When We Grow Up (COMPLETED)

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" Mami, I brought fried noddles from the stall on the street" Jaemin chirped as he present to his ill grandmother the noodle he got.

"did you steal again?" His grandmother sigh, " Jaemin I told you to stop that" the old woman rather said and Jaemin pouted thinking that the noodle might make his grandmother happy, he was rather scolded by having it, " Of course not granny, the vendor gave it to me trust me!" Jaemin convince sitting on his grandmother ill bed and getting the only plate existing in their house.

The old woman rather click her tongue,
"The other time you told me that, people from the town hall went here to make you pay the stolen rice you stole on one cafeteria" his grandma scolded him and Jaemin rub his nape as the young nine year old male no longer know what to reason out to his grandma.

"Where is Jisung?" Jaemin asked as he wonder for his little brother. " He is at the central school, looking at the chinese boy again" his grandma reasoned as Jaemin slowly let his grandma the fried noodles that he stole.

"man, I told that kid not to go there the guard on that private school is so strict!" Jaemin said as he was a little angry of Jisung carelessly running off there just because he wanted to peek on a certain person, as Jaemin find his little brother's brain mentally broken sometimes.

Nonetheless his thoughts got interrupted by how severely his grandmother cough and it was now including more amount of blood unlike last time. They have no money for hospital, they don't even have money to be able to eat atleast two times a day what more to their crooked house that Jaemin also have to steal some woods for it's wall and roof and the ground is the the rough soil ground. Also some wood is made for his grandma's proper bed while him and Jisung sleep on a self made hammock they established to make with the help of his friend.

"ah.. My time in this world is really ending soon" His grandmother said as everyone is all aware of that, his grandmother is indeed really old now and the environment she is living in isn't helping her weak condition. He is afraid of his grandmother going away up in heaven, but at the same time he also doesn't want to watch his grandmother suffer from all the severe coughing and sometimes seizures just because he wanted her to stay.

After their parents seperated and went their own ways, Jaemin and Jisung was also left forgotten by their parents, since both of their parents are very young they were not ready for the kind of responsibility, the two of them were just repeated mistakes, his mother was only seventeen and his father as well so they must've been not ready for having to concile and be a family as they still wanted that teenage freedom.

And after being left with his grandmother, the old woman was the one who fed the two enough for them to move around but their grandmother had no ability to provide the both of them to go to school so Jaemin stopped in his fourth grade while Jisung now is slowly fading in class as well. Since the young fella wanted to help his hyung in providing each other food, as he try doing extras or being on the street having to find someone to beg, and Jaemin and hate when Jisung is being influence by some of his friends to be a beggar in the city but Jisung, that boy was sometimes stubborn.

" We need to prepare for my funeral and burial" His grandmother as she always mention but still they are reconsidering it, since coffin itself is so expensive to them it is almost their monthly money in food and clean water.

"I had try requesting to Mr. Park there at the neighbor next door and he said he will make me one for a cheap price" His grandma said as she lean her back on the head board of the bead and rest a little as sitting makes her a little tired alone. "N-no Mami, I helped in building our house here right so I can do it for you for free so we wouldn't need to pay anyone" Jaemin nonetheless suggested.

"Are you sure, look at your fingers it is already bruised up, how could you make a whole coffin alone" His Mami concerningly said and Jaemin just hold his grandma tightly. "Don't worry Mami I'm a strong boy"