Babysitter // Huang Renjun

• Ch 10

"So? Do you understand a bit now." Donghyuck said as he opened Hyunji's bedroom door.

After school, they went back home.
Renjun didn't have work today so he didn't need Hyunji to babysit. Well, more like the store wasn't open today but same thing.

Hyunji looked at her brother who walked in. "Renjun didn't even show me anything. He just did it for me." She said to him.
"Isn't that good?" He said as he made his way to her bed, where she was sitting with her math book and notebook out.
"No. How am I suppose to understand math if he just does it for me without even teaching or showing me." She said with a sigh.

Donghyuck looked at her and could tell something was wrong. "What's wrong Ji. Did Renjun do something to you? Is it the math? You call tell me you know... You don't have to carry your burdens all by yourself. I'm here too." Donghyuck told her.
Sure Donghyuck was a teaser and what not, but he knew how to read the mood. Especially when it came to his twin sister.

Hyunji looked at him before looking back at the math book in front of her. "No Renjun didn't do anything... It's just... am I just incapable of understanding such simple things?" She said as she placed her head back on the back of her bed frame.

Donghyuck shook his head as he got on the bed and sat right next to her. "It's not like that Ji... It just takes some time. Maybe it'll be slower than other people, but it's not like you're not capable of learning it. Just because people understand it instantly doesn't mean you have to." He said as he placed his head on her shoulder.

"You're actually really smart you know?"
She hummed as she placed her head on his. "I've just never been good at this..."
"Nobody is good at everything." He said to her. "Even I don't understand math."
"But you understand more than me..."

Hyunji couldn't explain it, but the way she felt when she never understood what was happening in math wasn't a nice feeling.
She felt so slow compared to everyone else and she hated it.

"Stop degrading yourself Ji." Donghyuck said as he could sense the way she was feeling about herself. "I get it. Not understanding something when everybody else does, I get it. But it's not like you're just some bum all of a sudden if you don't understand. It takes time." He said once again. "Everyone moves at their own pace, and that includes you as well. And if you need me to scold renjun for not teaching you properly, I will."

Hyunji chuckled as she closed her eyes. "It's okay... I don't think he really likes me all that much anyways." She said. "And thanks Hyuck... for always being here when I need someone to talk to or vent to."
"Of course. I'm your brother." He said with a smile as he also closed his eyes. "I'll always be here for you."

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Donghyuck went back to his room after Hyunji fell asleep as they were just sitting there comfortably on her bed, talking about some of the stuff they're struggling with.