single father | minchan

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2:00 struck and the school bell rang, multiple children making their way to their families. after waiting a few minutes, his two didn't show.

he furrowed his eyebrows and went into the school, hearing small sniffles that he could recognize anywhere.

he walked into minho's classroom and saw him hugging jeongin tightly with a med kit next to them.

he leant against the doorframe and watched the cute interaction. "hey, hey, shh. you're too tough for this to bother you, hm? i know it hurts, but it will feel better. you have to give it time. do you want a snack?"

jeongin nodded as he rubbed his eyes. minho stood and jumped as he saw chan. "ah, chan. i didn't hear you come in."

he handed jeongin his favourite chips and hyunjin his own as he sat on the desk. jeongin sniffed, laying on the desk so his head was on minho's lap.

minho brushed through jeongin's hair with his fingers and hyunjin furrowed his eyebrows. "i want that too, mr. lee!"

chan braced himself for the tantrum, but it never happened. "jinnie, your brother hurt himself. don't you think he deserves a bit more time? he's rather upset, darling."

hyunjin huffed but nodded. chan sat on the desk in front of minho, next to hyunjin. "did he fall? he's rather clumsy."

"yes, he took a small fall outside. small scrape of the knee, will fix itself din a few days."

jeongin rubbed his knee and pouted. "mr.lee." he whined as minho's attention was being taken from him.

minho glanced down, gently smiling at jeongin. "can you kiss it better. your kisses always fix my headaches."

chan chuckled and minho massaged the boy's scalp. "of course, give me your knee." jeongin sat up, resting knee bent on minho's lap.

minho kissed the bandaid, and the top of his knee where it wasn't scarred. jeongin smiled widely and laid his head back down in minho's lap.

he felt very calm with minho. he had a very calming aura, yet a protective one. he felt safe.

"don't get to comfortable, innie. we have to get home so i can go to work."

"i want to stay with mr. lee. you go to work."

minho rubbed the little boy's back and sighed. "i'll be seeing you two in about an hour. i'm babysitting you troublemakers."

jeongin's mood seemed to have lifted.as did hyunjin's. "really?! oh my!" minho winced at the volume and chan noticed, tilting his head.

"inside voices, shh."

minho glanced at chan, noticing the concern and having a small smile on his face. the boys quieted down but were now pulling chan out the door.

"come on! we have to go so mr. lee can come over!"

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minho knocked on chan's door, and it was opened by hyunjin. "mr. lee! daddy is getting ready for work and it's kind of crazy."

he walked inside, giving the younger bis requested hug and as hyunjin wouldn't let go, he picked him up to be in a koala hug.

chan rushed out of the bathroom, patting his pockets. "fuck, my phone. hi, minho! jeongin's in the living room watching tv and hyunjjn's- you have him."

minho nodded and saw chan's phone on the table, he picked it up and handed it to the stressed elder.

"don't be so stressed. just take a breather and get to work."

chan sighed and put his shoes on. "thank you again for this, minho. if they get hungry, there's food in the kitchen. um, bed time's 8:30. they don't usually fall asleep though. if you need anything, just call or text me!"

minho blinked at the amount of information going through his head and slowly nodded. "okay. now go. i've got the kids."

chan put his coat on, kissing the boys heads and rushing out. minho chuckled, and the two turned to him.

"so we get to hang out till daddy gets back?!" at minho's nod, the two cheered. "can we colour?!"

"i think you two should finish up your homework from today." jeongin frowned and shook his head.

"think about it, if you finish; you get the rest of the night to have fun."

hyunjin murmured an 'okay' and got the both of their backpacks. he brought jeongin to sit at the table and minho sat in front.