"But my birthday is today, not at the end of the month..." The little boy whined and it wasn't long before he burst into tears. "All my friends in school get to have yummy-looking birthday cakes on their birthday, why am I the only one who can't have one?"
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"Yeonjun-ah..." Tear sprang to the lady's eyes as she hugged her son tight. "Mommy's sorry... I promise that I'll work even harder so that you'll be able to have a cake on your birthday next time..."
Jisoo realised, in that very moment, that the mother and child she was watching was in a similar situation as that of the boy sitting around her. Simultaneously, she could see a look of realisation spread across Taehyung's face as well. Jisoo felt like she had to do something, so she rose to her feet slowly...
"Auntie-" Taehyung said as he got up from his seat so quickly that Jisoo was forced to take her seat once more. He approached the mother and son with a bright smile, before crouching down and holding the boy by his shoulders. "Your name is Yeonjun, is it?"
The little boy nodded slightly, his eyes filled with tears. Taehyung glanced at the little boy's mom and smile reassuringly, before he turned to the boy again and patted him gently on the head.
"I heard that today is your birthday."
"It is..." The little boy sobbed, using the back of his hand to wipe away his tears. "But there's no point, I can't have any birthday cake..."
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"Who says you can't?" Taehyung said with a bright smile as he got to his feet and turned to the counter lady. "Hi, miss, is my cake ready?"
"Oh, yes, it is. We're really sorry for the delay, sir-" The lady handed Taehyung his cake with an apologetic smile. "We were handling too many orders. Here's your cake-"
"No worries, and thank you." Taehyung took the cake from the lady and knelt back down onto the floor, to meet the little boy's eye level once more. He handed the cake to him with a bright smile. "Our dear Yeonjun-ie, happy birthday."
Jisoo's jaw fell to the ground. That was his cake... his precious birthday cake...
"Huh?" The little boy's mom shook her head profusely, pushing the cake towards Taehyung. "No, there's no way we can accept this. Please take it back."
