"How was your weekend, Soulie?" "It was fun, oppa! We trained a lot with Bic and the boys! They really are brilliant!"
"We are brilliant too!" One pouted. "Of course, Jisung oppa! Who else?" Ryujin answered, smiling. Jisung smiled too.
"Ayyy, your duality!" The girl laughed. "You are so cute!" The girl pinched his cheeks. "Ah! Ah! Auu! You hurt me, Soul! Stop that!" The boy whined.
"Felix! Help me! Say something!" "Something!" He said and the others started to laugh, except for Jisung who looked at him annoyed. The boy smiled amused.
Then they heard a door open. They looked to the direction. "Where are you going?" "Leaving." He simply answered. "Woah, Sungchan, what is wrong?" One asked. "Nothing, hyung."
"But I thought you just came back from your friends home?" His cousin asked. "Yeah, I am going again. Don't wait for me." He said emotionless.
"Sungchan, what is wrong? I feel something is not right..." "hyung, I don't wanna talk about it, okay? I'll get going now, I'll sleep there for a while."
"Huhh? You're not coming back tomorrow?" "No. I won't. I'll text you. I'll be back before auntie comes back."
The girl looked at her twin with a strong look, still being disappointed. When she saw his mad face, she felt guilty. She looked away from him, down on the couch.
"Okay.... but please then write regulary, so I don't have to worry about you too!"
Sungchan looked at his sister, then back to his cousin. "Mhhmm.... I will, hyung! Bye..." Then the door bell rang.
"Chanie!" The girl said. Her twin stopped in his tracks infront of the door, but then he only opened the door to see his member there.
"Ready?" He asked. The boy stepped out of the house without answering, closing the door behind him. The girl was still standing in the hallway, looking at the door.
"Woah, that is still so confusing having the same nickname!" One said.
"Soul, are you okay?" She turned around, having a tear in her eye. She swallowed it down and only hummed. "Did you two had a fight, or why were you two like that?" Her cousin asked carefully.
"As he said.... don't wanna talk about it...." she said. "I'll take that as a yes...."
"What happened? Are you okay?" "HELL! YEAH! I am not a fucking baby anymore! I can take care and decide for myself!" She exploded.
"Let's just watch that stupid movie, I'll forget about it anyways....." she added, sitting between her friend and classmate and her cousin.
The oldest of them walked into the kitchen, preparing a hot chocolate for her.
*****
"Sungchan, what is wrong? You don't seem like yourself." His friend asked. "Hmmm... I was... I just.... I had a fight with Soul..." he looked down, while his friend looked at him confused.
"What happend, Sungchan?" His brother asked. He shook his head. "Sungchan, she is my sister too. I have a right to know!" He said. Then he looked up, his older brother in the eyes.
"Hyung ordered that Johnny hyung should pick up Soul from her friend. To make sure she arrives home save, without something happening since she is still injured and that one of the man escaped!"
"Yeah, I know. I also know that she ran away from Johnny hyung with her friend. I was with hyung when he called him."
"When I came home I wanted to talk to her and explain her, but.... she didn't wanted to listen. She thought... I would overreact and it would not be fair that.... we lied to her... She is mad about it...." He explained.
"I was hurt because she thought that bad about me, so I just wanted to leave.... and I might have said some hurtfull and stupid things to her too..." The leader was sitting in the back, looking at the brothers, thinking about their words.
The rest of the car ride was silent. When they arrived at home, and they all got out, the leader spoke up. "Jaehyun, Sungchan... my office, now" the brothers looked at each other but followed the order. They entered the house and the leader followed straight behind.
"I don't wanna be disturbed until we come downstairs again!" He said to the boys in the living room with a strict voice, who only nodded at him.
"Sit down" he said, when they entered the office. The leader sat across from the brothers, who sit nervously in the chairs. Then the leader stood up again, walking around.
"Hyung, can you say something now, you make us nervous!" His best friend said. He turned around. "I am thinking how to start.... I mean..." he sat back down, looking at his best friend.
"You know.... I understand you. But do you really thought this was the best way?" Jaehyun looked at his friend confused. "What?" He asked.
"I understand that you wanna protect your family. Your sister! But do you really thought this was the only way? We've been friends for so long now! And I never knew you had a brother. Or a sister." "Hyung, I-" "I am not done yet!" He interrupted and Jaehyun got silent.
"I really do understand that you wanna protect her, that she is precious to you. To both of you! But it was clear that sooner or later she would have found out. The truth always comes up, no matter what, no matter when. But sooner or later it does." He looked at his friend intensly.
"From what I experienced you love your siblings a lot, Jaehyun. From what I heard from Soul and Sungchan, it was hard for them when you disappeared just like that. What would you have done, if Soul would have seen you like Sungchan did one year ago already?" Jaehyun looked down.
"She needed you. She lost the net that you gave her, of course she is mad and disappointed. You know, I try to protect her too, because she is your sister, and precious to you! I risk a lot with that but I don't mind, since I want you two and her to be fine, but sometimes you indeed overreact! She feels lonely and left behind. She is worried that she is the reason everything breaks apart and that others are right."
He now looked at the younger brother. "You were the one, that taught me that!" The boy looked shocked, pointing at himself.
"Yes, you! You were the one that scolded Jaehyun and me in the training room, because we fought again because of her." Sungchan looked guilty at his lap.
"I know I can't compare it to my situation, since my sister and me grew up with that, and she always knew. But I love her as much as you love Soul. I want her to be save too. I wanna protect her too. But you wanna know what I learned out of it?" He paused.
"The harder you try to do something right, the wronger it gets. The more you try to protect someone from something, the less careful you are and the weaker you get. The more you are focused to protect your sister from being hurt, the more YOU hurt her. She feels captured, but is scared to say something, because she loves you as much as you love her. She is scared to be disrespectful and unthankful after everything you did for her. She doesn't want to disappoint you."
The two look at their leader. "How do you know what she feels, have you done som-" "HELL!" The leader hit his desk with his fists hard, standing up, making the two brothers flinch.
Then the office door was opened, which made the leaders blood boil. "WHAT?!" He yelled, looking at the door.
"UNCLE TAEYONGGG!" A small boy was running through it, towards the desk. The leaders angry face disappeared, instead a smile was plastered on his face, his eyes shining now.
"HyunSeongie! How are you!?" He walked around the desk, crouching down to the ground, waiting for his nephew to run to him and hug him tight."
"I missed you, uncle!" "I missed you too!" He messed with the young boys hair.
"Hey, you wanna have some cookies? I think Kun prepared some already!" "Yes! Yes yes yes, cookies!" "Then, let's go!" He smiled, standing up, grabbing the small hand of his nephew. Before he walked out, he turned around again.
"I really do understand Soul. You should think about that again." With that he left the two brothers alone in his office.
