Oh Brother ( Jangkku ff)

C-11

We were now sitting on a bare area of grass, facing each other but looking anywhere else. I was happy for the break, but I hadn't expected it to involve more silence. A part of had hoped he would try to talk to me. To at least get on my good side. He had to know that hiking wouldn't cut it, yet he wasn't trying. I didn't understand.

Tired of waiting for him, I looked at him. He was looking to his right, staring at a tree that was enormous. From its size I had to guess that it was at least a hundred years old. Maybe more. That was why Sunghoon seemed to be staring at it with great interest.

"Sunghoon," I said, causing him to look at me with his dark brown eyes. "Why aren't you talking to me?"

"I've tried to in the past," he replied, lips twitching up into a smile. "But all I get are shut ups."

I couldn't help but blush as I looked down in shame. From the start I knew I was being a bitch to him. It was obvious to everyone, yet I didn't do anything to change. I had assumed he deserved it, even though I didn't have a good or even clear reason to hate him.

"Well, this is our day to take chances." I smiled as I looked back up at him. "I promise I won't snap or even tell you to shut up."

His eyes shone with a happiness I rarely saw in him. Which was strange because I always thought he was a genuinely happy person. He was Mr. Perfect. Everything was handed to him on a silver platter.

"I can ask you anything?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Anything you want."

The happy shine in his eyes slowly turned into a challenging shine, and I found myself feeling defensive because I suddenly remebered. We were in a contest where I was the judge. The judge who would decide whether to continue to hate him forever or accept him as my new - still unwanted - stepbrother. This entire day would be the basis of the contest. and I knew he was determined to win. But, so was I.

"Tell me about yourself," he said, smiling slightly as I crossed my legs.

I sighed. "Ask me something more
interesting." He shook his head, but smiled. "Were you always like this?"

I couldn't help but smile as well, even though I should've taken offence. At least he was asking a question that should matter to him.

"Kind of," I replied honestly. "You might've brought it out more."

"I can tell." His smile grew. "You ask me a question as well."

"Anything?" I asked, just in case.

"Anything."

"Were you okay with your dad marrying my mom?"

Honestly, I always wondered that. In a way, Sunghoon was in the exact same position I was in. Forced to live with strangers who would now be apart of your family you had been used to. It sure as hell wasn't a good surprise for me, so I wondered if it was for him.

"Are we being honest for today as well?" he
eventually asked.

"We're taking chances, remember?"

He smiled at that and looked down, contemplating something. I couldn't help but watch him, slowly becoming amazed by his long eyelashes that casted a shadow across his face. I never understood why guys got long eyelashes that girls would die for.

Eventually, he looked back at me and simply said without a hint of emotion, "I don't know."

I blinked, dumbfounded by his simple reply. When it came to me. I knew. I definitely knew how I felt about the news.

Because we were taking chances, I said,
"You don't know? Really? Because I was pretty horrified. When my mom told me on her birthday, I nearly shoved her cake onto her face because I hate change. Especially unexpected change."