“Yeah, we're classmates, and his room at the dorm is beside mine.” Moonsoo clarified as Sungjong looked from one to the other and noticed the semblance.

“Now I know why you looked familiar, I went to his room two days ago and he has a picture of him and you and this tiny squish-able human being, that I assume now is Woohyun.” Sungjong added.

“Flattering my squish-able little human being won't lead you anywhere, you have four minutes.” Myungsoo said dryly as he crossed his arms.

“Ok, but I didn't catch your name.” Sungjong still tried to be polite.

“Kim Myungsoo.” Moonsoo helped from behind at the same time he shot a glare at his hyung because his brother didn't seem very pleased with the situation.

“Hum... ok Myungsoo-shi, I don't really know fully well what my hyung specifically told you, I just know that when it comes to Sunggyu he is doing mistake after mistake and this thing about not letting the kids play together is one more of them. In whatever regards you and Woohyun, I am really sorry about my hyung behavior, I wish I could say he isn't always like this but unfortunately he is most of the time.” Sungjong gave a polite 90 degrees bow.

“Ok.” Myungsoo said a little more relaxed but his tone said to Sungjong to continue.

He stood up straight again. “We can prolong this conversation for longer if you see fit and I can try to explain how to deal with my hyung, but unfortunately, even though I pleaded and screamed already, Sungyeol hyung is not going to change his mind so, because he is out at the moment and will take long to come back, I thought you could let the kids play a bit?” He made pleading big eyes. “Sunggyu had been upset all week that he couldn't and he is waiting for a positive answer at home, so can you please consider it?”

“I don't know. Your older brother was clear in showing his hate for us and he expressly told me not to fuel Woohyun’s desire to play with Sunggyu outside the school.” Myungsoo hesitated.

“Hyung, I know you're mad because of the things this guy told you but you know Woohyun was depressed because of this. And maybe you don't trust Sungjong, but I had the opportunity to talk to him a couple of times this week and I'll vouch for him if you need me to.” Moonsoo offered which made Sungjong slightly blush, Myungsoo was a person to drool for (although he had a kid and was straight), but Moonsoo didn't fall much behind his hyung.

Myungsoo furrowed his brows at his brother but uncrossed his arms only to open the door for Sungjong out and for a moment both Sungjong and Moonsoo thought that he would be kicking the younger Lee out, but what came from Myungsoo’s mouth was entirely different. “The adults’ problems are not fair on the kids, go get your brother then come back here, I wish to talk this further because I don't want to have further problems with your brother.”

Sungjong’s eyes lit up and he briefly threw a thankful look at Moonsoo for vouching for him, Sungjong definitely had to pay him with a meal later, then he looked at Myungsoo and gave another bow. “Thank you for this, really!”

After that Sungjong ran to his apartment to bring the news to Sunggyu and almost ran into the delivery guy in the process. Myungsoo had just paid for the food and got the bags in his hands when Sungjong came out of his apartment with a beaming and impatient Sunggyu in his toll. The Lee middle brother locked the door safely then turned around to see his neighbor waiting for them with an open door.

When Myungsoo closed the door behind them he excused himself a minute to go leave the food in the kitchen and that was the moment Sunggyu’s small eyes scanned the room in search of his small friend, and, when he couldn't find him, looked up confused at his brother.

Myungsoo didn't take too much time to come back but he smiled when he saw Sunggyu. “Hi Sunggyu!” He used a warm tone to seem friendly. “Your brother told me you wanted to play with Woohyun.”

“Yes.” Sunggyu answered with his cheeks blushing a bit.

“He is in his room with his uncle right now.” He explained and offered a hand to the boy. “Do you want me to take you there?” Sunggyu briefly looked to Sungjong and the elder smiled encouragingly so the boy nodded and grabbed Myungsoo’s hand.

Myungsoo motioned for Sunggyu to be quiet when they reached Woohyun’s door and they could hear some giggles from the boy inside. He opened the door just enough to see Moonsoo trying to dry Woohyun’s hair but blowing his face for a second every once in a while, which was making the boy giggle.

“Moonsoo, are you done with Woohyun’s hair?” He asked and winked for Moonsoo to play along.

“No, hyung, I just started.” Moonsoo replied.

“I need your help in the kitchen so I'll finish Woohyun’s hair, I want to have a moment alone, I have to give him a special gift.” He winked to his brother discreetly.

“Special gift?” Woohyun almost jumped with excitement and his eyes twinkled.

“Ok hyung.” Moonsoo turned off the blow drier and opened the door to go out.

“What is my special gift?” Woohyun asked in anticipation as soon as the uncle was out and his father took a big step to the side and pulled another small person inside the room only for Woohyun’s eyes to go big and a wide smile to appear on his face. “GYU HYUNG !!!!!!! KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” He screamed and Sunggyu smiled too, and when Myungsoo least expected, Sunggyu let go of his hand and met the other boy halfway when he came to hug him.

The two boys were hugging themselves and jumping in place and Myungsoo’s heart melted right there. He wondered why Sungyeol’s heart was so stone cold that he could think a scene like this was bad. Woohyun briefly look at his dad with the most thankful gaze Myungsoo was yet to see and after that he could only bring his twinkling eyes back to Sunggyu and Myungsoo was so distracted by the happy vibes that were emanating from the two boys that he only noticed a tear from Woohyun’s eyes when it already had fallen.

“Woohyunnie?” Sunggyu asked worried.

“What happened?” Myungsoo approached them.

“I'm... I'm so happy!” Woohyun stuttered and both the adult and the kid felt relieved.

“I'm too.” Sunggyu confessed and hugged his friend again and Myungsoo chuckled.

“Let me finish drying your hair, so you can go eat and then play with your friend.” Myungsoo suggested and the two boys pulled apart, though Woohyun was afraid to let his friend go and kept holding his Hyung's hand. They stood in silence for some time while Myungsoo dried his son’s hair and Sunggyu looked around the younger’s simple room.

“Dad, is this ok?” Woohyun hesitantly asked after some time in silence, he was happy Sunggyu was there but because of the conversation, he had with his father last time he thought they could get in trouble.

It was Sunggyu that answered with a smile. “It's ok, I came with my hyung, he allowed me.”

“Yes, he's outside.” Myungsoo confirmed as he finished his son’s hair and Woohyun gasped, instantly shocked and looking from one to another.

“Ssssc-” Woohyun almost called Sunggyu’s brother scary hyung again but when his father gave him a warning look the boy corrected himself. “Sungyeol hyung?”

“No, silly, Jongie hyung.” Sunggyu giggled in amusement. “Come meet him.” Suddenly Sunggyu pulled him towards the living room where Moonsoo was chatting idly with Sungjong. “Hyung, this is Woohyunnie.” Sunggyu introduced his friend confidently, a thing of which Sungjong feel so happy about because, after the past year, he hadn't been himself fully.

Sungjong eyed the kid and Woohyun, like in the picture, was this small ball of fluff with dark hair and small and pointy nose; he looked nothing like his father or uncle, and Sungjong would just shut up about that so he could make the father agree with his plan, later on, still he was a very good looking kid as well. This family, really!

“Hi, I'm Nam Woohyun, please take care of me!” Woohyun confidently marched to him, bowed 90 degrees and stood a hand up for a handshake, and Sungjong thought: why the hell did Sungyeol think he was impolite?

“Hi there! I'm Lee Sungjong, Sunggyu’s nice hyung.” Sungjong shook the boy hand bemusedly. “Sunggyu told me a lot about you today.” He said and Woohyun made a happy expression. He looked at Sunggyu for confirmation and the older boy’s cheeks just colored themselves in pink.

“Moonsoo, can you help Woohyun up with his food while I take a bath to look more presentable?” Myungsoo asked.

“Sure hyung, Woohyun come here!” Moonsoo asked and grabbed a bowl to start putting some food on it as he motioned the others to come close and his hyung took the opportunity to go to the bathroom. “Did you guys already eat?”

“Yeah, we took a late breakfast, I think we are both full, right Sunggyu?”

“Full.” Sunggyu said but when he eyed the bowl that Woohyun was supposed to eat he made a face. “Ew.”

“Sunggyu.” Sungjong gave a warning glare at his little bro. “It's not you that will eat the food so shut it.” Although Sungjong used some authority on the kid, he hadn't even used half of the harshness that Sungyeol used on him, just the exact amount for the kid to obey.

“Let me guess, he doesn't like the vegetables?” Moonsoo chuckled and Sungjong sighed tiredly as everyone settled at the table.

“Yes, he was a very picky eater since he started with solid food.” He explained then eyed Woohyun that had been quiet till then, the kid had his small hands put together and look as if he was praying. “What is he doing?”

“Well, when I was his age I didn't like eating too, but now I'm just this big glutton.” Moonsoo smiled to himself. Then looked at what his nephew was doing. “Ahn, he is, um, for the lack of a better word, praying.”

“Is your family religious, like going to the church kind of family?” Sungjong asked and now he could see a point that Sungyeol didn't like in this family.

Moonsoo just snorted and put some food in his bowl. “Last time anyone of our family went to church was for Woohyun’s baptism.”

“Then why is he... praying if you're not into these kinds of stuff.” The teenager asked in curiosity although Sunggyu seemed to find this pretty normal already and just waited for his friend to finish it.

“He is not actually praying. He does this when he is sending a message to his mom.” Moonsoo explained and Woohyun finally ended his prayers, or whatever was that he was doing, and explained things himself as he reached for his chopsticks that he surprisingly could skillfully hold like an adult.

“Dad said mom watches me closely when I eat, so every time I send messages to her so she can know how I'm doing. I told her that I was very, very happy that hyung is here and that I wish I could introduce hyung to her.” He picked the biggest carrot with his chopsticks.

“So, she's...” Sungjong left the question unfinished but Moonsoo understood really well what he meant.

“Let's not talk about this, it's a sensitive topic for all of us.” He ended that topic before Woohyun got distracted from the food and understood what they were talking about.

“Mom is happy because I like vegetables.” He continued. “Hyung, do you want to try?” Woohyun moved his chopsticks in Sunggyu’s direction but the elder boy shook his head in desperation, he really didn't like vegetables. “But this is tasty.” The younger insisted but since Sunggyu gave a similar reaction he decided to give up.

The next few minutes consisted into Sungjong and Sunggyu watching the uncle-nephew pair eating while they talked here and there. Woohyun and Sunggyu were in their own world, already playing some kind of guessing game through lunch while the maknae of them all ate, and Moonsoo was trying to explain that what Sungyeol said to Myungsoo based on a heavy judgment left Myungsoo extremely angry because Woohyun was labeled as this loud and unmannerly kid when he actually wasn't. Well, he had his moments of loudness, but which kid didn't have those?

While that happened Sungjong observed the boys. At first he didn't think Woohyun would eat the vegetables, but the boy surprised him by eating them first, then he didn't think Woohyun would be able to eat without dirtying himself, or his clothes, a bit, but here he was all clean while eating completely alone. He also didn't think Woohyun could handle the amount of food it was placed for him but here he was with his bowl clean, he even got up to put the bowl near the sink. He looked at Sunggyu, that didn't have a clue to what his hyung was thinking, gosh he had so much work to do with this one until he reached this level.

Myungsoo appeared with semi dried hair right after Woohyun placed his bowl on the sink, he praised Woohyun with some hair ruffling and told him his mother would be proud of him, a thing that made the younger beaming. He told the kid to go brush his teeth so he would be free to play in his room since the adults had to talk in the living room, and the two boys scurried off from the living room shortly after.

“So..” Myungsoo started as he sat at the table and placed semi cold food on a bowl to eat and Moonsoo excused himself for a bath. “Please explain this situation better because the more I think the more I can't understand why your brother is so against the kids’ friendship. I don't want to label him, but I'm pretty sure he is having some prejudice, maybe because I'm young.”

Sungjong scratched his nape awkwardly. “I don't think I'm fully aware of what's going on in his head because we couldn't still talk about this much without me having the urge to kill him.” Myungsoo raised an amused brow at this. “But what I could gather... I'm sure there's some prejudice because you're a young dad, he thinks you're dumb and irresponsible to have a kid in your teens and a person that did that doesn't have the right to give him advice on anything, not to mention that apparently, Sunggyu tried to get help from you when you met and I think he got a bit jealous”.

Myungsoo stopped his chopstick midway from his mouth, looked at Sungjong then put them down. “You're blunt.”

“Sorry.”

“It's ok, I've heard it worse.” He shrugged and picked up his chopsticks again. “What do you think of that?” He asked to test Sungjong before he put some food inside his mouth and eyed the teenager sharply.

“Well...” Sungjong hesitated, he knew he was being tested. “In this day and age, people are more informed about contraceptive methods, right? Still, it can happen, and it's admirable that you took responsibility and take care of him alone.”

“You talk as if Woohyun was a mistake, but let me tell you something, he wasn't. I chose to be his father and he was very much anticipated.” Sungjong was taken aback by this, what sane teenager would want to have a baby? “And yes, being a parent is a difficult thing when you are a full adult with responsibilities, but when you're a teenager it's even more, not to mention the heavy amount of judging I get weights on that. The trick is that I make myself accessible to Woohyun, and when educating him I explain what he can and cannot do and why therefore he had never given me the kinds of trouble Sunggyu was putting up when I met them. And, because he was attaching himself to me, I tried giving Sungyeol-shi some advice because dragging and forcing the kid so violently like he was doing was only making Sunggyu more upset. I didn't mean to force my opinion or lecture him and if he had told me so I would have apologized, but the way he told us off was very harsh, he criticized my way of educating my son, his manners and our beliefs, and, yes Woohyun was a bit loud too early in the morning and talked back at me, but this was the result of excitement, he couldn't wait to go to school for the first time ever, so I wouldn't complain about his behavior when in any other situation he bows, obeys and asks for permission. I'm not trying to say Woohyun is better than Sunggyu, my point here is that we're more than what meet the eyes and your brother should think about that before going on making harsh accusations and hindering the beginning of a beautiful friendship out of prejudice.”

Myungsoo was surprisingly calm when he talked, a thing that made Sungjong feel second hand guilt. Sungyeol hyung, this guy only tried to help you! The younger promptly bowed for the one in front of him, he didn't know what else to do. “Get up, you didn't do anything to me so there isn't any need to apologize.” Myungsoo said with a sigh and Sungjong sat straight again.

“I know, but I still think you deserve an apology from my family mainly because my older brother is being dumb and having some prejudice when he should be kissing the floor you walk on.” Myungsoo frowned and Sungjong hesitated a bit but decided to explain. “I know this doesn't excuse anything but Sungyeol hyung hasn't had it easy in the past year. First of all, Sunggyu has a different father than us so when mom remarried and had him, Sungyeol hyung didn't have much contact with him. Our dad died a couple of years back and that sort of took a toll on hyung because they were close and when he was recovering himself, about a year ago, there was an accident and…. Well, Gyu became an orphan.”

“I'm sorry to hear that. When I briefly talked about Woohyun’s mom, when Sungyeol-shi gave us a ride, I noticed that this was a sensitive topic, but I didn't know that after a year this would have such impact still.” Myungsoo said genuinely guilty.

“It's ok, it's not a sensitive topic for me, I cried and talked about it and that was it. I had college entrance tests to take and I had to focus, so I got it over faster than my brothers. The thing is Sungyeol is the oldest so, because he has a stable job and is the closest kin alive, he is responsible for finishing raising us. Not that he has anything to worry about me, but he is completely clueless with Sunggyu, and people in general for other reasons. He has a busy life but he has taken up on himself to handle every responsibility and I think he didn't have proper time to mourn.”

Myungsoo raised a brow when Sungjong talked about Sungyeol being clueless with people but when Sungjong talked about having time to mourn he guessed that had to do with the conversation between Sungyeol and that teacher he managed to hear on Monday.

“And Sunggyu got depressed this year, imagine, you lose your parents and have to live with a person that you barely know and that person is not understanding and can barely deal with you, this is why he barely talks nowadays, though with Sungyeol hyung he doesn't talk at all.” Sungjong ranted and Myungsoo stayed in silence and waited until the younger sighed.

“I ranted too much.”

“It's ok.” Myungsoo assured him with an understanding look.

“I'm just... I heard your son talks a lot and, if Sunggyu decided to befriend him, he will definitely open up more. This should be celebrated, but, instead, Sungyeol hyung is afraid that Gyu will learn bad stuff from Woohyun when he is the very reason of why Sunggyu throws so many tantrums with him.” Sungjong finished frustrated. “He is a ball of fluff with me though.”

Myungsoo sighed. “Look, we moved from the other side of the city so Woohyun doesn't have friends here. I have nothing against Sunggyu, and I would be pleased if the two could get closer, but your brother is in charge and I don't want more trouble in our plate. I want to let them play together but your brother...” Myungsoo was saying and Sungjong suddenly interrupted.

“He doesn't need to know! Every Saturday he goes out so we can let the kids play while he is gone.” The younger spilled his plan.

“So you're telling me you want me to let them play without your hyung knowing?” Myungsoo frowned. “I think this will end up in a mess.”

“Hyung will never find out and I... I just want have my baby brother happier, and if he is happier I think he will behave more and that will mean Sungyeol hyung can relax a bit more too.” Sungjong said and the other hesitated.

“But how do you suggest doing this? I really don't want more problems with your brother.”

“First of all I can only bring Sunggyu once Sungyeol hyung is out, I can bring him here or Woohyun can come over or we can take them out. I don't know. He usually texts me when he's coming back so I can take Sunggyu back when that happens. Please, Myungsoo-shi, I can even babysit Woohyun for you if you need to go somewhere anytime.”

“Humm, since you put it that way...I'll trust you because Moonsoo vouched for you, but if something goes wrong, and my kid ends up crying, I'll skin you both alive.” Myungsoo threatened but spoke with a playful tone.

“Thank you, thank you! I'm so glad you're reasonable.” Sungjong said relieved and Moonsoo arrived at the living room completely bathed and with a backpack.

“So you two talked this situation out?”

“Yeah.” Myungsoo gave his brother a half smile.

“That's a relief to hear. I peeked at Woohyun’s room and they are animatedly discussing the best way to build a house with Woohyun’s Legos.” Moonsoo chuckled. “Hyung, I wanted to stay more but I agreed to meet up with my high school friends so I have to go.”

“Sure Moonsoo. Thank you for the help today.”

“Do you want a ride back to the dorm Sungjong?” The younger Kim turned to his classmate.

“Oh, no, I have to go grocery shopping later.” Sungjong politely refused although he dreaded this a bit, shopping was cool, grocery shopping? Not so much.

“Do you want a ride to the market then?” Moonsoo insisted.

“I don't know, I think...” Sungjong felt like blushing, though he wasn't one that blushed that easily.

“You can go if you want, I'll watch Sunggyu.” Myungsoo assured. “If your brother comes back too soon I can sneak the boys out of the building and take them where you are. You just need to text me the address.”

“You're too good to be true. THANK YOU!”

When Sungjong and Moonsoo left, Myungsoo went to play with the kids and Sunggyu became utterly awkward. Woohyun had promptly sat comfortably in his dad’s lap and then let the elder guide him and just encourage them in their plays. Sunggyu was jealous that his friend could do that, he used to escalate his parent's bodies when they were alive and he loved doing that, but, since their death, Sungjong got busy with studying and Sungyeol never approached him to play so it's been a long while since he interacted with someone like that.

Sunggyu, let's put the roof together. Myungsoo encouraged and placed a couple of bricks into the younger hand. The boy blinked a few times but picked one and placed on top of the building. “Sunggyu-ah, if you put this way the roof will leak with water once it rains, what if we can put more to the side so there'll be more space to other roof bricks?” Myungsoo suggested softly and hesitantly Sunggyu took the brick out and placed it again like Myungsoo had suggested.

“Like this?” He asked shyly.

“Yeah, like this, wow, you're so smart, you pick up things so fast.” He ruffled the boy hair fondly like he often did to Woohyun and Sunggyu was almost crying in delight, this! This! He wanted his hyungs to do this to him! And often too! Myungsoo chuckled to himself and directed his words to his son. “Isn't your friend smart Woohyunnie?”

“Yeah~.” The kid said with sleep evident in his voice, after calming down after waking up early and playing soccer all morning, he needed a little sleep to fill his battery.

“You're so sleepy.” Myungsoo smiled and coaxed the boy that was fighting sleep hard to get up. “Let's take a little nap.”

“No daddy, Sunggyu hyung is here to play. We should take advantage of that.”

“Sunggyu can take a nap too because his brother will only come to pick him up later, you two can sleep together in my bed.” Myungsoo offered and Woohyun couldn't really fight his sleep anymore and ended up nodding.

“Daddy’s bed is the best hyung, it's so big, you'll like it.”

Myungsoo scooped his son in his arms and grabbed Sunggyu’s hand before he pulled the two of them in his simple room and then into his bed. He gave the two of them a kiss in their cheeks and went out of the room, quietly closing the door behind him. Silence filled the room and it didn't take long for Woohyun sleep, Sunggyu though didn't have the same luck, he wasn't the one playing sports all morning.

“Woohyunnie?” He called awkwardly and Woohyun moved a bit when he heard his name but didn't wake up. Sunggyu then slowly sat on the bed and looked at Woohyun’s little face to confirm what he already knew: the other boy was sleeping.

Sunggyu looked around, there was nothing for him to do or play silently with, he didn't want to sleep, but he didn't want to wake up his friend either, the boy seemed like he needed some sleep. He started to feel anxious about being the only one not asleep in an unknown room, so he decided to go find Woohyun’s daddy for a company, maybe he could turn on the TV so he could watch while he waited for Sungjong, it was something that his eldest hyung did when he wanted Sunggyu quiet.

Woohyun’s daddy wasn't in the living room but he heard noises coming from the kitchen so Sunggyu directed himself carefully towards there. At first, the adult that was washing the lunch bowls, didn't notice him and Sunggyu worried by the door if he was allowed to disturb him, would he be punished by Woohyun daddy the way Sungyeol did? He was deeply thinking about that until Myungsoo finally closed the faucet and turned around only to see Sunggyu fumbling with his fingers and furrowing his brows.

“Oh my god, you scared me!” Myungsoo put the hand on his chest to calm his poor heart.

“Sorry.” Sunggyu bit his lips and gave tons of bows and Myungsoo hurried and squatted beside him.

“You don't need to apologize.” He said softly.

“Isn't ajusshi mad?” Sunggyu asked hesitantly.

“No.” Myungsoo said with a smile. “It was a scare and that's all. But I'm not old therefore I'm not an ajusshi, you can call me hyung ok?” Sunggyu hesitantly nodded but he earned himself hair ruffling out of nowhere, he was so surprised and a bit jealous, why his older hyung couldn't be just a bit like this. “You couldn't sleep right?” Myungsoo voice brought him back to reality and Sunggyu shook his head.

“Then we should do something together.” Myungsoo hummed for himself and Sunggyu jaw opened in surprise; if this was Sungyeol he would just send Sunggyu to his room instead of offering to play. “Do you want to play with Lego again?” Sunggyu shook his head again, he thought that maybe Woohyunnie would get mad if he played with his toys without permission. “Hum... Woohyunnie is sleeping because he is tired so we shouldn't wake him up, what do we do?” He wondered then snapped his fingers together when an idea came to him.

He gently pulled Sunggyu to the living room and sat him on the couch only to disappear for a second to grab his tablet and then sit close to Sunggyu. He showed the big screen to the boy and put a game for them to play. Sunggyu thought that his friend’s dad would get bored easily and leave him playing alone after some time, but no, the guy gave ALL his attention to him, he got praised and hugged and encouraged all the time, he felt so nice that he didn't want to go back home when Sungjong came to pick him up.

“Gyu-ah, we have to go, Sungyeol hyung will get mad if we're not home when he comes back. Don't you want to come back here to play again?” Sungjong had asked Sunggyu bit his lips to think.

“You can come next week for Woohyunnie’s birthday.” Myungsoo offered. “I'll invite my family and we'll have a cake, you can be our guest of honor.”

Sunggyu gasped, that sounded so important, he definitely had to come back on Woohyunnie’s birthday, but to be allowed he should go right now. He felt sad to leave before saying goodbye to his friend but if Woohyun’s daddy said it was fine Sunggyu would believe it, this hyung was so nice, he couldn't possibly be lying right?

They walked to their apartment and Sungjong ushered Sunggyu for a bath, when he was done they moved towards the small kitchen where Sungjong was making a simple dinner and talking to his brother.

“Then if Sungyeol hyung asks what do we say about our afternoon?” The elder asked.

“I don't want to talk to scary hyung.” Sunggyu said simply and Sungjong sighed tiredly, he was about to lightly scold Sunggyu for not talking to Sungyeol properly when it occurred to him that if Sunggyu didn't talk to Sungyeol he wouldn't spill things right?

“Still, if you ever talk to him you should say we went grocery shopping and watched movies on Netflix. Lying is not good but it is the only way you can play with Woohyunnie on the weekends.” He concluded and Sunggyu nodded agreeing. “But how was the afternoon, Sunggyu? Did you like playing with Woohyunnie?”

Sunggyu eyes grew big and he got excited. “It was amazing, Woohyunnie is so funny. We build a house with Lego and Woohyunnie’s daddy taught me how to place the roof and then Woohyunnie got sleepy and hyung put us to sleep, but I wasn't sleepy so I got out of the room and hyung and I played games together until you came, only me and him and...” As Sunggyu ranted in excitement Sungjong was very perplexed that Sunggyu engaging in such long rant but at the same time had his heart all squeezed in every way possible.

Sungjong was sure to give Sunggyu much love whenever he was around - although last year when he was preparing for College entrance tests he couldn't give his baby bro proper attention – but Sungyeol was an entirely different story so it seemed to him that the boy was craving for attention and a little hair ruffling and just some hours of attention had him beaming in happiness and...

Before he could even conclude his thoughts they heard the door open and Sunggyu promptly shut his little mouth, which made Sungjong snap back to reality and go greet his brother. “Good night hyung.” Sungjong said in a serious manner that clearly said 'you'll-hear-me-today'. Sungyeol didn't reply, he had his head cast down and he moved slowly and defeated. Sungjong knew that lately there was only one thing that was able to leave Sungyeol like this so he sighed deeply and asked. “Did you fight with that guy?”

Sungyeol froze for a second but turned around to face his brother and spoke as if he didn't hear the question, though what he said could have explained things a bit. “Did you two ate already? I'm sorry I arrived so late, I... went for a long walk to clear my head.” And in Sungjong’s mind that translated to 'yes, we fought', but Sungyeol didn't want to talk about that and that was clear.

“We are about to eat, Sunggyu is in the kitchen getting started, I hope. Do you want to join us?” The younger asked.

Sungyeol shook his head heavily. “I want to be by myself today so you two should use my room and I'll use Sunggyu's. If you still want to talk we can do it tomorrow.” With that Sungyeol went straight for Sunggyu’s bedroom and locked himself inside.

, Sungjong thought, something was very wrong, how was he supposed to solve the problems between his brothers when the elder looked like that? He could only hope that didn't hit the fan tomorrow, Sungyeol sometimes was very unpredictable.