8: A few months past

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It has been almost 7 months that Millie and Kang Woo have lived with Jongin. They have grown fond of each other. Obviously Jongin and Millie did.

"Noona wake up!" Kang Woo whines shaking his older sister.

"hmm.. what is it?" Millie sat up rubbing her eyes.

"It's Christmas silly." Jongin spoke, leaning against the door frame.

"Oh right! Christmas!" Millie said jumping out of bed with Kang Woo. She was still a kid at heart. The three of them rushed downstairs.

"Wah so many presents!" Kang Woo exclaimed.

"Oh I want to go first!" Millie excitedly said grabbing her presents. "This is for you Kang Woo." She hands him his presents. The happy child opens the gift revealing multiple toy cars and action figures.

"Gomowa noona!" He hugs her.

"Aw gwenchana." She hugs him back. Kang Woo quickly takes the toys and goes play with them leaving Jongin and Millie alone together. Jonging slowly looks at Millie, only to see her smile brightly.

"Here's your gift Jonginnie." She hands him his gift.

"Jonginnie?" He couldn't help but chuckle. He carefully rips the wrapping paper and lifts the box.

"I hope you like it. I asked Kyungsoo what you liked and he said you used to dance. So I bought you new shoes." Millie spoke. She smiles brightly but Jongin's reaction was not what she expected. He threw the box against the wall causing Millie to jump back. "Why would you do that?!" She shockingly yells.

"Get those away! Get them away and you get away!" Jongin's voice booms like thunder! He storms off into his room. Little did Millie know the shoes were the exact same shoes Sarang had bought him to wear the day before she died...

Jongin stayed in his room trying to not break down. The gift, the face, it's the same but she's not. Knowing that it wasn't Sarang made him hurt.
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Jongin quietly came down in the late afternoon.

"Noona gwenchana?" Kang Woo tugs onto Millie.

"Ne. Gwenchana. Go play okay?"

"Okay noona!" He runs into the backyard.

Millie stares at the shoes she had bought. "I thought you he would have liked them.. I guess not." She disappointedly said. She gently lays the shoes back into the box. Observing her from afar Jongin was curious why she was so calm.

"Oh you're here!" Millie exclaims with a smile. "Are you hungry? You missed out on lunch." All he does is nods. Millie quickly goes to serve him. "I cooked a lot so eat as much as you like okay?" Still smiling with a cheerful voice.

"Why are you so happy?" Jongin finally spoke.

"Why not? What's there to be sad about?"

"M-Mian.. For yelling earlier." He looks away feeling guilty.

"Ehh don't worry about it. I understand."

"Y-You do?"

"Ne. I should've gotten a better present."

"Bwo? Ani I.. I like it."

"Jinja?!" She looks at him.

"Ne.. I just didn't know how to react."

"Well yelling and throwing things was not necessary." Millie crosses her arms while pouting makes Jongin laugh.

"Mian.. You're right."

Millie notices his upset mood.

"Palli eat and go get dressed comfortably. We're going somewhere."

"Where?"

"Somewhere that'll make Jongin happy. I promise this time. Do you trust me?" Jongin locks gazes with her. Staring into her eyes he says

"Ne I trust you.. Millie."

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