THE SCATTERED FAMILY

CHAPTER-2

SUN RAYS AS BRIGHT AS THE SUN ITSELF HITTING A FLOWER LIKE FARGILE GIRL IN HER TWENTIES WHO WAS MERELY TUCKED IN HER COZY AND SOFT BED. Even though being fragile she was as bold and fearless as a tigress, as cold as ice, as dark as the night, and as emotionless as the empty bark of a dead tree. But she couldn't care less about her mental state cause she knew even if it was cured and once again childish someone would again come and give her scars for a life time. She jumped of her bed feeling the heat and bright rays on her angelic face looked towards her alarm which had just started beeping. She threw the alarm with force and said " The 37th alarm this month maybe or I guess" . She walked towards her wardrobe and changed into some gym wear and tied a high ponytail and made her way towards the gym.

Upon reaching there she started to do her gym routine and then got on the treadmill. As she started to walk on it , she thought how her life has changed in the past ten years until she remembered the most worst day of her life

FLASHBACK-

ON HIGH SCHOOL'S FIRST DAY. CARMEN WENT INSIDE WITH A SMILE PLASTERED ON HER FACE . SHE WAS 14 THAT TIME. HER BROTHERS AND COUSINS ALSO WERE IN THE SAME SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY. SHE WAS WALKING BESIDE HER BROTHER - ALAN AND HER COUSIN -SOYEON. THEY WERE BOTH THE SCHOOL HEARTTHROBES EVERYONE FEARED AS THEY HAD POWER AND MONEY BOTH. " THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE CARAMEL. GO INSIDE AND GET YOU SCHEDULE AND LOCKER KEYS.", YOUR BROTHER SAID IN THE SWEETEST TONE POSSIBLE MAKING THE OTHER STUDENTS IN THE HALLWAY SHOCK AS HE SPOKE TO NO ONE OTHER THAN HIS SIBLINGS IN THAT TONE. " NOW QUICK , WE NEED TO ESCORT YOU TO YOUR CLASS AS WELL.", " OK UNNIE!". YOU WENT INSIDE THE OFFICE AND CAME OUT WITHIN 2 MINUTES WITH YOUR KEYS AND SCHEDULE IN YOUR HAND. THEY BOTH THEN ESCORTED YOU TO YOUR CLASS WHILE SAYING-" DON'T COME OUT OF THE CLASS UNTIL WE COME AND PICK YOU UP" , YOU NODDED BEING AND OBEDIENT DONGSAENG. THEY BOTH WENT AWAY AND THE TEACHER CALLED YOU INSIDE TO GIVE YOUR INTRODUCTION- " HI! I AM KIM CARMEN ,14 YEARS OLD JUST LIKE YOU ALL. I LOOK FORWARD TO BE YOUR FRIEND. THANK-YOU(WHILE BOWING)". THE TEACHER INSTRUCTED YOU TO SIT BESIDE CHA EUNWOO, ANOTHER ONE OF THE SCHOOL HEARTTHROBE AT SUCH AN AGE. " HEY! I'M CARMEN AND I BELIEVE YOU DID NOT FORGET ME AFTER A WHOLE YEAR, RIGHT EUNWOO?" , YOU SAID BRIGHTLY WHILE HE REPLIED-" YEAH I'M EUNWOO,AND NO. I DON'T FORGET DONKEYS. IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU AGAIN!". AFTER THAT YOU AND EUNWOO STARTED TO LISTEN TO CLASS WITHOUT NOTICING SOMEONE'S GLARE ON YOU . AS THE BELL RANG AFTER 3 HOURS OF CONSTANT LECTURES YOU PACKED YOUR BAG TO GO TO THE CAFETERIA WITH EUNWOO BUT THEN REMEMBERED YOU SIBLINGS' WORDS. " UMM EUNWOO , I'M SORRY, BUT ALAN OPPA AND SOYEON UNNIE HAD INSTRUCTED ME TO STAY HERE IN CLASS UNTIL THEY COME SO YOU CAN GO WITHOUT ME .", " NO IT'S FINE I'LL WAIT FOR THEM TO COME THEN WE ALL WILL GO TOGETHER " "NO YOU GO I'LL MEET YOU THERE ONLY. BESIDES THE RECESS IS OF ONE HOUR TODAY RIGHT". HE NODDED AND MUMMERED A SMALL BYE BEFORE LEAVING. YOU SAT ON YOUR DESK WAITING FOR YOUR SIBLINGS TO COME UNTIL YOU NOTICED TWO GIRLS ENTERING THE CLASS WITH A SMALL AND WEAK LOOKING GIRL. THEY DIDN'T NOTICE YOUR PRESENSE AS YOU WERE ON THE LAST SEAT AND WERE QUITE AS AN OWL. " YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT! I TOLD NOT TO GO NEAR MY OPPAS AND UNNIES. BUT STILL YOU DARED TO DO THAT HUH!", YOU LOOKED AT THEM WITH CUROSITY UNTIL YOU FELT ANGER RUSHING THROUGH YOUR BODY SEEING THAT GIRL SLAPPING THE LITTLE GIRL. YOU DECIDED TO INTERVENE AND WENT THERE AND PULLED THE LITTLE GIRL BEHIND YOU SHIELDING HER. "A STEP NEAR HER AND I WON'T HESITATE TO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU", YOU SAID IN A DARK AND COLD TONE SENDING SHIVERS DOWN THE SPINE OF THE TWO GIRLS PRESENT IN FRONT OF YOU, " YOU! AREN'T YOU THE SAME GIRL WHO ALSO CAME WITH MY OPPA AND UNNIE AND EVEN SAT WITH WOO-WOO OPPA, HUH!", "LISTEN HERE YOU BITCH, THEY AREN'T YOUR OPPAS AND UNNIES , AND WHAT KIND OF NAME IS WoO-wOo OpPa, huh!". THE GIRL LOOKED DOWN BEING EMBARASSED BUT SUDDENLY SAID-" DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM ? I AM THE QUEENKA OF THE SCHOOL- SARRAH, AND BITCH TELL ME HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY TO EACH OF THEM TO SLE-", BEFORE SHE COULD COMPLETE HER SENTENCE YOU SLAPPED HER HARD MAKING HER FALL ON THE FLOOR. " LISTEN HERE BITCH , THEY ARE MY SIBLINGS AND ABOUT EUNWOO THE TEACHER MADE ME SIT BESIDE HIM. AND BESIDES HE IS MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND, I DON'T NEED PERMISSION TO SIT BESIDE HIM! UNDERSTOOD!?". SHE THEN QUICKLY GULPPED AND NODDED AND RAN FROM THERE. YOU TURNED TOWARDS THE LITTLE GIRL AND ASKED-" ARE YOU OKAY CUTIE!?", " YEAH , THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME UNNIE!", " IT'S NOTHING. NEXT TIME FIGHT BACK OKAY ", SHE NODDED AND WENT AWAY FROM THER AFTER BOWING TOWARDS YOU SEVERAL TIMES. JUST THEN YOU SAW YOUR BROTHER AND SISTER WAITING FOR YOU OUTSIDE. THEY WAVED AT YOU AND YOU SMILED GOING IN THEIR DIRECTION. WHEN YOU REACHED THE CAFETERIA YOU SAW EUNWOO WAVING TOWARDS YOU AND SAYING-" HEY! UMM ACTUALLY MY OTHER FRIENDS ARE NOT HERE TODYA SO CAN WE SIT WITH YOUR SIBLINGS TODAY?", " SURE! BUT SINCE WHEN DID YOU BECAME SO PoLiTe?", "SINCE NOW". YOU BOTH WENT TOWARDS YOUR SIBLING'S TABLE AND STARTED EATING WHILE CHATTING. YOU ALL GIGGLED AND LAUGHED TOGETHER . EVEN THOUGH YOUR PARENTS GOT DIVORCED, YOU AND YOUR BROTHER GOT SEPREATED FROM EACH OTHER, STLL YOU BOTH HAD A GREAT BOND AND A SENSE OF PROTECTIVENESS TOWARDS EACHOTHER. NOT ONLY HIM , BUT YOUR COUSINS TOO, SINCE THEY ALSO LIVED WITH YOUR FATHER IN THE SAME HOUSE AND YOU AND YOUR MOM IN A SEPERATE HOUSE. SUDDENLY , OUT OF THE BLUE YOU ASKED-" OPPAS, UNNIES CAN I ASK SOMETHING?", " SURE PRINCESSA!", " DOES DAD MISS ME AND MOM?". YOUR SUDDEN QUESTION BROUGHT SILENCE ON THE TABLE AND YOU LOOKED AT EACH OF THEM FOR ANSWERS. " WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR AUNT EUN PRINCESSA , BUT HHE SURELY MISSES YOU A LOT", " NOT EVEN HIM OUR PARENTS ALSO MISS YOU AND AUNT EUN!", YOU SMILED BUT THE THOUGHT OF YOUR FATHER NOT MISSING YOUR MOTHER NEVER LEFT YOU. AS THE DAYS PASSED YOU MADE EVEN MORE FRIENDS BUT STILL CHOSE TO SIT WITH EUNWOO. NOW EVEN SARAH HAD STOPPED BULLYING PEOPLE WHICH MADE YOU A BIT SUSPICIOUS AND A BIT RELEVED. DURING DISPERSALS YOU USED TO MEET YOU UNCLES AND AUNTS BUT NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO MEET YOUR DAD. AFTER MONTHS OF TESTS, QUIZES AND OTHER STUFF THE ACADEMIC FINALLY CAME TO AN END AND YOU ALL WERE VERY HAPPY BEACUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND EXICETEMENT AROUND YOU. BUT THEY DO SAY THAT GOOD THINGS DON'T STAY FOR LONG. ONE DAY YOU WERE SITTING IN YOUR ROOM WHEN YOU GOT A CALL FROM YOUR SISTER MIHU TO MEET AT THE NEARBY CAFE. YOU GOT DRESSED AND QUICKLY WENT THERE. WHEN YOU ENTERED THE CAFE YOU SAW THE WHOLE PLACE EMPTY AND YOU UNCLES(EXCEPT JK), AUNTS( EXCEPT SOMI), COUSINS, AND YOUR BROTHER SITTING THERE WITH COLD FACES. YOU WENT TOWARDS THEM WITH A SMILE AND GREETED THEM ONLY TO RECIEVE A HUM FROM THERE SIDE. YOU FROWNED AT THEM CAUSE THEY NEVER REACT LIKE THIS. YOU WENT  AND SAT OPPOSITE TO THEM AND ASKED-" WHAT'S WRONG?", "EVERYTHING!", THEY REPLIED WITH THE SAME TONE. THEN THEY PICKED UP A LAPTOP AND PLAYED VIDEO AND PLACED IT IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU WATCHED THE VIDEO WITH A SHOCKED FACE.