THIRD PERSON POV

Sunoo was still sitting in the same position when he heard a knock on the door and soon Ni-ki entered the room with a tray.

"Hey, why you stormed out of the dining room like someone is going to tickle you badly?" Ni-ki asked irritated.

"I am sorry m... it's just, I wasn't feeling well" He replied with guilt in his tone.

"What happened to your face? Did you
get the fever again?" Ni-ki frowned,
placing his hand over Sunoo's cheek. The red-haired was still feeling embarrassed by his own actions and words from last night and that's why his cheeks were red. He quickly covered his cheeks with his palms, shaking his head.

"Oh fine then, don't worry. Take this
painkiller you will feel better after taking some rest. Ok?" Ni-ki handed him the medicine and a glass of water. Sunoo quickly gulped down the Sunoo quickly gulped down the water with the pill and give it back to Ni-ki.

"Now come here and rest. Don't worry
about anything. You don't need to help me with anything today." Ni-ki informed him and after tugging him into the blankets, he left.

Sunoo was laying there while staring at the ceiling. His life really changed a lot in a little time. He lost many important persons in his life but now it is again filled with some worthy ones who actually care for him. A soft smile formed on his lush lips at the thought of that.

Back to the dining room, when Sunoo left the room, Sunghoon was surprised by his reaction. He felt like he did something wrong but no, he didn't do anything... yet. Then why?

"Nishimura did he have his medicine?"
Sunghoon asked to break the awkward
silence and everyone got back to reality.

"Um.. no. He was going to take it after
eating, But-" Ni-ki stopped midway while noticing Heeseung's glare

"I will take it to his room. You all sit down and eat." Ni-ki quickly served the breakfast and left with the tray. Sunghoon was sitting there, not eating
but playing with food with his fork. His
mind was stuck with that confession.

Did he remember what he said? He
thought to himself, keeping his gaze on
the plate.

"THAN,Why are you not eating? You know that we have a meeting this know that we have a meeting this afternoon?" Heeseung reminded him after noticing his daydreaming. The said male just hummed in response and started eating.

...

After breakfast, he went to his room
to change for the meeting. While grabbing his watch from the side table,
his gaze fell on the laptop screen, his hand stopped midway to the table when the person caught his attention from another room.

Sunoo was sleeping in his room, his legs were out of blankets, his open mouth, messy hair, and the most admiring thing was his soft skin.

Apparently, his shirt was exposing his
right shoulder too much for someone's
interest, not only that but his shirt was
also lifted from his stomach, exposing
his sun-tan smooth, little, cute tummy.

Sunghoon was frozen on his spot, once again mesmerized by the heart-shaking view but his trance broke, when Sunoo stirred in his sleep and smiled. Without realizing it, a smile crept on his face too. He wanted to enjoy the scene more but he heard Heeseung's voice from outside his room.

Blinking to come back to his senses, he
quickly grabbed his things and shut the laptop, so that no one can see that sinful scenario.

Sunoo woke up and smiled widely at what he was dreaming, After a little effort to get rid of the blanket, he left the room and it was noon already. He rubbed his eyes with his fists while dragging his feet to find Ni-ki.

"Ri-ki" He called for the blond and Ni-ki rushed to him just after one call,

"Damn , Hyung i thought you again get
drunk." Ni-ki chuckled and ruffled his hair just to receive a high pitch whine from the older.

"I am hungry."

"Fine.. have some fruits till I make something for you." Ni-ki tagged him
to the kitchen and handed him baskets
of fruits but Sunoo placed them back on the counter.

"Where is everyone?" Sunoo roamed his eyes to find the mansion very silent while munching on the snacks that he got from the kitchen box.

"Hey... I told you to eat fruits not those
snacks.. aishh you. And what everyone?" Ni-ki scolded him before noticing the question.

"Come on.. it feels like forever since I had these snacks. Please just a bit more " He showed him his puppy eyes and Ni-ki facepalmed, why it's too difficult to avoid him?

"food, ok." Sunoo nodded with a huge smile.

"Everyone means... Heeseungie Hyung...
Kang-min hyung." Sunoo trailed, not wanting to be more obvious

"Why do you care?" Ni-ki wriggled
his brows and Sunoo was speechless. What should he say now?

"Um. nothing. it is just too much silent in the mansion.. so.. never mind."

"Well, THAN is gone for a business meeting in Yeongdeungpo-gu ." Sunoo's eyes widened as he remembered that Jungwon is also in Yeongdeungpo-gu but he just nodded.

"So that's what you wanted to know? I just told you about THAN and see your mouth is shut like it never opened...even when I didn't tell you about your hyungs." Ni-ki teased him as he enjoyed a lot seeing him all flustered when he struggled to answer that but ended up stuffing his mouth with snacks like a squirrel.

"Can I go to a park ? They won't be there till night.. please Ri-ki." The kitchen fell in silence til Sunoo pleaded while showing his puppy eyes again.

"Hyung stop attacking like this. Fine, you can go but be back before 6.. ok?" Ni-ki agreed after a while placing the food in front of him.

"Thanks, Ri-ki... you are the best... I lub you" Sunoo hugged him tightly and Ni-ki hugged back with a smile, thinking about the level of cuteness the older can put on.

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After his lunch, Sunoo changed and went to the park near his own house, more precisely his previous home. He was walking in silence till he bumped into someone.

"Oh, sor-" His words stuck in his throat
when he looked at the man, there stands his horrible past, his nightmare.

"What a surprise, you got free from there? Or he sold you to a sugar daddy
who allows you to roam like that?" Hwan chuckled while glaring at the boy. Sunoo preferred not to talk as all of the scenes from that day started to appear in front of his eyes.

"I shouldn't have come here" He Scolded himself and turned back but Hwan grabbed his wrist and stopped him.

"I missed you, sweetie." Hwan snickered
and Sunoo felt like he would puke hearing that.

Sunoo jerked off his hand harshly and again turned. This time Hwan turned him by his shoulder harshly, his nails digging into the soft skin of the boy.

"Can't you see that I don't want to even
see your face?" Sunoo snapped at him, clearly irritated and annoyed but it got Hwan mad.

"Hey, you there! What's wrong with you?" Someone yelled behind Sunoo and Min quickly let him go. Sunoo didn't turn back to face whoever was there, trying his best to cool down first.

"Nothing man. I was just talking with my son.. nothing much." Hwan smiled like he was the most loving father to he boy.

"Don't say that! You never was my father... you-" Sunoo stopped when he saw gazes on them because of his loud voice.

"Father? I don't think that a father talks with his son like that.. so please fu*k off" The man again said and Hwan gave him a glare.

"See you later my dear son." He left with that, not before throwing a dirty smirk.

In your dreams ,Sunoo scoffed internally when he saw the older gone.

"Hey, you ok?" The same voice asked him and finally, Sunoo turned back as the voice was quite familiar.

"You?" Sunoo was beyond surprised because there stands...

Seojun......

"How I am going to explain to him?" The first thing that hit his mind was this question. The strange things that happened to him were not so pleasant
to narrate to every person, also when
he hated to be in the spotlight of pity.

"Sun?? Come here sit down." Seojun dragged him to a nearby bench in the
park. Sunoo was still struggling with what is going to happen now. Noticing his uneasiness seojun started to speak.

"I told you before.. I am your friend Sun. . you can tell me anything that is bothering you. Believe me, I just want to help you." Seojun smiled to assure the other.

"It's just.."

"Yeah?" Seojun said so to make him feel easy.

Sunoo thought that he is right... he is a friend so it would be fine to tell him the truth. So, he deeply sighed and told him everything about his past and his stepfather. He was crying while telling the brutal behavior of that man.

"He n-never loved me.. he just used me," Sunoo croaked in between his sobs. Seojun looked bothered by that, so deciding to comfort the yonger, he engulfed him in a warm hug and rubbed his back.

"He never deserved your hard work, he never deserved you, Sun. He is just a monster." Seojun softly said, patting Sunoo's head while the latter silently sobbed in his arms.

"But where are you living now? You can live with me." He offered after a little moment, realizing that Sunoo has nowhere to go.

"I am living with the person who bought me. He is a nice person, Seojun." Sunoo mentioned him with a smile while wiping his tears with his sleeves. Seojun gave him a confused look so Sunoo told him everything else too. But he didn't
mention Sunghoon's name or his
profession. He just mentioned him as a
rich businessman who took him under
his wings away from the cruel world.

"Is he really good to you? I mean ge doesn't hurt you, right?" Seojun asked
with great concern and Sunoo nodded with a smile, feeling happy to "He is so nice man, Seojun. I am happy that I am with him, not with my father."

"Good to know that. Oh yes, I was about to tell you this tomorrow but as we are here let me ask you one thing" Seojun suddenly beamed with excitement and Sunoo quickly gave him full attention, he stopped crying completely by that time.

"You know that we have off from tuesday onwards due to a festival in college. So I was thinking about an outing to the forest side... do you wanna join?" Seojun asked while Scratching his head with nervousness.

"I would love to." Sunoo beamed back and jumped on his seat while clapping, his eyes literally got bigger in pure excitement.

"Actually I love nature... it would be a perfect chance for me to draw some
beautiful scenery. I will come." He
explained while daydreaming and Seojun smiled at his cuteness. He pinched his cheeks lightly, feeling contented when the younger didn't stop him. But soon Sunoo's smile dropped, catching seojun's attention.

"What's Wrong?"

"My owner. what Would i say to him?"
Sunoo was afraid that Sunghoon will be mad if he is going to say that he wants to go on a trip with his friend.

"Well. did he visit college or know about your teachers?" Seojun inquired seriously and Sunoo shook his head immediately.

"Then, it's no problem. Just tell him that it'sa study tour of your whole class to draw natural scenery. He would definitely permit you."

"Now let's go have some ice cream."
Seojun grabbed his hand and went to buy ice cream. They enjoyed the evening and Sunoo laughed a lot at the silly and lame jokes the other cracked here and there. He was feeling free with the other. Inhaling in the open air is really a blessing.

Seojun was mesmerized by his sweet
giggles when he was playing with kids in the park. He even took some of his random pictures and to his surprise, all of them were too much perfect.

"You are so pretty, Sunoo." He mumbled while smiling at the Red-haired boy in front of him who was still busy drawing with kids.

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Back to Sunghoon, he went to  Yeongdeungpo-gu to attenda meeting with the boss of another Mafia. The boss was threatening him to hand over the
weapons that he got from overseas.

"And why should I do that Mr. Yong?"
Sunghoon retorted to him as it was already an hour and the old freak
was still arguing with him... definitely
making him angry.

"THAN, you are younger than me. Your father established a good relationship with us but you are ruining it now." Yong gave him a sly smirk but he looked annoyed too.

"You are the one who is ruining it. I bought those weapons with lots of struggle by my men and now you are telling me to hand them over to you? Not so easy." Sunghoon deadpanned at him.

"Whatever... I was afraid that I have to threaten you but I got to know something about your new toy." Yong got up from his seat and fake cried but But the next words Yong said, really got him off guard, he actually felt threatened by those words... the reason he was always afraid of being weak, for being in love.

"You need to take care of your boy in your house.. ah what was his name. yeah..

Sunoo....

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