I was able to see him every day.

It’s been a month after what happened.  I never saw Sehun because Exo went on a world tour so it was always different people dropping and picking Min Kyung up. 

Sometimes I’d take him and Jae out to eat before I just dropped him off at home.  Min Kyung was opening up more.  At the head start, the other children would openly play with him now.

I learned something new about Min Kyung.

He likes to dance and sing…just like his dad.

It’s cute, really.

“Maela and Mason! Don’t forget to bring your drawings home.” I told the twins before ran back to get them, “Bye seosaengnim!” They both shouted at the same time as they left the classroom with their mother, “Have a good weekend!”

I looked around the clean room before the phone rang.  I quickly made my way over and picked it up, “Yobosaeyo?” I asked into the phone.  “Ah, Park Miyoung?”

“De.”

“I’m from the board of education, I’m sorry to inform you that Mrs. Lee has returned from the states and she will be ready to come back to work after this weekend.”

I dropped my smile, “Oh, well, that’s good then…” I stated before he went on again.  “Your paycheck will be transferred into your account by the end of this weekend.  Thank you for being able to take this position for a short while.”

“Oh! It’s no problem; feel free to give me a call whenever there’s a position open, please.”  I told him before we said our goodbyes and hung up.

I sighed and looked around the room.  “A month was good…”  I grabbed my thick sweater and walked out into the lobby area, closing the classroom doors behind me, “It was a good experience.”

“Noona, who are you talking to?” Jae Hyung asked me as he got off the bench.  We walked to the door and I locked it behind me, “Jae, I have to go look for another job now.”  I chuckled lightly before he raised a brow, “Waeyo? You don’t like this one?”

“Aniyo,” I shook my head as I drove back home, “Mrs. Lee’s coming back!” I said happily before he groaned in the back seat.  “Jae Hyung, that is not nice.”  I firmly stated before he nodded, “I know…mianhaeyo…”

“She’ll be back on Monday, so I’ll drop you off and go back to the university for a while before graduating.”  I said as I pulled up into the grocery store parking lot, “Come on, hon, I’ll make a delicious dinner tonight.”  I said getting out of the car.

"How come you don't have to wear your jacket?" He asked as we walked inside.  "Ahh~ I just forgot it somewhere...I'll have to find it."

It’s been a week since I’ve been without work.  I’m back to spending most of my time in the public library, studying for the teaching license, and picking up Jae from head start.

I opened the door into the building before catching Min Kyung’s eyes as he looked up. “Umma!!” He shouted as he ran towards me.  I straightened before ruffling his hair as he hugged my legs. 

I haven’t seen him for a while.

I crouched down and hugged him before sighing, “Min Kyung-ah~ I’m not your umma.”  I stated again before he shook his head stubbornly.

“Noonaa~~!!”  Jae Hyung sang as he walked in.  I smiled and got up, “You ready?” I asked as he threw his sweater on, “De!”  I smiled and ruffled his hair before he pouted, “Nooonaa~~ kwmanae~~~” he whined as I chuckled.

I leaned down and kissed Min Kyung, “I’ll see you tomorrow, kay?”  His smile faded, “How come I don’t see you a lot anymore?” He asked sadly, “Can I come live with you? I don’t even get to see my dad…” He muttered as he looked at the ground.

My heart was racing.  This makes me so sad, not having a mother, and his father is always away.  I crouched down and lifted his chin, “Min Kyung-ah~ I wouldn’t mind if you came to live with me…but your appa’s going to miss you then.  He’s going to be sad that you’re not at home…”

“I don’t want appa to be sad though.” He said cutely before I faintly smiled, “That’s why you have to stay home and live with your appa.”  I said patting his head before the sadness in his eyes came back , “but appa doesn’t even know how sad I am, umma.”

I lowered my head and sighed before looking back up, “Min Kyung…I-I’ll see you tomorrow, kay?”  He looked at me before turning away, “arraso…” He muttered before I pulled him into a tight hug, “Min Kyung, be nice to your appa.”  I pulled.  “I love you, umma.”

He’s growing on me.

I kissed his forehead, “I love you too, Min Kyung.”  I said before he walked back to the bench and sat patiently waiting for someone to pick him up.

I got up and took Jae Hyung’s hands before we left the head start building.  “Noona?”  Jae Hyung said silently before I looked down at him, “De?”

“Why does he keep calling you ‘umma’?”  He questioned before I let out a long sigh.  I buckled him in before getting into the front.  I drove to the store without an answer, unsure of how to answer this question.  I parked the car in the parking lot before stepping out of the car and opening the door for Jae.  “Noona?” He asked before I sighed, “…because he doesn’t have a mom, Jae. And it’s really sad when you don’t.  Even though I don’t want him to call me ‘umma’ I know it makes him happy, so I’m not going to argue with him because he’s stubborn…just like his dad.”

I ruffled his hair before I forced a smile, “Let’s go get some groceries before we go back home, hon.”

[Sehun]

I’m back after a month on tour.  I made calls around and told Lena that I would be picking Min Kyung up from head start.  I missed him.  I wanted to take him out and have father/son time.

And to be honest.

I wanted to see her again.

She’s been on my mind throughout the whole tour.  I don’t even know why.  It’s crazy how this happens.  Ever since that incident happened, I’ve been thinking a lot about her. 

The boys are always saying how I should move on and start going out again, and after she came to drop Min Kyung off at the practice room, they haven’t stop asking me about her.

I told myself I was never going to move on from Minah.  I was going to love her and only her, forever. 

I promised.

I promised her that I was going to love her and only her.  But now, I don’t know. 

Maybe I should listen to my hyungs.  They’re all older than me; sure, they act like kids still, but maybe they’re right…do I need to move on?  It’s been 4 years already.

I let out a long sigh as I stopped the car.  I stepped out and looked at the head start building.  I started walking towards the building as some mothers stepped out with their children.  I nodded my head back at them before I started feeling hot in the cool April air.

What’s wrong with me…?

I took a deep breath, ready to see Min Kyung…and her.

Miyoung…Park Miyoung.

I grabbed onto the handle for a bit before I opened the door.  I look forward and saw his head lift up before his face beamed, “Appa!” He shouted and jumped off the bench before running over.  “Appa~ you’re back!”  He said as he ran into my arms.

My heart was beating against my chest as I heard the door open.  I picked Min Kyung up and turned to see… “Mrs. Lee, you-you’re back.”

She walked over with a smile, “Yes, I returned a month ago.” She said before patting Min Kyung’s head, “Bye, see you next week, Min Kyung.”

A month?

“Appa~ let’s go get some food!”  Min Kyung said pulling on my sleeve.  I followed out after him, “Ar-arraso, we’ll go to the store for some groceries.”  I answered softly as we walked back to the car.

“Appa, I want some pancakes for breakfast tomorrow.”  Min Kyung said pulling me into the different isles.  I chuckled softly, seeing my son like this.  It makes me happy to now he’s finally improving from his quietness.  It makes me happy to know that he was happy to be spending this time with me even if we’re just shopping for food.

I grabbed some things off the shelf before I heard his voice, “Umma!”  I straightened. Minah?

I turned my head around to see him running down the long isle.  My eyes moved up before I caught her smiling face.  My heart pounded against my rib cage.  A weird feeling came into my stomach.

I closed my eyes for a moment.

What are you trying to do to me, Minah?

I opened them again and started walking towards them.  My eyes were on her the whole time.  The way she was around Min Kyung, and how well she took the incident—her soft laughter took me in before her head lifted and our eyes met.

A frown quickly replaced her smile before she grabbed the boy’s hand and said some words to Min Kyung.

She was going to walk away.

I quickly jogged up to them just as she turned away, “Miyoung-sii!”

I saw her body straighten before her shoulders slouched and she turned around, slowly.  She was biting her lips before she looked up at me and sighed, “Look, I’m just here with my nephew buying some food; I swear, I didn’t even—”

“It’s fine…”

I didn’t know I caused her so much stress.  She didn’t have to tell me, I could tell by the look in her eyes and how much she wanted to get away from me once she saw me.

I hated her, and I didn’t even know her yet.  I never gave her the chance to explain anything, and I guess that’s why she doesn’t like me so much.

“Well, umm-I’m—we’re going to go now…” She stammered before turning around. 

My heart was fluttering as she began to walk away. 

What the hell are you doing, Sehun?

Say something! You know you want to!

But I couldn’t and in the end, it was Min Kyung’s voice that made her turn back around.

He ran to hug her once again before they left.  “Appa, can I go stay with umma when you leave again?” He bluntly asked before I looked down at him with a shocked expression.

I let out a long sigh before taking his hands, “I don’t know…Min Kyung.” I stated as we walked to pay.

[Sehun – SM Building (weeks later)]

After I dropped Min Kyung off at head start I quickly drove to the SM Building because I was already late for the emergency meeting.  “Sehun-ssi, they’re waiting for you in conference room 7.” The girl behind the desk told me as I walked through the door.  I nodded before jogging over to the elevators.

There was talking going on behind the doors but as I opened it they all died down.  Their eyes were on me and I let out heavy breathes before walking over and sitting down beside Chanyeol.

“Why are you so late?” Kyungsoo nudged my arms and whispered before I shook my head.  He sighed before the managers started talking.

“This isn’t a big emergency, but you know about the concert in the United States already, right?”  He asked before we all nodded our heads.  “Okay, well, there are 2 translators that know English and Korean, but one of them we sent with Super Junior to Japan because she also knows Japanese fairly well.  The other one resigned a couple days ago to study in the United States.”

Gasps were heard around the room.

“I can trans-” Kris started before he was interrupted by the managers, “No, because we wouldn’t want someone from the group translating every time; the fans are going to look at this and say that we don’t even have enough money to hire a translator, and we don’t want that now, do we?”

Kris ran his hands through his hair before Baekhyun asked, “So what are we going to do?” 

I leaned back against my chair as the manager hyung proceeded to talk, “Well, I was wondering if you guys knew anyone just willing to come translate for a couple days on the trip; that person won’t have to work here full time unless they need a job.  Right now, we’re just really desperate to find someone.”

I furrowed my eyebrows; I can’t believe they’re making us think of people.  They’re the managers, this is S.M. and no one can find another English/Korean translator?

I sighed heavily in disappointment before she popped into my head.

“Miyoung…” I muttered before Kyungsoo raised a brow beside me.  “Miyoung?” He said a bit louder.  “AH! Miyoung works at the English head start that Min Kyung goes to! So she obviously has to be good in English.” Baekhyun chimed in. 

“—wait, if she works at the head start, she can’t come, smart ones.” Lu Han added before I shook my head, “She hasn’t been working there for a month.”

“Miyoung…? What’s her name? Her information?”  Manager hyung asked me.  “Park Miyoung.” I sighed, “She’s 24 according to the letter the school sent out to the parents.  She lived in the United States and studied English before moving here to live with her sister.  She’ll be graduating from Yonsei University next month—”

“Yongsei?” Manager hyung interrupted before I slowly nodded, not looking up from the table top.  “Yonsei’s a good university.  What’s her phone number? Email address? How can I get a hold of her?”  He bombarded before I shrugged, “I don’t know.”

“Mwuh? You know all these things about her, but you don’t know her phone number or anything?”  He asked before I shook my head emotionless.  “Aii, I’ll just contact the school board then.  Thank you Sehun, you just helped us and her by getting her a job.”  He said as he got up along with the other managers.  “You have a couple hours to spare,” they told us before they left the room.

Lu Han and everyone else turned their heads to me.  “What’s wrong?” Lu Han asked before I shook my head.  Kyungsoo asked, “Why were you so late today?” 

I ran my fingers through my hair, “I had to drop Min Kyung off at school today.”  I stated before Yixing asked, “But doesn’t Lena do that for you?”  I nodded and answered, “Her grandfather’s sick so she left with her family last night to Daegu.  I have to find someone else who’s willing to take care of Min Kyung.”

“Miyoung!” Chanyeol stated before I sighed, “I know.”  I muttered before they all gasped.  “What!?”

“Really?” Jongin blurted, shocked before I nodded, “But I don’t think she’ll ever agree.”  I muttered before I finally looked up from the tabletop.

“Wait—are you-do you, just by any chance…have feelin-” 

“-you guys told me to move on, didn’t you?” I stated a bit bitterly before Joonmyun sighed, “Sehun-ah~ you’re still the maknae even if we’re not rookies anymore; we’re just looking out for you because you already have a family at a young age for an idol.  We all know how stubborn you are and we’re just trying to help you out.”

Tao nodded before Minseok added, “I don’t think she’ll mind watching Min Kyung.  You could see it in her eyes that she already loves him.  I mean, we all could tell she cares for him after that meeting in the practice room a month ago.” He stated from across the table.

I sighed and covered my face with my hands, “What am I going to do…?” I muttered as my heart fluttered at the thought of her.  I felt a hand rest on my shoulders, “As corny as this may seem, do what your heart tells you to do.” Chanyeol’s deep voice interrupted my thoughts. 

I lifted my head up before Joonmyun and Kris both stated at the same time, “Let’s go eat! My treat.”  They looked at each other before the rest erupted in laughter.  “Our treat.” Kris added as everyone got up to leave the room.  Chanyeol hung his arms around my shoulders “Let’s go maknae!” he said cheerfully as he pointed to the door.

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