Along your steps | MINSUNG

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"Oh Aunt Lee! Why are you worried? It's not like the first time I'm gonna take care of him" Han assured his favourite aunt. "I know but things are changed now. He's not that 12 year old anymore. It's been more than 10 years since you last saw him". Mrs. Lee retorted.

It was true. Han had practically forgotten how the only son of Mrs. Lee looked like. He himself was very young when he left Busan. Heck, He knows how Mrs. Lee looks like only because his mother uploads pictures with her best friend every now and then.

He came to Seoul 4 years ago to achieve his dream of becoming a musician. However, things never go as we want them to. He just couldn't make it. After trying for almost 4 years, he gave up. He didn't want to be a burden to his mother who was doing everything to provide for her kids. He wanted to lessen her responsibilities. Therefore, he accepted a job in MM Entertainment as an artist manager.

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Finally the D-day came. The Lee Minho about whom Han have been hearing for days have finally arrived at Seoul station. Han had taken a day off to pick up Minho. He was sitting outside of the station next to stairs scrolling through his phone waiting for Minho to come. After waiting for a few minutes which felt like years to Jisung because of the scorching heat, he found himself relaxing when a shadow was casted on him. He lifted his head to know the source of shadow only to realise that a figure was standing in front of him just few centimetres away. He couldn't see his face because of the blinding sunlight. He stood up to get face to face with the said figure and saw an even blinding smile on a man whose face made him fall into a trance thinking about how good the mood of the God would have been to sculpt such a beautiful face. It would have been a lie if he said that he wasn't envious.

"Hi Jisungie Hyung. I'm Minho." The words of the person in front of him made him come back to reality.

"Oh Hi Min. I hope you don't mind me calling you Min. It's weird for me to call people with their full name" Jisung said returning the smile.

"Not at all"

"I think we should really leave. I'm on the verge of fainting because of the heat and you might be tired as well. We can continue our talks later on" Han said taking a bag from Minho's hand.

" I can carry this. Don't worry". Minho said trying to get the bag back.

"Don't worry. I got you." Jisung said while walking towards the parking lot. Minho followed behind with a goofy smile.

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Both the guys chit chatted throughout their journey from the station to Jisung's house. They decided on waiting till Sunday to go for house hunting and until then Minho would stay at Jisung's. As much as both of their parents wanted them to stay together, they couldn't do so as Han was moving to a dorm of MM Entertainment.

Minho's time at Jisung's place was great. Han was a neat person with excellent cooking skills. He cooked Minho meals before leaving and after returning. Though Minho wanted to help, he was a complete noob in that sector so for the sake of world peace, he avoided cooking. Other than that, Minho's extrovert nature clicked well with Han's ambivert nature. Although they couldn't spend much time together due to Han's job, they still enjoyed whenever they were together.

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"What? Are you crazy? No! I'm not helping you. I'm telling Mrs. Lee. We are not even sure if it is a cult. You know there are so many scammers out there. How could you come here just believing him" Jisung rambled with his eyes wide open. Minho had revealed his real reason for coming to Seoul to Han. He was street casted in Busan by a staff from MM Entertainment so he came Seoul to try his luck. He always wanted to be dancer.

"H-Hyung please. Mom would kill me if she knew that I am not here to join Seoul University but for becoming an idol. I told you everything only because I believed that you would understand. Please hyung , don't tell her."

" Min I...I understand but it is not easy here. You know Aunt Lee would be so sad knowing you lied.We are not even sure if it is a real staff or some scammer and what if you fail like me. You would lose your degree, your career and your parent's trust altogether. This is not right Min. You should talk to your parents. I know it would be difficult but you can make them understand. I'll help you." Jisung almost pleaded Minho, worry flashing through his whole face.

" They won't understand hyung. I have tried. Dad thinks that dancing would never do any good in my life." Minho's plead had turned into anger which started falling in the form of tears from his eyes. "..... But my whole world is dancing hyung. Nothing could make me happy as much as dance does. I know I might fail and I'm okay with experiencing that. What I'm not okay with experiencing is the regret that I'll have throughout my life if I didn't take this opportunity. I understand why are you worried. Even I'm worried about what if it is a fraud. This is why I'm asking you to come to the meeting tomorrow along with me. I know there would be a way you can identify if the person is reliable or not. Please hyung, just once. Meet him with me. If you don't want me to proceed after tomorrow, I won't refuse you. I would return back without a single word"

Jisung melted seeing his pleading eyes. How could he say no to those beautiful eyes which were beaming with hope. He saw himself in Minho. He saw the exact same desperateness in him as he had for music.

"F-fine but you have to keep your promise. If I don't find him appropriate, you would talk to your parents about this and tell them the truth. I can still try to help you in convincing them. I'm Aunt Lee's favourite." Jisung said with a wink.

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Question of the day: Why is calling someone 'pup' cute and 'son of a bitch' rude?

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