ADRONITIS

chapter 9

It was Saturday, I promised to go to the Kim Foundation to help out. I got out of bed and got ready, wearing a gray top and fitted jeans and a bandana for my hair. I grabbed my bag and took out my cellphone to check the time. I had a few minutes before 9 had struck.

"Where do you think you're going?", my mother came out from the kitchen. She had her arms crossed, staring at me. "You should get married to a rich boy by now, not caring for kids that aren't even yours"

"At least I can care for kids that aren't mine when you can't even take care of your own kids", I replied, proceeding to leave the house without making the problem even bigger than it is. I walked over to bus stop, waiting for my bus. It soon arrived and I hopped on, taking the window seat. "I can't wait to see them"

I kept looking outside, until I arrived at my stop and went out. I looked at the big area that stood before me. I greeted the guard who knew me, greeting me back with a smile. I walked in to see all the kids playing at the backyard of the area. I swiftly made my way in, waiting in the main office to be greeted by the young owner.

"Sera! I'm glad that you can make it!", he said as he entered the office. I turn my back to see a familiar face. "Doyoung! You were the one who called?"

"No, but I did ask my cousin to call you since I had some business", Doyoung explained and sat down. I knew Doyoung ever since his dad was the owner of the Kim Foundation, soon passing away, making him the new owner. "Wait, so Jungwoo called me? He sounds so different now!"

"He does", he agreed. "I still remember when the three of us would help out here when we were in middle school. You would always take care of them after school ended"

"I do remember, I really had fun here", I said and looked around his office. "But you and Jungwoo had to study abroad during highschool, so I was left alone to take care of them myself"

"I did hear there is also another boy who helped out back then, he visited a couple days back", Doyoung said, looking at me. I turned my head in confusion. "Nevermind, you should check the kids out! They've missed you"

"Alright, where are they?", I asked. Doyoung had stood up and stretched his limbs. "I asked Jungwoo to call them inside, saying that you're here"

"Okay, I'll go to the main room, I hope the layout here didn't change much", I said and left the room, heading towards the room that held all the kids. I opened the door to see Jungwoo with a bunch of kids. "Rara!!"

A bunch of them swarmed me, hugging me tightly. I hugged them back, then proceeded to go near Jungwoo, who was giggling at the whole scene.

"They still call you Rara, Sera", Jungwoo said as I nodded. Most of the kids couldn't pronounce the 's' in my name so they just called me Rara. "Rara, we all missed you!"

"Really? Aw, I missed you all as well", I said as I hugged each and every one of them. There were some who were new faces to me, probably more children who were abandoned after I stopped coming. "Jira, you've grown so much! I remember when you were still a baby"