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The next day, Hoseok calls in sick and cleans up his apartment but as he's exiting the elevator he sees a couple of well dressed men knocking on his door.


"Can I help you?" Hoseok asks, walking up to the men and stepping in front of his door.


"We're here to see a Jung Hoseok." The taller man says.


"Speaking. What's up?"


"What is up is the question we're asking sir. We're with Child Protective Services and we recieved a call from a concerned anonymous party informing us that this place was not where they thought a child should be living. Do you mind if we take a look?"


"Can you come back tomorrow? My apartment got broke into while I was on vacation this weekend and I haven't had time to clean it yet."


"We don't take excuses sir and we have permission to search the apartment at any time necessary. Asking is merely ceremonial. Please unlock the door or we will be forced to open the door ourselves." The taller man says.


"Well if you insist. Is this visit the only one you will be considering?" Hoseok asks, unlocking the door as slow as possible.


"Unless you request another visit at which point it will yet again be unannounced and there could possibly be more than one." The shorter man says.


"Great, I request another visit."


"It's not that easy sir." The shorter man says as he and Hoseok stand in the hallway while the taller man goes on about the inspection.


"Well, what do I have to do? Because it's ridiculous to not give me enough to clean up after my break in. Come as unannounced as you please but at least do it when circumstances are normal and regular." Hoseok says, getting officially pissed off.


"I understand sir, but we do not make the rules. If you would like to request another viewing, we will need to receive some paperwork from HQ. We can get the paperwork today, have it filled out and filed by tomorrow. However, we cannot promise haste with your case as there are other more important cases depending on how this visit goes. It could be months before your visit request is processed and ready to be executed and by that point CPS might have already taken over."


"Well, is there a faster way to ensure my son is safe in my arms?"


"We could interview the child, give him a physical to ensure no bodily harm and you should also know that when the child is removed from the home, the case workers must do another inspection of the household at the point of removal and another within the next month. If everything goes well at any point during this process, then you should be aware that you will be on our radar for another two years with random inspections. During those two years, if we receive any form of communication or a bad grade on an inspection, there will be immediate removal but after that two years, this process will repeat again we will just work with stronger precautions and higher standards."


"Okay, how do I get him into that interview?"


"Well, we can do the interview today along with the physical if you are free and alright with it."


"Yeah, great. Let me go get him."


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A/N: First day back to school and I wrote this three days ago. For once, I didn't write a chapter on the day of publishing. Anyways, have a good day broskis.

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