Trouble in Paradise | Yeongyu

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After a night filled with love and passion, Beomgyu had woken up long after Yeonjun did. He groaned as he stretched and looked over at the note left on his nightstand.

I brought you some pain killers and
made breakfast for you it's in the kitchen.
I got a call from work and had to leave but I will
be back soon. I love you so much

Beomgyu smiled at the note. He took his pain killers and went to the kitchen seeing the huge breakfast he laid out.

"You've really out done yourself Yeonjun." He says to himself as he makes a plate and starts eating.

While he was enjoying his meal, he heard Yeonjun at the door as he came into the house. Beomgyu stood up to greet with a huge smile.

"Welcome home. Breakfast was–Junnie? What's wrong?" He asked noticing the look in his eyes.

Yeonjun walked towards him and hugged him tightly. "One of the kids I work with...he tried to kill himself last night. His parents forgot his birthday and instead of apologizing for upsetting him, they took his negativity as disrespect and starved him for the day. The day of his birth...they treated him like shit."

"Junnie that's awful. Is he going to be alright? Did you talk to him?"

"He just cried when he saw me and wouldn't let go. I felt terrible because I knew there wasn't much I could do to take that pain away. He's such a sweet kid, he deserves the world."

"What will happen to him?"

Yeonjun sighed and let go him. "I don't know. His parents are unfit and the bruises they left on him was enough to get him removed from the home. He's probably gonna end up in foster care."

"I hear that can be a little rough sometimes."

"...yeah."

He could tell Yeonjun was starting to zone out on him. The situation weighting heavy on his conscious.

"Yeonjun. Junnie look at me." He held his face in his hands. "...what if he stayed with us?"

Yeonjun perked up a little at this but then looked confused.

"Here? With us?"

"Yeah, is that allowed? Can you take him in?"

"I...wait, but we never talked about having a family before and then to do it so suddenly...what if we do it...wrong?"

Beomgyu gave him a small smile. "Let's talk for a bit."

He held his hand as they sat together at the table and had a deep conversation about how their lives would change if they took him in. They had the room, but they talked about the responsibility, the money, and the time it would take to take care of him properly.

"You've gotten so far in your career."

"I have and I wanna keep working." Beomgyu said. "You've built a great relationship with him. I think you spending more time here with him so he can adjust is important."

"Yes but...Beomgyu I love my job. I don't want to stay here all the time."

Beomgyu nodded and started thinking. "Okay how about this. I'll talk to my boss and see how a shift change can work, maybe I can work nights and you work in the morning so I can stay here with him? Does that sound okay?"