Forever, You Are My Star

Chapter 14: The Little Brother

"Let me go! I want to kill that son of a bitch!" Wooyoung screamed while Yeosang held him down.

    "He doesn't deserve to live after doing that to her!" Mingi also screamed. Yunho and Jongho held him down as Hongjoong leaned on his desk; his knuckles now white from how hard he was clenching them. Seonghwa wanted to punch everything in his sight, but kept his cool while San stayed right beside Mey with his arm around her shoulder as she sat on a bed nearby in the captain's cabin. She felt like it was a mistake telling all of them what happened especially when most of them were still getting over a hangover. The amount of times Wooyoung and Mingi threatened to jump off the ship and swim back to Barranor just to deal with Commander Penn was uncountable now. Even though Wooyoung and Mingi were now her best of friends along with Yeosang, she was not expecting this reaction from them. Mey stood from the bed and took both Wooyoung and Mingi to the bed and sat them down.

    "You both need to calm down. You will get your shot at him eventually." She said while fixing Wooyoung's ponytail and Mingi's mullet.

    "Not before I do." San replied. Mey looked up at him to see his jaw clenching. She walked up to him and playfully hit his jaw causing him to become slightly confused.

    "You are not helping the situation."

    "Mey, can you tell us when it happened?" Seonghwa calmly asked walking up to her. Mey turned to look at him and the others.

    "Three years ago....on the anniversary of my mother's death which was also the same day I was tied to the main mast and beaten." 

    "That's it." Yeosang then rose from his seat, but was held back by Yunho who was quite literally in shock at Yeosang's sudden outburst. Yeosang never showed his anger. Hongjoong then walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

    "I want to hurt him as much as you or anyone in this room, but right now Mey is safe and trusted us enough to tell us this." Yeosang gave a nod as Hongjoong turned to see Mey who was now sitting on the bed again with Wooyoung sitting on one side and Mingi laying down with his head in her lap with Mey trying to calm him down from the last statement she said. Wooyoung, Mingi, and Yeosang have never been this close with someone other than Yunho or San. He knew how much Mey meant to all of them especially San who kept his feelings for Mey deep down trying not to have them surface. "Mey, you need to tell your brother and your father." Mey took a deep breath as she gave a slight nod. She wanted to protest, but arguing with Hongjoong was like arguing with Felix; she would never win.

    "I will." Just then, a knock was heard on the door.

    "Enter!" Hongjoong commanded. The door opened to reveal a confused and concerned Minho.

    "I'm sorry for intruding but there is a bird near the bow, a huge black raven. He has something tied to his foot, but none of us can get close enough to reach him." Mingi sat up from Mey's lap so Mey could stand to her feet.

    "Speak of the devil." She said giving a smirk. She walked out of the door and stood on the balcony facing the bow. There on a railing rested a beautiful black raven just as Minho said. Mey gave a warm smile. "Adonis, come!" The raven flew from where he was roosting and landed on Mey's shoulder. The others watched in awe as she pat the raven making him ruffle his feathers. She gently took the note tied around his leg and opened it to read.

    "My loving sister. I am sorry I did not write sooner. After I informed father of your whereabouts, he asked me to send messages to his scouts to retreat back to Barranor. He does not know of what they are. All he knows is that they are your friends who want to help you find what happened to mother. I will keep him updated with what information you give me. Please write to me. I love you and miss you daily. Felix."

    Two more days passed since Mey wrote back to her brother. The shores of Callista could finally be seen from a distance. The sun shone brightly as Hongjoong stood at the helm giving the word to prepare to dock at Callista's port. As Mey tended to her duties on ship, she noticed Yunho standing by the bow watching Callista growing ever closer to them. She could tell he was excited, yet nervous.

    "It has come to my attention since our captain told us to make way for Callista, you have become nervous." She said as she walked up next to him. Yunho looked over and gave her a faint smile that told her she was right. "Someone special waiting for you there?" Yunho nodded.

    "My brother who I have not seen in three years. He would be eight now." He paused. "I am afraid he won't remember me or he will think I abandoned him." 

    "I am sure that is not the case. He must miss you very much. Seeing you again alive and well will put his mind at peace." Yunho gave her a smile.

    "I'm happy you are here." Mey smiled back.

    "I'm happy to be here." The hours seemed to fly by as they began to pull into port. As it was told to Mey, Callista was a small, poor town that was run dry by Yang a few years back. They were slowly getting their lives back to normal now making ends meet where they could. And looking out at the town as Mey walked down the gangplank, she noticed this. The houses were either still completely destroyed or being rebuilt. She could see the small tavern just up the road with the now abandoned inn across from it. Mey was not expecting the town to be as bad as this that she could see the other end of the town from the dock. She felt a hand slip into hers and looked over to see San was now standing beside her with a smile on his face that led up to his now crescent shaped eyes. She smiled back and placed a her other hand on his arm as he led her down the gangplank after Yunho and Mingi who were leading the pack. As they all stepped off the ship, a group of young children ran past them from a field. A small boy stopped and looked at them for a second before speaking.

    "Yunho?" His voice was high pitched from the question. Yunho turned to the small boy; his eyes growing wide from the voice.

    "JinJin?"

    "Yunho!" The boy shouted running straight into Yunho's arms. Yunho gladly accepted him, picking him up and twirling him in his arms. "You came back!" He said now admiring Yunho.

    "Of course I came back. I always keep my promises." Yunho was now smiling from ear to ear admiring his little brother. JinJin then looked up and saw the rest of the crew. But when his little eyes landed on Mey, he was lost.

    "Yunho-hyeong, who is she?" Yunho looked over at Mey who was smiling back at them.

    "That is our first mate. Her name is Mey." Yunho motioned for Mey to come over with San. JinJin gave her a blushing smile.

    "So this handsome, young man is JinJin." Her comment made JinJin hide in his brother's shoulder making Yunho, Mingi, and San chuckle. JinJin fnally looked back.

    "You are very pretty." JinJin mumbled out. Mey giggled.

    "Why thank you, JinJin." 

    "How is noona?" Yunho asked trying to save his little brother.

    "She is good. I can take you to the house." Yunho nodded and set his brother back on the ground. Once he was on his two feet again, he walked up to Mey and asked for her hand. Mey smiled down at him and took his hand, letting him guide her in front of the others. Yunho stood there in shock.

    "I haven't seen him in three years and he abandons me for a girl he met in ten seconds. He's not even ten yet." Yunho looked over at San who was now holding in his laughter. He playfully hit his chest to which San responded with a small "ow" and put a hand to his chest.

    "What was that for? He's your brother not mine."

    "Confess to your girl so she will stop stealing hearts she doesn't know she's stealing." Yunho replied sarcastically. San smiled then looked back at Mey and JinJin who were now skipping along the road.

    "I plan to."