“I cannot believe what my brother told me,” Kai looked close to exploding as he sat down heavily on the floor.

“What did he say?” Ari said casually, tossing her hair behind her so that it would not interfere with her ramen.

“He said that father was seeing a woman! UGH! That is why he was acting so lovey-dovey even with us. UGH!”

At that moment, the worker walked passed them with an annoyed face, shaking his head. He had already  gave up in trying making them sit on a chair like what normal people do but he guessed not.

Ari gives a giggle at that.

“Don’t be a baby Kai,” She looks over at him with that Junmyeon’s I know everything look, her lips turning up in a smirk like she was proud that she found out something that he was trying to hide so well.

“Oh god,” Kai says and face palms himself. “Now you are not going to let me live, are you?”

“Nope!” Ari says, taking out her chopsticks and rubbing them together. "Kai is such a great name. You should have told me earlier about this alias of yours."

“Anyhow,” she continues as she stirred her steaming noodles, “Aren’t you glad that your family had gotten so much better within this short period of time? I’m sure your father needed someone to share his problems with.”

Kai sighs at that and looks at his ramen. Maybe.

“But just because he is treating us better now doesn’t eradicate the fact that he beats us up all the time. It is going to be hard to trust