Junhyung’s POV

I sat up giggling to myself. What a weird dream. I dreamt that Haneul pinned me onto the bed and started kissing me all over, and then we had a little fight over dominance. She won of course, but she called me Junnie Oppa.

“Ack!” Someone threw a cushion into my face.

I ought to feel angry, but for some reason today, I don’t feel pissed off at all.

“Stop giggling, Junhyung ah! Do you know you have been giggling all night!? You slept damn well, didn’t you? But all of us were kept awake!” Hyunseung groaned.

“I was?” I giggled to myself.

“Sorry.” I laughed.

“Stop it!” Hyunseung whined.

“Morning, Duckie.” I said, kissing the duckie.

“Oh my gosh not again~” Hyunseung rolled to the other side.

“Anyway, it’s morning. Wake up.” I kicked him slightly.

“Shut up, really.” He grumbled.

“Hey, wake up! Let’s go make breakfast.” I said.

“Make breakfast? Are you mad? I don’t even want to eat breakfast.” He mumbled.

“Yah~ Seob ah, wake up. Doojoon! Kikwang! Dongwoon!” I shook them.

They groaned and turned away.

“Come on, please~” I pleaded.

“Wha..t? Junhyung.. It’s ing 5.30AM. Have you gone nuts?” Doojoon mumbled.

“No. I’m just feeling really energized today.” I smiled.

“You’re the only one who is feeling energized. You go make breakfast on your own and shut up~” He scolded.

“Wake up or I’ll shout.” I threatened.

“Whatever.” Dongwoon groaned.

“YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!” I yelled.

And as I expected, it worked. They shot up instantly.

“SHUT UP! It’s 5.30AM for goodness!” Kikwang scolded.

“Very well, everyone is up now. GOOD MORNING! LET’S WASH UP AND MAKE BREAKFAST!” I clapped.

I personally dragged them out of bed and forced them out of the door.

“Are you sick?” Doojoon asked with half open eyes.

“No~” I smiled.

They stood at the sink with their heads down.

“DON’T DOZE OFF!!” I shouted.

“Junhyung being in a good mood is worse than the military. Junhyung being in a bad mood is worse than hell. Whatever mood he is in, we suffer~” I heard Yoseob mumble.

“What do you mean by suffer? On this bright sunny morning, shouldn’t we show our love to our fellow volunteers by making them breakfast hmm?” I asked, putting the toothbrush in his hand.

“Junhyung, if you’re not blind, it’s not bright and sunny yet.” Hyunseung said.

“Everything is bright to Junnie hyung now. Even if you throw him into a well, he’ll think it’s paradise. He’s delusional now.” Dongwoon mumble.

“Oh Dongwoon! You’re right for once! Would all of you hurry up!? Or do you wish for me to help you guys brush your teeth?” I offered.

“No no no! Please. The last time you did that, we all ended up with bleeding gums.” Doojoon said, suddenly very awake.

“Alright, I’m done. I’ll see you guys in the kitchen. You have twenty minutes!” I said as I skipped out of the toilet, towards the kitchen.

They were in the kitchen in fifteen minutes. How obedient~

“Isn’t it nice to wake up early and make food for others?” I said as I knead the dough.

“I hope you remember you said this sentence for the rest of your life. You’ll be in charge of breakfast from now on.” Hyunseung said.

I shrugged my shoulders and continued with my work.

We chatted as we cooked. At 7.30AM, people started coming.

“Oh! You guys are up!?” One of them said.

“Hi! Good morning! Slept well?” I asked, handing him a cup of water.

“Erm… Thanks..” He smiled awkwardly.

“No problem. Breakfast will be served in a few minutes.” I said.

“You all cooked!?” Another looked at me with wide eyes.

“What’s wrong?” Yoseob asked.

“No no.. I mean.. It’s just.. Wah~ Beast cooked for us.” She giggled.

“Didn’t Haneul… I mean, Skye, say that everyone here is equal?” I smiled.

“We thought we had to cook our own food this morning.” One said as we ate.

“Why?” Doojoon asked.

“Skye’s not awake.” He said.

“Oh yea. Where is she? She’s still sleeping?” I asked.

“I went to check just now and she is indeed still asleep. I think we’ll see her in the afternoon.” He smiled.

“Why?” I asked.

“What why?” He looked at me.

“I mean, why afternoon?” I asked.

“Because that’s when she’ll wake up? She haven’t been sleeping well for the past few days, but last night she seemed like she went to bed in a really happy mood, so I guess she’ll sleep till noon.” He explained.

“How did you know she was in a happy mood when she went to sleep?” I asked, feeling a little uncomfortable at the fact he knew more than I did.

Doojoon stepped on my foot and glared at me.

“I saw her outside before she slept. She was smiling widely.” He said.

“Oh. I see. Then erm.. Keep some food for her!” I said.

“Sure.” They smiled.

“Don’t be too obvious.” Hyunseung whispered.

After breakfast, I took some bread and headed to Haneul’s hut.

I let myself in and found her still asleep soundly, hugging the Donald Duck in her arms.

“Cute~” I said softly, poking her cheek lightly.

“Sleep well.” I whispered.

I left the bread beside her before heading out.

Haneul’s POV

I woke up feeling really good. I stretched and smiled to myself.

“Good morning, Haneul~” I greeted myself.

“Good morning, Duckie.” I kissed the soft toy.

It’s been long since I slept so well. I looked around and saw a plate of bread near me.

“Who is the sweetheart?” I asked myself as I took a small bite of the bread.

I went to wash up before coming back to finish the food. I called Jace and chatted with him for awhile before going out.

“Your daughter wants to speak to you. Wait huh~” He said.

“UMMA!!!!!” The small voice whined.

“Yes, Darling? How is my baby girl?” I asked.

“UMMA I MISH YOU!” I could picture her pouting.

“I miss you too, baby.” I said.

“Come home, Umma!” She whined.

“Soon! Umma will be home next weekend.” I said.

“NOW!!!!!!!!!!!” She insisted.

“Hahahaha~ You’re a good girl, right? Remember what I said before I left?” I asked.

“But.. now…” She said softly.

“Be a good girl and time will pass really quickly.” I said.

“Okay.” She mumbled.

“Hand the phone back to Daddy.” I said.

“How have you been?” I asked Jace.

“Not good at all! Come back quick! They are killing me!” He yelled.

“Hahahaha! Who ask you to not spend enough time with them? See! This happen now! I’m giving you the chance to make up to them!” I laughed.

“They are out to bully me!” He complained.

“Don’t you dare complain about them!” I warned.

“Fine, fine. Anyway, I heard about Junhyung. Is he okay?” He asked.

“Oh, he’s fine. Wah, thank God, seriously.” I said.

“Anything I missed?” He asked.

“Like what?” I asked.

“I don’t know. You and him.” He said.

“He… asked me if he still has a chance.” I said.

“Of course not!” Jace said.

“Yah! Jace! Tsk!” I frowned.

“He’s pretty thick skinned, isn’t he? After what he did, he still dare have hopes?” Jace said.

“He lost his memory! What is your problem? And you lied to him, I still have not get back at you for that.” I said.

“I know your heart, Skye. You are already on your own back to him. Correction, you’ve never left! But you need to think it through. If you have to, make things difficult for him, then like this he would treasure.” He said.

“So are you saying you’re okay with it?” I asked.

“I’m not. But what can I do?” He asked.

“Hee~ But… I wonder if he’ll accept them.” I said.

“Who? The kids? If he doesn’t, then which part of him is worth you going back to?” He asked.

“None. But.. what if the kids don’t accept him?” I asked.

“That one, he needs to figure it out himself.” He said.

“I think he’ll do fine.” I said.

“I don’t know about that. What sort of kids like people who looks like gangsters?” Jace said.

“JUNHYUNG DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A GANGSTER!” I shouted.

“Oh yes yes~ He looks like a little brown bear, doesn’t he? Oh, so cute.” Jace said sarcastically.

“Shut up~ I’m hanging up. Gotta go.” I said.

“Alright, be well. YAH! KIDS! COME! SAY GOODBYE TO MUMMY!” He yelled.

“Stop yelling at them. I hope they jump on you and break your ribs.” I said.

“BYE BYE MUMMY!!! SEE YOU SOON!!!” They shouted in unison.

Two kids but they sound like ten.

“Bye, babies.” I laughed before hanging up.

***

“GOOD MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” I yelled as I approached the dining area.

“Morning~” They waved at me.

“Sit here.” Junhyung said, pulling a chair for me.

“Half the day is gone and our leader says ‘Good Morning’. What a joke.” The idiot scoffed.

I was in a good mood, so nothing could dampen my mood.

Junhyung suddenly rubbed his ears.

“Why?” I asked.

“There’s a really annoying buzzing fly.” He said.

“Buzzing fly?” Hyunseung asked.

“Yea, it’s so annoying. Don’t you guys hear it.” He asked.

“There’s no fly here, Junhyung ah.” I said.

“Freak.” That idiot mumbled.

“There, there! Don’t you hear it!?” Junhyung said, rubbing his ear.

“Ahhh Junhyung, it’s not a fly! It’s just him!” I pointed at the idiot.

His expression darkened. He gripped his spoon so tight I think it may bend.

“Really? It’s him?” Junhyung asked innocently.

“Damn it.” That idiot mumbled.

“Ahh ya ya! Oh, I’m so sorry. I didn’t know it’s you. I thought it was a fly since it’s so annoying.” Junhyung said apologetically.

Everyone at the table tried to hold in their laughter. The idiot was controlling himself from flaring up, I could tell. Junhyung shrugged his shoulders innocently. We hi-fived secretly under the table. The others were secretly showing thumbs up to Junhyung.

“Someone left me bread this morning. Who is that sweetheart?” I asked.

Everyone looked at each other, confused. Except for the Beast boys who were smiling to themselves.

“You all?” I asked them.

Kikwang pointed to Junhyung.

“You?” I asked.

Junhyung had his head down, he was giggling.

“I take back the sweetheart.” I .

“YAH!? WHY!?” He pouted.

“Because I feel like it?” I laughed.

“Return it to me!” He whined.

“No~” I smiled.

“Shut up. Your voice hurts my ears.” That idiot glared at Junhyung.

“No, I think his voice is melody to our ears, don’t you all agree?” One of the girl said.

Everyone else nodded.

“A group of idiots.” He said, slamming his spoon on the table.

“Why are you greeting yourself?” Yoseob asked.

“YAH! YOU!” He stood up, wanting to grab Yoseob.

“Excuse me.” Kikwang shielded Yoseob.

Kikwang was in a tank top, so his muscles were showing. It must have scared that idiot because he backed down and stomped off. When he left, everyone laughed and cheered.

“Our Kikwang here, his muscles are really for viewing purposes only. At times like this, it definitely works.” Doojoon said, poking Kikwang’s arm.

“Yah! I’m really strong!” Kikwang pouted.

“Oh yes, really strong.” Hyunseung teased.

After food, we got down to work. I helped them in the building area since there were nothing much for me to do. Junhyung and I were at the corner, building our part. We kept playing with the cement, making figurines out of it.

“This is Kikwang.” He said, dropping a lump of cement on the arm to make Kikwang’s muscles. The cement must be too heavy because Kikwang’s arm broke.

“OH NO!” I covered my mouth.

“That’s why we say, his muscles is for viewing purposes only. When heavy stuff comes, he can’t handle it at all.” He laughed.

We tried to stick Kikwang’s arm back but it ended up even worse. His head rolled off. We laughed like crazy, attracting attention from the others.

“Would you two lunatics stop playing!?” Doojoon scolded.

“Kikwang!!!” I pointed as I laughed.

“Wae?” Kikwang asked, sticking his head out from the back.

Junhyung and I were laughing so hard we couldn’t speak.

“YAH! LOONIES!!” Doojoon shouted.

“Sorry sorry.” We apologized.

We got back down to work, but a few minutes later, we started making Doojoon.

“He’s grumpy today, so like this.” Junhyung said, using his nail to carve Doojoon’s mouth.

“Yah! It’s slanted!” I slapped his arm lightly.

“It’s correct. He’s fuming mad and this is when his blood pressure goes up too high.” Junhyung said, as a matter of fact.

“Do you feel weird?” I whispered to Junhyung.

“Yes. Like.. Someone is..” He mumbled.

We turned back slowly and screamed when we saw Doojoon staring at us with his arms crossed.

“What are you two doing?” He asked like a father.

“Making.. something.” I stuttered.

“What thing?” He asked.

“We were just making… you. See!” Junhyung pointed.

The part where ‘Doojoon’ once stood was now just a slab of grey cement.

“Where is Doojoon!?” Junhyung yelled.

“I think you flattened him.” I pointed to Junhyung’s palm.

Junhyung looked at his palm, then back at me.

“Sorry.” He apologized to Doojoon like a kid, trying to hold in his laughter.

“Oh my goodness.” Doojoon covered his face, but I could tell he was laughing.

Junhyung and I were a laughing mess.

“Carry on, carry on. Have fun. Whatever. Just don’t fight.” Doojoon shook his head, giving up.

“We’re not playing!” Junhyung and I yelled in unison.

“Yeah right!” They shouted back.

“We’ll leave your part untouched. When the school is complete and the kids ask why is this part of the wall like this, we’ll all point fingers at you.” Yoseob said.

“What do you know about walls, Seob ah?” Junhyung said seriously.

“What do you know then?” Yoseob replied.

“This! This wonderful part here! Haneul and I spent so much time thinking and discussing, and we finally came up with it! How can you insult us like this?” Junhyung said.

I looked at Junhyung weirdly. What did we discuss?

“Fine, explain. What in the world is that? A broken wall?” Hyunseung said.

“The kids here are poor and we know almost all of them would not be able to have a chance to visit Rome.” Junhyung explained seriously.

They crossed their arms, waiting for Junhyung to finish.

“So! Thanks to our brilliant minds! We came up with this!” Junhyung said, pointing at the unfinished wall.

“WE BROUGHT THE COLOSSEUM TO THEM RIGHT HERE IN THEIR VERY OWN CLASSROOM!!!” Junhyung said excitedly.

The boys were dumbfounded, so was I. They looked at each other with dropped jaws.

Junhyung smiled in victory.

“GENIUS!” I clapped.

Junhyung and I hi-fived.

“Alright, so genius, what are you going to build next?” Doojoon asked.

“THE 63 BUILDING!” I yelled.

“They need to know that it is Koreans who built their school!” I smiled.

“Yes!” Junhyung pat my head.

“Better make sure it looks like it.” Doojoon said.

They shook their heads and got back down to work.

“Let’s make another Doojoon first.” Junhyung whispered.

“Doojoon thirty years down the road.” I whispered back.

“Old, grumpy and wrinkly.” He whispered.

“Then we can make Seungho hyung as well, so the two grumpy men will not be lonely.” He continued.

“And we’ll also make an old age home.” I whispered.

“Only for them. With huge metal gates and big padlocks.” He whispered.

“And no keys.” I said.

“Why?” He asked.

“Because with keys, they can escape.” I whispered.

“Oh right. And we’ll all be in danger. Smart girl~” He poked my cheek.

“Of course. Ahh, what should the name of the home be?” I asked.

“Erm… Home for the grumpy.” He suggested.

“Okay okay.” We nodded excitedly.

“YAH!!!!” Doojoon’s voice boomed.

We bit our lips and giggled under our breath.

“Maybe it should be called Home for the naggy.” Junhyung whispered.

I nodded.

“Naggy and grumpy.” I said.

“What a long name.” He mumbled.

“We can use acronyms. H F T G N.” I said.

“Then when we have more, we can just add the alphabet. Good idea.” He smiled.

We hi-fived and started building. 

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How Junnie and Haneul are behaving~ Hahaha...