Saudade [Choi Yeonjun]

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Flashback

"Koa!" The brown haired boy said and hugged the tiny girl. "Bearie! You came!" The younger said twirling around in her summer dress. "Appa isn't home." She said with a mischievous grin to which the older caught onto quickly.

"Ahh I know what you want to do today." He said and walked with the five year old to the gates of the mansion.

Adventure land was a secret code amongst the children for Secret Garden. The children never had freedom given that their parents were well known mafia's in the underground business which was why they tried their best to enjoy their very limited time.

The two pretended to leave the huge Mansion but sneaked right back in when they made sure nobody was watching. They moved quietly from behind the blooming gorse bush and to the behind of the house.

"What are you kids doing here?" A booming voice startled the children making them flinch into each other. "W-we came to play sir." The boy lied politely. The bodyguard gruffly nodded and disappeared back into the mansion. "That was really close." The small girl giggled making the elder smile and continued to crouch till they reached open land.

They walked to the boundary which separated the Lee acre from the other land owners' land and stopped in front of another bush. Reaching his little hands under the thick bush, the boy lifted open what seemed like a trapdoor to which the bush was glued. "We've gone down there so many times but i still get so excited." the younger girl squealed.

The boy got down with the help of a rope ladder and jumped onto the firm ground. "You can get down now koa." The said to his bestfriend who was glued to his back like a koala throughout the climb down. "I don't want to." The girl fussed making her bestfriend laugh. "See this is why I call you a koala." He said and continued to walk till they reached outside.

(A/n: if you didn't already guess it, koa is short for koala 🐨)

It was a plain road now which meant they weren't in the Lee's acre anymore. The girl slowly slid off the boy's back and stood next to him, his hand engulfing her small one completely. This road that the children were currently walking upon wasn't fully developed. Which meant there were no pavements because of which they had to walk carefully.

"Bearie." The girl called out. "Yeah koa?" The boy answered. The only reason the younger called him Bearie was because when they first met, he was wearing a brown fur jacket that made the girl think that he was a bear especially with his brown eyes.

"Why can't the fishies breathe outside water?" She asked. It was nothing new to the boy considering he already knew how much his little companion loved asking questions.