Sungjae begrudgingly walks to the dining room. Taking a seat beside his older brother who was the only who acknowledged his presence, he gets his plate and puts in food. He sighs when he sees his 6 year old brother eating quietly.
"Son, I made sure I told my friends about the exhibition happening over the weekend." His mother chirps as she puts in more meat on his older brother's plate. He could only smile bitterly
His brother could only nod and offer a smile while glancing guiltily at him. His father was just eating there, like a tamed robot and only said, "Stop bragging to your friends, woman."
His mother shots his father a glare, but the latter nonchalantly eats. His mother mutters something under her breath that he is quite sure a curse to his father before her expression changes as she looks at her oldest son.
"I heard Natalia Jung is coming?" she beams and her oldest son nods and says, "She'll be there for a few moments." She giggles, like a love struck as she holds her oldest son across the table, as she says, "It's a luck that I have you, Son." before side eyeing Sungjae. She shakes her head as she boringly looks at Sungjae
His father glances up and looks at him.
"Since your brother is pursuing arts, you are working with the company when you finish college." He sternly says and Sungjae nods.
"Sungjae is taking over your spot?" His mother was shocked.
"Why? Sungjoo is doing arts, who else can take over?" His father looks at her mother, as the latter almost shrunk in her place.
His father rarely talks but is very intimidating.
"With a grade like Sungjae's? I don't think so, Sung-il." His mother says with venom. And Sungjae clenches his fist below the table. His older brother holds his mother's hand over the table as he says, "I think we should be going." he smiles and his mother smiles at him and caresses his arm.
Sungjae excuses himself too, swallowing the bitter taste in his mouth.
There was silence between his brother and him as they went outside of their house. Sungjae could feel like his brother would say something to him but he can't bring to face him right now.
"Sungjoo hyung, I'll take the bus today." He bids his brother goodbye as he walks away of this hell house.
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"It's amazing how Sungjae's fans aren't attacking you today?" Seulgi looks around. Joy shrugs as she drags herself to class.
"You're thinking about something." Seulgi declares and Joy looks at her as she slumps her arm on her desk.
"Sungjoo Ssaem brought me home yesterday. He protected from those who attacked me." Seulgi's ears seemed to clap at the news.
"We hugged." Joy says as she hides her face behind her hands. Seulgi shrieks as she listens to Joy's story.
"But why do you look bothered?" Seulgi queries and Joy pouts.
"What exactly are we?" Joy asks Seulgi and Seulgi raises her eyebrow.
"That only Sungjoo-nim can answer." Seulgi says and Joy sighs as she looks in front and catches a glimpse of Sungjae entering the classroom.
"And Yook Sungjae went to my apartment yesterday." Joy said and Seulgi gasps in shock.
"What? Why?"
"He said he was concerned and asked if I really liked Sungjoo Ssaem." Joy continues to look at Sungjae as the latter laughs at his friend's joke.
"Huh? Is he really that interested in you to ask you that?"
"I don't think it's just that." Joy mutters as she racks her mind of answers.
--
Joy was walking home when she felt a tap on her shoulder. Her eyes widen as she saw who it was and she looked around.
"Yook Sungjae."
Sungjae grins.
"You're going to art school now?" He asks as he walks beside Joy. Joy nods.
It was silent between the two of them as they walk to art academy.
Joy turns to face him but Sungjae seems to focus his attention at someone at her back so she turns again to see Sungjoo Ssaem.
"Ssaem." Joy greets and Sungjoo draws near them.
"Sooyoung." Sungjoo stops on his tracks as he focuses on the guy beside Joy.
"Sungjae." He says as he smiles.
"Hyung." Sungjae acknowledges.
And Joy could only look back and forth at the two of them.
and she realized one thing,
they looked a like. Sungjoo and Sungjae.
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I had a bloooock. I didn't know for a second how the story would go. I'm sacred you guys would be bored with the plot by now so I'm thinking of how to make the story better.
Still, thank you for liking this book <3 Til next chapter!
