Blood , Sweat and Tears. (COMPLETED)

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"So how is your university going son?" Taehyuk asked as he watched his son eat.

It wasn't an easy job to have him at the family dinners. He hardly visited home and spent time with them.

Taehyung looked up from his phone as he raised his eye brow at his father.

"Great."

"I wanted to talk to you about something son." His father said taking Taehyung's attention.

Taehyung always knew that his father had to talk to him about something otherwise he was not needed. Although the Kim family was big and all and was one of the noble families in the society, the family's happy happy exterior was just a facade to cover up the cracks.

"What now?"

"I was thinking about engaging you to my dear friend's daughter."

Taehyung dropped his spoon on the plate making a loud sound. The other two people eating flinched at the sudden action.

"I thought I had clearly told you that I was not interested in these petty alliances that you want me to comply with. I am not going to marry some stranger."

"Son..listen to me."

"Listen to what!? This woman here is putting all these ideas in your head. She doesn't want to see me happy . She never wanted to see me happy!!" Taehyung growled.

"Kim Taehyung! Enough!" Taehyuk slammed his hand on the table.

"The woman you are talking about is your mother!"

"No! She is not!! My mom died 10 years ago. No one can take her place. I am not like you. You didn't love mom enough so you gave away her place to this woman but I will never betray her! Never!" Taehyung shouted as he dashed out of the dining room to his room.

"Kim Taehyung! Come back here this instant!"

"Honey...please calm down."

"How are you asking me to calm down? That brat is disrespecting you. He should be reprimanded."

"No..he needs time to open to me. It is not easy for him to forget about her when he has spent 13 years with his mother. Her demise has affected him badly and I am willing to wait till he accepts me." Jinhee said as she patted her husband's shoulder.

Eight year old Sujung watched her elder brother stomp out of the dining room in anger. Although she saw very little of her brother , she was happy to have him once in a while. She saw how he talked to her mother but she knew that it was just a matter of time that he would stop getting angry. She had seen her mom scolding her when she made mistakes but her mom loved her a lot.

After dinner, when her mom and dad had gone back to their room and the maids had retired to their quarters , she sneakily made her way to the kitchen.

She poured the milk from the carton with much difficulty but did it nevertheless. Then after pouring choco syrup into it she stirred it with a spoon. She gasped when the drink she was preparing spilled a bit on the edge but she still stirred it till she was satisfied.

She held onto the tall glass of chocolate milk she made in her small hands as she carefully made her way towards her brother's room.
She opened the room by pulling the handle as she tiptoed to reach it.

She peered inside to see him sitting at the bedside on the floor. He was not moving. She waited for sometime to see if he would move. When he didn't , she slowly walked infront of him.

He was sleeping while hugging a photo frame to his chest. His bangs falling on his forehead which were almost covering his closed eyes.

Maybe I should just go back.
What if he gets angry on me?
But .....what about this chocolate milk?
I won't be able to drink so much.

She innocently thought what to do when she finally decided to take the chance. She knew if he gets angry then she would run away.

She approached with her tiny index finger as she poked his cheek.

"Oppa~" she whispered.

Taehyung squirmed a bit but didn't budge.

"Oppa ~"

This time Taehyung opened his eyes to see a small girl standing infront of him her small finger poking his cheek as she held a tall glass of ...chocolate milk? in her hand.

He sat up properly as she immediately pulled back her hands spilling a bit of the milk on her dress.

"What are you doing here?" He said in his groggy voice.

He could see the little girl tense under his stare as he said that. She was shaking while trying to balance the glass in her tiny hands. They were heavy for her, he knew.

"I-I brought y-you chocolate m-milk." She said as her lower lip started quivering.

Taehyung could feel déjà vu in that moment making him remember of his love.

"Why?" He asked.

He was genuinely curious. Although Sujung was his step sister, he had never tried to interact with her. She was just eight years old. Seeing her infront of him all of a sudden was a surprise for him.

"You d-didn't e-eat your d-dinner and went
a-away so I t-thought y-you w-would be h-hungry." She said as a  tear drop fell from her eyes.

Taehyung felt himself melt. As much as he hated her mother , but he didn't hate that small kid. He just never made an effort to talk to her. Seeing her cry was breaking his heart just like someone else's crying face did.

Even though he shouted at her mother in front of her , she still cared enough to go under the trouble of making him a drink.

I wonder how she knew I loved chocolate.

I pulled the glass from her grasp as I made her sit on my lap.

"How did you know my favourite is chocolate?" I asked her as she looked at me with her large brown eyes just like mine. Maybe because our father had the those eyes.

"I love chocolate . I can eat lots and lots of chocolate!" She said as she made mountains of chocolate in the air.

"Really? But who taught you to make this?"

She told him how she had seen the maid make it for her when she came back from her school.

"Ok...but why are you not sleeping?"

"Oppa...you ask a lot of questions!" She whined making him chuckle.

"Ok sorry! But thank you for the drink. It was very tasty. I loved it."

She stood up from his lap and jumped in happiness.

"Yeah!! Oppa liked the drink!!!" She squealed in delight.

Taehyung couldn't help but laugh at how she was jumping in excitement. She was a tiny ball of happiness. He felt guilty of not taking an initiative of talking to her. She was innocent and he never wanted to be rude to her.

"Love you Oppa!" She said as she kissed his cheek.

"Love you too Jung Jung." He said back and felt his heart become full with satisfaction.

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