When World Flipped | SukHoon

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The weather is fine. Leaves that slowly falling from the trees down to the ground are dancing as the wind blows.

It should be a nice day to start. But for a little kid Hyunsuk, 'nice' is a word that won't match a day. Not since his parents decided to spend their long vacation at their town house far from Seoul.

" Who would enjoy this kind of vacation? I can only see grasses and animals like duhhhhh....  Ahhhhh! " Talking to his own while throwing stones at random parts of their yard.

" Ouch!" But a sudden voice from tall grasses not that far from him made him almost jumped and run for a second. He might be looking like some kind of a cool kid but still a scaredy-cat boy inside.

Then a cute and chubby boy stepped out from the tall grasses made him shocked for a while.

" Hey, don't throw stones cause you might hurt anyone." Chubby boy said while tapping his knees to remove the dusts from him.
" You already did anyway."

" Who are you little piggy? ----"

" Hey ! Don't call me like that, I have my name and it's Jihoonnie. " Furrowing his brows while pouting making him really cute.
" But my mom always calling me baby panda cause she said I'm too cute like my baby panda stuffed toys. " Showing his cute smile to make the other boy convinced by his cuteness.

" Oh really?  So your mommy knows you're still chubby like piggy. Oink oink... " Hyunsuk said while pressing the tip of his nose upward. Teasing the other one to make Jihoonnie cry but instead it just laughed while pointing him.

" Y'know,  that face suits you better. So I am the panda and you are the piggy boy. " Little Jihoonnie said then took steps forward closer to the smaller one.
" And I'm tall as panda while you're smaller as pig compared to me. You must be brave teasing me when I can just punch you here and no one knows. "

" Y-you... " taking steps backward , afraid to get a punch from the chubby kid.
" Stepping inside our yard. I can call a guard to throw you away. "

" Yeah,  call them. It's useless,  I will just disappear before they come. " Jihoonnie said smirking at trembling boy Hyunsuk.

" D-don't tell me...  You are.. ---"

" I am what you think I am. " showing a fierce look to scare the smaller boy in front of him.
" Boo! "

" Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!  Mommy!!!!!!!" endless screaming while running and stopped as he saw his mother at their kitchen baking cookies for them.

" Hyunsuk? Oh my....! " immediately put what on her hands down and ran towards her crying child.
" What happened honey? "

" I-I saw a g-ghost..." still trembling while wrapping his arms around his mother who's still confused from what he said.

" Honey,  there's no ghost here. Tell mommy what you exactly saw." Mrs. Choi softly said calming the boy. She knew her son very well. Hyunsuk easily get scared in everything especially ghosts even though it's obviously not real.

" T-there's a boy in our yard and I-I don't know who he is and how he entered. He's so scary mommy,  He will hurt me. "

Then there's a boy that suddenly appeared at Mrs. Choi's head as she heard what her child said.

" Maybe you met Jihoonnie? " She asked that made the boy looked up to meet her eyes.
" He's not a ghost honey. He will not hurt you because he's very nice. "

" b-But...."

" Don't be scare. I thought you're a big boy already ? and you're older than him. He won't hurt a Hyungnim like you just be nice to him. Okay honey? " Smiling at her child and kissed Hyunsuk's forehead as he nodded as an answer.

" Who is Jihoonnie?  " Hyunsuk asked out of curiosity as it seems like his mother knew the boy very well.

" He lives there with his grandma." Mrs. Choi answered pointing the old small house in the middle of a wide field that can be seen in their glass window.

" He lives there? Is Jihoonnie and his Grandma lives with ghosts? Maybe Jihoonnie wants to play in our yard because their house is too small and creepy and... ---"

" Hyunsuk. " cutting her child's words while shaking her head slightly. Motioning the child not to continue his words for the fact that what he's thinking are all wrong.
" Honey, That's a No No. Didn't I tell you not to look at external appearance when you don't really understand what it is or who it is?"

" Sorry mommy. " Hyunsuk answered lowering his head.

" It's okay baby. Just always remember what I said. Will you promise? " And received a nod from the child as an answer.
" About Jihoonnie,  I met him several times outside and he's such a sweetie so I invited him to play with you. I'm sure you'll like him too. " Mrs. Choi said sweetly smiling as she playfully pinched her child's cheek causing Hyunsuk to feel shy towards his mother's cute actions.
" Cookies are done. Will you please call Jihoonnie for me ?"

Hyunsuk smiled as he gave his mother a nod then rushed going back to their yard to call Jihoonnie as his mother requested.

" Jihoonnie? " Hyunsuk started to call while looking around their wide yard and finding the boy.
" Jihooooonnnniiiiieee !" he repeated but still no Jihoonnie appeared.

" Maybe he decided to go home." Pouting Hyunsuk mumbled then shrugged his shoulders as he decided to go back.
" I don't need a friend anyway. All I have to do is go back to seoul so I can play with many kids in school again. "  saying those words to cheer his self as he felt a bit disappointed when he expected to have a playmate in a long and boring vacation then found no Jihoonnie in their yard.
" I'm Choi Hyunsuk and they all wanted to be my friend. " Chuckling at his own thought.
" yeah,  they wanted to be my friends."

" Someday I will go to Seoul too and meet new friends. " a kid's voice coming from his back that made Hyunsuk automatically turned around and found Jihoonnie stepped out of the tall grasses.

" I've called you several times. Why you didn't show? Why are you always hiding at those tall grasses ?" Hyunsuk asked being confused towards the younger's actions. But Jihoonnie just shrugged his shoulders and took few steps forward.

" Don't be scare, I'm not a ghost. Your mommy just invited me so I'm here. But I know you don't like me so I will just go home. " Jihoonnie said then smiled a little.

Jihoonnie is like a cute and fluffy panda that can be everybody's bestfriend.

And even Hyunsuk who just turned his gaze away from younger do know within him, He wanted to have a friend like Jihoonnie who is really kind and cute but afraid to ask. He doesn't want any rejections.

" Please tell to your mommy that I'm  thankful because she invited me. " Jihoonnie said sweetly then smile.
" I'll go now. " then started to walk leaving Hyunsuk who is currently at the verge of calling him back or just let him go.

" J-Jihoonnie... " giving up his pride and called the other boy that automatically stopped and turned around to ask him why.

" yeah? " Jihoonnie with his cute smile.

" c-can I be your friend? " Hyunsuk asked lowering his cute voice while shaking. He's afraid, if Jihoonnie rejects him.. He wanna melt or swallowed by earth instead.

" I'm just waiting for you to ask. "