Saeran and Saeyoung are now 19 years old

In Chapter 4, when the boys meet Topanga, Karma is now the one who blushes while Saeran says that he's 'gotten farther than either of these morons'

In Chapter 3, when Saeran took off his jacket he had a 'sleeve of colorful tattoos' but now he only has a 'sleeve of tattoos'


Riley shot up in bed as thunder rumbled outside. She didn't move until her ragged breathing settled. She lay back down and tried to fall asleep again, only to find she couldn't close her eyes longer than blinking. She couldn't remember the nightmare, but it somehow still made her too scared to sleep. She was about to roll over and force herself to go back to sleep when she recalled something.

"She's good at keeping nightmares away."

"She may not be ready to forgive you, but I can tell she still cares about you all."

"I'll always be there for you."

Riley bit the inside of her cheek. Was she really going to bother her sister, who didn't consider her a sister, with such a childish thing?

Lightning flashed and the brunette was out of bed before the thunder sounded.

She timidly knocked on the door, which had a number of Auggie's drawings taped to it. "Come in." Riley slipped inside and saw that Emma was sitting up in bed with a book in hand and a candle burning on the bedside table. She shuffled her feet awkwardly at the raised eyebrow.

"A-Auggie said you were good at keeping nightmare away, and I-" She was thankfully cut off when Emma put away her book and lifted the covers for the smaller girl to climb in. Riley dived into the comforting blankets as Emma shuffled to lay down after blowing out the candle. She seemed to sense Riley's awkwardness and wrapped an arm around her, petting her hair. The soothing feeling caused her to quickly drift off to sleep, her nightmare forgotten.


Riley woke up peacefully, feeling warm, safe and happy. She blearily opened her eyes and found herself cuddled up to Emma with her head over the older girl's heart, the steady thumping almost sending her back to sleep. She picked her head up slightly and found Karma on the other side of her sister, the two holding hands. She smiled at the sight. Riley found it blatantly obvious how much the three cared for Emma and vice-versa. She shook herself out of her thoughts and left the room, getting dressed before trudging into the kitchen tiredly. She blinked in surprise after exiting the hallway.

"Uncle Shawn? What are you doing here?" She grabbed an orange and sat at the table with her family.

"Someone called and said it was urgent." He explained, glaring tiredly at Cory. "Something about a problem with his eldest." He shot her an accusing look. "So what'd you do? Finally let Maya have an influence on you?" Riley was confused for a moment.

"Oh! You think he meant me! No, he was probably talking about Emma. My- Auggie's sister."

Shawn blinked. Twice. Then realization pimp slapped him.

"CORY, YOU HAVE ANOTHER DAUGHTER!"

"I KNOW!"

"Jeez, keep it down, would ya? People are trying to sleep." Everyone's attention turned to Karma as he entered the kitchen, slipping on his blazer. "Hey, Auggie, does Emma still have those bottles of juice?" Auggie nodded happily.

"Bottom shelf in the fridge." Karma pulled out two glass bottles and handed one to Auggie. They both drank, ignoring the stares they received.

"Who are you?" Shawn asked.

"Emma's boyfriend," Was the immediate response.

"Why are you here?"

"I was sleeping before people started shouting." He turned back to Auggie. "Did you want to come to work with Emma?"

"With all my heart," Auggie said solemnly.

"Go get dressed, then. We're leaving as soon as she's ready." Auggie hurried off to his room to change out of his pajamas. As soon as he was gone Karma dropped his friendly demeanor. "You," He pointed at Cory. "I don't like you one bit. You know why? Because you're making Emma's life worse."

"I-"

"Don't interrupt me. You ignored her for the first fifteen years of her life and all of a sudden you're trying to act like that never happened. Do you know how many anxiety attacks you nearly caused?" He turned to Topanga. "You're pretty much fine because you don't push it as much as he did." He turned back to Cory. "But my brothers and I are this close to trying to get her to live with us, Jaehee or Jumin. So if you cared for her at all you'd stop pushing her and trying to tell her how to live her life." He gave a frightening smile before turning to Riley. "Now, did you want to come to work with us?"

"You're inviting me? Would Emma be okay with that?" Karma shrugged and smirked.

"Sure. My classmates will probably be there and we'll all torment her while she tries to ignore us. It's a blast." He snickered evilly and Riley could almost see him with devil horns and a tail.

"Oh yeah, lots of fun." Emma commented sarcastically from her seat on the countertop. Everyone but Karma jumped.

"When did you get here?!" Shawn shouted in surprise, causing the girl to raise her eyebrows.

"I passed Auggie on his way to get dressed." She took a drink from Karma's juice casually. She wore a black and white checkered dress that ended at mid-thigh with a white petticoat. Holding the dress up was two straps that made a bow at the back of her neck and attached to the bodice at the cleavage with a red plastic rose blossom. She paired it with red socks that left only a sliver of her legs showing and black heeled boots that barely covered her knees. Her hair was left down and she had her contacts in, which made her blue eyes shine. "Well? What do you think, Karma?" She hopped off the counter and gave a spin.

"Short skirt and red? Is it my birthday?" He snickered and dodged the pinch aimed at his cheek, but he couldn't dodge the kiss that left a bright red lipstick mark. "I'm not wiping that off, just in case my brothers show up." He let her smack the back of his head gently.

"I'm almost afraid to ask, but what does a kiss mark have to do with his brothers?" Emma groaned and leaned forward to rest against Karma's back, tucking her nose into his hair and using her thumb to try and get rid of the mark.

"I don't feel like explaining again. You take this one."

"I'm dating Emma, my brother Saeran is dating Emma and my brother Saeyoung is dating Emma. My brothers are both nineteen and I'm thirteen. No, she has not lost her virginity, yes, I have tried." Emma pinched his cheek and tugged. "Ow, I kid, I kid! Hmm, what else… She calls my brothers and I triplets since she knows that Saeran and I don't like being related to Saeyoung. And I'm her favorite!" Karma's cheek had gone numb from her tugging at it, so he figured he had nothing to lose. Shawn turned to Topanga with shock on his face.

"And you're okay with this?" She sighed.

"It looks like they're doing a better job taking care of her than we have." That stunned them into silence until Auggie bounded into the kitchen and into his sister's arms.

"I'm ready!" Emma nodded, still shook, and turned to leave. Karma got up, too, grabbing his empty juice bottle.

"Coming, Matthews?" Riley nodded quickly and followed them. Emma picked up her bag as she went by, balancing it and her brother while opening the door. "Watch your step, Em." He grabbed her shoulder and stopped her from walking into a wall. "Alright, this way, love." He steered her with a hand on her lower back. They made it down one flight of stairs before Emma placed her hand over Auggie's ear, pushing his other against her shoulder.

"What the f-"