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xix

"Yah, this isn't some youth club!" Hoseok's mother scolded when she turned around to see Hoseok, with Minhyuk in tow. "You can't just keep bringing your friends here!"

Minhyuk immediately stepped out from behind Hoseok and bowed ninety degrees, squeezing his eyes shut.

"I'm very sorry!" He apologised, and Hoseok's mother smiled.

"I'll let you off this time, but he's the last one, ok?" She warned firmly and Hoseok saluted, standing to attention. "Besides, I like Minhyuk."

Minhyuk stood up straight and smiled brightly at Hoseok's mother before she shooed them off to get set up for today. Hoseok looked around in search for Hyungwon, but noticed he wasn't even there yet.

"Guess Hyungwon isn't here yet," he thought aloud, and Minhyuk caught onto that. "We could really use him to help set up."

"You don't need him when you have those things," Minhyuk commented before leaning down to bite Hoseok's biceps.

Hoseok immediately flinched away from Minhyuk, laughing out at the ticklish sensation. "What the Hell, man!"

Minhyuk looked at Hoseok with a smile of his own on his face and Hoseok's mother even smiled herself at how pure and sweet they were.

"Now I'm going to have to walk around with your teeth marks on my arm all day," he laughed, scurrying away from Minhyuk to lay out all the chairs around the tables.

Minhyuk didn't say anything - just laughed - as he went around to scatter some toys on the tables for when the children arrived. The two worked in silence for a few minutes before Hoseok spoke up.

"Hyungwon got mugged the day before yesterday," he said quietly, but loud enough for only Minhyuk to hear. They were practically standing back to back anyway, Minhyuk bent over one table sorting out the chairs while Hoseok cleaned the table behind him.

"Is he alright?" Minhyuk asked, concern filling his voice.

"Yeah," Hoseok answered. "That's why I had to leave at the park. He was sitting outside my house with his face all bloody and bruised."

Minhyuk was about to respond when the door opened, and laughter could be heard entering the nursery.

"Really? And then what happened?" A male voice asked, and Hoseok would recognise that voice anywhere.

Smiling, he stood up straight to greet Hyungwon, Minhyuk following suit as he finished with the chairs.

"Morning," Hoseok greeted happily with a small wave and Hyungwon looked up at his boyfriend to smile at him.

When he saw Minhyuk standing next to Hoseok awkwardly, Hyungwon smiled at him too in an attempt to lessen the tension between the two. He helped his cousin get his coat off before shooing him off to his own class and joining Hoseok and Minhyuk.

"How are your injuries doing?" Hoseok asked, not waiting for an answer before he lightly took ahold of Hyungwon's chin and tilted his face to both sides to inspect his injuries.

"Yah, at least let me answer before you manhandle me," Hyungwon swatted Hoseok's hands away before he turned to Minhyuk and bowed down to him. "I apologise for my actions three years ago. I really do."

Minhyuk smiled down at Hyungwon before patting him on the back, a signal for him to get up.

"No problem, seriously," he reassured. "I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions back then and I won't now. I really wish we can make a fresh start and put all of this behind us."

Hoseok was practically squealing as he threw one arm around Hyungwon's shoulders and the other arm around Minhyuk's shoulder, hugging them tightly and practically keeping them both in a headlock.

"Ahh, my two favourite people in the whole world getting along, I feel like a princess," he mused, and Minhyuk elbowed him in the side.

"Yeah, a really ugly princess," he joked and Hoseok tried to kick him.

"Mr. Blonde Guy!" A child called out behind them, and all three boys turned around despite only one of them having blonde hair.

The child grabbed the sleeve of Minhyuk's shirt and began to tug on it. "Play with me!"

Minhyuk did look confused, but he also looked happy as he knelt down in front of the child.

"Sure I'll play with you!" He replied happily. "But my name is Minhyuk. Can you say that?"

"Minhyuk!" The child repeated happily, and Minhyuk just about died.

"You're so cute!" He squealed, standing up and taking the child's hand in his before leading her outside to play.

Hoseok and Hyungwon watched in shock as Minhyuk immediately formed a bond with the bond.

"What the Hell?" Hoseok whispered. "He's been here for two minutes and he's already everyone's favourite."

Hyungwon chuckled as more children began to join Minhyuk, some even latching themselves onto his legs as he walked.

"Better not let him steal the competition," he said simply before jogging outside to join Minhyuk.

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i'm sorry i really needed some more domestic minhyuk after x-ray ep 5