love blooms ¦ renmin

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"See you tomorrow loser!" Donghyuck waves at his bestfriend who just gives him a childish expression of sticking his tongue out. Donghyuck rolls his eyes at him and Renjun laughs.

They both go home in different ways, Donghyuck prefers riding the bus meanwhile Renjun walks home which was pretty far for a normal person but perfectly fine for a short legged boy like him. He may be clumsy at running but he got a strong and shorts legs for walking. Weird but that's him.

Getting the strawberry lollipop out of his pocket, he unwraps it then puts it on his mouth. He also has his earpods on his ear, playing his favorite classic song La Vie En Rose. Renjun loves this kind of moment everytime he walks home all by himself, he always listens to his music playlist while the sun is shining and a sweet candy on his mouth. Well for a gloomy days, he still goes home by foot, he loves the feeling of the cold breeze and droplets of rain touching his skin. But when it's really stormy and his small figure can't fight the natural selection, he goes home by bus. And it's still okay because he has a perfect playlist for his every mood.

Since it's sunny, the playlist he's listening is titled 'i'm walking on sunshine!' Renjun got plenty of playlists depending on his mood or the weather.

As Renjun reaches the street where homeless are placed, he goes to the other but shortcut direction. It's not because he doesn't want to see them but it's quite dangerous since some are reckless. To be honest, he may be savage and his words are vicious like bullets but he's fragile and he can't fight. The least thing he wanted to happen is to be robbed by broke men when he's also broke.

It makes him sad when he thinks about the reason why some poor people rob or do illegal things is because they need to live. And some rich people also do these kind of things. The world is indeed dangerous, rich or poor, it's all about the battle of living either in a good or bad ways.

When he arrives at his place, he throws the stick of his lollipop on the trash bin and before going inside he stares at the sign that is newly painted by him.

"Blooming Days! Home of Foster Children."

He smiles at himself being satisfied.

And yes, you are reading it right. Renjun lives at a foster home ever since he's two years old. He doesn't remember what his parents look like or if he have siblings. But when you ask him if he wants to meet them, Renjun will refuse. He doesn't want to meet the people who gave him away for money. He loathes his parents. His new mother who adopted him is the one who owns this foster place, she always tells him not to hate his real parents but he just can't erase the hatred that he's been carrying for 16 years. Now that he's 18, when it comes to his real parents he shut everyone and everything out. It also took him almost two years before telling Donghyuck about everything.

Renjun goes inside, the bell rings signaling that someone came in. The front desk, which is his mother's sister, looks at him with a smile.

"Ah~ our lovely jun! I'm glad you are here! We have a guest. They are talking inside your mom's office." Aunt Rae says to him. He nods his head. As he walk towards a door, leading to their own space, he's being called again.

"Jun-ah! Your mom told me that you should meet the guest because it's very important." She adds.

He looks at her with a confused face before nodding slowly, "I'll just drop my bag inside."

After doing so, he goes to the door leading to a waiting area then he walks towards to a door that is private. He knocks three times, opening the knob carefully, he doesn't want to break another rusty doorknob or his mother will nag at him.

When Renjun walks inside, he didn't notice someone sitting at the small cusion beside him. "Mom, why do you need me? Where's your guest?" He asks.

"Close the door first Jun." His mother orders him so he turns around and closes the door.

"A company is doing a charity event and the chosen charity is our foster home. I was surprised at first because ours aren't well-known and this is the first time we are being helped." His mother tells him. Renjun didn't miss the tingling feeling in his stomach and a smile reaching to his eyes.

"That's great mom! Who did it?" She laughs at him and she points at someone on his back, the door opens and footsteps can be heard, signaling that someone came back from outside. Renjun feels a presence behind him so he turns around, facing the chest of a person. And because of the close proximity, he can smell his sweet yet manly scent. Renjun slowly looks up, his smile suddenly turns into a shape of an 'o' and his eyes are wide open. He steps back until he feels the table on his butt.

"He's Mister Na Jaemin. I was surprised at first because he's too young to own a company and to have this kind of event." His mother exclaims happily.

Renjun is still looking at Jaemin who is staring at him, confused and surprised expression on his face too but then he gives him a warm smile before looking at his mother, "Oh no ma'am! It's my parents' company not mine. This project is a partnership with the parents of my friend and my friend was the one who insisted this charity event." Jaemin explains.

"That's very sweet of the both of you. Thank you for choosing us." Renjun's mother says.

"You're welcome ma'am." Jaemin kindly says.

"Don't call me ma'am, just call me Aunt Lily." Jaemin nods and smiles at her.

"Jun." Renjun hears his mother but he still refuses to look at her because he's still staring, more like judging, at Jaemin who just spare him a glance and a smile. Jaemin mouths him 'Your mother is calling you.' and he just scoffs at him in return before turning his back.

"Yes mom?" Renjun gives her mother a sweet smile.

"Show Mister Na around our place."

"WHAT!" Renjun shouts, shocking both his mother and Jaemin.

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date written: 180710
published: 181229