Unconditional Love

30

            "Have you visit Haknyeon?" asked Chanhee.

"I have. He looks healthier than before. Thank you for looking after the café, Chanhee" said Changmin.

"I was so worried when I heard Haknyeon collapse and he had been hospitalized for two days now" said Chanhee.

"Sangyeon thought that he was too stressing himself about the thought of his mother in jail. He was too afraid what would happened to him after his mother out from the prison" said Changmin.

"Afraid... of his mother. Even when his mother is out from his life, he still haunted by her. I'm really sorry for him" said Chanhee.

Changmin knows that Chanhee has been very close with Haknyeon and basically treats him like he is his little brother. He is aware of the special relationship they have and has seen how caring and protective Chanhee is towards Haknyeon after knowing the truth about Haknyeon's life.

"The flower that you choose it for him. He really like it" said Changmin.

"That's great! I'm glad he like it" said Chanhee happy.

The bell from the front door was ringing, a customer coming in.

"Welcome"

Changmin see Sunwoo and Eric. He smile to them.

"You two want the same order?" asked Changmin.

Both of them nodded.

"Okay. Take a seat first. I'll serve your food" said Changmin and went to the kitchen.

Before he went to the kitchen, he signal to Chanhee and Chanhee nodded.

Sunwoo and Eric had been very quiet since they had arrived, and had been keeping their thoughts to themselves. They had been thinking about the entire situation and the revelation that had been made about Haknyeon's past.

They had been concerned and had been thinking over these past few days, now knowing that Haknyeon's life had been filled with difficulty and abuse.

Chanhee came to the table and serve the drinks for them.

"I heard from Changmin that he told you two about Haknyeon" said Chanhee.

"Yeah. Sort of. We were kind a... in disbelief after knowing about this" said Eric.

"I understand. You thought that you feel betray by Haknyeon because he keep this from you two?" guess Chanhee.

Sunwoo nodded.

"I thought that we are friends but..."

"He must be really afraid what we thought if he say that he was a criminal" said Eric.

"Have you two thought about it?" asked Chanhee.

"Truthfully, I don't understand. How the hell an 8-year-old boy can be a criminal? He's not really a psychopath or something" said Eric.

"Psychopath is kind a harsh word but I understand what you mean" said Chanhee.

"Haknyeon always face this his whole life? Even he's away from her, she still searching for him? For money?" asked Sunwoo.

"Yes. She always came here a few times to ask for money from Haknyeon. We even tried to chase her away and keep her away from Haknyeon. But sometimes it didn't work and she steal his money from his bank card" said Chanhee.

"I can't believe this. There must be something why he been like this" said Eric.

"It's like she demand this for something" said Sunwoo.