The Invasion, Cannibals Vkook [1] (Being Rewritten)

4.) Lemon Juice

Rewritten

~Few Years in the Past~

A four-bedroom house sat directly on the invisible line that separated the wealthy from the middle class. The house itself felt like it had been split into two halves on either side of the line. Two polished wooden doors sat across from each other in a decently sized hallway. One had a simple sign nailed into it, the words spelling out Hoseok's room. The second door had a piece of paper lazily taped up that readout, Jungkook's room, others unwanted.

The two boys were brothers with a two-year age gap between them. Being so close in age brought a rivalry egged on by their parents, peers, and teachers. Hoseok's seemingly never-ending list of talents left Jungkook feeling dejected in his brother's shadow. Constant comparisons and ridicule drove Jungkook to solitude and the distance between the brothers grew wider.

Starting high school Jungkook gave up trying, too tired of failing at living up to the expectations that the amazing Hoseok set. Disappointed in the rivalry they had been cultivating for years, their parents decided it was best to send Jungkook to the public school that was the same distance from their home, in the opposite direction of the fancy private school.

Oddly enough Jungkook was grateful for the new opportunity of a school that had never heard his brother's name. Jungkook even went as far as going by the surname Jeon, to never be attached to the Jung that sat haughtily on his pedestal.

Hoseok on the other hand was anything but happy. He felt a pang of emptiness grow in his heart every time the gap between his brother and him grew. He had never wanted his brother to treat him like a stranger and spit venom with his words.

Hoseok only perfected his talents to impress the younger, wanting him to look up to him with awe and amazement, not contempt as he does now.

The older boy didn't blame anyone but himself for the lack of a relationship between Jungkook and him. He knew his parents were exploiting his talents and determination to improve to pit him against his brother. They thought rivalry was a way to make both boys strive for perfection and Hoseok thought it was a way to bond.

The bonding however soon turned rotten and loneliness was all that replaced it. Hoseok was far too deep, having been too perfect that he found himself too high. Unlike his brother who could safely jump down from this life, Hoseok knew he had no easy way out.

Not to mention, Hoseok's greedy side kept the boy shackled to the top of the towering pedestal that he depressedly stood atop.

High enough to clearly see the damage down to his younger brother, but too high for his brother to understand Hoseok's own cracks.