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jehyun wiped the ice cream that was on Aphrodite's cheek. He then glanced at Dionysius who was busy playing with his phone since he finished his ice cream. Three of them together with Chen who was busy ordering ice cream sandwiches.

Why were the twins with him and Chen? And where are Jin and Hiro?

Well long story short, after waking up the twins with their ruckus, jin threatened to kill them if they don't take the twins with them.

Thus the reason why they're with the twins at the mall waiting for the celebrity who caused all of this.

"where is he?" jehyun stood on his tippy toes and scanned the area. He was in the food court where Seojun said they would meet up but the celebrity was late. He furrowed his brows. "was this all a prank"

He shook his head. No that can't be. Seojun was enthusiastic when he called him for this meetup but what should jehyun expect, the teen is a celebrity who happened to be an actor.

"where Chenie? " jehyun looked down at Aphrodite who tugged at the bottom of his jeans. She had a pout as she was missing the loud and obnoxious butterfly. Turning to her younger twin, she slapped him at the back of his head which made jehyun gasp. "Aphrodite! " she paid no attention to the older man and continued to hit her brother to get his attention. "lookie papa"

Jehyun turned his head to where the little girl was pointing and saw a man who stood out since he wore a suit. With him was a woman close to his age who was dressed in a tight-fitting red dress. Crouching to the girl's height he asked, "Aphrodite is that your mama? " he watched as the little girl shook her head no. So this was what Jin meant when he said his cousin was planning on divorcing her husband. He's a cheating bastard!

"what's the point of calling him papa when he doesn't even care" Dionysius didn't need to look up from jehyun's phone to know what his father was doing. He was quite used to it actually. "he and mama fight all the time"

Jehyun pitied the kids. The kids were suffering because of their parents' toxic relationship. He was even surprised at what Dionysius said. The kid is 3 but talked like he was in this 30s. Smiling softly, he approached the young boy, still crouching, he pulled the boy in an unsuspected hug. "shh don't say that Diony. Even if he's still like that he's still your papa"

Dionysius shook his head. "no. Mama said that he's not going to be our papa"

"don't say that! " the two looked at Aphrodite who stomped her feet, tears running down her face. "papa loves mama. Papa is still papa even if he fights with mama! "

Dionysius scoffed at what his sister said. "if so why did he—noona! "

"Aphrodite! " jehyun gasped, watching as the little girl suddenly turned and ran away from them. Hastily standing up, he carried dionysius before running after the distressed girl. He didn't even notice that he bumped into the said father. All he had in mind is the girl who ran away from him. "aish this kid"

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Seojun was busy looking around the food court for a certain lion cub. He was barely recognizable because of the cap he wore the mask. He tried calling the younger but went directly to voicemail. He also tried texting but got no reply or even a seen. Sighing, he tousled his once neat black hair.

"seojun? " stumbling back after accidentally bumping into someone, he looked at the person and realized that it was Chen. He looked distressed. "Chen? "

"oh Seojun! " the celebrity hushed the butterfly while glancing at his surroundings, fortunately, no one heard Chen. Looking back at Chen he asked, "is jehyun with you? "

"that's what I was about to ask you. He's gone as well as the twins" Chen sighed in distress, placing a hand on his forehead. "God I'm worried"

Twins? Seojun didn't want to think any deeper. The problem right now is that jehyun is missing with twins. "did you try to call him? "

"I did" Chen showed his log list. He called jehyun 15 times but the latter didn't accept any. He fidgeted in his place. "where could he be? And the twins"

Seojun frowned. Jehyun couldn't be contacted for some reason. They should find him. What if he's in danger! "Chen let's split up. If one of us finds jehyun then we call each other. Here's my number" he grabbed Chen's phone and saved his number in the butterfly's contacts. "if we don't meet him in an hour we're calling the police"

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"Aphrodite! "

"noona! "

Jehyun while carrying Diony, was pushing past the crowd that formed in front of a makeup store. They lost Aphrodite in the crowd but were persistent to find. Jehyun was busy shoving people out of his while Diony was busy shouting for his noona.

Aphrodite on the other hand wiped away her tears whilst she ran away from her uncle jehyun and her younger twin brother.

Dionysius was right when he said their papa does not like their mama. Their papa made it clear in front of them on their third birthday that he would never acknowledge them since they were a fruit of a loveless and contracted marriage. He even announced that their future sibling was the same.

The girl remembered it clearly. Their father coming home at ten despite their mother begging him to attend their birthday party. The way he glared at their mother and shouted how doesn't care about them and how their parents got into another heated argument. But what really broke them was the way he glared in their direction from the couch they sat on and spat, "I'll never love them and neither will I love you! I will not learn to love them and you! They have my blood and that should be enough to feed both of our family's greed! ". She remembered how her brother looked so dead once he left. Dionysius looked up to their father so much that his words made her twin's world crumble. She also remembered how their mother broke down for the first time. She wanted to do something since she's the eldest but she couldn't instead she just sat there. She didn't feel any remorse against her father since her mother told her not to. It wasn't his fault he was like that. But She hoped that maybe someday he would at them with love like any other father. She hoped that she and her younger siblings would have a happy family. She hoped—oof!

"you ok kid? " looking up and rubbing the sore spot on her forehead, she locked eyes with a man wearing a cap and a face mask. "kid? "

"sorry mister" she quickly bowed as what her mother taught her to do when apologizing. Mother... When was the last time she and her twin saw their mother? Probably two weeks. Was she OK? Was her sibling that her mother carrying ok?

"Hey why are you crying? " the stranger crouched to her height and wiped the tears that she didn't know were falling again. Why can't her father act like this stranger? He didn't know her yet he made sure to wipe away her tears. "come on kid stop crying. Crying doesn't suit you"

That was what their mom said whenever they cried. She would even sing to them so that they would stop. "m-mommy"

At the mention of the mother, the stranger quickly looked around for the adult. Seeing none, he looked back at the girl. "where is the kid? "

Aphrodite shook her head. "no mommy only uncle"

Softly holding her shoulders, the stranger gave a warm smile. "ok kid. How does this uncle of yours look like? " 'cause when he meets this person he's surely going to give a good punch. How can they leave a toddler unattended in a mall!?

"he's this tall" Aphrodite stood on tiptoes to emphasize how tall her uncle was. "he looks like mister but mister lookie like grizzly. Uncle lookie cubbie"

Well, that was a vague description. The stranger scratched his head as he tried to imagine what the kid meant. "is he—"

"Aphrodite! "

"noona! "

The stranger looked at the kid who was planning to run away. "oh no you don't " scooping her up, he ignored the tiny fists that were hitting him and her shouts of distress. Surely he was getting looks but he wasn't going to let her run away from her uncle. Speaking of the uncle, he's finally going hit that piece of—"jehyun? "