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"hey, annie, i'm on my way to the school's open house, okay?" junmyeon told anson over the phone, "i'll be there soon, alright?"

"okay, momma. this'll be fun!" anson said, failing to mention his dad was there, "i'll see you soon, love you, bye!"

"bye, baby," junmyeon replied before hanging up. he sighed, parking in the school's parking lot. he got down, walking hurriedly to the front office. he didn't want to be late.

"hey, mira," junmyeon smiled at mira.

"hey, junmyeon. anson is waiting for you with jaemin and his dad," mira smiled back. junmyeon froze.

"oh, you must mean his godfather, sehun," junmyeon said, signing in the visitors log.

"no, i'm talking about zhang yixing," mira said, "he walked the kids to school today, didn't you know?"

"excuse me," junmyeon said, "i need to go find anson."

"they're waiting by the classroom!" mira called after him.

junmyeon rushed to the classroom, seeing anson standing there with jaemin and the devil himself, yixing.

"hey mommy! i met my dad today!" anson smiled, running to junmyeon and lifting his arms up. he picked anson up easily, the other moms watching jealously because their own children were never so excited to see them.

"hello, junmyeon," yixing said, "i hung out with my son today."

"yeah, i, uh, noticed," junmyeon said, anson resting on his hip, "did you uh, have fun, annie?"

"mhmm! dad's super cool!" anson smiled happily, "he said he'd take me to the entertainment studio tomorrow! i can go, right?"

yixing gave him a look. junmyeon understood what that look meant.

you owe me this.

"y-yeah, baby," junmyeon nodded, "your... dad... and i just have to talk a few things over and then you're good to go."

"cool," anson said, "mommy, why didn't you tell me my dad is zhang yixing? that's so awesome!"

"you think so?" junmyeon asked anson. anson nodded.

"yeah, he made friends with all of the dads and now he's in the dad club!" anson said excitedly, "isn't that great?"

junmyeon knew how important that was to anson, so he nodded. he placed anson down, anson holding onto his hand.

"ah, junmyeon!" ms. kim smiled, "we can take you in now."

"oh, thanks, lily," junmyeon forced a smile on, "come on, annie, jae... yixing."

"sure, honey," yixing said sarcastically. junmyeon shot him a look.

"we met anson's father today," ms. kim said, pleased, "he's very charming. the kids loved him."

"yes, yixing is a man of many charms," junmyeon, sending a small glare to yixing, who sat there smugly.

"you flatter me, ms. kim," yixing said, "how has anson been performing in class?"

"he's been doing great, actually," ms. kim said, "he's gotten perfect scores on everything this year. did he tell you that we wanted to push him up two years?"

"oh?" yixing asked, looking to anson proudly, "that's great. what do you think, anson?"

"i don't know.... i like being in class with jaeminnie," anson frowned.

without realizing it, yixing and junmyeon shared a look. when they noticed what they had done, they quickly looked away.

"junmyeon, i'll assume you'll be taking over for jaemin's mother?" ms. kim asked.

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