Then There's Us. [ Hyunsung ]

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Hyunjin had asked him out on a date and he had gone out to one with Hyunjin. However, none of them said a thing about their relationship. They weren't dating but they knew they like each other. It started out with both feeling satisfied with their current status but Jisung was feeling uncertain. He was afraid Hyunjin would suddenly change his mind and get bored of his presence. He had been taking a lot of Hyunjin's time, he was afraid he had held Hyunjin back.

It was at Saturday when Jisung was just chilling at home. His father was downstair in his reading room while his step mother was cooking breakfast for all of them. As for Minsoo he was in the music room again. Jisung went into the music room when he saw Minsoo staring at the piano with a vacant expression. Jisung frowned before patting Minsoo's shoulder. "What's wrong?" He asked, his brother slapping his hand away. "Don't touch me" Shock was written all over Jisung's face. He knew he wasn't close with his brother but he didn't know their relationship was this bad. "I'm just worried"

"And since when do you care?" Minsoo asked, lifting his head a bit higher as he glared at Jisung. "I'm your big brother. Of course, I care" Minsoo balled his fist. "and whenever you treated my mom like she's a mistress and hurt her feeling, did you ever care?" Jisung stayed mum, sweat dripping from the side of his face. To Minsoo it musthad like he was the villain, the bad guy. "I'm..."

"What you're sorry for now? mother married father legally...she's not some mistress and I'm not an illegal son. So stop bothering me" Minsoo bit his lips, tears flowing in his eyes. Jisung wondered, just what happened for him to say all of this thing. "You must hate me right?" Minsoo said, tears pouring down before Jisung hugged his middle schooled younger brother. "Why would you even say that? I don't...it was just hard for me to see dad with someone else but I already accept that. You're my family. So is your mom. Why did you even say that?"

Minsoo cried harder, sobbing and whimpering. "Everybody at the music academy said so! they said mom is a home wrecker and they said dad got mom pregnant, so he had to divorce your mom!" Jisung sighed, patting Minsoo's bag. He didn't know who said all of that but once he know, that kid wouldn't be happy. He shook his head, Minsoo shouldn't believe in those words. "They're just saying that because they are jealous of you" He continued to convince his younger brother until he calm down.

Minsoo pushed his brother away once he stopped crying, turning his face to the other side as a blush crept on his cheek. He felt shy for crying on his older brother's shoulder. "I don't want to play piano anymore."

"why? because of the mean kids? you can transfer to another academy or just get a private tutor" Minsoo shook his head, standing up from the piano seat. He sat at the corner of the room where he had placed some pillow and blanket on the floor. He liked to nap there at the afternoon sometimes and even if his mother insisted to put a bed there, he refused, saying he only needed a blanket and a pillow. "Nope...it's boring. I have to play the same song over and over again. I already memorised all the music sheet I can. It's not fun anymore" Jisung knew Minsoo was lying. He still remembered how happy and excited Minsoo was when he first learnt how to play piano.

Jisung sighed, sitting on the middle of the piano seat. "Then, you don't have to play the same song over and over again", Minsoo raised his eyebrow, confused when Jisung suddenly started playing the piano. Jisung's fingers were dancing on the keyboard swiftly, he might be better than some of the tutor at the academy even. His brother just stare at him in awe. The piece Jisung was playing, he had never heard of it before. Once Jisung finished playing, he clapped his hand and stood up, running to the piano. "I didn't know you could play the piano! what piece was that? how come there's a piece I don't know?!"Minsoo said, holding his brother's hand. Jisung smiled, patting Minsoo on the head. He was glad to see the same smile on Minsoo's face. He seemed more like a kid his age this way. "I composed it"

"You did!? That's awesome!"Minsoo said as he backed away and stared at Jisung with sparkling eyes. Jisung suddenly felt shy, he had never let anyone listen to the things he wrote. "So, what I'm saying is! you can try composing your own songs!" 

"you think I can do that?" Jisung nodded, his brother was a rare genius in a million years. He could do anything if he liked it. "then, can you teach me how to?" This...he didn't think of this. He placed both of his hand in front of him, shaking his head in defence. "I'm not that good at composing" Minsoo shook his head, "did you even hear yourself playing!? that song was great! teach me! teach me! teach me!" Minsoo persuaded, coming close and closer to Jisung's face. Jisung held his breath in and finally let it go once he fell out of the seat. He looked at his brother, dumbfounded before he agreed. "but...I will only help you once in a while." Minsoo threw his arms to the air, "yay!" He yelled when their mother suddenly called them for breakfast.

When both of the broothers entered the kitchen while talking to each other, both mother and father was shocked. They had never seen Jisung smiling that bright nor did they ever seen Minsoo acting like his age. "Did something good happened?" Minsoo's mother asked, the youngest nodding his head as he sat down. "Big brother agree to teach me how to write songs!"

"you know how to write a song, Jisung?" His father asked, raising an eyebrow. He had never asked what his eldest son was interested in nor did Jisung ever told him about it. He knew Jisung wanted to pursue music but he thought as a singer and such. "a bit..." Jisung shyly said as he took a pair of chocptick, thanking his step mother who had offered him. "Yeah! did you hear him playing the piano just now, mom, dad?" Minsoo excitedly said.

"oh, that wasn't you playing, min?" the mother asked, Minsoo shaking his head. "Big brother wrote the song and played the piano!" Both parents stared at each other. Had Minsoo ever admired someone this much? "I didn't hear because I was in the study room...I guess Jisung could play for us some times" Jisung smiled, nodding his head and continued to eat with the family in peace and later texting his mother, asking what she had for breakfast.

What he didn't expect was to get a text from Hyunjin, asking him what he had for breakfast. A smile crept on his face. He could feel how much Hyunjin had cared for him but he was worried at the same time. Worried this feeling will fade away some day.