Love Not At First Sight [ 전정국 ]

십삼 • Past

Chapter 13

"we had to cry silently despite wanting to cry out loud."

Y/N's POV
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Few days later.

"Isn't it a nice day today?" I said while eyeing the warm yet windy weather through the window.

Shadows of window panels and sun rays were painted on the wooden floor as my sister and I munched on our breakfast.

Tree branches swayed as the wind swirled and the melodic voices of birds chirping in the morning brought warmth over my heart.

The thought of spending time with my only family member out in the beautiful weather brought a smile on me.

"Should we go out today?" I asked my sister who was sitting opposite me while keeping the smile plastered on my face.

My eyes battered in the hope of fluttering her to say yes since the both of us had no work for the upcoming few days.

Plus, it's a nice weekend to be heading out after so long.

The toasted white bread spread with melted chocolate and bits of strawberries was held in between her fingers.

She stopped chewing and looked up from her phone screen to me.

After squinting her eyes in concentration, she nodded and grinned widely, showing the chocolate coated teeth of hers which made me laugh out loud and snapped a picture of her.

We continued our morning by taking pictures of her silly face show and prepared ourselves to head out for our impromptu date.

While positioning the cushion on the sofa, my sister jolted and asked,"You know it's their death anniversary today right?", her voice held a hint of sadness.

I hummed a yes, knowing that it has been years since our parents passed away. Thinking about them ache my heart so much.

The first night without having them in our dining room was unbearable that I skipped dinner.

My sister on the other hand, tried to accept fate and reality while constantly building my strength to live on.

Their absence forced the both of us to live in independence.

My sister and I was temporarily living with our only aunt, whom had no heart to even take care of us. She was already living a difficult life as a single mother of one and had to spent more for our expenses.

Back then, my sister made a decision to sacrifice herself to work part time after school hours to pay our aunt as a way of thanking her to allow us to live under her roof.

Despite receiving poor treatment and was condescended by our aunt, we were still sorry for burdening her life.

The constant reminder of us being "useless bastards" had taken over me and my sister.

We didn't choose to live our lifes like this and we had no intentions to cause more troubles for our aunt.

Living everyday with sorrow and getting belittled was like a punishment for something we've never done.