Little Kitten (jikook)

Past

"Well Jimin, the reason why I haven't talked to your mother for so long, back in Busan, she was the leader of a gang…"

Jimin stared at his aunt, eyes widened in disbelief.
"Wha-what?" Jimin said breathless.
His aunt took a deep breath.
"She was such a wonderful person, nice and friendly towards anyone. She loved anyone and was beloved by anyone. There was not a single person out there that meant more to me…" A single tear fell down her cheek.
Jimin had never heard his aunt speak about his mother, and the way she spoke about her older sister showed him how much his mother must have meant to his aunt.

"I was fourteen, Yoona sixteen. I remember vividly, as if it happened yesterday, how she came to me. It was a strange habit of hers, although she was a teenager already, she climbed into my bed, nearly every night.."
The woman smiled reminiscing. "We both laid in bed, it was a cold winter night when she told me she had fallen in love. She talked on and on about him, how much she liked his nose, that very nose you inherited."
While speaking she poked Jimin's nose, laughing nervously. Jimin laughed too.

"She was happy, holding me tight, and I was happy…happy that my beloved sister was happy. "
Jimin could feel the tension that suddenly lingered in the room. His aunt frowned.
"But, she soon changed, she was still nice and friendly, but she came home late, her grades dropped. She talked back to our parents, but she refused to say something, she always stayed quiet. Over the next year the situation definitely didn't get any better. " His aunt was crying, silent tears falling down her cheeks. She looked so vulnerable and breakable, so broken that Jimin went over to her hugging her tightly.

"I began missing my sister and I wanted to know why she wasn't there for me anymore. So it was march, the year of your birth, when I decided to follow my sister. It was late, it was dark.
Then I saw him, your father for the first time. My sister was so happy to see him, even after over a year, I thought that maybe I just should let them be, and well…the second I wanted to go home I was grabbed by the neck. Some members of their gang had seen me…"

"Hey just look what we found..a little spy." One of the men said, chuckling deeply.
"A really cute one..hey little girl, come on how old are you?" The man tried to grab the chin of the girl, that tried to wiggle her way out of this misery. "You really are a cutie.." The man said his grip tightening.

"Hey Yoon, Seo, what the hell are you doing there!" A husky voice asked them harshly, coming closer. The girl still trying to get free, when she suddenly heard the familiar, high but evenly soft voice of her beloved sister. "Gain.. what are you doing here?"
"You know her?" The tall man with the husky voice asked.
"Yeah, let her go…" She came close, freeing her sister.
"Sorry..we just found her and..yeah" Both men were apologizing to the woman that looked stern at them, hugging the girl tightly.

"Just back off…" The men retreat and Gain was set free. She let her head fall down, tears starting to prickle in her eyes, breathing a bit uneven.
"What are you doing here?" Gain flinched, the tears starting to fall at the harsh words.
"Yoona-ah my dear, don't startle her, please." His voice was calm, soft and very soothing.
"I suppose she is your sister, you look alike."

Gain looked up. "We don't really look alike, Yoona is so much prettier than me", nearly screaming her feelings out. She always felt that way. Her sister was beautiful, with long black hair, full lips, so much fuller than hers and despite her young age she had that hour-glass figure that was just too appealing.
Gain felt something warm and big on her head. The man was standing in front of him, warm chocolate brown eyes looking friendly at her. "Just you wait, and you will be pretty just like your sister." He smiled, his eyes disappearing, a dimple appearing on his right cheek in exchange.

Gain flushed a bit.
"I'm sorry. I'm just worried, my little sister shouldn't be wandering around in dark alleys at such a time…" Yoona crossed her arm in front of her chest.
"I am sorry..but I missed you..over the past months we haven't really talked to one another. So I decided to follow you, I wanted to know why you changed…"
Yoona looked at her sister, sadness in her eyes. She came closer, embracing her sister softly. "I am sorry I neglected you…I am so so sorry.."