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Vernon sat on the couch with Seongmin in his lap, watching in amusement as Seungkwan rushed around the house to make sure they had everything while Homin toddled behind him on unsteady feet, a bright smile on the toddler's face. "Okay we've got our Mickey and Minnie Mouse decorations, extra clothes for if they get dirty, we're gonna pick up the sandwiches on the way there, and Share the Love is providing the cupcakes, drinks, and tableware." Seungkwan clapped his hands together, letting out a breath. "I think we're ready."
"I believe we are." Vernon agreed, standing up with Seongmin.
Seungkwan bent over to pick up Homin, pressing a kiss to his cheek. "Let's go get the car packed up so we can go to your birthday party."
Once the car was loaded up, they made the 10-minute drive to the Subway down the street from Share the Love PupsClub to pick up their catering order, then went on to the club where staff let them in and led them to the party room. Seungkwan immediately got to work decorating the room with the Mickey and Minnie Mouse decorations they'd brought while Vernon kept the twins occupied, following Homin around as he toddled around an empty area of the room and trying to encourage Seongmin to walk too, however the omega pup just wasn't interested in doing that. Their families arrived not long after them, greeting the four of them cheerfully and setting the presents they were carrying down where Seungkwan instructed them to.
"He's really getting the hang of walking, isn't he?" Vernon's mom mused, gesturing to where Homin was now walking between his grandparents and aunts, basking in their attention. "Seongmin, you don't want to do that yet?"
Vernon shook his head slightly, hitching Seongmin higher up on his hip. "No, he's content being carried around by Eomma and Daddy." Seongmin giggled a bit as Vernon pressed a kiss to his cheek. "Maybe one day soon though."
A few minutes later, Joshua and Seokmin entered the room with Holly and Seungkwan immediately let out a noise of exasperation. "And the guests are arriving now! Great!" He ran a hand over his face, visibly stressed.
Joshua looked at Vernon sheepishly. "We didn't realize we were the first ones."
"Do you want us to leave and come back?" Seokmin asked with a slight laugh that let Vernon know he was at least partially joking.
Vernon shook his head. "He'll be fine. Once people are here and he realizes that no one's going to judge him if the decorations aren't perfectly straight for a couple of one year olds' birthday party." Seungkwan narrowed his eyes at the alpha, who just smiled and passed Seongmin off to Sofia before walking over to his mate. "Relax." He said, placing his hands on Seungkwan's shoulders and rubbing them. "The twins aren't even gonna remember this."
That did the exact opposite of comforting Seungkwan. "Oh, so we just spent over a thousand dollars on a party they're not even gonna remember."
"I mean they're not gonna remember if the decorations were perfect." Vernon clarified. "All they'll remember is how happy they were being surrounded by friends and family." He pressed a kiss to Seungkwan's cheek. "Don't stress. Just enjoy this day with everyone."
"I'll try." Seungkwan said quietly, tilting his head and puckering his lips for Vernon to kiss.
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After the excitement of their first birthday party, it had taken a considerable amount of time to get Homin and Seongmin to settle down enough to nurse and go to sleep in the cribs. Much longer than the 8:00 bedtime Seungkwan liked to strive for to guarantee they got a good night's sleep. So it was now nearly midnight and Seungkwan was still going through each of the boys' presents, separating them between who had received what, if they were toys or clothes or other necessities, and organizing them as he refused to go to sleep until that had been taken care of.
Just as Seungkwan got up to take the light up sneakers each twin had received from his parents to the shoe rack, Vernon appeared holding out a wrapped gift. "The first of many." He said with a smile.
"I keep telling you that you don't have to get me anything." Seungkwan said, although he was smiling too as he set the twins' shoes down and took the gift from Vernon.
"And I will keep ignoring you on that because I want to spoil you." Vernon insisted as Seungkwan unwrapped the gift, revealing the newest edition iPad. The omega didn't even get to react beyond his eyes widening before Vernon said, "You're always complaining about how slow yours is running and how much it's glitching, so I thought I'd go ahead and get you a new one."
Seungkwan's smile grew as he carefully set the iPad down to instead loop his arms around Vernon's neck. "Thank you." He softly pressed his lips to Vernon's. "When do I get my second gift?" He asked.
"Oh, so now you do actually want presents." Vernon teased him.
"No!" Seungkwan denied, laughing a bit as he playfully pinched Vernon. "I’m just in the mood for boom boom now and I'd like to know when I can expect it."
Vernon's eyes darkened the tiniest bit, and the alpha pursed his lips as if he were seriously considering that. "Well technically boom boom was supposed to be the last gift, to end your birthday on a high note obviously."
"Obviously." Seungkwan nodded with a slight laugh.
"But I guess we could squeeze an extra boom boom in." Vernon said, nodding to himself in a way that had Seungkwan laughing again. Smiling, Vernon leaned down to press his lips to Seungkwan's, hands traveling down to the omega's ass and squeezing hard enough to have the omega gasping into the kiss.
"I think an extra boom boom would be great." Seungkwan said, pressing closer to the alpha. Vernon responded by gripping Seungkwan's thighs and lifting him up, the now 35-year-old omega laughing and holding Vernon tighter as the alpha carried him to their bedroom.