The day flew very fast on that day.
"Sungyoon.." Daeyeol entered Sungyoon's office as soon his shift ended. He saw Sungyoon was arranging his stuffs before went home. Sungyoon looked at Daeyeol.
"Tomorrow, we have a meeting" Daeyeol reminded Sungyoon.
"Ah okay. Thank you" Sungyoon thanked Daeyeol.
"Hey, have you eaten? Let's go out and take our dinner together" Daeyeol asked Sungyoon.
"I can't. Haru is not at home. Nobody will take care of that kid" Sungyoon said as he meant Joochan.
"You can bring him with you" Daeyeol gave Sungyoon a suggestion.
"Nah, I don't want to waste my time with him" Sungyoon said.
"Hmm okay" Daeyeol said.
"Daeyeol.." Sungyoon called him and looked at him.
"Why did you come to my house last time when Haru was not at home?" Sungyoon gave Daeyeol a serious look.
"I.. I just want to meet you" Daeyeol replied.
"Really? But you never came to my house to meet me before. You will always ask me out.." Sungyoon said.
"That.. that day, you were ill, right? So I came to visit you" Daeyeol lied. Sungyoon still looked at him.
"Okay. I just thought that you came because Haru told you to" Sungyoon said while he actually knew that Daeyeol was lying.
"No. I came to visit you. I was bored on that day" Daeyeol tried to 'clean up the mess' he made.
"I want to go home. See you later" Daeyeol said. Sungyoon nodded.
* * *
Sungyoon came to fetch Joochan. He went straight to his home without saying anything. At home, Sungyoon went to his room. He didn't even care about Joochan.
At night, Joochan felt really hungry. He have not eaten since he returned from school. He went downstairs and walked to the kitchen. Sungyoon just having his dinner. He went upstairs as soon as he saw Joochan. Joochan was left alone at the kitchen. He looked everywhere. Sungyoon did not even cook for him. He had nothing to eat. He took the chair and started to search for foods in the cabinet. Luckily he found bread and cookies. He took it and ate it.
Two days without Haru was felt like a disaster for Joochan. Sungyoon did not care about him at all. Joochan did not eat as soon as he returned home because there was nothing to eat. The things Sungyoon told Haru were lies. He told Haru that Joochan was fine but it went instead. Joochan was not fine.
Joochan went to the kitchen to drink some water. He felt hungry but he needed to endure his hunger by drinking water. He took a glass of water. Unexpectedly, the glass fell off from his grip. The glass hit the floor and broke. Sungyoon heard the noise and he ran to the kitchen as soon as he heard the voice.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Sungyoon yelled. He was stunned to see the broken glass on the floor.
"You, bastard! You're really bothering me!" He hardly dragged Joochan to the living room. Joochan was crying and seeking for his forgiveness but he ignored it. Sungyoon went berserk.
"Ahjussi! I am sorry. I am unintentionally to do that" Joochan cried. Sungyoon opened the main door and he threw Joochan outside. He closed the door without saying anything. Joochan banged the door but Sungyoon didn't respond to his apology. Joochan wailed. He was left outside, in the cold night, alone.
* * *
Early in the morning, Sungyoon opened the door after he left Joochan outside for the entire night.
"Hey, wake up. Come in and prepare yourself to go to school" Sungyoon said but Joochan did not respond.
"Hey! Wake up!" Sungyoon said while pushing Joochan a little bit with his toe. Joochan slowly moved. Sungyoon held Joochan's arm to drag him to his room but something went wrong. Joochan's body felt hot. Joochan had caught a cold.
"Ah, I am doomed" said Sungyoon in his heart. He forced Joochan to prepare for his school.
* * *
Joochan looked very weak at his school. He lost his appetite and he spent his whole day at school by only sleeping.
"Joochan, wake up" Jaehyun tried to wake him up.
"Hmm.." Joochan weakly responded.
"Joochan, wake up. Mr Jangjun is on his way" Jaehyun said. Jibeom came into the class with Mr Jangjun. He helped Mr Jangjun to carry some books. Everyone got up as soon as Jangjun entered the class except for Joochan. Jangjun saw Joochan was sleeping when he entered the class.
"Hong Joochan, where is your manner?" Jangjun said. He knew Joochan was not like that before. Everyone looked at Joochan. Joochan forced himself to get up. Jangjun came to Joochan.
"Are you okay? You look pale.." Jangjun asked Joochan. Joochan slowly nodded. Jangjun held Joochan's forehead.
"Ya! You're unwell" Jangjun said.
"Have you take your medicine?" Jangjun asked. Joochan shook his head.
"Let's go to the school clinic.." Jangjun said. Joochan shook his head.
"I want to study.." Joochan said.
"You will get nothing if you study while you're sick. Let's go to the school clinic. You need to rest" Jangjun said. Joochan nodded.
"But can you wait for a while? I need to start the class at least 5 minutes. It is in the protocol" Jangjun said.
"Sir, I can bring him to the school clinic" Donghyun said.
"Really? Can you?" Jangjun asked. Donghyun nodded. Donghyun got up and brought Joochan to the school clinic.
* * *
Joochan could not close his eyes. He was not sleepy but he felt exhausted. The nurse gave him some medicine and asked Joochan to rest.
"Donghyun.." Joochan called Donghyun who was reading a book while staying with him.
"Yeah?" Donghyun replied.
"I am sorry.." Joochan apologized.
"For what?" Donghyun asked.
"Because you need to accompany me. You did not get to enter the class because of me.." Joochan said.
"Ah, it's nothing. I don't want to enter Mr Jangjun's class by the way. I did not do his homework yet, hehehe" Donghyun said. Joochan laughed a bit.
"Why are you getting sudden fever? You are fine yesterday. Yesterday's weather was just fine so how can you.." before Donghyun finished his question, Joochan had already replied.
"Ahjussi. He let me slept outside" Joochan said.
"What? Why?" Donghyun asked.
"I accidentally broke a glass. He went berserk after that" Joochan said.
"Where is your mom?" Donghyun asked.
"My mom went to a company trip for 5 days. She will return in two days" Joochan said.
"Just because of a glass, he threw you outside? Is he insane?" Donghyun said.
"No. Maybe it was my fault" Joochan was still defending Sungyoon.
"My father would never throw me outside just because of a glass. He will just advise me to be more careful next time" Donghyun said. Joochan sighed.
"I dreamt about my real father a few days ago. I told him that I want to stay with him but he refused. I love Ahjussi as I love my father but he didn't do the same as what my father did" Joochan said. Donghyun just listened to him.
"Sometimes, I feel like.. there is no point of living. I was left, I was abandoned. Poor people took me (Haru), but I was not fully accepted. I felt like I was a catastrophe.." Joochan said.
"No, you are not" Donghyun said.
"There is no point of living this way. I wake up everyday and having bad days. I am slowly getting tired. I.. I sometimes think.. I.. I..
I should have died instead so that I can live with my father in afterlife" Joochan was starting to think about that.
"No, Joochan! No!" Donghyun strictly opposed it.
"Death is never be the solution. Don't be like this" Donghyun held Joochan's hand.
"Never think about this anymore. You are not alone. We are all here to help you" Donghyun encouraged Joochan.
"You are lucky because there is still people who want to have you. Other kids out there were totally abandoned and survived alone without anyone. At least you are fine now, you can live well like anyone else. You went to school, you wore clothes, you had place to stay, those were enough" Donghyun said.
"You are strong enough to defeat his ego. Defeat him by winning his heart. Make him feel that treating you badly is his biggest mistake" Donghyun said. Joochan smiled a bit. Donghyun is always his good listener. He was grateful to have such good friends like Donghyun, Jibeom and Jaehyun. Donghyun is always his good listener. Jibeom is like his guardian angel who protects him from everything and Jaehyun is his saviour who will always be when Joochan needs help. He felt very grateful to have them.
* * *
Jangjun sat for a while when his students were doing the activities given. Jangjun took out his phone and contacting Haru, Joochan's mom.
"Hello, good afternoon Mrs. Haru. I am Lee Jangjun, Joochan's homeroom teacher. I just want to inform you that Joochan was unwell today. He was brought to the school clinic.." Jangjun told everything about Joochan to Haru.
* * *
Haru felt worried when Jangjun told that Joochan was unwell. She had been thinking about Joochan since the morning. Now she knew that Joochan was not really fine. He tried to call Sungyoon but Sungyoon did not answer her call. Haru called Daeyeol.
"Hello, Daeyeol Oppa"
"Hello, yes Haru.." Daeyeol replied.
"Where is Sungyoon?" Haru asked.
"Sungyoon is currently meeting the CEO. Why?" Daeyeol asked.
"Oppa, Joochan was ill. Can you look up for Joochan? Sungyoon said everything was fine but Joochan's homeroom teacher said that he was not fine. I am afraid if Sungyoon was lying about Joochan all this time when I am not around" Haru told Daeyeol about his worries.
"Okay, okay. I will. Don't worry" Daeyeol replied.
"Thank you, Oppa. I am sorry, I bothered you for so many times" Haru apologized.
"Ah, it's okay. Joochan is like my nephew though.." Daeyeol said. Haru felt a bit relieved.
-To Be Continued-
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A/N :
Good luck Golden Child for Road to Kingdom!! I felt very nervous about them for Road To Kingdom :(