Contents: Eugene's little brother deciding to join Siren's Melodies!
Summary: Haeyeon looks like he's around 9-10, and Eugene is around 14-15. Haeyeon is deep in thought, pouring over brochures from different Families. Eugene sets a little plate of snacks down on the table next to him and asks if he's narrowed it down at all. Haeyeon shuffles the brochures around into the order he's considering them in, though he doesn't look wholly satisfied, in the way that kids never fully are.
-While he's eating snacks, Haeyeon sulks and asks Eugene if he can't just make his own Family. Eugene indulgently explains why he can't (he's nine years old, how would he even do that?) and says it's fine if he doesn't like any of them enough to join them. There's nothing in the world saying he has to join a Family. Most people can remain unaffiliated a live their lives just fine.
-But Haeyeon isn't satisfied with THAT, either. He doesn't get out all of the worlds--there's clearly something he wants to say but doesn't--but he does manage to articulate that he wants to become rich and powerful. Not for his own sake. But so that the people around him can live comfortably.
-"You can do that as a normal person, too. Even if you're unaffiliated, you'd have enough Family connections to make it happen," Eugene points out.
"Do you not want me to join a Family?" Haeyeon asks, curious.
Eugene shakes his head. "I want you to do what would make you happy. If that means joining a Family, then I want you to do it. If it means not joining a Family, then don't do it."
-After munching on his snacks and considering this in silence, Haeyeon points towards the Siren's Melodies brochures.
"Why them?"
"They pay the best," is the only reply Haeyeon will give, which makes Eugene laugh and hug him.
Memory - Haeyeon joins Siren's Melodies
Summary: Haeyeon looks like he's around 9-10, and Eugene is around 14-15. Haeyeon is deep in thought, pouring over brochures from different Families. Eugene sets a little plate of snacks down on the table next to him and asks if he's narrowed it down at all. Haeyeon shuffles the brochures around into the order he's considering them in, though he doesn't look wholly satisfied, in the way that kids never fully are.
-While he's eating snacks, Haeyeon sulks and asks Eugene if he can't just make his own Family. Eugene indulgently explains why he can't (he's nine years old, how would he even do that?) and says it's fine if he doesn't like any of them enough to join them. There's nothing in the world saying he has to join a Family. Most people can remain unaffiliated a live their lives just fine.
-But Haeyeon isn't satisfied with THAT, either. He doesn't get out all of the worlds--there's clearly something he wants to say but doesn't--but he does manage to articulate that he wants to become rich and powerful. Not for his own sake. But so that the people around him can live comfortably.
-"You can do that as a normal person, too. Even if you're unaffiliated, you'd have enough Family connections to make it happen," Eugene points out.
"Do you not want me to join a Family?" Haeyeon asks, curious.
Eugene shakes his head. "I want you to do what would make you happy. If that means joining a Family, then I want you to do it. If it means not joining a Family, then don't do it."
-After munching on his snacks and considering this in silence, Haeyeon points towards the Siren's Melodies brochures.
"Why them?"
"They pay the best," is the only reply Haeyeon will give, which makes Eugene laugh and hug him.