Taerang and Taeyul.
“You haven’t forgotten, have you?”
" what? "
"You weren't trying to pretend like nothing happened? I mean, Taeyoon scolded me this morning!"
“What are you mad about? I was just disciplining you to stop throwing tantrums.”
"You were right, you were angry. The kid was really scared, and then he got upset when you put his socks on. He just stayed quiet in the car, didn't he?"
“What can I say? I just said, ‘Have a good day at school.’”
"Ugh, I'm so frustrated. It only takes a moment for father and son to grow apart. It's because Taeyoon is young now. When he hits puberty, he'll say goodbye to his brother in an instant."
“So, what do you want me to do?”
"When Taeyoon comes home from school, we'll go out and buy him something delicious to eat and chat about. Once your relationship has improved, you can come home. If Taeyoon comes home sulking, you'll know I'm the only one who can't come home, okay?"
“Until then, you’re going to watch the twins and Taein alone? No, not today, but next time, like Sena said, I’ll do it.”
"Taein, Taeyul, is Taerang your only daughter? Taeyoon is also your oldest son. Oppa... please treat Taeyoon really well. But he's the eldest, so don't rush him and hurt him by saying that he's slower than Taein."
“When did I ever say that I was rushing you…?”
“Tae-yoon, you said you walked and spoke slower than Tae-in. Isn’t Tae-yoon a sore thumb to oppa..?”
“.. That’s right, everything was always slower than Taein’s.. It was frustrating.”
"That's why you need to be there to encourage and support me more. Even in the morning, when something goes wrong, Taeyoon only looks for you, because you're the one Taeyoon loves the most."
“.. I’ll take Taein home and go get some fresh air with Taeyoon.”
“.. Good idea, fighting..!”
