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“I told you to hurry, Jungkook. We are going to be late!” Jimin yelled as he prepared breakfast for his kid. His long night call forgotten in the panicked hurry around him.
“I am, Appa. But I don’t remember which bunny ear goes up.” Jungkook replied with a confusion laden voice. He always wanted to tie his shoelaces on his own ever since Jimin taught him the bunny technique.
“We don’t have time. Just have breakfast, I will tie your shoelaces for you.” Jimin sat down on the floor and tied his son’s shoes as Jungkook scarfed down his eggs. The kid was positively ravenous in the mornings.
“Dad, you have some too,” Jungkook said and pushed a bite on Jimin’s face. He was pretty sure that Jungkook had smeared ketchup on Jimin’s cheek now but couldn’t be bothered to wipe it off as they couldn’t lose more minutes.
When Jungkook was finally done, Jimin rushed him off to the car with his backpack with him running in tow. He buckled Jungkook in the kid seat and took off.
They somehow reached Jungkook’s school with 15 minutes to spare. Whenever Jimin speeded even a little bit (which was never. He was a responsible parent, dammit!), Jungkook would be over the moon and would squeal excitedly. But, today, he sat silently all the way to school.
“You okay, honey?” Jimin asked, concerned.
Jungkook just nodded in return.
When they pulled in the parking of the school, Jimin tried to unbuckle Jungkook from his car seat but he wouldn’t budge. This kid will probably rival John Cena’s strength in the future, Jimin thought, as he finally got the kid down from the car.
Jungkook was looking morosely at the ground as Jimin handed over his backpack to him.
Jimin sighed and bent down to Jungkook’s height. He took Jungkook's little hands in his own and said “You know Kookie, I used to be very scared of going to school at your age too. But that is where I became friends with Hoseok samchon, and Yoongi samchon, and Namjun samchon. We are good friends till this date, kiddo. I am pretty sure you will be able to make friends easily. You are such an amazing and warm-hearted kid, I am sure everyone will be able to see that. Don’t worry so much!”
Jungkook nodded and gave Jimin a little smile.
“You can call me anytime, honey. I will come get you, no questions asked. And besides, you know Namjun hyung’s husband, Seokjinnie samchon right?”
“Of course Appa” Jungkook rolled his eyes. Jungkook really liked copying Seokjin. In fact, Seokjin was the source of Jungkook’s weird behavior. He was the one who taught Jungkook to call himself worldwide handsome and to wink at random people in the street.
“Welllll, he is on the board of directors at this school and would be there if you ever get in trouble with anything.” Jungkook cheered up as soon as he heard that. He knew if Seokjin was there, then he could do his weird antics without any repercussions. Jimin just hoped that Jungkook wouldn’t wink at his teachers at least.
“Okay, Appa. I remember what Iron man told me yesterday. I would be brave.” Jungkook replied cheerfully.
“That’s my son!” Jimin gave his best eye-smile to Jungkook.
Their heart-to-heart did end up making them late. Jimin scooped up Jungkook in his arms as the bell rang and ran for his life. Before opening the door to the class, Jimin stood outside for a second to catch and prayed that Jungkook’s homeroom teacher wouldn’t be a cranky mean person because then they would be in trouble on the first day itself.
He slid the door open to find Adonis himself staring at him with a big boxy smile on his face. Could people really smile like so beautifully like that? Jimin wondered. He was lost in his trail of thoughts about the beauty of the tall and handsome person standing in front of him before he realized that Jungkook was pulling his trouser leg.
“What?” asked Jimin distractedly.
“Appa, the teacher is trying to talk to you!” Jungkook complained.
The said teacher had a fist in front of his face, trying to control his laughter.
“Thank you so much, Jungkook!” The teacher said, stifling his laughs and directed Jungkook to his seat.
Jimin could feel his face grow hot from embarrassment.
“Can I talk to you outside for a moment?” The teacher turned to look at Jimin. His husky voice didn’t match his angelic face at all but really fit in with him at the same time.
Jimin could only nod in agreement, not trusting himself to speak just yet.
He slid the door to go out with the teacher right behind him. Jimin wondered why the kids were sitting so silently, but thought that it probably was because it was their first day at school and all.
“Hi, I am Kim Taehyung. Your kid’s homeroom teacher.” The teacher introduced himself while shutting the door behind him.
“Yeah” was Jimin’s intelligent reply. Had they met somewhere before? He wondered. Taehyung seemed familiar somehow.
“Well, Jimin-ssi. You must realize that we really don’t appreciate tardiness.” Taehyung said. The smile he had on his face really clashed with the firmness in his words. It brought Jimin back to his senses and he immediately reoccupied his Responsible FatherTM role.
“Yes, I am really sorry about today’s situation. I promise you it won’t ever happen again.” Jimin replied.
“Yes, I am sure. It seems that you are worried about Jungkook today. Don’t be, Jungkook is in really responsible hands.” Taehyung assured.
How could a teacher be this hot and cute at the same time? It was sinful really, what Jimin was thinking of doing to Taehyung as they discussed his kid. His Kid, for god’s sake. You need to focus Jimin, he thought to himself.
“You know, I might just make an exception for you, Jimin-ssi. You can be late again. It would give us an opportunity to discuss..” Taehyung looked at Jimin’s lips and licked his own “..things.”
Was it getting hotter in here? Jimin wondered and his hand shot up to loosen his tie as he realized he wasn’t wearing one.
“Wait... You called me Jimin. You know my name already?” Jimin breathed while looking at everywhere but Taehyung.
“Yeah, I take the liberty to research all my kids to teach them better,” Taehyung answered as gently he took Jimin’s face in his hands and made Jimin look at him in the eye. He took his thumb and stroked it over Jimin’s lower lip. He brought it back to his own mouth and put it in making the most sinful noise Jimin had ever heard.
“And I especially focus on the hot single dads whose kids love Ironman.” He breathed in Jimin’s ear and promptly turned and went back into the class, leaving Jimin in the hall, wondering what the fuck happened just now.
That day, Jungkook came back home with a rather sad look on his face and said that he got his first note because of Jimin. His teacher had told him to give it directly to his dad.
Jimin read the note with a smile and told Jungkook that they may have their own Ironman in their lives soon.