"Guys, I am really proud of you! You did a very great job in America!" "What do we get as a reward?!" Lucas asked.
Everyone looked at him annoyed. The leader chuckled. "You are crazy! But fine! Since you did a great job... you get a holiday! Since there is right now nothing we have to take care of, we can relax!"
The boys looked at their leader shocked. "For real?!" He nodded.
"The only thing we have to take care of, is the time when HyunSeong is coming on Monday. But nothing more! You are dismissed!" He smiled at the boys, who all ran out of the meeting room, out in the garden.
"What about you, Jaehyun?" He asked his best friend. "Nothing hyung. I was just thinking..." "about what?" "Soul..." the leader looked at him confused.
"What do you mean?" He looked at his best friend. "Hyung... am I a bad brother?" "What makes you think that?" The leader was shocked about his best friends request.
"Well... I mean... I left my family... and... whenever something happens... I feel like Soul hates me more and more and that it's my fault... I am scared to be with her and see her disappointed face... and I lied to you because I thought I would protect them, but after what Sungchan said.... that they fought because of it... I don't think that I deserve them..."
"I thought you are happy when she is here and you can be with her?" "Yes, I am! But... I am also scared... she is already scared of me..."
"Jaehyun, you are just overprotectiv. She is not alone! You should take the time you have with her when she is here, and not wasting it with protecting her. Don't be so scared! You are never so scared about something. Be the confident you again! Just be yourself when she is around. I can understand you are worried but this is wether helping her, nor you."
He looked at his best friend. "It's weekend soon. Ask her if she wants to spend the weekend here again. Or go on a weekend trip with her and Sungchan. Like a family reunion trip. I think this is what you could need. I'll call you if I need you then. But you should spend more time with her again, to loose your fear and worry."
Jaehyun smiled. "Are you sure?" He asked. The leader nodded, but Jaehyuns smiled dropped.
"Thank you, hyung! But... I am not so sure if the twins would like the idea... they still are mad at each other and haven't talked to each other since that...... Sungchan spended the whole time here. He only went to pick up our aunt at the airport. He is ignoring her calls and messages too, even tho he feels bad...." With that Jaehyun left the meeting room.
Taeyong was still sitting there, thinking. After a while he stood up, grabbing his car keys and left without another word to the boys.
*****
"Oppa? Could you help me with something?" The girl asked, opening the door to her cousins room. He turned around in his gaming chair. "Sure, what is it?"
"Education" he smiled at her. "Sure! Get your things, I'll help you!" She got back to her room, to grab her things, coming back to his room, sitting next to the desk.
He read through her notes. "And where do you need help?" "I don't really get the correlation of this theory with the others, nor the differences of it. Could you explain that to me?" He read through the text and her notes again, then opened his own notes on his laptop. He printed it out and re-read his notes too.
"Ahh! Yeah! Here! See? There are different states of a time. Maybe this could help you!" He gave her the paper. "Thank you, oppa!" She smiled, standing up.
"What are you doing? You can stay here, I am studying too! If you need help, you can just ask!" "Jinjja?" She asked and her cousin nodded.
Minutes have passed when it was ringing at the door. The two looked at each other. "I'll go." She said, standing up and went down to open the door. She looked surprised at the visitor.
"O-oppa?" She asked confused. "Soul?!" She heard her cousin yell. She turned her head into the house again.
The visitor also looked inside, currious and confused. He thought this voice was familiar to him but he was not sure if he really heard it or because it came from inside it sounded deeper and different than it usually was.
"Who is it?" Her cousin asked. "Uhmm.. a friend. Go back study! I'm coming back!" She answered, stepping outside, closing the door.
She looked at him again, pulling her jacket closer. "Why are you here? I thought my brother is with you?" "Yeah... he is! Don't worry he is fine."
"Then why are you here?" She asked, surprised. "I wanted to talk to you..." she looked even more confused. "U-uhmm.. o-okay... come with me..." she said, going into the garden house. He followed her.
"Sit down" she offered pointing to the wooden chair in the house. "It's beautiful here!" He said. She smiled. "Oppa, Chanie and me did that, after we moved here..." She said.
"Uhmm... sorry. Do you wanna drink something?" She asked. "No, I am fine! Really." He said, then she sat down in front of him. "So... why are you here?" She asked again, worried.
"Soul, do you remember our conversation in my office?" She looked at him confused. "Uhmm... y-yeah? I think I do..... Why?"
"You remember what I told you, right? That I want you to be save and feel comfortable around us." She nodded. "But why do you ask me about that?" She asked.
"I was relieved when you told me that you feel comfortable around us. But honestly.... now I am worried." She looked more confused at him, the more he said, but she let him speak.
"I see that Jaehyun is always distancing himself more and more since he met you again." These words hurted the girl, she looked down.
"It is not the way you may think right now! But the way you were scared to make Jaehyun angry or disappoint him, the same way he is scared, to see you scared and disappointed because of him."
The girl was not sure how to answer, she still was looking down. Taeyong put his hand under her chin, lifting it up, so she looked at him. She realized that his eyes are soft and full of worry.
"He thinks that you hate him more and more the more you are together with us. He thinks he is a bad brother and feels guilty for leaving you. Especially now since you're still in a fight with Sungchan." He let go of her chin.
"I'm really worried that he will loose himself. He is my best friend, and I don't wanna see him like that. Sungchan neither. I know that you two fought but it hurted him, that he got injured at the mission he went with us. He didn't really focused but when something went out of control, he stormed to us to help us. He was ready to get hurt to make it up to us, what he actually wanted to make up to you." He sat on the chair again.
"You also grew to me. To our family. I don't want any of you being sad." The girl gasped in surpise, wanted to say something, but the words were stuck in her mouth.
"I have to go now..." he stood up, leaving the girl there, before turning around again.
"You know you are always welcome! It's more fun, when you are with us! And... I feel less like a gang leader but more like a human, a friend and a brother" he chuckled. The girl looked at him, still in shock.
"You should go back inside, before you catch a cold! It's really cold!" He smiled at her warmly. "Take care! I'll see you soon!" He waved at her, before he got into his car and drove off.
On his way home, his phone started to ring. "Noona! Wha-" he stopped the car immediatly, shocked. "WHAT!?" he yelled, not believing what his sister told him.
