You Never Walk Alone [1st Draft Ver.]

Chapter 16: A new friend

Life on the streets clearly wasn't easy for Yoong and Taehyung, but they had adapted pretty quickly, after all, they were good at adapting as they had gone from living in a mansion to living in an orphanage to different foster homes and now, on the streets. As for their studies, Hosu was studying on the basis of a scholarship he got while Yoongi and Taehyung were trying to get one.

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"Did you see the football match at school today? It was sup-"

"Hosu-yah?!" A sudden yell cut off the boy, who immediately recognised the voice and immediately turned around, "Mom?!"

A woman ran upto the boy and hugged him tightly, "I'm so glad you're okay, Hosu-yah! I've been trying to find you since two years!"

"I'm glad you're okay too, mom, I missed you." Hosu's smile faltering as he remembered the day he ran away.

•~Flashback~•

The day had started off normally, nothing strange happened, but then, night came, Hosu's family was peacefully having dinner when suddenly, they heard a loud crash coming from the living room, Hosu's father rushed to see what happened while Hosu and his mother peeked from the dining area. Three unknown and scary looking men had broken into their house and they had weapons in their hand, Hosu began trembling in fear as he watched the criminals threaten his father, Hosu's mother reassured him and then went to the living room to check on the situation properly.

The men started attacking his parents so Hosu rushed out, picked up the nearest thing; a vase, and smashed it on one of the men's head, this made them more aggressive, his parents panicked, scared that they might badly hurt their son.

"Run. Run away quickly." His mom whispered to him, Hosu gulped, but being extremely scared, he obeyed his mother, thinking it was the best for him, he managed to slip away because of his petite body and then he ran, he ran for as long as his legs could carry him, never looking back but hoping that his parents would also escape and then come and find him.

•~Flashback End~•

Yoongi and Taehyung watched their reunion in confusion.

"We are moving to Seoul today, but I wanted to wander around a little bit before leaving in case I found you and look! I did!" Hosu's mother exclaimed, "Now, let's be on our way, we have to catch a train, your father will probably be waiting to the train station."

"Mom...I...uh...This is Yoongi and his younger brother Taehyung...they are my best friends and...they...um...were...a-abused by their foster father and they escaped from there... so w-we can't l-leave them here." Hosu exclaimed.

His mother was heartbroken after hearing what had happened to the boys, "You two can come, with us to Seoul, maybe we can find your mother or we can adopt you two." Hosu's mother suggested.

"Us...? N-no...M-miss i-it's al-alright, r-really, w-we'll be okay on our own." Yoongi stuttered, even though it was his best friend's mother, he didn't trust her and besides, they didn't want to burden anyone.

"If you are worried about being a burden then don't worry, we are financially stable, it won't be a problem." Hosu's mother reassured.

The two boys were tempted to accept the offer but their trust issues suggested otherwise, they had been hurt by adults too many times.

"I- we're very grateful, b-but we simply c-can't accept this offer. We belong to the orphanage, if we go with you, It will land you in trouble and besides, t-the orphanage workers might come to find us soon." Yoongi reasoned.