single dad. | johnjae.

lucky charms.

it was mark's most awaited day : parents' night. the boy decided to wear his blue denim jumper that johnny had bought for him on his sixth birthday, one of his most favourite clothing pieces.

he held tightly on johnny's long, slender fingers as they walked along the school's halls, headung towards the boy's classroom. suddenly, the thought of his new teacher grazes through the boy's mind. "daddy, i have a new teacher."

the taller looked at his son and raised a brow. "really?" he asked, and the lad nodded in response. "he's really cool, we met him yesterday!" not knowing what to say, johnny just hummed in response.

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johnny sat at the corner of the small classroom, watching the kids play with a delighted smile on his face. he was glad that mark had already made a lot of his friends, knowing that his son is quite the shy boy type.

the brown-haired man moved his gaze around the classroom, scanning it and its faded cream walls. he could see different paintings and drawings of the students, as well as a chalkboard filled with notes for them.

he looks around once more, but the teacher was nowhere to be found.

"a tardy teacher? that's unprofessional, isn't it?" johnny mumbled under his breath and just in time, he saw a figure walk inside the classroom, clad with a shirt and a soft caramel cardigan, as well as plain khaki pants.

youngho has never seen someone this dainty. the male had pink hair and soft cheeks, finally recalling who.

"jaehyun?"

and so, jaehyun catched johnny's eye on him, his cheeks turning into a pale shade of peach. he recognized johnny too, but what was he doing there?

johnny found himself right before the other, his hands linked behind him. "hey," he said, clearing his throat after.

"hey, john." the blushing male couldn't help but smile, unable to keep his heart from thumping inside his chest. "what are you doing here?" jaehyun inquired, taking his things out of his painted canvas bag.

"ah, parent's night. mark asked me to come." youngho stated, turning towards mark who was playing with donghyuck, his bff.

"where's mark's mum? or dad?"

a chuckle left johnny's lips. "i am mark's dad."

jaehyun almost choked on his spit. his eyes widened slightly as he pat his chest. fortunately for jaehyun, he managed to calm himself as quickly as he could.

opening his lips to ask where mark's mum was, johnny's finger cut him off before he could even speak. "don't even think about it."

all he could do was nod. the pink-haired male didn't have a choice anyways, since he didn't want to invade johnny's privacy at all.

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the rest of the program went on smoothly. they played games with the kids and shared stories of all kinds. they also had a big dinner (which johnny didn't know about, and he brought nothing to eat).

johnny didn't really like the way some mums would "whisper" about him. instead, he chose not to mind and focus on mark and meeting his friends.

he liked all of his son's friends, giggling each time they call him by Mr. Johnny. he took a mental note for each of mark's friends. nana was the cutiepie, jeno was the funny one, renjun is quite the scary kid, chenle would laugh loudly at any joke, and the youngest who preferred to be called cheese-sung.

though, donghyuck stood out among their little friend group. the way the boy with the sunkissed skin would hug and peck mark's cheek was enough to send his son into a blushing frenzy.

"ah, stop it hyuckie! my dad is laughing at me—" the black-haired kid whined and lightly hit his friend's arm, in which was reciprocated with a tight embrace from a giggling donghyuck.

"he's so cute, isn't he, mr. johnny?" and johnny nods, making mark shake his head and cover his red face.

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it was around 8:30 and most of the children were now saying good bye to their teacher jaehyun, each with a blissful smile on their little faces. johnny admired the other from afar, his heart doing a little flip everytime jaehyun would wave back and smile at the children.

"cute," he thought to himself again, waiting for mark to finish packing up his things. he glanced at the boy who was carefully folding the drawing of him and donghyuck with a little puppy.

being lost in his thoughts, he didn't take notice of jaehyun walking closer until he felt a finger poke his arm.

"hey, johnny." greeted jaehyun, his endearing honey-like voice playing again and again on johnny's ear.

"hey, jae. going home soon?"

"mm, i'm just waiting for you guys to finish up."

"oh— i'm sorry," mark was finally done, taking the boy's bag and holding it securely in his hand. "i'm really sorry, jaehyun."

a lighthearted chuckle pushes past jaehyun's velvety-soft pink lips, his hand moving to hit the taller's arm in a light manner. "silly, it's nothing. don't worry."

mark listened to the elders' conversation, his little feet toddling quickly to catch up to the two. he suddenly remembered about the pizza dinner that johnny had promised him earlier, retracting his hand to tug on his father's.

"daddy, can we take teacher hyunnie to our favourite pizza place?" he suggests, taking jaehyun's hand with his other. "please, daddy?"

being the softhearted man that he is, johnny couldn't resist his little lion and turned to jaehyun, who gave off a small smile of approval. "alright, we'll tag teacher hyunnie along, then."

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fuck haha this chapter is so long ?????
anyways i think i've read every single johnjae fanfic on ao3 and that means ... i have no ... life