Beloved
My DearHis fingers drum impatiently on the steering wheel. Jongwoon hates it to be stuck in the rush hour, especially in the afternoon when he's on his way to pick up his little son from kindergarten. He feels always bad arriving there to figure that Ryeowook’s the last one, most of the times. But the little one never complains, greets him with the cutest smile and bubbles happily about his day. He has only one thought, while running his hand through his black hair - God, he loves this little sunshine so much.
Finally arriving, Jongwoon parks the car in front of the location and hurries into the building. After taking his little one's belongings from the cloakroom, he enters the garden where the children play. He is relieved to see that Ryeowook is not the last child today, but wonders why his little boy is sitting alone on a bench with a big pout on his cute face.
Leeteuk, Ryeowook’s teacher approaches the worried father. Expression soft and the voice clam as always, but today there is a little serious note in it. As far as Jongwoon can say, this teacher is very kind and gentle to the kids, and Ryeowook likes him a lot.
"Mr. Kim, nice to see you. Can I have a word first, before you go and take Ryeowook?" Jongwoon gulps, unsure whether he did something wrong or even forgot, but nods while holding his son's little backpack and plushie in his arms. "Sure." The teacher smiles, but then his eyes become sad and wander to the boy sitting alone on the bench.
"Well, this afternoon there was an instant with Ryeowook and boys from another unit. First of all I want to tell you that I am very sorry and I already have spoken to the boys, that their behavior was far from nice. They were very mean and said ugly things... of Wookie having no mother." The color fades from the father's face, but Leeteuk hurries to add, "There is no way I'm blaming you, and somehow I can understand Wookies reaction... but... beating others is still not okay." Jongwoon gasps, "He hit someone?" The teacher tries to clam him down, "It wasn't that wild. And he apologized afterwards. The others also had to apologize for what they said. But... I needed to lecture him, and that's why he's sitting on the bench now."
Jongwoon looks over at his little darling and his heart aches. Turning to the teacher he says, "I totally understand you and don't think it's good what he had done. I'll talk to him at home. Thank you so much."
"Never mind. I hope he comes back tomorrow with a smile." The teache
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