The Unexpected Point of View|2022

2. Chingu

"Are you Mr. Min's children?" We nodded with gloominess. " He is my friend. Where is your father?"
We looked at each other and then at the man, who discovered his relationship with the man we once called appa.

"Probably home watching shows with his daughter." There was an unknown sadness in oppa's voice that didn't went unnoticed by Mr. Jeon. "Why? Your mother is hospitalized and he still didn't checked on her? How could he let you both out while staying with your sister."

"She is not our sister!!! While appa knows but didn't cared to come. Maybe his illegitimate daughter was much more important for him than us three... "

There was disappointment in his words that burnt my heart. I could feel the ache Yoongi was having or maybe more sympathy for him because he was just an eleven years old who was given the responsibility of taking take of everything, including his seven years old sister.

Silence. An awkward silence fell in the air when I saw the man pitying us. His doe eyes looked at us before he said," I'll always be there for you guys. I promise." He held my palms and said," Hey.. Why don't you get some sleep? Maybe tomorrow everything is gonna be fine." He assured me and I nodded. I didn't knew why but I wanted to trust that man.

He took me with him while I saw Yoongi still sitting on the bench, so I slightly tugged his hand and asked," Why oppa is not coming with us?" He looked at me with kindness and said," He is a brave boy. I have never seen someone so strong and determined like your brother, he wanted to stay there until he would meet the doctor again."

"I also want to wait. May I go back to him?"

He smiled and said," You're very innocent kiddo. I think you should get some sleep before going back to him. You don't want dark circles, do you?" I shook my head side to side and he chuckled before leading me to a room.

I laid down, covering myself with the blanket. He dimmed the lights and was about to go when I said," Will I see eomma tomorrow?" He froze and turned back to me. His concern was visible but he replaced his uncertainty with a smile.

He came closer and said," You always have your eomma with you, here, in your heart." He palmed his right chest before ruffling my hair. " Sleep, I'll go check on your brother."

I nodded and closed my eyes whiel he closed the door. The time went by and the morning came. The sunlight made me squeeze my eyes and when I saw the wall clock, it was ten o'clock in the morning.

After rubbing my eyes I jumped down from the bed and ran towards the door. Twisting the knob I came out of the room. The smell of hospital got engulfed in my nose when I wandered across the corridors, retracing the path from where I came last night.

A smile crept on my face as I saw Yoongi and Mr. Jeon but it soon faded when I saw Yoongi breaking down in tears. He was badly sobbing and I didn't knew why I broke my heart. Mr. Jeon crouched down and wrapped Yoongi in his arms outside the operation room. They both were crying and I didn't knew why I wanted to tear up too. Yoongi's voice cracked several times but when he opened his eyes he saw me standing at a distance.

"Y/N...." He said before parting from Mr. Jeon. I ran to him and his hand." Why are you crying oppa? Where is eomma? Tell me?" I shook his hand but ge remained silent as a sudden rush of fear swept over me.

"No.. No... It can't be... Tell me I am not right, tell me that eomma didn't left us." He said nothing but hugged me so tight that I understood that she was no more.

I cried and cried for several minutes until I heard a deep voice calling my name. I looked ahead and found appa, standing with the doctor while that girl was holding his hand. I blinked my eyes and to have a clear vision, where I saw Mr. Jeon shaking his hands with him.