FORGIVE ( h. ryo ) ✓

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"Don't you think that he's been really quiet lately boss?" Hugo whispers to Renjun.

"Who's been quiet?" Renjun questions him back as he raises a brow in suspicion.

"Your freaking brother. When he entered the cafe, he didn't do his usual 'Injunie I'm here!' Don't you think that it's weird??" Hugo says as he imitates the way that Ryo spoke. Renjun sends him a glare as he nudges his arms in annoyance.

"Well, my brother can't be loud and happy 24/7. He's probably going through something right now." Renjun states as Hugo throws him a look.

"And you don't even bother asking him about what he's currently going through?" The lad with dark blue hair questions as Renjun can just sigh.

"I've been very busy Hugo. Plus Juyi's barely home, and when he is, he's locked up in his room. Maybe he's just going through puberty." He assumes as Hugo lets out a groan.

"This is why the kid is a lot closer to my sister's boyfriend, compared to you boss. At least try to reach out to him for once." He whines before taking off his apron. "Anyways, I need to start heading to class now. See you tommorow boss." The lad going to the backroom to put his apron away before grabbing his backpack and bidding him goodbye.

Ryo was currently writing a number of ideas of why he had gotten that mission down on his notebook. Earphones in his ears as he listens to his sad playlist. He didn't know why he's been in such a depressed state lately.

He was sat at the back of the cafe all by himself, not wanting anyone to disturb him and his concentration. The more he wrote down possible ideas of what might cause his family to become a target of the Storge department, the more he can see how many problem's his family had.

Huang family problems:

- Barely any family quality time
- No one willing to talk about their feelings.
- Everyone busy with their own things. Nobody bothered to inform each other of their day (besides me).
- Yujin jieijie busy studying 24/7. Doesn't like people interrupting her. (I feel as if she's keeping something to herself)
- Injunie-ge barely visits home.
- Injunie-ge cares more about Lily.
- Dad always goes on overseas trip for his job. Always out of town.
- Mom always tries to get the family together but nobody comes besides me. She stops trying to get everyone together.
- Yifan jiejie always seems so agitated. (I think she's hiding something from everyone. Is scared of Injunie)
- Me. A liar. Always sneaking out, going behind their backs.

He sighs as he pulls on his face. Is backing out an option? But if he doesn't fix the problem or even find out the sole cause to the problem then things in his family was only going to worsen. If he could fix other people's families, why couldn't he do the same for himself?

He feels someone tap on his head as Ryo took off his earphones and looks over to see who the person that has interrupted his 'me time' was. Ryo seeing Minghao standing behind him as the lad grins at him.

Minghao was Lily's older brother. Renjun's brother in law. Once they get married, he'd be family with them. Ryo at first was excited that he'd get to have another older brother, but at this point, he was already tired of everything.

"Minghao-ge." He says as the lad ruffles his hair.

"Why are you sitting all by yourself? You're usually with that friend of yours. You look so sad too today." Minghao asks him as he then tries to take a peak of what Ryo was writing on his notebook when the boy quickly shuts his book closed.

"Oh you meant Sakuya? He's not here today. I just wanted to study alone. Plus, he has something to do today after school." Ryo answers before he questions him back. "What are you doing here gege?"

"Just to rely a message over to Renjun from Lily. My sister is stressing right now trying to finish the deadline of her new book whilst also focusing on the wedding that's only a month away. How's everything going on his end?" Minghao answers.

"Injunie's been ok. I'm not home as much though, so I don't really know if he's stressing as much as Lily. I think he's doing fine. The only problem right now is him trying to contact our dad so he could be here when its the wedding day." Ryo tells him.

"Dang, is papa Huang that busy." He says as Ryo could just smile faintly.

"He's always out of town. Hopefully, he could be here."

"Well then, let's hope that everything turns out well until its the day of the wedding." Minghao clasping his hands together in glee.

"Why is Injun and Lily getting married before you. Aren't you already twenty seven years old?" Ryo then asks him as it made the side of his lips twitch.

Minghao pulling Ryo into a headlock as he messes up his hair.

"What did you just say Juyi?? Are you calling me old?? You really need to stop hanging out with Renjun, you're getting that nasty attitude from him." He says through gritted teeths as Ryo could just laugh in amusement.