dr.kim and mr.min

twenty-one

namjoon and yoongi sat next to each other on one of the benchss as they watched all the students in their gesde level play. they were on recess and lunch duty, so boohoo for them.

"do you guys want to play hopscotch?" a little girl and her friends asked, yoongi looked up from his book, "it's too hot to jump around" yoongi pouted, "c'mon, mr.min! it'll be fun!" the tall boy whined, "fine"

the little girls cheered and they showed the two boys their set-up made by purple and green chalk that would wash off when it rained.

"rock, paper, scissors and then i'll count to see who can do it quicker! you have to go down and back!" one of the girls said. "fair enough" yoongi said and played the game with namjoon, yoongi lost so he had to go first

he looked at the game that had 40 steps and whined before starting, he jumped up and down. he whined every step of the way, "don't you guys think mr.min is old?" namjoon shrugged, "at the pace he's going on, yeah" one of the girls said, making namjoon laughed, "she called you old!"

"shut it, namjoon! i'm not making you lunch anymore!" yoongi sighed as he made his way back, "you're not that mean" namjoon teased, "that took you a whole 120 seconds!" the girl huffed.

"that's an about one and a half seconds per step. that's actually really slow" namjoon said, yoongi hit namjoon's shoulder, "then show us how it's done, mr.flash"

"actually, i think it would be doctor flash" a student corrected, namjoon stuck his tongue at yoongi, "okay, dr.nerd" yoongi rolled his eyes.

namjoon raced up and down the steps faster than yoongi and the second graders. he was 23 years old, but the way he ran up and down would suggest he was 4 years old.

"beat that, suckers!" namjoon proudly said, "that took you 60 seconds! that's 60 less that mr.min" one of the girls said, "that's about less than a second per step. i'm that good at everything" namjoon shrugged and nudged yoongi's arm, "whatever you say"

the small boy looked at how happy namjoon seemed and wanted to kiss him. it took every force in him to not do so in front of second graders.

"dr.kim, can you eat candy?" one of the girl's asked, "yeah, why wouldn't i be able—?" yoongi put his hand over namjoon's mouth, "he can't!" yoongi smiled, namjoon looked at him weirdly and took yoongi's hand off his face, "mr.min, did you actually tell them that?"

"i didn't want them to keep begging for candy" yoongi whined, "huh?" one of the girl's asked, "what did mr.min tell you guys?

"he said that you have braces because you eat a lot of candy and that the ortho.. orthosomething makes you cry" the little girl said, namjoon laughed.

"that's actually very far from the truth" namjoon said, all four of them sat on the concrete because they were bored of standing, "my jaw is not positioned correctly, so i have braces in order to fix it. plus, my bottom teeth are a bit crooked. in fact, the whole purpose of braces is to help position your teeth and jaw" namjoon explained, "you're such a nerd" yoongi shrugged, "so mr.min lied?"

namjoon hummed, "essentially, yeah" he said, "but your orthodontist does make you sad, so i didn't lie about that" yoongi defended himself, "okay, true that. sometimes, my braces make my teeth hurt, but that just means it's working"

"i don't understand why we call you doctor if you're not actually a doctor" one of the girl's said, "i worked hard for an additional degree in child development and early education"

the girls stared at him, "in other words, he's really smart" yoongi explained, unleashing an 'ohhh' sound from the girls mouths.

"wait, mr.min, can we have candy? dr.kim said candy is not the cause of his braces!" a girl whined, "sure"