Kyungsoo bit into his lower lip to swallow the tears that threatened to spill over. He had promised himself not to cry, because when his mother had passed, he hadn't shed a tear. Although at that time, he didn't know that he would never see her again.

Now, his father was gone, too. Kyungsoo was barely seventeen and an orphan. It had taken him quite some time to actually realize it. After all, his father had been getting better! They had been joking around just a week ago about how they were going to the sea in the summer...

The summer... What would happen then? Where would Kyungsoo go? He knew that he wouldn't be able to stay in their small but cosy house too much, at least not for two or more days in a row. Now he could stay in school for the majority of the day to flee from the bleak silence of his home but... what was going to happen when he wouldn't have a place to run to?

What was he going to do without his caring father who had promised to always protect him? Where were those empty promises now, where was his father now? Was he feeling remorse like Kyungsoo or was he chuckling at his son's idiocy? Did he even know what he had left behind, did he even know that Kyungsoo was nothing without him?

Kyungsoo let his relatives comfort him a little, not even seeing whose arms were holding him or who was patting his shoulder. He just let the myriad of scents and voices lull him into a state of pure, blissful oblivion. He let the mass of people lead him, staggering a little as he tried to concentrate on this or that, brain barely registering what he was being told.

But at least someone cared still... He just wondered how long it would last.

Hello :P This is a fanfiction that is set in the AU of 'Not a Word'. This is the story of Kyungsoo and Kai, how they met and such :P It's readable without knowing the other fiction, but it might be better to skim through both to understand every little thing xD