𝕀'𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟 | 𝕓𝕒𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 (𝕖𝕟𝕘)

𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟚𝟘

"Dad! Dad! Look, I got an A!" yelled the little boy enthusiastically as he stormed into the house and moved to his father in the living room.

"For real?" asked the father with a surprised look and invited his son to the sofa, he took the exam of his six year old son who proudly pressed it into his hand.

He inspected the exam with a scrutinizing look, he straightened his glasses once more when he saw the A on the sheet.

He started to grin and handed the sheet back to his son. "That's great, how did your friends react?" asked the father, interested.

He knows that his son had learned a lot for this exam and he hoped that his friends would be indulgent for his constant study.

At the words 'friends' the little boy's smile disappeared and he looked down at his exam. "My friends... were happy" he said, which his father didn't like.

"Were they really happy? You don't seem like it" asked the father with a worried undertone, whereupon the little boy looked up at his father.

"I... have no friends..." he said disappointed, whereupon the father sighed, insulted.

"What about Sook? She's a friend, isn't she?" the father asked confused "She has moved, she is too far away and nobody likes me at school" the son replied disappointed.

The father grabbed his son and put him on his lap which made the little boy nervous "Dad! Your legs!" shouted the little boy in panic.

He was used to the fact that his father shouldn't put anything heavy on his legs or carry anything that suddenly scared him to sit on it himself, knowing that he wasn't a feather.

"Don't worry, these legs will hold out for five minutes" smiled the father and held his son around his waist.

"Have you ever tried to speak to someone? Sometimes you have to take the first step to start a friendship" said the father, hoping his son understood him.

"I can't speak to anyone, everyone in the class runs away" said the son still hopelessly and began to play with the material at the end of his shirt.

"How about someone outside of the class? The lower class is definitely happy to be able to name someone older than them their friend" suggested the father and slowly led his son off his lap.

"Now it hurts slowly" laughed the father and stroked his legs, the boy just looked down sadly.

"Do you promise me you will look for friends?" asked the father and held his little finger to his son, who just looked at him thoughtfully until he closed it with his little finger and mumbled "I promise".

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"I'm back home!" the twelve year old called into the house, like every day and took off his shoes.

There was no answer, which confused the boy, he went unsuspecting to the living room in the hope of finding his parents.

He found his mother sitting on the floor and crying, crouching down and hugging his father's walking stick.

Shocked and surprised, the boy ran to his mother and grabbed her shoulders. "Mom what happened?" he asked in shock.

His mother didn't answer, she started crying even harder. The walking stick in her hands slowly slipped out of her hands and landed with a loud bang on the floor.

Confused, the boy took hold of the walking stick and looked back at his mother. "What happened to dad?" he asked in shock.

His mother had a hard time trying to stop crying to answer her son, but her voice sometimes left her body.