The Gangleader's Sister

Chapter 50

The next day, we decided to put Woojin's body to rest. Bangtan still had him in their climate controlled "morgue on wheels". We all dressed in black and headed into the woods behind Bangtan's mansion since we couldn't really go out.

I stood between Hyunjin and Chan, holding Chan's hand tightly and leaning into Hyunjin's side for support. Each member of the gang said some words about how Woojin had been such a special part of their life. After they had all gone, it was my turn.

I talked about how Woojin had become a second brother to me. He protected me like Chan, and comforted me when I was sad and Chan wasn't there. Before meeting Woojin, Chan was the only family I had, but then I suddenly had two brothers who loved and protected me. Hyunjin tightened his arm around me as my body began to shake from crying.

Bangtan gave us a few minutes more with Woojin before lowering him into the ground and filling the grave with dirt. It was completely silent except for the sound of the dirt hitting the casket. After the grave was filled, I laid down the flowers I had picked. We didn't put a tombstone since we didn't want his grave to be disturbed later on. After everyone had dai their goodbyes, we headed back to the mansion and I took Mina to my room.

We printed out pictures of us with Nuri and headed back into the woods to have our own memorial service since we could not attend her funeral. We both said goodbye to our friend and wept at the fact we would never see her again. We heard some leaves rustling and turned to find Jisung and Hyunjin with blankets. They walked toward us and wrapped us in the blankets and their arms. We stood there for a long time, until the sky started to get dark and we decided to head back.

Mina and I sat on a couch and cuddled together, both tired from crying so much, and fell asleep.

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The next few days, we all kept a low profile and stayed in Bangtan's mansion. About a week after our fight with NCT, we headed back to mine and Chan's house. Jisung, Minho, and Jeongin took Mina back to her house and told her parents to contact them if anything happened.

The rest of us cleaned up the house since we hadn't been here in a while. Once we were finished, everyone left so it was just me, Chan, and Hyunjin.

Chan, being the amazing brother he is, told Hyunjin he could stay for however long he wanted. And also, he could visit whenever.

We all decided to watch a movie. As I popped the popcorn, the boyz were choosing a movie. I walked back in to find them pressing play on the movie "Poltergeist".

"Oh hell no," I was about to walk away, but Hyunjin pulled me down and into his lap, almost spilling the popcorn.

"It's okay, princess, I'll protect you." Hyunjin wrapped his arms around my torso to keep me from getting up.

I glared at him and threw some popcorn at him as Chan watched us laughing. I hugged and settled back into his chest as the movie played.

After hiding my head in Hyunjin's chest a few times and the occasional random scream from Chan to scare me, the movie was over and I was too terrified to move. So Hyunjin picked me up and wrapped my legs around his waist as he carried me to my room. I buried my head in his neck, breathing in his calming scent.

After reaching my room, Hyunjin climbed into bed, still carrying me. I climbed off of his body, but still stayed close as he pulled me into his chest.

"I'm sorry, princess. I didn't know it would be that scary." One of his hands caressed my head as it laid on his chest, and his other arm wrapped protectively around my body.

"It's okay. Chan scaring me for no reason was worse than the movie." He chuckled at my words and I smiled.

I closed my eyes and listened to his heartbeat. "I love you princess."

"I love you too, Jinnie. Goodnight." He kissed my head and laid on his back, pulling me into his chest before we both drifted into a long awaited sleep. Knowing that we no longer had anyone after us let me sleep better than I had the entire summer.

I fell asleep with a smile on my face. One chapter of my life - one filled with fear, sadness, anger, and resentment - was closed, and I couldn't wait to start a new one. This time, with 6 new brothers, my true love, my best friend, and my brother.