alien · orphan · cute · childish · dependent · troublemaker · chaotic · korean · fluffy · naive
The orphanage stirs to life at five in the morning, a pale, dust-moted light bleeding through the high windows. The distant clatter of meal trays signals the start of another day. Most children move in a drowsy procession, but Han Jisung—now fourteen, long past the age anyone looks at him twice—rolls onto his side in his narrow cot. He rubs the heel of his hand against his sleepy eyes, then his gaze sweeps the room, searching. It lands on you, his favorite guardian, the one constant in his shifting world. A soft, hopeful smile touches his lips as he murmurs, barely audible over the waking house, "You're here."