( Ten days into fatherhood )

Morning arrived, and this morning like the other recent mornings this week, the first thing on Jun Pyo's mind was to check on his son.

He looked as he usually did. Sleeping soundly, head buried into his neck for warmth outside the blankets.

Jun Pyo didn't realise how weak the little infant was until he lay practically limp in his arms.

"Hey, why are you so lazy? Cm'on..."

Trying to encourage his son out of sleepiness, he began jigging. The childs head simply bumped up and down with Jun Pyo's body.

Suddenly the infants body tensed in his fathers hold before a tiny sneeze left his body.

Experiencing the first signs of ill-health didn't make him feel very good, which was why he began wailing a cry that Jun Pyo had never heard before.

"Hey hey, its OK, your not sick are you?"

Pressing the back of his hand on his child's head, he drew back quickly as if he was touching a hot oven.

"Why is your head so warm?"

Jun Pyo flew toward the butler returning with a bottle in his hands, still holding the red-faced boy in his arms.

"Butler, what's wrong with him? Look."

He pressed his hand roughly against the his forehead, meanwhile the weakening infant protested and kicked against this violation of his body. A panicked Jun Pyo stared at his Butler, longing for him to have an answer.

"Whats wrong with him?"

"I'm sorry Toreanim, maybe it would be best to take him to the hospital to see what's wrong."

Nodding vaguely, Jun Pyo allowed the baby to removed from his arms and transported to the car, first wrapping him in warm blankets. He had a protective hand on his son the whole journey there.

"We have finished out tests and it looks like a fairly common fever."

"Common fever?"

"Yes, infants are prone to this kind of thing because the immune system just is not strong enough to fight it of yet, but don't worry, he will be fine and in about two days he can go home. Oh and try not to be alarmed by the equipment attached to him, it is just to keep him hydrated."

The doctor bustled away, sorting through charts and clearly to busy to hang around for gratitude from a dazed Jun Pyo.

Thats it...

Jun Pyo determined.

I knew i couldn't be a father. I cant even protect my son from common fevers. How can the heir of Shinhwa be in such contact with commoners already?

He tried to swallow the lump in his throat. He made a move to head into his sons room when his blurred vision spotted a moving silhouette coming toward him, the vague colour clashing and angry aura could only mean one person was storming toward him.

"GU JUN PYO!"

He knew it was Jan Di. He knew he had to explain that nothing he did caused their child to be admitted to hospital. But all his unfocused body could muster was:

"Jan Di, who called you?"

Understanding that the disgusted look on her face meant that was the wrong thing to say. His tried to wire his mind a little better.

"It-its OK he will be fine, its just a fe-"

"Jun Pyo! I TRUSTED you with him! I trusted you because you are his father! How can_!"

She finally took note of her son, whom she had not seen in days, was wired up with tubes injected into his arms.

A cold, disconnected look meet his wondering eyes.

A sharp, solid clap slammed across his face as Jan Di threw her hand out in anger.

"Dont go anywhere near him from now on. If you do, so help me I will kill you."

Her hands gripped the sides of the door tight to make sure Jun Pyo could never enter.

"Congratulations Jun Pyo. Your free to live a life without a child burdening again."

Hii :) So this is the first part of a two part finale, did you like it? Love it? Hate it?

Review anyway if you wish, its your last chance! ^^

Oh, and can you guess what will happen? Brownie points if you get it right.