Day 23
A Cliché Family
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A Cliché Family twentythree
Minho is standing in the hallway wearing his new soccer shoes and shin guards. He's about to play his first soccer game and while he's very excited he's also very very nervous. The fact that his entire family has decided to come watch him play is not making his nervousness any smaller. Even Jonghyun is going to come. He's waiting for his father to drive him to the field, the team gathering an hour before the game to warm up.
When Jinki finally enters the hallway Minho is about to die from nervousness. Well, sort of. Jinki dresses so slowly and when they finally exit the apartment Minho can't hide his nervousness any longer. Jinki smiles at him and Minho sends him a smile back. It's just the school team, playing against another elementary school in one of the closest neighborhoods but Minho is proud of even being on the team.
"Are you nervous?" Jinki asks and the 10-year-old boy nods. A lot. But he doesn't voice his nervousness because he's pretty sure his voice will shake if he tries. When Jinki finally pulls up in front of the school, Minho is out of the car in a second. Jinki only sees the boy sprint down the green fields to meet up with his team and smiles a little.
An hour later the family places themselves on the bleachers and overlook the green field. It's not really a stadium of any sort and the bleachers serve more as benches. Jonghyun is the one to catch Minho first. He points to number 10 and Kibum follows the line of his finger, only to light up in a smile.
"Go Minho!" he shouts and both Jonghyun and Minho shrinks a little. Jonghyun hits Kibums shoulder, an embarrassed flush present on his cheeks.
"You're embarrassing, dad." he mumbles but Kibum ignores him and sends Minho a 'fighting'-hand motion, something that has Minho turning around and ignoring his family for good. Kibum doesn't seem the least fazed by it. Taemin is sitting beside Jinki and staring wide-eyed at all the people around him. It's only then that he notices a boy on the team with a darker skin color. He doesn't exactly know the color because it's not really blue or yellow or green but it's definitely not the same as his. So he tells Jinki this.
"What's wrong with his skin color?" he says and points to the boy on the field. Kibum makes a horrified gasp, despite having raised to other sons. Jinki just calmly turns around to face Taemin and smile. Taemin mirrors his smile.
"Nothing," he answers and Taemin's brows furrow. "Skin comes in all different shades." Taemin lights up at that. He understands it now. He climbs down the bench where he's seated and runs towards Minho on the field because he has to tell Minho this amazing revelation. Kibum hurries after him to catch him before he enters the field and interrupts the game. Jinki scoots closer to Jonghyun, who seems to have trouble deciding whether he should be proud of his younger brother, bored or mad at his parents for dragging him to this ridiculous soccer game.
During the half time Jinki leaves Kibum to the teenager and
When Jinki finally enters the hallway Minho is about to die from nervousness. Well, sort of. Jinki dresses so slowly and when they finally exit the apartment Minho can't hide his nervousness any longer. Jinki smiles at him and Minho sends him a smile back. It's just the school team, playing against another elementary school in one of the closest neighborhoods but Minho is proud of even being on the team.
"Are you nervous?" Jinki asks and the 10-year-old boy nods. A lot. But he doesn't voice his nervousness because he's pretty sure his voice will shake if he tries. When Jinki finally pulls up in front of the school, Minho is out of the car in a second. Jinki only sees the boy sprint down the green fields to meet up with his team and smiles a little.
An hour later the family places themselves on the bleachers and overlook the green field. It's not really a stadium of any sort and the bleachers serve more as benches. Jonghyun is the one to catch Minho first. He points to number 10 and Kibum follows the line of his finger, only to light up in a smile.
"Go Minho!" he shouts and both Jonghyun and Minho shrinks a little. Jonghyun hits Kibums shoulder, an embarrassed flush present on his cheeks.
"You're embarrassing, dad." he mumbles but Kibum ignores him and sends Minho a 'fighting'-hand motion, something that has Minho turning around and ignoring his family for good. Kibum doesn't seem the least fazed by it. Taemin is sitting beside Jinki and staring wide-eyed at all the people around him. It's only then that he notices a boy on the team with a darker skin color. He doesn't exactly know the color because it's not really blue or yellow or green but it's definitely not the same as his. So he tells Jinki this.
"What's wrong with his skin color?" he says and points to the boy on the field. Kibum makes a horrified gasp, despite having raised to other sons. Jinki just calmly turns around to face Taemin and smile. Taemin mirrors his smile.
"Nothing," he answers and Taemin's brows furrow. "Skin comes in all different shades." Taemin lights up at that. He understands it now. He climbs down the bench where he's seated and runs towards Minho on the field because he has to tell Minho this amazing revelation. Kibum hurries after him to catch him before he enters the field and interrupts the game. Jinki scoots closer to Jonghyun, who seems to have trouble deciding whether he should be proud of his younger brother, bored or mad at his parents for dragging him to this ridiculous soccer game.
During the half time Jinki leaves Kibum to the teenager and
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