"Where are you going! I'm not done talking to you!"
"Just shut up for once!"
"Why? Do you find me annoying now? After everything...."
A six years old boy was in a verge of tears as he crouched down on the floor, making himself as small as possible in the corner of his room while placing a hand over both his ear in order to tune out the enraged voices of his parents that were fighting once again, but a faint sound of things breaking along with yelling voices still reaches the little boy's ear.
Jeonghan, the name of the boy started waddling towards the bed with his short little legs as he hastily pick up a dream stone which he had given a cute nick name "Doljjongie" and started talking to it.
"Dolljongie...mom and dad are fighting again, is it because of me? because I'm a bad kid?"
Tears rolled down the little kid's cherub cheeks, the before milky white skin were now tinged with pink as he keeps sniffling. His long thick eye lashes that were wet with tears trembled like butterfly wings.
"Dolljongie...please make them stop fighting...I promise I will take my nappy and I will not eat candies again, I will sleep early at night too and I will get a five star from my teacher in school."
The little stone in Jeonghan's hands may not respond but the smiley face on it keeps staring at Jeonghan with warmth. It feels like Dolljongie was consoling him that everything will be alright and fine so he should stop crying.
The six years old Jeonghan, blink back tears, his eyelids suddenly felt heavy and the next thing he knew, he fell asleep with Doljjongie right next to him.
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"----annie wake up."
"Hannie, it's time to wake up."
Jeonghan slowly opened his eyes and his mom's beautiful face was the first thing he saw after he was fully awake. The woman whom he shares an uncanny resemblance with.
"Mom...morning." Jeonghan mumbled, feeling sluggish as sleep still not leaving his system.
His mom greeted him in return and place a soft kiss on his right cheek before telling him to get ready for school and have a breakfast downstairs in which he replied with a lazy yes.
After his mom leaves his room, Jeonghan couldn't help but wonder why did he dream of something in the past again.
Weird.
Jeonghan mumbled at the back of his head. It's been ten years already and Jeonghan thought that he had already forgotten about everything of the bitter memories back then but it seems like some things are easier said than done.
Jeonghan got up from the bed and went to his study desk as he pick up a special stone.
"Good morning, Dolljongie." A soft smile graced upon his face.
Yes, it was his stone friend who have been with him for as long as Jeonghan remembers. After putting it down, Jeonghan quickly do his morning routines before heading downstairs where his loving family awaits him.
"Good morning dad!" Jeonghan greeted a handsome man in his late forties who was clad in a business suit. His temperament was that of an aristocrat but a warm smile spread on the old man's lips as soon as he saw his youngest.
"Good morning Han, my sweet sweet child unlike someone I know here."
His Dad's eyes then travelled towards the other grumpy teenager on the table who resembles the old man a lot which made Jeonghan giggles as he thought: The apple really doesn't fall far from the tree.
"Good morning, Hyung." Jeonghan uttered behind the other teenager as he encircled his arms around the older's neck in a playful manner before leaning forward and placing a chaste kiss on his older brother's cheek.
"Morning, Buddy." His older brother Seungcheol, greeted in return.
Jeonghan sit next to his mom as the four of them eat their breakfast in a warm and cozy atmosphere.
Looking at each one of them, Jeonghan couldn't help but smile.
He just love his family so much that he wouldn't trade any of them for anything in the world.
***To be continued...