SORRY, HEART - RENJUN

09 | I'LL BE HERE

"naeun.."

the kid snuggled closer to her uncle jeno who was playing some cute cooking games. naeun was hugging her favorite plushie, a gift from renjun when she was 5 years old. it was one of the oldest plushie she ever had, and the one she treasured the most.

"why do you like renjun so much?"

naeun looked at jeno as if he has lost his mind. what kind of dumb question was that?

"i mean.. i know you're going to say renjun is nice but typically you have so many uncles you can choose as your favorite-"

"i will always choose dad"

jeno smiled at that answer, before his eyes focused on the game in his hand.

"yeah? why is that?"

"well... aunt seulbyul always tell me bedtime stories about an angel who took care of me ever since i was a baby. that angel bought all of my clothes, help aunt seulbyul when she can't buy my food, do my hair, pick me up from school, buy me lots of toys..."

jeno smiled wider at that.

"that angel gave me lots of love, aunt seulbyul even said the angel took care of me better than her.."

naeun hugged the plushie closer.

"i used to wonder who that angel was, but as i grew up, i figure out that she was talking about dad.."

"really?" jeno pinched the kid's cheek, and naeun nodded.

"when did she tell you those bed stories?"

"after she opened that cafe. she told me a lot about dad..."

it was true, though. renjun did use up all of his life expenses to take care of naeun. he would even go to war for this kid.

and jeno knew why. when baby naeun was dumped infront of seulbyul's house, renjun was there. renjun, coincidentally was trying to teach seulbyul how to cook when a knock was heard from the front door.

and renjun cried when he saw a crying baby, in a casket, with a note saying that she wasn't needed anymore. that seoyeon, seulbyul's sister dumped her there. for a university student with an unstable part time job to take care of that baby. alone.

and renjun was the first person who held naeun in his arms.

when seoyeon didn't even care to give that baby a name,

renjun called her naeun.

renjun helped seulbyul in raising naeun, ever since she was a baby.

maybe seulbyul wanted naeun to know that too.

that huang renjun, had taken careof her, raised her and loved her when she wasn't needed.

"but.." jeno turned to look at naeun who was already half asleep.

"i buy you more candies, right? i should be your favorite"

jeno let out the biggest scoff ever when naeun rolled her eyes at him. who even taught her that? renjun? jisung? chenle? those bastards.

"you're starting to have attitude, huh?" jeno tickled the kid, and she laughed out loud.

but both of their laughters immediately died at the sound of seulbyul babbling. naeun quickly covered her face with her blanket and jeno pretended to be sleeping. not that they were afraid of seulbyul. but it has passed naeun's bedtime and jeno would rather go to war than listening to seulbyul's babbling. Basically he was afraid of her.