Love Contract | haobin

Twenty-Eight

"I-" Hanbin starts, but their conversation is interrupted when they hear the doorbell ringing.

"Oh, that must be Ricky." Zhang Hao rushes out of the room and mentally facepalms himself. He doesn't know why he confessed that to Hanbin all of a sudden. He was planning on never telling him about that. Things might end up getting awkward between them... and what if Hanbin gets mad at him for hiding this from him?

Zhang Hao just shakes his head and rushes downstairs to open the door for Ricky, but instead of seeing Ricky, he sees Gunwook. "Gunwook? What are you doing here?" Zhang Hao smiles and rushes over to him. Gyuvin had already opened the door for him.

"Grandma dropped me off." Gunwook smiles. "I wanted to come and play with Yujin."

"Oh, she didn't have to do that. Hanbin could've picked you up." Zhang Hao tells him. "But how've you been?" He gives him a small hug and notices Gunwook brought his red panda plushie.

"I've been good." Gunwook just nods and smiles. "Where's Yujin?" He looks around and Hanbin finally comes downstairs.

"Gunwook?" He asks, surprised, as he walks over to give him a hug. "Did your grandma bring you? I could've picked you up."

"Yeah, that's what I told him." Zhang Hao nods.

"She's been feeling a little better these days." Gunwook tells them. "She's been having more energy and has been taking me to the park."

"Oh, that's great." Hanbin smiles. "Why didn't she come in?"

"She said she had something to do."

"Gunwookie!" Yujin rushes down the stairs and immediately takes Gunwook's arm, starting to drag him outside. "Papas, we're going to the playground."

"Wow, you don't even need our permission anymore?" Zhang Hao raises an eyebrow.

"Sorry... Papas, can we go to the playground?" Yujin pouts.

"Go ahead." Zhang Hao nods as the kids go out the back door and Hanbin catches up to them.

"I want to play too. Can I come along?"

"Yes papa!" Yujin nods as he and Gunwook take Hanbin's hand. Zhang Hao can't help but smile at the thought that they might be a happy family of four soon.

"Thank you for making Hanbin so happy." Gyuvin tells him, taking Zhang Hao by surprise. "I hadn't seen him this happy in a long time. I didn't think he'd ever be this happy again."

"There's no need to thank me." Zhang Hao tells him. "He makes me really happy too." Gyuvin just nods and impatiently waits for Ricky to get here. "There's no need to be nervous." Zhang Hao tells him after a while. "I'm sure all of this is a misunderstanding or something."

"Are you sure? I think he's mad at me, but I don't know why. Like I said, he told me about a letter, but I really can't think of what he could've possibly written on it." Gyuvin says, clueless.

Zhang Hao stays quiet for a few seconds. This is painful to watch. He now wonders if this is how Gyuvin and Ricky felt when they were trying to get him and Hanbin together.

"I guess he'll explain it to you right now." Zhang Hao says once the doorbell rings. "I'll answer the door and you can wait for him in the living room."

"Okay, thanks a lot, Zhang Hao. I wouldn't have wanted to get you involved, but he wasn't answering my calls."

"Don't worry. He's my best friend and I know he cares a lot about you. I don't want you guys to be like this over a misunderstanding."

Gyuvin just gives him a small smile and goes to the living room to wait for Ricky. Zhang Hao answers the door and sees Ricky on the other side. "Hey, where's Yujin?" Ricky looks around. "You said you'd be late if you didn't leave soon."