Another Shade Of Love

Finding the forgotten

"Just tell us, Joon! I'm losing my patience! What did your friend find out about Yoongi's father?" Jimin was getting impatient. Joon was just munching on his cookies.

"Let me finish this first." Joon gulped down the cookie and started, "So, Yoongi's father left them when Yoongi was around 10. He was at first in Korea, but later he went overseas. I heard that he had another family. He had a son." Joon said calmly.

"What?! Another family? A son?" Hobi shouted.

"What is this reaction, Hobi?" Joon was confused.

"Nothing. Continue." Hobi felt something odd in his heart.

"Yoongi's mother tried to find him for years them she gave up," Joon said with a sad expression.

"You have not told us his name yet, Joon," Jimin said.

"Oh, wait, let me check..." Joon looked at his friend's text on the phone. "Oh, his name is Min Ji-Hoon." And with that, the spoon fell from Hobi's hand. He did not try to pick it up, just sat still. The color from his face got paled. Jimin was looking at Joon with wide eyes and a shocked expression.

"It can't be true. Uncle... uncle... They are not the same person." Hobi hid his face by his palms in frustration. Jimin just put his hand on Hobi's back.

"What happened? Why is Hobi reacting like that? Jimin, I need an explanation, now!" Joon was confused and angry. Jimin explant everything about their plan to find out about Jin and Yoongi.

"Coincidently, Jin and Yoongi's fathers' names are the same. We don't know if they are the same person or not." Jimin said with a low voice.

"But uncle is not married, as far I know. Jin is not his biological son. So, I hope they're not the same person. If it's true then it may cause a big problem. I have to talk to my parents about this." Hobi said and stood up.

"Wait for us!" Jimin held his hand but Hobi ignore him and ran through the door.

"What do you think, Jimin? Are they step-brothers? I mean, Yoongi and Jin?" Joon asked.

"No. Their father may be the same person, but they are not brothers. We have to find out. If Jin's father is Yoongi's father, then we have to make him meet Yoongi. We know he misses him so much." Jimin said softly with worry about Yoongi. After chatting for some time, they headed home.

(The Next Day)

Boys went to university. Mr. Min slipped out from the front door of Jung's house.

"Where are you going, Ji-Hoonah?" Mr. Jung asked.

"I have some unfinished business. I will come back soon."

"Oh, okay. Come back before lunch. We will wait for you."

After like one hour Mr. Min was In front of a house. He waited for some time before pressing the doorbell.

"Who is there?" The Voice of a child echoed from inside of the house. "I'll get it, you go play." A woman said. After some second the door opened.

But she was not the one Mr. Min expected. "Hello? What's the matter, gentleman?" The woman asked.

"Ah, sorry for bothering you, mam. A Min family lived here years back..."

"Oh, they moved from here years ago after Mr. Min went missing. The poor family had nothing with them, so they sold this house to us.

Mr. Min felt so guilty and disappointed in himself. It was all his fault. He has to repay for it.

"Can you please tell me where they live now? I am here after so many years to meet them." Tears were about to run down from his eyes.

"Are you close with them?"

"Yeas, I'm Mr. Min's friend."

"Oh, I don't know the exact location, but I heard that they live near the ANM hospital area." (Random name)

"That's close to Min-soo's house (Random name for Hobi's father.) They are living so close to us for years and I didn't even know that. I didn't try to find them. I'm at the fault. But now I'm here. I will try my best to get them back in my life." He thought.

"Hey, Mr. Are you okay? Do you need some water?" The woman asked with concern.

"No, thank you, mam. I'm leaving. Have a good day." He greeted and went back to the rood.

"I'll go find them after lunch. I can't go there now, Min-soo will definitely doubt something." He thought and went back to Jung's house.

After lunch, Mr. Min again went to find whom he lost. He didn't know how he will be able to find them. The area was not that small to find someone easily. After some time, wandering here and there, he remembered one of his friends. That friend was a policeman. He called him on phone hoping he could help him.

"Hello, Ji-hoon! Wow, it's been a while. How are you?"

"I'm fine. How about you?"

"I'm great. Can we meet, Ji-hoonah! We were so close back then." the friend sounded so excited.

"Yeah, we can. But not now. Sorry, Jiwan. I have vital work pending. Can you help me to find someone? Please!"

"Why not? Anything for you, my friend. Tell me the name."

"Min Nina." Mr. Min said softly.

"Wait, is not this your wife's name?"

"Yes. That's my wife's name. Can you please tell me where she lives?"

"But, didn't you tell me that they shifted to your village house when we met years ago?"

"I lied, Jiwan-ah! I lied..." He sobbed. And his friend understood the situation.

"Look, Ji-hoonah, I'm not going to ask you what happened back then. I'll help. Once you feel like opening up you can tell me. Okay?"

"Okay, thanks, Jiwan-ah!"

"Let me check on her. I'll call you later."

Mr. Min entered a cafe nearby to wait for the call. Sipping his coffee, he looked past the window.

He saw Jin and Hobi with other boys. They were laughing and goofing around. Jin was shining with a wide smile and crystal-like eyes in the afternoon sun rays. A smile appeared on Mr. Min's face and quickly disappeared. "My Jinie is happy with them. I'm so glad that he got nice and caring friends around him. Back then I promised his mother to protect him and make him happy. I tried everything I can. I love him as my son. But I didn't know to loving and caring for someone can hurt you that much. I tried to hold both of them, my family and Jin. But fate is really cruel. One misunderstanding and everything shattered. At least I had Jin then. He always gives me hope and causes me to live. But now I'll make everything right again. I want to be happy with my family and Jin. Is it too much to hope for?" He was lost in his mind when particular someone caught his attention. A pale shot boy was smiling with Jin. "Who is he? Why does he look familiar?" He wanted to look closely, but suddenly his phone rang.

"Hello, Jiwan!"

"Hey, Ji-hoon, I found them!" 

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I had some free time. So I uploaded it earlier. I don't know how this story will end... I may need some help from you guys later. Ah... I'm such an armature! Anyway, Thank you so much for supporting me.