Cherry | K.TH

chapter forty three

t a e t a e

It was Christmas evening, here I was, sitting in front of Jungwon in the living room. I silently minded my own business by watching what was projected on the TV. He chose what we're watching since he was there first, honestly it wasn't such a bad show.

I already went to my Mom's, this morning. Her reaction when she saw me was pretty priceless. She was shocked that I was 'clean'. It's been a while since I looked presentable. Taeyong just brutally told me that he liked me better this way. I mean he's always been that way, sometimes I'm grateful and sometimes I hoped he can just shut up.

Also, I told Mom that I have a girlfriend now. She was smiling so widely and it made me feel good that I made her smile. She didn't want me to show her a picture, instead to bring Cherry to her. I gladly accepted because Mom, sooner or later, would have to met Cherry.

"Why are you guys watching TV on Christmas night?" She asked, coming back after answering a phone call. Sitting right in the middle of both of us, she places two trays of fruits and sweets.

Shrugging, I reached for the pile of strawberries before this kid took the bowl. I exhaled, calming myself down. Then I tried to take the bowl of pineapple, but he took them again.

"Okay, what's your problem? You're a fucking grown ass kid, I don't think fruits should be meddling with our problem."

"Tae, language," Y/n muttered, glaring at me.

"I'm sure that he swears more than me, look at him he's about to blow off," I secretly grinned, leaning back on the couch and continued watching TV. "Also, I don't understand the problem between us. I can survive without sex, okay? I thought it was a joke we're having both of us, but I seriously didn't know that it was going to end up like this."

Jungwon puts back the bowl of fruits down on the table that separated both of us. His fingers curled on his knees, staring at the ground, more like glaring. "Every time my sister dated someone, they end up hurting her. They act all nice and smiley, then they stab you in the fucking back. That's why, I can't trust any of you guys that date my sister."

"Jungwon, he's not like that, okay?"

"That's what you always say," He muttered, running his hand up and down on his forearm.

Y/n gets up on her feet, indicating her brother to come with her. Jungwon says nothing and just listened to her. She turns around to look at me with an apologetic face. I silently watch them walking away from me.

Now, Jungwon's attitude made sense now. I honestly thought that we had a mutual feeling of humour, but I guess he was pretty serious about not me kissing my girlfriend.

I mean I would've gave the same attitude if my brother always gets hurt and have the same personality as Y/n, technically he has but the only difference is that he's too honest.

Many minutes later, Y/n comes back, without Jungwon. When she saw me, she gives me a small smile before sitting beside me. Both of her arms snaked through the loop of my arm, leaning her head on my shoulder. I kiss her head, leaning my head on hers.

"So, it's not only Sehun," I started, looking down to see her face.

She nods, squeezing my arm. "He used to say he loved my very first boyfriend, one of Lucas's friends. He was like a big brother to him and he was very fond of him. But then, yeah, some things happen. Ever since that guy, he never trusted anymore of my boyfriends and that includes you too."

Trust issues might be the worse, to be honest.

I take her arms away from me to get up. She looks up to me confusingly as I put a strand behind her ear. "I'm going talk to him."

"About what?" She grinned, crossing her arms. "He's a hard kid to talk to. Especially when he's in a bad mood, it's like talking to a wall."

"At least I could leave a word, he'll think about it and I don't want to ruin Christmas night."

"Okay, try your best."

Standing in front of his room, I knock twice on his door. He didn't respond until he opens the door. He only showed me his face before trying close back the door. I pushed the door open, only for him to stumble back and giving me a surprised look.

He groans, going to sit on his bed to look out the window. I take the chair from the working table, dragging it in front of him. I sat down, observing him. He does resemble Y/n a lot, he has soft features like her.

"I'm not here to prove my worth to you," I start off as he continued to avoid my eyes by staring intensely at the window. "I'm not here to hit and run you guys. I'm here to stay and love her, to give my all to her."

"How the fuck am I supposed to believe that, huh? It wasn't long ago, Lucas called me that she wasn't feeling well and I know that it was some guy because she never cries over something else."

"That guy was me," I revealed, as he showed his face to me with a frown and fists clenched. "I was a fucked up guy that parties, drinks and smokes. That's when I met her, at my lowest. I wasn't thinking straight and I hurt her. That's when I got even more fucked up. I couldn't stop drinking in my room, that's when I realized she wouldn't like me even more if I did that. I changed slowly, it was a painful process but I did it. She may have said that she forgives me but I will never forgive myself for I did to her. Honestly, I feel like I don't deserve a woman like her, I'm still wondering why would she choose a man like me, you know? That's why I'm doing my best to stay with her until the end. She decided let me in her life again and I'll be forever grateful for that. I can't even think about hurting her again, I'd rather die than hurt her again."

"You won't hurt her," He repeated, eyes softening at me.

"I swear on my sweet mother that I will never hurt her," I said with a smile, leaning on the chair. He nods, avoiding eye contact with me as the air in the room started to get pretty awkward. "Now, your sister is probably getting lonely by herself and she would probably want to play some games before the night ends."

"She likes scrabbles, she always win in that game and I never know how she does that. I mean in every game, she doesn't give any mercy to me."

I out my arm around his shoulder as we walk out of the room. "This time, we're going to make her lose. 2 vs 1, and I think we're a pretty solid combination, don't you think?"

He cheekily smiles at me, nodding. The things I would've done to go back at his age and make things right. He's a good young man and he's taking care of his sister like he's the older one. I wish I spend more time with Taeyong in that stage of life. It's never too late. He's still not an adult yet.

Y/n gawked at us, clapping. "Wah, Taehyung, you did something I could never do in years."

"Well I thank him to open up to me and give me a chance."

The night went on and sadly we weren't able to beat Y/n at any board games. And she knew that we were teaming up against her. Sometimes two brains don't work.