SORRY, HEART - RENJUN

08 | APOLOGY

"im so sorry. i wasn't mad at you" renjun pinched naeun's cheeks, and the kid stared at him with such confusion.

"you didn't want to talk to me"

"yeah. because i was mad. but not at you. we've talked about this, right?" renjun replied, putting naeun on his lap. both of them were sitting in the living room, food and decorations are ready. naeun did notice renjun's swollen eyes and how his voice cracked. but god, this is was way too young to know about whatever the adults were going through.

not after mark and haechan. no more.

"look, how about a new plushie for apology?" renjun took her tiny hand in his, and naeun's eyes immediately glowed.

"the one we saw at the toy store?"

"yeah, definitely that one" renjun poked her nose, and she cheered. she didn't have to understand, and renjun will do whatever he can to not let her figure out about his problems. hugging his daughter, he placed a small kiss on her head.

"can you do my hair? aunt seulbyul didn't know how"

seulbyul who was watching a tv rolled her eyes, earning a chuckle from renjun. hugging naeun one more time, he let her go and looking at her with such adoration.

"alright. go get your comb and the prettiest scrunchie ever!"

naeun quickly ran upstairs, and renjun smiled at her. relaxing himself on the couch, it took him 3 seconds to realize that his wife was giving him a death stare.

"you're spoiling her"

"better than explaining about the reason why i was mad" renjun pouted. seulbyul's lips formed a thin line, before she scooted and sat next to renjun. her actions caught renjun off guard for a little, but having her close like this did calm his heart a bit.

seulbyul really, really wanted to ask him about jaemin. but she was afraid he'd cry again. she hated seeing him cry like that, it wasn't like the usual renjun at all. for the first time in life renjun had broke down infront of someone, showing that kind of emotion towards someone.

and it was her.

right after he had stopped crying, he went up to wash his face and took a shower, made sure that the smell of alcohol had left him eventhough he didn't even drink that much. and he made sure to apologize to naeun, because he would be so sad if the kid was scared of him. after everything he had went through to raise her.

she had her eyes glued to her favorite tv show, which renjun couldn't help but to be hooked with the plot as well.

"is this a mystery drama?"

"absolutely"

"give me 10 minutes to figure out who's the murdered"

"and spoiling it to me? hell no"

a yelp escaped renjun's mouth when seulbyul placed her palm on his face, completely blocking his view. he tried to move her hand away, but failed. when was this woman so damn strong? just because of a tv show?

"seulbyul? i can't see!" he yelled, and his wife just snickered.

"that's good"

"what-"

before renjun could attack her back, both of them stopped at the sound of knocks on their door. and before seulbyul could even stand up, the door was opened. which she wondered why would the person even bothered to knock if they could just open the damn door like that.

"uncle jeno!" naeun dropped her comb and scrunchies on the floor to run towards jeno. renjun just scoffed at both of them, because jealously was always a disease. just because jeno bought so many candies for naeun (without seulbyul's knowledge), naeun is getting more fond of jeno. just wait until renjun started buying more toys. just wait.