pairing: hoseok x fem. reader (+ lowkey yoonjimin)
word count: 13.9k
genre: fluff, friends to lovers au, teacher au, coworkers au
warnings: a lot of awkwardness, excessive blushing, drinking, some non-explicit nsfw (y/n has dirty thoughts, brief mention of boners, hoseok blurts out wanting to put babies in Y/N)
synopsis: An accidental confession throws your years-long friendship with Hoseok into disarray.
a/n: my first finished fic in 2 years!!!!! WOW. from what started out as a literal dream months ago to a 3k monster of illegible scribbles to a 9k mess to this. thank you to the BSH members for being amazing and helpful and oh so wonderful. thank you to Connee @writerly-love for being so lovely and encouraging uwu she writes so check her out y’all 💖 and the biggest BIGGEST thank you to my beta reader Melissa @hauntedlilies for doing me the biggest solid and helping me with 31982 things in this fic. you have been the best help and your advice and commentary is invaluable to me. thank you for encouraging me and thank you for loving my idiot characters! she draws btw. check her out too uwu 💖 i hope you enjoy this story, dearest reader 🥺🌱
The children gathered around you jump with excitement as your colleague, Hoseok, prepares for their next activity. He claps his hands, drawing the attention of your students whose loud chatter lowers to a hum, albeit still excited. The students flock to him like little ducklings to their mama and you giggle at the sight. He has such a natural chemistry with children and choosing a life as an educator fits him so well. Your eyes wander to where Hoseok is situated in front of the class. His face is scrunched in a goofy smile causing his glasses to slip down his nose. You absently think that you want to walk over to fix it.
The herbal tea he brought you before class warms your hands as you stand in the back to observe. The steam from the cup brings out a lovely smell of peppermint which you inhale happily. Despite being a strong advocate for coffee and knowing nothing about tea, he somehow knew the exact type of tea you liked to drink. You take a long sip and listen to him entice the children with one last hour of fun before they have to go home.
You enjoy your job as an after school teacher and you especially love your students, but sometimes there are days when you’re scrambling to come up with an activity hours before classes begin. It’s tiring to always stay on your toes in order to meet the needs of your students (which change at the switch of a light every day!) but it’s a welcome weight in your life. You’re thankful that you don’t have to do it all on your own. Every other week you collaborate with other teachers at the school to foster friendship and camaraderie outside of your student’s usual age range. Today your class is combined with Hoseok’s, and they are entirely too eager to see their favorite Mr. Hobi!
“Okay kids! Today we’re gonna make the ground really pretty for everyone to see tomorrow! What do you say?”
They all cheer and he directs them to stand in two orderly lines in front of either of you while he hands you a bag filled with chalk sticks of varying colors. You raise your brows in curiosity.
“Last minute decision?” you quip in faux conspiracy.
He scoffs and hands a chalk piece to the next student in line.
“Yes. But no one needs to know that okay?”
You both laugh in complete understanding of the teacher struggles. Oh the simple life of a child; so easily amused by a little piece of chalk. He’s lucky the students all love him. If it were anyone else, there would be at least a handful of students complaining about the activity.
One student pulls you away from your bad attempt at a portrait of Grumpy Cat, the greatest cat to have lived. You walk over her and she points out something she drew on the cement.
“Look! It’s you and Mr. Hobi!” she exclaims in excitement while jumping up and down.
Sure enough there are two clumsily drawn stick figures. You assume the one with glasses is Hoseok since he’s donned a pair of round glasses today which go well with his red flannel. You applaud her artwork, thanking her for drawing you so nicely, when another student comes up and squints at their peer’s drawing.
“That looks like Mr. Hobi and his girlfriend!” they say.
“No! That’s not his girlfriend. That’s Ms. Y/N!” she stomps in defiance.
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