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"Well well who do we have here?"

Everyone snapped their heads towards the door area. Sol-ah smiled softly seeing her beloved husband, leaning against the glass wall with his charming smile.

"Uncle!!",Deoksim exclaimed loudly seeing her uncle after a long time. Somehow her loud voice managed to wake up the sleeping boy in Sol-ah's lap. "Oops!sorry",she whispered and smiled sheepishly,seeing Rawon gasping.

Sol-ah quickly hugged the scared son,patting his back and gave a reassured smile to Deoksim.

Haru tsked and knocked Deoksim's head with his fist. "Idiot"

"Ouch!that hurts you know!"

Jongsuk chuckled walking closer to the goofy kids and his family. "It's okay. Rawon is brave. He won't cry unless his mama started loving someone else instead of him. Mama's boy"

Sol-ah stuck out her tongue at her husband and stood up to give a peck to welcome him.

"Eww,we are still here",Naru cringed covering his 'pure' eyes.

"You are just jealous ",Jongsuk commented, laughing at the silly boy. He then turned his gaze to his son and kissed his forehead. "Rawon-ah,papa is here"

Rawon giggled,pulling Jongsuk's coat,trying to jump to his arms."pa",he mumbled pressing his cute face on Jongsuk's chest.

"Aww,our cutie Rawonie misses papa",Sol-ah cooed before giving him to his dad.Jongsuk gladly took him to his arms and kissed him all over the face making him break into a series of giggles.

Just then Jihoon came to them,wearing his black cap.

"Jihoon-ah, did you finish your shift?",Sol-ah asked.

He nodded. "Yeah,I am going home now Auntie"

"Okay sweetheart. We are also leaving now. Let us drop you and Deoksim home. Hm?"

Deoksim immediately shook her head and stood up with her friends. "No no. It's okay. Naru and Haru will drop us home. Don't worry. Plus,my bags are inside their car. So,it will be easy rather than taking them out now"

Sol-ah gave a look to Jongsuk but he just nodded.

"Okay then,be careful okay. And say hi to your mom for me okay Deoksim. And your dad,"....."Don't worry. Jihoon-ah,save your sister",Sol-ah chuckled seeing Deoksim's terrified expression.

Jihoon only smirked and did an okay sign. He pulled Deoksim into a headlock before dragging her out. "We are leaving then!! Bye Auntie and Uncle!! Bye Rawon-ah!! Hyung,let's go!!"

Deoksim immediately twisted Jihoon's hand and kicked his butt before dashing towards the car.

"YOU!!STOP RIGHT THERE CANNIBAL BITCH!",Jihoon shouted before chasing after her.

"Jungkook had taught him well",Jongsuk laughed seeing the siblings bickering on the road.

"We are also leaving Sol-ah-ssi, Mr.Lee. Rawon-ah,Bye bye!!",Haru bowd politely before following the Kim siblings. Naru only did a salute and bowed before dashing away.

Jongsuk looked at Sol-ah with a small smile. "Time to go home honey. Let's go"

Sol-ah nodded before following her husband to their car. The night was really peaceful. Too calm. Just like the calmness before the Tsunami. Out from their visible sight,someone was taking their pictures, alarming an upcoming disaster.

Sol-ah sat down on her passenger seat with Rawon on her lap. Her instincts had kicked her a long time ago. She slowly covered Rawon's face whole body with a blanket and pressed his face onto her chest,being extra careful with his breathing.

"So,what did you do today?",Jongsuk asked starting the engine. "Did you meet that special person again?"

"Yeah"

Jongsuk sighed heavily before staring to drive. "I don't feel good about this"

"Don't worry honey. He is just a customer. There's nothing to worry",she said patting Rawon's head softly.

"I hope that you are not hiding anything from me. I still regret letting you work as a trainer",He sounded a little annoyed.

Sol-ah sighed. Every time they talked about the topic of her being a trainer,they ended up hurting each other. She really didn't have a choice. It was a request from the president. But he promised to not let her go to any mission. She was only a trainer. Nothing risky happens during her daily life but still Jongsuk hates it. Not only him but also her brothers. She was going to quite it but Deoksim became a barrier. Sol-ah couldn't let go when Deoksim was inside the black hole. There needs to be someone who can protect her. And it has to be her.

"I'm not",She mumbled.

"Always think about Rawon before doing anything. Okay?",Jongsuk sounded stern. It was understandable with the things happened in their past. Jongsuk was a victim of their terrible past. "I don't want Rawon to grow up without a mother. Also,.....I need you"

Sol-ah softened her eyes. She held Jongsuk's hand which was on his lap and squeezed it softly. She remembered how he sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night because of nightmares. Every nightmare was about her. He didn't want to lose her again. He didn't want to see those black shadows swallowing her down.

He squeezed her hand back,focusing on the road not meeting her gaze. He was never at ease when she was not infront of his eyes. It paranoids him whenever she goes to that damn base camp. Sol-ah truly wanted to discard everything and remain in his embrace. But she had no choice. One reason why she didn't want to let go of her past self was because she was scared to be weak. She needed to train herself. In case,her past shadows follow her till now to destroy her happiness, she needed to be ready. She needed to be strong to protect everyone. Only she could do it.

She looked at her son who was dozing off on her chest. Placing a soft kiss on his forehead, she turned to Jongsuk.

"I love you. Don't worry. I will always come back to you and Rawon"

Jongsuk nodded tightening his grip on her. "I love you too",he finally smiled looking at her.

Sol-ah smiled and looked outside through the window. Her smile faded away.

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Deoksim sat silently,eating her dinner with her family. The whole situation was awkward. The whole mansion was dead silent. It was the same mansion from years ago but the only difference was that it belonged to Seokjin's family now. The rest of the siblings had moved out with their respective families. Their father and mother died few years ago meeting with a tragedic accident, leaving everyone behind. That was the last day everyone gathered inside this house which was filled with a lot of painful and happy memories. Now,the space was left to Deoksim and Jihoon to create new memories.

Deoksim took a small glance at her father who was eating without even giving her a glance. Her mother was next to him. She gave a small reassurance smile,seeing Deoksim's gloomy face.

"By the way,Deoksim's 20th birthday is coming next week. We should hold party. What do you say honey?",Mrs.Kim Hye Yoon tried to start a conversation to ease the intense tension around them.

Jin just hummed and nothing else.

Deoksim pouted and lowered her head. She felt Jihoon leaning closer to her ear."Do what you are good at",He mumbled.

Deoksim made a confused face. He only rolled his eyes and signalled her to do it. Deoksim thought for a moment. At a lightening speed,a light bulb popped up inside her head.

She grabbed her knife and started cutting the chicken into small pieces. Taking a small glance from her father,she determined to carry on her plan.

Alarming everyone,she started to scream holding her finger. "AAAAAHH,MY FINGER!!I THINK I CUT OFF MY FINGER!!DAD!!",she cried from the top of her lungs alarming Jin. "How am I going to hold a gun without my finger!!aaaahhh,dad do something!!"

Jin immediately stood up with a panicked face.

Deoksim fell onto the floor dramatically holding her finger and started to roll here and there,crying her eyes out.

"Deoksim-ah!!,somebody bring the first aid!!Jihoon!",Jin shouted before kneeling next to Deoksim. He took Deoksim's head onto his lap and tried to take a look at her finger but she was hiding her finger inside her fist. "Sweetie,please let me take a look. You are going to hurt yourself like this"

Jin looked back to see if Jihoon was coming or not but he was still out of the sight. "Jihoon,hurry up!"

Deoksim opened one eye and closed immediately and continued to cry. Her mother just stood there leaning against the table knowing very well what's happening. She smiled shaking her head. Her husband always falls into Deoksim's crying. Even if he knew Deoksim was fake crying, he couldn't really see her crying. He was too much soft for Deoksim. After all,Deoksim is daddy's little girl.

Jihoon ran back with a first aid and knelt next to his father. "Here,here!! It must be her middle finger. It has no whatsoever control"

He instantly earned a glare from Deoksim.

Ignoring their daily insults to each other,Jin tried to grab Deoksim's hand."Deoksim, show me your injured finger"

Deoksim's eye balls rolled here and there trying to think of something. She tightly kept her fist,not letting him treat.

"Kim Deoksim",a warning tone vibrated from Jin's throat.

Deoksim gulped hard avoiding the eye contact. She looked at Jihoon trying to ask help. But to her not so surprise,he smirked and sat there without doing anything.

"Will you give me your hand or not?"

Forcing out a sigh,Deoksim gave up and gave her fist to her father's hand.

Jin slowly unclenched her fist. He wasn't surprised to see her fingers all fine. He knew it since the beginning that she was trying to gain his attention. He just played along with her. Placing a soft kiss on her hand,he looked at his daughter. "There,does it still hurt?"

Deoksim made a crying face. This time,she genuinely wanted to cry. Sitting up,she threw herself to her father's embrace,hugging him tightly. "Dad!!!I'm so sorry!!!"

Jin smiled with a sigh. Patting her back,he tried to calm her down. "It's okay"

Jihoon tsked before standing up and walked to his mother.

"Shouldn't you hit her with a stick now? What's with dad?",

Mrs.Kim chuckled ruffling his hair. "You are just acting. I know that you are happy to see your sister again. Right?"

"Mom! No! That's not true!"

Jin and Deoksim stood up after their father and daughter moment.

"Lier",Jin teased him even more and made a goofy expression.

"I'm not lying!"

Deoksim laughed seeing her brother being all flustered. "Hey shorty,I brought you a new wrist watch. Come on. Wanna see?"

And just like that the two siblings skipped their way to Deoksim's room.

Hye Yoon caressed Jin's back. "I'm glad that you took it in a good way. Don't worry too much okay. She is strong"

Jin sighed before nodding.

"I hope nothing goes wrong like last time"

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