"Yonggi"
"huh?"
"Are you adopted by Ibong too?"
"yes"
At the time, I thought we were all being bullied and tormented in the same way. When I saw Yoongi's happy expression when he was adopted, I thought he was the same as me.
But Yoongi was happy to be adopted by his pretty older sister. I thought Jungkook was happy because he didn't have to be bullied or beaten.
"Hey kid. Aren't you coming?"
"S.. Please save me.."
"If you make a sound, you get 10 extra points, right?"
"N.. yeah..."
It was a huge blow to Jeong-guk, who was only three years old. He ran away while the director was consulting him near the end of his fourth year. He later took the business card of this half-human, half-beast orphanage with him, intending to seek revenge.
***
"Fuck. That's the director's contact information. You're looking for it now? You piece of trash that doesn't even know how to separate your trash..."
How can you hit a 3 year old?
"This really sucks."
Si-eun was quietly listening to everything Jeong-guk said in the room.
"..Is that okay for the director to do that? Fuck...."
Even Jeongguk couldn't hear Si-eun's quiet, chilling curse. Si-eun pretended not to care, went behind Jeongguk, hugged him, and spoke.
"What's wrong?"
".. nothing"
".. You don't believe me either..?"
"..."
"Actually, I heard everything."
"I heard everything because the house was quiet."
"If things get tough, you can hold me and cry. Sometimes you have to let the tears build up inside you. How long will I hold you?"