Melody

Woohyun laughed "Thank you, but you're the one who looks the same, still as young as when we last met." Woohyun faked being upset, Jonghyun looked pretty much identical to how he remembered him but he could tell the boy was older than before. Woohyun smiled at the pair when Jonghyun introduced himself. Jisun bowed and mumbled that her name was Jisun before clinging to Woohyun. "Daddy" she complained. Woohyun rolled his eyes and then hugged her close to him, rubbing her back. 

He stood back a bit while the apartment was unlocked then followed him in, smiling once more at the older, “I do, thank you gege~” He chimed, patting his back affectionately, “Does she know I’ll be here?” He wanted to shower fast if she didn’t—Sometimes he was able to tell the older when he was coming, one way or another. This time he’d barely given notice, yet the other was still kind enough to allow him in..

Woohyun nodded. "Yeah I told her you were coming tonight, she wants to show you some drawing she did." Woohyun smiled a little, Woohyun smiled a little, "Sure you can, if you want, I mean you don't have to I don't mind doing it." Woohyun laughed a little letting Tao go and shower, he'd been here enough to know his way around and how to get what he needed. 

"I’m guess mom was a hottie huh?" He chuckled to himself not sure if Woohyun caught the question. "I am sure there will be someone out there who wouldn’t mind a guy with a daughter who has a heart condition." He smiled. "You just gotta keep trying and never give up." He hummed in thought. "Ever tried online dating?"

"ohh can I?" he smiled and reached for food. "I have been starting for two days!" He wasn’t lying either, he had saved most of his money on trying for college and the rest for dog food for his dongs and the puppies he was trying to find homes for. to him they where more important.

"Not even her mom stood by me knowing she was sick." Woohyun shrugged, "online dating?" Woohyun hummed for a little. "I've never thought about it, don't people lie and stuff on there?": he laughed a little, everyone lied anyway, everyone lies in real life. There was nothing that could be done about it. 

He smiled over at Jisun and chuckled. She was a special girl and he was glad Woohyun had her in his life. “She’s gonna be a beautiful woman when she grows up you know.” He smiled. “You are gonna have to fight off boys!” He laughed, keeping the mood light as he followed Woohyun around with his camera.

"Yes but you are a handsome 23 year old guy with a baby girl” He chuckled. “And there are lost of girls out there who like that..” He fixes the lighting on the camera and continued to fil him. “….even some guys too..”

Woohyun laughed a little. "Don't you remind me." Woohyun smiled. "No boys ever, trust me I know how stupid eightteen year old boys can be." Woohyun smiled at his daughter, "But she's going to be stunning if she's anything like her mother." 

Woohyun smiled a little bit, "Now you tell that to people I date, guys don't stick around after I say the word daughter and girls don't stick around once I say heart condition, because my focus is always on my sick daughter." Wohyun shrugged, he didn't go on many dates anymore, there was no point investing in someone who was going to leave once they knew his whole situation. 

"Well I’m glad i caught her on a good day then." He laughed and smiled at the young tot as she came in, waving at her softly. "How old is she?" He talked to her even though he directed the question at Woohyun, knowing she wouldn’t talk to him.

He watched father taker care of his girl, smiling brightly as he thought about taking care of a child himself one day. However, he knew that would never happen since his fear of taking care of a human being was far to great to wish for a child of his own. “You two are so cute~” He chuckled.

"Sure, I will take one with jam~" He smiled then reached over into his bag, pulling out his handheld camera he was quite fond of and turning it on. "Say hello Woohyun~"

"She's 5 now" Woohyun smiled a little, and then nodded. "And before you say it, yes I had her when I was 18." Woohyun wasn't ashamed of what happened, he was young and he was stupid. He forgot one time and ended up with a pregnant girlfriend. He hated how people would look down on him despite the fact that he'd made something good out of his life, he'd had help when he'd done his teaching degree but other than that it was just him and his daughter and he felt like he was doing a good job. 

"She's all the cute" Woohyun laughed, watching as his daughter playing, she was beautiful, she was so cute and she was everything he imagined his daughter at five to be. She was the most beautiful little girl in the world for him, he wanted hold onto her forever at this age, knowing she was just going to get more and more independent. 

He stood up and played with his shirt a little, a habit he had when he got nervous or frustrated.”Do you have any tea?” he asked kindly, his eyes disappearing into a smile. “I love sweet tea so much..”

He followed the other into the kitchen, smiling at his daughter again as they walked by. “Shes pretty quiet..” He chuckled. “My caregivers have a young boy and hes really loud!” He smiled as he remembered Jung Soon screaming in the bookstore, pretending that he was a bear in a forests of books. It was so cute that he actually joined in the fun as a bear hunter. He chuckled to himself.

"Yeah let's go get you some tea." Woohyun smiled as he walked through into his kitchen and put the kettle on. He smiled a little at the other. "Yeah she's quiet, but she can really shout." Woohyun laughed a little, noticing that the other was spacing a little he smiled, maybe spacing as good for him, if it helped him clear his mind. "I was just saying you've caught her on a good day. She can get pretty loud." 

"Sunnie, want a drink?" she nods and then comes over, Woohyun sat her on the counter and made her a glass of squash and then poured hot water into the two mugs, making the tea. Woohyun smiled and gave Jisun a quick kiss. "Wanna take your medicine now?" he asked quietly, moving to give it to her, knowing that with someone visiting that Jisun wouldn't argue and he was right she took it with no problems. He gave her a biscuit and then helped her down and she went off back to play. 

"I have noticed my hands get shaky in the middle of a song.." He sighed and nodded at the instruction. "i will do better…" He flipped the page to the next song and breathed slowly, playing the melody as well as he could, His hands became shaky again in the middle, sending his left hand to stumble and stop. He pouted and frowned at his mistake, "I did it again.." 

Deep down he new why his hands shook. The fear of not succeeding in his dream would overcome him is certain ways, whether it be his hands shaking or his voice creaking at a high note, it happened sometimes.

Woohyun watched Daesung's hands and then when he had to stop Woohyun looked up. "Try not to think on it," Woohyun offered a slight smile. "What we need to do is to clear you mind a little, you just need to feel the music." Woohyun smiled, "I know I should crazy but the less you think the more your hands will naturally move to make the sounds" Woohyun smiled a little, he knew Daesung was more than capable of the pieces, until his hands shook he was perfect, he was right on point and that showed the other knew how to do them. 

"I didn’t get to practice much since I didn’t have many breaks a t the cafe this week, they are the only place I can go besides you with a piano." Daesung smiled and read over the notes. "But i think I did enough…we can see."

He started playing the first piece, humming as he went along. Daesung loved the sound of music, especially ballads like this one. He wished to be the best ballad singer in the world, or at least in Asia. It was his dream.

"That's Ok, I'm sure you can do it." Woohyun smiled listening to the first piece, noting only really minor errors. Errors which wouldn't affect a live performance of a song. Daesung's piano errors were so minor there was really no one that would notice, Woohyun only noticed because he was watching the mans hands. At the end of the piece he smiled. 

"Hey I think you have that one down." He laughed a little, turning the page of the music score, "try the second one." Woohyun smiled, "Oh and remember to keep your hands in the correct position, it will help you give a slightly better advantage when you have to shift into an allegro ok?" 

However, doubt of him actually doing well on the piano haunted him, he found himself worried that he would be a failure at it. Daesung knew that no one would hire a song writer or singer who couldn’t play an instrument, especially the piano. He shook his head free of the thoughts most of the time, determined to be successful in the challenge.

Besides, he had an awesome teacher anyway. Woohyun was great and shared the same dream as he did, though woohyun had never continued with it. However, he was grateful to have the man in his life.

"I don’t mind her." Daesung smiled, his eyes disappearing as he walked in and greeted his teacher."Also, It okay about the cancel, I was kinda busy myself so it all worked out."

"So did you practice the pieces I set last time?" Woohyun asked as they both went to the piano and he opened the book to the first piece. "If you have got these pieces I think you're almost ready to move onto the next level pieces." Woohyun was proud of how far Daesung had come, he was proud to see someone that actually did the practice, someone that actually wanted to do piano and wasnt here because they'd always done, or because their parents wanted to them. 

Quickly changing out of her paint smock and into something more presentable, Chohee left the house with her bag, running down to the bakery downstreet to grab a quick gift. Jisun was in the hospital again. Ji Sun’s heart was being monitored again. At times, it pained Chohee for a child as bright at Ji Sun to be plagued with hospital visits throughout her childhood. She knew those thoughts were useless, that there she didn’t have the ability to turn back time and change the strings of fate. Thus, she made it a point to visit Ji Sun often, bringing small gifts each time ranging from coloring books to snacks that were seen as a delicacy by Ji Sun. 

Stepping out of the bakery, Chohee began picking up her pace as she hailed a taxi for the hospital. She didn’t want to be late. Chohee always enjoyed watching JiSun wake up. The way the room would transform to life as the young girl’s soft eyes blinked open, vitality filling the room even though wires poked from beneath her blankets. Just as the Taxi came to as stop in front of the hospital, her phone buzzed signalling a text. Quickly reading it, Chohee quickly paid the driver before sprinting up the steps, replying quickly that she was already here.

After lingering a few moments to find the right door, Chohee pushed it open, a wide smile on her face as she saw Ji Sun coloring. “Hey” She whispered to Woohyun, burying a chuckle as she noticed how concentrated Ji Sun seemed to be. Placing the bag gently on a table, she enveloped her in a hug. “Jii Sun!” She exclaimed brightly in a sing-song voice as she slightly nuzzled her cheeks, being aware to not put pressure on the wires before she let go. “Did you miss me?” she asked, giving the other a small side glance before she praised her coloring skills. “I see you’ve been practicing, there’s nothing outside the lines this time! see, I told you you could do it”

Jisun hugged Chohee back, and then snuggled into her. "I missed you." Jisun said quickly when asked, Woohyun smiled when he saw how proud Jisun looked at being told her colour was getting good. "It's a princess." Jisun said quickly beaming a little. "Like you." Jisun bounced a little at the thought of strawberry short cake and strawberries, Woohyun didn't really know why but that was his daughter's favourite flavour, she would eat anything as long as it tasted like strawberry - was quite good as most cold medicines came in a strawberry flavour. 

Woohyun looked at his daughter and then smiled. "If you promise you're not going to try to take the monitor off you have have a little bit, not too much because you just woke up from surgery." Jisun looked at Woohyun and he remained stern, he had to. He was the father and he wanted what was best for her. She needed to do what he said, and honestly he was most concerned about her keeping the monitor on as she'd been trying to take it off when she woke up. 

Jisun nodded. "Ok baby you can have some." Woohyun smiled and then smiled at Chohee. He loved how the two girls interacted. He could never thank Chohee enough, she and her family had been the only people to stand by his parents when he got his girlfriend pregnant at 18, two years after his brother had got his fiancé pregnant. Both Nam boys had had kids outside of wedlock and there was a huge stigma attached to that. More so on Woohyun, he was still a teenage, and he wasn't even engaged to Jisun's mom. Woohyun came from a better place in society than he was in now but his parents weren't going to pay for his daughter. 

Stupid, stupid stupid. The young male chanted the phrase under his breath as he walked. For one last time he checked his shopping list. Like in the old days a little paper with all the necessities for the rest of the week. Every single item was crossed. Good, he didn’t feel like going back to the super for a third time this week. Fighting his way through the crowds of housemothers and screaming children once a day was already too much. Pathetic, he worked on a daycare. A house full of laughing, crying, screaming children. You would expect that he had some resistance for chaotic crowds.

Tilting his face up he stared at the blue sky. Jonghyun had to squint his eyes for the bright midday sky. The light of the sun was reflected in the sky, blinding his eyes if he looked too long. At least it was good weather for a walk. It made it all a bit more doable while he struggled with the heavy bags. He was a strong boy, he had muscles. He could walk to his car with bags that weighted 20kg each with supplies. Ugh, why had he parked all the way down the parking lot. The handles of the bags were cutting in his hand. Oh yeah, it was totally crammed. But what do you expect for a Saturday. People got time, they go out shopping, get their groceries or anything from less importance. Some kids on skates with ice in their hands. Jonghyun licked his own cracked lips at the sight of the delicious treat. If he had time to spare he would just dump his groceries in the backseat of his car and go to take something sweet. Lemon ice cream had always been his favorite.

Woohyun smiled when Jisun asked him to carry her. He sighed, and picked her up, she held onto him as he walked with her. She was pretty small for her age, due to the heart condition, well so the doctors had said, but Woohyun was pretty sure it was genetic, he wasn't exactly a tall man and Jisun's mom was a tiny woman. She was petite and Woohyun was pretty sure that Jisun was going to take her mother's body type. He was going to have a petite daughter, who from her personality that he saw was going to be feisty. She was going to be able to handle herself, he just knew it. He loved that about her, despite everything Jisun was a little firecracker, shy at first but once she warmed up to you.she was something else, and she'd gotten Woohyun's headstrongness.