Upon arriving home, Jeno did not need to worry about his kids missing dinner as he has been told by Johnny and Chenle that they've already ate.

So all he had to do was check on the kids and get ready for bed.

Until he stumbled upon two lunchboxes in the sink, furrowing his eyebrows at the sight. He went over to investigate them.

Opening the two said lunchboxes, he smiles faintly at the slightly smaller one. But then frowns at the bigger one.

Sighing, he shakes his head and washes the two lunchboxes for tomorrow. Unfortunately, there are food that has been wasted.

He will probably feed them to the poor stray animals tomorrow early in the morning though.

He heads upstairs and knocks on Chenle's bedroom door first, once he was granted permission to enter, he greets his eldest son.

"Hi Lele, how was school?" Walking over to Chenle's bed and plops down beside the teenage boy.

Chenle side eyes him for a second, "it was fine." Looking back on his phone screen.

Jeno doesn't really pry on his son's privacy, besides, he has a different concern tonight.

"Honey, can I ask you something?" Being gentle and approachable, Chenle merely nods his head for him to go on with it.

"Have you eaten lunch today?" He almost misses the way Chenle's fingers stutter tapping on his phone screen, but the teenage boy regains his composure.

"Yep."

"Are you sure?" This sort of prying on his kids is necessary, gently persuading them to answer honestly as he tries to understand.

"Yes, Pang. I ate lunch today." Chenle emphasizes more clearly.

"Then why was the lunch I prepared for you untouched?" Jeno asks out of the blue.

Chenle bites his inner cheek, "my friend, Yuna, treated us for lunch today." He replies.

Jeno drawls out a hum for a moment before nodding, giving in to Chenle's words. Curling his lips into a smile, he ruffles Chenle's hair gently. "I see."

"Go to sleep okay? It's getting late." He reminds, leaning in to kiss Chenle's cheek, "goodnight, love."

"Night." Chenle mutters his response, as Jeno slowly closes the door behind him when he exits, the teenage boy barely moved from his spot.

Heading over to Jisung's room, Jeno chuckles softly at his youngest son already in a deep slumber. He tucks him in more properly and doesn't forget to kiss his forehead.

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"I have to leave first, there is an urgent meeting and I'm going to be late." Jeno repeats for the second time this morning.

He is running around the house like an animal, yet does not leave a trail of a mess and such. Trying to get everything ready for everyone's day ahead.

Meanwhile, in contrast of his movements this morning, Johnny is laid back, eating breakfast and drinking his cup of coffee.

The kids are the same, well, except for Jisung who is a little confused of his Papa. He's almost done with his breakfast while Chenle is barely feeding himself, too occupied with his phone.

Jeno mumbles his scoldings each time he passes by the table, only getting a grunt in return as Johnny rolls his eyes at him as well.

"Chenle, phone down please."

"If it's not important like school purposes, turn your phone off."

"Lele, please eat your breakfast first."

"Chenle, not only are you going to be late, but your little brother as well. Please don't waste time."

"Time is ticking!"

"Lele, honey, food first then gadgets."

"No gadgets at the table, sweetheart."

Jeno repeats them time and time again, as usual. And like the latter, Chenle merely does not listen to him, getting Johnny to defend him against Jeno obviously does not help as well.

Once Jeno was finally done with preparing their lunch and all, he reminds them of their responsibilities and promises as always.

Kissing his sons' foreheads, mumbling his "I love you's" and then patting Johnny's shoulder. He flashes them a faint smile.

"I will leave first okay? Please be careful and remember what I've said. Don't skip meals and let me know about your whereabouts."

Taking a deep breath, he hears a beep from outside. He notices Johnny's lips twitching as he raises a brow, and it automatically clicks to him.

Before Johnny could inch or say something, he beats him to it with a quick "goodbye" and "good luck."

Soon entering the car hastily and fastens his seatbelt, he hears the blue haired man chuckling in amusement. "Take a deep breath, love."

Smiling sheepishly, he leans in for them to exchange kisses. The elder man's hand automatically reaching out for his and intertwines them on his thigh.

"Lia is so going to tease us for this." He suddenly comments as he slowly makes his way to drive off.

"Why?" Jeno raises a brow in question.

Jaemin smirks and snorts ridiculously, "Johnny is inside, isn't he?"

"Yeah...?"

"And we're here...." The tone alone got him to realize, but the addition of Jaemin wiggling his eyebrows as he glances over to him made Jeno almost choke on his saliva.

"Oh my goodness, shut up and drive us to work." Jeno blushes madly in embarrassed once it clicks.

Jaemin cackles teasingly and kisses his knuckles as a silent way of saying sorry. "All right, Mister."

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"Hyung can you please hurry up? School is about to start!" Jisung couldn't keep quiet anymore the second Jeno steps out of the house.

Starting to whine and complain to his Dad and elder brother about "time".

Especially when there is a fun event today in the morning, Jisung could not help it, afraid he wouldn't be able to join the others.

Chenle groans and shushes him harshly, "Jisung shut the hell up!" The little boy flinching at the loud tone and whimpers quietly soon after.

Johnny sighs at them and pats Jisung's now slumped shoulders, "just wait for your brother, no need to rush." He says and brushes off the situation just like that.

Jisung is not happy. However, he unfortunately listens and grows quiet afterwards while Chenle takes his time– or well, wasting their time.

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Thoughts???

P.S Jaemin made that joke/comment to slightly distract Jeno from his (unfortunately) usual morning stress.

It's been a while, lmao sorry I'm also sleepy rn after a family dinner but I was in the mood to update so–

Hopefully I can come back to my regular updating schedule and motivation, I genuinely do :((