As an inventor, Chenle's used to being mistreated by others. It's not the most common, nor the highest-paying job, after all. Being mocked for his work, getting spat at, taking punches and other kinds of assault are the common occurrences he has to deal with in his day-to-day life. It's why he prefers to stay inside his room or office as he likes to call it most of the day.
'Just a few more fixes and I think it'll be good to go.' He tells himself, working on his latest invention: a mechanical heart. It was a project he'd been hooked on for weeks, much to his surprise - he usually abandons one project after the next which is another reason why he is quite unsuccessful.
"Are you making another useless gadget?!" He hears the stern voice of his father entering the room.
"No, this one can save a person's life one day." He replies to his father.
"Oh? How are you so sure?" His father replied as he approached him and took the mechanical heart he was working on.
"Give that back!" Chenle shouts in anger. But he was too late. His father had already smashed the heart on the floor in one strike.
Anger filled his eyes as he looked down at all his hard work just destroyed. "Why...did you... do that?" He asked his father, knowing that it would be able to help someone one day if only his father hadn't destroyed it.
"Why do you even want to be an inventor? What good will it ever do to you?" His father replied with that tough look fathers have when they're mad.
Chenle was planning to and was about to lunge at his father and punch him right in the face, when he suddenly felt something. It was something stronger than hatred. He stopped shaking. He looked at his father right in the eyes, and gave him a wide smile which looked sarcastic. After a few seconds of staring at his father and smiling, he walked away. Away from his house and went to Beomgyu's house. Beomgyu had always been his friend since third grade.
"Hi there! What brings you here?" Beomgyu says as he opens the door for Chenle.
"Hey man! So me and my father got into a.. I guess you can call it a fight. So I was wondering if it'd be alright for you and your family if I stay in the guest room till everything's good between us." Chenle replies.
" Ah, sure! You can stay here as long as you want. You're already like a part of our family, y'know." Beomgyu says with a smile on his face.
