Hope, 92-liners Squad [C]

Chapter 4 (Memory)

"Starting with you." Ken sighed as Jin's finger was pointing towards him. "I honestly don't have any interesting memory when I was a kid," he said.

"Um, maybe you can tell us about your brothers. I remember you told us about them before." Jin suggested. Ken's face darkened at the mention of his brothers.

"It's ok--" Ken stopped Hani by waving his hand in front of her face. "I'm about to start. Don't interrupt me." he took a deep breath before opening his mouth to tell his story.

"As you guys know, I have two older brothers. They were both lovely and always took care of me. They never abandoned me even though our age gaps are big. When I was in kindergarten, they often took me to a cafe that sells the best iced chocolate in the town."

"When they entered high school, we had less time together because of their busy schedules. I wasn't complaining though. I understand them. Our parents wanted them to be successful businessmen. They almost there and I'm actually very proud of them."

Ken stopped talking, making the others wondered why he did that, but they did not question it.

Moonbyul pulled him into a hug as the-usually happy-boy started to cry. Baro who sat beside him patted his back, calming him down.

They didn't know why he behaved like that, but they tolerate it well because it's not the first time it happens.

They really had gone through a lot.

Once Ken calmed down, Jin opened his mouth. "You wanna continue?" Ken wiped his tears and nodded his head.

"One night, Jaeho, the oldest asked me and Jaekwan to have dinner with him. He wanted to introduce his girlfriend to us before meeting with our parents." he trailed off, thinking about the night when the incident happened.

"We met with his girlfriend. She's pretty and the way she talked also nice, but I sensed something wrong with her. I talked to Jaekwan and he thought the same. We stayed low for a few months because we didn't want Jaeho to get hurt."

"I wish we didn't do that. That night when Jaeho finally brought his girlfriend to our parents' house, everything happened so quickly that I couldn't catch up with it,"

"I- I killed them." the room became silent.

"What do you mean?" Sandeul took the courage to ask. Ken began to tear up again and his mouth started to chant with a low voice, "I'm a killer. I killed my family."

Jin approached Ken and placed his hands on his shoulders. He didn't know that a bright person like Ken can have a dark past and it's his fault for making the boy opened up.

"No, you're not. Everything is okay now. We're here for you whenever you need someone by your side. Don't cry, you look so ugly right now." Jin said as he patted Ken's shoulders.

Ken looked up and chuckled. He still felt the guilt in his heart, but for now, he's going to let it go for a while. He has them and they have him. Plus, a part of him is still not ready to tell the whole story.

"Enough about me. If you want part two, wait for another day." Ken wiped his tears using his sleeves. "I choose Hani as the second storyteller." he continued.

"Why me? We should go in order. Moonbyul is beside you, so it's her turn." Hani retorted. "Nah, he chose you already. Go on." Baro cut her off.

Hani sighed in her place, thinking about how she should deliver her story. If Ken could have a dark past that was still half unknown, she also has her own story.

The story that she wishes she could forget.

"Hello?" Sandeul snapped his fingers in front of her face, breaking her thoughts. "What're you thinking?" he asked.

"Nothing. I'll start my story, okay?" everyone nodded their heads. Hani took a brief moment before started to speak,

"I actually don't remember much about my childhood, but I remember had a friend named Solji. She's six years older than me and because I have no sister, she's like one. We have so many things in common which made we became closer as time passed by."

"I-I trusted her, but she betrayed me. After five years of friendship, she finally revealed who she is. I was 11 at the time and I couldn't process what she said to me. All I know is that she was my bro-" Hani swallowed her own saliva.

"Brother's girlfriend."

"And then what happened?" Sandeul asked impatiently.

"They brought me to some place that I didn't even know it existed back then. Solji left me and my bro-her boyfriend alone. That-That's when it happened." Hani cried at the end of her story. She didn't need to explain further since everyone in the room already knows about her past and trauma.

Jin was about to pull her into a hug when Ken suddenly rushed beside her and did that instead.

(UwU triangle love? ;) okay bye)

Jin put his hand on Hani's lap, patting it slowly. Maybe storytelling is a bad idea, he thought. Ken was still hugging the crying girl until only small sobs were heard. He then let go of her and wiped her tears using his thumbs.

"E-hem." Baro faked cough while Sandeul whistled silently. Ken rolled his eyes and went back to his seat.

"Can I choose the next person?" Hani asked when she calmed down. Everyone was looking at Jin as they were trying to make her choose him.

"Wait an hour!" Jin raised his hand. "Are you guys still want to continue? I mean, I kinda feel this activity is a bit...sensitive? So, are you guys really okay with it?" he asked, concerned.

"Don't try to run away. You know that the next person is you, so you're making excuses for us to stop. That's unfair. Besides, I think we all are alright. Right?" Moonbyul eyed each of them and everyone except Jin nodded their heads.

"Okay then, so next is you, Jin!" Hani shouted while pointing her index finger towards the guy.

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The next chapter will be about Jin and....Jeng Jeng! Try to guess it!

By the way, including this chapter, we'll have three chapters that will be full of dialogues since they are telling their stories to the others. So, forgive me for the lack of writing skills bcs I'm not a professional writer or wtv.

But, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thanks for reading! Make sure to take care of yourself!

(votes and comments? ?? whoops okay bye)

Signing off, jaetiff14