The Hongs Restart

Ch. XV

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" I SWITCHED MY MOTTO: INSTEAD OF SAYING FUCK TOMORROW, THAT BUCK THAT BOUGHT THE BOTTLE COULD HAVE STRUCK THE LOTTO. "
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Jungah's POV

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"Noona! Look! This is the merlion! Look!" Dongjae squealed while showing me his Singapore transportation card proudly.

I grinned at him, I ruffle his hair with affection, "that's awesome, Jae! Can you tell me what merlion is?"

He walked first, he bit his bottom lip whilst looking at his transportation card after tapping it at the gate machine and entering the heavily packed subway station to head to Orchard subway station.

Dongjae then lift his card up after figuring what the picture in his transportation card, "noona! It's a lion and a mermaid! It's mixed up together!" He giggled, "can I bring one home as a pet?" He continued, he held my hand as we walk through the sea of people, "bring what home, huh?" "Merlion! I wanna have a merlion so I could pet it and play with it and show it off to Kenzie!" He jumped in excitement while grinning like no tomorrow.

It melts my frozen heart seeing him all excited for something that's not even real.

To be honest, I really don't want to break his little soft heart by saying that he can't, but it isn't good to let him imagine things too much or too wildly.

"Will we be able to bring merlion into the plane, though?"

He thought to himself for a couple second before nodding eagerly, "yes! W-we can put it in a tank and put it where the luggages are!" He said excitedly, "but where will you put the merlion?"

At that question, he jutted his bottom lip forward, "I could put it in my bedroom... b-but auntie Hong wouldn't like that, would she?" Dongjae fiddled with his backpack's strap as we wait for the train to come.

I lift him up and prop him on my waist, "how about... we get you a merlion doll? Hmm? Does that sounds good, baby?"

His mood seem to lifted up when I said the that, he grinned cheekily and nodded before circling his arms tightly around my neck, clinging tightly while swinging his legs softly, his chin on my shoulder and he was humming the tune of pororo's theme song.

Seconds later the train came and we got in immediately and sit on an empty seat, Dongjae insisted on sitting on my lap or more likely whine to sit on my lap, he had his video on and is watching calmly as others start to fill in the train too.

To my left is an old lady, she's probably in her mid 60s, but she seems to be fine to travel all alone around Singapore. She smiled gently when she saw Dongjae giggling by himself while watching pororo.

"How old is he?" She asked softly.

I turn my head to her and smiled gently, "he just turned 5 not long ago" I then tap Dongjae's back, he paused his video and looked at me, "say hello to this auntie" I instructed. He looked at the lady and grinned, "hello auntie! My name is Dongjae!" He bowed his head a little at the now-smiling-wider lady, "oh! What a delightfully mannered kid!" She then pat Dongjae's head softly before he went back to watch his cartoon bashfully.