MIND MASTERS

The secret keeper

I was 8 years old when I started remembering things not as clear as it sounds though, but one thing is for sure. She is not my sister. I remembered her parents die somewhere with my mom and 1 other woman I cannot remember.  I am not sure why I am remembering all this, if this is just a myth or what but after 2 years of wondering,  In Ha told me about her dream, that was the time I was sure that everything in my memory is real. I got mad at her because I don't want this to be real,  I wanted to be her twin brother for the longest time and I want our family to be perfect and not a tragedy.

Over the years, In Ha became my confidant, my mother and my best twin sister. I can't imagine my life without her. My life has been rough ever since my mother died and dad was too busy to take care of me. In Ha was there to cheer me up and Mr. Park was there ready to be a dad every time I needed him. 

Mr. Park or we call him "Ahjussi" has been training In Ha and I secretly. He's been teaching us martial arts to defend ourselves. It feels like he's been preparing us for something big. He told us not to tell our father that he's been teaching us because he might hate the idea of his children being hurt by the training. Soon enough In Ha and I were able to use our new found skill, kids from our neighborhood were bullied and In Ha and I helped them by using our martial arts skills. It was cool, we are our own hero.

It was 2 years ago, we were sixteen, In Ha suddenly blossomed like someone I never met. I remembered hating her once because she received a flower from my senior without telling me first. I learned of it from that guy. He was known to be the cassanova of his class. I told her everything but she did not listened and still went out with him. They watched a movie together and I remembered not talking to her for a month because she was dating him. I dated girls too but it doesn't feel right. I am the most happiest if I am with In Ha and at first I thought it was normal since we were inseparable but now I know. My love for her keeps getting stronger and stronger that I wish we met under different circumstances.

2 hours before we will be 18 years old. I went to In Ha's room and she was sleeping, she was covered with cold sweats and crying, I tried to wake her up but she isn't waking up when I was holding her suddenly I came to this strange house again. 

It is not my first time to experience this. It happened months before. One time I was reading this anime manga and was too immersed on the story line, I ended up being in the same place from the manga I just read. I freaked out and after hours of freaking out I knew that being calm is the only way I could get back to my room.

 Every time In Ha is experiencing her nightmares, I always tried to hold her to wake her up but it always brings me to a strange room. I never got the chance to explore the place though, because it felt strange. But this time I tried to check the place. It was an empty room full of dust and I opened the door in front of me and the room is too dark and i turned on the switch and saw a living room, there's a sofa and an outdated television but covered with dust and spider webs. It smells like it was never been cleaned for years. There's a piano with picture frames on top of it. I saw my dad and my mom with 4 other people on one frame. There's 2 men and 2 women plus my parents smiling in a photo. Then after that I also saw 3 children in a photo, the other kid looks like me but it's impossible, why would I be in a photo in a house I never remembered. But on the other hand it is still possible since I saw my parents pictures in this house. Then I saw a 1991 Japanese calendar. 

After awhile I decided to go back. I never realized I stayed their longer than I expected. It was already time to wake up for school. I woke her up and changed my clothes without sleeping. Dad waited for In Ha to come down before singing us the Happy birthday song. 

**After class

I was in the library when In Ha called that we were be meeting in the flower shop across the street of our school. I was reading this book about safari in Africa when suddenly I transported to safari where the lions are being fed and lions saw me and I tried to run to escape from it and I calm down and suddenly I am back to the library and run my way out to see her because I am late.

While visiting my mom's grave, I felt guilty for In Ha, she's been visiting someone else's mother for years now that I wished to tell her everything I know but I am afraid that she will leave us and hate us when she knows the truth about her real identity. I don't want to lose her. She is my life and I am willing to be the twin brother forever.