seventeen

suddenly remembering that he had practice, he said, "oh right." he slung a red backpack with firetruck patterns off his shoulders and handed it to danna. "here's his favorite toys and books, and his favorite blanket. i'll be back in the afternoon to pick him up."

she grabbed the backpack and put it on a rack of belongings behind her after slapping a sticker with the name min jonghyung on it. "before you can leave," she began calmly. "let me just run you by the basic rules. you check in here when you drop off your child. the price for child care is 1.9 million won. with that money we provide care, food, and anything he may need. when you pick him up, you must sign out no matter how much of a hurry you are in. and no one else but you is allowed to pick up the child unless you personally allow it. no written permission will be allowed for another person to take him, even if that person is the child's own mother. also, you must attend the monthly parent meetings. we basically just have a room where we showcase things the children have created during art class."

yoongi nodded his head. "perfect. i agree."

"okay, you may go." she told him.

-

a week after exchanging numbers, i texted him.

we were at work and i needed to reset one of the monitors. to do so, you need a pin, and only the new employees have pin name tags. older employees have their names embroidered onto their shirts.

so i asked to borrow his pin. after i reset the monitor, i tried to return it and he was gone. so i took a picture of the pin and texted him. "you left without asking for your name tag back."

and he replied, "lol sorry. she asked me if i wanted to go home and i didnt think twice."

i still have that picture of his name tag in my phone somewhere.

-clary