puzzle piece | jeong jaehyun

11

It was a quiet morning, there wasn't much of a rush with Yunhui getting ready for work or packing up Minhyuk's school bag. It was more peaceful than the other days—which was surprising for a regular weekday.

The sound of the doorbell interrupted the blissful silence, alerting Yunhui who finished whatever was left in her coffee mug before walking towards the door, opening it to reveal a delivery box that was left by the doormat.

She sighed as she crouched down to read the label, knowing the only thing she ordered were her weekly groceries and this seemed nothing like it.

Jung Jaehyun
Apartment 4.b

She sighed once more before picking up the parcel and considering whether she should just leave it by his door than interact with him further and ruin her morning. Her thoughts were cut short as she heard his voice mumble something from the other side as he rushed to get his kid ready for school.

She raised her hand towards the door and gave a steady knock against the grey plated wood. It didn't take more than a few seconds for the door to quickly open in a hurry, his slightly displeased face with his torso peeking through his half buttoned shirt. Her eyes quickly widened and looked back up at his somewhat distracted eyes, realising they had a mind of their own.

"What?" He asked, impatient—he didn't mean for it to come off as rude and he was grateful she didn't take it that way either. Every parent knew that the morning hours were some of the toughest.

"A parcel for you was left at my door" she said quickly, pushing it towards him in hopes that the box would cover his perfectly sculpted chest so her eyes could stop giving it more attention than necessary

"Oh...thanks" he said quickly, tossing the box towards the ground like it didn't mean much to him, wanting to close the door before his worst nightmare could happen—but then it did.

"I'm a butterfly! Look at me, I have wings and I can fly!" Jinah shouted happily, running out of the apartment, through her father's legs, and attaching her half dressed body onto Yunhui's legs

"Jinah let's fly to the bathroom and have a bath, come on!" Jaehyun rushed, his hand reaching over to grab his kid but she only seemed to move away even more

"Jinah seriously, we're going to be late!" Jaehyun grumbled, moving from his space a little so his hands quickly grabbing the little girl as quick as he could, swinging her body over his shoulder before rushing back inside the house and closing the door. He gasped a little, turning towards the closed door and realising he might have just slammed it in Yunhui's face, but unfortunately he didn't have the time to feel guilty and apologise

Yunhui walked back to her own apartment, seeing Minhyuk still by the table and picking at his breakfast

"Elbows off the table, love" she said with a sigh and he noticed her presence before shoving the plate towards the middle of the table and further away from himself

"I'm done" he said and she pursed her lips looking at one half of the peanut butter sandwich untouched

"Are you sure? You still have the other half" she said, but he had already started to help himself down the chair

"Alright well, more for me" she said with a shrug, trying to act like he was missing the best half of the sandwich but he seemed completely unfazed