TWENTY-FIVE

The Impossible | CLOSED.

“Think you can stay here and I can go to the restroom real quick?” Minho just nods, and Sulli makes her way towards where the restrooms is at. Along the way, Sulli had stopped at the sound of a little boy, who’s uncontrollably crying and wailing at the top of his lungs reaching her ears. The little boy had seemed lost and no one seems to be helping him or caring at all.

 

That thought pained Sulli, the boy was clearly in distraught after being separated by his companion - whether it be his mom or whoever he was with prior - and seeing the little boy cry had brought her back to when she was similarly around the same age and she had gotten lost too. So at that moment, Sulli decided she doesn’t really need to go to the restroom anymore – helping the little lost boy is more important.

 

Thankfully, the crying subsided just a bit as the little boy had seemed to have grown tired and was now rubbing his eyes with his little fists. Sulli had by now reached where he was at and slowly approached him though she was a little wary of how his reaction will be.

 

“Hey buddy. Do you know where you are?” Sulli asks calmly, having a safe distance between the little boy yet still close enough as she bends down to his height. The little boy had then stopped rubbing his eyes and perked up when he heard Sulli’s voice. There were still very few remnants of tears in his eyes and Sulli’s heart just continues to break.

 

“Yeah...I’m at the fair but...I lost my mommy.” The boy hiccups, his lips in a pout and all Sulli wants to do is to coo at him and hug him, tell him it’s alright.

 

“Do you remember where you last saw her? How did you get lost?” Sulli continues to ask. The boys hiccups were less frequent but he still had a small pout and Sulli couldn’t help but put melt at how cute he looks with his cheeks puffed out and lips jutted out. It was adorable.

 

“I remember holding her hand but then...I saw something from a different game booth and then when I turned back, she wasn’t there anymore.” The little boy says as Sulli picks up on his distress once more and she could tell the waterworks were coming again.

 

“Oh..okay...I see. If you allow me, I can help you find your mommy. Do you want that?” As those words slip out of Sulli, the little boy eye’s started to twinkle. Though a quick moment after, it seemed as if he was caving back in his shell again.

 

“But mommy said not to go with strangers.” His small eyebrows furrowed a little and Sulli couldn’t contain her small laugh. She was absolutely endeared.

 

“You’re a good boy, aren’t you? You listen to your mommy very well. Your mommy is right, you should never go strangers but I’m a good stranger because I’m going to help you find your mommy. That’s good right? Though, not all strangers are like me and that also doesn’t mean you should always go with them. I’m just going to help you out, okay?” Sulli smiles, the pout was still on his face and his brows still in a furrow but he seemed to understand .

 

“Okay.” The little boy nods, smiling just a bit and that’s all Sulli needs.

 

“Can you tell me your name? I’m Sulli.” She smiles.

 

“My name is Yoogeun and I’m five years old.” The little boy, Yoogeun, says quite proudly. Sulli beams as she stands up.

 

“Okay Yoogeunnie, let's go find your mommy.” Sulli says, smiling widely as she stretched out her hand and Yoogeun gladly takes.

 

 

“Minho, baby!”

 

Turning at the sound of the familiar voice, he was surprised to his girlfriend holding hands with a little boy. Minho didn’t expect to see this just yet but he was quite pleasantly surprised to have a thought of how their future would look like.

 

“Uh...baby, who’s this?” Minho points out as Sulli and Yoogeun reached where they were at. The little boy’s eyes grew big at the sight of someone else . Seeing the little boy up close, Minho seems to as that they were quite close. It was like seeing the younger version of himself but all at the same time, not quite.

 

“This little boy lost his mommy and I happened to find him crying as I walked towards the restroom. Go ahead introduce yourself – he’s still a little wary but he’s a sweet kid.” Sulli explains, a smile playing on her lips.

 

“Hi there bud, I’m Minho. I heard you lost your mommy?” Minho bends down to Yoogeun’s height to which the little boy began to hide behind Sulli’s legs. Sulli let out a small laugh, this was so cute.

 

“”Don’t be scared. I’m just like Sulli. We’ll help you find your mommy. What’s your name, bud?” Minho says, offering him a smile. Yoogeun peaks behind Sulli’s legs, wide eyes but he was also slowing coming out of his cave, slowly gaining some trust towards Minho.

 

“Yoogeun.” He peeps out, gently and almost a whisper.

 

“Well what do you say, Yoogeunnie? Let’s go find your mommy, yeah?” The little boy nodded excitedly and Minho couldn’t help but smile wider. Throughout this whole interaction, Sulli was absolutely endeared. It was so adorable

 

From then on, the trio had walked around the fair, asking Yoogeun if any of them looked familiar or if they were his mom and just asked him general questions. The couple would make jokes here and there, teasing him, to ease the tension and the little boy would laugh.

 

Soon enough, as they soon walked around the entire fair, a woman started to run towards them, yelling out  Yoogeun’s name, whilst holding what seemed to be his prizes. It didn’t take long before Yoogeun had done the same, letting go of both of their hands and running towards the same woman. Thankfully, there wasn’t that much people around where they were at, so Yoogeun ran to her in no trouble.

 

Once reaching each other, the mother and son duo hugged before Yoogeun told her who helped him out and walked towards Minho and Sulli. As the duo have reached the couple, the mother continuously bowed and said her thanks.

 

“Thank you so much for finding my little boy. I got so worried and scared when I felt that he wasn’t holding my hand anymore. It was my fault for not paying more attention. I’m sorry if I have troubled you.” The mom says.

 

“Oh no, it was no trouble at all. I saw him crying profusely and I had to help him. Bringing him back is the least that I can do. So really, it was no trouble. My boyfriend and I enjoyed his company. He’s a lovely kid.” Sulli says, smiling. The mother looks relieved, looks a little less stress free.

 

“Thank you again. Really.” Yoogeun’s mom bows yet again, smiling this time. Moments later, the mother and son had left but not before Yoogeun could give them both a hug. As they walked away, Yoogeun kept on turning around and waving at the couple to which they have waved back. Both of their hearts melted and they were both so endeared.

 

“Cute kid.” Minho says, a chuckle leaving his lips as the figure of Yoogeun disappearing with the crowd that was starting to fill.

 

“He is.” Sulli sighs quite dreamily, a smile leaving her lips.

 

 


 

 

A/N: oh my gosh, how long has it been? I’m sorry for taking this long to update (again). But I hope you enjoyed this nonetheless. This chapter goes quite back to th one of the original chapters  of the other version of this story.if you guys remember. (; to tell you honestly, I was originally gonna do another social media posts but that didn’t work out again (it didn’t fit right?) but yes! Finally another chapter! Thank you for reading!

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zangsia1 #1
Chapter 28: On a bias point of view, I would love if you can continue to write Minsul specially this one which you have trying to rewrite.

I think if you are to honor Sulli in your writing, I believe we as fans of Sulli would love it because you not only keep her memories alive for us but also honor her as a person, as a human being and for who she is, not as what people wants her to be.

We might not know Sulli personally but we know the Sulli as the little Jinri in her first drama, Ballad of Seodong.

She went to join F(x) and started in To The beautiful You. Yes, she is an actress but I believe there is a part of the role they play that are innate in them for them to be really effective and she was effective in those roles.

Writing is a passion as well as a talent, authornim. I believe writing about Sulli and/or using her as your character would not be in bad taste if you write with your heart and soul in it. I believe that even in people's stories we can hope that she could've a better life, one with happiness, one she did not get in real life. Not that it makes readers delusional but simply wishing also even if only in the stories, Sulli is happy, at peace and would not have felt lonely.

It is not about writing as if nothing happened, authornim. The reality of her passing will always be hanging in our minds, but writing or simply continuing stories you have already had with Sulli in mind I believe continuing would not be in bad taste. But that is an opinion of a fan, though a silent one (regretting that I should have been more vocal as a fan), I love her as her, quirky to some but to me she is the lovable Jinri I keep following.

My tip is to read up on Sulli as much as you can to know her better, maybe even reach out to her family if there is a possibility to contact them. Though I think it is more than to show respect to her family more than anything, I believe it is your right to continue writing about or with Sulli as your character as long as you honor your commitment to the readers and to yourself and to Sulli (even though she is no longer with us).

I believe that Sulli would not mind as you would write from your heart.

Hoping for the best that you can continue to have her living in your stories.
zangsia1 #2
Chapter 27: I feel heartbroken, almost numb too authornim, but I hope in time you will continue the story like I told some of the Minsul authors.

Keeping Sulli in our hearts now that she is gone is also important. AFF stories has helped me from that dark path that people we like or admire like Sulli and Jonghyun has went through because they no longer can cope with the depression or the sadness or simply the reality that verbal abuse then was so severe, only a few were really behind her. I think Lee Soman and SM is one of the saddest people now because they lost their angel too. I also wonder if the bashers are happy now that she is gone while we who love our angel is heartbroken. We will never get the chance to see her stand up from all the ashes and live the life she deserves. How her eonnies and oppas are now crying because of this loss. But I hope we will rally behind her after everything has passed and calmed down and celebrate her life even if only in stories in AFF. Maybe not now, but I hope all Minsul authors can come back and complete these stories about the Jinri we love.
tiffanychoi99
#3
Chapter 27: As much as i want you to continue the story ... but i really understand what you are feeling right now ... it's very tooo sudden ... :(((
danielalmh #4
Chapter 27: ??? Sulli is angel
jhanehojas #5
Chapter 25: everyday i always look up if you time to be updated ,hehe tnx again
jhanehojas #6
Chapter 26: love this chapter pls update again authornim,miss u much,hehe
zangsia1 #7
Chapter 26: Love this chapter thanks authornim!
samsomnear
#8
Chapter 25: A bit out of the story but when Minho thinks he loves seeing surprised look on ppl's face, it reminds me of minkey lol when he said he likes Kibum's cuteness when he bought him birthday gift. Okay back to the story, I really love reading your fluff authornim. I smiled like idiot reading this chapter. But does Minho know Sulli crushed on him before?! I guess I'll have to look forward to this hehe. Thank you so much for the update ^^
Spiritwarrior27 #9
Chapter 25: Really nice chapter, hope you update soon.
jhanehojas #10
Chapter 25: really sweet chap ,tnx authornim