You Belong With Me

CHAPTER 28

Tzuyu's POV

As soon as we enter the tteokbeokki store, Harin's grip became more tighter. I glance at her, and she looks anxious. I guess that she felt my gaze, because she look at me.

"Are you okay?" I whispered.

She just nodded her head, face the front. We found an empty table, and we seated on it.

"Imo, 4 sets of tteokbeokki and gimbap please." Nayeon unnie said.

The shop owner, immediately served us our orders. We ate quietly, as the atmosphere is quite tensed. Nayeon unnie cleared her throat, to get our attention.

"So, why are you two hanging out together? She interrogate.

"We're going to eat tteokbeokki." Harin answered.

"Why are you, avoiding us?" She asked.

Harin didn't answer, and just looked down. She sobs silently, but I noticed it. I put my hand at her back, and rub circles on it.

"Hey, why are you crying?" Jeongyeon unnie asked.

"Hey, you should tell them. I'm sure they'll understand." I told her. She looked up to me, with her puffy eyes.

"Tell us what?" Nayeon unnie asked.

"A-actually.. The reason why I'm not attending school is.. because of my sister." Harin said.

"Y-you have a sister?!" Jeongyeon asked surprised.

"Yes unnie. Actually I have 2 siblings. My oppa, and my unnie." Harin answered.

"So, what happened?" Nayeon unnie asked.

"It happen when we go home together, 3 days ago. When I reached home, I told my sister that I'm hungry, and she said that I am old enough to do the cooking. I'm just fooling around, when I dialled Mommy's number. I told her that my sister's starving me, but that isn't true." Harin shared.

"What the hell?!" Jeongyeon unnie scowled.

"Hey what's wrong!" Nayeon unnie asked.

"Nothing.. It's just this bug, crept at my arm." She said, smiling wide.

I rolled my eyes, and Harin continued.

"When my mommy's finished scolding my sister, she put down the phone and went to the kitchen. I am going to apologize to her, so I back hugged her. She told me to stay away from her, and I didn't. She then pushed me, and I fell at the floor. That's when I noticed some scars at her arms. After that, she ran to her room and locked her self." Harin paused, because she's bawling when she ever remembers that scene.

Nayeon unnie quickly took her cousin's hand, and gave it a tight squeeze to encourage her. Jeongyeon unnie, gave Harin a glass of water, and she drank it.

"So, when she locked herself, I tried to convince her to go out, it didn't work. Until my brother comes home. I told him everything, and his expression changes. He grab the spare keys, and open my sister's door. There, we found her unconcious body. We immediately brought her at the hospital, wherein she stayed there for 2 days. Then oppa explained to me my sister's situation." Harin then stopped talking and looked at me.

"U-unnie, I-i c-cant tell them." she said.

"Should I?" I asked her, and she nods her head.

Nayeon and Jeongyeon unnie looked at me, and I felt nervous.

"When Nayeon unnie lost her memories, she would always go to our house. But her mom instructed Jieun unnie, to be Harin's playmate. But she refuses, and just picked me instead. Her mom became so furious, and would always hit her sister with a broom. So everytime Harin would tell her mom that hee sister's mistreating her, her mom would scold her, and compare her to others. So that's why her sister drank 10 capsules of sleeping pills." I explained.

Nayeon and Jeongyeon unnie felt sad, when they heard the reason. They looked at Harin and hugged her.

"We didn't know that you're facing a problem." Nayeon unnie said.

Harin was just crying, and Jeongyeon unnie is comforting her.

(TIMESKIP)

After we ate, Harin payed the meals, and we went outside. Nayeon and Jeongyeon unnie walked us at the bus stop.

"Hey, regards us to your sister okay?" Nayeon unnie said.

"Yeah unnie, and also thanks for tonight." Harin said.

We group hug before the bus arrive. We hopped inside and bid goodbye to them.

When we reached the hospital, I bid goodbye to Harin, since it's late. She said it's okay, and she thanked me for accompanying her. I hug her before going home.

                 -//-
When I reached home, A brunette was standing infront of my house. When she felt my presence, she immediately went to me.

"Hi! Chou Tzuyu right?", She said.

"Uh..yeah, and you are?" I asked.

"I'm Jeon Somi, from class 1-C." She said, and sticked her palm out.

I accepted the handshake, and examine her from head to toe.

"What are you doing infront of my house?" I asked her.

"Uh.. Nothing, I'm just strolling around this neighborhood." She answered.

I can feel that she had a hidden agenda, but I didn't pay attention to it.

"Whatever. I'm going." I said, and entered my house.

"Mom, I'm home!" I said, as I entered the house.

"Oh hello, Tzuyu. How's your day?" Mommy asked.

"Hmm.. It's great. We're going to be busy next month, because the intramurals were near." I spoke.

"Oh okay. Go and wash up, we're about to eat dinner" Mommy ordered.

I obliged, and went up to my room to wash up.