Come To Me (Kyuwook Fic)

Chapter 2

Once Ryeowook was 5, he too began to find ways of making money, he asked Heechul for lemons and started his own lemonade stand, which, due to how yummy is lemonade was and how cute he looked, brought in quite a nice amount of money. His brothers looked at him with pride.

In school, there were both people who liked them and bullied them. But for Ryeowook, who was everyone's pet, his classmate envied him, which caused bullying, and when his hyungs found him crying with a split lip and a black eye, they did not stand for it. Heechul found the kid who had done this and taught him a lesson, though Leeteuk tried to explain to him that violence was not a good way to solve problems.

The year went by quickly, but they were still scared that their uncle would come barging in to take them back.

"I think Teukie hyung likes Chullie hyung." Donghae said conversationally to Eunhyuk and Ryeowook one day as they were sitting on the kitchen floor peeling potatoes. Leeteuk was now working at three different places and so he wasn't home.

"It could be." Eunhyuk said wisely, "But he would never admit it to us, because we're poor and Heechul's rich."

Ryeowook loved listening to his older brother's gossip, "Can you like someone when you're this young?"

Eunhyuk laughed at how cute his brother was, "Of course you can, but Leeteuk hyung is too proud to admit it."

"Will I get a boyfriend when I grow up?" Ryeowook asked.

"Yes," Eunhyuk told him, "A lovely kind boy with dark hair and dark eyes and he will take very good care of you, just like Teukie hyung takes good care of us."

"Describing someone's dream boy?" a voice said casually.

They jumped as Leeteuk entered the kitchen, back from work, and that was the end of their boyfriend talk. For now.

"Nothing." Eunhyuk said.

"Kids I'm here!!!!" Heechul suddenly jumped into the kitchen with his arms open wide for a hug.

"Chullie hyung!" they squealed, dropping their potatoes and knives and hugging Heechul with their dirty hands, staining his shirt and pants, but he didn't mind.

"How's my little baby doing?" Heechul asked, picking Ryeowook up and swinging him around, Ryeowook squealed even louder, "More! Chullie hyung more!" until he was so dizzy Heechul set him down and started with Donghae.

Ryeowook grinned up at all his older brothers, "I love you hyungs!"

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Then, one cold winter, when Ryeowook was 6, Eunhyuk took him to the bakery he worked at to be a little waiter, it definitely brought in more customers, "Oh! Such a little baby! How adorable! Here's a tip sweetie!" and "He needs a coat! He can't go around like that!"

In the winters, he always went to Eunhyuk's bakery every single day, because it was nice and warm, and he could cosy up by the fire while Eunhyuk worked. Eunhyuk often snuck glances at his angelic little brother, wishing Ryeowook could stay warm like that forever before they had to tramp back home through the snow.

That night was especially bad.

Halfway home, there was a snowstorm, Eunhyuk hurried Ryeowook into an old phone booth, covered with graffiti, and shut the door. How were they going to get home now? He would've called Leeteuk if they had a phone at home, but they didn't, and if he were alone, he would've walked right through the storm, but he had Ryeowook with him. So they hid there, Leeteuk must be worrying like hell, Eunhyuk thought, it hurt him to know that his brothers were worried about him.

And then Ryeowook suddenly pointed something out to him, it was a small boy, only slightly bigger than Ryeowook himself, fighting through the snow to get to them, Eunhyuk opened the door for him and the boy squeezed in with them, "Why are you here? Why aren't you at home in this weather?" he asked them.

"We were walking home when the storm came." Eunhyuk explained while Ryeowook, who was hiding behind him, poked his head out from behind his hyung's back, "Hello, what's your name?" the little intruder asked Ryeowook kindly.

"I'm Kim Ryeowook and this is my brother Lee Hyukjae or Eunhyuk!" Ryeowook was starting to enjoy telling about himself, "I have two more hyungs at home, Leeteuk is the eldest, and Donghae is younger than Eunhyuk. Our aunt wanted us to all have different surnames, she was very creative." he said proudly, then his shoulders sagged, "I miss her, she took care of me when my parents died, but she's dead now."

"Oh, I'm so sorry." the boy said, he looked genuinely concerned, "So who looks after you now?"

"Leeteuk." Ryeowook said proudly, it was plain for all to see how proud he was of his brothers, "And Eunhyuk and Donghae. And Heechul hyung." this was just a year after Leeteuk had introduced his friend to his brothers.

"Heechul hyung?" the boy looked at Eunhyuk questioningly.

"Leeteuk hyung's friend." Eunhyuk explained.

"But they can't be legally old enough to look after you!" the boy said, shocked, "How can't be that much older than you! How old is he? Ten?" Which was exactly how old Leeteuk was.

But Eunhyuk knew that they were now giving away too much, if they told the boy the truth, they would be taken into care! So he clamped his hand over Ryeowook's mouth, though not hard, "He's twenty," Eunhyuk lied, "There's a ten year age gap between me and him."

Ryeowook looked at him, confused, wasn't Leeteuk only 10?

"Oh, then why don't you have coats?" the boy asked, "Here, you can have my coat." he took his coat off and handed it to Ryeowook.

"No no!" Eunhyuk protested, he did not want to accept charity, and he did not want to bother anyone.

But the little boy did not listen, he slipped the coat over Ryeowook's shoulders, Ryeowook thought he had never felt so warm in his life, and it wasn't just because of the coat, it was because for the first time, someone was being kind to him. People always cooed over him, but except for Heechul, they had never sacrificed anything for him. And unlike Heechul, this boy had no reason to ... he didn't even know them!

"Thank you." Ryeowook said.

"There you are!"

It was a woman.

"Do you know how shocked and worried I was when you told our driver to stop and just jumped off? How could you? You wanted to come here? Oh! This dirty little beggar has stolen your coat! Give it back!"

Ryeowook began to cry, Eunhyuk said to the woman coldly, "We didn't steal it."

"I gave it to him." the coat's original owner said proudly, "I gave it to him, umma."

"But that was your coat! And now you'll be cold!" the woman raged.

"I have still have a closet-full at home! Umma, can we give them a lift, they're stuck here in the storm and can't get home."

"People like this don't have a home! You thick boy! They're beggars and thieves."

Something inside Ryeowook snapped, "I am not-" he screamed, "A beggar and thief!" and before anyone could even react, he jumped forward, pulled her pants up, and sank his teeth right into her ankle.

"Ryeowook!" Eunhyuk cried, trying to pull him off. The woman's son just laughed.

The woman screamed in surprise and pain, "Let go of me you little varmint! Let go!" but the more she tried to shake him off the harder he bit, "I AM NOT A THIEF!!" he screamed, finally letting go and spitting her blood out of his mouth, "I AM NOT A BEGGAR! I HAVE THREE WONDERFUL HYUNGS WHO CAN LOOK AFTER ME BETTER THAN YOU EVER CAN! EVEN WITH YOUR MONEY!"

"We're leaving!" the woman yanked her son after him, who was calling out to Ryeowook desperately, "My name is - "

And then the door of the telephone booth slammed shut.