I'll Take Care of You : Chapter 6
“Who’s that?” Minho asked while they both stopped before the house. Taemin averted his eyes away from Minho to the ground and silently said, “Yoo Geun’s mother… Kim Yoo Jin.”
Minho quickly turned his head towards the noona with a shocked expression; the noona was dressed in stylish clothing. A skirt that stopped in the middle of her slim thighs, wearing black high-heeled boots, and a leather jacket, her long black wavy hair was let down also. Even though her face looked really cute and young, Minho could tell that she was probably older than Taemin.
Whoa! Minho thought to himself, how the hell did Taemin hook up with such a hottie?! Minho blinked furiously as he stood there with a dumbfounded expression. “Well, it looks like I have to go right now, see you tomorrow,” Taemin slightly bowed as he quickly walked towards the noona who seemed to be very pissed.
“Yah,” Minho could hear the noona snapping at Taemin angrily, “where have you been? Do you know how long I’ve been waiting?” Minho was about to walk up there and tell her that it wasn’t Taemin’s fault but Taemin quickly opened the door and went in with the lady. Minho stood in the streets that were filled with silence, thoughts came tumbling in that made Minho’s chest ache. He started to wonder about what they were doing inside of that house right now, does Taemin still have feelings for her? Are they going to get back together? Whatever the case may be, Minho didn’t like this feeling.
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Since it was a Sunday, Minho lounged around in his home, bored to death and still worried about the no one from yesterday so he decides to go visit Taemin and Yoo Geun. When Minho arrived at the house, he felt relieved that the noona wasn’t there. “Soooo… How did things go with Yoo Geun’s mom?” Minho asked, trying to sound indifferent as he lifted Yoo Geun up and down in the air, playing upsy-daisy.
“Hmmmm, it was okay, she just wanted to give Yoo Geun a present…” Taemin simply said, being too absorbed in the magazine he was viewing. Minho was very curious on what happened between them but he thought that he shouldn’t be concerned with it because they’re not together now, and that he is together with Taemin now, so things are perfect just the way it is. Minho didn’t want to jinx things and so he kept his mouth shut, when Taemin is ready to tell Minho about his past then he’ll be all ears.
“OMO!” Taemin suddenly exclaimed as he shoved the magazine in front of Minho’s face. “Look! Such a cute koala bear! It kind of reminds me of Yoo Geun… Small, cute, clingy.”
“Yoo Geun does not look like a koala bear!” Minho said as he laughed, hugging Yoo Geun. Yoo Geun began glaring at Taemin. “I-in a way, he does…” Taemin pouted as he tried to defend his statement.
“Maybe we should go visit the zoo… I’m sure Yoo Geun would like to see animals, huh?”
“Yay! To the zoo, we go!” Taemin jumped up in his place, shooting both of his arms out into the air with a big fat smile on his face.
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“Wow! I haven’t been at the zoo since forever!” Taemin said all giddy inside, his eyes sparkling as he watched the giraffes eating the leaves, and then he pointed at one. “Hey, isn’t that similar to you, hyung? Tall and has a pretty small head!”
Minho frowned at the playful joke, “ha, ha, so very funny.” He put a hat on Yoo Geun and smiled. “Hey, Taemin, you picked out some cute clothes for Yoo Geun. He looks like he’s going to go on a safari or something,” Minho commented as he straightened out Yoo Geun’s clothing. Yoo Geun was wearing some tan overalls and brown boots; he even had mini binoculars around his neck.
“Thank you,” Taemin said as he smiled triumphantly, placing his both of hands on his hips. Yoo Geun began pointing towards the pandas, so they walked there together; Yoo Geun held both of their hands. “Remember, we need to keep a close eye on Yoo Geun! He’s probably acting sweet to catch us off guard so he can just run off later,” Minho whispered into Taemin’s ear, Taemin nodded firmly in response.
After they went to almost every place in the zoo, they stopped by at the petting zoo area; Yoo Geun was going around chasing the chickens. “Sh-shouldn’t we stop Yoo Geun before he actually hurts the chicken… Or himself?” Taemin asked nervously as he watched Yoo Geun, sitting next to Minho on a bench. “Nah, it’s okay, he’s not fast enough to catch the chicken,” Minho said bluntly as he dropped some feed onto the ground and some chickens came by, picking it with their beaks.
Minho saw some younger kids trying to pet the sheeps and feed them, he tapped Taemin’s arm and pointed towards them. “See that little lamb hiding behind the big sheep? It kind of reminds me of you, cute, fluffy, pretty small, and pretty shy.” Taemin blushed, pushing his lips together into a tight line to stop himself from smiling as he tilted his head down, facing his hands that were in his laps. Minho’s heart felt like it was skipping a mile a beat when he saw Taemin’s expression; he turned his head away from Taemin, putting his left hand to his face to cover his red face.
When Minho turned his head, his eyes scattered around to find Yoo Geun, but he was nowhere in sight. “Shit,” Minho cursed silently to himself, he then grabbed Taemin’s arms, pulling him up to stand. “Yoo Geun got out of the petting zoo area!” Fortunately, Minho saw Yoo Geun walking out, heading towards some shaded area by some trees, they ran after him. Minho and Taemin both stopped in their tracks and looked at each other with distressed expressions, they grabbed each other, arms wrapped around tightly as they stared at Yoo Geun. “Oooooooh, my…!!” They both began to panic; Minho started shaking Taemin in his arms, their hearts dropping into the bottom of their stomachs.
There was a tiny cub tiger on top of Yoo Geun, what the heck was a baby tiger doing on the side of the grass in the walk ways?! “Is it going to eat him?!” Taemin screamed, clutching Minho’s sleeves as he trembled. “I don’t know!” Minho yelled out nervously and anxiously, the bystanders were watching from a far distance, pointing and gossiping with worried looks. Yoo Geun was still on the ground, petting the small tiger; it then began to lick his face. “Oh, my pocky! It’s going to eat him!” Taemin cried, he tried to slip out of Minho’s arm but Minho quickly ran towards Yoo Geun, he snatched the tiger off of the child and it whelped out loud, roaring.
He was holding the tiger from behind, his hands under the cub’s arms, the poor animal was flailing around and Minho was pacing around in a circle as he held it. Taemin dashed towards Yoo Geun, picking him up. “Uh, sir… Can you like, give me the cub back?” A trainer said, as he stood before Minho, Minho practically threw the cub to the man’s arms. “You do realize that this cub is harmless for now since it’s just a baby and we don’t feed it that much meat… Right?”
“Uh, yeah, of course,” Minho tried to say coolly while he placed one hand on his waist, nodding his head back and forth as he smacked his lips. “But don’t just leave the cub unattended like that!” After he scolded the young male trainer, he turned back to Taemin and they quickly walked away since all eyes were on them. “I almost pissed my pants,” Minho muttered angrily, Taemin chuckled faintly and then he let out a relieved sigh. Yoo Geun looked over Taemin’s shoulder and waved bye-bye to the baby tiger.
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“Well, that was fun,” Taemin hummed happily, Yoo Geun was playing with his binoculars as they walked to the front porch. “I guess I need to be more responsible, huh? But, hyung, you were really cool… Saving Yoo Geun like that.”
“Hmmm, I guess, but you matured a little more…” Minho admitted as he crossed his arms. “To be honest, I saw the look in your eyes that you were going to go get Yoo Geun but I thought that I didn’t want you to be hurt by the cub either… So my feet just ran off on its own.”
“R-really…” Taemin said shyly as his cheeks began to flush, they parted way and Minho began to walk home. When he realized he was being followed, he stopped to confront the culprit; it was Yoo Geun’s mom.
“Who are you? And why are you spending so much time with Taemin and Yoo Geun? I even saw you yesterday with them,” the noona instigated, as she examined Minho up and down, walking around him as her heels clacked on the ground.
“I’m Choi Minho, I help Taemin take care of Yoo Geun,” Minho replied calmly, standing in his place. “I heard you’re called Kim Yoo Jin?”
“Yes, I am. Anyway, can I ask you of a favor?” She stopped a few feet away from Minho, facing him confidently. Minho was a bit curious to see what she wanted so he gave her a nod. “Convince Taemin to give Yoo Geun back to me.”
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a/n: Uee is from After School for those who don't know :3