"uh, what are you guys even doing here?" yeonjun looked at his underclassmen with a raised brow, suspicious, as taehyun, soobin, beomgyu, and hueningkai stared back at him.

yeonjun and his classmates decided to throw a farewell party to their lovely homeroom teacher, Kim Taehyung, before the graduation ceremony. since the final weeks were done, the third years had unofficially ended their high school life, including yeonjun. they had reserved a restaurant and invited the teacher to a dinner party.

somehow, yeonjun's little group of friends which consisted of younger brats had heard about the news and decided to waltz trough the party uninvited.

"can't a man have a dinner in a restaurant?" taehyun said, unbothered. yeonjun wanted to scream at him, but winning an argument against taehyun was impossible so he turned to the other first year.

"taehyun asked me," hueningkai sent yeonjun his most angelic smile, winding his arm on taehyun's. yeonjun really couldn't stand these brats.

"they dragged me here," soobin pouted, receiving a deadly glare from yeonjun.

"ah, hyung, it's a coincidence, really!" beomgyu acted cutely. "please just let this one go~" and yeonjun finally sighed in defeat, who expected him to bear his juniors' cuteness?!

"oh, aren't you the guys from Jeon Jeongguk Fan Club?" one of the girls from yeonjun's class sat on the same table as the younger boys. "I'm jinhee! what're you doing here? are you discussing your club activities in our farewell party?" the girl laughed jokingly.

"no way, we can't help but turn up in our hyungie's farewell party," soobin explained. but yeonjun knew better that the real reason these brats came was to find out how third year's party be like, and to see their fairy teacher, too.

"ah! you guys must be close!" another girl came, sitting next to taehyun. "so, what's the update? 'cause of the finals, I couldn't come to the club's meetings lately."

"well, we're still searching for Mr. Jeon's mate," beomgyu pouted, expressively. all the boys and girls that had surrounded them groaned in distaste.

"but you guys have some clues, right?"

"we do have a list of Mr. Jeon's most likely closest person. our closest candidate is probably Mr. Kim Taehyung," taehyun said.

"really?!" everyone gasped in surprise, their eyes brightened.

"yeah, they do look very closer now," a boy said, nodding in agreement.

"but Mr. Jeon had never posted his mate's pics in any of his social media, and Mr. Kim even very rarely posted," a girl said, looking pissed.

"guys, Mr. Kim has arrived!" someone shouted from another table. soon the topic of their talk had been forgotten as everyone greeted Taehyung in happiness, some kids even went as far as to hug the teacher tightly. having Mr. Kim as their homeroom teacher was probably one of the best things they had in high school because of the teacher's kindness and unique way of teachings. Mr. Kim even gifted each one of his students, the kids couldn't be more than happy.

the dinner had gone successfully, everyone felt sated and happy. the food was delicious, the restaurant was cozy, the service was almost perfect, and the atmosphere had turned into bittersweet when most of the kids shed their tears as they bid their goodbye to Taehyung. yeonjun turned to be the one to deliver the present the class had prepared for Mr. Kim: a thick photo album with their photos and everyone's letters inside. their fairy teacher also cried upon receiving the gift, hugging yeonjun who was in cloud nine.

time went fast when everyone enjoyed it. it was already ten pm when the party ended.

"Mr. Kim, it's late. are you sure it's safe to go home alone?" one of the alpha kids went brave, using his last chance to woo the teacher.

taehyung giggled, shaking his head. "I have someone picking me up."

the room suddenly went silent, even the waiters were confused. and then everyone shouted in surprise, "EHH??" everyone excitedly asked who the person was but Mr. Kim only laughed in response. the kids even went as far as to trail behind taehyung secretly to find out who pick up their precious fairy teacher.

Mr. Kim got in a black Audi A3 in the passenger seat, oblivious to the stares of his little stalkers. the person who drove the car didn't get out of the car, so the kids had the difficulties in seeing the person's face. everyone was pissed off until they gasped in shock when they saw the silhouette of their fairy teacher kissing the other person next to him, then the car took off.

"oh my God... he really is taken..." one of the girl said, before promptly passing out.

---

taehyung truly loved jeongguk's playlist, their taste in songs and artists were pretty much the same but today taehyung needed to make jeongguk listen to this new song he just recently found, so he immediately pillaged the car's Bluetooth speaker and put his own playlist to blast inside the car.

used to his mate's antics, jeongguk only chuckled and kept driving. the song was good, as expected of taehyung's unique taste. the omega unconsciously moved his body along the beat of the song cutely, it was hard to concentrate on driving when there was this otherworldly cute sight in front of you, jeongguk thought.

suddenly a phone ringtone interrupted the song, indicating that someone was calling. taehyung then paused the audio as jeongguk picked up his phone.

taehyung could see the whole transition of jeongguk's expression during the call, as it neared five minutes, jeongguk ended the call with a radiant, beautiful smile on his face, obviously delighted. taehyung heard some words about project and satellite, so he pretty much had a guess to it.

"what's up, gukkie?" taehyung curiously asked, growing happier with jeongguk's excitement rubbing on him.

"tae! I got the project!" jeongguk exclaimed, cheeks red. "a company plans a new launching of satellite, my research paper had interested them so they asked me if I were interested to join the team! oh my God, I'm so excited!"

taehyung grinned widely, "isn't that a great news? wait, isn't your research something about nanotechnology? how that correlates with satellite?"

"I can work with the materials," jeongguk said excitedly. "it's been a while since my last project in japan. this is a completely new field, though, but I can't barely wait to start working."

"have you accepted them?"

"no, I said I'm gonna give them a call next week," jeongguk said. "gotta tell joon hyung 'cause I won't be able to handle some of my classes."

"that's true," taehyung said, thinking. "are you still gonna continue teaching?"

"if I have the time, I think I should."

taehyung was silent, there were some things that had been bugging him to ask. perhaps this was the perfect time. "um, gukkie, can I ask something?"

"well you've asked," jeongguk deadpanned, earning a slap on his tight. "I'm sorry babe, please ask me anything," the alpha laughed joyfully.

"well... I know that your passion doesn't really lie in teaching and PE, right? so why did you suddenly decide to work at school?" taehyung softly asked, genuinely curious.

jeongguk didn't answer right away, forming his words carefully in his mind before saying," honestly speaking, I do love doing research and projects, and I do want to continue my studying, but I also love teaching. these few months working with you, the teachers, and the students, it's been really fun for me.

"initially, I did plan to work before taking a doctoral degree 'cause I wanted to have a backup plan if I can't get a scholarship. there had been no projects that interested me and I also hadn't been able to be scouted so I thought about taking a break for a while. you have had your own work, I didn't want to lose to you.

"and then, when I was in Japan, we were newly wed and I really missed you so I told joon hyung to give me weekly updates of you. he told me that you were really popular with the kids, everyone loved you, and I got jealous. so I thought why not working with you since I got to earn money and be with you and also scare off your admirers? I could learn some soft skills and experiences, too, you know."

"ugh, I didn't know you could be this possessive," taehyung blushed deeply, pinching jeongguk's bicep which made the alpha laugh. "so, what's your plan now? are you gonna quit the job if joon hyung didn't approve?"

"hmm, maybe," jeongguk contemplated. "I don't think I can let this one go, it's too interesting~" the alpha whined cutely. "are you okay with this, tae? me quitting and doing projects?"

"of course, I am! you can do everything you love, baby, I'm always gonna support you," taehyung said, determination clear on his eyes. "although we should postpone the talk with joon hyung, it's pretty late. I hope he's not that busy tomorrow."

"yeah, you're right," jeongguk chuckled, feeling so grateful to have such a doting and supportive mate. "the kids must love you so much that they keep you so late."

"oh, guk! they're the sweetest, I swear," taehyung turned teary. "they gave me an album! I'm soooo happy, my first homeroom class... my babies grow up so fast..."

"hey, hey, don't you resemble jin hyung too much?" jeongguk snickered. "cut it out or I'm gonna be jealous."

"are you serious?" taehyung glared at the alpha. "are you seriously jealous with kids? and didn't you even listen to what I said, 'cause if you did, you would know what kind of love I feel for them!"

jeongguk only laughed like the little shit he was, happy to piss off his husband. taehyung pouted his lips, trying to sulk by turning his head on the car's window and ignoring jeongguk for the whole night. the plan was discontinued, though, when jeongguk received his another call.

"oh, speak of the devil," jeongguk muttered, picking up the call. "hey, joon hyung."

taehyung turned to look at his husband, quietly listening as the alpha talked with his childhood friend.

"man, just stay there," jeongguk said. "tae and I are on our way, anyway, just leave it to us--it's fine, I told you--I have something to talk about--uh-huh, mangoes, sushi, and soybean noodles? okay--see you later." then the alpha ended the call.

"apparently, we're running an errand," jeongguk turned back the car to the other direction. "joon hyung wanted us to accompany jin hyung while he bought things jin hyung craved but since we're on our way, I offered to buy the food."

"oh, okay," taehyung said, giggling. he was excited to meet his elder brother. "we're also running out of eggs and snacks. they still sell soybean noodles this late, right?"

"I'm pretty sure they do."

---

"hyuuuuungieeee," taehyung hugged his jin hyung tightly, falling down on top of the blanket and pillow piles on the bed that surrounded the elder omega. ever since he was a baby, the siblings loved to cuddle together. the longing he felt for his elder brother made taehyung crave the warmth he could only get inside seokjin's arms.

"taebear!" jin squished his baby brother's cheeks, obviously delighted with his brother's presence.

"I miss the baby~" taehyung squealed, immediately latching his hands on his hyung's bellies, not forgetting to give a few sweet kisses. "heard you're hungry, kiddo, so uncle taetae brought you food!" taehyung had put the sushi and soybean noodles into plates and bowls before bringing it inside the bedroom on top of a small table.

as jin smell the food, his stomach growled obnoxiously. taehyung laughed at the sound, offering the chopsticks to his hyung. soon the food was devoured by both of them (jin forcefully shoved a few bites into his baby brother's mouth).

"is it hard, hyung?" taehyung asked, looking at the growing belly of his hyung with uneasiness.

"well of course it is," seokjin laughed, caressing his stomach. "but I would be lying if right now I don't feel like the happiest person in the world." seokjin cooed as he looked at taehyung's teary eyes. the elder omega moved to hug his baby brother. it was understandable for seokjin as to why taehyung was scared.

the kim siblings' mother had died after giving birth to taehyung. their father, an alpha-supremacist who was fed up with having two omega kids, had already left them by the time taehyung was born, so a distance relative took them in. seokjin honestly felt grateful for their aunt, but she wasn't one of the best people with the greatest environment to live, so seokjin ran away with taehyung when they were fifteen and twelve respectively. they had survived with the little money their mother had left them and scholarship programs they worked so hard for.

seokjin had once felt such a great hatred against alphas that he became so protective over taehyung, forbidding him from even becoming friends with alphas; which he got the lesson for his harsh decision. he learnt that not all alphas were bad, that he needed to open his own heart, and let himself be helped. he met namjoon who whole-heartedly sympathised and loved him, then he met jeongguk whom he trusted so much to take care of his baby brother.

over all they had gone through so much, it was like the world against only the two of them before, that's why seokjin felt so grateful to have namjoon and jeongguk to help them get to this point of life right now. they may still have issues to solve, but as long as they had each other, they were complete.

"I'm going anywhere, taetae," seokjin whispered against his brother's hair, stroking taehyung's fluffy hair. "hyung will be okay. we're just going to have a new addition to this family."

taehyung tightened his hug, quiet sniffling sounds could be heard from where his head settled on seokjin's neck. "now I'm not going to be your only baby," taehyung adorably said, pouting.

"no way, you're my forever baby bro~" seokjin laughed obnoxiously, pinching taehyung's pouty lips softly. taehyung tried to bite the offending hand competitively.

suddenly a knock on the door interrupted the two omegas who turned their heads only to see a smiling namjoon holding a few bottles of tinned juice. "is it too late to have a celebration?"

seokjin and taehyung grinned at the alpha, "nope" they said at the same time.

thus, they ordered some fried chicken and japchae from 24 hour restaurants and set the table on the living room to celebrate jeongguk's new project and seokjin's unborn child. namjoon was very delighted to hear the news, immediately approving jeongguk's request to lessen his teaching hours. it was like part-timing his job as PE teacher, jeongguk had told everyone.

their little party ended past twelve with namjoon clumsily stood up in worry, telling jeongguk and taehyung to go home as soon as seokjin yawned. everyone understood namjoon's nervousness as he prepared to become a father, so with a light heart the young couple retreated to their house next door, hands intertwined.

---

time sure flew fast, it was already the graduation ceremony for the third year students, and another batch of new students would be accepted.

if namjoon could proudly say, giving speech would be his best competence with numerous times he had done it. he used to be the student council's chairman in middle school and high school, the president in his university's student cabinet, an active speaker in uni, a winner in multiple debate competitions, a professor assistant, a doctoral student who had successfully delivered his dissertation, and a head of researchers in some projects. by this time, he had been fluent in speaking out his mind with the best words to use. it had become his weapon to speak his mind, influence people, and achieve his dreams.

delivering a graduation speech for this year's third year students was like any other day, with the addition of feeling proudness of his students and another feelings of accomplishments.

namjoon had been feeling great ever since he woke up to see his mate's sleeping face to this point when he had just got down from the podium after his speech. now the students were free to celebrate their last high school day with their friends and family.

he could see seokjin and jeongguk laughing in the corner with some graduating students. namjoon tried to make his way to that direction before someone called his name, "namjoon-ssi!"

namjoon looked to see yoongi and hoseok walking towards him in haste, obviously having been waiting to talk to him by looking at their anxious expression. namjoon became alerted, it was unusual for yoongi and hoseok to look this worried, as the they were usually unbothered and very happy respectively. the headmaster halted his walk and turned all his attention to his coworkers.

yoongi then ushered the three of them to talk in a more secluded place, so namjoon brought them to the corridor with less people to hear their conversations.

"first, I apologise if this is rather a personal problem we'd like to address," hoseok politely said. "but some things have been troubling us and we think you're the best person we can ask for, namjoon-ssi."

"yes, please ask me anything that bothers you," namjoon said, smiling encouragingly. "I'd very much like to help in any way."

yoongi and hoseok looked at each other, having silent conversation in their head, and for the first time namjoon wondered if they'd ever been this close.

"namjoon-ssi, is it true that you are childhood friends with jeongguk-ssi?" hoseok asked. namjoon had no idea where this talk would head. his only speculation was whether jeongguk had got in trouble.

"uh, yes," namjoon answered truthfully.

"you must be really close with him, right?" hoseok asked.

namjoon nodded slowly. "we're like brothers, you could say. what's up?"

"uh, then, is jeongguk-ssi mated with someone?" hoseok asked expectantly, wide innocent eyes looking up at namjoon. after looking at namjoon's surprised face, hoseok waved his hands in uneasiness, "it's just for confirmation! I didn't mean to hit on jeongguk-ssi! I'm sorry if it came out weird..."

"ah, ah..." namjoon rapidly nodded his head, the atmosphere felt so awkward. "yeah, he is mated and married." namjoon's response seemed to only make the two teachers gloomier somehow, much to namjoon's surprise. "hey, really, please tell me what's wrong. you're making me worried, guys," namjoon said.

"I'll just get to the point, then," yoongi said, closing his eyes as he sighed deeply as he made the saddest expression namjoon had ever seen on his face. "we're worried about jeongguk and taehyung. you must've noticed their closeness lately, right?"

namjoon was left dumbfounded. yeah, okay, so, "o-okay...?"

"I saw them kissing and hugging in a classroom!" hoseok said, face paled. "and we always see them driving the same car and having lunch together. it's worrisome!"

namjoon had never been this confused before. his mouth gapes between closing and opening as he had difficulties in forming words to reply. "I-I don't see h-how this correlates with--"

"aren't you worried for jeongguk's mate, namjoon-ssi?" yoongi flailed his hands in desperate attempt. "they are obviously having an affair in front of everyone!"

namjoon chocked on air. despite his violent coughing, both teachers kept speaking to him like it was the end of the world. "and we-re also worried for taehyung-ssi and taehyung-ssi's mate! we need to stop them before it's too late. you can speak to jeongguk-ssi, namjoon-ssi, then we can slowly distance the two of them--"

"wait, wait," namjoon straightened his breath. "slow down, guys," he honestly didn't know whether to cry or to laugh, or maybe kill his childhood friend and his brother-in-law. hoseok and yoongi's cluelessness was really sweet but at the same time ridiculous.

"I'm sorry, namjoon-ssi," sweet hoseok with his puppy eyes apologised, "it must be a shock to you, right?"

"now you must have understood how dire this situation is, and how our worry is justified," yoongi said, folding his arms seriously.

seriously, those brats really had to drag innocent, caring people to their game? this was really ridiculous, namjoon had to clear this out. but firstly, he had to let out this bubby feelings inside his chest upon seeing the emotions painted on his coworkers.

so he laughed loudly, throwing his head back and clenched his stomach because this was just so funny. he couldn't see the two teachers' faces but he could guess by their scent that they were absolutely clueless to namjoon's sudden outburst.

"oh my God, I'm so sorry, you guys," namjoon said, after calming himself. "I apologise in behalf of those two brats. I assure you that there really is nothing to be worried about!"

yoongi and hoseok looked at namjoon with wide eyes filled with surprise. they noticed the familiarity calls namjoon directed to taehyung and jeongguk, and they were confused as to why namjoon suddenly apologised for those two.

looking at yoongi and hoseok's faces, namjoon burst out laughing again.

"I believe there's a misunderstanding," namjoon said. "jeongguk's mate is none other than--"

suddenly a voice cut off namjoon's words, surprising the three men standing on the corridor. "SIR! THERE'S A FIGHT! YOU HAVE TO STOP THEM SOON!" a female student shouted in haste, panic clear on her voice.

sharing similar panicked gazes, the three men immediately ran after the female student.

---

taehyung felt nauseous in the middle of namjoon's speech. he had stayed up late waiting for jeongguk's arrival from having a meeting with his project team which happened to last way longer than intended. taehyung had had difficulties in sleeping alone before, which had gradually got better when jeongguk got back from Japan. he thought he had escaped from those worries, but it seemed he still had to work on it.

after excusing himself to the bathroom and sending a comforting smile to jeongguk's way who had noticed his condition, taehyung left the hall by himself. the air felt better outside when there weren't many people present.

he was about to turn up the corner to reach the bathroom when he noticed a tall man standing on his way, having not noticed him walking by. as soon as the man turned to look at taehyung, the omega gasped in shock.

"j-joohyun?"

to be continued...

ugh I dread the oncoming semester. honestly I'm not a huge fan of online learning... hope the world gets better in no time... :(

Oh right, pls read chapter 12 to know who joohyun was hehe