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hoseok went down the stairs after his bath. he went in the kitchen to eat his dinner that his foster mother made for him.

once he got there, taehyung was already there and hoseok only pout his lips. taehyung stuck out his tongue but he kept eating his food. hoseok hopped onto his chair and started eating quickly.

soon the mother came in the kitchen with a hair brush and some gel. she was getting ready to head out.

while the kids were eating, the mother brushed down their hair and put a little bit of hair gel on each of their head. she got out a cute outfit for each of them as well.

"hurry up kids, we leave in six minutes," the mother said. hoseok started eating even quicker but she told him to slow down a bit before he could choke. taehyung finished first since he started first and went to his room to change.

hoseok went in second.

it was the day of picking up the new kid and hoseok was excited. taehyung didn't care but he was a little nervous about how the kid was going to react towards him.

hoseok had his favorite green short on a yellow shirt with a small rainbow design on it.  it made him look adorable and all the nervous feeling left once hoseok put on his small shoes.  the boys were ready to head out but the mother was a bit nervous for her boy.  she knew all the rumors that started due to the girl a few years ago. she visited the foster facility on her own because she worked there and she heard all the things that the kids were saying about her.  she never brought hoseok there because she was afraid for him.  she would bring him once in a while but it wasn't more than necessary. 

the three got to the building and hoseok was excited.  taehyung helped hoseok out of the car.  taehyung always made sure to help hoseok in everything.  he held hoseok's hands every time they crossed a street or road.  he would sometimes feed hoseok his food when hoseok feels grumpy.  he called himself hoseok's father once but as a joke.  everyone laughed it off but taehyung had a reason.  taehyung knew the reason why hoseok wasn't getting adopted.  the mother told him at a very young age and after that day, he treated hoseok like a prince. 

it made taehyung happy either way. 

taehyung was worried for his brother all the time but as time goes on, he realizes that hoseok isn't suffering so much.  hoseok doesn't look like he's having trouble...but taehyung's too young to understand.  sooner or later, taehyung toned down his care because he didn't see hoseok dying.  but the problem was inside where no one could see, something taehyung didn't understand. 

once the family entered the building, the mother went to the counter to sign them in.  she left the kids on a bench where they waited for their mother.  suddenly, the mother heard a kid talking to her son, she turned around and all she heard was the kid saying something bad to hoseok. 

she rushed to hoseok's side.  she saw that he was on the verge of tears and she didn't know what to do.  she gently brushed hoseok's hair to calm him down since that always worked but somehow it didn't this time.  hoseok's tear rolled down and the mother used her thumb to rub it off. 

"i'm hoseok!" hoseok suddenly said.  the mother smiled at the boy's attempt but once the kids rolled their eyes, she pulled hoseok toward her chest so she could protect him from the cruel words.  she knew she shouldn't have brought hoseok with her.  then a boy around hoseok's age came up close to them.  the mother saw the boy's eyes and they didn't look like something to be scared of.  taehyung moved to let the boy cross but hoseok was scared. 

the mother frowned when she saw that hoseok was scared.  she didn't want any of this to happen. 

"i won't hurt you," hoseok's glossy eyes looked up at the other's eyes.  hoseok stopped putting his weight on top of his mother and used his feet to face the kid.  "my name is yoongi."

"i'm hoseok," hoseok said with much less confidence.  but no one rolled their eyes at him, causing him to smile to himself. 

from that day on, he found a friend that he didn't need to worry about.  it's like he found a new taehyung, it's funny. 

now what used to be three, is now four.  what now? five? no that would be too much.  hoseok was already happy, that's all that mattered to the mother.  hobi's happiness.

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