dad jokes //// sulay

thirty-four.

"hi, sehun hyung!" luhan exclaimed happily, leaning up to place a kiss on sehun's lips. the two had been trying out dating secretly for a while, only now having it be exclusive since yixing gave his blessing.

"hey, lu. you ready?" sehun asked, smiling down at the always happy boy. luhan grinned, nodding.

"yeah, let's go," luhan said, grabbing onto sehun's arm and pulling him to sehun's car. sehun chuckled at the enthusiastic younger, opening the maserati door for him. luhan went in, sehun gently closing the door after him.

"so, what do you wanna do?" luhan asked sehun as he began to drive.

"it's up to you, lu," sehun said. luhan nodded.

"bubble tea?" luhan suggested.

"ah, you know me so well," sehun said, knowing that that's what luhan would say. luhan giggled.

"so, how's junmyeon? i went to his bakery the other day, it was packed," luhan said, "there was even a line outside."

"ah, you must have gone during rush hour," sehun said, "but yeah, he's doing well."

"i mean, how is he?" luhan asked.

"like, without your brother?" sehun asked, earning a nod from luhan.

"i mean, i know it's been five years," luhan said, "but from the way yixing ge talked about him, i really thought they'd end up together."

"yeah, me too," sehun sighed, nodding, "they were really in love, hmm?"

"yeah. and if you've been keeping up with yixing, you know he's not over him still," luhan said, "and if junmyeon isn't either, i was thinking maybe we could-"

"make them fall in love with each other again?" sehun asked, "or at least own up to their feelings?"

"yeah," luhan said, fiddling with his fingers, "it's dumb, i know."

"it's not dumb," sehun said, "luhan, if i were to tell you something huge, would you keep it secret from everyone?"

"yeah, why?" luhan asked, "what do you know?"

"i mean it, luhan, you can tell anybody," sehun said, knowing that he was about to throw his super secret master plan out the window, "not even your brothers, and especially not yixing. do you promise?"

"yeah- yeah, i promise," luhan said, very serious, "what do you know, sehun?"

sehun bit on his bottom lip, cursing to himself. fuck it. luhan promised, and he took those very seriously. but sehun promised junmyeon not to ever tell anybody, and he also took his promises very seriously.

but maybe this was necessary. for junmyeon. for anson.

sehun pulled into the parking lot for the bubble tea shop, sighing as he pulled out his cell phone. luhan wouldn't believe it without proof. and sehun had lots of it- his camera roll was almost entirely anson and junmyeon.

"junmyeon has a son," sehun said, going to a handsome photo of anson, "his name is zhang anson, and he's five years old."

luhan stared at the picture in shock, mouth agape.

"r-really?" luhan stuttered out. sehun nodded.

"yeah, junmyeon was pregnant when he ended it with yixing. that's why he ended it with yixing. looks just like his dad, doesn't he?"

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"hey, where were you?" junmyeon asked sehun walked back into the mansion. it was already late at night.

"no where," sehun said, lying through his teeth. junmyeon rose an eyebrow.

"annie, jae, time for bed," junmyeon said, wanting to interrogate sehun, "say goodnight to uncle hunnie and go brush your teeth. i'll go to tuck you both in soon."

"okay, momma," anson said, hugging junmyeon's leg since his mother was standing, then doing the same to sehun, "goodnight, uncle hunnie."

"night, ma, uncle hunnie," jaemin said, hugging both of their legs before running after anson. junmyeon waited until he heard the door to anson's room click shut.

"now where were you, really?" junmyeon asked, concerned. sehun sighed.

"i was with my boyfriend," sehun confessed. junmyeon's mouth dropped for a second before he grinned.

"woah, you have a boyfriend? that's great! i didn't even know you were dating!" junmyeon laughed happily as sehun went to the fridge, looking for a beer, "how long? who's the lucky guy?"

"it's luhan," sehun said, opening the beer can. he stared at junmyeon. his smile was gone, eyes wide with fear. his hands were trembling.

"y-yixing's luhan?" junmyeon stuttered out, "his brother luhan?"

"yeah," sehun nodded. junmyeon leaned against the counter, staring at sehun in shock.

"h-how long?" junmyeon asked.

"few months," sehun said, "four, to be exact."

"f-four months?" junmyeon swallowed the lump in his throat, "must be getting serious, then?"

"yeah," sehun nodded, "listen, junmyeon, i didn't tell him."

"o-okay," junmyeon nodded, fear filling his entire body. he suddenly wanted to throw up his dinner, the thought of yixing ever finding out about anson making his stomach churn in ways he didn't know it could. he could hardly handle losing yixing- but losing his kid? he couldn't imagine it.

"junmyeon..." sehun trailed off, knowing junmyeon was thinking of the worst scenarios possible. junmyeon shook his head, clearing his throat.

"don't apologize, it's fine," junmyeon said, "i'm happy for you, sehun. congratulations. i need to, uh, go say goodnight to my s-son. excuse me."

"junmyeon, i'm not gonna tell him," sehun said as junmyeon left to go to anson's room. junmyeon didn't respond, hardly making it to the toilet before puking. he spat into the toilet, wiping his mouth before flushing the toilet. he brushed his teeth, then changing into his pajamas. he finally went to anson's room, where he and jaemin were waiting.

"how bout you guys come sleep in my room tonight?" junmyeon asked. the children got excited, basically running to junmyeon's room.

"i sleep with the lamp on!" junmyeon called after them, walking into his room. anson and jaemin were jumping onto the bed, laughing to themselves about how they were gonna sleep in for fun like junmyeon did. junmyeon smiled to himself, watching them crawl under the covers. junmyeon went over to his bed, situating the covers over the three of them comfortably. the two were grinning crazily, staring at junmyeon like he was some type of queen.

"night, mommy, i love you," anson said, kissing his mom's cheek and then snuggling into jaemin's side.

"goodnight, ma, love you," jaemin yawned, wrapping an arm over anson.

"love you both too," junmyeon said, "so much."

the kids quickly fell asleep, junmyeon just watching over them. he sighed, laying down and pulling the two of them close to him. he'd rather die than have them taken from him. if yixing were to ever find out, he could take anson and leave junmyeon in the dust. junmyeon shook his head, trying to convince himself that that wouldn't happen. he wouldn't let that happen.

yixing could never, under any circumstances, find out.