FORGIVE ( h. ryo ) ✓

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*knock, knock!

"Soren, you called?" Ryo calls out as he enters his advisor's office. There, he sees Soren standing by the printing machine, staring at the mission request paper with a perplexed look-a facial expression that Ryo can't understand or decipher.

"Ah, yes. There seems to be a new mission for you. Although, I'm quite baffled by it myself." Soren replies as he lets go of the piece of paper. He was letting it fly over to Ryo when the boy caught it.

"Why are you baffled by it?" Ryo questioned him before he started reading the mission and that's when his heart dropped. His eyes widen as he drops the paper on the ground. Looking at his advisor in utter dismay.

MISSION REQUEST

Storge department

TARGETS: The Huang Family.

Huang Yu Xuan
Huang Yumei
Huang Renjun
Huang Yujin
Huang Yifan
Huang Juyi

"Soren are you sure that there isn't a mistake in the system? This can't be right. My family has no problems." Ryo says in disbelief as he started laughing bitterly.

His advisor could just look at him with a sad expression.

"I was unsure of it at first. I thought what possibly could be the problem in your perfect family. But not all families are perfect, or they may not seem like that behind closed doors." Soren stated as Ryo looks at him in silence. The boy clenching his fist to hide the fact that his hands were shaking.

"What are you saying?" He questions. His voice giving up on him as he could feel a sob escape. Ryo trying to keep his emotions together. Not only does Ryo has a weak heart, but he get's emotional really easily. It was a bad habit of his. Him being so sensitive over everything, that's what people didn't like about him.

"What I'm saying is that.." He hears Soren let out a sigh before continuing to speak. "That there are problems in your family Ryo. You just don't want to acknowledge it. Because you don't want to ruin the perfect and ideal family image that your family has built. You know that's true. I could already tell that you've had problems with you family because you'd always come to me when you feel lonely or if you need someone to confide with. Shouldn't you be doing all of this with your family, but instead you come to me. You may not make it obvious that there are problems in your family, like how I make it obvious with my own family. But if there's anyone who could fix family problems and strengthen the bond of a family member. It's you Ryo. You've shown that countless of times and you're capable of doing so. Isn't that what you've been doing to me and my family?" Soren stated.

Ryo couldn't hold onto his emotions any longer as he started crying. The boy frozen in his place as he cried all his worries out. He hears the sound of Soren's footsteps approach him as he walks closer to Ryo. The older lad gently pulling him into his embrace as he tries to calm him down.

"I don't do hugs. But I just can't watch you cry over this." He says quietly as it only made Ryo cry even harder. The boy hugging his advisor tightly. Maybe in this moment, all he needed was a hug.

And an older brother.

𓇼 ⋆.˚ 𓆉 𓆝 𓆡⋆.˚ 𓇼

"I'm home." Ryo calls out when he had arrived back to his and Renjun's shared apartment. His older brother Renjun had moved out of the family home when he was on his second year of university since he didn't want to live far from campus. And their parent's had told Ryo to accompany him with his move since Renjun was going through a lot at that time. Him 'losing' his girlfriend that left his mental health to deteriorate, and since he loves his older brother so much, he moved in with him.