Day&Night (Wonho) COMPLETED

Thirty Eight

SeolHyun's POV

I look my father in the eye as I just stand there. I'm stunned by all the feelings I'm having towards him. One side of me is happy to see him and to know there is at least one family member that cares for me. The other side of me tells me to be careful of him and watch what he does. That side is probably the one Wonho has awakened in me. He's my voice of reason in turbulent times. Speaking of which, he's been holding my hand and squeezing it tightly, like he's scared or something.

"I'm SeolHyun" I state simply and my father just smiles and nods a little. It seems like he's really happy to see me. It pains me to see how much we look alike. Even my eyes are the same as his. All these years I've wondered why my mother and I didn't look alike and now I know why. It's because I look like my father the most. I just never had a chance to see that until now.

"You're so beautiful", he says with some tears in his eyes. It almost makes me want to cry too. Wonho pulls me a bit more towards him.

"I'm Wonho, her boyfriend", he says in a firm voice. My father's gaze switches over to him and he takes him in. Then he smiles at Wonho too.

"I heard you're her childhood friend. I want to thank you for taking care of her while I had no idea of what was going on or even about having a child", he says in a heavy voice. I can feel all the emotions going through him because they're going through me too. I'm so confused by everything.

"It was my pleasure. Someone had to take care of her while she was all alone", Wonho presses on. I pull on his hand to make him back off. My father hasn't done anything wrong, yet. We have to give him the benefit of the doubt.

"I'm so sorry", he turns towards me again with watery eyes. "If I had known... I would've come back for you. I swear. When my brother showed me a picture of you I knew instantly. There was no doubt in heaven that you're mine. After the DNA test all I wanted to do was come to you, but he held me back. Told me you were scarred and needed some time..."

"He was right", I say without even thinking too much. The president knew about my problems and knew that I was damaged goods. I never thought about myself like that, but now I really see it. I am damaged and need patching up.

"Sit down", my father says, trying to swallow the lump in his throat. I finally wake up, out of my daze and shake my head to clear it. Then we both, Wonho and I, walk over to the chairs on the side of the room. We both sit down, Wonho's hand never leaving mine. He is a real comfort right now, keeping me grounded.

"So how does this go?" I ask and my father holds up his hands.

"I have no idea. I guess we catch up or something?" he says, hesitant. I nod in agreement. It's weird that this stranger in front of me shares the same blood as me. "Where do we start?"

I smile a little, it's the first one to escape my lips since walking into this room. He smiles back at me and we begin talking. Somewhere in the middle of all of it, Doctor Kim and the president leave the room. They try taking Wonho with them, but he doesn't budge. He feels protective over me and I kind of get it. He was the only male figure in my life, the only one to take care of me. He's not about to give up that place to a complete stranger who can just be here to take advantage of the whole situation.

"So what kind of role do you intend to take up now you're here?" Wonho asks out of the blue. We were having a good conversation, my father and me. Wonho has been sitting here, just watching and listening to everything.

"I intend to finally be a father to SeolHyun if she wants me to", he says and looks me in the eye. My body screams yes, I finally want a father to take care of me.