Crimson Sky| Taennie

[Chapter 9] "Noona!Can you stand?"

No, I couldn't bare to see him. My dad, who was supposed to me laying next to me. We should have been chatting, giggling, smiling and teasing each other but now he was laid in a coffin. He wasn't supposed to be here. He was supposed to be at home.

Why was he here? She had caused it. She did it to him and I had promised myself that no matter what I wouldn't forgive her.

Dad's relatives were here. It was almost midnight but the people kept coming and going.

I had to explain everything. From the start. No one really knew what had happened, I had to repeat the same things. At times I had stopped in between because it was getting too hard.

As I spoke the words, the images filled my vision. My voice would crack or I would start weeping. Then the person who I was reciting it to would ask me to stop, giving me a sad look. It wasn't their fault either and I wasn't angry that they were asking. I wanted them to know.

I wanted them to know what had really happened.

People even planned on filing a case but when they got to know that the family itself was keen on not filing, they din't have any other option other than to stay silent.

I had spent the entire night weeping, Jungkook and Taehyung stayed by my side and I was grateful for that.

Jungkook first seemed strong but he had shed tears when I was reciting the events.

My brother, I had never seen him cry for anything other than that one time when I had drank his banana milk without asking for his permission.

Taehyung had spent the night whispering soothing words to the both of us.

The burial was to be held tomorrow and I was scared to attend it. I wasn't  ready to see dad yet.

My mother was beside me, it took me long to convince myself to not hurt her. She was my mother and that was the only string that held us together. At the moment my head was only filled with what I was going to do tomorrow. I surely couldn't run away but I was sure that I would not be able to simply stay there.

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We all had waited patiently till they brought the coffin. My body was trembling but I had managed to not loose balance, but when the people around me started wailing out loud I could not stop myself. I lost it. I was crying. No, I was screaming. I tried to shut myself by placing my hands on my mouth but I couldn't.

The coffin was shut seconds later after it was opened.His eyes were closed and he rested in the coffin. His skin was pale, drained. A few stitches I could see. His head was covered in bandages. I couldn't stand anymore. My legs lost all the energy as I fell to the ground. Among the chaos the only people who seemed to notice me was my brother and Taehyung and I tried to lift my hand for help.

They came closer to me.

"Noona! Can you stand?" Jungkook whispered between his sobs. I wanted to shake my head but I din't have the strength. Jungkook couldn't help me either. I knew it from his expression, he was as broken as me.

Soon I felt hands holding me up as I stood up. I turned around to see Taehyung. He looked sad and mostly exhausted. I managed to slightly nod my head. The burial was soon over but I continued weeping. My head was throbbing and all the things that had happened days ago played in my head again and again, like a broken record.

Stay strong, you're brave.

I kept repeating those words in my head as though it would give me strength.

I tried to take small steps. Steps away from where dad laid now but I couldn't. My legs once again gave up. All I could hear was a loud ringing sound before my vision was filled with small white dots and then everything turned black as I hit the ground with a loud thud.

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