Jaehyun's record company opens up auditions for a casting show, he's looking for the next big superstar, but he has no idea one of the candidates is no one else than his teenage son who's starting a rebellion.
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"Jae will be angry when he finds out," muttered Taeyong. "Besides she's only pretending, the moment I'd leave you alone with them she will start to be unpleasant and hurt you," muttered Taeyong.
"I think she has changed, I don't know why but I feel she really wants to get to know me and to start speaking with Jae again."
"Junie there are a lot of bed people out there, really, it's time for you to define them before they hurt you!" said Taeyong driving out of the suburbs carefully.
"Daddy I always listen to what my heart tells me and it tells me she's ok, with Daisy it told me from the start she's a bad person," Renjun felt and unpleasant twist inside.
"Ah!" Taeyong laughed.
"Why no one believes me Daisy is like Nora, and yes you see, I never liked Nora she's bad too."
"Ah Junie, it's a long way till you grow up," muttered Taeyong sighing when he turned towards a petrol station.
"Daddy stop! I'm a big boy, I'm nearly grown up now!" protested Renjun.
"Sure," Taeyong stopped the car then shook his head.
"But really, I'm all grown up, why don't you believe..."
But Taeyong just shushed him with a cute kiss on the tip of his nose.
"I'll buy you some jellies and chocolate," he whispered laughing loudly.
"But daddy!" Renjun felt it's so unfair, why was Taeyong treating him like a little child.
"Shh, my baby we have enough trouble in explaining our absence to Jae," whispered Taeyong opening the car door.
"But dadd..."
"Shah!" Taeyong placed his finger on his lips stopping him from talking then left the car when Renjun fell on the chair sighing loudly.
He wasn't that small but from the other hand if Taeyong was treating him that cutely and buying him sweets he couldn't complain much.
The weeks were passing by but Renjun was so tired from keeping all the secrets, as yes, he was working on his wedding drawing whenever he was at Sicheng's not answering his curious questions and Yuat's suspicious looks. He had also visited his grandparents a few more times with Taeyong both getting miserable after each visit when they were facing Jae who was coming to greet them while they were making up places they had been to during their car rides.
It was a difficult time, also with summer break coming and all the amount of homework and exams at school. Jae and Taeyong were helping him much but two nights in a row Taeyong had woken him up when he had fallen asleep on his desk with his cheek pressed to the book. Time at school wasn't that bright as Chenle was bursting around with his record deal, fame and girlfriend what was driving Renjun insane so he was counting the days till Daddy Tae will take him on tour and introduce to CiCi as Renjun found himself daydreaming about her a lot, watching her videos and concerts. He was secretly collecting her posters and photo-cards in a notebook under his bookcase. It wasn't that impossible to meet her as she had made a hit single with his father, so Taeyong could introduce him to her and maybe yes, she would fall in love, go on a date, he would have his first real kiss, yes all of this was making him sleepless.
One evening before the exam week Jae took him to a department store, they were out shopping late as Jae wanted to avoid some fans recognizing them. They ware walking down the street towards the car they had parked in the area, when he saw a woman in a warm coat, as the evening as chilly, moving towards a shop, she was somehow familiar and Renjun stopped watching her when Jae turned his way.
"Come Junie," he said stretching his hand out.
"Grandma," whispered Renjun narrowing his eyes but in this moment the lady fell down trying to hold herself up against the shop's wall.
"Grandma!" shouted Renjun racing that way slipping over the pavement till he reached her, she was breathing in heavily when he grabbed her supporting her under her arm.
"Grandma! Grandma what's up!" he was shouting.
"Junie! Mom!" Jae reached them seconds later grabbing his mother in his arms lifting her up.
"Junie call an ambulance!" shouted Jae when Renjun's hands were trembling hard.
"No Jae, no it's not necessary, just bring me home. Dad knows what to do," she said with a faint voice.
"What is happening?" asked Renjun in fear.
"I'm taking you to the doctof. Junie take the caf keys ffom my pocket and open the caf," said Jae.
"No, it's ok, it's all known, just bring me home please," whispered his mother. "It comes and goes away, I just need my pills."
Renjun was shivering looking for the key in Jae's jeans, they reached the car when Jae helped his mum on the backseat.
"Jae you don't have to do it for me it's not necessary, you should actually leave me there," she said.
"Stop!" shouted Jae taking the key from Renjun racing around the car slipping on the driver's spot.
"Jae relax, please," Renjun laid his hand on Jae's palm caressing it.
"Ok, thank you," Jae breathed in.
He started the car then drove off when Renjun was checking the road telling him to watch out on other cars, pedestrians and bikers, as Jae's hands were shivering madly on the steering wheel.
It was a long way till they reached the house in the suburbs, there Jae jumped up to lift his mother in his arms then carried her to the house when Renjun stayed in the car feeling something tightening in his chest. No, grandma wasn't sick, she couldn't leave them. No, he has just found her and granddad.
He decided to go out and reached the house to see Jae call crumbled kneeling next to the chair his mother was sitting on while he was trying to breath steady.
"Mom, tell me," whispered Jae who was holding her hand tightly.
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Thank you so much for all the support and strength you are giving me. What do you think about Renjun's inner feeling and the events of the chapter? What do you think about Jae's reaction? What will he find out?
