Love Contract | haobin

Seventeen

The next day, Zhang Hao wakes up with the biggest regret he's felt in a long time. Why did he have to talk to Hanbin like that? At this point, it seems like he's the one taking this marriage too seriously, not Hanbin. He really has to apologize to him.

He stays in bed for a few minutes, not wanting to get up and run into Hanbin just yet, but he's forced to stand up when there's a knock on the door. He quickly fixes his hair before opening the door, and sees Hanbin outside.

"Sorry, did I wake you up?" Hanbin asks him. "Gyuvin keeps calling me since he said you asked Ricky if he could babysit Yujin today. Ricky was calling you, but you weren't answering."

"Oh... I probably had my phone on silent."

"But why did you ask him if he could babysit Yujin? Do you have plans today?"

"Yeah, I have some classes today." Zhang Hao nods. "I assumed you did too, so I asked Ricky if he could do me that favor."

"I don't have classes for another few hours, though. I can stay with Yujin and then take him with Ricky."

"Really?" Zhang Hao feels really bad about how he talked to him yesterday. He feels even worse because he told him he could take care of Yujin by himself. "Yeah, that'd be great."

"Okay, I made you two breakfast, so come down to eat. Yujin's already in the kitchen."

"Yeah, I'll be there in a minute."

Hanbin just gives him a small smile before walking back downstairs to the kitchen. It seems like Zhang Hao's in a better mood today, thankfully.

"Where's Hao?" Yujin asks him as soon as he walks into the kitchen. 

"Oh, he'll be coming down here in a minute." Hanbin tells him. "Did you like the pancakes? Do you want more?"

"Yes please!" Yujin nods and Hanbin reaches for his plate to give him another one.

"By the way, Hao has to go to college in a little bit, but I don't have classes today until a little later, so we'll be spending some time together and then I'll be taking you over to Ricky's."

"Yay! I'm going over to uncle Ricky's house?!"

"Yeah, maybe not for too long since Hao will probably almost be out of college by that time."

"Okay." Yujin just nods and Hanbin places his plate in front of him. "Binnie, eat up." He tells his plushie as he pretends to feed him. "Can Binnie come along?"

"Yeah, of course he can." Hanbin nods and smiles. After setting up the table for him and Zhang Hao as well, Hao walks into the kitchen.

"Good morning." He hugs Yujin and kisses his forehead.

"Morning, Hao! Hanbin's pancakes are so delicious! I'm on my second plate."

"Really? That's great. You should eat well."

"Zhang Hao, here's your seat." Hanbin tells him.

"Thank you." Zhang Hao washes his hands before sitting down.

"I'm finished! Can I go out and play?" Yujin asks them.

"No, you just ate. If you want to play, go play with your toys in the living room." Zhang Hao tells him. "You can play outside later."

"Okay. Thank you for the food, Hanbin!" He takes Binnie before walking out of the kitchen.

Zhang Hao just looks down at his plate now that he and Hanbin are alone. He really wants to apologize for the way he acted last night, but he doesn't know where to start.