Once upon a Valentine, fate set them to be both orphans, living like the old stories-bruises, abuses, sharp words, and lies.
Yet, miraculously, someone took the hearts of these kids. But it was destined for them to be adopted by different guardians...
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"Excuse me everyone, there is now someone who would like to check on Yuki Takahashi."
And so, the rain poured harder.
The guard had no choice but to pat the two boys' heads, stood up and went out of the room.
The staff searched for Yuki, while Haneul curiously roamed around with the sudden interruption. Though he felt like somethings not right, he hoped it was something positive, hoping nothing will change,
Hoping for Yuki to stay.
"Yuki, I'll just go with them, okay? Just keep Milan with you." Yuki smiled, but all he saw from the other was. . a pout with eyebrows furrowed - curiosity were now filled with fear.
"Is there someone who wants to adopt you now?" Haneul embraced the kitten more, anxious. Yet with the look, he seemed not ready to let go of his best friend yet.
What scares him more is Yuki hadn't responded. He worryingly stared, Yuki himself knew something might happen. But there was an ounce of hope he would stay; he couldn't let go the other. While the staff swiftly grabbed him and walked outside, for Haneul, everything went slow.
"Hyung. ."
"Awww, someone will now adopt your boyfriend! No more kissie~"
"Just shut up, I didn't even dare to talk to you. Mind your-" Through his unknown mixed emotions, he furiously tried to defend himself. Though, the bully, which was Adrian, pushed him with full force. With that, the kitten ran away and hid somewhere.
"You already know how to fight? Trying hard? You could never. Oh, and also, no one will adopt you because you're weak and ugly!" Adrian and his friends laughed hysterically - it rings inside him; he didn't like it. He hates it, so much. Haneul's heart aches. Tears were whelming up; those crystal tears couldn't resist but to fall down one by one. He couldn't stand up without his brother, he couldn't take it.
"Now you can't even speak?" He pulled Haneul's hair, forcing to stare at him. Those kids on the corner feared Adrian, that was too much, they wanted to help the poor one; yet they couldn't either.
"S-stop, please. . it hurts. ." Haneul pleaded from the painful force, hugging himself to protect on what Adrian might do. He hissed, weeping as he trembles.
"You think I will? For disrespecting me?" he now pulled the little boy by the wrist, some were stopping him, but Adrian left them with a threat.
"A-Adrian. . where are you going to-"
"Bringing you where you belong!" and so, he pushed the kid inside the unused bathroom and locked him there. Haneul kept on crying, knocking on the door with the remaining strength he had. Screaming, caring less with the drying throat he has.
"Adrian! Let me go! P-please.." Haneul kept on begging, feeling the fear, intrinsically feeling of being vanished.
"Tss." Adrian left, some children wanted to let the poor boy out, but they were scared to be involved with Adrian's punishment, no one even dared to lay a finger on him, unless it was his two alliances; Ash and Drake, who also bullied the two kids for having a cat.
"H-hyung.." Haneul had no choice but to weep from the pain, sitting on a dry floor while grasping the rough surface. He looked around, seeing the number of webs and vandalized walls with broken tubes made him feel unsafe. It fears him a lot. He needed Yuki so badly, he wished he brought Milan also.
Now, he wonders how they treated Milan.
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An hour had passed when Yuki came back from the dorm, looking around to find Haneul. But there's none. His heart thumped louder in an instant. He knew it, that something's might not happen every time he'd leave the younger.
Suddenly, a girl went near him and whispered something. Surely telling about what happened to Haneul.
And that's when he ran towards the bathroom.
"Haneul?! Haneul!?" He began knocking, caring less with the loud knock, as well as what Adrian might do.
With the loud sound from the door, Haneul woke up from falling asleep, the familiar voice made him tear up again. He stood up, knocked continuously in response while sobbing.
"Hyung, I'm here. Adrian locked me here. . Help me get out of here."
The other children saw and heard what happened, and they pity him, a lot. Most of them regretted for being unable to help him before Yuki did.
"Woah, did I ever told you to open the door?" Adrian smirked whilst Taehyung successfully unlocked the door and hugged Haneul quickly, hiding him on his back.
"And did I ever tell you to lock him inside? You have no rights. Just stay away from us!" Yuki forcefully pushed the other while running along with Haneul to go back to the corner, where they were commonly staying.
With the action of the elder, the kids prolonged an O, Adrian fists in anger. Fortunate enough, he didn't fight back, yet he planned on doing something in return. Not just now, he mentally stated.
"Hyung. . I'm so sorry." Haneul was still attached with the other by arm, while the other was also there to hug him back. They never let each other go.
"For what, Neulie?" He caresses his hair to soothe him.
"For not fighting back, I also lost Milan. . They're so mean." Haneul pouted, looking at him with those dried tears.
"It's alright. Milan might come back here, I just felt it. You don't have to be worried about that. Maybe he was just scared of the happenings earlier." He lightly smiled, because there was still something bothering him and he was sure the younger might not like it.
"Mhm. . Thank you for saving me again. ." he paused when he saw Yuki with his foreign expression, "- are you okay, hyung? How was with ma'am earlier?"
Yuki looked at him with tears in his eyes, lips were trembling as it still managed to kiss those on Haneul's forehead.
"H-hyung, why? No. . no, don't cry. ." he tried his best to wipe those little tears with his tiny hands, his heart had been beating loud with the scenario, he didn't want to anticipate. He kept on denying everything.
"S-someone. . wants to adopt me. And they only wanted one kid. ."
Haneul's heart dropped.
His eyes came watery as well, crying for the third time, disregarding the other kids looking at them. What matters to the kid is Yuki, which he was losing.
"Hyung. . . Am I not allowed to be with you?" They're now crying silently, Yuki managed to hug him for a long time, as this would be the last time cherishing everything with Haneul.
"I-I tried. . but they won't let me. ."
"B-But. . we planned, right? W-We would stay in a house together; we'll live together, and we would go to school. ."
"I-I'm sorry. ."
Haneul hated it, he hated hearing sorry from the elder, it makes him feel so sad. That answer breaks his heart, he knew whenever he said that, there's nothing, he could do to change it. He hugged him instead while releasing little sobs in between.
"Don't leave me. . please. ." says the youngest.
"I don't want to either, but we're orphans." Yuki slowly released the hug and held the hands of the blue-haired, giving assuring rubs with his thumb.
"Neulie, promise me that we'll find each other once you get out of here." Everything was uncertain, but fate would always be fate, and that's the only thing he would rely on.
"We'll see each other, I will find you. I promise." Haneul reached those hands and gave little pecks. After that, Yuki released one as he showed his pinky finger.
