Gotong-e dochag

Summary
What happens when the Lara-Rutter Family discover a fully alive, but injured homeless boy that they mistook for a girl that came to their door.

Chapter 1
It was a quiet night at the Lara-Rutter household.

It was also raining heavily.

Marie was playing with Ruby and her Law plush, her parents were watching television, Laura was playing with her dolls.

They heard a knocking sound and heavy breathing.

"Maria, can you go get that?" Danny, her adoptive father asked.

"I'll be right back, Ruby." She said to the teddy bear and went to the door.

The knocking became louder, she opened the door.

It looked like a young homeless girl, but, "she" didn't have breast development, she noticed the feminine frame, "she" was bleeding, bruised, "her" hair was tousled and matted.

The "girl" had a look of an East Asian, seemed around 10-12, much like her, "her" hair was long, giving her the appearance of a frail-looking girl.

"Her" clothes weren't better either, they were ruined and dirtied, it was also tattered.

"Are-Are, you okay?" Maria asked in a concerned voice.

The injured supposed girl just looked at her.

"Would you like to come in?" She asked, stepping away from the door and holding out her arm.

Danny went and was shocked at the state of the visitor, the "girl" looked tired, weak, starving and lost.

"Bring her in here!" He said.

The visitor was too tired and injured to get angry, "her" throat burned with dehydration, "her" stomach cramped from starvation and was tired.

Zoe was shocked at what they brought inside.

"I'll run her a bath." She said.

She took "her" upstairs.

"I'll remove your clothing soon when the bath fills with water." She said.

When the bathtub filled to an acceptable level, she noticed something odd, she noticed between the legs that made her look in shock at the "girl".

"Danny?" She said.

Danny came upstairs.

"That's not a girl or a she, it's a boy and a he." She said.

Danny was in shock, the shoulder-length black hair, the soft features and puppy dog-like eyes made them look like a girl when they finally discovered that he was a BOY.

"Marie, ditch the princess pajamas." He called to her daughter.

The boy that was mistaken for a girl sat in the bathwater, it felt nice, felt like he wanted to sleep.

Zoe came in, she put shampoo in the boy's hair, he sat patiently

After the shampoo part were done, she moved on to the conditioner.

He put his head back, Zoe noticed he resembled Marie, the almost sad-looking expression and everything, the small build.

After being cleaned, he was put in a pair of The Avengers pajamas that Marie owned and his old clothes were thrown out.

"Are you hungry?" Marie asked the boy,

She noticed he was looking at her action figures when she discovered he was a boy.

"How long have you last eaten?" She asked.

The boy held up 10 fingers, which hinted Marie that meant days

"One week and three days?" She asked.

He nodded.

Marie went down.

"He said he hasn't eaten in a week, should I give him something like soup?" She asked.

"I'll give it to him." Zoe said.

A few minutes later, Zoe came up.

When he tried picking up the spoon, he dropped it, it just went through his fingers.

"Marie, you try." She said.

He was too weak to pick up the spoon, he gave a look of annoyance.

Marie picked up the spoon, the soup went on the spoon, the boy opened his mouth.

"Do you like it?" She asked the boy.

He nodded, he swallowed it, the process was repeated until the soup was finished.

Laura came in.

"Our parents found out the homeless girl was a boy the whole time." She said.

"Does he have a name?" Laura asked.

He got up, he got a piece of paper, and a pencil, when he finished, he gave Marie the drawing.

It was in hangul, Korea's exclusive writing system, it had read "리대중".

"Ri......Dae......Jung....." She read out.

Ri Dae-Jung pointed at his mouth.

"Still hungry?" She asked.

He then shook his head, his stomach was filled with the soup, he liked it and didn't want anymore food at the moment.

"Oh, thirsty...." She said.

She went down, got a glass of water.

He gulped it down.

" (Um, Thanks?)" Ri Dae-Jung said in an awkward and nervous voice.

" (You are welcome)" Marie said.

Marie went down.

"He speaks Korean." She said.

"Okay." Zoe said.

When she went back up, She noticed he was looking at the rain.

It rained very heavily, and he could see flashes and hear thunder and lightning.

"Do you hate thunder?" She asked.

He shook his head,

" (No)" He said.

Ri Dae-Jung then yawned.

"Tired?" She asked.

He nodded.

Maria's bed was a single bed, so she could fit some of her plush toy friends.

She got a sleeping bag, Zoe helped her with it, when it was full of air, Ri Dae-Jung laid down on it, it was a bit hard and dug into his back.

"I have never slept in the same room as a boy before." She said to him.

He nodded, he had never did the same thing, sleep in the same room as a girl.

He collasped exhausted, she put the cover over him.

"You can hug my Law plush if you want." She said, handing the doll to him.

The doll was soft and comfy, Maria had Ruby in bed with her,

He noticed the girl seemed to have plush toys to make up the lack of friends that she often had.

His hair was nice and clean, no longer matter, he was full of soup, he was clean, smelt of apples as she said, the woman reminded him of someone he knew.

Chapter 2: Soldat
When they woke up, it was the weekend, the storm was still on.

" (Good morning)" She said.

He nodded, because of the starvation a week and three days prior, he was still ill.

"You can stay in my bed if you want to." She said.