The Lees and the maknae Kim mom, when alive, was a chef, therefore her kids knew how to handle themselves in the kitchen, aside Sunggyu that only knew how to make scrambled eggs under the supervision of an adult. When younger, Sungyeol didn't have much patience to learn because he preferred to read books or study, but once he started living in a dorm he knew how crucial it would be for him to learn how to cook in order to survive and that ended up being useful when he started living with Sunggyu because, damn, the kid could be picky, he always needed to be consulting his mom’s recipe book to figure out something for Sunggyu.

Thankfully not only Kimchi Jiggae was something he could make, but it was something he could make as good as his late mother and whenever he did it, even if it wasn't one of his and his siblings’ favorite dishes, it never failed into making them salivate and he only hoped that it would please his neighbors as well.

He took Sunggyu as his assistant as the boy seemed eager to help, it would be their first time cooking together, and he was the cutest thing dressed up like a little chef with his mom’s white apron folded in his waist. Sungyeol had to snap a photo and send it to Sungjong to see if that would melt the middle brother’s heart, it seemed that the younger didn't want to talk to him after their fight and had been ignoring his calls. Just to be sure Sungjong’s heart would melt Sungyeol recorded a conversation:

“Sunggyu, what are we doing right now?”

“We're cooking Woohyunnie and Myungsoo hyung a meal!” Sunggyu replied cheerfully.

“What are we cooking?”

“Kimchi jiggaeeeeeee~~!” Sunggyu let out a happy squeal.

After sending the audio to Sungjong, Sungyeol gathered the ingredients on the counter to start cooking but was surprised when Sunggyu picked the onion and started peeling it, even though he did his best to keep it away as possible from his small eyes, and that made Sungyeol travel back down the memory lane.

“Mom, I don't want to cook, I want to read my book!” He pouted.

“But it's important for you to learn how to cook too. Here, read this.” The lady opened a book and pointed something for Sungyeol to start reading.

“Peel the onion and slice it thinly.”

Wow, you read so well.” She coed then showed him an onion. “This will be your task since we are “cooking for your father’s friends you'll need to peel two or three. Be careful with your eyes, don't rub your hands in them.” She instructed.

Sungyeol pouted but put the book aside and did what he was told, not caring about his mom’s advice. He did well with the first onion and put it to the side, but, when he started peeling the second, he felt his eyes burn. Sungyeol blinked a lot but after some time he felt tears coming out of his big eyes, that's when he made a big mistake and tried to rub his eyes, thing that only made them burn even more.

“Mom! Mom!” He called. “Mom, my eyes!” The lady came running to his aid, scooping him in the air and placing him on the counter so she could wash his face while he cried out of pain. It took a few minutes for Sungyeol to feel like he was able to see properly. "I hate onions, I hate them, I'll never eat them again!" The lady merely chuckled and kissed her son's cheeks, then involved him in a hug full of love.

“Hyung... my eyes!” Sunggyu complained as he pulled Sungyeol shirt and the elder brother finally snapped back to reality and scooped Sunggyu to sit on the counter so he could wash his face. Once done, Sunggyu didn't say he hated onions and wouldn't eat them anymore, simply because he originally didn't eat it, but he hugged Sungyeol in search for comfort, and, with a sense of dejá vù, Sungyeol did what his mom had been doing all her life: kissed the younger brother cheeks and hugged him until Sunggyu felt better.

Sungyeol gave Sunggyu simpler tasks after that, like mainly picking up ingredients or taking chopsticks and spoons, then bowls to the table. When the dish was made, the table was set and both brothers had taken a bath, Sungyeol bit his nails nervously as he eyed the clock, would the neighbors really come? He instantly regretted that he left without hearing confirmation.

He was in the middle of his nervous thoughts when he heard impatient knocks on his door, would that be them? Before he had the chance to finish his thoughts Sunggyu had disappeared from his view and went to open the door.

“Woohyunnie!” His brother greeted excitedly.

“Gyu hyung!” Woohyun greeted cheerfully back but when he noticed Sungyeol arriving behind his hyung he tried to hide behind his father that had just finished locking their door.

“Namu, I'm right here, he won't do anything to you.” Myungsoo encouraged his son to come out from behind him then looked up until his eyes met Sungyeol's. “Are we late?”

“No, absolutely not.” Sungyeol tried to say without showing how nervous and awkward he felt. “Come on in.” He pulled Sunggyu slightly back for the neighbors to enter.

Sunggyu seemed to be anticipating this moment and Woohyun as well, but before entering the youngest boy looked at his father for permission and Myungsoo gave him an almost unnoticeable nod. Both boys grinned and Woohyun finally took the first step to enter the neighbors’ apartment to get closer to his friend. Myungsoo followed right after and Sungyeol motioned them to follow him to the small table in his apartment.

“If you need to wash your hands...”

“No need, we just took a bath.” Myungsoo interrupted and Sungyeol cursed in his mind, they barely exchanged two sentences and Sungyeol already sensed that his neighbor would be defensive and this would be difficult, not that Sungyeol blamed him for this, it was his own fault anyway.

Sungyeol then sat at the table with Sunggyu on his left and Woohyun in front of him and Myungsoo followed sitting on his right. He served half a bowl for Sunggyu, the boy didn't eat much anyway, then a full bowl for himself. “I hope you like this Kimchi jiggae, Sunggyu and I put a lot of effort on it.” He motioned Myungsoo to serve himself and Woohyun.

Myungsoo wasn't going to say anything and just serve a bowl for his son but the little boy decided to open up his mouth. “This smells so delicious!” The boy beamed then put his two hands together and started to mumble things that Sungyeol couldn't comprehend, but chose, wisely, not to say anything about it.

Myungsoo filled a bowl to the brim which Sungyeol thought it would be for himself but ended up being placed in front of Woohyun before filling a bowl for himself. Sungyeol frowned, the boy was so tiny, would he really be able to eat all of that?

“Don't underestimate him, Woohyun is good at eating.” Myungsoo advised as he looked carefully at his bowl and played a bit with his food while at the same time Woohyun finished his quick prayers and dug in.

“This is so goooooooood.” The boy said once he was able to chew everything and engulf the food and Sunggyu looked at him with a dumbfounded face, his friend was eating the vegetables, how? Those weren't good at all. Sunggyu ended up shrugging and focusing on trying to take all of the vegetables out of his bowl.

Myungsoo could say a lot about his son, but one of the things that made him very proud of his kid was that Woohyun didn't give any trouble to eat. Aside octopus, Woohyun liked everything so if he said the food was good it was good, if he said the food was bad someone did the recipe wrong. With a brief look to Sungyeol, that seemed on the edge of his chair anticipating Myungsoo to try his homemade kimchi jiggae, he finally tried.

His eyes instantly became bigger and Sungyeol seemed to worry if he didn't like it, but, on contrary, this was one of the most delicious kimchi jiggae Myungsoo had ever tasted, it even beat some made by chefs that his mother often brought to him. “This... this is very good.”

“Really?” Sungyeol sighed in relieved, secretly pleased that the dish he could make almost to perfection suited the taste of both of his neighbors to even be praised, he could only hope that this would make him earn some points with them. “Thank you, my mom was a chef, she taught me a trick or two, but I'll never ever come close to the delicious food she was able to make.” Sungyeol said hoping that would steer some awkward conversation but Myungsoo just hummed and decided to focus on his bowl, making Sungyeol sigh internally as he predicted how awkward tonight would go.

So they ended up eating mostly in silence, if you didn't count the sound of the kids munching on their food and Sungyeol occasionally trying to ask Sunggyu to eat his vegetables instead of taking them out of his bowl, until Woohyun placed his bowl back on the table and tried to communicate with his father through his eyes.

“No.” Myungsoo said unperturbed although he was feeling Woohyun’s puppy eyes on him.

“Please!” The boy insisted, this time voicing, sort of, whatever was that he was asking his dad and this seemed to do the trick because Myungsoo just passed his own bowl to the kid, thing that surprised Sungyeol for two reasons: 1 – the kid just ate a full bowl, thing Sungyeol didn't think it was possible for someone this tiny, and 2 – Myungsoo just handed the boy his own bowl when he could have served some kimchi jiggae to the boy from the pot.

Sungyeol cleaned his throat a bit to get their attention, but instead of asking if Myungsoo would really allow the kid to have another bowl, he decided to go with more kinder words. “If he wants to eat more you can serve him more from the pot so you can finish your own bowl.”

“No.” Myungsoo said void of emotions. “It's not like he can eat much more than what I had in my bowl now so he'll regret that decision soon. I don't want to waste food.”

“It's ok, you....” Sungyeol would say he that it wasn't a problem for him but Sunggyu chose this moment to interrupt him by pushing his bowl far from himself, he was apparently done with his half bowl of Kimchi Jiggae or he was so anxious to go to play with his friend that he would still leave some food behind.

“Woohyunnie, let's play in my room.” The older kid invited while Sungyeol took a look at the younger bowl to see if he had eaten something, well most was missing.

The younger boy looked from Sunggyu to his bowl to his father then back at his bowl, he was probably pondering over the dilemma: to finish eating the delicious food or going to play with his friend like he had been wanting? Thankfully the adults decided for him, although Sungyeol dreaded the difficult part of the night that probably would happen right after the boys left the table.

“Give me here, I'll finish this so you can go play with Sunggyu.” Myungsoo said and Woohyun let his father take his bowl back although he seemed still upset he wouldn't finish it.

“If you want to eat more later I can pack the rest of it for you to eat tomorrow.” Sungyeol offered in his best soft tone since it seems as if Woohyun feared him.

“That won't be...” Myungsoo wanted to refuse, - the neighbor that hated him and his son offering food? That was plainly strange - but his son interrupted him.

“Thank you.” Woohyun slipped out of his chair and threw a smile then bowed 90 degrees for Sungyeol, before picking up the empty bowl and chopsticks that he used first and, since he had been in the brothers apartment once before, he directed himself for the small American kitchen to leave his the bowl and chopsticks at the sink.

Sungyeol watched the boy with his jaw slightly opened, if he judged Woohyun manners for yelling early in the morning, he clearly saw now that the boy had a whole complete set of them now. The boy had: praised the food, ate quietly (vegetables included) and without any mess (unlikely Sunggyu that let something drop over the table here and there), asked his dad for permission whenever he wanted to do something that he thought it could be wrong, gave a perfect 90 degrees bow, and freaking put his bowl in the sink, thing that Sunggyu never ever did (even though he had never been yelled for this).

“Woohyunnie!” Sunggyu called impatiently as he also left his chair, contrary to his friend his left his things on the table for Sungyeol to put out again.

When Woohyun came back he asked his father with his eyes if it was ok to go play now, and after Myungsoo instructed not to be loud and not make a mess, gave his consent and Sungyeol noticed that his neighbor seemed as tense as he was, probably also dreading the moment they would be alone.

The boys scampered towards Sunggyu’s room and right before entering they turned around to talk to the adults. “Sungyeol hyung, Myungsoo hyung, fighting.” Sunggyu cheered. “Be friends too!” Woohyun added.

They meant good, to encourage the adults, but when they finally entered Sunggyu’s room the adults were even more uncomfortable around each other. Myungsoo decided to finish his bowl, which didn't take long for him to do, there wasn't much more left when Woohyun stopped eating it, while Sungyeol busied himself trying to clean the table where Sunggyu was before until the young dad broke the silence.

“So... did you want to talk?”

Sungyeol looked back at him and now his heart beat faster and his hands got sweaty out, revealing his nervous state. “Yeah.” He answered awkwardly.

“I'm all ears.” He said with a careful voice but void of emotions.

Sungyeol looked down at the table and piled the remaining bowl and chopsticks, as he thought how to go about this, but figured maybe it would be more helpful to just say things quickly, though Myungsoo’s intense eyes didn't help his nervousness one bit. “I wanted to...” He gulped a lump that had formed in his throat halfway his sentence and made sure to look at the neighbor in the eyes when he said the next word. “...apologize.”

Myungsoo lifted an incredulous brow if he wasn't hearing this from Sungyeol’s own mouth he wouldn't have believed the guy that he knew that hated him was saying this. When the other gave him silence Sungyeol started to feel even more nervous, he figured out that things could always be worse.

“It's been some time I've been thinking about this...” He said carefully. “The day... the day we first met... I was really stressed and... I was too much when I said the kids shouldn't play.” He said and Myungsoo made a face that screamed 'you think?' “This is why I want to apologize.” Myungsoo was about to open his mouth but Sungyeol interrupted one more time this time shyly. “I also wanted to thank you.”

“Come again?” the neighbor blinked confusedly.

“You seem to have separated stuff and didn't let that the way I treated you influenced in the way you treated my brother: you helped me take Sunggyu to school; you also calmed him down the day he freaked out because Woohyun skipped class. It was wrong of you to accept Sungjong’s idea of doing things behind my back, since you probably know that when we are the ones responsible for a kid we have to know every single detail of their lives but thank you for taking care of Sunggyu whenever he was over, I hope that he didn't give you too much trouble, I know he can be a handful when he wants...”

“No, Sunggyu didn't give me trouble at all besides Sungjong was around most of the times and....” Myungsoo was so surprised with Sungyeol’s speech that he could only find words to the last situation because that's what he prepared himself for, but Sungyeol continued talking, after all if he didn't say things in one go he was afraid he would not to have the courage to try again, Myungsoo’s eyes were unnerving him.

“There's something else I should thank you for...” Sungyeol hesitated but, when Myungsoo eyed him inquiringly, he looked down the table and bit his lips for a second before talking. “Thank you for taking care of me when... when I got sick and for watching Sunggyu as well, again.”

“I didn't do much aside from giving you a bath, watching over you and cooking for Sunggyu.” Myungsoo said but immediately regretted because once he said the word bath Sungyeol cheeks became really red, but instead of making things more awkward he pretended he didn't notice (although it was very obvious) and continued trying to dismiss Sungyeol’s thanks because he was embarrassed by it. “You don't need to thank for this, I...”

“But I want to.” Sungyeol finally looked back at him in the eyes although he was still sort of blushing about the bath thing. “I know you probably did this because of Sunggyu - and I should have noticed then he was playing in your place behind my back, because he wouldn't have asked for your help if he didn't trust a little bit – but despite hating me you came to our rescue and watched over him as well.. I should have at least thanked about that on the spot but you practically ran away and then I had so much stuff going on...”

“About that...” Myungsoo hesitated but Sungyeol thought since he had been interrupting his neighbor, that it would be nice if he finally let the other talk, so he waited. “I'm sorry for answering your phone, Sungjong told me that that might have brought problems for you.”

“Yeah.” Sungyeol confirmed after a couple of minutes in silence and Myungsoo closed his eyes and winced internally - he had felt he had the right to get mad at Sungyeol because the other judged him, but he admitted Sungyeol had as much right to be mad because he had answered the other’s phone - when was finally able to open his eyes, he saw Sungyeol having his expression very stiff so he tried to appease him somehow.

“If you had problems with your boyfriend because of me, really, I can apologize and explain the situation to him and....” As soon Myungsoo said the word boyfriend Sungyeol looked up while rubbing his hands in his face as a sign of frustration - or shame(?), Myungsoo wasn't sure – and leaned totally in his chair, assuming a defeated posture, and Myungsoo halted his words, maybe he wasn't supposed to talk about this?

“Sungjong, why?” Sungyeol whispered frustrated to himself although Myungsoo heard, the young dad chose not to say anything and just wait to see how things would turn out. Sungyeol then let out a tired sigh and finally looked at Myungsoo shyly. “You know about that?”

Myungsoo wasn't sure what to say, was this about the fact that Sungyeol was gay? Was this something Sungyeol wasn't comfortable saying out loud yet? Or was he afraid that Myungsoo was a homophobe and the tables turned making him be the one prohibiting Woohyun and Sunggyu playing together?

“I don't judge people because I don't like when they judge me, but if I have to do that, I judge people by their character.” Myungsoo said, hopefully implying that he didn't mind Sungyeol being gay.

Sungyeol let out a dry chuckle. “Well.... it is not like that helps me much at this point, but at least doesn't make things worse.” He then looked at Myungsoo in the eyes cautiously. “Just to be sure we won't have problems in the future about this... since Sunggyu moved in with me I have never brought people home and now I don't have a boyfriend anymore to bring here anyway so, don't worry, Woohyun won't see any indecency.”

“You don't have to do a report about that.” Myungsoo assured. “But you don't have a boyfriend anymore? Don't tell me that I...” Myungsoo gasped in surprise when Sungyeol confirmed that indeed he broke up, gosh, he couldn't believe he did that unknowingly. “I'm so sorry Sungyeol-shi, I didn't mean that I just wanted to inform that you were sick, but... are you... are you sure you don't want me to apologize to him?” Myungsoo said flustered.

Sungyeol looked at the table then placed one hand over and tapped his fingers on it a couple of times, choosing not to answer Myungsoo’s question because after what he witnessed there was no one in this world that would make him ever direct an apology to his ex. When he finally looked at Myungsoo and he seemed that he was trying his best to hold his emotions, he was sad for sure but he didn't want to show weakness.

“I confess I was angry when I discovered you sort of invaded my privacy. I don't know what you said in that phone call, but please don't apologize about that. Yes, I can say that my ex-boyfriend was mad that you answered my phone, but the real reason that made my relationship end was his fault only, therefore it's useless being mad at you when it should be the other way around.”

After that the two of them stayed in a deafening silence with Sungyeol playing with his fingers nervously over the table while avoiding his neighbor’s gaze and Myungsoo shifting in his chair here and then, both of them couldn't even hear the kids playing in Sunggyu’s room and that seemed to make the silence even worse until Sungyeol started the awkward apology all over again.

“I know that my personal problems don't justify the way I acted in the few times that we have met...”

“Since you're trying to apologize tell me something.” Myungsoo suddenly said. “What in the world bothers you so much about us for you to be against the boys’ friendship?” He made a pause for effect. “I know you have some prejudice because I'm a young dad but the issue of the boys’ friendship is because of that?” When Myungsoo finished asking his voice was small, indicating that this was something that was upsetting for him.

Sungyeol breathed in deeply then released a big sigh. “I can't wrap my head around someone this young being a dad but this was only a part of it.” Myungsoo made a puzzled face then leaned against the table, resting his elbows on it to show he was interested in knowing this. “Woohyun was running ahead and yelling and he talked and sassed you on the lift, it seemed like he didn't have many manners and you didn't have much control over him.... so... when you tried to advise me, I thought 'this guy can't even make his kid behave properly how can he even try to advise me on that?' It seemed to me that if the boys hang out outside school Sunggyu would see Woohyun rebelling against you, learn that, then start behaving even worse he already was....”

“That day Woohyun was just excited and he didn't want to arrive late on his first day of school because it was something he was anticipating, you can't judge my whole parenting skills solely on that. Besides, as I said before, Woohyun has enough manners to charm any adult, you just saw the manners he has!” Myungsoo was revolted his son had been so wronged.

“I saw that today.” Sungyeol acknowledged as he looked down and pulled his hands on his lap to play with them nervously.

“So did Sunggyu behaved badly and you blamed in Woohyun’s influence?” Myungsoo asked but then remembered the parents-teachers meeting then added. “What about the parents-teachers meeting? Their teacher said they were good for each other. Actually, now I remember that he hinted Sunggyu was the one hindering Woohyun to make more friends.”

Sungyeol lifted his eyes almost insecure to meet Myungsoo's. “No, and if I were, to be honest, things were so calm for a while that I forgot about you and Woohyun for a while until the parent-teachers meeting happened. I wasn't exactly upset with your presence at first, I just wanted to end things quickly and go home to study for midterms, but as the meeting progressed I wasn't the nicest person, but it didn't help that you kind of insulted me.”

Myungsoo quickly furrowed his brows to think when he ever had done that, he wasn't one to insult others, but then he remembered that Sungyeol ban on Woohyun drove him nuts and he might have indeed insulted him directly or indirectly, which now dawned on him that he made things worse on his own.

“I'm sorry, I don't usually do that, but this kind of behavior unnerves me so I lost control.” Myungsoo seemed guilty.

“It's ok, it makes sense you'd do this to protect your son.” Sungyeol mumbled and they stayed for a couple of minutes in an awkward silence because Myungsoo didn't know what to say. “This... this is really difficult for me to say but I'd like to ask if we could...” He hesitated. “If could start again?” Myungsoo eyes were big in surprise. “I'll let the kids play this time...”

Myungsoo then squinted his eyes at the neighbor in distrust. “But what guarantees me that Woohyun won't arrive home crying like early this week because you did something to Sunggyu and Sunggyu did something to him because of that.”

“After last Saturday I think you know that I gave Sungjong a major scolding for taking Sunggyu to your place without my knowledge because you'd have to agree that it's important to those who take care of a kid to know their whereabouts, and essentially everything about them. I know that Sungjong had good intentions, I can acknowledge that, but Sungjong seems to only focus on Sunggyu’s happiness and he keeps forgetting the rest. We don't have other relatives, Myungsoo-shi, if something happens, and I'm not deemed good enough to take care of him, he is going to the orphanage because Sungjong is underage and unemployed.”

Sungyeol explained and Myungsoo nod ded in understanding, he wasn't aware of that or else he would have tried to put some sense in Sungjong himself.

“So I scolded Sungjong but with Sunggyu I just had a conversation and he misunderstood me, he thought I would only forgive him if he stopped playing with Woohyun completely, a thing that I never ordered him doing, I have never minded that Sunggyu interacted with your son in school. So when I arrived at school and saw Woohyun looking like a kicked puppy I had a conversation with Sunggyu, straightened everything out and told him he should do his best to reconcile because I would be trying too.” The taller continued.

“Are you being sincere? Are you really being sincere?” Myungsoo inquired as he scanned all of Sungyeol’s micro expressions and body language in search for sincerity.

“Yes, but if you don't want to it's understandable.” Sungyeol said and he seemed sad about that. “I'll just explain to Sunggyu that I offended you too greatly with my behavior and that it was too late to apologize...”

“No, you don't need to tell your brother that.” Myungsoo interrupted him and now it was Sungyeol’s turn to be surprised at his neighbor. “Sunggyu is Woohyun’s friend and he's a good boy, he is welcomed in our apartment whenever he wants, so if things between the boys go smoothly I can try to put the past behind me so we can start again.”

“Really?” Sungyeol’s eyes lighted up. “So you forgive me?” He asked dumbfounded.

“Yes, if you promise you'll change so we can try to overcome this.... I know I can be cordial so...” Myungsoo said awkwardly.

“I'm trying to change a few things about myself, of course, this can be one of them, so sure!” Sungyeol agreed to feel relieved and happy and he translated all of these feelings in a genuine gummy smile that surprised his neighbor. “Thank you really!” He added but couldn't shake the smile off his face.

On the few times that they met, Myungsoo always had seen Sungyeol scrunching his face, that was actually good looking, to show how displeased he was, therefore Myungsoo had never seen him smile, which often made him think if his neighbor even knew how to do that. Of course, this question was answered today, yes, Sungyeol knew how to smile, and, yes, his smile was beautiful, beautiful things to see. Myungsoo thought Sungyeol should totally smile more, he became more handsome and more approachable that way.

Myungsoo gave a small smile back and both of them seemed very glad that this awkward conversation was over, and, since the boys were playing, Myungsoo decided to engage in some small talk as he tried to do in the car back when they met. He hoped that Sungyeol would collaborate with the conversation because if he didn't maybe they wouldn't fight but that didn't mean that they would become close.

“Since we want to put this behind ourselves, let's try to give each other some basic information.” He suggested. “What's your age Sungyeol-shi?”

“I'm 23.”

“We're peers.” Myungsoo said, although not really surprised, he figured Sungyeol would be around that age.

“Which month were you born?” Sungyeol asked back and Myungsoo seemed pleased the taller was helping the conversation flow.

“On March, 13th.”

“Oh, your birthday was what? A month a go? My belated happy birthday wishes and sorry again for everything.” Sungyeol said awkwardly though a tiny bit cheerful.

“So in which month were you born?” Myungsoo asked.

“I'm from the end of August, so I am the hyung since I'm going to be 24.” Sungyeol seemed pleased with that fact so he couldn't help to smirk a bit. Now, seriously why couldn't he have been like this since the beginning? His smile was good, his smirk was good too, although a bit annoying.

As Myungsoo thought about another question to do he noticed Sunggyu in the living room coming towards them and Sungyeol promptly turned around to face him. “Where is Woohyun?” Myungsoo asked promptly.

“Woohyunnie slept while we were doing a puzzle.” Sunggyu explained then added a yawn and both adults checked the clock on the wall near the kitchen, quite an amount of time had passed while they talked and it was almost 9 PM, it was already close to the kid's bed time.

“I guess this is my cue.” Myungsoo said getting up.

“Sunggyu, please show Myungsoo shi the way to your room then go change into your pajamas.” Sungyeol ordered and Sunggyu took the elder by the hand and towards his room.

When the neighbor resurfaced he had Woohyun sleeping against his body and resting his head on his shoulder, while Sungyeol was finishing packing the rest of the Kimchi Jiggae he made for the neighbors to eat later and met them at the door.

“Thanks for the dinner.” Myungsoo said. “I'd bow but...”

“Nah, it's ok.” Sungyeol dismissed. “I packed the rest for you since Woohyun said is your favorite dish and he also liked it.” He said and showed the package.

“You didn't need to.” The young dad was a bit flustered.

“Take as part of my apology.” Sungyeol smiled again, for the third time, Myungsoo was counting. “Can you hold it?”

“Maybe, after I open the door.” He said and Sungyeol nodded in understanding before opening his door for him, then waited for Myungsoo to be able to open his own door and passed the package to him.

Myungsoo thanked for the food politely but when he was about to say good night Sungyeol called him.

“Myungsoo-shi, I heard that Woohyun is arriving late at school so if you want, I can drive you both in the morning since we're going in the same direction.” The taller offered.

“I couldn't impose.” Myungsoo refused, that would be too much.

“Are you sure? It would save you a lot of commuting time.”

The thing was when Sungyeol put that way it would be difficult to refuse, indeed Woohyun was arriving late at school and he, even more, his teachers were already glaring at him every time he entered the classroom late and if he wasn't careful he would probably fail the subject due to tardiness.

“Ok then.” He ended up agreeing.

“Then be sure to be ready at 7:30. I'll knock on your door.” Sungyeol instructed and the other nodded in agreement. “Good night then Myungsoo-shi, I have a kid to put to bed myself.” He bowed a bit and was about to close his door when this time Myungsoo was the one calling him.

“Wait for Sungyeol-shi.” Sungyeol opened the door again and made an inquiring expression. “Just Myungsoo... just call me Myungsoo.”

Sungyeol smiled again (fourth time) this time vary widely, showing his gums. “Then it is hyung for you.” He pointed.

Myungsoo gave a half a smile. “Good night hyung.”

“Good night Myungsoo.” Sungyeol replied and this time both adults closed their doors.

Sungyeol leaned against the door and let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. “I did it!” He mumbled to himself proudly before noticing that Sunggyu was looking at him expectantly.

“Hyung? Did you apologize?”

“Yes, I did. Don't worry, now you can play with Woohyun whenever you two will even go to school together.” He said with a smile, he couldn't help smiling now that he managed to apologize and be forgiven, he felt really good that he was able to do this.

Sunggyu was so happy he started clapping his small hands and jump in place and Sungyeol might, or might not have joined him before sending him to bed, he had to go to sleep if he wanted to play with Woohyun tomorrow right?

As for Myungsoo, he changed his son into his pajamas and placed him in his bed, a thing that Woohyun let him do with easy. The boy seemed to have endless energy, but he had eaten a lot and played around a lot with his uncle while Myungsoo was in his practice, which made him get tired, and once he was out, he was out for good.

Myungsoo kissed his son’s forehead before going out of the younger room and in direction of the kitchen. He eyed the package Sungyeol made for them and then placed the food in a pot to reheat it. “Damn, that guy knows how to cook.” He left a bit for Woohyun to eat the next day, but he had to have one more serving, this Kimchi Jiggae was the second best he ate all his life.

The only one that could beat this, in his humble opinion, was the one made by the Chef of Amanti Hotel, that he ate a couple of years ago. He surely would beg his mom to bring him and Woohyun there the next time she went there for work. Little did he know that that Hotel didn't serve that dish anymore, they had to change the Chef because the one that cooked these kinds of wonders passed away, leaving three kids behind.

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AN: Sorry for the delay me and my beta had some different troubles but here it is.