the penthouse

43 | actions made with trust.

ten could tell that irene was confused by the reason he had stopped her, but it was extremely important. he was on his own at the reception that morning, which meant that he would get all paperwork done. he had to.

with that, irene and kaito seemed to be going somewhere. they were not in a rush, and it led to ten stopping them in the middle of the lobby, with a bright smile on his face. what did he even want ? it was all very weird.

" you might be very confused about my actions, and i understand why. it was quite strange of me to run from the reception and yell towards you. " ten let out a laugh, but he was out of breath. he really needed to exercise more.

" well, i did not expect for you to do that, and it was really scary. " irene replied. she was still in disbelief, and wondered what request ten had, that made him run so fast, and yell so loudly, to the point everyone turned to see him. " what is it ? "

" kaito and mr. dong's twins were requested to get some access cards into the multi-media room, which is on the tenth floor. " ten began, " they will be invited to different activities, and i think that it is worth it, to make him a card. it is not much. "

irene nodded immediately. it would be amazing for kaito to go into the multi-media room, and interact with other children around his age. the residents did not gather much, and especially did not bring their children whenever they did.

kaito was not that friendly with anyone. these days, he barely met up with jaehyun. such thing angered irene, because her brother, and the only male figure, aside from her father, in kaito's life, was now running around, trying to make his girlfriend happy.

she had seen how sad kaito became, but she could not do anything about it. irene and jaehyun did not talk, and she was not in the position to tell him that he should stop chasing his girlfriend with millions of won in his hands, to make her happy.

irene did not meet this woman yet. from what she heard, her name was sooyoung, and she was kim doyoung's close friend. obviously, a man like doyoung was not associating with the best type of people, as he was not a good person himself.

she, however, wanted to look at it from the brighter side of the spectrum. maybe, with jaehyun being completely in love with sooyoung, he forgot about their falling out, when he asked seulgi to be his girlfriend. he was going to look past it, right ?

thinking about her brother, irene completely forgot that ten was standing in front of her, waiting to hear that she wanted to make kaito an access card. so, she nodded at his words again, and let out a small laugh. " yes, i do want to make him one. "

" amazing ! i need a copy of kaito's birth certificate, your identification card, and.. optionally, you can bring his father's, but i do not force you to do it. " ten explained to irene, who's eyes widened. it was not going to be a good situation anymore.

irene knew that ten and yuta were good friends. she always saw them joking around, laughing at the reception. who knows how ten would react, if he saw his friend's name on kaito's birth certificate ? it was a total shock, even for irene's parents.

though, she noticed how excited kaito seemed about it. she could not say no to him, and especially not in that moment. so, all she could do was take out her phone, and pretend like she had to look at something. she needed a distraction.

" well, i need to go, but by tomorrow, i will bring the files needed. thank you very much, for thinking about telling me this ! " irene smiled. she took kaito's hand, as the two walked out of the lobby. as they approached the crossing, she saw sicheng.

he was not alone, though. sicheng was there with irene's brother, jaehyun. she let out a sigh, watching as jaehyun lit up a cigarette. it seemed as the two men were talking about something amusing, with both of them laughing.