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[CHAPTER 28]

"More than Suspicions" 

 

Just to be on the safe side, InGuk decided that it was best to hide Hongbin away from the eyes of the council until they've decided what to do next. And the safest place he could think of was his old home.

"This place should be safe, come in," he said as he invited the younger inside.

"What's this place?" Hongbin asked as he dusted the covered furniture with his finger.

It was very obvious that no one has lived here for a very long time. All of the furniture was still here but each of them was covered by a large white sheet. The cobwebs were very obvious at every corner and the dust covered the rooms entirely.

"This place used to be where I lived before I was inside of that facility," the older told him.

"Really? Then why are all the furniture still here?"

"Because these were no point in bringing them with me in the first place. These were my parents' favorites before they passed away."

"Oh... I'm sorry," Hongbin couldn't help but apologize for touching in on a sensitive topic.

"It's fine. Anyways, you can leave your things in the back room upstairs. Once you're done, we need to continue discussing about what to do next."

"Got it."

Hongbin went upstairs as told and walked down the hallway to find the room. Even though InGuk's parents have passed away for a long time, it was evident that InGuk must have kept this place in memory of them. They must have meant a lot of the older because there were still traces of his parents throughout the hallways. As Hongbin walked pass one room after another, he saw artworks and sculptures still intact to this house. Every piece must have been a valuable memory that Hongbin couldn't help but think about his own parents for a moment.

Would I do the same too if my parents were to pass away one day? Hongbin suddenly felt guilty about not tending to his parents often enough as he's always trapped himself inside of his room since he was young.

He had no explanations as to why he's grown to be this way and there were multiple times in which his parents tried to get him out of his shell. Maybe because he grew up being told what his future should be like that he no longer wanted to hear anymore of it. It wasn't until Jaehwan and Wonshik's persistance that he eventually left his house for once.

After a few minutes of slowly walking down the hallway, he finally came upon the room he was going to stay in. As he opened the door, the dust from above the door fell on top of him.

Gross, he thought as he tried to get rid of the dust all over him.

A bed was covered with another white sheet and he carefully took the covers off. The mattress and extra blankets was still neatly folded on top of the bed but the dust flying all over the room didn't help in keeping it clean for long. He removed the covers from one piece of furnishing to the next. He opened the windows to let the dust outside and with a little bit of time, he decided to clean out the room as much as he could.

The amount of cleaning that was needed in this house was almost frustrating to Hongbin who preferred a more clean and dust-free environment.

"Are you done yet?" InGuk shouted from downstairs.

"Coming!" Hongbin shouted back immediately.

He dropped everything down for the moment to continue with it later. He knew it would be a bad idea to make the older waiting especially since there was more important matters to attend to at the moment.