Note: Dealing with a runaway rebellious teenage Ryung

Before we start, let me introduce Jumin and Zen's children in the story.

Han Ju-Ryung, Ryung for short, is Jumin and Zen's firstborn. He's 15 years old in this chapter. He has all of Jumin's physical attributes but his red eyes are inherited from Zen and his hair is slightly on the lighter tone of black.

Han Hyun Jung, Jung for short, is their second child. She's 8 years old in this chapter. Being the youngest and the only girl, she is the princess of the family. She has Zen's physical attributes but her grey-ish black eyes are from Jumin and her long white hair are wavy.

Based on

-outgoing call to Jumin in Casual Route in Day 3. ' Of course, I can't understand the point of getting angry at me over the phone. He should yell at me in person.'

-Jaehee's past story.

Zen opens the door to their home, glad to be finally home after spending a week acting for the production at various locations. The perks of being a famous superstar is you get to negotiate the terms and duration of each contracts without being used and overworked like he had in the past. As much as he love his acting career, he couldn't bear to leave his family behind for too long. He miss spending some quality time with his children and cuddles with his beloved Jumin, reading books and boring documents to him.

Usually he would be greeted by his children's cheerful smiles but not this time. It's still pretty early in the afternoon, so Jumin should still be at work but the kids should be back from school already. He called out his children's name as he searches around. 'Ryung? Jung? I'm back.' He repeats his calls as he search each room, growing worried.

He first check his son's room and found it to be empty. It was unusually neat and tidy too but he paid no heed. Then he went to check on his daughter's room. Soft sobs escalated his anxiety when he found her crying in the corner of her room. 'Jung! What happened?' 'Mommy!' He hugs her into his arm. As he tries to calm her, he asks 'Where's Ryung?' He soft sobs blown into a hysteric cry. 'Brother.. He... He r-ran away!' 'What? Did you know where he go?' She shook her head as she continue crying on his shoulder. 'He says that he's angry at mom and dad.'

Zen carried her as he make his way to check on Ryung's room. He found a letter addressed to him and Jumin. His hands couldn't stop shaking as he reads the letter with Jung finally stopped crying, sitting on his lap.

Jumin was in a middle of a conference meeting when his phone rang, disrupting the presentation. Seeing the caller ID, he sets it to silent but it wouldn't stop vibrating. Sensing something amiss as Zen wouldn't call him after the first miss call, he calls for a break. Jumin's delicate eardrum was not prepared when Zen screamed on the other side.

'Han Jumin! Why didn't you pick up your phone?!'

'I'm sorry. I was in the middle of the meeting. Calm down and please stop yelling.'

'HAA? Calm? How can I be calm when our son is missing?!'

'What did you mean missing?'

'He ran away from home. And he left a letter...' Zen paused for awhile before continuing, his voice turn into soft crying nervous hitches. 'I... I think it's my fault. I should have listened...'

'First, stay calm and look after Jung. I'll come home to you right now.' As soon as he hang up the call, he instruct his chief assistant to postpone his meetings for the day.

It's been raining heavily for the past few hours and there weren't many customers around. Save a few who decided to stay until the rain stops. Jaehee decided to clean the front display glass. When she went to get the cleaning equipments, the store's front door bell chimed, signaling a new incoming customer. Smiling, she greets 'Welcome-' She paused when she realized the guest was a young boy whose red eyes she knew very well and admired. 'Ryung, what brings you here? You're soaking wet!' Jaehee calls out to MC to bring a dry towel. 'Aunt Jaehee...' His eyes glistening. Jaehee wasn't sure if it was the rain or he's crying. But she noticed something is wrong when she looks around and don't see any bodyguard following him while carrying a bag. When MC came back with a dry towel, Jaehee immediately dries his hair. She gestures him to use the room upstairs to get changed into dry clothes that he brought along.

Zen rushes to the front door as soon as he hears that Jumin is back.

'Jumin, you're back.'

'Have you called his friends and school?' Jumin asks as he loosen his tie.

'I did. They all said he went straight home after school. Driver Kim can confirm that.'

'How's Jung doing?'

'I put her to bed after she cried herself to sleep.'

'Do you still have the letter?' Zen passes the letter to him.

'Jumin, I think we should call the cops and make a wide media coverage on every news and channels for missing person.'

'Hyun, calm down.' Jumin tries to hold his shoulders but his hands were slapped away instead.

'Godammit Jumin. I can't calm! I'm so worried right now. Why is it you can do it for the furball but not for your own flesh and blood?' Zen's voice grew louder and angrier.

'It's exactly based on that experience that I think we should think before we act so brashly. I'm worried about Ryung too. At least we know that he's not kidnapped.'

'But he's alone, all by himself. Who knows what might happen.' Tears pooling under his eyes as his fears grow for his son's safety.

'I've already instructed my security team to investigate and Saeyoung to track him. It's just gonna take for awhile.'

Zen swallows his saliva hard and takes a deep breath to stay calm. Jumin has a point. Panicking right now won't help the situation. But something has been bothering his mind and he needs to voice it out.

'Jumin, do you think I've been bad at parenting just like my parents did?'

'What made you said that?'

'You've read what Ryung wrote in that letter. I can't help but to feel that way since he's behaving like I did when I was at his age.'

Jumin closes the gap between them and held Zen in an embrace. 'That would make both of us.'

'I hope we'll find him soon and correct what we did wrong. We should have listened to him.' He finally cried as he hid his face on his shoulder.

Jumin pats his back to calm him down. 'You had stayed strong in front of Jung. We'll find him. I promise.'

The phone rang and Jumin immediately answer the call. 'Han Jumin speaking. Oh it's you, Miss Kang.'

If it wasn't for his eyes, Jaehee could swore that Ryung would be an exact copy of his father, her ex-employer. Even from the way he carries himself, his habits and the things he likes and dislikes were the exact same as Jumin except for the way he speaks and his temper. Jaehee places a cup of coffee on the table which Ryung gladly accepts. When he took a sip, his eyes flickered in surprise. 'Aunt Jaehee, how do you know how I liked my coffee?'

Jaehee takes a sit next to him and begin to elaborate. 'I didn't know but I've been watching you growing up and noticed you have the same habits as your father so I guessed that you might like it just like Mr. Han do. You even love wearing striped shirts just like you do now.' Ryung was awed but annoyed to be compared that way. 'Well yeah, Father never really cared bout me.' 'That's not true at all, Ryung. But the way you talk and your temper is exactly like Zen's.' Ryung rolled his eyes and sighed. 'Can we not talk about them?' 'Alright. So, may I ask why you're here, Ryung?' Ryung kept his mum.

She rephrase her question. 'Did you ran away from home?' It was a bingo guess as Ryung grew flustered and nodded. 'It's fine. I'm right here to listen to your troubles. You can tell me. There must be some valid reason right?'

Ryung takes a deep breath. 'They never listen to what I wanted to do. And they even decided on my future without even consulting me.'

'Mr. Han and Zen did that? I'm sure they only did the best for you. There must be a misunderstanding.'

Ryung raises voices and broke down in tears. 'There's no misunderstanding!'

'Have you tried talking to them? No?' She raises her eyebrow at him when he went silent again.

'How am I supposed to talk to them when they're so busy with work and hardly home?' He mumbled between his knees as he hugs his legs.

Jaehee found out that running away from home was his way of getting his parents' attention. 'But I'm sure if you could sit with them together and talk about it, they will listen right?'

Silent. As Jaehee stirs her own cup of tea, she noticed the rain has begun to clear. Then she decided to change the subject and tell him her story. 'You know, Ryung. Sometimes I wished I had a family like yours.'

'You're kidding me right? Why would you like my dysfunctional family? Is it because I have a superstar for a mother and a influential wealthy businessman for a father?'

'It's not about their reputation and career, Ryung. From an outside observer, yours seems like a normal healthy family. Not all family are perfect and each have their own issues but knowing Mr. Han and Zen, I can vouch that they're one of best pair of parents one could ever have.'

Ryung snickered. 'You're funny, Aunt Jaehee. If they're so good, how come I turn out to be this way right now?'

'Like I've said, not all family are perfect. And I believe the issue is you never talked to them in the first place. I never knew my father as he died when I was very young. I lost my mother before I went for middle school so I lived with my distant relatives. I was very unwelcome in that household as they treat me as a burden with extra mouth to feed. With that in mind, I strive to study hard, got into a top university with scholarship and graduated early to join the workforce as soon as possible so I wouldn't be a burden for them for too long.'

'So, you studied and worked hard for so long to the point you forgo your own happiness and purpose in life?' Ryung asks.

'That's right but thanks to MC, I managed to gather the courage to do what I'm doing now. I think your parents have a better life story to tell. They didn't start off well in the first place due to their polar personalities.' Jaehee continues with Zen's story of how he ran away from home due to the lack of support from his conservative and traditional parents and his struggles at the beginning of his career.

'So, mom ran away from home at my age?'

'Yes. But it was only after his parents, are strongly against him to go into acting even if he tried to talk to them several times. As for Mr. Han...'

'I bet dad had a sheltered life when he was young...'

'That's where you're wrong to assume that too. I don't know much of the details but your grandfather had definitely never go easy on Mr. Han. And Mr. Han just did whatever Chief Han gave him and ordered him to do without questioning it. When I was working under him, he worked three times harder than me. I'm surprised that they never told you bout them.'

'They never told me anything...'

Jaehee smiled and walk over to the door. 'I guess it's time for you all to sit and talk about them as a family.' When she opens the door, Ryung immediately recognize the two figures standing at the entrance.

'Mom? Dad? Aunt Jaehee, how do they know that I'm here?'

'I'm sorry, Ryung. I called them while you were changing. It's for the best.' Jumin and Zen had arrived earlier and been listening to the entire conversation.

Zen rush over and hugged Ryung tightly. 'Ryung, I'm so glad that you're safe.'

'Mom...?'

Jumin walks over and envelops them both in his arms in an embrace. 'You got us so worried about you.'

'Dad... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry...' Streams of tears flowing from Ryung's eyes. He never expected for his parents to still showering him with affections instead of reprimanding him for the trouble he had caused for running away from home. Perhaps he was wrong about them.

Zen tries to comfort him in a soft tone. 'We're so sorry too. We should have listened to you.'

Jaehee quietly closes the door to leave them have some family heart-to-heart talk.

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