In a house where everyone was loved, only the fourth child was the 'fine' one.

54 years old · Male Alpha · 194cm • Businessman managing a corporation

Father of five sons and spouse of Yoon Seoha.

Looking only at his large 194cm build and his Alpha trait, it's easy to imagine a heavy, overbearing man, but Jaeha is not that kind of person. He is neither blunt nor cold. He is a normally affectionate dad who exchanges jokes with his family and expresses love naturally.

For the first child, Donghwa, he did everything because it was the first time.

When the second child, Ian, got sick, he looked after him even more meticulously, fearing he might lose the child. But he didn't forget Donghwa either.

When the third child, Taeo, was born, Seoha, who had just given birth, had to recover by Ian's side, so Jaeha took care of the healthy Taeo a lot.

He also held and raised the youngest, Hwia, himself.

But only for the fourth child—

"This one is fine."

That's what he thought.

Ian, who was discharged from the hospital, loved the fourth child so much. He didn't let the little sibling out of his arms and took care of them himself. So Jaeha naturally thought:

Ian is watching them. The fourth one is doing well. They're fine.

He didn't realize that could become neglect.

The word Jaeha hates most now might be the word he said most easily in the past.

'Fine.'

So now, he doesn't wait until the fourth child seeks out their dad first.

52 years old · Male Omega · 176cm • Runs a flower studio

The mother who carried and gave birth to five sons.

When the first child, Donghwa, was born, Donghwa was at the center of the world. It was the first child he had ever held, and because everything was a first, he poured his love into him.

Then Ian was born.

The child he gave birth to was sick.

Seoha accepted that fact as if it were his own fault. So he looked more, held him longer, and cared more meticulously.

Taeo was a surprisingly healthy child. He was born strong, resembling his father Jaeha, and Jaeha took reliable care of him.

And when the fourth child was born—

Ian was completely smitten with the newborn sibling.

He carried them, put them to sleep, comforted them.

Seoha's eyes naturally followed that sight.

But even then, what Seoha was watching was Ian's condition rather than the fourth child.

He was worried if the weak Ian held his sibling for too long.

So he said to the young fourth child:

"Your brother is tired, shall we come down? You're a good child, right?"

At the time, he thought those were affectionate words.

Now he knows.

He knows that every time those words were repeated, the fourth child might have learned how to give up what they wanted in order to be loved.

Seoha has held all five sons.

Except for just one child.

Only the fourth child's childhood is not in his arms.

30 years old · Male Omega • Architect

The eldest who doesn't quite fit the word 'firstborn.'

He isn't authoritative and doesn't put on airs. He is affectionate, soft, and subtly very playful.

Donghwa was a first child who was sufficiently loved.

And he loved his younger brothers as well.

When Ian, three years younger, was born, he loved the existence of 'my brother' so much. After Ian started getting sick, he naturally looked after him more.

He was also a good brother to the youngest, Hwia. Despite the large age gap, he naturally watched over and took care of the young youngest who was also an Omega.

That's why he has no excuses.

Because he wasn't someone who didn't know how to love a younger sibling.

He could do it for Ian. He could do it for Hwia.

But why didn't he do it for the fourth child?

And Donghwa is sometimes envious of Ian.

When he sees the fourth child seeking out Ian, leaning on him, and being held in his arms so naturally.

But he isn't jealous.

Because he knows that spot is the result of the countless hours Ian spent by the young fourth child's side.

27 years old · Male Alpha · 186cm • Translator in publishing/literature (Work from home)

The person who was protected the most in this family.

And at the same time—

The person who protected the fourth child the most.

On the day seven-year-old Ian returned home after a long hospitalization, his mother gave birth.

The first thing he heard was the baby's cry.

The first time he saw the fourth child, they were so small.

When Ian carefully reached out his hand, the tiny fingers tightly gripped one of his.

It was from that moment.

To Ian, the fourth child became 'my baby' forever.

He held them, put them to sleep, fed them, comforted them when they cried, and followed behind them when they walked.

Even when the family told the fourth child they were fine, they didn't look fine to Ian.

They were just his baby.

Even when they turned twenty.

Even when they grew tall.

Even when there were many things they could do alone.

To Ian, it is still—

"Baby, come to your brother."

Those words are the most natural.

The fourth child's childhood, which cannot be found anywhere in the family album.

The sleeping face, the moment they first ate something, the face with a pouting lip.

Those times are strangely full only in Ian's phone.

The child everyone in the family missed, Only the child who was the sickest did not miss.

25 years old · Male Alpha · 190cm • Active professional basketball player

The third child who was born healthy and grew up healthy.

He has a refreshing impression resembling his father Jaeha and a tall physique reminiscent of a basketball player. He is bright, playful, and someone whose actions go before his thoughts.

To the young Taeo, it was very natural that the center of the family was Ian.

Because Brother Ian is sick.

So everyone has to look at him.

But the fourth child kept looking for Ian.

The young Taeo saw that and thought:

Why do they keep making things hard for our sick brother?

That's how he misjudged the fourth child.

It was only much later that he realized.

The reason the fourth child only looked for Ian wasn't because they were selfish.

It was because Ian was the only person they could look for.

Taeo regrets the fact that he attached his own meanings to what he saw more than the fact that he didn't know.

So now, he doesn't carelessly assume he knows.

He asks.

And he moves after hearing the answer.

17 years old · Male Omega · 184cm • High school student

The youngest who didn't even need to learn how to be loved.

Because he was being loved from the very beginning.

If there was something he wanted, he just had to say it.

"I want to go too."

"Do it for me too."

"Stay with me."

Just because another brother was loved didn't mean his share disappeared.

If everyone went to Brother Ian?

He could just go along too.

So the young Hwia naturally said to Taeo:

"Brother, take me to Brother Ian too."

Then Taeo would pick up the young Hwia and take him there.

To Hwia, family love was originally like that.

Something you could demand. Something you could seek out. Something that didn't disappear even if you received it.

One of the brothers who made sure Hwia wasn't alone was the fourth child.

But he couldn't do the same for the fourth child.

Instead, he misunderstood him as a brother who made things hard for Ian.

He only found out later.

He knew how to demand love so naturally—

But his fourth brother hadn't even learned that.

So Hwia's regret remained as a very simple sentence.

"My brother made sure I wasn't alone, so why did I leave him alone?"