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3. Hwang Minhyun - Life Lessons

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Summary: you knew with the changes in your environment at home, you son Daehwi was bound to show signs at school. What you weren't ready for was the support from his teacher, Mr Hwang.

Pairing: Hwang Minhyun x reader ft. Daehwi

Genre: teacher au / parent au / fluff

Warnings: none

Word count: 2925

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You weren't ready for this to begin. You had believed you had several years left up your sleeve until you got called into school to meet with your son's teacher. After all, Daehwi was only six years old. What kind of havoc could he cause in the first week of school?

But you knew your son and his rambunctious ways, and as you hurried along the corridor to his classroom, you resigned yourself to the fact you were in for all sorts of things this year.

Coming to a halt outside the room you had dropped your son off at earlier in the morning before work; you took a steadying breath and rapped your knuckles on the door. You expected the teacher to call out for you to enter, but the door opened instead and you were greeted by Daehwi's teacher.

Wait, wasn't he a she earlier this morning? You flushed with colour at your mistake. "Oh, I think I have the wrong room."

"Mrs L/N?" the teacher asked, smiling welcomingly at you. You blinked several times, trying to open your mouth to say something in return. Like correcting the title he had just given you.

But words seemed to be a lost cause, much like your thought process in the handsome teacher's company.

You followed the tall man across the room, barely taking in the various art projects that had clearly filled the afternoon of class today. The teacher gestured to a chair and you glanced at it, noticing how small it was. He chuckled at your obvious stare. "Ah, the joys of teaching six-year-olds. Sorry, I don't have any adult sized ones to offer you unless we go into my office. I thought it would be more welcoming to have our chat in here. They're stronger than they look."

You smiled meekly and took a seat, laughing at how ridiculous you felt as you adjusted yourself on the little chair. You glanced over at the man who now sat with his knees up far too high for it to look all that comfortable. He grinned and the tension you felt coming in to see Daehwi's teacher subsided.

Until you realised you were still confused as to who he was. "I uh, thought Daehwi's teacher was female this morning."

"Oh, that would be Ms Kim. She helps out in the classroom in the mornings. She's a teacher's aide."

"I see."

He grinned and then his mouth fell ajar briefly, before he threw his hand out at you, a tinge of colour flushing his cheeks as he chuckled. "Sorry! I know who you are, but you don't know me. I'm Daehwi's teacher, Mr Hwang. But you can call me Minhyun."

"It's nice to meet you," you replied, taking his outstretched hand and shaking it. You ignored your reaction to the way he held your hand and pulled it back, looking around the room before settling your eyes on Mr Hwang.

Minhyun.

"So uh, the message I received stated that Daehwi caused an issue today?"

Minhyun nodded, his expression turning solemn. "He is a really lovely kid, and whilst I can see no harm was intended, well, Daehwi was a little bit opinionated today and it made a couple of children in class upset."