The One Moon Chapter 26

Move! Hurry Move! A boy was wailing his eyes out. His teddy bear was taken from him, his mom was taken from him, his friend was taken from him. The only person left was his father. The boy who was wishing for his father’s affection got nothing back. The point of the sharp knife slid through his soles. The man was carving in the words his son desperately wished for into his soles. “I LOVE YOU.” was being drawn in. The boy frantically moving around trying to escape was overwhelmed by his father’s strength. Clutching the towel in his mouth, he wished for escape.

Moonhan woke up from his nightmare. He woke up with aching on his soles, he woke up in a sweat and an increased heartbeat. He was glad he didn’t yell in his sleep waking up the others. For once, he thanked the towel he was forced to bite onto.

“Ugh, hah hah hah, taking deep breaths calming himself down.”

He got off the bed gently, went outside quietly, grabbed a bottle of the rice shake, and walked outside.

It was 3:00 am, everyone was asleep. Moonhan decided to take a walk. He walked past a few homeless shelters. Felt pity for them and wondered if he could have turned out like that if he didn’t work and didn’t get some money from the government to live by himself. He felt sad for them and felt close to them. He took some cardboard and newspaper he found and layed it next to a homeless kid that looked about 10 years old. What a sad sight, he thought. Layed next to the boy who was crying in the cold and sat and talked to him.

“Hi, I’m not a bad person, I’m like you. Want a drink?” Passed him his rice shake.

The boy was starving and accepted the drink.

“It’s yummy…”

“Really? That’s good” Moonhan smiled.

“Mr. you look young too. Were you abandoned like me?”

“Hmm, I was when I was younger, but now I’m living a better life than when I was your age. I was just like you. I know your future will get better. If my horrible life can change, yours can too.”

And patted the boy on his head.

“I see… my.,. Name…is Duri. What’s yours.”

“Mine’s Moon…, call me Dalie.” Moonhan decided to let the boy know his precious name.

“Dalie? It’s similar to mine!” Excited about the similar names.

“Haha, yeah it is, isn’t it. Dal was my very first name… It has a lot of painful memories but it made me who I am. It’s a special and secret name. You're the first to know besides the one who gave it to me, you know.”

“Really?! It’s a secret, Duri will keep it a secret.” Getting excited to have a friend.

“Dalie hyung…” his two eyes which had different colors stared into Moonhan’s.

“Can you adopt me… I like you, you're the first to talk to me like this and we have a secret together… Please don’t leave me, please…” tearing up..

“Ah…”

“Duri… I don’t know if I can. I’m still young and your young, what if one day your parents come back to find you?”

“Them? Don’t worry, after they decided to abandon me, they gave all the necessary documents to me when they disowned me, hehe.” Feeling smart and informational.

“They would’ve put me in an orphanage but I ran away during the ride there, hehe. I told them not to find me and they agreed not caring If I would die. They hate me so they won’t come back to find me.” said Duri

“How? Are you okay? Feeling sad at how mature he was and such a young age.”

“I felt sad but they don’t like me, why should I stay with such mean people…”

Han felt worried knowing his own experience…

“Did they hurt you, like hit you or inflict wounds on you?!”

“They slapped me a few times, but that’s it.”

“That’s good.” Moonhan smiled and pet his head once again.

“Duri, you want to come with me? I might not be the best guardian…”

“Don’t worry, I like you and we can take care of each other, hyung”

The kid was mature. Reminded Han of his own past.

“Duri, then how do you feel about living with other people? I’m doing this show to be a famous idol on tv and I’m currently living with my members.”

“NO, I only want to live with hyung, New people are scary!”

Moonhan tried to convince him otherwise, but the stubborn Duri wouldn’t budge.

“Fine, I’ll meet you here tomorrow and we’ll go look for a place together. I won’t be able to stay with you 24/7 but I’ll visit you a lot. How’s that?”

“HMMM… not the best offer but since Hyung is busy, I’ll accept it as long as you can visit a lot and spend time with me. That’s good!”

“Are we family now?” said duri

“Yeah, we are.” Han smiled at the kid.

Duri got closer to Han and embraced his arm.

Han didn’t know what to do as the younger fell asleep hugging his arm. If he took it off, the instance of waking him up could happen.

“Sigh…” Han had decided to bring the boy with him. But where would he live? In the dorms, but the other members are there…

Then Han remembered the goshiwon rooms he walked past when he was taking a walk. He needed money. He went to his dorms carrying Duri. It was currently 4 am and one hour passed since he got out of bed.