“Well I...” Sungyeol gulped hard as he looked into Sunggyu impassive and kind of emotionless small eyes, he was caught off guard by Sunggyu questions and decided to beat around the bush a bit in order to recover his presence of mind. “You were paying attention to my conversation with Jong and hyungs? I thought you were watching TV!” He tried to give his best indignant tone. He failed.

“The drama was bad and the meat was good.” Sunggyu stated flatly.

Well that made sense, Sunggyu didn't like to watch TV that much, nowadays he watched because Woohyun liked some drama, he liked computers though, he could watch his father past interviews on Youtube whenever he missed him too much, so it made sense Sunggyu wouldn't pay the TV any attention, the meat was delicious too and maybe they all were too concentrated on the conversation to notice him paying attention.

Ok, so he heard. Sungyeol thought as he tried not to panic while Sunggyu waited patiently for a reply.

“Ok..” Sungyeol inhaled and exhaled deeply. “I can explain that, but we have to go step by step.” He concluded and Sunggyu agreed with a nod.

“First of all.... I told you some things that happened to me, but I didn't tell you that while those things were happening I discovered - no, I think the best word to use is 'understood' – that I am gay. So, Sunggyu, I wasn't planning to tell you this right now when you just heard about Jongie, but I am just like him, I like boys. Only boys.” He admitted and held his breath to wait for Sunggyu reaction.

The boy furrowed his brows in confusion. “But Myungsook noona.... And you kissed her....”

“That...” Sungyeol stuttered nervously. “...happened but it also didn't.” He ended up saying only for Sunggyu made a really lost expression, he definitely didn't know where this was going. “The kiss happened, but Myungsook doesn't exist, that was a code so I could talk about...”

Now, Sunggyu was a smart kid and he put two and two together really quickly. “…Myungsoo hyung?” He gasped interrupting his hyung in the middle of his speech.

“Yeah.” Sungyeol replied awkwardly. “Myungsoo is the one who kissed me.”

“Wh-why?” Sunggyu seemed at loss for words and Sungyeol was even more, how he would explain everything about Sangwoo to Sunggyu?

Sungyeol inhaled deeply as if preparing himself for that conversation and then sat with crossed legs on the bed to look down at Sunggyu and explain but the boy imitated him so they were sorts of looking at each other in the eyes.

“You see... if a boy A loves boy B and boy B loves boy A back they might want to date right? So... remember when I used to go out most Saturdays?” He started hesitantly but was interrupted by the maknae.

“What that has to do with... This time it was Sungyeol interrupting the boy before he even finished his question.

“I was dating another boy. “Sungyeol snorted internally, Sangwoo was much older, the word boy didn't fit him anymore. “For reasons, I don't want to mention we broke up, but he didn't accept it and on your birthday I met him in the bathroom and he was being mean to me so Myungsoo came and... he pretended he was my new boyfriend to make the bad guy go away.” Sungyeol then got his cheeks reddening. “My ex-lover wasn't believing so Myungsoo kissed me in the bathroom.” He admitted.

“That's like Woohyunnie dramas.” Sunggyu merely stated and Sungyeol didn't know if that was a positive or a negative reaction at all, why he couldn't read people that well?

“Yeah.” Sungyeol hesitantly agreed but had the urge to try to explain himself more. “I... Sunggyu, you know I didn't like Myungsoo before but, once we decided to be friends and spent time together, everything bad I felt about him changed and now... now I like him. As boyfriends.” He added so Sunggyu was perfectly able to understand things but just Sunggyu scratched his nape a bit as he thought about the newly acquired piece of information.

Since the boy didn't say anything, Sungyeol grabbed one of the boy's hands in his big ones and started to rant, almost begging for understanding and acceptance.

“This wasn't supposed to happen, I didn't mean to like anyone and I never thought I would like your friend dad from all people, but I just do. And it totally didn't help that he gives me tips on how to take care of you and how to understand you better, every little thing that he does makes me fall in love more with him and...” He wanted but was interrupted by his brother.

“Does Myungsoo hyung likes you back?”

“Th-that...” Sungyeol promptly stuttered and grabbed Sunggyu's other hand too. “Sunggyu, I can only talk about what I feel, Myungsoo wasn't very clear about what he feels about me.”

“Why?” Sunggyu asked confusedly. “Then why were you two holding hands?”

“You see...” Sungyeol started nervously but then he remembered something that might help his explanation. “Remember when Myungsoo won a request from that Chess match?” He asked and the boy nodded. “Myungsoo asked me if he could kiss me, hug me and hold my hand sometimes and I accepted because I like him.”

Sunggyu blinked fast as he gasped. “So what are you two doing?”

Sungyeol forced a sad smile. “You see, the adult world is complicated. Myungsoo asked me all of that but he doesn't want a serious relationship right now. What we do.... is basically called 'hooking up' and that means we can do whatever boyfriends do without being boyfriends.”

“I don't understand.” The boy said frustrated.

Sungyeol sighed and laid back in his bed to look pensively at the ceiling. “Yeah, I know, it's a bit hard to understand.“ He then turned his head to look at Sunggyu that was observing him quietly. “He says he feels something for me, he wants some time to mature his feelings a bit and decide if those feelings he has are feelings of love, meanwhile we are hooking up.”

“And you like this?” The boy asked hesitantly.

Sungyeol chuckled. “For now, yes. I know that the way we are now won't satisfy me forever, and he is aware of that, but I think we both need time to adjust, you know?” Sunggyu became pensive and laid down beside Sungyeol again as the older continued talking. “If I were to be very honest with you I'm not even completely used with what it's happening between the two of us and we also didn't want to make you and Woohyun uncomfortable too, but... I kind of have to admit that you were right, Myungsoo has the best hugs ever and... I also kinda feel very happy with the fact that with him I don't have to separate time for you and time for him, we can all hang out together because Myungsoo likes you a lot and I'm kind of growing fond of Woohyun too... ”

Sunggyu went completely stiff when he heard his friend name and, as Sungyeol progressed in his rant, the boy put both his hands on his face and when the older noticed his reaction he tried to take the younger hands from his face only to see his small eyes watering.

“What happened, you didn't like to discover this? Sunggyu I'm sorry but I...” Sungyeol had an apology in the tip of his tongue, he swore he had, but Sunggyu shook his head before he could go further and Sungyeol was the one becoming confused now. “What is it?” He ended up asking worriedly.

“When you talked about Myungsookie with the other hyungs you seemed sad but now it seems like you are happier because of him.” The boy ended up saying which Sungyeol thought it didn't match his reaction. “I like Myungsoo hyung a lot and I want him to be happy, and he said he would take care of you so I trust him to make you happy.” The boy said with conviction though he had a very sad tone.

“Then..?” The older was about to ask but he was interrupted by the maknae.

“I like Woohyunnie and I want him to be happy too.” The boy said and now Sungyeol knew exactly what this was about. “He won't like this.” The boy concluded the obvious and Sungyeol moved his eyes to the ceiling again.

“Aren't we all worried over that?” He ended up mumbling after a sigh.

“Hyung, I don't want to lie to Woohyunnie, what do I do?” Sunggyu half sobbed half asked and Sungyeol had to pull him to his chest to comfort him (he was definitely getting better at this, thanks Myungsoo for the tips!).

“I don't know Sunggyu.” He confessed as he wiped the young boy teary eyes. “I don't like hiding and lies either but Myungsoo wants to tell Woohyun himself, and I kinda of agree that Woohyun has to hear this from his father or else he can be hurt. But Myungsoo will only tell him if our relationship progresses into properly dating because he doesn't want to upset Woohyun with something that might not work it out. There isn't much I can do about this aside to try to get closer to Woohyun, which am I already doing it.” Sungyeol then hugged his brother a bit and ran a hand through his hair. “You shouldn't worry about this, Myungsoo will take care of this and if we start dating properly we will tell you two. Meanwhile, you can pretend you don't know.”

“How can I...?” Sunggyu was ready to complain and disagree but then a new idea crossed his mind and he caught himself stopping his speech to process it before he looked at a puzzled Sungyeol with confidence. “ Meanwhile Woohyunnie has to like hyung more.”

“Ehr..” Sungyeol wasn't sure where this was going but as soon opened up his little mouth again he noticed that his younger brother brain was bursting with ideas and he got so excited with them that he wouldn't properly let him sleep so soon.

Well, at least Sunggyu agreed to not tell Woohyun about them, which was a relief though he wasn't sure any of Sunggyu ideas could be useful to keep the boy from freaking out in the future because he could totally foresee this happening.

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“Hyuuuuuuungs!” Woohyun called as he tested the doorknob, it wasn't open yet which means the hyungs weren't awake yet so he had to be louder to wake them. “Hyuuuuuuungs!” He called a bit louder but not enough for his dad to scold him, he was already scolded once for really early in the morning, still, he needed for those two to wake up fast, so he decided to raise his voice a little bit higher. “HYUN-”

The boy was suddenly interrupted by the door being opened so he could see Sungyeol rubbing his eyes in the most sleepy state the boy had ever seen him.

“Woohyun.” The elder greeted. “You came...” Sungyeol was about to mumble something else when the boy interrupted him, which a couple months back would make Sungyeol think he was being rude, but the urgent tone in his voice said he was just worried.

“Hyung, do you have any med for mig-migr...?” He asked.

“A migraine?” Sungyeol completed with a frown.

“Is this the thing that is worse than a headache?” The boy asked then bit his lips in worried anticipation.

“Yeah.” Sungyeol replied confusedly. “Do you have a migraine? Where is your father?”

Woohyun promptly shook his head. “No, I don't. I called daddy to make breakfast but he says he has a mig-migr-, urgh, that, and he doesn't want to get up.” Woohyun got a bit frustrated when he couldn't pronounce a word and lost his patience, but Sungyeol was sure that was because the boy was worried, he already heard the boy pronounce this word perfectly before. “He told me to go back to sleep but I can't because I am hungry and daddy never wants to stay in bed once he is awake so I'm worried, is he sick? Is that serious?”

Sungyeol rubbed his face even more before opening his door fully so the boy could get in. “I'm going to get Sunggyu and the med and we are going to tend to your father, ok?” He announced and then start to call Sunggyu to come out of the bathroom, the med was in there anyway so he needed the boy out so he could get it.

Five minutes later Sunggyu had finished his bath and was dressed for the day as Sungyeol had prepared quickly two bowls of cereal for the boys and threw a cardigan over before he got the meds. Once they crossed two doors to go the apartment across, Sungyeol made the boys promise they would eat quietly in the living room, even though Woohyun was eating out of nervousness, while he tried to discover what was really Myungsoo status.

Myungsoo had been laying on his stomach and with his face on his pillows when he heard the door open so he promptly his back and covered his eyes with a hand before groaning.

“Woohyun-ah, Daddy is hurting, if you still can't wait a bit there are fruits in the fridge.” He half complained though he used a soft tone, though Sungyeol could practically sense there was something painful into it, and that kind of pain surely wasn't a pain from a migraine.

He closed the door and locked before he addresses the younger in the bed. “Woohyun is already fed though.”

“Hyung?” Myungsoo asked confusedly, taking the hand off of his eyes so he could confirm with his eyes that he was not hearing things.

“Hey. “Sungyeol got close and sat beside him as he let a glass of water on the bedside table. “Woohyun said you weren't feeling well, but now I can see with my two eyes that you don't look good.” He sighed.

“You don't look the best either.” Myungsoo retorted although he wasn't dry or sarcastic, he had no intention of insulting Sungyeol somehow, it was just an observation.

“I know, that's because I stayed up all night.” Sungyeol smiled softly as he brushed Myungsoo bangs with one hand. “I'm not the one with a migraine though, how bad it is?” He asked softly. “I brought meds.” He added showing a bottle of med on his hand.

Myungsoo sighed deeply. “It's not my head that hurts the most.” He explained as he tried to sit against the headboard under Sungyeol watch. “It's actually a mild headache, I just wanted half an hour to myself.”

Sungyeol opened the bottle and took a pill out to offer the younger then passed him the glass of water which Myungsoo accepted. Once he downed the pill and the water, Myungsoo looked down at his lap and fiddles with the glass as he didn't have the courage to look Sungyeol in the eyes.

“Does that have anything to do with yesterday? Do you want to talk about it?” Sungyeol asked a bit tense, he asked the first question just to introduce the subject, he already knew that it probably had everything to do with yesterday happenings.

Myungsoo sighed and reached a hand to touch Sungyeol's over the bed. “I loved everything we did yesterday, I really loved our moment but...“ He paused for a bit and Sungyeol felt his whole body tensing, he imagined what Myungsoo would talk about: Woohyun, but he didn't think the conversation would get this awkward as if Myungsoo was a bout to.... it couldn't be, right? Things barely had started.

“Woohyun didn't take the conversation well?” He asked with his throat already feeling dry, if Myungsoo hadn't emptied that glass of water he would be the one doing it at this very moment.

“It's not like this.” Myungsoo said with a sigh. “He is very happy for our brothers, he is kind of over the moon with the news.”

Sungyeol furrowed his brows. “Then?”

“He asked me if he was gonna be related to Sunggyu for real and I thought that was a good opportunity to gauge what it would be his reaction with... us.” Myungsoo replied tensely.

“Ok.” Sungyeol hesitated. “What did you say?”

“I said that would only happen if I were to date you.”

“Bluntly like that?” Sungyeol frowned and Myungsoo nodded, and Sungyeol didn't have in him to complain that he should have beaten around the bush or something when he had a sincere talk with Sunggyu yesterday about them. “What did he say?”

“'You're already married to mom, you already have a family, and even if mom and Soohyunnie aren't here you're already happy with me, uncle, grandpa, and grandma, you don't need anyone else.' It was his exact words.”

Sungyeol furrowed his brows. “Soohyunnie?”

“Woohyun is a twin hyung, that's his sister name. She died after birth, Woohyun escaped by a miracle, but let's not talk about this.” Myungsoo explained briefly which left Sungyeol kind of stunned a for a whole minute as he discovered one more bit of Myungsoo story.

“So he has no idea that you feel lonely?” Myungsoo shook his head sadly. “Gosh Myungsoo that must have hurt a lot.” He concluded worriedly as he tried to hug the younger (he was sure he had never hugged that much in such a short span of time but he was sure he was getting the hang of this hug thing).

“Yeah.” Myungsoo replied as he hugged Sungyeol back and rested his head on the taller shoulder. “Hyung, he doesn't like the idea of me with not just a boy but anyone else.” Myungsoo mumbled as a tear rolled down his cheek and Sungyeol sighed and pulled back from the hug to take the glass from Myungsoo's hands and leave at the bedside table only to grab the younger both hands in his right after.

“What do you want to do about it?” He tried to ask softly as he looked at Myungsoo in the eyes but he felt incredibly insecure about it.

“I don't know.” Myungsoo whined.

“You know Myungsoo, of course you know.” Sungyeol disagreed. “You know the many routes this could go and you know I can respect all of them so if you think you don't want to continue this...”

“Nooo!” Myungsoo held Sungyeol hands with some force on it. “I don't want that.” He said with conviction. “I want 'us'” He assured and Sungyeol felt his body relaxing at least a bit, if Myungsoo took this time to give his first step he would at least try to hang on as much as he could before he had to give the last, and although that comforted Sungyeol somehow, he knew it was a problem if he wanted to take Woohyun into consideration.

“Okey then.” He replied calmly as Myungsoo relaxed in front of him as well. “Your situation is quite peculiar and I don't want to force you into anything so take your time.”

“You don't deserve a situation like this but thank you for the comprehension hyung.” Myungsoo said sincerely.

“Let's not talk about this because you don't deserve a situation like mine either and yet here we are.” Sungyeol assured with a smile. “You deserve all the comprehension you can get, ok? Don't worry about that.” Sungyeol asked as he moved one hand to Myungsoo nape and caressed the younger there.

“You sure?” The younger asked hesitantly.

“Yeah.” Sungyeol nodded to emphasize. “You can take your time to think how to approach Woohyun with this, but...” Myungsoo raised a curious brow. “...maybe you should start to be clear with things that you want and things that you need.”

Myungsoo sighed insufferably. “It's not that I don't show, I think he chooses to overlook it.”

“Well, you know him better, I'm just throwing out there so you can think about it. Remember, we, the adults, are the ones that should control the kid's lives, not the other way around.” Myungsoo opened his mouth to complain, but on second thought Sungyeol had a bit of reason in this, he needed to learn how to think more on himself just as much as Sungyeol needed to learn how to think more about Sunggyu needs, they both needed balance.

“Yeah, maybe you're right.” He ended up conceding and because he didn't add anything more Sungyeol decided to change the subject.

“Is the med already helping? Are you feeling any better?” He asked with some worry.

Myungsoo chuckled amusedly but thankfully. “I'll live, it was not that bad.”

“Good because I have to tell you something.” The taller said a bit nervously as he brought his hands to his lap to fiddle with the hem of his pajama and when Myungsoo made an inquiringly look he couldn't contain himself and explained before the younger could ask. “Sunggyu saw us.”

Myungsoo went livid for a whole minute and Sungyeol had to actually snap his fingers in front of the younger face so he would return back t earth. “Wha-what?” He stuttered.

“Yeah, he asked if we were dating too and I didn't know what to say so I ended up telling him the whole truth.” Sungyeol explained further.

“Oh lord!” Myungsoo groaned and rubbed his hands in his face, now one more problem. “What was his reaction?” He managed to ask once he managed to comprehend what Sungyeol just said.

“Well, he made a lot more questions, but, to resume things, he says he accepts us as a couple if we get to be one someday.”

“He accepted us easily like that? I thought we were gonna have some trouble with him just like with Woohyun.” Myungsoo was honestly surprised.

“Yeah, I thought that too. By his comments, I thought our mom and his father induced some kind of homophobic way of thinking in him but it turns out he didn't understand the concepts and differences between a gay couple and best friends, once he understood this he was quite receptive.”

“That's such a relief.” Myungsoo breathed kind of relieved, although he knew the problem with Woohyun transferred all the weight of their troubles to his shoulders alone.

“Myungsoo, it is not a relief, kids talk among themselves, he might tell Woohyun and he told me he doesn't want to lie to him.” Sungyeol told him worriedly and Myungsoo let his body bed to the side until he laid in the bed frustrated as he thought about the kid's conversation in Incheon, although that had been helpful for him somehow, it was only a proof that Sungyeol was absolutely right.

“Gosh, what do we do?” He asked pretty much soullessly. “Did you say anything to him?”

Sungyeol sighed. “I told him not to worry over this because you wanted to tell Woohyun when the time is right. I asked him to pretend he doesn't know until we announce that we are an official couple.” Myungsoo snapped his head back to Sungyeol with an incredulous look and that made de elder raise his hands in surrender. “I don't want to pressure you, but it was a way of gaining some time.” He defended himself.

“Ok, but what did he say?” Myungsoo asked impatiently as he sat on the bed again.

“He agreed to it, but he says he will make Woohyun like me more and I couldn't take this particular idea out of his head, Sunggyu can be very headstrong when he wants.” Sungyeol explained with a groan.

Myungsoo finally relaxed a bit, not only because of Sunggyu but the way Sungyeol crossed his arms and huffed in frustration was endearing. “It seems that this runs in your family.” He chuckled.

“And what can I do about that, mister?” Sungyeol asked with some sass that he learned from Hoya and Sungjong). “We are headstrong but all of you are a bunch of koalas!” Sungyeol accused. “Every Sungjong photo has Moonsoo hanging off his shoulders and Woohyun is all about 'hug, hug'.” He mimicked the boy then snorted, playfully offended. “I wonder what kind of koala behavior are you going to pull on me someday.”

“Wow, that's such a sin.” Myungsoo faked shock and as Sungyeol tried to contain a pout with that sort of teasing the younger placed his hand beside Sungyeol's and rubbed his pinky finger over it. “You'll discover that once you get more comfortable with the concept of skinship.” He said lowly and Sungyeol squinted his eyes, his rational side was sure Myungsoo didn't mean to be seductive, but Sungyeol heart clearly made him feel as if that wasn't true.

He pulled his hand to himself and got up. “You'd have to wait for more for that, mainly when there are two kids outside waiting for you to 'get better'” He finished with sassy air quotes.

Myungsoo groaned but got up from his bed. “Yeah, I have stuff to do, a kid to watch over, breakfast to make...” Suddenly he turned to Sungyeol. “Have you eaten already?” He asked.

“Do I look like I ate?” The elder snorted. “Woohyun was super worried so I gave the kids the easiest stuff around and came to your rescue.”

Myungsoo walked over him and pecked his lips softly. “Thank you.” He said with sincerity.

Sungyeol almost melted with that little kiss but managed to look like he wasn't. “It's ok, we should go, the kids are alone for twenty minutes already.” With that Sungyeol swiftly turned around and went out of the room, leaving Myungsoo kind of dumbfounded.

At that moment, Woohyun snapped his head to him and then pushed a sleepy Sunggyu, that just had laid his head on the other boy lap for him to pat his head, and ran towards the elder.

“Hyung, is daddy ok? Is it serious? Would he need to go to the hospital?” The boy asked worriedly.

Sungyeol smiled at him. “I gave him the med and I think he should be ok soon, he won't need to go to the hospital” Sungyeol explained but was clearly ignored once Myungsoo came out of his room and Woohyun ran to hug his legs.

“Daddy you're ok?” The boy asked worriedly.

“I'm going to be soon Woohyun, the med takes some time to kick in.” Myungsoo explained as he ran his fingers through his son's head and Sungyeol thought that was a perfect moment to take the kids of eaten bowls to the kitchen to wash them. “Did you eat?”

“Yes, Sungyeol hyung gave me cereal.” The boy said as he let go of his dad and Sungyeol got the bowls and stopped in his tracks to the kitchen when he felt Sunggyu knowing grin on him.

“What?” He barked with some pink in his cheeks, he then slapped Sunggyu softly. “Stop it.” He urged as Sunggyu dissolved himself in giggles.

“Nothing.” The boy said lifting his hands in surrender and his elder brother rolled his cheeks before going to the kitchen.

“But you are still in your pajamas though.” Myungsoo said as he inspected his son body and the boy was about to retort something but Myungsoo didn't give him a chance. Off to the bathroom Woohyun. He ordered and, again, the boy was gonna complain when Myungsoo added. “Go be ready for the day while I prepare something to eat so we can play together later.” With a promise to play together Woohyun ran to his room and ten seconds later came back running towards the bathroom with some clothes in hand.

“Wash yourself properly!” Myungsoo instructed before the door was closed and Myungsoo moved himself to the living room where Sunggyu was. “Did your brother came out?” He asked

“No, he is in the kitchen.” Sunggyu shook his head for emphasis then threw Myungsoo knowing grins and the elder looked at the kitchen direction then to the boy a couple of times before approaching him.

“Sunggyu, your brother told me that you...” Myungsoo started hesitantly but was interrupted by the kid.

“Yes, hyung, yes.” The boy confirmed whatever his friend dad was going to say with a happy smile.

“Just to be sure... You don't think this is weird or something?” Myungsoo asked hesitantly and the younger shook his head as he chuckled. “So you aren't opposed if your brother and I ...” Once again he was interrupted by the boy.

“No, because you're taking care of my hyung and making him happy.” Sunggyu shrugged with a smile on his face he then slid out of the couch and approached Myungsoo so he could hug him. “Thank you hyung.” He said sincerely and Myungsoo was a bit dumbfounded, he didn't do anything much, at least nothing that Sunggyu would know.

“You don't have to thank me Sunggyu, Sungyeol hyung needs more and I...” Myungsoo tried to dismiss the boy thanks since he felt he didn't deserve one, but Sunggyu didn't care about what he had to say. The boy had a positive opinion on the adult's relationship, whatever that was, and he wasn't going to change that, he was happy not only Myungsoo could make his brother happy but because Myungsoo always showed him as much love and care as he did for Woohyunnie and he loved that.

Sunggyu just pulled back and smiled. “Please keep loving us, Sungyeol hyung is not scary anymore.”

“Yeah, I know.” Myungsoo smiled awkwardly and then grabbed the boy's hands and squatted before him. “Sunggyu, about Woohyunnie....” Sunggyu tried to wink his little eye and placed a finger on his lips, signaling he would keep a secret. “Sunggyu, I want you to understand that sometimes 'hooking up' doesn't evolve to 'dating'....” The little boy jaw fell open, he thought it did. “... and if Sungyeol hyung and I don't evolve to dating I don't want to make Woohyunnie upset in vain.”

“But my hyung loves you... like really, really, a lot.” Sunggyu said with conviction but kind of confused and Myungsoo raised a brow, Sungyeol said he would need some time to be able to develop some feelings and all, but if they make out session yesterday was any indication and after Sunggyu just confirmed, it seemed Sungyeol had more feelings than what he claimed to have. That thought filled Myungsoo with happiness despite the blow he received from Woohyun yesterday.

He smiled to himself then looked into the younger eyes. “Sunggyu, sometimes the feelings are not enough to make people stay together, sometimes other things can influence the relationship.” The boy tilted his head to the side and blinked confusedly. “I'm talking about Woohyunnie, you know he probably won't like this.” Myungsoo said with a sad smile and Sunggyu nodded in agreement.

“I don't want to hurt Woohyunnie, and I also don't want to hurt Sungyeol hyung and even you.” Sunggyu eyes opened widely, him? “Yes, you, you're equally important.” Myungsoo assured before continuing his train of thought. “Since I don't want to hurt anyone I have to take some time to try to make Woohyun see that a relationship with your brother can be a positive thing and, I know you want to help, but this is something only I, as his father, can do. Woohyunnie is smart and if you try to interfere, even if you mean well, things can get worse. He might think you are lying and be angry at you and I don't want you and Woohynnie to stop being friends because something that is happening between your hyung and I, do you understand that?”

Sunggyu hesitantly nodded. “I don't want to lie to Woohyunnie.”

“You won't lie, you'll be taking care of your dongsaeng by avoiding a big mess.” Myungsoo said softly and Sunggyu squintted his eyes a bit. Still that seemed to involve some lying but if he had to choose a way of hurting his friend less, then he would obviously choose a way to hurt Woohyunnie as less as he could.

The boy ended up nodding and Myungsoo was in the middle of ruffling his hair and telling how much of a good boy, good dongsaeng andgood hyung he was being when Sungyeol poked his head out of the kitchen to call him.

“What are you doing there?” He asked. “Come eat, I stayed up all night with Sunggyu and I am dying to take a nap for at least two hours so you'll definitely be taking care of the kids in the morning.”

Myungsoo chuckled as he changed a look with Sunggyu. “Isn't your brother strict or what?”

“You better obey hyung.” The boy ended up advising.

“Rather than obeying I'm gonna soften him, just wait a little bit more.” Myungsoo whispered to the boy confidently.

“KIM MYUNGSOO!” Sungyeol lost his patience.

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They fell back into a routine as the week startd again. The kids would play all day while Myungsoo worked outside and, once he came back, he played with them while Sungyeol worked.

Once the kids fell asleep they spend some time together watching a movie or talking about their days or some news when they weren't talking about the kids. Talking about the kids wasn't Sungyeol favorite subject, deep down he wanted Myungsoo to focus on him in the rare moments they had for themselves.

But, one day, Myungsoo told him that talking about the kids with him made himself feel like Sungyeol was his partner and they were raising the kids together as a married couple or something alike, and while he was kind of embarrassed with that, Sungyeol ended up thinking that he was right, they shared everything, divided everything and now the kids were growing up with two examples around them and that was sure an advantage for everybody. Let's just say Sungyeol learned how to tame that selfish side of him after that.

Despite not having that much alone time to progress intimately, Sungyeol and Myungsoo were straightening their relationship as fast and as strong as they could and they clearly have been in a good humor lately as they fallen deeper and deeper with each other. As time passed, whenever one of them had to go out, they still texted and sometimes, even after they said good night and left with a kiss, they still texted each other, sometimes getting the conversation getting a bit hot.

Moonsoo and Sungjong dropped by two weeks after they announced they were dating and that was awkward, but not because of the kids. They hadn't exactly decided what it was ok or not ok to show the kids but Sunggyu was full of knowing looks and Woohyun was the one demanding 'kiss, kiss, kiss' until Myungsoo scolded him, the teenagers were still teased by the kids.

Despite being awkward, the two teenagers were able to notice Myungsoo and Sungyeol growing synergy and the painfully obvious in the air and rushed to report that to the second half of the shipping squad once they had dinner later that night.

“A month.” Moonsoo had voiced what he thought would be the time his hyungs would be able to wait before pouncing on one another.

“Sungyeol said he will go slow.” Hoya disagreed, basing his answer on what Sungyeol told him the last time they spoke over the phone.

“Yeah, considering their particularities I think that is the wiser choice.” Dongwoo had agreed.

Sungjong merely rolled his eyes. “You haven't seen them, Sungyeol hyung is head over hills in love and acting like he had been married to Myungsoo hyung for fifteen years at least. I know he has issues, but, judging by the way he is acting, his issues are long forgotten and he is ready. I think this is more than we-don't-have-alone-time excuse, maybe a test?”

“Why would he test my hyung? And in what?” Moonsoo frowned and he didn't even let his boyfriend think about how he would answer that when he continued. “Endurance is Myungsoo hyung thing, he can take anything.” He said confidently.

“Hum...” Hoya mused. “I believe in Sungyeol when he said he would take some time, but if Sungjong thinks he is ready maybe he is making Myungsoo wait on purpose to make things interesting when they finally do it.” Hoya elaborated and ended up laughing loudly. “Now I imagined Myungsoo pouncing on him.”

Dongwoo hit his boyfriend for him to stop with his weird thoughts and the man lifted his arms to defend himself.

“Hyung, if he did that he would be no different from the others.” Sungjong ended up pointing. “I think Sungyeol hyung will only allow poncing after being sure Myungsoo hyung is different.” He voiced his opinion. “He is careful with his body, Myungsoo hyung has to know what he is doing.” He then looked at his own boyfriend. “Myungsoo hyung would know what to do right?”

“Sungjong!” Dongwoo was scandalized as Moonsoo flushed beet red.

“Can we not think about that? I don't know ok, I just discovered he was gay the other day.”

“Then tell him to watch some one Woohyun goes to bed.” Hoya said as if it was a definitive solution.

“? Oh my God Hoya!” Dongwoo hit his boyfriend again.

“What? It can be educational.” Hoya argued back as he tried to defend himself again as Moonsoo flushed even more.

“Hey, for once I don't think he is wrong, there is this movie....” Sungjong continued the conversation straight faced as if he was talking about the weather as Moonsoo and Dongwoo watched him mortified.

At the end of that night, Dongwoo wanted to strangle both Hoya and Sungjong and Moonsoo has been pretty much being traumatized with all the mental image he got from the scenarios Sungjong and Hoya developed. As for the two cousins, they didn't know how to approach that kind of subject with none of the boys subtly so Sungjong decided to simply send a link to Myungsoo privately and write him only two words: MUST WATCH.

Myungsoo was about to lay down his head on his bed after a good amount of fluff feelings felt because a conversation with his lover(?) when he saw Sungjong message. He thought it was a suggestion of a serious movie or at least some LGBT-themed one to show the kids, but after 30 seconds and Myungsoo was almost throwing his phone in the air out of fright. Not only he left the volume at it's maximum because he thought it was an innocent movie, it was too!

Once he was able to mute the video, hoping that Woohyun was really in a deep slumber so he wouldn't have heard, he was ready to stop the video and send a complaint text to Sungjong when the actor caught his attention. Not that the guy was as good looking as he thought Sungyeol was, but they shared some characteristics, that at some specific angles made him, remember his neighbor.

Before he knew it he was already using headphones and closing his eyes to imagine his neighbor doing what the guy was doing in the video. The last time they made out Sungyeol allowed Myungsoo touch him in some places although he did most of the work again, and while that hadn't been bad at all, Myungsoo knew he wanted Sungyeol in some of the video positions. In the end, he came hard as he himself and moaned Sungyeol name, feeling kind of ashamed of himself but knowing fully well that this was the first time in years that he actually stopped to touch himself like that. With a flush in his cheeks he ended up deciding he would save that link for posterity, still, he could complain to Sungjong later.

As July rolled around Myungsoo couldn't say he was still thinking about what kinds of feelings he had for Sungyeol, he knew that he was surely in love, with no way back, and he was extremely happy about it. As for his son, Woohyun noticed his father happiness but was confused because he didn't know where all that was coming from, but if his daddy was happy he wouldn't complain.

Every now and then Myungsoo would try to talk to Woohyun again, subtly but clear enough like saying stuff like 'sometimes daddy feels so alone, ah, I want to fall in love', and though that left Woohyun upset and he would scold Myungsoo about it, the young dad determined to change Woohyun opinions. He wasn't having much success with it he was mostly making Woohyun become annoyed with him and running to Sungyeol apartment and asking to sleep there if only he knew who Myungsoo wanted to date, he probably would do this.

As Myungsoo focus was on how to balance things in his personal life and how to tell Woohyun about himself, aside working that is, he completely forgot about his parents and easily spent more than a month not returning their messages and not calling them back since whenever Woohyun was asleep it was the time of the day he could spend alone with his lover(?) and he wanted to make the most of it. What he didn't know was that one of them was becoming fed up with that kind of behavior and decided to drop by.

It was a Thursday afternoon, that Myungsoo would work from home and Sungyeol decided to take the kids to the movie theater, that his doorbell rang loudly.

“Dad?” Myungsoo asked confused once he saw his father on his doorstep. “Why hadn't you told me you'd come?” He asked dumbly as he opened the door wider for the elder Kim to enter his small apartment.

“I tried to, it was not like you were returning my messages and lost calls and it was not like I could reach Moonsoo to send you a message too.” His father answered dryly as he entered his son apartment and Myungsoo winced internally as he closed the door, he and Moonsoo were doomed.

“Dad, sorry about that, but I've been trying to work to raise some money for next semester, you know I do this every break. I want to stand on my own legs to raise Woohyun so...” Myungsoo tried to apologize to his father but the old man didn't seem like he would take it so he was cut in the middle of his speech.

“Yeah, but I used to have you and Woohyun in my place back then and after you moved out every now and a then you'd invite us over or take Woohyun back there so we could see him and it's been over a month I don't see my grandson.” He said with some accusing eyes then looked around himself. “Where is he anyway?”

“That's because there is a lot happening and I'm just busy, today, for example, I need some concentration to edit my pics and since the neighbors asked me to let them take Woohyun to the movie theaters, I let him go.” He tried to explain but it seemed like his father wasn't satisfied.

“Are you sure you're not trying to keep us from meeting him, Myungsoo?” The elder asked with squinted eyes and the young dad was totally confused.

“No, why would I do that?” Myungsoo asked perplexed.

“I don't know, you tell me.” Bumsoo replied with some sarcasm.

“I don't-I don't know what you're talking about, dad. You can come see Woohyun anytime.” Myungsoo tried to say with some confidence but his voice cracked and betrayed him, he didn't know what his father was doing but this conversation was becoming weird and he began to feel nervous.

“Don't play dumb, of course, you know what I'm talking about.” His father hissed and took some steps to get closer to his son but Myungsoo was a bit scared so he took a step back before his father spoke again. “Do you think you can fool us forever with something that obvious?” The patriarch asked in disbelief but then took a deep breath in and tried to calm himself down. “I already know for a while Myungsoo, and he isn't around so just spill the truth, I want to hear the truth from your mouth.” He said a bit frustrated. “It's about time, no?”

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