Epilogue: Age 35
All I'm Sure OfMinseok made his way into his old school, looking fondly around the hallways where he'd spent K through 12 as he strolled toward the Principal's office. When he got there he was surprised to see a sprightly young woman behind the secretary's desk. She smiled up at him and asked him to please wait a moment; Minseok returned her pleasant expression with his own and sat down in the same chairs where he'd once spent quite a lot of time waiting for punishment. It was a strangely nostalgic feeling that grew even stronger when Minseok was finally called into the office of the Principal and saw before him the same man who'd disciplined him so often all those years ago.
"You're still here!" he said, more surprised by this fact than the presence of the new secretary. The Principal raised his gaze to the heavens and muttered something, likely unpleasant, under his breath. Minseok smirked like he was 18 again, but a cough from the side of the room wiped the glee from his face immediately.
"Kim Minseok," Baekhyun hissed, clearly displeased. "It's clear that delinquency runs in your family."
Minseok resisted the urge to stick out his tongue because he knew he'd regret the action later if he did it now. "Not in yours?" He said instead.
The Principal slammed his hands down on his desk just as Baekhyun opened his mouth to bicker back. "You two!" He yelled at them. "For once, this isn't about you. Can't you just behave?" He gestured toward the boy, no more than ten years old, sitting directly in front of the desk. "Yesterday your son dumped paint all over another child's uniform. Today he bullied the same boy out of his lunch and refused to return the food until that boy agreed to eat with him. Such behavior is simply unacceptable."
Minseok nodded, expression appropriately serious. "You're completely correct, sir. My husband and I will make sure to scold Junnie severely. It won't happen again."
The Principal doubted Minseok's words entirely, but he accepted them regardless and shooed the couple and their son out of his office as quickly as he could.
Minseok wrapped an arm around Baekhyun's waist as they watched Junmyeon skip back off to class. "He's totally your son," Baekhyun teased when Junmyeon made it through the classroom door and immediately approached a tall, pale boy to tug at his bangs and be a general nuisance.
"Whatever," Minseok shot back. "Let's just hope Oh Sehun falls for Junnie's charms like I fell for yours."
Baekhyun looked from his son to his husband and rolled his eyes. "Pretty sure that's not what happened."
With a sweet kiss to Baekhyun's forehead, Minseok fondly disagreed. "Oh, I'm pretty sure that's exactly what happened."
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