Chapter 1
▪️Minjae▪️
“YAH MINJAE HURRY UP!” my five year old brother, Jisung called as he excitedly ran ahead of me.
I chuckled lightly at his adorableness before fastening my pace to catch up with him.
I gripped his hand lightly as we stood in front of his favourite store, Ryan Factory, also known as every kids wonderland. It was filled with plushies of various shows, comics and basically everything you knew they’d have in the form of a plushie.
I bent down to his level and rested my hands on his shoulders.
“Jisung, I know you love this store-”
“I DO I DO!” he said, excitedly jumping up and down. I laughed lightly and booped his nose.
“Of course you do hahahaha. Well like I was saying, Jisung don’t go crazy and run around okay? I don’t want you to get lost or even kidnapped. Who will buy your plushies then?”
He nodded his head and showed a thumbs up. I hugged him and kissed his forehead as he squeezed his eyes shut and tried to wriggle free from my grip.
“Okay! Can we go now! please please pleaseeee.”
“Of course-”
“YAY!”
Before I could complete my sentence he ran off, into the store. I hurriedly followed him not wanting to lose him amongst all the little kids in the huge store. Also, I didn’t want my parents to cut off my allowance.
Being a college student and not having a part time job is super stressful so the only person to rely on at the moment was my parents.
My phone buzzed and I stopped for a while and took it out of my hoodie pocket to view the message. As expected it was Soomi, one of my close friends. I decided to respond later since I couldn’t take my eyes off Jisung. It was a bit too late though.
Just two seconds without my gaze on him and he disappeared. I panicked and frantically ran between various aisles, trying to find him.
I’d expected him to be at the Kakao Talk aisle since he seemed to be obsessed with Ryan lately,but surprisingly I didn’t find him there. Instead, he was in the Kumamon aisle, tugging on a worker’s t-shirt.
The guy was extremely pale and thin, an annoyed and grumpy facial expression plastered across his face. The tag on his shirt read M. Yoongi. I was relieved to find my brother safe, but I couldn’t help but laugh at the sight before me. Seriously, a guy like him working at a plushie store.
“Jisung how could you run off like that!”
My brother paid no attention to me and kept on throwing a tantrum, still pulling on the guys t-shirt except a bit more forcefully this time.
I sighed and walked closer to him, removing his grip from the guy’s uniform and bowed apologetically for my brothers behaviour. Yoongi just rolled his eyes and walked away. This made me, unexpectedly, annoyed and I just wanted to drop kick that grumpy grandpa. I decided to let it go though figuring that it would be no use to cause a scene in public over something that little.
My thoughts were immediately disturbed by a Kumamon plushie being shoved into my face.
“I want this one!” He jumped up and down, hugging the plushie with sparkling eyes.
The sight before me was super adorable but that was just his way of trying to get away with punishment. I took the plushie from his hold and held it in the air.
“Okay you can get this one, but you first have to apologise for your actions.”
Jisung pouted and held his hands behind his back, rocking anxiously back and forth on his heels.
“I’m sowwy Minnie.” He avoided my gaze and bit his lip, almost about to burst into tears. He has always been the sensitive type and finds it hard to apologise to someone, the guilt of hurting or disrespecting someone hitting him like a truck. Its just the type of kid he was and I found it cute.
“Jisung, I accept your apology-” His eyes lit up and he hugged me tightly(well for a little kid anyway).
“-but the real person you should be apologising to is that pale guy you were nagging at.”
He let go of the hug and stared up at me, pout and puppy eyes on again.
" If I do will I get this plushie?” He asked, grabbing the plushie out of my hands and hugging it protectively. I sighed and nodded my head.
" YAY! YOU’RE THE BEST NOONA EVER! ” He smiled widely and started running again, trying to find the guy who was previously in the aisle.
" JEEZ whys he so energetic?” I mumbled and followed him closely.
Jisung actually found Yoongi, who was now scanning a little kids collection of toys. The sour face was still on display and you couldn’t help but laugh internally at how really dumb he looked.
“Mr Grumpy Grandpa I’m sorry for tugging on your shirt and nagging!” Jisung apologised and smiled afterwards, thinking of the plushie that would now be bought for him.
“I- thank you for shopping at Ryan Factory. We hope to see you soon.” He bowed as the woman smiled and gave the bought goods to her kid, leaving the store.
He made sure no one was in sight, unaware that I was watching from a distance, and bent down to Jisung’s height and smiled.
" It’s okay buddy.” Yoongi ruffled his hair and stood up gesturing Jisung to follow him. He tilted his head but followed the guy anyway as they walked back to the Kumamon aisle.
Yoongi looked at Jisung and pointed at the aisle, “You can pick any one and I’ll buy it for you.”
My brother smiled happily.
Sweet Yoongi 💖💕