The Close Strangers

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The day where Kim Yerim will arrive in Seoul has finally come. Mark has been thinking about how to skip this day and just continue it with next day right away since days ago, but well, the day still comes anyway.

His parents are currently picking up the girl whom Mark is currently hating on at the airport, meanwhile, Mark and his sisters are waiting in their house. He's actually not waiting for that girl at all.

Minhee and Marcella are so excited to see the daughter of Bae Joohyun and Kim Junmyeon when their brother is so ready to kick that girl out right after she steps into this house.

Mark knows that he's so rude and will probably hurt the girl's feeling when she knows how Mark doesn't want to welcome her. Mark just doesn't like the fact that a random girl suddenly comes and lives together with his happy family when she's not even close with them.

His mother keeps saying that she's close with this girl because she has met her for a couple time before and is super close with her parents, but still, it's still his mother and not himself.

The fact that this girl will sleep in the room next to his room makes him become annoyed even more.

Mark suddenly hears a knock on his bedroom door, interrupting the video call with his cousin, Lee Jeno.

"Come in!" Mark shouts, not wanting to leave the bed even though Jeno is already paused his story.

Marcella comes into the bedroom, followed by Minhee who's drinking her favorite carton milk.

"WHOA, JENO-YAAA," Minhee throws herself beside Mark, causing the owner of the bed to squeal because she might spill some milk on the bed.

"Where's Eunbi-eonnie?" Minhee asks the boy on Mark's laptop screen about his older sister.

"She's in her room," Jeno answers, showing his signature smile that is actually the main reason why he has dated girls eighth times so far even though he's still 19.

"What about Gyuri-ya?" Marcella, who's already lying next Mark, asks as she moves her long hair to her back.

"She's with mom," Jeno answers the question about his little sister.

"Come to our house, Jeno-ya," Minhee says, "We have a new member in ourㅡ"

"SHE'S NOT A PART OF OUR FAMILY," Mark interrupts Minhee with his loud voice even before she could finish her sentence.

"I'M KIDDING, MARK, YOU DON'T NEED TO YELL," Minhee responds, causing Mark to close his ears with his hands.

"Shut up, Jesus Christ," Marcella complains even though she knows that her younger siblings always fighting over unnecessary things.

Jeno can't help but laugh while watching his cousins being a loud ass. He misses them so much, especially Mark who is like his real brother even though they rarely met when they were kids because Mark's family was lived in Canada for a couple of years.

Jeno's dad, Lee Donghae who is married to Hwang Miyoung, is the older brother of Mark's dad. They actually have an older sister, Lee Yuri, a single parent with two kids who are Lee Mingyu and Lee Donghyuck.

This big family is so close to each other which makes the kids feel like they are the real brothers and sisters, not just cousins.

Jeno and Donghyuck are already in their senior year of high school, meanwhile, Jeno's little sister, Lee Gyuri is still 11 years old. Eunbi is a year younger than Marcella and Mingyu is at the same age as Minhee.

"Tell me about that girl," Jeno suddenly says as he fixes the position of his glasses, "Mark-hyung seems to hate her so much."

Minhee glares at Mark right away, causing the guy to frown in confusion, "Did you spread hatred toward our new sister?"