Don't smile on me

The desire to protect (2)

어린정국

"Hwaaam-!"

아주머니

"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.

어린정국

"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.

아주머니

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

어린정국

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

아주머니

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

어린정국

"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.

아주머니

"How about this money...."

어린정국

"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."

아주머니

"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.

어린정국

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

아주머니

"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.

어린정국

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

아주머니

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

어린정국

"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.