𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞/𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐣𝐚𝐤𝐞

Ｃｈａｐｔｅｒ 9

Today is Sunday, I always spend my whole day in the Church, the one that I talked about the charity.

I get ready and choose my clothes to a comfortable one. I get downstairs and grab some bread and head out.

I bought drinks and drove until I reached the Church. I parked behind the Church where the big open field and a house where the children sleep and eat. There is also a small school enough for the 3-6 years old students.I noticed an unfamiliar car parked on the other side. I'm the only one that visits the children every Sunday. I asked Sister Neri, the head sister, if they could close the visiting time every Sunday for me because I wanted to focus on the children.

I furrowed my eyebrows while looking at the car. Don't tell me?

I go inside, my heart beats so fast. I crossed my fingers and kept wishing that my guts were wrong.

"Nana!". Na-eun exclaimed and ran towards me, I bent down to welcome her in my embrace.

Na-eun is like a baby sister to me. Her parents left her when she was 3 and now she's already 8 years old! I love her, she looks like an angel.

"Did you miss Nana?". She has always called me Nana since she was young.

She was really bad at naming and she always forgot my name. That's why I just told her to call me Nana.

"You're already here, Liv. There's another visitor and I can't say no to him". Sister Neri looked at me, feeling sorry.

"So you still visiting?". I got up and looked at him. Na-eun goes to my side and holds my hand.

"Always". I short replied and switched my gaze to Sister Neri.

"Are they ready yet?". I asked her.

"They are always ready when they know that you will come". Sister Neri smiled at me.

"I will go to them then". She simply nodded. I walked inside together with Na-eun.

"I remembered his face but I don't know when I saw him, I also forgot his name". I looked down at Na-eun's furrowed forehead.

"Who?". I asked.

"That handsome guy". She said and blushed.

"Hey, hey! What is that tomato on your face?". I poke her side and then runs away from me.

"Livy!!". As soon as the kids saw me, they ran towards me.

"Okay, okay. Calm down, don't attack me-". I didn't finish what I was supposed to say because they already attacked me.

"That's enough, you tickled me!". I giggled when someone kissed me on my cheeks.

After I got ambushed by the kids, they finally calmed down. I formed them in a straight line.

"As usual, find your height!". I arranged them, and went to the big tree where we can shelter from the sun.

This is my routine for the last 6 years with them. I read some stories and did some games regarding the stories. Every Sunday, I make sure that they enjoyed the time with me and at the same time they learned something from the story.

They sat on their individual chairs that I personally made under my company. Uncle Ji-hoon, the one that arranged this set up and one of the crew here. I got the story that I bought from the book store.

As soon as I opened the thin paper, I heard footsteps in the back. It's sister Neri and Jake.

"Sorry to interrupt your class, Teacher Liv. I just wanted to introduce Jake to the kids, since it's been 5 years since they saw him". I gave them the way and stepped back.

"I knew it! I remembered your face! You're always here with Nana". We all looked at Na-eun.

Jake eyes and my eyes meet, I quickly break it and give my attention to Na-eun.

"So you still remembered your Jakey?". The other kids slowly nodded when they remembered him.

"I'm really overwhelmed that you still remembered me". Jake said with a bright smile attached on his face.

"I remembered running away from you with Nana". Oh ow, this is awkward.

I walked away and left the kids with them since it seems that the kids want to talk to him.

I went to the kitchen and saw the other crew preparing snacks that the kids were supposed to eat while we were there.

"Good morning Liv, you already finished with the kids?". Ara said, one of the crew and we are also have the same age.

"Oh no, there's a visitor and it looks like the kids enjoyed it that's why I leave the kids". I said and helped her to prepare the snacks.

"That's Jake right? When we were young, you two always visited here, right?". I slowly nodded.

"Yeah". I replied.

"Is there something wrong? I thought you guys were friends?". I badly wanted to stop this conversation.

Ara grew up here, she was one of the kids here. She was here when Dad introduced this charity to me. We became friends but not that much since she's busy helping the charity and we didn't get a chance to always talk.

"No, I'm just tired, I guess". I smile at her.

"Jake looked more handsome, he's more manly and more mature". I just nodded.

"Did you guys get here together? It's been a while since I saw you together-"

"No, I didn't know that he's here. I will give these snacks to the kids". I cut her off and got the tray.

I walked to the tree where they are. I put down the tray on the table.

"We will leave you here Teacher Liv, let's go inside Jake". I nodded, they walked away while I seated in front of the kids.

We started the session and played some games. We kept on giggling, after that I gave them snacks.