The Kims

Chapter 4: The Troublemaker

I see Jinwoo-hyung running towards us, waving. He's followed by two men in suit who're probably our private security. As soon as Jinwoo-hyung reaches us, he immediately pulls Jennie and lifts her off the ground, spinning her.

"Wah!" Jinwoo-hyung finally lets go of Jennie who keeps blinking to regain her senses back. "Look at you!" Hyung looks at me. "Both of you! You're all grown up now. How are you?"

Jennie tries to smile. As always, she's shy even to the people we call family. She's always been timid and cautious to the people around her ever since the day our grandpa died. She never smiles anymore or didn't even make an effort to adapt to our new environment back in New Zealand and that only brought her into more troubles.

The kids back in our old home bullied her and as a brother, I tried to defend her even if I had to be branded as a troublemaker. There was a time when I beat the crap out of the boy who kept bothering my sister. That boy was Jennie's classmate and coincidentally, she saw me beating him. She tried to stop me before I could've killed the asshole.

"Good, I guess?" Jennie keeps looking down.

"And tired." I add. "Can we go home now?"

Jennie's eyes widen. She tries to warn me to behave but I ignore her. Jennie looks back at our brother nervously. We thought Jinwoo-hyung would get angry but we're surprised to hear him laugh.

"Of course, you're tired." Jinwoo-hyung tells the security to pick up our luggages and they happily oblige. "Let's get you home so you can rest."

We're riding our way home now to our mansion in a limousine. The whole trip is tiring, not to mention boring. Jinwoo-hyung won't even stop talking in his attempt to get me and my sister to talk. He keeps asking us questions about our life back in New Zealand. Jennie tries to pacify our brother's curiosity by answering his questiona one at a time while I'm pretending to fall asleep, listening to music.

"Ah! I forgot to tell you that Jinwhan and Donghyuk are already here." Jinwoo-hyung informs. "They arrived just yesterday. And since school starts tomorrow, I asked Jinhwan to take care of your initial enrolments."

I open my eyes since I feel our ride slowing down. And when I turn towards the car's window, I see the huge gate coming into view. This is not actually the main house since our Aunt Hee Ae and her ambitious daughter are occupying it at the moment. This house or rather, mansion is our granpa's rest house. We spent most of our childhood in here and I'm somehow grateful that we'll be staying at this house. It's quieter and safer.

"I don't know what courses you would like to take on so I'm leaving that matter to you." Jinwoo-hyung smiles. "I only asked Jinhwan to pay for your tuitions."

"Thank you." Jennie smiles back.

"Don't mention it." Jinwoo-hyung ruffles our sister's hair. "Time sure flies fast. You're already entering College. Do you already have any ideas on what courses you would like to take? I heard Jisoo's taking Fashion Designing back in Virginia while Bobby's in Computer Science."

"Well..." Jennie starts to mumble. "I was thinking—"

"We're here, Sir." The Driver says.

"Let's settle you in first then we'll continue talking during dinner." Jinwoo-hyung gets out first and we follow.

We enter the big house and are greeted by the housekeepers. The house is not that big or grander compare to the main house but it's still liveable.

The house has a smaller version of a grand staircase leading to our bedrooms. On the left side, you can find the dining area and the kitchen. At the center, just below the staircase, you can find the private living area leading to our grandpa's study area. This area has an access to the kitchen. And finally on the right side, you can find the main living area that has an access to the pool outside the gardens. This area also has access to the private living area.

"Ahjummas, meet the twins Hanbin and Jennie." Jinwoo-hyung grabs our shoulders to pull us towards him. "They will also be staying with us from now on."

The housekeepers bow their heads down. Jennie who looks flustered also bows her head in respect but I just roll my eyes and turn the other way.

"By the way, where are the other two? Jinhwan and Donghyuk?" Jinwoo-hyung looks around.

"Master Jinhwan is still out." The oldest housekeeper replies. "He told me to tell you that he will be back before dinner while Master Donghyuk is in his room."

"Is that so?" Jinwoo-hyung then looks back at us. "You can start settling in now. These two ahjummas will show you two to your rooms. I'll just go get Donghyuk."

The Ahjumma standing next to me reaches out to get my guitar case hanging from my back but I move away. Instead, I give her my other bag. There's no way I'll let her touch my precious guitar. The other ahjumma who came with Jennie, turns to the other side of the hall. Jennie looks back at me before following the housekeeper who has her luggage. It looks like my room is in the other direction. Just when I am about to enter my room, I see Jinwoo-hyung getting out from one of the bedrooms with our youngest, Donghyuk.

"Hanbin-ah!" Jinwoo-hyung runs towards me follows by our Donghyuk. "Anything we can help you with?"

"Nah, I'll take care of it on my own." I reply.

"By the way." Jinwoo-hyung then pushes Donghyuk towards me. "Dong-ah, greet your older brother Hanbin."

Donghyuk bows his head. "Welcome back hyung."

I nod towards him. Our situation right now, is there anything more awkward than this? I turn to our eldest and he's just smiling at us innocently. Is it me or does he looks like he's enjoying our own discomfort? I sigh.

"Yeah, it's good to be back." I turn to Jinwoo-hyung. "I'll better get inside now and start unpacking."

"Sure, go ahead." Jinwoo-hyung pulls Donghyuk towards him to give me more space. "See you at Dinner then."

I enter my room and sure, it's huge and spacious. I put my guitar case on the bed and lie down beside it. Ah! I'm so tired. Our trip sure is tiring but I have a feeling that sitting and eating with my brothers and sister during dinner will be more tiring than this.