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Hyun Woo was scared, as they took him with his Noona to the Anakt garden could only hold on to her and the coos she gave him.
"shhh, I bet you that when we get there all your fear will go away in a second" he was looking forward to it being true, after all Hyuna Noona is never wrong.
"And there will also be kids our age!" It's true! Hyuna would probably easily find friends to play and practice with him at her side. "What do you say, that's not exciting, huh?"
"Mhm, yes" he wiped the small tears that were still coming out of his eyes as he nodded, he looked at his Noona fondly, she was amazing.
"Don't worry crybaby, I'll stay by your side to protect you." His Noona promised to be there for him, it was all Hyuna needed to say for Hyun Woo's eyes to light up in admiration of her.
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"Finally, fresh air!" Noona shouted in relief as if she were launching a war cry, Hyun Woo was still unsure even after having arrived.
So many faces that he will have to remember... Uh, I think he would just prefer to remember his Noona's face, thank you very much. And yet he checked all the children.
On the one hand children playing with a ball, maybe a small part of him wanted to go there and play with them but was simply silenced by the most important reminder, he had to stay close to his Noona!...
Hyun woo turned sharply to look at his side, Hyuna was gone.
Hyun Woo started to feel terrible, he looked everywhere, not a trace of Hyuna, Was this one of her jokes? Well, Hyun Woo is not having fun at all!
He feels the need to move, but he doesn't know if Noona is going to come back for hi-no, she has to.
Rigth?...
Of course silly! It's Noona! She would never leave someone to their fate when they need her support...
That's it! Someone must have gotten hurt and Noona took him to the infirmary, yes, it's the most logical thing for her not to come and take care of him from all these people he didn't know!
Now his mission is to find where the infirmary is located.
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Should he ask one of the other children in the garden if they saw her going there? It sounds the most logical thing in fact, but his heart continues to beat rapidly at the idea.
"Come on Hyun Woo, I can't always be the one to force you not to be a lonely kid!" He heard Hyuna's voice, his Noona was so powerful that it appeared in his mind.
By replicating the breathing exercises he learned from his caregivers, he tried to calm himself so he wouldn't feel so terrified.
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It works halfway.
He finds himself looking at all the children, he must find one who is not so distracted by playing that they could have seen Hyuna.
The boy with his ball doing pull-ups with it is definitely not an option, the girl in the tree hanging like a monkey was too distracted keeping her attention on that branch to see his Noona.
And there he found a little further away from everyone a small blonde boy, completely alone under a tree, who apparently could see everything from there.
Now he have just to go there, a piece of cake.
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Every step he takes to get there feels heavier for Hyun Woo, a flash of regret crossing his mind as he continues moving forward.
When he arrives he stays right in front of the boy. "Hello," he tried not to sound agitated as he probably sounded. "My name is Hyun Woo," he held out his hand in a greeting that was trying to be friendly. Hyun Woo felt that this was the greatest effort of his life.
The boy looks at him, without responding to his greeting, Hyun Woo wanted to complain if only his eyes didn't have him hypnotized, they were like two empty yellow basins. "What's your nam-" he was abruptly cut off.
"Luka..." says in a voice that's almost sound like a muffled echo, like he's not sure sharing his name with him. At least it was progress, right? Anyways, him just wanted to know where Hyuna was.
"Well-..." Apparently his poor brain couldn't say words as simple as: "I'm looking for my sister, do you know where she is?"
"Did you see, you know, a girl like me?" He hated how his voice sounded so unsure.
"..." Luka did not respond only under his gaze at his arms that were squeezing his legs, he shook his head slightly. Hyun Woo didn't know how to feel.
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Ughh, now what should he do? Going back to the same place they were at sounded tempting, until he saw from afar and there was still no sign of his Noona.
The other option was to stay with Luka, where there is a wide field of view, if Hyuna returns he will be able to see her from here.
With his decision made, he sat next to Luka to wait, and he was still looking at him.
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He had just noticed the boy's hands next to him, the fingers at the tips completely blue, in the books that he was forced to read he remembered that they explained how the lack of blood circulation did that in the affected areas of the body, leaving an alarming cold in that area.
Hyun Woo couldn't help but feel sorry, he knew why Luka was hugging himself and it was worse, warming himself up already must be something difficult for him.
Luka seemed like he had lost interest in him or maybe he was just ignoring him, he was looking at the children playing while there was a slight tremor in his body.
Clearly it was because of the cold he felt in his hands.
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Would it be wrong if I grabbed Luka's hands? It's not like it's a bad thing, but it's a bit invasive knowing that we only known each other for 15 minutes.
"He needs you Hyun Woo!" Noona appears in his head again to scold him for hesitating, he supposes that if his Noona were here she wouldn't hesitate to do it.
He grabs both of Luka's hands and already feels golden eyes on his hands specifically, although he couldn't see if they were empty this time.
Didn't feel that way.
Anyways, he continued with his thing, covering Luka's smaller hands with his own, they felt so cold, too cold for such a small child. Hyun Woo felt better when he felt Luka's hands warm in his, he decided to look at Luka to maybe try to see a relieved face. Or a thank you for his bravery in doing this for Luka.
There was a certain emotion in his gaze that he still couldn't identify that was fixed on the two hands that covered him. That meant he was okay, right? He tried to imagine his Noona congratulating him for his great effort...
Noona!
He almost completely forgot the main reason for staying here, And there she was, in the same place where he was waiting for her, looking confused, probably wondering where he went.
He had to go before she screamed his name like crazy!..
Until he remembered Luka. Sitting there, cold, and with no one.
Guilt overwhelmed Hyun Woo and he found it difficult to even move from his position so close to Luka. Hyun Woo didn't want to take away the only comfort of not feeling that cold...
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So he stays with Luka.
Hyuna will probably think he went to sleep so he wouldn't socialize and will look for kids to play ball with her.
All his thoughts about his sister are cut off by the extra weight on his shoulder.
It was Luka. Lying on his shoulder with his eyes closed, breathing steadily calmly.
Maybe that warms Hyun Woo's heart too much.