𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏 𝐌𝐄 :: 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣

四十一

september 13th, 2003
5:34pm

*flashback*

five-year-old minho was laughing loudly while his brother was chasing him with a fake sword. it was one of these days when the older boy came to visit minho at his grand parents' and the younger's guardians decided to take the brothers to play at the park nearby.

the two boys were laughing hysterically for hours until one of the balls they were playing with suddenly flew away. minho pouted and a sad sigh escaped his lips while watching the ball slowly disappearing.

his brother immediately noticed the boy's sad expression and quickly went to ruffle his hair, offering him a small but genuine smile. "i will go catch it okay? don't worry."

minho smiled back but he shook his head. "no! i'm gonna bring it back! i'm a man now!"

seriously, watching his younger by eight years brother standing up so proudly in front of him made the boy's heart melt. minho looked adorable and his brother couldn't bare to break his heart.

"alright. go bring the ball. but i'll be watching you from here"

minho's eyes lightened up in excitement and a high pitched squeal left his lips as he turned around and started running as fast as he could to get his ball. his older brother just laughed at the boy's cuteness while looking at him with care and adoration.

minho ran and eventually managed to catch the ball. he was proud of himself and really really happy that he succeeded in catching the ball that quickly. he was so absentminded that he didn't even noticed the stone that was on the ground in front of him which he eventually ended up stepping on, causing him to trip and fall on the ground with a loud thud.

minho's eyes started watering as pain spread through his leg. he had scratched his knee and blood was coming out of it, scaring the boy to death as he used to be afraid of blood back then.

the boy cried and tried to hide his face with his trembling hands until he felt someone sitting next to him and wiping his knee softly with a tissue. minho sniffled and took his hands away from his face, noticing another male, probably younger but taller than him sitting next to him with a small first aid kit box on his lap. minho raised an eyebrow as he had no idea where the boy had come from or why he was there anyways.

the younger looked at minho after he finished cleaning his knee and flashed him a bright smile. "hi, i'm hyunjin"

minho grinned shyly. "i'm minho."

the other boy giggled cutely and stood up, offering his hand to the older boy. minho hesitantly took hyunjin's hand and stood up as well, awkwardly staring at the ground beneath him with red cheeks. he couldn't help but feel a weird kind of attraction towards the younger male.

just when the two boys stood up, a sudden voice snapped minho back in reality and a pair of strong arms got wrapped tightly around his waist. "minnie oh my god! i was so worried about you! are you okay?"

minho giggled and pulled away from the hug, looking at his brother with a wide smile on his face. "i'm fine hyung! hyunjinnie cleaned my wound and now it doesn't hurt anymore!"

the older male was taken aback by his brother's excitement and he furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "wound? hyunjin?"

minho grabbed hyunjin's hand and pulled him close to him. "this is hyunjin! he came to help me when i fell while chasing the ball!"

the elder male smiled at the younger boy and he softly ruffled his hair. "well thank you hyunjin! we appreciate your help!"

the younger boy bowed slightly and offered a bright smile to minho's brother. "no problem sir! i have to go now so goodbye!"