𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆 | 𝘆𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗯𝗶𝗻

26 | lullaby

(01:24pm)
august 11th (2 days later)

"yeonjun, you have to eat." chloe placed a bowl of potato and chicken soup on his desk, taking the other untouched plate that she placed there at breakfast.

"i don't feel like it mum," he groaned from under the sheets, all he has been doing for the past two days is crying, he only got up to get water or go to the toilet. he hasn't showered, ate or been outside.

"i'm going to need you to eat baby, it's not healthy at all." chloe was so worried for her son, he wasn't in a healthy state currently and it broke her heart. she had had enough, she brought the soup over towards yeonjun's bed and sat down next to the tired boy.

she placed the bowl down before pulling the covers harshly off of the boy who just groaned in return.
"yah~ what are you doing," he moaned, he didn't feel like this right now.
"you have to eat yeonjun!" she was getting angry now, so she yanked up her son to sit up on the bed. that's when she full took in yeonjun's state, he was weak, he was like a flower that was slowly withering. his eyes were puffy from the tears, there was evident eye bags under his eyes.

"my baby..." she said while grasping his sons cheeks in her hands. she felt like crying after seeing her son in such a state, he was hurting and it showed. the last thing a mother wants is for their son to look and feel like how yeonjun was. "yeonjun do you not see that this isn't normal, it's terrible for you."

"but i'm sad," he pouted while not looking his mum in the eyes.
"i know you're stressed about soobin, but what are you going to do when he does get here? you can't be like this, because then he will be sad as well. and do you want that?" she tried to convince him, luckily it was working,
"no..." yeonjun replied, she was right, soobin can't see him like this.

"good, now i want you to finish this whole bowl of soup, get up, do something active, then take a shower, coz ya stink." the last statement made him smile a little. "there's my pretty boy's smile." she smiled back.

(10:23pm)

it had been a few hours since their little pep talk and yeonjun was doing a bit better. he ate some food, went downstairs to do the dishes and showered.

but now it was night time and his mum encouraged him to get some sleep. she said 'that was the most important part.'

so here he was, lying in bed staring at the ceiling, drenched in his own thoughts. but all his thoughts were only about soobin.

he couldn't sleep, he's been laying there for about two hours. it was no use, nothing was working. he was so so tired, but he just couldn't sleep. his eyes were closed and it was pitch black yet he wasn't sleeping.

suddenly yeonjun had an idea, he pulled his duvet off before getting up, his hair messy and clothes ruffled. seconds later he was located standing in-front of chloe's bed. he then tapped her lightly and she woke up looking confused.

"yeonjun? what is it?" she asked then gently sat up in her bed.

"i-i can't sleep." he replied in an embarrassed tone. she gestured for him to sit next to her and he obliged and then layed next to her resting his head on her chest. "can you sing me dad's song?"

chloe's heart stopped, she hadn't heard or sang one of her husband's songs in years. she used to sing them to yeonjun when he was little. but after yeonjun's father died she hadn't had the nerve to. he made the songs when he was in college and use to sing them to chloe to win over her heart. some of the songs were lyrics meant for her but others were just what was on his mind. (a/n: i'm using txt songs as yeonjun's dad's song, don't sue me😭)

"wh-which one?" she didn't want to let her son down, especially when he was hurting like this.

"the one he wrote for you, you know? the one he sang at your wedding."

"of course baby," she took a deep breath as they both got comfortable and then she started to sing.

"그녀만 보면, 외롭지 않아
(whenever i see her, i'm not lonely)
슬픈 마음도, 멀리 사라져
(even with my sad heart, it disappears far away.)
그녀는 나의 샴푸의 요정
(she's my fairy of shampoo.)
이제는, 너를 사랑할 거야"
(from this moment on, i will love her.)

her voice was smooth and gentle, and it brought back many memories for the both of them. Chloe hadn't realised the small tear that rolled down her cheek. but on the bright side, yeonjun was finally asleep after so many days.

"sleep well yeonjun." she kissed his forehead before she closed her eyes to rest as well.

published-7 april 2023