Don't smile on me

The desire to protect (2)

"Hwaaam-!"

"Oh my, Kook, are you awake already?"

Since then, the boy has been spending time with his mother in a small one-room apartment.

It was a small, humble house, but it was as warm as any other home.

It was a place where happiness resided for the boy.

"It's paper...!"

For a woman who makes a living by doing small business in the market, taking in a little boy was a difficult task...

The woman didn't show it, but even though she didn't show it, the boy's heart was heavy with the sound of her sighing softly as she went out to work, which was getting later and earlier, and occasionally tapping on her calculator.

But the boy who was making small change by collecting scrap paper little by little was so clean that he never lost his bright smile even while moving scrap paper bigger than his body... and he matured early.

"No... how did you get hurt like this?"

"That's...I fell because I couldn't see in front of me while holding a big box. Haha"

"My knees are really sore... I'm going to get a scab."

"Ma'am, rather than that...this"

The boy handed a crumpled green bill to the woman, who was clicking her tongue and making a displeased expression.

"How about this money...."

"There was a lot of large discarded waste paper today. I collected it and brought it to them, and they gave it to me like this."

"Jungkook..."

The woman, her eyes moist and silent, stroked the boy's head with a wrinkled hand. Her gentle touch...was a delightful gift to the boy, a gift that washed away all his hardships.

"Ma'am, I'm hurt, so please treat me..!"

"Okay, I understand. Just stay still."

The woman placed her hand on the boy's injured knee and slowly closed her eyes. Soon, her eyes changed color, the area around her hand shimmered green, and the boy's wound began to slowly heal.

"Wow, that's amazing...!! "

"Shh, be quiet... who's going to hear you?"

"Oh, right. Yes haha"

The ability to heal minor wounds was the ability of the old woman who had the ability.

And that was the boy and the woman's secret...

It was the cause that separated them from their happy relationship.