the last day of school. everyone was excited. the boys were all rowdy and fidgety like usual on the last day of school.
johnny sat down on his hair, before chenle walked up to his desk, "mr suh!"
"ah, hi chenle! are you having a good day so far?" johnny asked, and chenle nodded in response, holding his hands behind his back, "thats good, what did you need?"
"so, even though we'll be here next school year, i thought i'd get you a gift.." chenle said shyly, passing johnny a gift bag, "it's... it's really nothing much, dont get too excited."
johnny's eyes lit up, and he smiled sweetly at chenle, "oh chenle, you're an angel. you really didnt have to," he chuckled, while opening the bag slowly and delicately. he pulled out a stuffed brown bear with a suit on, "aww! this is so cute, thank you so much! i'll treasure him forever."
chenle smiled with a laugh, "i bought it because it reminds me of you. you're like a big friendly bear! and the suit matches your suits too!"
"you're so lovely, thank you so much!" johnny spoke, making chenle happy.
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"how are you?" johnny asked, as ten climbed into his car. johnny had offered the boy a lift home earlier in the day, but they had just agreed to chill at johnny's house. the latter just laid back in the passenger seat with his eyes closed, making johnny chuckle, "i'm guessing you're tired?"
without any words, ten nodded. he noticed the stuffed animal in johnny's backpack, and reached for it.
"chenle got this for me!," he informed the younger, passing him the bear and grabbing his coat from the back to put over the boy, "you can sleep if you want. i'll go a longer way home so you can have a nap."
a small smile appeared on ten's lip as he laid back in the seat. he tapped johnny's leg with his hand, and held it out, letting the boy hold it as he drove, "is jungmo coming to you today?"
"he'll be here later tonight, yes," johnny told him, "but he'll probably be asleep."
"me too jungmo, me too."
johnny smiled lovingly at the boy, stroking his hand before starting the car, "wanna get mcdonalds?" ten's eyes shot open again, and he smiled sweetly at johnny as he pulled out of the car park, "i'll take that as a yes."
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"ten!" jungmo giggled, running up to the short, tired boy who was laid on the couch. ten smiled, not getting up, just letting the child climb ontop of his stomach and hug him, "you sleep?"
"no, dont worry, i wasn't sleeping," he told the boy, "how are you!?"
"jungmo good.." he yawned, as johnny came into the room after talking to the child's mother, "jungmo.. had icecream for dinner."
"god, your mother needs to lea-"
"johnny-" ten warned, with a laugh, before sitting up and holding jungmo on his knee, "shh.."
johnny laughed, standing next to jungmo and ten, "jungmo, should we go get ready for bed?"
with a nod, the toddler stood up on the couch, worrying ten. johnny picked him up and smiled lovingly at ten, who smiled back, "do you wanna go up too? or are you gonna wait down here and we can chill down here for a bit?"
"i'll go up," he nodded, "i'm so, so tired."
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"you need to be careful what you say infront of jungmo," ten laughed, "kids have big mouths, johnny."
johnny shook his head, "dont worry, i've said worse."
"you are unbelievable," the younger sighed, as johnny laid next to him in his bed. he held the boy's waist with a yawn, before pulling him in closer, "absolutely unbelievable, johnny."
the two met eyes, but couldnt hold in their laughter from being so close to eachother. ten giggled, while johnny chuckled warmly, placing his hand gently on the boy's face, "jungmo seemed excited to see you."
"i'm so glad he loves you. im really really glad.."
the two looked over at jungmo who was fast asleep in his bed. johnny was looking into turning his spare bedroom into a full bedroom for jungmo, but he was treasuring what he had now.
"i have the shark bracelet for him!"
"you should give that to him on our trip," johnny told him, shutting his eyes and hugging ten like a teddy bear, "he'll really like that, thank you so much."
"oh sh- i havent packed for that yet."
"you have a week, ten," johnny laughed, "it'll be fine~ sleep now."
ten nodded, as the american kissed his head softly, "goodnight johnny."
YOU ARE READING
after school ~ johnten
Romancewhere ten is a struggling art teacher, seeking comfort in the carefree english professor
