"I might be a thief, and you officially also became one."
As they entered the dark pantry, Haein looked excited, this was the first time she was doing something this bad. She curiously looked around to find something to steal, but the darkness was blocking her view.
*CLICK*
Suho turned the light on and saw tons of food, he immediately went for the medium-sized cardboard boxes. It’s the emergency ration packed with instant noodles and baby formula.
"What are these? Food? Are you a glutton? You need this much food? Look at you, you’re so skinny. Is this why you need so much food? Lucky you, I get fat just by eating a little pork."
"Shhh! Can you stop running your mouth for once? Take this box in your hand and get out."
Suho didn’t even mind her tone or language, this is something he was used to, people really do call him a glutton in the orphanage, it’s just he never actually eats much. Thinking about Mina and her little friends who eat his share waiting inside, he hurried his hands.
"Wait, there’s no water bottle?"
"Tap water is the only water source here. Let’s go, hold on to this box tight, I’ll manage the water."
Suho picked up the window again so Haein can get out first, then he got out, he has taken enough food for the time being, and he didn’t take any risks by leaving the pantry open to all, he carefully placed the hinges back so no one can enter the pantry randomly.
"Okay, let’s go, we will collect the water and boiling machine on the way to a safe place."
"You can hold on to this box while we walk, right? I never carried this much weight in my life."
"You try a new thing every day."
As he turned right to the resident quarter, his footsteps halted, he felt there was something off about the whole place, because he just saw a silhouette running inside the room number 2. If his guess is correct, that was the orphanage manager Choi.
"You finally decided to help? Haha..."
"Shhh! Don’t make any noise, go that way and hide behind something, and don’t come out even if I scream."
"What?"
"I said, ’Sush!!’ Do what I say."
Suho pointed Haein at the back, this path leads directly to the children’s wing. Haein, seeing the serious expression on his face, nodded her head and without uttering a word, went back.
*CLATTER*
So many people? Sigh! What the hell is this turning out to be? Let’s hurry.
Suho looked at the other end of the corridor where he just came from, people were bursting in there, maybe from the garden. He didn’t care, he took long strides and stopped just beside the room number 2’s entrance.
"What the fuck is happening, director?"
"How would I know, bastard, your orphanage has done it?"
It’s as I guessed, these bastards are trying to hide in plain sight, as if I will let you.
As soon as Suho heard the whispers, he understood who was inside, the cursed Director Seyeon and his lackey this orphanages manager Choi, Suho smiled, and a simple plan formed in his mind, he immediately went to execute it. He was a master fighter with Rod anyway, he can beat two oldies if push comes to shove.
Suho walked up to the door, their voice died down as soon as they heard someone’s footsteps approaching, but before they could realize who it was, the door closed on them, making the whole room dark.
Suho’s plan was simple: he just had to lock the door from outside and let someone know fast enough so that these bastards couldn’t escape through the window.
"What?!! Which bastard decided to do this?"
"Director, calm down, I think someone from the orphanage thought this room was empty, so they locked it. It’s better this way, they won’t come here, and we don’t have to escape."
"Aahaha, even in misfortune, fortune shines on me."
Suho didn’t hear their conversation, even if he did, he would’ve rolled his eyes at them. He went to room number 1, which was just beside room no. 2, and grabbed 2 cases of bottled water and carried the light water boiler between them.
"HEY!!! DIRECTOR SEYEON, I WILL LOCK ROOM NUMBER 2 SO YOU CAN BE SAFE. YES, IT’S ME, ADMIN YEJUN."
Yelling this, Suho didn’t wait for people to gather around. Once they find the director, the crowd will thin out eventually, and children inside can be safe.
"That bastard... Yejun, why would he yell this?"
"Who’s Yejun?"
"The motherfucker who came running just a while ago, the one who said we called him..."
"Damn it, this orphanage is a cursed place."
...
"Alright, let’s go."
Suho, returning with both hands full, saw that Haein was hiding behind a small column. She didn’t even put down the box, which would’ve been way easier for her to run if something really happened to him.
"Wow, you are strong, these bottles look heavy."
"What are you majoring in?"
Suho was used to carrying weight, he personally volunteered when the supply every month arrived so that he could mark things to steal for the kids. He didn’t want to explain this much to a stranger, so he just asked a random question. This was the only thing common between them to talk about.
"Oh! Medicine, what about you?"
"Same here, see that door? That’s our destination, so you don’t have to carry this box for long."
"You’re in medicine as well? Damn! I had to take tuitions after tuitions, studied sixteen hours a day, and even studied under three famous doctors. What about you?"
"There’s nothing about me that will impress you, go knock on the door, please."
Suho didn’t bother to explain to her that he never even attended extra classes in his government-facilitated school and had to work part-time here and there to get supplies for Mina, for a Deaf and Mute child. Toys are a bit different, they are rare and expensive.
"Suho? Finally, you came back, sigh! I was so worried."
Minjun came out, and seeing Suho holding bottle cases, he took one happily in his hand and welcomed them inside the room packed with kids.
Mina was seated in a corner with two children, they looked equally chubby and happy to play with Mina’s iPad. Mina, seeing Suho, stood up happily, and while running towards him, she made a hand gesture.
{OPPA}
"Oppa? She just used sign language?" (Oppa: Female term for an older brother, male friend, or boyfriend.)
"Yes, that’s the only way she can communicate."
Suho nodded his head, and Haein, for the first time, saw a smile forming on Suho’s face, although he looks what she would call ugly, but somehow she can’t take her eyes away from his smile.
"Are you okay?"
{Yes! But I gave the rest of the box to them, Sorry Oppa}
"She’s saying she gave away something, Oppa."
"I am not your Oppa, You’re well evacuated now. Sit tight, eat when they serve, get rescued, and go back home."
Suho picked up Mina in his hand and looked at Haein. His objective was done, so there was nothing tying them together. She was safe and could eat food, so he walked to the corner with Mina and finally sat down. He wanted to have a bottle of water, but there were only a few left after they took it for the instant noodles preparations, so he didn’t take one.
[Updated]
[Main Mission: Help out the other kids evacuate.]
[Result: Passed] [Passing Grade: A]
[Reward: Erasure of Evidence, Special Account in your name in KB Kookmin Bank with some funds.]
[Tap here to get the rewards.]
"This boy is so strange."