“Come quickly!” Hoya beckoned them then tried to bring Sunggyu from the window behind him to the chair beside him so he could push his chair and get up to greet those two without hurting the boy.

Sungyeol waved back and took a larger step so he would distance himself a bit from Myungsoo, he might, or might have not, noticed Woohyun jealous vibes but the safest path was indeed to keep a friendly distance if he wanted Hoya to keep his mouth shut at least.

Seeing that Sungyeol was arriving at their table Woohyun looked briefly to the other two free chairs on the table, the adults would probably pull another chair so one of them, or Woohyun himself, would sit at the head of the table and that couldn't be, he didn't want his father sitting close to his oldest neighbor so Sungyeol would steal the gazes that should belong to him only, so with quick thinking he decided to occupy the seat in front of Sunggyu.

“Daddy, come sit here!” He called with a smile patting the only seat available beside the window and in front of Hoya.

Myungsoo squinted his eyes at Woohyun, instantly recognizing that something was up, he didn't think Sungyeol noticed anything, the taller was already giving a brief hug to his cousin and then pushed a chair to the head of the table when Myungsoo finally sat beside his son and shook hands with Hoya.

Hoya pushed two menus that were over the table to both Myungsoo and Sungyeol hands so they could choose some food but Sungyeol merely passed it to his brother to choose on his own then addressed his cousin.

“So, why were you fretting on the phone?” Trying to look past the menu, that Sunggyu pulled up and hid his face in it, to look at shorty Hoya.

“Don't you want to chose some food first so the kids can go play while we wait and talk?” Hoya asked a bit distracted but with some edge on his tone.

“Can I have a milkshake?” Sunggyu asked right after.

“No.” Sungyeol denied right after Sunggyu asked and the boy pouted, placed the menu down and threw puppy eyes for Myungsoo that was distractedly looking at the menu with his son that managed to find a way to being hugged at the same time while Hoya somehow contained a smile.

“What?” He asked innocently once he felt Sunggyu eyes on him which made his son also look at his friend curiously. Sunggyu just intensified his pout at his neighbor, asking with his eyes for Myungsoo convince his brother to let him. Any other day Myungsoo would try to convince Sungyeol to spoil Sunggyu a bit since the boy usually behaved so well but today his gut feeling told him not to. “Sunggyu-ah, I don't have the power to convince your...” Myungsoo was in the middle of an explication/excuse/apology when he was interrupted.

“You know what? I changed my mind, you can eat anything today Sunggyu.” Sungyeol said with a smirk thrown at his cousin, much for the other displeasure, while Sunggyu promptly turned his head to address his friend.

“Woohyunnie, share the milkshake with me, do you like chocolate or vanilla better?” He asked happily pleased that Sungyeol miraculously changed his mind and he wouldn't have to fight for his milkshake but that left Woohyun a bit torn, he had been wanting to try something else but he liked milkshake as well.

“If you want you can share the milkshake with Gyu and I can order the strawberry smoothie so you can try it too.” Myungsoo offered running his finger through Woohyun raven locks and the boy contained a pleased smile as he nodded in agreement.

“Can I have this sandwich too?” He asked pointing to the menu while Sunggyu was already telling Sungyeol what he would like to eat.

“I don't know, this is kind of expensive.” Myungsoo frowned as he looked at the price, gosh things in this place were kind of expensive, who were the parents that frequented this café? Tycoons? “This looks good too...” Myungsoo pointed to something else, something cheaper, to which with some explanation about their financial problems Woohyun would probably accept to eat, but before he could start any conversation Sungyeol interrupted him.

“Woohyun, just choose what you want to eat, remember that Hoya hyung is paying today.” Sungyeol encouraged with a wink but Woohyun just frowned and looked back at his father, asking him with his eyes if it was ok.

“Hyung...” Myungsoo half scolded his boyfriend but this was a time Sungyeol didn't find difficult to say no to him.

“If you can't choose I can choose for you.” He said resolutely as he took the menu out of Sunggyu hands then he raised his hand in the air to call a waiter.

“Sungyeol~~” Hoya whined but Sungyeol raised a finger in the air to stop his cousin as a waiter approached their table.

“No, no, no, don't back out now, you promised.” Sungyeol said then promptly turned to the waiter so the girl could take note of their order. “A chocolate milkshake, a strawberry smoothie, two of this sandwich, one of this here, and then the most expensive sandwich and the most expensive beverage that you have and a water bottle.” Only then he turned to his cousin with a devilish smile. “Want anything hyung?”

“I already ordered.” Hoya said between gritted teeth.

“Ok then, that's all.” Sungyeol sent the waiter away then turned his eyes to the boys. “You should go play, I will call you when the food arrive.” He said and Sunggyu was already scrambling from his seat already.

“Come on Woohyunnie.” Sunggyu called excitedly.

Woohyun didn't respond, he just kept still indulging in his father hug. “What? You don't want to play?” Myungsoo asked poking his son sides a bit. “There is a slide over there.” He pointed.

“Will daddy come with us?” The boy asked timidly much for the new couple surprise, Woohyun was the type of kid that got hyped really easily; he was usually the one that leads Sunggyu into some physical activity and it was really weird for him to be like that.

Myungsoo and Sungyeol exchanged a quick worried glance but before Woohyun could notice anything he was already agreeing. Of course, I will, though I'm not sure I will fit the toys though. He finished, with a chuckle before he gently pulled away from his son so they could get up. We'll leave the two of you alone. He said with an apologetic look to the two hyungs as Woohyun cheered up instantly and scrambled out of his seat to join Sunggyu ahead.

Both Hoya and Sungyeol spent half a minute with squinted eyes following Myungsoo, Woohyun and Sunggyu movements before Sungyeol snapped out of his reverie, he would totally ask Myungsoo what the hell was this but he chose to bother Hoya first.

“So, what was so urgent?” He asked.

“You won't believe what happened....” Hoya started ranting right away but then he stopped, blinked as if he just remembered something then squinted his eyes at Sungyeol. “Dude... you're glowing, did you...”

Yeah, Sungyeol didn't glow, he wasn't some vampire out of Twilight series, but, yeah, he knew that metaphor. “No, yeah, I mean...” He stuttered blushing.

“You naughty thing!” Hoya smiled wickedly showing his fangs, momentarily forgetting his own problem and the reason he demanded Sungyeol and Myungsoo to have dinner with him, then he briefly looked at where Myungsoo was helping the kids to get up the slide before he turned to Sungyeol again. “Tell me everything. Quick, quick, how is he like in bed?”

Sungyeol fully blushed. “Hyung~~.” Sungyeol stretched his long arm so he could push his cousin slightly.

“Come on, tell me, we don't have much time.” Hoya pleaded signaling to his head towards the other three.

Sungyeol hid his face in his hand out of shame. “Nothing happened.”

Hoya crossed his arms, he definitely wasn't convinced. “Come on Sungyeol, something happened, you two are in good moods, Myungsoo was opening the door for you like a gentleman and you two look like you're glowing, something definitely happened. Come on, just spill, you two finally went all the way.”

“No~~~~ Hyung~~~~.” Sungyeol whined then took his hands out of his face and avoided Hoya's gaze as he smiled shyly to himself. “No, we didn't go all the way but...” Hoya raised a hopeful brow before Sungyeol ended up confessing. “We got official.” Hoya opened his jaw as big as he could although he covered his open mouth with his hand, he was that happy with that kind of news, he was #teammyungsoo since the guy appeared anyway. “Yah, stop it, it's not like anything will change.” He said a bit disappointingly.

“Duuuuuuuude, how can that not change anything? This changes everything. Of course, you two have to be careful with the kids for a while but... “

Sungyeol placed his chin on his hand and rested his elbow on the table as he looked at Myungsoo tickling Sunggyu and Woohyun across the café and sighed dumbly, a rare thing for Sungyeol to do. “Myungsoo has so many troubles in his life you don't even know but.... I don't care, I feel good with him and about him, he is worthy.”

Hoya shook his head at his cousin although he had an amused smile on his lips. Usually, once Sungyeol got together with someone he delivered the news in a cool manner and then acted mostly defensively whenever he and Sungjong tried to pry information out of him, but Myungsoo had been so different... Sungyeol had told Hoya almost of everything on his own, and the moment he accepted to try hooking up with Myungsoo he was definitely happier than he ever had been with any past lover.

“Sungyeol.” Hoya called and Sungyeol finally turned to him, still with a silly look on his face. “Congratulations, man, you finally found a partner for you.” He placed a hand on his chest and faked some sentimentalism. “I feel like a proud mother.”

“Yah!” Sungyeol hit him slightly but ended up giggling with Hoya joining him right after but when the laughter died down Sungyeol straightened himself. “Enough about me, what's up with you? You worried me over the phone.”

Hoya sighed and frowned deeply as he took some courage to talk. “I'm screwed Sungyeol, simple as that.”

“Ok, the part you think you're screwed I already get, but how? Why? It's not some problem with Dongwoo hyung, right? Because if you did something to that poor hyung, I'll cut your myself.” Sungyeol said playfully but with a playful glare.

“Sungyeol!” Hoya complained instantly closing his legs out of reflex. “I didn't do anything to Dongwoo hyung and if I had I would be probably waiting at his school gate to beg for forgiveness.” He added and Sungyeol raised a brow as he waited for his cousin to continue. “Do you remember how I started my career?”

“Yeah, you used to draw me like a french girl.” Sungyeol said flatly but Hoya made a face and Sungyeol laughed. “Sorry man, I couldn't help, you tease me so much I saw an opportunity and had to grab it. What about the beginning of your career?”

“Remember that I drew a lot already and one day you said I should start my own webtoon and then we discussed a plot and then it hit it off?” Hoya asked.

“Yeah, you borrowed my vast knowledge about literature to make your webtoon have a good story and you were too good drawing so before we knew it you were being paid to keep uploading your chapters.”

“Yeah and remember I had to hire someone to help me with editing and digital painting?” Hoya asked.

“Yeah, right, how's the name of the girl again? Hyojin? She has been with you for some years already right?”

“Yeah, right, Hyojin.” Hoya answered flatly and Sungyeol frowned, was he having some problem with the girl? How could that be? He met her a couple of times before and the girl was quite nice and well mannered. “You don't know what she just did.”

“What?”

“She screwed me up.” Hoya replied as it was obvious but Sungyeol was not a mind reader he didn't know how could that girl could screw his cousin and it had been a month at least he talked properly with Hoya, something happened that he was not happening.

Sungyeol squinted his eyes at him. “Hyung, care to explain what happened?

“She quit.” Hoya said in despair ruffling his hair and squeezing his cheeks to convey how desperate he was. “She quit, can you believe it?”

“Why? Did you do something to her?” Sungyeol asked in a bit of shock, aside some teasing Hoya was pretty much harmless even as a boss, Hyojin probably bossed around more than him.

“No! I didn't, I didn't do anything.” Hoya whined throwing a hurt look at Sungyeol. “She wanted to release her own webcomic.”

“So you are upset because your assistant is a competitor now?”

“What? No!” Hoya scrunched up his face in a horrified manner. “That's not the problem. She is my friend, and I like her a lot and I wished all the best in this new journey but that's not the problem.” Hoya sighed, Sungyeol wasn't getting his point probably because his feelings were probably clouding his mind so he would spell it out for him. “With her gone, who will be my assistant? Who will do her job?” Sungyeol made a face as if he just could see the whole size of Hoya problem. “See, I'm screwed. I'm finishing the adaptations of the last two episodes for Cheese in the Trap drama but we have to keep uploading my current webtoon, I have deadlines and a lot of people pay me for this and...”

“Hey calm down, we will find a way to help you, you still have the other assistant, right?”

“No, I don't, Bora decided to work for Hyojin too.” Hoya replied rubbing his hand over his head.

“Don't you have a friend from college needing a job?” Hoya shook his head. “Come on, there has to be someone.”

“No Sungyeol, because I dropped college so I could deal with this full time so I didn't exactly have that much time to bond and make long-lasting friendships there. Besides the few that I actually can keep up with are well employed, Baram became a high conceited tattoo artist and he is tattooing G-Dragon right this moment, Gwangsuk dropped college after me and now he is a professional skater, and Hyuzy works with graffiti now.”

“Yes, but couldn't they even recommend anyone?” Sungyeol asked and Hoya was about to reply but was interrupted by the waiter that brought at least half of their order and excused herself to go bring the rest. “Myungsoo! Woohyun! Sunggyu!” The food is arriving! He called and soon enough the two boys and the young dad were coming to eat.

“Nham, it looks delicious!” Sunggyu said his lips and taking a sip of his milkshake as soon as the waiter dropped the second part of their order on the table and Woohyun promptly tried to inspect the sandwiches to get what he would think it was his.

“I think this is yours.” Myungsoo handed one of the sandwiches to Woohyun, as Hoya and Sungyeol grabbed one sandwich each, and then he sat beside his boyfriend.

As soon as Myungsoo sat and was about to reach for his own sandwich, Woohyun noticed the current disposition of people around the table. Hoya still sat at his place beside the window and Sungyeol was still in the head of the table while Sunggyu sat between those two, the only thing different from before was his father sitting beside Sungyeol, a thing he didn't like that much today. But to be fair a solution immediately appeared in his head and soon enough he was trying to sit on his father lap.

Myungsoo promptly retreated his hand to hold Woohyun in place so he wouldn't fall and right after that complained with a chuckle. “What is this Namu? You're already old enough to sit alone.”

“I want to sit here.” He said.

“Then I can move to the other chair.” Myungsoo suggested but his son shook his head.

“No, daddy's lap is the best.” Woohyun said with a big smile which made Myungsoo seem to not know what to do.

“Indulge, you said.” Sungyeol butted in just to watch his boyfriend in that kind of misery, not that it actually was in one, but this situation was kinda cute.

Myungsoo couldn't help but sigh and tried to find a way to block Woohyun from falling while eating. They mostly ate in silence, but as Woohyun and Sunggyu often spoke between themselves the adults threw their replies here and there, the only one not talking was Hoya that kept his eyes set on Myungsoo which left the young adult kind of uncomfortable.

“Can we have dessert?” Sunggyu asked at some point.

“If you're still hungry then eat the other half your sandwich, I won't let Hoya hyung pay if you're not going to eat everything, besides you just divided a milkshake with Woohyun.” Sungyeol defended his cousin wallet for once and Sunggyu pouted.

“Argh, my legs.” Myungsoo complained right after which made his son look up to him in wonder. “You're growing Namu, you're becoming heavy, I don't feel my legs already. Why don't you go play a bit with Sunggyu?” He suggested.

Woohyun was about to say he didn't want to unless his father came with them when Sungyeol interjected. “Go play you two, when we finally get home you'll probably only have time to do homework before sleeping so if you want to have fun better have now.”

Woohyun groaned but he knew the older neighbor was right, besides he didn't want to disappoint his pink dino teacher tomorrow so he had to enjoy playing now while he could. With a last glare to Sungyeol, that the older didn't notice because he focused back on the last bites of his sandwich, he slid from Myungsoo's legs, much for the young dad relief, and ran with Sunggyu towards the slide.

“Aigo, my legs.” Myungsoo complained again, this time massaging his tights under the table so they could come back to life.

“You'll be fine.” Sungyeol smiled and playfully pushed Myungsoo before he took a brief look at the kids to make sure they were far enough and even so he lowered his voice the next time he spoke. “I told him.” Myungsoo raised his brows at his boyfriend in questioning so Sungyeol furthered some explanation. “About us.”

Myungsoo's eyes went big for a moment, then they were squeezed, only for him to look back and forth Sungyeol and Hoya. “Is this why he is looking at me like that? He didn't like the news?”Myungsoo questioned awkwardly and at first, Sungyeol was kinda confused but when he looked back at his cousin the elder was indeed looking fixedly at his boyfriend.

“No, he was kind of static.” Sungyeol replied awkwardly and both of them looked back at Hoya inquiringly. “What's up with you?” He added and Hoya finally got his focused back and finally blinked only for Myungsoo to shift uncomfortably under his eyes, but before he could say anything Sungyeol squinted his eyes at him. “Were you lying when you said you were happy for me?”

Hoya finally rolled his eyes. “No Sungyeol, of course, I am happy, I'm #teamMyungsoo and founder of the shipping squad, how can you even doubt that I was happy for you? “

“Shipping what?” Myungsoo asked confused.

“Nothing.” Sungyeol said between gritted teeth but flushing red.

“I'll tell you later.” Hoya waved his hand in dismissal. “I was just thinking about something else here.” The couple looked at each other in confusion while Hoya rested his elbows on the table and straightened his back to be in a business-like posture. “Myungsoo you said you study Arts, is that it? Do you know anything about digital painting and lots of photoshop?”

“Yeah, that's right.” Myungsoo replied still kind of confused. “Well, I know a bit of it, it's a form of art that I like but I have Woohyun so I don't practice that much, but yeah, photoshop, of course I know, every photographer knows about it.”

“Great!” Hoya face lightened up as if he was about to open his Christmas gifts and he opened a big smile that left Sungyeol a bit unsettled. “Do you have a job? How much they pay you?” Myungsoo tilted his head to the side while Sungyeol mind just thought fast about all the implications of what he thought it was about to happen. “I want to offer you a job.”

“A job? Does he means that?” Myungsoo looked at Sungyeol for some enlightenment. “I mean, hyung, you never seen my works.” He turned to Hoya that was already opening his laptop to fix that and as soon as he noticed he was already giving instructing the elder to access his portfolio.

“Dude, I probably don't need that many skills but you're good at this.” Hoya praised Myungsoo that smiled pleased then looked at him with determination. “Here's the deal, I need help to publish my webtoon every Friday at midnight so I need everything ready by then. You decide on your time management and if you want to work at home, but if you want to come to my apartment it's fine too – you won't get to eat Sungyeol food but my mother sometimes cooks whenever Dongwoo hyung comes so...

“Wait a minute, Myungsoo is finishing his graduation right now, I don't think...” Sungyeol was about to in but Hoya and Myungsoo just ignored him, Myungsoo eyes were already sparkling and Hoya new he almost winning Myungsoo over.

“I know you're finishing your graduation and I don't want to hinder you, and if you say yes I think I will need more from you in these next two weeks so I can let you in on how this works but, aside that, you can work part-time whenever Woohyun is in school and I'll pay you accordingly. So, what you're gonna say? Hoya asked excitedly.

“That's great hyung, you're really kind offering me that opportunity, but...” Myungsoo hesitated and Myungsoo forced an awkward smile on his face. “I can't work because of my scholarship.”

“What?” Hoya's shoulders deflated and now he looked like the rest of his world crumbled around him. “But weren't you working last month?”

“Yes, kind of, not officially at least. My boss is my father friend so he deposited my payment on my father bank account and then my father transferred to mine.” Myungsoo explained and Hoya smirked with some kind of relief.

“What if I pay you in cash? No one will ever know you're working.” Hoya suggested deviously.

“Guys...” Sungyeol tried to stop the conversation going in front of him for the second time.

He had seen Myungsoo back account and did some math for him, so if the young dad didn't spend his money up he would manage to hold on until half November but, if he were to be sincere with himself, he didn't think Myungsoo would be able to hold on to that plan because of Woohyun.

From the little time they knew each other he knew Woohyun was considerate of his father money, he never demanded expensive toys and clothes and he shut up when Myungsoo had enough. But, really Myungsoo spoiled the kid whenever he could, with trivial things of course, like taking him to the movie theaters, eating some ice cream, or having some takeout food every now and then, but even if Myungsoo wanted to follow Sungyeol financial plan, he couldn't just because he spoiled Woohyun with those little things.

Sungyeol could only imagine that normal parents indulged their kids like that kind of often, his own mother gave him books all the time before he even went to school, and he didn't see a problem in that, not a problem in getting a job to support him and his son, but he had his doubts on the focus Myungsoo would be able to put on his graduation project and even finding time for him and that left him a bit unsettled. But before Sungyeol even uttered his opinions on the matter, the other two were already shaking hands and discussing details.

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The young boy knew something changed after he and Sunggyu left the adults alone to play a bit, his father seemed very happy and Hoya too and Sungyeol that before was smiling and had a light mood was now serious, he looked troubled, and Woohyun wondered if his father and Hoya had somehow teased his friend brother to the point he got upset. Yes, he didn't like Sungyeol stealing what was his thing with his father but that didn't mean he wanted to make the elder upset because if he got too angry maybe he and Sunggyu couldn't play together anymore and he definitely didn't want that.

So when they arrived home Woohyun didn't need to be told what to do because at that point Sungyeol already ordered Sunggyu to go for a bath as well and since it was getting close to their bedtime, he was perfectly aware that he had to concentrate his remaining energy on homework, so he and Sunggyu entered their respective apartments for a bath and let the two adults alone at their door.

As soon as the kids entered their apartments Myungsoo closed most of his door so Woohyun wouldn't see anything of what could happen but before he waited for anything Sungyeol was already shooting his possible dreams down.

“I'm going now, I need to make sure Sunggyu does his homework before he decides to skip it.” Sungyeol forced an awkward smile and Myungsoo furrowed his brows, something was not right.

“We got together like a couple of hours ago and you're already mad at me? What did I do?” He asked confused.

“I'm not mad at you.” Sungyeol denied.

“Disappointed then?” Myungsoo suggested and Sungyeol didn't answer he just sighed. “Is it about the job offer? Hyung, you said yourself that sooner or later I would have to get a job, you know I don't have that much money and I have Woohyun....”

Sungyeol looked down at his feet and played a bit with the keys in his hand before he looked at Myungsoo. “It's not like that, I'm not disappointed you chose to accept the offer, the payment isn't the biggest in the world but it's good enough to get your minimal expenses going for a while, the conditions are good too and Hoya hyung is not a bad boss either...If I were in your position I would have accepted it too because I have a kid that depends on me as well and.... it's just...” He sighed and Myungsoo asked with his eyes for him to continue. “I'm just worried, you have a lot going on, would my position drop on your list of priorities?”

Myungsoo reached for Sungyeol hands to hold with one of his. “What are you talking about? Of course not. I can still work my schedule, we can still have time for ourselves when the kids are at school, ok?” He assured. “I know you have a point for worrying, but you have to understand that if I didn't think you were that much important to me I wouldn't have said anything in the first place.”

“Sorry for being insecure then.” Sungyeol made an apologetic expression only for Myungsoo to chuckle and pull him close.

“That's ok, I like that duality. Things will never get boring.” Myungsoo said with a chuckle and Sungyeol was about to chuckle himself when Myungsoo let go of him to place a hand on his neck and pull him down to a kiss.

Sungyeol immediately responded to the kiss with the same passion he was being kissed but broke the kiss soon enough because they were in the corridor, any neighbor could pass by them and see.

“Yah, we're going to get caught.” Sungyeol scolded and he wanted to seem angry but there was nothing in his happy expression and soft tone that indicated he was so Myungsoo just laughed.

“Yeah, right. I think I'll enter now, I think I need to have some conversation with Woohyun while he does his homework, I bet he is about to leave the bathroom any moment now.” Myungsoo replied.

“You're telling him about us?” Sungyeol eyes suddenly got big.

“Not yet.” Myungsoo replied a bit stiffly. “But I have to start working on communicating with him if I want to tell him.” He said and Sungyeol hummed in agreement.

“Yeah, maybe we get to know why the hell he was all territorial over you today too. I mean, we were acting pretty normal, he must be getting things in the air. “

“That was kinda obvious wasn't?” Myungsoo sighed but opened the door again. “Wish me luck.” He said a bit defeated.

“Myungsoo fighting!” Sungyeol cheered with a smile before they both entered their respective apartments.

Myungsoo made a brief stop at Woohyun room to drop his red backpack there then his room to drop his phone and wallet over his bed and when he was coming out he bumped with Woohyun going out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped all over his small body.

“Forgot to bring your clothes?” He asked in amusement as he watched Woohyun almost trip over the big towel and the boy passed him giggling in guilt then Myungsoo followed his son back to his bedroom. “Dress up, so we can do your homework.” He ordered as he entered the boy room only to see that Woohyun was frozen inside the bedroom apparently looking at nowhere in particular. “What happened?” The young dad asked.

“Why my bed sheets are different?” The boy turned to him with an inquiring look and Myungsoo felt a lump forming in his throat.

“I spilled juice on mine today so since I was going put mine in the washing machine I already washed and changed yours too.” He said, not that it was a complete lie, but it wasn't a full truth either and Woohyun kept looking at his father eyes for a whole lot of three seconds that almost made Myungsoo think he son wouldn't buy that. Instead, the boy quickly adjusted the towel that wanted to drop from his body and made way to his closet to get his clothes, which made his dad let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. “What kind of homework do you have today?”

“Some math and I have to discover the meaning of some words and write some sentences using them.” The boy answered a little distracted as he wore his Stitch onesie. “Daddy, can you help me with my hair?” He turned around to look at his father and Myungsoo beckoned him to come closer.

Myungsoo tried to dry his son hair as much as he could as Woohyun tried taking stuff out of his bag and placing over his bed. They ended up deciding that the boy needed to do his homework first and then his dad would finish drying the hair with a hairdryer.

“Daddy's basketball skills are splendid.” Woohyun spoke slowly as he wrote down a sentence with a word he needed to use it then looked at Myungsoo to ask with his eyes if he had done correctly and Myungsoo nodded and smiled proudly as he patter the boy somehow still wet hair, the boy was hanging for sometime with Sungyeol and Sunggyu so he was increasing his vocabulary faster so there was no need for Myungsoo to help him that much. “It's done, yay!” The boy cheered and closed his notebook, he already done the math homework before therefore he was free now.

“Ok, put your things in your backpack, I'm going to get the hairdryer to finish your hair.” Myungsoo instructed as he got up and Woohyun hurriedly did what he was told.

It didn't take long for Woohyun to end his task or for Myungsoo to come back to his son's room and start hair drying the boy as he kept Woohyun giggling with some poke of some praises here and there.

“Namu, I have news to tell you.” He announced some minutes later and Woohyun stopped giggling to look at him but Myungsoo just made him look at the front again so he could continue drying the boy's head. “I got a job.”

“What?” Now Woohyun head snapped back to look at him with an inquiring yet displeased expression and Myungsoo just knew that he wouldn't finish his task before he ended this conversation with Woohyun.

“A job, I got a job.” He repeated. “I will help Hoya hyung release comics on the internet, isn't that cool?” Woohyun expression showed he was feeling betrayed.

“No, I don't like it.” The boy said bluntly not even trying to hide how he really feel.

“Why?” Myungsoo finally puts the hair dryer away to look at Woohyun a little defeated. “This job will help me have more money every month, therefore, we can keep living here, don't you like living here? It's close to our schools and then we have friends at doors, and then there is Mrs. Baek that always gives you cookies too.”

“I like it.” The boy admitted, and his expression softened just enough for him to show sadness. “But it get's lonely without daddy here.”

Myungsoo chuckled a bit. “How are you lonely Namu? You always together with Sunggyu.”

The boy crossed his little arms and hissed. “It's not the same thing!” And Myungsoo knew the boy had a point, you can't substitute a parent with a friend, still, he had said that so Woohyun told him how he really feels, therefore, he just waited for Woohyun to tell him whatever he was thinking. “Whenever daddy is working we barely spend time together.” The boy complained.

“Namu, you know I have to work to support us, we already talked about this a couple of times and you know that a kid can't depend on his/her parents forever.” He said as he reached for his son's face to caress him. “In ten years time, or when you have your own baby you will feel that way too. First you'll want to live in your own space, to have privacy and to not have someone telling what to do all the time, and if you really have your own kids you want to be dependable so they can rely on you and, for all that, you'd need money just like I need now. Besides, I always spend my free time with you, we do a lot of things together”

Woohyun pushed his dad hand instantly away. “That will never happen, we will always live together until you're older than grandpa and I need to take care of you all.” That was a lovely thought but Myungsoo wasn't sure Woohyun would stick to that in ten years time. “Besides lately even when you don't have work or homework you always stay around Sungyeol hyung.”

Myungsoo squinted his eyes at his son which meant the boy was basically treading on dangerous waters. “What's the problem with that? Sungyeol hyung is my friend just like Sunggyu is yours, besides we all spend time together lately and he is even teaching you piano.”

“It's different.”

“How's that any different?”Myungsoo asked raising a brow.

“It's just different.” The boy insisted.

“Then explain me how.” Myungsoo dared and Woohyun opened his mouth to speak but things didn't come from his mouth right away, he needed a couple of seconds to work his thoughts.

“First you didn't bring any other friend home and you don't visit friends places too, only Sungyeol hyung comes here and now you spend too much time with him and you don't come to pick me up in school and you don't spend time with me and you only treat Sungyeol hyung nicely and you're loving him more than me.” The boy accused as some tears formed in his eyes.

“Woohyun, you know I don't have that many friends that I can trust you with, most of people my age don't want anything to do with a kid not to mention we lived far from my friends, and even so I used to feel very lonely before I became friends with Sungyeol hyung because the others can't understand what is like to have to raise a child. Do you want me to feel lonely? Is that it?”

Woohyun bit his plump lips and tears threatened to fall from his eyes, he didn't mean like that but he couldn't exactly come up with words that would explain what he was feeling properly, but before he could say something more Myungsoo continued to speak.

“Woohyun, if I needed to give up on things all over again so I could have you I would gladly do so because I enjoy being your father and no, you can't get to say I treat him better or love him more than you because this isn't true, you're always my top priority. Sungyeol hyung has been a great help whenever he takes care of you and I like him, but that's completely a different kind of love. You're the most important person in my life, I love you more than my own parents, I love you more than all of my friends combined and I would never ever treat anyone better than you.”

Woohyun crawled to his dad lap and hugged him. “I miss you a lot.”

Myungsoo hugged him back and patted his son's head. “I'm always missing you too, I hate when we are apart, you don't need to feel insecure or jealous, there is no way you ever fall to second place, I just love you too much but if you want to spend more time alone with me you just need to tell me so I can try to work and study when you're at school so we can have more time together at night and the weekends.” He sighed deeply. “My... friendship with Sungyeol hyung is advantageous because he understands me, he lives close, he learned to like you, therefore, I can finally do something my age like hanging out with a friend without having to part from you, do you understand that?”

“I'm sorry.” The boy whimpered in his ear and he pulled himself from the hug to dry the boy running tears before he spoke again.

“You're growing up and you'll soon discover I'm not that cool, I don't have half of your grandpa wisdom, I am basically just giving my best and hoping I don't make some mistake, but it doesn't matter if we are close or apart or who we hang out with, no one will break our bond. I'm sorry we didn't talk about this previously - there is a lot happening right now for me, things you don't necessarily have to worry about - but just because I won't be picking up from school that often it doesn't mean I love you less. We decided to do things this way so we don't have to spend too much time cooking instead of playing with you two because our time together is important, even Sungyeol hyung is learning about that, and just because I hang out with him and talk about adult problems it doesn't mean I love you less either so you don't need to feel jealous I love you both in a different way but of course I love you much more.”

The boy shifted a bit and looked at his father with puppy eyes. “Do you promise? Can we spend more time together too?”

“Of course I promise, and you don't need to think I will spend less time with you because I will work part-time and that will be the time you're in school so you won't even feel a difference.” He said softly and Woohyun forced a smile. “I just want you to understand that we both need to interact with other people so we can grow up better or else when we need to be apart we will feel even more lonely.” He explained in his most gentle tone. “Besides when there are more people, more fun it is, right? And Sungyeol hyung food is quite tasty too.”

“Daddy is right.” The boy smiled sheepishly, finally accepting Myungsoo words, and then pushed his body against his father so Myungsoo would lay in bed with him before he turned his body to lay on the bed without stop hugging his dad. “I'm sorry daddy, I will be more considerate of you from here on.” The boy ended up whispering.

“It's ok Namu.” He smiled. “I'm young and sometimes stupid, but just have in mind that I'm trying to do my best because you're the thing I love the most and you deserve all the love in the world.” He said and pinched his son cute nose softly.

“More than mom?” The boy asked curiously only for Myungsoo to sigh.

“I loved your mom in a different way, you can't compare with her.”

“But you love her more than you love Sungyeol hyung? She's still your number one?” The boy insisted, it was ok for Myungsoo to like him more, but then his mother had to be second place right?

“They also can't compare, I also love them both in a very different way.” Myungsoo replied stiffly and while that was the truth because Myungsoo liked Sungyeol as a lover and Jihyun as a friend, of course Woohyun interpreted the other way around and was quickly satisfied with his father answer.

“Tell me more about her, did uncle Moonsoo found her DVD?” The boy asked softly.

“No he didn't find it yet, but I will give him a call later to ask ok?” Myungsoo replied. “What kind of story do you want to know?”

“Good stories.” The boy chirped. “So I can try to dream about our family together.”

Myungsoo chuckled at that. “I can tell you an interesting story about her but, Woohyun-ah, your mother had bad sides too, if you don't let me talk about that you won't know her fully.” Myungsoo coaxed and Woohyun stayed quiet as he thought about that and the elder had to poke him to get a reply.

“Can that not be today?” He pleaded kind of afraid of discovering whatever Myungsoo had to tell him and the dad just sighed.

“Having a bad side doesn't mean she was a bad person ok? Don't confuse things because your mom had bad sides but was one of the best people I knew.” He offered and the boy didn't reply so Myungsoo took that as the end of their conversation and his cue to start the story. “Ok, so there was one time in third grade when Ji and I climbed up a tree and...”

It didn't take long for Woohyun to sleep after all the boy was tired from the long day, and Myungsoo had to contort himself to get out from his son hold and leave his bed before he properly tucked his son in and left to prepare himself to go sleep too.

He took some clothes from his closet and entered the bathroom for a shower, he kind of needed another, and, once he was in it, he thought about today's events. While he was immensely happy that he and Sungyeol finally got official and that his conversation with Woohyun went mostly smooth, he couldn't help but think how this semester was going to be difficult. Working, graduation project, basketball, dating (he giggled at that), solving problems he himself created... he better man up and keep up with things, he didn't need both his boyfriend and his son insecure with him.

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AN: After some time here i am though I am still busy but I took time out to cheer me up with this. Now all of you tell me something, have you watched The Return of Superman? There is a boy there, Sungjae, he is kind of mischievous. Do you think he looks a bit like Woohyun? Because when I think about Woohyun in this fic I just imagine Sungjae a little older.

This is Woohyun as a baby:

This is Sungjae: