Who Are You?

#12

Because I'm too dull.

I then saw a little boy crying at the parking lot. I frowned, waiting for couple more minutes for someone to come for him but no one did.

I opened the car door, closing it back before storming towards the kid.

"Hey." I whispered slowly. "Are you okay?" He doesn't answer me, instead continued to cry. I took a candy from my pocket that Jungkook gave me to distinguish the cigarette taste in my mouth.

I showed it to him. "Noona will give you this if you stop crying." He then bit his lips to contain his sobs. I smile and unwrapped the candy for him.

"Here you go." He took it with his right hand while the other one went to wipe his runny nose with his sleeve.

"That's dirty." I took out a tissue from my pocket to and wipe his face. "Why are you here alone?" I crouched down beside him.

"I w-went to p-pee pee with.. hmm.. with my.. m-mother." Tears started to flow down his face again. I wiped them for him with my palm.

"You can't find your mother?" He shook his head, whining and bawling more. I picked him up to sooth him.

"Hey, don't cry. Big boy never cry." I patted his back. "What's your name?"

He told me that his name was Minjae. I told him that his name was beautiful. Trying to sooth him more, I started to tell him a story.

"Have you ever heard a story about the brave jungle boy?" He shook his head with a whispered no.

"Let me tell you then. Long ago, there was this boy, named Minjae."

"Hwe gwot the shame name ash mwi." He mumbled at my shoulder.

"Yes he does. He's very brave. All the animals in the jungle is afraid of him. He's like the king of the jungle. However, there's this animal that envy him."

"The tiger?" He gasped. I chuckled at his cuteness.

"Yes. The tiger. It really envy Minjae for being the king. So he did lots of things to kill Minjae."

"No, no. We have to save Minjae." He shook his head while showing a worried face.

"You know what the tiger did?" He shook his head. "The tiger chased Minjae with his sharp claws around the jungle." I continued.

"But, Minjae was super fast. So fast that the tiger couldn't catch him. He sways and sways around the tree like a monkey." I said, swaying him around. He giggled at that making me felt relief.

"The tiger kept on chasing Minjae until he suddenly slipped into a deep hole. He yells for help. Guess who helps him?"

"Minjae!" He beamed. "You're right!" I high fived him.

"Minjae helps tiger to escape from the hole. Tigers apologize to Minjae and they become friends. See, Minjae is a very great kid."

"Just like me." I ruffled his hair. I was about to ask about his mom when suddenly, "Minjae!"

I spun my head and saw a lady was running towards us, tears stained her pale face. She quickly took Minjae into her arms and hugged him like her life depends on him.