Continuation.....................................................End of Chapter 4..........................

At this time, Minho stomps his feet loudly and clenches both of his hands tightly.
His whole demeanor has been engulfed with anger…

“Key… your friend is not good…
If this is the way how your friend describes me, so be it.
I think it is the only way to catch your attention…”

So on a daily basis, Minho would pester Key with either calling him randomly through the window while the latter’s busy painting, throwing balls or just anything stupid just to get Key’s attention.
As a result, Minho feels elated that he has gotten Key’s attention in a rather not appropriate manner but he does not care.

Key all those days Minho had been pestering him, he could not care less as he needed to finish an important task.
And today has arrived, Key has finished his entry for an international competition and let his refined sculpture masterpiece rests under the sun.
Done with locating a very good spot where he can let it dry for few minutes he could hear his childhood friend arriving and climbing the stairs calling him…

“Key…Key… how are you…
(hugs Key as soon as he enters the room
and immediately sees the sculptor)
Oh… so you all set for the competition…
I am praying you win…!”

“Thank you…
Have you just arrive…?”

“(shaking his head) No…
I ate lunch downstairs and they told me that
you are busy so they did not bother calling you to join me…”

“(nods) Yeah…
but I am done now and just letting my entry dry a bit…”

The entrance of Key’s friend is not helping Minho at all instead his presence adds fuel to the fire and so, he is about to do something despicable but then his phone rings…

“Minho here…Oh…
Nickhun, what is it…?
Tomorrow, not today as I need to do something…okay…
see you tomorrow…”

Minho inhales deeply after cutting the line and rashly run to the toy cupboard pulling out his best ally - the infamous - slingshot, goes back to check on Key and the boy and surveys his target.

“hhhmm… okay…
so you are there…fine…”

Minho gets a hard object places it in the rubber pocket pulls forcefully inward and searches for the target.
Assured of his target, releases the pocket and the horrendous moment happens to Minho…

“OH NO!!”

“What…? What happened…?”
Asks Key…

The boy raises his hand and taps at Key to look backward.
And so Key turns his head and astounded could not move watching his entry creation broken in pieces.
And thus, what comes next is Key’s soft winding bawl swallowing up the entire area…

“NNnnooooooo……
hhhoooooooowwwwww!!!
Why you must dooo thissss!”

Key runs to his creation and falls on his knees as he weeps lifts his face and shouts…

“Who did this??!!
Why is this happening to me…?
What have I done wrong to deserve this…?!!”

The boy moves closer and blurts out…

“HEY… YOU!
WHOEVER YOU ARE…
YOU RUINED KEY’S ENTRY TO THE COMPETITION!!”

The boy follows it up with a statement…

“I have a feeling it was Minho who did it…
remember the first letter he threw here
plus a lot of occurring incidents that followed.
I think he is also the one responsible for this…
Key, I think you need to do something
or more of these will happen in the future…”

No response is coming from Key’s lips but just a movement of hiding his head between his folded knees while seated on the floor.

“Key…
You can still join next year’s competition.
I am so sorry…”
Says the boy…

Key finally lifts his face up and gazes to his neighbor’s house – exactly at Minho’s room saying…

“I want to get out from here…
I cannot live a life peacefully here…
I want to leave this place…
I do not know what is happening…
I will tell Mom…”

Then Key stands up dazed and depressed to talk to his Mom, Tiffany.

Meanwhile soon as he hit the sculptor, a pang suddenly hits his chest and instantly feels guilty and worried of the outcome.

Then it hit him when he hears Key’s scream following the boy’s statement; Minho leaning his back against the wall slowly collapsing down on trembling body and chest pounding so hard in pain, utters…

“Oh…my…goodness…
what have I done…
(and cries hard softly calling
Key’s name asking for forgiveness)
I am so sorry Key…am so sorry…”

Chapter 4 Ends Here………

Chapter 5 Follows after two days....