"Well, you've come to the right place! I'm Irene, and you two are?" Irene held her hand out for Hyunwoo to take and then Kihyun.
"I'm Hyunwoo and this is my boyfriend, Kihyun." Hyunwoo gestured to the shorter male and Kihyun smiled.
"Ah lovely." Come right this way to my office, we'll go through the papers and all the credentials." Irene led them to a fairly big sized room.
The room had a desk with a computer on one side and and two seats on the other side. There were decorative plants littered around the room, a large window showcasing a beautiful view of the buzzing streets of Seoul and a bookcase filled with books about many things near the door. The office was tidy and cozy, Kihyun relaxed a little and sat next to Hyunwoo on the seats opposite the computer. Irene sat on the other side and turned her computer on, the bright light of the monitor illuminating the slightly dark space. Hyunwoo grabbed the adoption papers from his bag and placed them on the desk in front of them.
"I'll just ask you both a few questions and get you two to fill some of those forms out. That'll be the boring part haha." Irene grabbed some pens from the drawer under her desk and typed something into her computer.
"Shall we get started?"
Hyunwoo looked at Kihyun who smiled brightly back at him. Hyunwoo turned back to Irene and smiled. "We shall."
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"And finally, once you adopt the child or children, will you have 'Yoo' as the last name or 'Son'?" Irene had asked them important questions for the last twenty-five minutes, Kihyun was tired but kept pushing on, they were so close.
"Would it be possible to have both?" Hyunwoo asked looking at Kihyun. Kihyun tilted his head to the side in wonder.
"I don't see why not. How would you like the last name to be?" Irene turned away from her computer and was now grabbing some more papers from the filing cabinet.
"How about 'Son-Yoo'?" Kihyun looked at Hyunwoo with a bright smile on his face, his eyes were sparkling and Hyunwoo swore he could melt under that loving stare.
"Not 'Yoo-Son'? Are you sure?" Hyunwoo asked, he wanted Kihyun to be absolutely sure.
"I'm sure." Kihyun intertwined their hands under the desk, squeezing to let Hyunwoo know it really was okay.
Hyunwoo squeezed Kihyun's hand back and turned towards Irene. "'Son-Yoo' please."
"Lovely, I'll input that right away. While I'm doing that, you two can sign these final certificates, just write your name and sign where it states to." Irene went back to typing into her computer while Kihyun and Hyunwoo signed the certificates.
Once Irene had finished, she signed the certificates and the rest of the papers. "Perfect! It's all done. I'll send a digital copy off to the government. For now, let's go meet the kids." Irene led the couple out of her office and down a long corridor until they stopped at two large double doors. "Through these doors is the large play area and kitchen. All the kids will be awake by now so you can go and meet them and decide on who you'll like to adopt."
Kihyun was nervous, but with Hyunwoo by his side holding his hand he felt like he could conquer anything. They walked through the large doors and into the play area. There must have been about ten to fifteen kids, some running around playing while some sat and ate food. There were a handful of older kids that Kihyun felt bad for, but he kept smiling, he didn't want them to sense him feeling bad for them, that'd just make them feel worse. Kihyun spotted two young boys sitting in a play pen full of colourful plastic balls, they were throwing them around and giggling. They looked to be about two years old.
Kihyun nudged Hyunwoo lightly and pointed over to the two boys. "Can we go over to them?" Kihyun and Hyunwoo had decided they wanted to adopted younger kids, as most people did, although Kihyun originally wanted to adopt some olde kids but decided against it since he and Hyunwoo were still young themselves.
"Sure! Let's go say hi." Hyunwoo looked over at Irene who nodded back in approval.
"Right this way gentlemen." Irene led them over to the play pen where the two boys sat happily together playing. "Jooheon, Changkyun, there are people here to see you!"
One of the boys had very dark hair and small, thin eyes. He stood up on two chubby legs and waddled over to the edge of the play pen where Hyunwoo and Kihyun were standing. "Hi hi ook! Ball!" He smiled showing off his gums and his eyes turned into little crescents. Kihyun almost melted at the cute site before him.
Irene chuckled. "That's right Jooheonnie, it's a ball!" Irene opened the little door of the play pen and Jooheon waddled out. Irene picked him up and stood in front of Kihyun and Hyunwoo.
"Jooheonnie this is Kihyun and Hyunwoo!" The couple bowed to the little boy who smiled and chuckled in return. "Chnagkyunnie come here please!"
Changkyun had a round face and light brown hair. He stood up and walked to stand next to Irene. She rubbed his head with her free arm and turned back to the couple. "Changkyun this is Kihyun and Hyunwoo! Say hello to them!"
Changkyun did a slight now and smiled. "Hewwo!"
"Hi I'm Kihyun and this is my boyfriend Hyunwoo!" Kihyun squatted down so he was eye level with Changkyun. Kihyun held out his hand for Changkyun to take. The small boy wrapped his hand around Kihyun's fingers and smiled. Kihyun felt his heart melt right there. He knew he shouldn't get attached too quickly as there were still a handful of kids to meet but he just couldn't stop feeling so connected to Changkyun and Jooheon.
Hyunwoo snapped Kihyun out of his thoughts when he tapped his shoulder. "Should we go meet some of the other kids Ki?"
"Sure!" Kihyun smiled and rubbed Changkyun's. Shoulder then he and Hyunwoo waved by to Jooheon and Changkyun and followed Irene to the next couple of kids.
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Kihyun felt dizzy with excitement. They had met a few kids today and decided that they'd adopt Jooheon and Changkyun. Irene suggested they pick them up in a few days time so that she can get the two boys ready and Hyunwoo and Kihyun could get things ready at home.
Hyunwoo and Kihyun left the adoption hand in hand with huge smiles plastered to their faces. They sat in the car and Kihyun turned to Hyunwoo, smiling so brightly at Hyunwoo he swore he could've gone blind.
"Thank you so so much Hyunwoo I'm so happy!" Kihyun wrapped his arms around Hyunwoo's neck and nuzzled into his shoulder.
Hyunwoo rubbed Kihyun's back and kissed the top of his head. "I'm so happy you're happy." Hyunwoo gently lifted Kihyun's head and cupped his hands over Kihyun's cheeks. "Why don't we go have lunch to celebrate?"
Kihyun looked up at his boyfriend and smiled. "I'd love that! Where should we go?"
"Hmmm Korean Barbecue? Would you like that?"
"Yes yes yes I'd love that!" Kihyun buckled his seatbelt and Hyunwoo did his. Hyunwoo started the car and the drive off towards a nice Korean barbecue restaurant, both of them still giddy from excitement.
*Author Note*
Hello ^_^ hope you all enjoyed this update!! It's slightly longer than the others because I feel bad for the last rushed chapter :((
I'll try post again soon~
-Ash
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