love me.

15. this will all work out

as soon as hyunjin stepped inside the house, he was met by a couple of maids rushing towards him.

"there you are hyunjin ssi! mr. hwang wants to see you." he followed the voice to see soyeon making her way to the front of the crowd.

the boy didn't make any eye contact with the other maids and nodded, not showing any expressions.

he began walking as the maids parted way.

when he was just outside his dad's work room, he knocked on the door loud and clear until he heard 'come in!'

hyunjin entered the room to see his dad sitting on the study desk.

the man looked up to his son and without any emotions, gestured him to sit down.

he didn't protest and followed.

there was a few minutes of silence while he was watching his dad put his work to the side.

"so..." his dad interlocked his hand and rested it on top of the table.

the boy, on the other hand, avoided eye contact.

he didn't want to be with his dad right now but he had to since he needed permission from him to hire changbin.

and that didn't stop him.

"i called you over here because of how late you came home, as a dad, i need to know about your whereabouts. did something bad happen?" he explained, taking off his reading glasses.

hyunjin didn't say anything.

he didn't want to answer him either, all he wanted to do was ask his dad to hire changbin and that was it.

nothing came out from the boy's mouth.

he then figured that not answering him would take up more time so he had no choice but to answer.

"i was with my friends." he finally spoke up.

his answer was short and blunt however, it didn't satisfy the man at all.

he continued to bombard him with questions, "what were you doing?? are these people nice or...?"

"stop it already dad!" he was interrupted by the loud shouting from the younger.

hyunjin's dad stopped talking about looked at his son with wide eyes.

the tall boy's face grew annoyed and his dad already knew that he was going too far. "stop babying me now dad, i'm already 18! i can look after myself!" he exploded.

his dad sighed. "i'm sorry hyunjin...i'm just worried about you..." 

it wasn't a lie that he had gone soft after hearing what his dad said but he was still mad at him.

hyunjin didn't know what to do. how is he going to ask his dad now?

he looked to the right, unable to face his dad.

"you've been doing this ever since mum left." he mumbled and of course, he heard it.

he inhaled and then exhaled. "yeah, i know..." rubbing the nape of his head.

the awkwardness filled the entire room and nobody spoke a word.

inside hyunjin's mind, he was thinking of a way to tell his dad.

he would have to do it sooner of later otherwise how was he going to explain to changbin about it?

"say dad..." the said man looked up. 

"yeah?" he was confused to what he was going to say next.

hyunjin started to fiddle with his fingers. "you know when you said that you would be happy to hire someone as young as me?" his question sounding like a wonder.