Twelve Little Brothers

The Principal

Seungcheol's POV

"Good afternoon, Mr. Choi. It's a great regret of mine to inform you that we need to schedule a meeting to discuss your children in school. When would be a good time for you to come down to my office?" I wrinkled my brow in confusion and checked the number on my cell phone.

"I think you have the wrong number. My sons wouldn't do anything wrong." The man on the other end of the call sighed.

"Are you or are you not the Father of Minghao, Jihoon, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Seungkwan and Hansol?" My eyes widened and I glanced at the clock.

"Yes, I am. But I still don't believe that they have done anything wrong."

"If you would just kindly come down to my office I can explain everything to you. Is four o'clock this afternoon okay for you?" I thought about who would be home since I'm at work currently but stepped out to take the call.

"I can make four o'clock work. Would you like me to bring the boys with me?" I still want to know what's going on, but I guess I can hold off for now. Maybe.

"You can bring everyone I listed, but Wonwoo doesn't need to come." That made me feel a bit better that Wonwoo wasn't really involved.

"Okay. See you later then."

"See you later, Mr. Choi." I hung up the phone and sighed.

I bet it's nothing too serious. I doubt they would do anything. Right?

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"Minghao, Hoshi, Seungkwan, Jihoon and," I paused for a second trying to think if I had forgotten anyone. "Oh, and Hansol. I need you to come to the school with me." The five of them looked up at me from the living room, and slowly made their way to the door.

"Why are we going to the school?" Minghao asked me, and I saw Jun shoot him a glare.

"I'm not really sure, but the principal wants to talk with me about you boys. So are you going to tell me what's been happening, or am I walking in blindly?" The five of them looked at each other, and shrugged.

Blindness it is then.

"Are we going now?" Seungkwan asked, and I looked at the clock.

"Only if we want to be there on time. Which isn't a choice, so we're going now." They quickly put on their shoes and coats, and I turned to look at Jeonghan.

"Are you going to be okay here?" He quickly nodded and I locked the door behind us.

The walk to their school was very silent, but quick. And I couldn't help but wonder how much I really didn't know.

"Ah, Mr. Choi. Thank you for seeing me on such short notice. My name is Mr. Lee, and I am the school's principal." We bowed to each other before taking a seat, and my sons sat in their own chairs next to me.

"Are you aware of why I brought you here today?" I watched my boys hesitantly shake their heads, before doing the same.

"Alright then. I'll start with Jihoon. I'm sure you're aware of his situation in the classroom since he called you." The principal stopped when he noticed the confused look on my face.

"I actually called my older sister. Not Appa." The principal sighed and flipped a piece of paper on his desk.

"Okay then. Jihoon has been very distant in class and often refuses to partake in the lesson. The students have also started to pick on him." I looked at Jihoon, but his gaze was on the ground.

"He's always been on the quieter side. I don't see why he is here though." The principal sighed.

"We just wanted to make you aware of the situation so you can keep an eye on it. And we also wanted to let Jihoon know that we aren't going to let this continue." Mr. Lee looked at Jihoon, and he just nodded.

"The other four, however, are directly correlated." I looked at Minghao, Hoshi, Seungkwan and Hansol and tried to think of anything they might have told me.

"Hansol was being bullied for not looking fully Korean. Seungkwan stood up for him, but ended up pretending to be his boyfriend which caused Seungkwan to get bullied. Hoshi hit one of the kids who was bullying Seungkwan. And I recently heard that Minghao threatened the boys who were bullying Hansol. Is this all true?"

I covered my face with my hands and sighed. Sure, I may have taught them to stick up for each other. But I certainly didn't think it would go this far.

"I have no regrets." Minghao stated, and I refrained from sighing again.

"I'm not technically supposed to applaud this, but you boys really stick up for each other. However, I would appreciate it if you would bring it up with a teacher instead of hitting or threatening with nunchucks." I watched them nod, and Mr. Lee smiled.

"I appreciate your cooperation." He turned to me and I nodded.

"Didn't you mention Wonwoo when you called me?" The principal nodded, almost as if he had forgotten.

"Yes, his teacher mentioned that he seems to have trouble seeing. So you may want to schedule an appointment with an eye doctor." I nodded, somewhat relieved that Wonwoo wasn't having any problems at school.

"That's all for now, Mr. Choi. And please, talk to me if something happens at school." The boys nodded once more and we exchanged bows before leaving the school.

"Are you mad at us?" Hoshi asked, and I immediately shook my head.

"I'm never going to be mad at you if you are sticking up for each other. But you know you can always tell me what's going on so we can find a better solution. Okay?" They nodded and I picked up Jihoon.

"You can talk in class, you know that right?" He nodded and leaned into me.

"I already got the lecture from Noona. But I noticed those kids aren't as half as good as my brothers. So I kind of gave up on them." Jihoon's older brothers smiled up at him, and I felt a feeling of pride.

They really have grown up.