the sun, the moon, and all the stars | h.rj x l.dh

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september 21, 2006

"huang." donghyuck greeted coldly, watching as the black haired male walked past him. 

"lee." renjun hissed back, being sent to sit next to donghyuck, apparently being 'too late' and his parents would have to come in.

"know my name now, huh?" donghyuck scoffed, wincing as he moved his knee. 

"just a geuss, only other asian kid i could think of." renjun said cockily, sinking down the old plastic chair. 

"wow. what a gentlemen." donghyuck slow clapped sarcastically, glaring at the smaller male. "what, did you go through the list of asian kids in the school library? i know you're friends with lee jeno and na jaemin, so what? look at the names until you found the poor kid?" 

"you seem to know me well, for being one of gikwang's kids." renjun sighed, looking donghyuck up and down with a judgmental glare. 

"you have no fucking right to talk about my dad." donghyuck cursed, leaning forward to punch the chinese male, but his hand was caught before he could do anything. 

"lee donghyuck, do you want me to tell the principal that you're abusing your classmates? no? well then i suggest that you calm down." the nurse- jessica or whatever- said, letting go of donghyuck's arm and walking back to her desk. 

"oh no, the little poor kid is sad cause his dad died, wah wah. fucking cry baby." renjun shook his head, taking out his sketchbook and ignoring donghyuck's protests. 

"talk about cry baby, your twing sister was fucking murdered right under your nose." donghyuck whispered in the boys ear, glancing around and spotting the security camera. 

"you little-" renjun was cut off by donghyuck's sister. 

"hyuck-ah! what happened?" jieun's voice echoed throughout the nurse's office as she was let in the back. the korean comforting the boy and letting his shoulders relax.

"i fell off my bike and fucked my knee up, noona." he responded, standing up, and limping over to the check out desk. 

"wait, donghyuck, who's this?" jieun asked, causing donghyuck to turn back around. she was pointing at renjun, the latter extremely confused as the entire conversation has been in what he presumed was korean. 

"don't worry about it, noona. he doesn't deserve any of our attention." donghyuck shook his head, throwing an arm over his older yet shorter sister's shoulder, and hobbling out of the room. 

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soon after donghyuck's departure, much to renjun's surprise, neither his mom or dad arrived, rather, zitao had. you see, zitao hated having to take care of renjun and justin so this must have been either something really good or really bad. 

"oh, tao! you must be here for renjun." jessica- the nurse- smiled, guiding the male to the back where renjun was sitting. 

"thank you, jess. can i speak to my brother alone for a minute?" zitao faked a sharp smile, waving as the girl left the brothers alone. 

"what the fuck, renjun? you're never late to school. this is going to ruin your attendance record, mom and dad are fucking pissed." he cursed, lightly smacking the younger upside the head. 

"is that why you came? so i wouldn't get screamed out in the middle of the hallway?" renjun scoffed, he knew zitao didn't come here willingly, he came here because he had to. 

"yes, you little brat. be thankful, i signed you out for the day." zitao said, starting to walk away, renjun hot on his heels. 

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"did something happen with that boy, haechan?" jieun asked, donghyuck melting at the nickname. his dad had made it, it meant full sun. jieun didn't know english so he always spoke to her in korean. 

"it's stupid, noona. nothing you need to worry about." donghyuck put on a cheesy smile, jazz hands and all. 

"it seems to be bothering you, tell me haechannie. you don't have nine older siblings just so you can deflect all the time, you know?" she teased, giving his shoulder a comforting squeeze. 

donghyuck used to be a very bright and energetic boy, who sang lady gaga way to loudly, and told his siblings everything. his smile would light up a room, he would subjectify all of his siblings to makeovers, he would watch this weird american football game with his friends, jisung and chenle, all the time, coming home and giving his dad and sometimes his brothers detailed explanitions of the game. and he was like the sun. hence the nickname haechan. 

but then their dad died. 

donghyuck stopped singing lady gaga, he stopped giving his siblings makeovers, he stopped going to every single one of his school's football games, it was as if, the sun had died too. 

"he said-he said that i seem to know a lot for being dad's kid. i don't know what that was supposed to mean but he said it so rudely, as if he was looking down on me." donghyuck explained as they got off the bus and started the short walk back to the house. 

"and who is he? to think he has any right to look down on you?" jieun asked, kicking off her shoes as they entered the house, unknowingly gaining the attention of all eight of the other siblings. 

"he's huang renjun. son of huang shengyi and huang xiaoming. he's-uh- zitao's brother. you went to school with him didn't you, noona?" donghyuck explained, going over to the cupboard and pulling out a first aid kit. 

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xinyuan often compared renjun to the moon and all the stars. she said that her brother was one who always shined, no matter what. 

but right now, renjun didn't feel like the moon and all the stars. he didn't feel like a bright light, protecting the city with it's dim glow, letting them know it was there for them. 

he felt like fire. 

his anger boiling high as his parents screamed and cried "how could you ruin our reputation?!" zitao was on the couch, just watching. and renjun was going to lose it if his mother brought up their reputation one more time. 

"do you think, i give a fuck about your reputation?! do you even know what our reputation is?!" renjun screamed, hot tears brimming at the corner of his eyes. 

"how dare you scream at your mother like that?!" his father yelled, grabbing renjun by his hair and pulling him into his office. 

"baba, baba please, i'm sorry don't- don't- don't-" renjun cut himself off with his own pain filled scream.