Myungsoo was a bit surprised to find out that some kids (Mingyu, you again!) were trying to tease Woohyun saying that he wasn't loved by his father anymore but once he entered the school with his son they saw for themselves his and Woohyun unchanging chemistry and the young boy couldn't feel more happy. He wondered why the boy didn't say anything home (not even Sunggyu commented about it), but Dongwoo explained that Woohyun wasn't bothered by these things because he was super confident on the relationship he had with his father and that made Myungsoo all warm and fuzzy inside.

After that, Myungsoo visited his college but couldn't get any resolution for his problem and the university seemed to know less about his professor health than him. After a talk with the head of his department he discovered that not only other students that were advised by professor Kim were assigned to other advisers (a thing that made them burdened), he was the only one studying a specific thing that the others didn't know how to help him with, which meant he was currently stuck and would have no help.

Seeing the despair in Myungsoo's face, the head of his department told him to continue working on his project while he searched around the campus someone that could help him finish his project and he would get informed about everything through  email later. Myungsoo sighed after hearing that - as if this was the easiest thing to do - he couldn't even talk with Sungyeol about it because his lover was taking his time to prepare his presentation.

At the end, he decided to focus on the kids and while he couldn't move on with the textual part of his project he decided to select and edit some pictures he already had and he proceeded to do that after the kids were asleep.

When Friday came everything was kinda settled in a way. Myungsoo had progressed a little with a different part of his project and he and Hoya sped up as much as they could so they they could go to the university to watch Sungyeol presentation.

Once they arrived in college, they bumped with Chanyeol and Dara sill in the parking lot, and after an uncomfortable greeting (from Hoya's and Myungsoo's parts) they discovered through Dara that there was a lot of people that wanted to watch Sungyeol presentation and that they should hurry to find a seat. Both work partners sighed and accepted to go together because they didn't know their way around Sungyeol department that well so they wouldn't refuse help.

As they walked, and Chanyeol pestered Hoya with questions, Hoya was explaining that if he hadn't dropped college he would be Myungsoo's sunbae since he entered the Arts department a year before him, when Myungsoo phone beeped with a new email. He quickly tapped the screen to read it and when he did he had to stop everyone.

“Guys, I have a problem.” He said and the other three furrowed his brows. “I received an email from my department saying I was assigned to a new adviser to help me with my project...”

Hoya winced because he knew Myungsoo had briefly talked about that problem earlier in the week and he knew the importance of it but Chanyeol looked at him in disbelief.

“You won't be there for hyung?”

“Chany!” Dara scolded her younger boyfriend with her elbow and although Myungsoo replied his question the basketball player looked at Hoya for help.

“I want to be there for him, but it would be better if I dropped by my department to get at least the email of the person that's going to help me because I'm kind of desperate right now.” Myungsoo admitted only for Chanyeol to sigh, he knew desperation when he saw it.

“I think you should go.” Hoya told him. “Sungyeol would be happy if you were there but he would feel bad if he knew you could solve your problem but decided to watch him, so go I'll explain to him.”

“No, no, no.” Chanyeol shook his head, he wouldn't let it go that easy, if Sungyeol liked this dude he was sure he would keep that guy in line this time since he wasn't able to do that with Sungyeol past lover because he didn't know him. “If you need information, get and come back to watch him at the end of his presentation. I know you won't understand a thing, I barely understand too, but hyung slays and you should see it. He'll definitely like if you watch at least a little.”

Having a green light from Hoya, that had nodded in agreement, and somehow a positive reply from Chanyeol, Myungsoo smiled thankfully at them. “I'll come back soon.”

“When you finish, text me so I can give you instructions on how to find us.”Hoya said.

“And we'll save you a seat.” Dara offered.

“But don't take long, Sungyeol hyung is fast at these kinds of things.” Chanyeol advised before the youngest of them ran for his department.

It didn't take long for the three enter the room Sungyeol was at and were kind of surprised to see a lot of people there, some Chanyeol greeted comfortably, they were his hoobaes or his classmates and some Dara greeted because it was her classmates, but there was a bunch of older people that both of them didn't know who they were. Hoya was kinda flabbergasted because Sungyeol always said he was in the unpopular side but he guessed that maybe the crowd gathered maybe because of the subject of Sungyeol presentation and not because of him.

Hoya spotted Sungjong in the crowd, with his boyfriend beside him, and they were saving seats and, as he instructed Chanyeol and Dara to go find a seat near them he ran to talk to Sungyeol before the rest could settle.

“Sungyeol!”

“Hyung, you came!” Sungyeol said kind of surprised and then he searched the crowd, looking for his boyfriend.

“Sorry, something came up for Myungsoo at the last minute.”

“Is Woohyun fine?” Sungyeol asked worriedly, his heart beating fast with the possibility of something happened to the boy.

“No, it's nothing related to Woohyun, but it seems like he was assigned to a new adviser so he ran to his department to check if that was true, he will come back as soon as he can.” Hoya explained. “It shouldn't take long.”

“You almost gave me a fright, man!” Sungyeol breathed out in relief then smiled at his cousin. “Go sit with Sungjong and Moonsoo over there, I should begin my presentation any moment.”

“Dinner later?” The elder asked as he started to move backwards.

“Of course, after we pick the kids up.” Sungyeol confirmed as he watched a group of professors finally sit down to start everything.

Hoya sat behind Moonsoo and left the chair beside Sungjong for Myungsoo and soon after Sungyeol was already cleaning his throat to start talking. He adjusted himself a bit to, of course, doze off, he knew Sungyeol would explain in a complexity beyond his basic knowledge on the subject and he wanted to catch up with sleep a bit. Meanwhile Myungsoo arrived at his department gasping for air.

“I.... received... an email... about...” He tried to speak with the receptionist between gasps for air.

“Myungsoo-shi, please take some water.” The receptionist offered but Myungsoo shook his head.

“I'm... in a hurry.” He dismissed but the girl shook her had a him and pushed a cup of water in his hands.

“Drink it, I'm gonna call professor Oh.” She said then moved towards a door but before she could knock she looked back at him and said. “I heard the Professor Kim and her baby will survive.” She winked at him and Myungsoo felt so relieved at that that he briefly forgot everything and just smiled widely, but next thing he knew Professor Oh was right in front of him.

“Myungsoo-shi?” He guy called and Myungsoo managed to focus on him. “I didn't expect to see you so soon despite the good news I have for you.”

“I was within… college grounds so I ran...” Myungsoo said but felt his mouth become dry then paused to drink water and the professor in front of him took the opportunity to interrupt him and talk.

“I see.” The guy chuckled before. “Look, before we talk about your situation, I wanted to tell you that Professor Kim husband called us in the morning and said you took professor Kim to the hospital just in time and if it weren't for you their chances would be considerably smaller so he asked me to pass his thanks.”

“I...” Myungsoo couldn't even talk he was just too happy with the news, he could only smile widely feeling like he did something right and that he managed to save her both mother and baby.

Professor Oh smiled at his happiness, probably finding endearing because he must have been feeling like a hero, but cleared his throat for him to pay attention. “Now, let me explain you something else.”

“Yes, I mean, did you find another professor to help me, sir?” Myungsoo asked.

“It was difficult.” The guy confessed. “With Professor Kim situation all the professors became burdened and it is not like they understand much of what you've been studying too. I had to dig on professor Kim publications a little and I found out that every time she publishes about this she writes papers together with another person and thankfully the woman is employed here.”

Myungsoo looked confused so the other continued explaining. “Her name is Song Hyekyo and she teaches Modern Literature though she has a background on communications too, therefore she would be able to help, but I talked to her and she said she already has her hands full because another professor retired on her department.” The guy face looked grave so Myungsoo felt like his hopes were thrown out of the window.

“What am I going to do?” He said in desperation.

“Hey, calm down, she said she knows another person that can help you as much as her because he studies the same thing for a long time, though not applied to photography. ”

“Ok, where I can find him or her? How can I talk to them? Did she give you an email?”

“No, she said to tell you to come by her office anytime on Monday so she can introduce you two but I see in your face that you are desperate so let's try calling her office and asking if she can meet now, maybe you can get his/her email today right?” The guy said as he moved to a phone and Myungsoo could only nod away.

“Thank you for helping me.”

“Nah, it's my job.” The guy said and then starting talking on the phone. “Is it from Language department? Yes, I need you to transfer my call to Professor Song Hyekyo office...” As the guy heard what the person has to say he looked at Myungsoo then he covered the phone and spoke directly to him. “It seems like she is very busy at the moment and it is not in her office but the receptionist says that if you can wait for her to finish whatever she is doing, maybe you can still talk to her today.”

“Yes, I can wait, will it take long?” He asked half in desperation and half in the hopes that he could go back to where he was heading to, watch the end of Sungyeol presentation and then have his lover leading the way to wherever professor Song was.

“Will take long? You don't know? Oh ok.” The guy quickly got a pen and a paper and started writing things down on a paper. “Thank you.” The guy then turned to Myungsoo and smiled as he pushed a paper on his hands. “She is here evaluating a student so if you can wait you should talk to her to speed up things a bit, I talked to her directly about you yesterday so when you introduce yourself she will know what to do ok?”

“Thank you, thank you.” Myungsoo bowed a couple of times before he darted off from his department in direction of Sungyeol's.

Once he arrived in Sungyeol's department he didn't know where to go but then he remembered Chanyeol was in Hoya's company so he could ask for directions right? He quickly tapped a message, apologizing for taking long and explaining briefly the situation, and shortly after he was surprised to discover they were in the same room as he was supposed to find this professor and a second later he received instructions on how to get there.

Myungsoo sighed in relief that he would probably kill two birds with just one stone as Professor Song must be participating in Sungyeol evaluation, he would only need to greet his lover and ask to be introduced, after that he believed things would go smoothly for everyone and they would probably have a lot to celebrate today.

There was a small window glass on the door and he briefly searched for his boss in the crowd (gosh, there was a crowd for Sungyeol?), sitting beside Chanyeol and Dara and behind Moonsoo (?) and Sungjong that had a free sit beside him. With one deep breath he opened the door carefully to not hinder Sungyeol presentation and darted as silent as he could to seat beside his brother in law.

Sungyeol paused briefly and contained a happy smile once he saw Myungsoo entering the premises but a second later he started talking again and Sungjong took that opportunity to whisper to his brother in law.

“Hyung, did you solve your problem?” Sungjong whispered as Myungsoo made two thumbs up for his lover.

“Not yet, but the person I'm supposed to talk to is here, I think Sungyeol hyung can introduce me to her later.” Myungsoo explained and that managed to make Sungjong surprised for a second before he turned his attention to what Sungyeol was explaining.

Five minutes into it he could see from his peripheral vision that Moonsoo was already playing a game on his phone and Sungjong seemed to be failing at following what Sungyeol was talking about. Hoya seemed to be squinting his eyes at Sungyeol (Myungsoo thought he was sleeping) while the couple of friends were paying a lot of attention while writing down a few notes. There were people that also took notes but seemed a bit desperate because they didn't seem to be understanding, there was a small group of people that seemed happy and proud but it seemed like there was a larger group angered. As for him, Myungsoo, could only understand half of what Sungyeol was talking about... different kinds of narratives interested him but he didn't know much about modern Literature because he hadn't time to read books for adults that often.

“... and that concludes my presentation, I'm open to critics and questions now.” Sungyeol suddenly said and Myungsoo thought he was done, but a bunch of questions and critics were thrown at him, but the taller dealt with easy, calmly explained a few things more and even rebutted criticism elegantly.

“Hyung is slaying this so hard, he is totally gonna get the highest mark.” Myungsoo could hear Chanyeol whispering and the next second he could hear movement from Hoya, that might have wakened.

“And, oh, no one expected that.” Myungsoo heard Dara say with giggle right after.

Myungsoo frowned at their comments then smiled to himself, proud of his boyfriend. He knew Sungyeol didn't have the same problems as him but with the amount of things he need to do, he surely worked hard to be able to do everything and improve his relationship with his brothers so he totally deserved to be recognized.

He paid attention as a bunch of people in the first row got closer and whispered towards each other while Sungyeol waited for whatever they decided to say very confidently and once they met eyes they smiled towards each other lovingly though soon their moment was stopped as Sungyeol was being addressed.

From what Myungsoo understood, his lover indeed got high marks in his presentation and was hugely complimented on the complexity and details of his studies. As two professors lingered around him, people started to leave the scene and Chanyeol placed his head between Myungsoo and Sungjong to suggest they would greet Sungyeol.

“I knew from the moment I first saw you that you would never disappoint me Sungyeol, I feel like a proud mother now.” The female professor said in glee as they approached.

“Yah, isn't he too big for that?” The male one that seemed her age retorted as Sungyeol smiled in amusement. “You're still going to try for Professor Jeong place, right?.” He asked.

“Yes, I will.” Sungyeol answered as he watched his family, friends and lover come together so he decided to wrap it up. “Thank you all, I'll take the critics in consideration on my future works and I expect to work with you soon but maybe we should include everyone in the conversation.” He pointed his chin behind them and welcomed the group with a smile. “Hey guys, thank you for coming.”

“Sandara, Chanyeol, I didn't know you guys would come. You came to learn something?” The male professor asked.

“We always learn something, but we came to show our support, he has been giving us some help behind the scenes.” Sandara explained.

“Exactly besides, Sungyeol hyung is like an older brother to me.” Chanyeol smiled confidently.

“Over my dead body.” Sungjong huffed but got his ribs elbowed by Hoya and Moonsoo. “What? This guy is annoying!”

“Hey!” Sungyeol moved his loving eyes from Myungsoo and hardened them to aim them at Sungjong for him to behave. “Guys these are the professors that helped me out through my academic journey, Jongki hyung and Hyekyo noona.”

“Hyekyo?” Myungsoo mumbled though nobody paid attention to him.

“Finally you dropped a bit of your formality.” Hyekyo said with a smile.

“He should get used.” Jongki offered.

“It's kinda hard to change habits.” Sungyeol playfully glared at both of his professors.

“Who are these that came to greet you?” Hyekyo said as she looked to the others she didn't know one by one.

“Half of them are my family.....” Sungyeol was about to introduce them when he was interrupted by a gasp.

“Your brothers are here?” The woman gasped and looked at them again only to settle her eyes on Sungjong. “You must be Sungjong.”

“Yeah, the middle brother.” Sungjong forced an awkward smile.

“You look a lot like each other.” Jongki said as he looked from one brother to the other.

“I'm sure the similarities ends there.” Sungjong sighed.

“Don't say things like that, you’re not dumb.” Sungyeol slightly scolded.

“You talk as if your grades are bad, they aren't.” Moonsoo hugged him too.

“Yeah, don't self deprecate when your brother only boasts about you.” Hyekyo said and Sungjong seemed surprised that his brother talked about him (and good things too), he moved his eyes to Sungyeol for confirmation and the taller nodded proudly.

“Sungjong, is one hell of a hard worker, he is studying Business in Daekyung and he is going places, he is currently writing his first paper.” Sungyeol boasted which warmed Hoya heart, because Sungyeol was being sensible enough to kill Sungjong insecurities in public, and he could wish nothing more for his younger cousin, because he was sure after Sungjong got that fixed he would be able to achieve great things.

“How do you know?” Sungjong gasped and looked from Hoya to Moonsoo, wondering who had told Sungyeol about it but both of them giggled at him and shut their mouths.

“I'm sure it will be a success.” Hyekyo said and looked down searching for the youngest brother, she was dying to meet Sunggyu, the once troublemaker that became a ball of fluff lately.

“I know everything.” Sungyeol wriggled his brows playfully only for Sungjong to make a face despite feeling all fuzzy inside.

“Where is the troublemaker?” Jongki asked as he looked down in search of Sunggyu as well.

“He is in school, if he were here he would be sleeping because of my boring presentation.” Sungyeol said then pointed to Hoya. “This is my cousin Hoya, he is the webtoon artist of Cheese in the Trap, that soon will have a Drama version.”

“You mean oozing admiration, right?” Hoya butted in. “Hey there, thank you for taking care of this guy.” Hoya thanked politely and bowed a bit, being more polite than the rest.

“Ssaems, meet my friends.....” Sungyeol was about to continue but was interrupted only for Myungsoo to open a fond bemused smile at him.

“You've made new friends, our Sungyeol is so changed~” Hyekyo teased.

“You have no idea.” Hoya giggled to himself as he and Sungjong met eyes and Sungyeol ignored the three of them and continued.

“This is Moonsoo, Sungjong's ...” Sungyeol hesitated because he didn't know if the two wanted to be open about their relationship but Sungjong was quick to clarify everything.

“Boyfriend, he is my boyfriend, yes, we're gay.” The younger interjected and while the two professors just greeted warmly.

“And this is Kim Myungsoo...” He pointed to Myungsoo and then reached for his arm to bring him to the front of the other so he could be better seen.

“I knew I knew him from somewhere, our University basketball ace, I didn't know you two knew each other.” Jongki greeted Myungsoo with a handshake.

“Well, we...” He was about to explain their special relationship when he was interrupted by Hyekyo.

“Are you perhaps the one from Arts department that is studying storytelling through photography, right?” The group seemed confused as to why she would ask that question.

“Yes, that's me. Are you by any chance professor Song?” Myungsoo asked happily, he wasn't told her surname but if she remembered his name she must be the one he was supposed to talk to.

“Yes!” The woman continued. “ I was expecting to see you on Monday because today I was focusing on Sungyeol presentation.” She said a bit confused.

“I know, but I was coming here either way to support hyung, it was a coincidence.” Myungsoo explained.

“What are you guys talking about?” Sungyeol asked with a feeling of dread in his stomach, as much as he was happy to know Myungsoo managed to solve his problem somehow, there was something in him that told him this wouldn't be good somehow.

“I was told Professor Song would be able to introduce me to someone that can help me.” Myungsoo looked happily at Sungyeol as he explained and Sungyeol could almost feel his dread solidifying in his stomach and weighing him down. He gulped down and thought about all of his commitments, he was finishing a lot of things and he wouldn't be needed to grade the finals and... why this felt so wrong all of a sudden?

“From our department?” Chandara wondered beside them as they accompanied the conversation.

“Oh! Yes! That!” The woman clapped her hands together as her husband frowned at her. “Professor oh explained why I can't help you right?” She asked and Myungsoo nodded. “Since you are already here we should speed things up.” She looked from Myungsoo to Sungyeol and addressed him much for the taller mortification. “Sungyeol, since the worst part for you passed and Jongki and I are obliged to grade the finals ourselves, why don't you take the chance to pump your curriculum even more and help your friend with the references and methodology part of his project?”

Both Myungsoo and Sungyeol gasped as she said that and while Myungsoo had a delighted expression, because really nobody would understand his situation as a whole better than Sungyeol, the taller was looking more and more mortified by the second.

“What?” Sungyeol was able to gather his mind after a second of being judged, and almost studied, by the rest of the group that wondered through whispers.

“You actually can?” Myungsoo asked already smiling away in happiness, this, aside convenient, would be so pleasurable because he wouldn't need to decrease the time he spent with his lover or even his son because the boy was ok if it was Sungyeol he was spending time with.

“No, I can't.” Sungyeol managed to mumble although he was almost hyperventilating by then. “I'm not a professor, I don't...”

“You can, external advising is a possibility if the adviser has more titles than the student.” Jongki explained. “And now that you finished your...”

“No, I can't, I can't.” Sungyeol insisted and though that rang some alarms in Myungsoo head he decided to understand the situation better first before he let himself be consumed by desperation.

“But didn't he just finished college today? Does the university allows him to be my external adviser even if he doesn't have his diploma yet?” He furthered inquired only for everyone but his brother look at him as if he has grown another head.

“Why would you want him to have another diploma?” Dara made a face judging Myungsoo.

“If he doesn't want you, I want you to be my external adviser.” Chanyeol butted in and winked at Sungyeol that just avoided his gaze and looked at the ground.

Sungjong eyes roamed a bit until something dawned on him, Myungsoo was totally lost on this right? “Wait, you don't know?” Sungjong asked in surprise then looked at his cousin, asking with his eyes if that was true and why he hadn't told him.

“I thought it was obvious since the chess match.” Hoya threw his hands in the air as if to say he had nothing to do with it even though people frowned as they didn't understand him . “Maybe there is a misunderstanding somewhere.” He suggested.

“What our chess match has to do with anything? What misunderstanding?” Myungsoo insisted as he wasn't understanding whatever this was and Sungyeol was explaining nothing and just looking at the ground like he was waiting for it to collapse under his feet.

“Wait, he hadn't told you anything about it?” Chanyeol asked only for Myungsoo to look at Sungyeol with inquiring eyes and wait for an explanation, because Sungyeol hadn't said anything to him about whatever this was.

“You know everything important there is to know, this was extremely irrelevant and...” Sungyeol tried to explain nervously as Moonsoo scratched his head confusedly.

“How can this be irrelevant in this situation?” Jongki asked as he tried to piece these puzzles together in his head, this it wasn't really a problem for any of them, he didn't know why Sungyeol was freaking out and Myungsoo was looking lost.

“I can try to explain, you see... hyung is really smart and...” Sungjong tried to explain cautiously.

“I know.” Myungsoo said a little confusedly.

“I think you don't. He isn't smart.” Chanyeol said shaking his head. “He is a genius, like MENSA kind of genius, which rock you live under?” he asked only to be elbowed by his girlfriend.

“What?” Moonsoo gasped, and there he was thinking his brother in law was just a commoner.

“He is right.” Sungjong admitted. “Our mom discovered that early so Sungyeol hyung was sent to a special school so he could have a better development....”

“I think this enough for him to understand, he knows what happened later.” Hoya said as he motioned Myungsoo frozen in place as he looked at Sungyeol in disbelief as the others could only wonder what Hoya was referring.

“Is this true hyung? ” Myungsoo asked cautiously. “So you're really a genius?”

“Of course he is , his IQ is no joke. But Sungyeol works hard as well. He needed to stop studying for two years but he caught up quickly, skipped a few semesters and now he finally managed to finish his Ph.D, hopefully he will be one of us soon.” Professor Song Hyekyeo said proudly.

“Ph.D...” Myungsoo repeated in disbelief, Sungyeol had now a freaking PhD?

Myungsoo blinked quickly as he processed the information, he wasn't very good in math but he counted in his head how many years a regular person would take to have a PhD and added the two years that Sungyeol didn't study at all and it still didn't seem to match.

All this time he thought they were struggling in a similar situation but, in truth the elder was academically light-years ahead of him.

Although that left him slightly jealous because he wanted to finish college quickly to have a full time job to support his son, it was not like that information would change anything between them, though that actually explained why Sungyeol had a lot of correct information on a lot of things (yes, he made some search to confirm it and Sungyeol was always right).

Hyekyo then turned to Sungyeol to try to get him to function. “Myungsoo-shi is just like Chanyeol, a grad student, you'll be just fine. Come on, you're not insecure, and you should take this opportunity to pump your curriculum now before the selective process begins.” She tried to convince the said guy.

“Wow hyung, you never told me, why?” Myungsoo asked a bit hurt that he didn't know more about his lover but it wasn't as I he would hold resentment, and Sungyeol knew that, therefore the taller felt even more guilty as everyone waited for his answer.

“I thought I shouldn't gloat about that around you.” He said timidly. “It would've made me seem an even more unpleasant person back when we met.”

Although the pair of teachers and Chandara didn't understand that, the members of the shipping squad nodded to themselves because it made perfect sense, even Myungsoo nodded in understanding.

“Maybe you're right, but what difference it makes now?” Myungsoo said positively, opening a smile on his face, quickly forgetting the part where he felt a bit hurt Sungyeol didn't share this with him beforehand. Actually he was feeling really blessed that from all people that could be assigned to him, Sungyeol was the one that would be able to help him in every way, and if he was more qualified the better, no?

“It makes every difference possible.” Sungyeol shook his head at his lover and pleaded with his eyes for Myungsoo backtrack as everyone furrowed his brows at him finding his behavior weird because in college, despite grumpy, Sungyeol was always ready to help. Also at this point Hoya, Sungjong and Moonsoo didn't think it was possible for him to say no to Myungsoo.

Myungsoo didn't understand Sungyeol expression. It seemed to him that Sungyeol didn't want to work together even though they had, in a way of another, been doing that for about half a year or more, Sungyeol even helped his get some books and organized his finances, and if this could help them both he didn't understood why his lover wouldn't be jumping at the opportunity to spend even more time together.

“Hyung... ” Myungsoo said softly and reached for his arm, he was about to try to convince Sungyeol to reconsider when Sungyeol yanked his arm.

“No!” Sungyeol said firmly and then turned his back at him, gathered his belongings and left the room to everybody surprise.

“What the hell...?” Moonsoo voiced everyone's thoughts.

“Why doesn't he want to? This is perfect for him.” Hyekyo said dejectedly.

“I dunno, they already spend a lot time together, might as well put that for some good use.” Hoya offered his two cents.

“Yes, I thought he would love to mentor Myungsoo-shi but he became so weird...” Chanyeol commented with his girlfriend. “Did you see his face?”

“Yeah, he wasn't looking well, maybe someone should follow him.” Dara suggested.

“It was a pleasure meeting you all, but I guess I'll go try to tame him so Myungsoo can talk to him and discover what this was, or even convince him to accept it.” Hoya said and after a salute he was already running to try to catch up with Sungyeol long legs.

“I'm sorry for this Myungsoo-shi, Sungyeol is usually such a helpful person...” Hyekyo apologized.

“But we can still have a serious talk to him on Monday, Sungyeol is a very goal driven person and he needs this to pump his curriculum, so he will come around.” Jongki offered. “I think we should go home for now and then Myungsoo can visit our office on Monday to settle things.”

“Right.” Myungsoo didn't seem so sure those two could talk Sungyeol into helping him if the taller reaction was any indication.

“Are you ok, hyung?” Sungjong asked concerned as he placed a hand on Myungsoo shoulder.

“No, I don't understand, if this helps us both....” Myungsoo was about to dejectedly explain all his confusion but Sungjong interrupted him.

“Shhhh, don't say a word now and just talk to hyung in private during the weekend, if this is about what I think it is he is currently freaking out because he might have legit reasons.” Sungjong whispered in the elder ear.

“If he has reasons, why he couldn't explain instead of turning his back at me like that when he knows I need him, better yet, we need each other mutually? That freaking hurts.” Myungsoo whispered back with evident frustration and hurt.

“Ever since you started to get closer I don't think he ever turned his back at you though.” Sungjong said with a hard stare and Myungsoo gulped hard, Sungjong wasn't wrong, Sungyeol was by his side helping him and grounding him every time he needed but this... he wasn't expecting what happened. “I know it might seem that he doesn't want to help you, but I wouldn't be ready to discredit all his hard work to change and all that he feels before talking to him. It seems contradictory but Sungyeol hyung is a genius, he might pull a way out off his sleeve any moment.” Myungsoo sighed dispirited. “Go home, and tomorrow, when both of you are calmer, you talk to him again.”

Myungsoo sighed tiredly, there was nothing he could do at that moment aside from picking up his son from school (because he doubted Sungyeol would do him this favor today) and following Sungjong advice.

It turns out Sungyeol panic prevented him from picking Sunggyu up because five minutes later Sungjong received from his older brother asking him to pick up the smaller one in school. The middle one accepted without much questions because he thought Sungyeol was in big need of some time alone but he messaged Hoya to get more details on whatever was happening with his brother.

At first Hoya didn't message back, maybe he was driving when he received the message or something, so Sungjong got a ride with Moonsoo and Myungsoo to the kids school.

“Daddyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, you came to pick me up!” Woohyun cheered overjoyed from the corner he had been sitting with Sunggyu as soon as he spotted his father, which made their group be noticed by all the kids and Dongwoo himself, and the boy came running to hug his father.

“Jongie hyung!” Sunggyu gasped in surprise then got up to approach his brother, the said boy rarely appeared to pick him up and although he liked he was kinda confused to see him there.

“Of course I came!” Myungsoo said and made a show of hugging his son because it seemed as if Woohyun was needing some type of reassurance in school. “I know you were in school but I still missed you so much that today I got a ride with Uncle Moonsoo and came to pick you up myself!!”

Seeing the group, Sunggyu finished packing his and Woohyun things inside their backpacks then brought them to the group before he hugged Sungjong tightly.

“So everyone came today?” The pink haired teacher greeted them with a smile and some pats in the shoulders as he came beside them.

“Yes, we had to.” Moonsoo said without thinking as he managed to grab Woohyun bag from Sunggyu tiny hands without breaking the 2Sungs hug.

Dongwoo immediately made a confused face but before the other three were able to explain, both boys started looking around. “Where is Sungyeol hyung?” They both asked at the same time.

“You didn't like us coming?” Myungsoo asked, making sure to make it seem as if he was jealous.

“No, daddy, that's not it!” Woohyun shook Myungsoo shirt desperately for a bit before he scratched his head and hesitated. “But hyung always comes...”

“Ah! Hyunnie, Hyung said he would make a presentation for his PhD today, may he still hasn't finished.” Sunggyu suddenly remembered and Woohyun nodded in agreement.

Myungsoo sighed deeply. “It was only me that didn't know about that?”

Sunggyu gasped in shock and Dongwoo was quick to voice his confusion as well. “You didn't know about his presentation, Myungsoo? Weren't you supposed to go there with Hoya and support him ?”

“I didn't know either.” Moonsoo offered, but it wasn't like it made any difference, it wasn't him dating Sungyeol.

“Not about that, the PhD part.” Myungsoo said.

“Really?”Dongwoo gasped.

“Daddy what is a PhD?” Woohyun shook his father shirt again to ask.

“Something that I have to study at least 6 more years to try.” Myungsoo quickly informed his son that made a confused face, he did some math and he didn't understand how Sungyeol could have almost the same age as his dad and have that thing when his dad still need to study that much.

“Mom said Sungyeol hyung was really smart.” Sunggyu tried to explain to his friend but it didn't seem as if that helped a lot.

“He never told me.” Myungsoo insisted.

“It seemed that Sungyeol hyung wanted to fix his image so he didn't tell Myungsoo hyung about it” Sungjong quickly explained and Dongwoo nodded thinking that was plausible. “That would have been irrelevant until they were assigned to work together because, guess what, he is Myungsoo hyung new external adviser.”

“And he is freaked out about it.” Moonsoo added and Dongwoo expression morphed in a mix of worry and pity.

“Oh, Myungsoo, sorry.”

“It's a good thing.” Myungsoo insisted convinced. “I'm fine with it, and it's even convenient for both of us.”

“Hyung, what’s an adviser?” Woohyun asked his best friend.

“Dunno.” Sunggyu shrugged.

“Too convenient you mean.” Dongwoo blurted. “That doesn't work well for Sungyeol.” He then looked at Sungjong. “Is he ok?”

“As Moonsoo hyung said, he is freaking out, but I have faith that Hoya hyung will make him calm down and he will come up with the best alternative for everyone.”

“Wait, what do you mean with 'too convenient'?” Myungsoo inquired but Dongwoo looked at him with disbelief written all over his face. then looked at the two boys before addressing the said young dad.

“Aren't you worried about ethics and all that jazz?”

“No, he doesn't work at my university, he will be an external adviser.” Myungsoo said as if it was obvious.

Dongwoo looked at Sungjong and Moonsoo for help but the younger Lee just sighed which made him feel awkward. “That explains why Sungyeol freaked out., I think I need to go back to work.”

“Bye Dongwoo hyung.” The two kids waved.

“I don't see what would cause an ethical problem, what's with him? ” Moonsoo complained.

“If there is something that can make Sungyeol hyung freak out like that it is a ethical problem so probably …..” Sungjong explained to his boyfriend and Myungsoo tinned him out to think about that. Sungyeol was not, as far as he knew, part of Seoul u so how the hell any kind of ethic problem could appear and affect them  in such a way that drove Sungyeol crazy?

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AN: updating from the middle of a flight. Sorry for the time between updates, I plan things but then things happen and I can't fulfill my promises, I'm sorry for that. Anyway, ethical problems, can you imagine what it is or how myungyeol will deal with that? Also I've copied and pasted from Google docs and since I finished the chapter during a flight (someone farted here) I couldn't correct most of my mistakes or formatation so bear with me and I'll fix that later .

On another note: #happybdaybabyjong #secondwrite.. #votevotevote #streamstream.