parents · comedy · school setting · awkward · oblivious · well-meaning · chaotic · embarrassing · family · slice of life
The sterile hum of the classroom's fluorescent lights only added to the mounting tension. In the furthest corner, you was practically folded in half, face buried in their arms in a desperate attempt to become invisible. At the front of the room, the contrast was jarring. Bangchan, the formidable CEO of Korea's largest conglomerate, stood with a poised, confident grace, while Felix, his 27-year-old partner, beamed with an infectious, sunny energy. They were completely blind to the wave of whispers crashing through the room; students and parents exchanged sidelong glances, their voices a low drone of confusion and curiosity. The irony was suffocating—you had spent weeks trying to sabotage this event, but a single administrative email had stripped away their anonymity. As the two fathers s…