I woke up and found myself back inside my room. I saw the younger me sleeping beside me. Hmmm. It seems our thoughts got separated back again.

Immediately, few seconds later, he woke and bolted up. He snatched the alarm clock on the bedside table. He groaned, "I'm late." He seemed to be really in a hurry as he just finished fixing himself up in the bathroom in just 3 minutes. Then, quickly, he searched for his clothes in the wardrobe.

"Why are you in a hurry?" I snapped. That was only the time he noticed my presence.

He stared at me for a bit then, answered as he continued on busying himself fetching clothes. "I have to pick up my princess from her place."

I looked at him in confusion, "Your princess?"

"Yeah."

"You mean, Tiffany?"

He looked at me with his eyebrows furrowed, "Tiffany? You mean, Stephanie?"

"Oh." Right.

He was finally done picking which clothes to wear then headed for the mirror and fixed his appearance. "There. All set."

"So, she's now your princess?"

"Yeah. You got a problem with that?"

"N-no. No problem at all."

He then headed out of the room and downstairs. I quickly followed and tried to catch up on his pace.

"Why are you so early, dear?" Mom asked him.

"I just have to do something, umma." He then tiptoed and pecked the cheeks of his mother. "Good morning."

"Good morning too, dear."

"I'll be going now, bye!" he then skipped towards the main entrance of the manor.

"But, aren't you gonna eat your breakfast first?"

"No. I'm gonna eat at school, umma!" he lastly shouted.

---

He arrived in front of a large house which seems can be called as a mansion, I say. He then pulled out an old and large cellphone from his bag, probably the latest one of this period, then dialed. Soon, someone answered from the other line. "I'm already here." he said then, ended the call.

Few moments later, a little girl, probably the same age as him, went out of the mansion. As soon as she arrived outside, she jumped and threw her arms around the younger me. Then, she kissed his cheek.

"Good morning, princess." he greeted.

"Good morning too." young Tiffany greeted in return and giggled afterwards. Then, they started to walk together with their hands intertwined with each other's.

Immediately when they parted ways in school after they have finished their little breakfast date, I nudged and interrogated him, "Now, what was that?"

"What do you mean?"

"She's your girlfriend now?!"

"Yeah. You got a problem with that?" he asked in annoyance.

I looked at him in disbelief, "Since when?"

"Since last year. Why?"

"What?! How old are you?!"

"Ten going ELEVEN this year." he stressed.

I scoffed, "You two are too young to enter into a relationship."

"Hah! Who are you to meddle with my life? You're not my father."

But, I am you! Aiiissshh--

"Still, you're too young for this. Just go busy yourself on being a kid."

"Look, Mister Unknown Creature. Why don't you just mind your own business? You have no right to tell me we're too young to fall in love. And even if you do, Stephanie and mine's love for each other is the absolute truth. Why postpone something that you know real and will last forever?"

Yes, that had me speechless. How could something like those words come out from a child like him? Like heck, seriously?

"Hmmm. I think you haven't fallen in love yet." he said which snapped me out.

"And what makes you think of that?"

"You're interrogating me as if love is something evil."

"For your information, kid, I already have a wife and I love her with all my heart. She's my life, and I am pretty sure our feelings are mutual."

"Then, what's your problem with mine? You know how it feels. It's not something you can ignore." He ended our conversation as he left me alone in the hallway.

Wow. I am… sure I am already matured in such a young age. I never thought I was.

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After school, one of my father's staff had gone to fetch the young me. As expected, the young me looked too disappointed as he didn't get to accompany his girlfriend home. Then, throughout the ride, he kept on bugging the staff as to why his father wanted to summon him to his office. He didn't get a straightforward response from the former, though.

As we arrived to the place, he was summoned to a large conference room where our father was and he's together with another man. "Yuri, finally. Come here."

"Hey, appa." he greeted blandly as he sat down on the free chair near the two.

"Hey, kid. What's up?" the other man greeted in return who, I just realized, was Uncle Vincent Jung.

He looked at him in confusion, "You're here? So, that means, that annoying girl is here too?!"

Dad chuckled, "You don't have to be rude on little Sooyeon, Yuri.  She's a nice girl and very pretty too, don't you think?"

"Yeah, right, but I don't like her."

"You better be nice to her. Who knows...? She might be your future wife." he said and winked at the kid.

"What?! No way!"

Then, the two adults went back into their conversation. "Anyway, Yunho, you can't just leave me there taking charge in the head office. I mean, I wasn't really taking charge at all. Your know-it-all brother-in-law is too much bossing me around." Uncle Vincent said.

"Oh come on, hyung. It's just Siwon-hyung. You can handle him. And, like I said before, somebody has to take charge on the company's expansion."

"And it should be you?"

"Uhuh."

"Now I'm really doubting your expertise in running a business, Yunho. Are you really doing this for the business or for Eli--"

"Elizabeth? Please, hyung. I'm not that blind in love. I already have a wife and son. Why should I care on her whereabouts?"

"Oh really?" He looked at my dad in disbelief. "You don't really care where she is as in... not at all?"

"Oh yes, of course. Come on, how can you say such thing in front of my son?"

I looked at the kid and seems he's too much irritated with the topic.

Uncle Vincent ignored his retort and continued, "What if I tell you I know where she is?"

Dad paused as if trying to decipher his statement. A few seconds, he uttered in stutter, "Oh y-yeah? Th-that's... o-kkay. Y-yeah."

"Tsk Tsk. You're such a bad liar, Yun. I was just messing with you. I really don't know where they are."

"Great." he responded blandly.

"But, yeah... What's going on with that step-brother of yours? Ever since he married your beloved Elizabeth, he disappeared from the industry and just turned into a silent owner. Is he really that absorbed in family life?"

Dad looked irritated upon the mention of his step-brother and became a little grumpy. "Probably, he's just too guilty, too coward to face me. If I'm on his shoes, I won't be showing my face to anyone else too."

"Hey, it's been years. I'm sure Elise is living happily with him now."

Dad looked at him disbelievingly and answered him madly, "Are you effin' hearing yourself, hyung? Where on Earth are you getting that idea? You think she'll be happy with that ?!"

Uncle Vincent immediately covered my younger self’s ears with his hands. "Calm down, Yunho. Yuri's here."

The kid just stared initially at his father. Then, after a bit, he shoved his uncle's hands away and asked his father, "So, did you call for me here just to hear those--- non-sense?"

Dad sighed, "I'm sorry. It's just... your uncle right here started that senseless topic."

Uncle Vincent then cut into the conversation, "Well, anyway, kid. We've been thinking... I know you're gonna be a teenager in few years’ time, and so is Jessica."

"Who's Jessica?"

"Sooyeon, I mean."

"Oh... So...???"

"So... Your silly Uncle Siwon wants you to uhh-- be in good terms with your cousin Hara. You know what I mean, right?"

"So...???"

"So, we want you to be in good terms with Jessica, instead. I tell you, my daughter's prettier than that owl-looking girl."

The kid raised his one eyebrow. "So, what exactly are you pointing out, UNCLE Vincent?"

"Err- that's it. Be good friends with Sooyeon."

"I already have friends, Uncle. Why? Is that daughter of yours a lunatic or something? Doesn't she have any friends of her own? And even that Hara too?"

Dad groaned then butted in, "We want you to get to know Sooyeon and be in good terms with her. With that, we mean, you have to win her heart because you are ought to marry her in the future. Is that clear?"

"Yunho. Why'd you---?"

"Hyung, we have to get straight to the point with this kid."

"But, he's still too young."

"He's not too young to understand." He redirected back to his son. "Look, Yuri. Your Uncle Siwon is a pain in the... . He will insist what he wants and I'm sure we both don't want that to happen."

"So, your solution is to make me marry his daughter?" He pointed at his Uncl