An Analogous Universe

Chapter 5

Aera's POV

I wake up in the morning with the warm and sunny sunrays hitting my eyelids. Suddenly the light turns out.

What?

I open my eyes and see Celestia sitting up, blocking the sun rays. She looks occupied, thinking deeply.

"What are you thinking about?" I asked, Obviously concerned about my best friend certain mood change.

"Huh? You're awake? I couldn't sleep so-"

"Don't change the topic, Celestia." I said sternly. "I don't think keeping things to yourself is a good idea"

"Nothing. Why do you think I was bothered?" she said. She's lying.

"You know what?" I said, getting up. "This is a privilege of being best friends. I know when you are lying."

"Who said that I was lying?-" I gave her a look saying 'huh!-really?' she moved a bit and said, "yeah, yeah. I was lying".

"What's bothering my careless best friend of a brat?" I said, a little smile planted on her face.

"Do you know about me and Namjoon?" she said.

"Why you hate your brother so much?" I asked, guessing what she meant.

"Yeah but actually- I have two brothers." She said sheepishly.

"HUH?!" I said.

"Jin and Namjoon. We had the same parents raising us but Jin was a half-brother. He had a different father who died after his birth. So our mother married another man. In her opinion, she never liked her second husband. She was connected to the royal family, so she was forced to marry high-staged man." She said.

"She still lives with her second husband?" I asked, a little curious about her history.

"No." she said.

"She lives alone?" I asked. Her face saddened. Shit, maybe I shouldn't have asked that.

"Maybe or maybe not." She said.

"Umm.... What?" I said.

"She is in a better place now. Heaven. I don't know if she is alone or not." She paused a bit and inhaled. "She was killed by the current king. Like I said, she was connected to the royal family. She was the 2nd sister of the king. So, her daughters or sons are bound to participate in the 'heir hunt'. When she was being interrogated, she said she didn't have any child. And when our father was questioned, he said they did. And they were tortured; still they didn't say where we were or even our names. Both of them died. Just after that, I was sent to earth to protect you and the one who forced me to come here was Namjoon. I hate him for that. He also didn't let me go when my parents were being interrogated. We were hiding. I hate him for this too. Maybe, just maybe, if he would've let me go, I could've saved my parents, since I was the only one who didn't study but was trained to fight. I also hate myself for being that weak." She said, sighing as she finished the passage.

"Why are you telling me all this?" I asked.

"Because, you should know." She replied.

"All seven of the boys are connected to the royal blood?" I asked.

"Yeah, kinda. The king had 2 sisters and 2 brothers. The 1st sister was the mother of Min Yoongi, 'Min' was the surname of her husband. The 2nd sister's children are me, Namjoon and Jin. 'Kim' is a created surname. My mother chose 'Hills' for me. Which makes me unrelated to them by name. Then the 1st brother of the king is the father of Jung Hoseok. 'Jung', the surname of his mother. The surnames of the opposite spouses were used to keep us unidentified. The last one, the youngest one of them all, the 2nd brother had 1 son, Jeon Jungkook. 'Jeon' was his mother's adoptive surname. Park Jimin was adopted but the 2nd brother donated his royal blood for Jimin after an accident which makes him royal too but he is not one of the cousins. He may have royal blood but he is not related to us." She said.