Family Secrets

Big Brother?!

It was quite a surprise to see her favorite band standing right in front of her, and in her mother's house! What were they doing here? Wait...this couldn't be real. She had to be dreaming...right? There was no way a guy from TH1RT3EN could be her brother. She started at the thirteen boys, looking for her favorite, Dak-ho, as they walked in, not seeming to notice her being there. She stared blankly at the group of boys she the one she recognized as her favorite called for their mother. As soon as her mother told Dak-ho that she was his sister, she snapped out of her daze.

"What? That's not possible. Mom, he's Dak-ho of TH1RT3EN. There's no way someone like that could be my brother. There must be some mistake." Choon-hee spoke quickly, looking back and forth between the boy band and her mother.

"Choon-hee dear, I believe that I would know my own son. After all, I did recognize you after eighteen years, did I not? A mother never forgets the face of her child." Ae-cha laughed softly at Choon-hee's flustered reaction. It may have been agood idea to tell Choon-hee about Dak-ho's career before hand, but this was much more entertaining.    

Dak-ho and Choon-hee stared at each other blankly, frozen in shock until Sang broke the awkward silence in his usual way: loudly and confidently. "I knew it! She is pretty! Hi! I'm Chang Sang! It's nice to meet you! I'm your brother's friend!"

Choon-hee immediately blushed as the young singer spoke to her and bowed deeply. "I-it's nice to meet you too! I'm Kim Choon-hee. I'm a big fan..." Her voice faded as she admitted to being a FIGHTER in front of her favorite band.

Dak-ho, finally overcoming his initial shock, smiled and hugged his sister. "It's been so long since I've seen you, Choon-hee! I missed you so much!" Choon-hee slowly returned her brother's hug, blushing deeply. The other boys watched the two in shock yet were clearly happy for their leader having finally gotten to see his sister in person again. "But...I thought you couldn't come because of college and dad..."

Choon-hee tilted her head as she looked at her brother. "Where would you get that idea? Mom invited me to stay here over the summer. I mean, sure I'm worried about dad, but he knew I would be leaving soon for college and a nurse is taking care of him."

Dak-ho looked at their mother, communicating with her silently about her lying to him about Choon-hee coming. After their silent conversation, Ae-cha, Yeo, and Choon-hee went into the kitchen to finish the final touches on that night's dinner and started carrying everything to the dining table. When the boys saw Choon-hee and Ae-cha carrying stuff, they all competed to carry it for them, trying to be gentlemen.

When they sat down to start their meal, Ae-cha asked how filming was as they usually would when she knew they were filming. Not even So had something negative to say. "It was one of the best days we've had, even though it was exhausting. I'll be honest, I was a bit nervous at first, but by the end, we were all pleasantly surprise. The company will be posting a teaser tonight and the actual video next week."

Choon-hee looked amazed as she listened to the boys talk about their music video. "What song is the video for? Is it a new one?"

"It's not likely one you've heard. It's brand new, and written by Young-soo." Myung-dae explained. "I don't think they've played it on the radio yet and it's not on any albums yet."

"What's it about?" The young girl looked at Young-soo, not knowing that he wrote songs. They had never mentioned it in any interviews or live broadcasts. "And I didn't know you wrote, Young-soo."

"I've been writing for a while, but I haven't felt confident enough with anything until just recently. It took a while to figure out everyone's parts since there are so many of us to consider into writing the melody and putting together solos with everyone's different voices." Young-soo spoke softly, not used to talking about the songs he's written. "It's called Careless Life...It's about how there's so many people who seem to live like they don't care about their future."