chapter twenty six

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"mommy, i have a question." hongjoong ran down the stairs and straight to where his mother was sitting in the living room.

his mother turned the tv off and patted the seat next to her, "of course honey, what's up?"

"you're gonna be home tomorrow, right?" hongjoong asked with pleading eyes.

"yeah, i don't have work this weekend." she smiled at her son and hongjoong bounced in his seat.

"can youngie and sangie come over? in school today we were talking about the little mermaid, and now we wanna watch it together! sangie said his mommy and daddy won't be home and wooyoung said his mommy is sick. so can they come over, please please please?" hongjoong pulled on his mother's arm, begging her to let the boys come over.

"honey, no need for begging!" she laughed while pushing her son off her arm, "of course the boys can come over." she patted hongjoong's head and he squeaked.

"thank you, you're the best mommy in the whole wide world! i love you!" hongjoong exclaimed, giving his mother a huge kiss on the cheek.

"and you're the best son in the world. i love you too, but you need to get ready for bed now! it's almost nine, and you have school tomorrow!" she shooed her son away. hongjoong obeyed, immediately running upstairs.

before he officially started getting ready for bed, hongjoong took out his phone to text his friends about the hangout.

besties!💓

joongie
good news guys! my mommy said you can come over!

wooyoungie
YAY! i'm so excited!!!

sangie
me too!

wooyoungie
well i would love to keep texting, but it's my bedtime. goodnight guys!🥳

joongie
goodnight woo!

sangie
goodnight! should i bring anything tomorrow?

joongie
if you want, you can bring any plushie you'd like!

sangie
yay! i'll decide and surprise you🤭😊

joongie
exciting! well, i better head to bed too before my mommy yells. goodnight yeo!

sangie
goodnight joong!💞

hongjoong put his phone down and smiled the whole way to the bathroom, excited for his hangout with his friends.

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"jongho, are you still awake?" jongho's mom knocked on his door at half past twelve, sounding a little upset.

"yeah, i'm up. are you ok? come in." jongho granted his mother permission to enter, worried about her tone.

"yeah i'm ok, but i feel horrible right now. just before hongjoong went to sleep, i told him that his friends could come over tomorrow for a movie. he was so excited, but i just got an emergency call from work and they need me to fly to south africa this weekend." she pouted, sounding extremely upset.

"well can't you tell hongjoong to do it at one of their houses?" jongho asked, confused as to why his mother was so distraught about the situation when there was an easy fix.

"he said both boys couldn't do it at their houses. i know you're going on a date with ryujin tomorrow night, so i don't want you to cancel. but you know how bad we need money, i can't pass up the opportunity to make more this weekend." she explained to the boy and he nodded his head.

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