One Wish

CHAPTER 33

  After a while Seven arrives at my place. "Heya!" I greet him happily. "Hey," he says a bit uncomfortably. I smile at him and open my arms. "A lot happened, so... let's just hug." He chuckles and we hug. He really gives the best hugs. He just radiates happiness, which is fake, but I still feel happy. "Well, how are you feeling?" I ask him. "I'm fine. The same as always." We're silent for a minute. "Alright, MC, I really want to apologize to you. For making you cry and all that... I really am a fraud to be honest. I didn't want to hurt you like that ever-"

I stop him, "Let's talk about it in my room. I have a really soft bed so you can lay down there," I then practically pull him upstairs. I don't know what I'm doing, but let's just roll with that. We get in my room and he awkwardly sits on my bed. I sit opposite of him. "Alright, continue," and I look at him and smile. "Heh, you're so weird, MC.

Anyway, when I was coming here I thought of so many ways to apologize to you and none of them were really that believable. I finally thought that... maybe I should just tell what my past is like and just trust you. You've trusted me with everything, but I have never trusted anyone in my life. Until now I really felt like I can't trust anybody and I thought I should just hold up a mask that is 707. You helped me realize that I can't do that forever and I have to get over everything somehow."

"You can trust me, Seven. Don't worry about anything right now." "Okay, I won't." He then breathes in and out, trying to collect his thoughts. "Should I tell it to you like a fairy tail?" I nod.

"Well, once upon a time, two boys named Saeran and- umm... Saeyoung, were born. They were born into a very bad household - their mother was a drunk and father a powerful politician who left them to rot. Their mother would only torment them, because the only reason she had to let them live, was so she could blackmail the politician and get money from him.

But one day, the boys thought of an escape plan to get out of that house to safety. One of the boys had befriended two adults named Rika and V to help them escape. The plan was simple - the boys escape the house at midnight and meet up with Rika and V who will take them to someplace safe. For that to happen though they had to cross through a dark forest.

After weeks of preparing, the plan was put into action. At midnight the boys started to run towards the highway, where V and Rika were waiting. While running they had run into an ambush - the father had sent a bunch of men to kidnap the kids, so mother would have nothing to blackmail them with. Since the boys were already out of the house, they had to start running toward the end of the forest.

When they had run for a while, being completely silent as to not attract the men, one of them made it to the highway. He then looked back to congratulate the other, but he was nowhere to be seen. The other ran to the car and told the adults what had happened. V then ran into the forest looking for the other, while Rika left behind to protect the kid who had made it.

After a while, V came back but he was alone. He looked through the route they had taken but there was no one there. He then ran back to see the father's men leave with empty hands. It was certain that someone else had taken the other boy, but who could have that been? They decided to go home and think of what to do next."

Days had gone by with everyday Rika or V going to that forest to see any signs of the boy, but to no vile. All of them were sad and mourned their loss for days. The saved boy didn't lose hope though. He started searching everywhere, where could be any info on him. It was near impossible to find anything, since the information was classified by the government.

As a last resort the boy started to learn how to hack and to get classified information for himself with force. Once he accidentally stumbled into an agency who saw promise in the kid so they invited him to join them. They promised him aid on finding the lost brother and since the other was desperate for it he accepted their offer.

Years passed, as the boy did countless dirty jobs for the agency, while also going to school. It wasn't hard for him, but it was... tiring. At times he couldn't go to school, because work had grown over his head. Meanwhile Rika had put together a fundraising association. Through that the boy had gotten himself some friends. He at first didn't know how to act around them, so he tried to put on a happy face and make jokes, to get their approval, which worked, even though it was all fake. As long as they're convinced he's alright, everything will be fine.

One day he got a suspicious email, which only said: "I think I can help you with your search. Meet me at that place, where it all began. Come alone," and attached to it were articles about Saeyoungs's father. It had to be someone who knows about him, even though he had totally wiped his existence away from that world. He decided that it's worth a shot. His guess for the place it began was his old house.

The place had been left for ruins since they escaped. Everything was in the exact same place as it was when they left. When he had stepped into the house, he heard a gun clock behind him. "I didn't think you would actually come."

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