Woobin really had grown, not only physically but as a man. He hated to keep comparing him to the young teenager he once knew, but it was only a good excuse to put on a smile. Of course, the little joke eased all tension Ren had stitched to his insides. Like a balloon, the good feeling grew with every word of Woobin's soothing voice, even the sound of his short chuckle.
Ren didn't answer, afraid of making himself a fool that spoke on the whim. Instead, he put a hand through his hair and tried to make out the shadows around the contours of the man's face. He painted the picture in his mind the best he could, noticing that the structure of his eyes lying above his strong cheekbones hadn't changed. He always found himself strange for seeing people's faces through structure and not by beauty or the opposing factor.
"Eight? Wow." He murmured. It had been so long, too long perhaps. Ren smiled softly the best he could in attempt at comfort. He knew all too well how Woobin felt of his father, Ren remembered the way he murmured about his past. Broken sentences that made a story with enough perception to make Ren give him pity, perhaps jealousy. Come to think of it, he supposed that Woobin knew nothing of Ren considering he didn't have a chance to say much back then.
Ren smiled again, this time he was much lighter in mood. "Oh, look at the old man - already boasting about his extra centimeters." Adjusting his position slightly, Ren tried to be a litte mor comfortable on the uneven cobblestones. He was uneasy, he thought perhaps that the older would be somewhat ashamed to hear of what has happened to him.
"I uh-" He pulled his knees up to his chest like a child, using his arms to hold them close. "- joined the Brotherhood. No other place to go, you know? I've been doing good, I thought they'd help me in my skill sets and maybe - I dunno, make me feel a bit better about myself then I did at age thirteen. When we last met," He sighed softly and rested his chin on a knee, slightly muffling his voice. "- one of the doctors gave me surgery last week."
"Before we met, I was forced to come here with my parents. Back then, the Heukyang government had a small anti-mutant group and they took me and my parents in. I guess my parents had something they wanted and they had to beat the life out of them - and me - to get it." He blinked and sighed with slight aggravation. "I remember hearing my name being called in a way it's never been before, that's- that's why I acted that way just now..."
"They let me go, I don't know why, but I ran and ran until you came along." Ren smiled softy. "As much pain as you and I were in, you reminded me of my family. After I woke up one day, you were gone and I only hoped you were safe." Another sigh, he tried to make the monologue as clean as possible.
"By then, someone from the Brotherhood picked me up and now we're back in full circle. The surgery from last week was to remove some kind of chemical that was injected into my body. I used to get real sick when I wasn't in the light, it would act like a kind of poison whenever I used my power, see. And now that it's gone, my body feels like it has nothing to rely on."
He laughed quietly at himself in embarrassment, "God, I'm sorry. I really got going, didn't I?" He spoke like a child, all his Brotherhood-trained cleverness and professionalism went away in an instant.
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