Cats & Groceries || Hyungwonho!

Chapter 22!

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Long lost is the soft Hyungwon whose feeding Minhyuk breakfast at the very present but there resurfaced a Hyungwon from three years ago as he faced his mother with Hyungwons' facial structure plastered into hers as if they are photocopy of themselves.

Hyungwon loathed it with all his will.

As his mother started to talk, Hyungwon cut her off with a simple "Still alive Jaehyun?"

Hyungwon watched as his mothers' face turned into rage and without expecting it. She slapped him in front of Minhyuk. The child just gasping as his tiny little sob reached Hyungwons ears.

"Chae or not. I'm still your mother."

"Then act like one."

Hyungwon took a little step back and pulled Minhyuk up in his arms. Giving his mother one last glare before rushing to quickly remove Minhyuk in the dining room and to his room.

Setting the child, Hyungwon saw the terrified tears that the child was holding in. Violence is something that Minhyuk doesn't see in his life, he filled the child with good memories and avoids him to feel tension. That's why Hyungwon was worried with this exact moment.

"minmin? Listen to me please." Hyungwon cooed as he gently wiped his tears. "You know I don't like it when you cry, right?'

"She—she's mo—mommy right? Why she slapped you wo—wonnie?" Minhyuk mutters, his small hands wiping his snot away.

"She's a bad mom, Minnie, bad. That's why we don't see her because you'll cry and be hurt. Don't worry though I'll fix it."

As Hyungwon said it out loud, almost believing that he could fix it, he could fix everything and clear Minhyuk away from harm.

He almost believed it himself too.

"But I don't want you hurt wonnie..." Minhyuk then with tears streaked face pointed on my cheeks before whining a little. "Can we just call daddy? He could protect you."

Sucking a little breath, Hyungwon thought about him again. He was doing a great job at blocking all thoughts about him, stopping himself from worrying about him and all the consequences that follows but Minhyuk asking for Hoseok again... was hindering Hyungwon to actually think straight.

"We can't call him yet Minnie, he'll be hurt too.

"But—but he's strong and –and he loves you... my teacher says people who loves you will protect you."

In awe, Hyungwon felt himself smile with Minhyuks words that he could only pick Hana who was curiously looking at them and placed it on Minhyuks' lap.

"Yes minmin...your teachers' right and that's why I have to protect the both of you."

And with that, Hyungwon kissed Minhyuk, giving him a reassuring smile as he left the room to face his deranged, hungered by power and mad mother.

Hyungwon braised himself with the thought of being bruised again, to the point of him not speaking ang muting himself to the world, times of self-pity while he locks himself in his room. Hyungwon could even taste the mental and emotional pain he would receive from his mother.

But Hyungwon knew it would all be worth it if it would result to Minhyuk being safe and out of her reach.

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Minhyuk has been staring at the closed door for minutes. Scared out of his wits the second hyungwon walked away, even Hana wasn't helping him.

Wonnie will be hurt.

She's a bad person,

I didn't know mothers can be mean.

But Honeys' mom was nice. She doesn't hurt Honey...in fact Jooheon loves her so much.

But why is it his mom slapped his hyung?

Frightened for his brother. Minhyuk wasn't always the type to follow orders when emotions starts to take over his brain and so with his tiny little hands, he placed Hana back down making the cat whimper as Minhyuk ran to Hyungwons phone placed on the table.

Looking back and forth at the door, Minhyuk pressed the power button just like how he saw his brother do it.

Hands tightly holding the phone, Minhyuk flinches when the first ping of the phone goes off. The phone still vibrating, Minhyuk found Hoseoks name on the notifications and scrambled to call it.

Minhyuk thanked god that Teacher Kihyun taught him how to use cellphones.

"Daddy!" Minhyuk shouted when he heard Hoseok rambled, not even understanding a word he was saying. Hoseok on the other hand had his hands on his mouth, shocked that he was actually rambling to Minhyuk.

"Omygod, minmin. Are you fine? Are you safe? Where's hyungwon? Where are y—?

"Hyungwons' hurt..."

"What?" Hoseok breathe out. This is what he was scared for. "What happened Minnie? Where are you right now?"

Minhyuk then gulped as he tries to remember what the big good Mr. Namjoon told him. "Daejang? Dae—Daelang?"

"Okay minmin, what else do you remember?" Hoseok says, one hand on the phone while the other was working to wear his coat.

'Chae Redidence? And Mr. Namjoon told me that I'm...I'm a prince." Minhyuk chuntered, scratching his head. He really can't remember a lot of the information given to him by Mr. Namjoon.

"You're a what Minnie?" Hoseok asked, nose scrunching upon hearing the word prince.

"I'm a prince."

Hoseok talked to himself, trying to connect the dots. Daesang, Chae Residence? Hoseok told Minhyuk to just keep on talking as he pressed the speaker, letting Minhyuks voice echo the empty apartment.

Hoseok immediately googled about the location and upon finding out.

The land was a whole subdivision.

Chae Residences was actually ancient.

And as Hoseok scrolled further, dozens of articles about the said family popped up, controversies and scandals that involved with other businesses, suspected killings and issues, hoseok couldn't help but frown.

Then he found a picture of Hyungwon online.

Hyungwon in his youth, with his face blank and the whole Chae Industries behind him. The Article headline says that the young Chae, and the said to be heir to the Chae fortune have ran away. Hoseok read each and every word and finally, he saw the date of the article.

It was three years ago.

Astonished with the discovery, Hoseok started to open every drawer until he found Hyungwons small journal, staring at the brown notebook. A small card had slipped, falling to the ground. Hoseok instantaneously picked it up and saw Hyungwon I.D card.

Clutching his office Identification card, Hoseok got back to the line to talk to a scared Minhyuk.

As he rode the taxi, telling the driver to get him down by the train station – He kept on reading the articles, stories about the Chae family where Hyungwon was involved too.

He found out on the remainder of the time that whatever Hyungwon was adamant to hide from him.

He was getting halfway to the answer.

If only Hyungwon would let him.

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This is why we should teach kids how to properly use technology.

Now fuck hoseok, lets get the bread.