Small Pieces of Happiness ― Kim Junmyeon

14 | Volunteering and Cries of Kids

Hikari had been standing in front of the entrance for awhile. Smiling and welcoming the parents and children that came and had been entering the building for the past 23 minutes.

Hikari managed to get herself a little distracted to see the people who were coming from the main gate when she was busy chatting with a seven-year-old on what she had for breakfast. And that meant that Junmyeon managed to swiftly make his way to stand behind Hikari.

Junmyeon's silly faces made the girl giggle and that, in turn, made Hikari confused. Hikari ushers the girl inside and turns around, to be greeted with the face she had been missing for a long time.

Not being able to control her excitement, she hugged Junmyeon tightly, to which he reciprocated. He laughed as he gently placed a kiss on top of her head.

"Let's get in, we should be doing what we signed up to do," Junmyeon said as he rocked their bodies playfully.

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It's amazing, or that's what the supervisors said about how Junmyeon and Hikari had been handling and interacting with the children. They did a great job of making the learning activities interesting for the kids and have them keep on engaging with each other.

At the end of their shift, they decided to simply sit down at the benches provided at the back corner of the hall and continue watching over the kids.

"This really fun to do this," Hikari said as Junmyeon handed her a can of coke. 

"Sure is," Junmyeon replied, popping open his can of coke.

"It reliefs by baby fever a bit," Hikari chuckled, that caused Junmyeon to pause from taking a sip of his coke.

He let out a cough and shake his head. He gave Hikari a side glance and when he saw she shrugged her shoulders, he let out a sigh and took a sip of his drink.

"But isn't it fun to go back to being kids?" Hikari said with a gentle smile forming on her lips.

"To be filled with energy and being able to see the world in only the brightest light. To be able to learn and feel that nothing is impossible and you can't bt the person weighing yourself down," Hikari let out a sigh as she leaned her head against Junmyeon's shoulder.

"It's idealistic but what if we continued to have grown up with the same spirit we had when we were a kid?" she questioned.

Before she could continue, a kid let out a shriek. Junmyeon chuckled and held his arm up, pointing towards the kid, "You probably had the same spirit as that kid, you kept on screaming to me."

Hikari scoffed and gave Junmyeon a playful slap on his thighs.

"Okay, I might be wrong on that," Junmyeon laughed and leaned his head on hers, "But what I'm sure is that you have never lost your smile. So that's enough for me to deduce that you've always had the same spirit you always had."

"Thank you for coming," Hikari said.

"Thank you for waiting for me," Junmyeon said, placing his hand on top of hers.