.Chapter oo7.

Sungyeol knows that feeling, the feeling Moonsoo is experiencing right now. He also felt that when his dad announced that he and his mom are going to divorce, when his dad announced that he is marrying another woman, and when his dad announced that their real mom has died. That’s the feeling of confusion, anger and being left. It hurts really badly, especially for a little kid. Sungyeol got the hunch that Moonsoo will not handle it well when the kid started to answer back to his father. I mean, the kid doesn’t have any siblings to help and support him—not like him, he had Hoya to pick them up every time he and Sungjong felt lost. But real talk, the kid really has to know before it’s too late.

“Moonsoo-ya!” Sungyeol keeps calling for Moonsoo’s name when he tried searching to the kid’s room. He run out when he didn’t find what he’s looking for inside. Now, he’s walking in the corridor, thinking for the possible places where the kid would hide “If I were that brat, where would I be? Where does a spoiled brat hide?” His thoughts were disturbed by one of the twin’s voice calling for him

“Sungyeol-ah!” Daeryong run towards him and make a stop in front “I know where Moonsoo would stay” He smiled while panting “He’s at the art room”

“How did you know?” Sungyeol’s head tilted to the side

“Of course I know silly, I’ve been with him ever since” Then Daeryong’s smile faded a little as he looks at the corridor “That’s where his mom and him, used to always spend their free time”

Sungyeol nods and started running towards the art room. When he got to the place, he calmingly called for the child’s name as he enter. He heard a sniff from the corner, behind the huge unfinished painting, so he slowly walk towards there and peeks behind it. There he saw the kid hugging its knees and silently crying. He looks so fragile and weak, not like the first impression Sungyeol had saw in him

“Moonsoo-ya~” Sungyeol slowly push the painting to the side for him to get closer to the kid

Moonsoo looks up in shock “What’re you doing here? Get out!” He glared at the babysitter but Sungyeol ignored it and sits beside him. Moonsoo keeps glaring, but after noticing that the other is unaffected, he quits and looks at the opposite side. Hiding his face again.

Sungyeol in the other hand was too awed so let his eyes wonder to the whole room, looking at the paintings that Mrs. Kim had painted “Your mom sure do like painting stuff huh?” He ask out of the blue, unknowingly getting the kid’s attention. Moonsoo nodded but stayed quiet. “So you like painting too?”

Moonsoo sighed and stretched his legs on the floor “Yeah…”

“Well then” Sungyeol stands up and dust himself off “It’s been a long time since I last held a paint brush”

“Wh-what’re you doing?” Moonsoo watched as Sungyeol arranged a wooden canvas and search for paints and other things needed.

Sungyeol stops from collecting some other paints and look back “I’m going to paint isn’t obvious?”

“You can’t!” Moonsoo stands up from the floor “You can’t touch my mommy’s things!”

Sungyeol turns his back and scoffed “Moonsoo-ya, no one is gonna use it now, so before it was sent to oblivion, I’ll put it to better use”

Moonsoo bit his lower shaking lips and frown “Why are you so arrogant?!”

“Gee, I wonder why?” Sungyeol feign innocence making the kid scoffed back

Moonsoo walk towards the place where Sungyeol was standing and stops in front of the man. He swiftly takes the paint brush away from his babysitter and hides it on his back “No one will use this except me, If you want to paint go find your own brush” He stick out his tongue and run towards the wooden canvas along with the other paints “Sungyeol-ah, after school, I want to go back here and you’re coming with me, clear?” He place the things he got in the wooden chair and walks out of the room, leaving his babysitter behind.

‘I don’t know why I’m doing this but, thank goodness the brat seems okay’ Sungyeol smiled to himself before walking out and closing the door.

Sungyeol enters the school library during his lunch break to finish some of his homework, he stayed there for a couple of minutes until someone joined his table and sits at the chair in front of him

“Wassup Yeolster” Dongwoo whispered excitedly as he leaned forward

Sungyeol looks up and shook his head while grinning “What the hell are you doing here?”

Dongwoo chuckled and points at the other table, where their other friend, Nam Woohyun is sitting with books scattered all over his table

“What is Woohyun doing with all those books? Stop him before he hurt himself!” Sungyeol feign a panicked expression and Dongwoo forced himself to laugh silently

“Romeo there found his Juliet from one of his brother’s lunch meeting” Dongwoo keeps chuckling as they watch Woohyun seriously reading the book he’s holding “His Juliet is a little high-class, and doesn’t want to do anything with him unless he’s a successful man”

“Oh my god that Juliet is a meanie” Sungyeol grins again and then looks at his friend in front of him “By the way Dongwoo” The said man looks at him innocently “How’s my brother?”

Dongwoo grins too and shrugs his shoulders “He’s well taking care of, how about you, how’s the babysitting job?”

“Oh...so-so, the kid is slowly opening up to me…I guess?” Sungyeol pouts and goes back to taking down notes

The both of them became quiet, Sungyeol continue doing his homework while Dongwoo plays with his phone. Time flies so fast that they didn’t noticed their lunch break is almost over. Sungyeol’s phone vibrated in the table, reminding him of his next class, so he pack his things into his backpack then looks at his friend who’s already standing with its bag hanging on his shoulder

“What’s your next class?” Sungyeol ask as they both walk towards the other table where Woohyun is packing

“I have free time till four in the afternoon, planning to go to the nearest dance studio”

Sungyeol nods “I see…what about Romeo?”

“I don’t have class for this afternoon, but my mom wants me to go home early to for my piano lesson” Woohyun sigh heavily as he joined their conversation then motioned his friends to start walking

“Didn’t know you continue your piano lesson, thought you’ll do everything to stay away from that” Dongwoo slightly laughed

“Well if I want Sunggyu to like me, then I should start to act according to my age” Woohyun rolled his eyes

“And that will help you how?” Sungyeol snorts

“Look, I heard Sunggyu likes people who can play instruments okay?”

“God hyun, you can sing, why need to play instruments? Do you have to do a recital before he say yes?” Sungyeol teases making Dongwoo laugh “And how can you be so sure that he’s into men?”

“Have my own source baby” Woohyun smirked, making his friends cringe

“You know what, bring that Sunggyu guy to our gig tonight, pretty sure his jaw will drop once he saw you rule the stage with your powerful vocal” Dongwoo suggests as they turn to walk up the stairs “And introduce him to us, maybe we can help you get him…right Yeol?” He elbows Sungyeol’s side. Sungyeol nods in agreement and gives a thumbs up to his friends.

Soon, they stopped in front of Sungyeol’s classroom and looks at each other before bidding their laters.

Moonsoo waited for Sungyeol in the art room, preparing the materials he needs for painting. He looks at the set of paintbrush his mommy gave him and smile sadly, he remembers the time when his mommy handed it to him as a birthday gift, then using it when they paint at noon. His eyes started to tear up as one of his precious memories started to flow, but the moment vanished as he heard his babysitter enter the room loudly, luckily for him, his back was facing the door, so he had the time to brush away the tears in his eyes before looking back and giving his babysitter a raise brow

“Finally you’re finish with the house chores” Moonsoo said as he sits at the chair in front of a canvas “Did you bring your own painting materials?” Sungyeol rolled his eyes and takes out his painting materials in his bag, he raise it in front of the kid to show that he did bring one. Moonsoo smirked and gets a hold of one of his brush “Good, so let’s start”

Sungyeol lazily place his canvas beside Moonsoo and take the seat in front of it “You know brat, you could’ve start painting while I’m still cooking”

Moonsoo stops from putting the colour blue in the painting pallete and remain to face his back from Sungyeol to hide his blushing face.

[A/N] I'm so sorry for the late update >.< my laptop suddenly gave up on me after posting the last update of this story, so I have to get it fix immediately. Good thing the person who fixed my laptop managed to save the files I have inside ;__; I'm so sorry again! >_<