"hey joong, i think i'll be a little late," yunho said through the phone

"tsk, did he hold you back again?"

"ugh yea, he asked me to complete the reports of all his patients. it's okay though, i'll do it because he's hot," yunho said, giggling lightly to which hongjoong grimaced at.

"ew."

yunho laughed out loud at that.

"tsk, anyways, i'll just come there now, yechan has his therapy appointment in an hour. i'll just hang out in your room until then," hongjoong shrugged

"you're not allowed?"

"i dont care, i'll sneak in. we'll be fine!"

with that, hongjoong hung up the call.

"daddy, uncle yuyu comin'?" yechan asked, turning around to hongjoong while he was playing with his puzzle on the bench.

"yes baby, we're going to meet him," he said as he ruffled his son's hair, making him giggle.

he grabbed the puzzle and kept it back in its box which he stuffed in his backpack, then dug out the keys of his bike.

the sun shone brightly against the baby blue sky, different shapes of clouds floated around along with birds flying every now and then. the breeze was cool and it felt amazing on hongjoong's warm skin.

the hospital wasn't too far away from the park, just around four kilometers. on a day without traffic it took them fifteen minutes to reach and on a day with traffic it would be a little longer. though this was a lucky day with little to no traffic on the usually busy roads.

he held yechan tightly on his hip after he parked his bike and got off, then placing a peck on his cheek. he walked inside the hospital and stormed off to the 3rd floor, which was where yunho's office was.

he placed yechan down to hold his little hand. the male opened the heavy door with all his might, while speaking and announcing loudly that he was there. sure, yunho wouldn't have any guests, right?

"yunho i'm here i swear if you are working and not-" he announced loudly before he looked up and made eye contact with none other than yechan's psychiatrist. he was in the middle of instructing yunho about something, his hands inside the pocket of his white coat. his thin glasses stood sturdy on the top of his sharp nose, as usual.

hongjoong made eye contact for a few seconds before looking away immediately, he couldn't ever make eye contact. he looked at yunho, who he also made accidental eye contact with so he looked around everywhere else.

yechan on the other hand had already skipped inside the office, making himself comfortable under yunho's desk. all the men looked at each other awkwardly as hongjoong looked everywhere but at the men.

seonghwa tilted his head, confused. he shook he arm, making the long sleeve of his coat ride up for him to check the time.

"there's still forty five minutes until the appointment," seonghwa commented to break the deafening silence. the beige room smelled of strong cologne. random pictures were hung on the wall and a mini speaker sat in the corner on a small desk.

yunho held back a snort he really wanted to let out, pursing his lips together to stop himself from breaking out into fits of laughter.

hongjoong didn't know what to say, he simply walked in and closed the door behind him, standing there like an npc. he gulped.

another loud silence amongst them, until yechan giggled from under the table.

seonghwa blinked as he scratched the back of his neck, his eyebrows raised a bit.

"i think i'll take my leave. uh yea i have an appointment now i think, yunho please notify me once you're done with the reports," he instructed, his face beet red from everything that just happened.

seonghwa walked out of the room, bumping his shoulders with hongjoong on the way out. yunho burst out laughing and hongjoong just stood there, blinking at the floor.

a breath in and then a breath out.

"what was that." hongjoong said, flustered.

"i told you, i knew you'd run into him," yunho shrugged as he picked up yechan who was under his desk, placing him on his lap.

"he's gonna come back soon."

hongjoong walked up to the stool and sat his ass down on it. that was extremely embarrassing, he thought. seonghwa was a beautiful man, and to embarrass himself in front of someone that attractive felt illegal.

he tried to shake his thoughts away by talking to yunho, getting a massive life update from him.

"so, did you talk to her?" hongjoong asked

"who is her?"

"you know who i'm talking about! stop acting oblivious," he said, rolling his eyes dramatically.

"joong, she's literally way out of my league," yunho deadpanned

"tsk, no harm in trying you know."

"right, enough about me. what about you? any girls in your life recently?"

"nah, i have no time on my hands. i've been trying to homeschool yechan since he's missing school due to his social anxiety. it's been difficult to even get time for myself, forget getting a girlfriend," he scoffed

a silence.

"do you think you like guys?" yunho asked

"what? no! i don't! i mean of course i support everyone but i dont like guys, if you have a boyfriend good for you but i never will."

hongjoong was quick to answer with all his classic gestures, nodding his head and hand movements.

"okay, that's good."

"why, do you like a guy?"

"nope i don't, i asked because i had a friend come out to me a few weeks ago and i was just curious."

after a huge conversation and around fifteen minutes left for the therapy appointment, hongjoong waited in yunho's office, scrolling through his social media while keeping an eye on yechan who was hanging out with his other favourite uncle. yechan loved animals a lot, he always drew them or pointed them out to his father when they were on walks. currently, he was solving a duck puzzle along with yunho. it was a good day, except for the fact that he embarrassed himself in front of seonghwa and he had to face him later. 

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i need some motivation to complete this book fuckkkk, it's not meeting my expectations 😭