You Said Remember Me

10

"Oppa!" Hee Sun shrieked.

Before the two siblings approached them Victoria hurried off toward her car and drove out of the lot wishing to get away from them. She prayed and hoped she'd never run into them again.

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"Oppa!" Hee Sun shrieked as she placed her hand on Donghae's arm.

"What happened? Did you two argue about something?" Eunhyuk asked.

"I think you two should go on without me," Donghae said.

"But oppa!" Hee Sun continued.

"Lets go. Can't you stop pestering him?" Eunhyuk questioned dragging Hee Sun toward the car. "Call me when you get home, alright?" he called out to Donghae before leaving.

Donghae frowned and reached his hand up to touch his left cheek which burned. Why had he said those words to her? Why did he insult her? Pressing his lips together he made his way back to his car and drove around the city for a while to help clear his mind. After half an hour he suddenly came to a stop in front of the beautiful white house he grew up in with his parents. All the memories of playing outside with his plastic trucks while his parents mowed the lawn and planted flowers along the walk flew back into his memory piece by piece. It was as if he was trying to rebuild what he'd lost. A smile climbed onto his face and quickly disappeared when he realized there were no more flowers and the house had been remodeled.

Maybe at the mention of staying in Seoul sparked some hidden anger in him and he'd lashed out at Victoria. There was no other reasonable explanation to why he'd become moody so suddenly. He rubbed his face with his hand flustered.

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Victoria had rushed back to her apartment and grabbed Melodix speeding back to Incheon without even realizing that she'd done so. The apartment in Seoul was too cold and unfamiliar for her to adapt to that night. She felt she needed the warmth of a place she knew and that only place was her apartment. However, as she stepped through the gates she stared at the yellow tape in front of Il Chung and Sandy's old apartment. Quickly lowering her head she ran up the stairs.

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Donghae didn't arrive home until past midnight. When the door closed he felt surprised to see that his uncle had not yet gone to sleep.

"You're finally home." his uncle greeted.

"What are you doing still up?" Donghae asked stepping into the home he'd become so familiar with that he couldn't imagine life without.

"If I go to sleep I wouldn't be able to see your face because you always leave so early in the morning and come back so late." his uncle told. "Sometimes I wonder if this is the right job for you. You look tired."

Donghae felt a wave of disappointment in himself and felt sorry for his uncle. The burden of raising him up and choosing the path his uncle didn't want him to, but even when Donghae had gone out to do what he'd most wanted his uncle stood back and watched. His uncle cared so much and had allowed him to go for his dreams and was so full of smiles somtimes Donghae wondered if all the wrinkles on his face didn't just come from him smiling. Sometimes he wished his uncle had a wife so she would be able to take care of him and do what he wasn't able to do for him. Because Donghae had seen his job as first priority he'd forgotten to look after his uncle and it left all the guilt in him whenenver his uncle smiled at him. His uncle was so kind hearted. Taking him in and raising him up as a single man...and not once had he even gone out on a date when Donghae lived in this house with him. Because Donghae knew, he knew his uncle was afraid he'd feel neglected if he turned his attention elsewhere.