6 YEARS AGO

"Mom where are we going?" The girl asked.

"You'll see. Just wait for a while." Her mother replied.

The family drove silently. Her parents exchanged glances, and then focused back to the front. The girl sat quietly at the back, excited to see where her parents were taking her. They wouldn't usually let her take days off from school, so it must be something really special for they insisted her to leave school for a while. Not like she liked going to school.

For her, school was more like a place of show. Rich children came there with their parents' money and played each other. Everybody knew they were just being used one way or the other. Some were used by their friends for their money. Some were used for their good looks. Some were used for hardworking nature by teachers. Some were for their smart brains by their parents.

The last one was the second most common thing. Parents with smart kids, pressured them to fulfill the dreams that once they had. The dreams that they couldn't accomplish due to some reasons. So now their sons and daughters would do that. Other parents were the sort who believed they knew everything good for their children. They would take all the decisions. From what to wear to what to eat to who to be friends with. Bullshit. These were the parents preparing their kids as a factory product for the world market.

The car halted in front of a big house. She gaped at the beautiful exterior. Her house was bigger than this but the exterior, that had flowers and a big open space for stargazing was better than her house. They stepped out and headed toward the house. Her mother patted her shoulder lightly from behind, making the 16 year old girl turn.

"Yes mom?"

"Honey, this is a very important meeting. So make sure you behave nicely. Be the good girl you are. Don't let us down okay?"

"Of course mom, don't worry."

Her father gave a small smile as they entered the house to be greeted by a man, her dad's age. Her father eyed her from the side, she blinked a few times as her brain processed what to do.

"Hello sir" she said and bowed politely, earning a small smile from her mother.

"Hello Zia, its nice to meet you." The man said and smiled softly "I've heard a lot about you from your parents."

She smiled and nodded. They sat inside a room with a bright lightings and soft yellow yellow walls. Her parents talked to the man, which Zia didn't really pay attention. She was more interested in her surroundings. By the looks she believed it would nice to live in a such a place. She looked around and spotted a girl, older than her. She stared her, and realised that the girl was looking at her as well.

"Oh Soojin, Come here!" The man called, when he noticed Zia looking at the girl behind the curtains near the doorway. The girl walked up to them hesitantly and bowed to Zia and her parents.

"Yes Dad?" She spoke.

"I want you to meet someone," he said and turned his attention to Zia, "this is Zia, she's 16. You can be friends with her." He said smiling at the girls.

"Hello I'm Soojin, nice to meet you." She said. Zia smiled at her.

"Its nice to meet you too...uh unnie?" She said unsure if she should call her that or not. Soojin smiled and nodded.

"You can all me that."

"Okay," Zia smiled cutely, "Soojin unnie"

*********

"Soojin!" The man called. Kang Minseok, as Zia's parents told her his name.

"Yes Dad?" She said and walked down.

Its been a week after they first met. Zia had came alone with Kang today, her parents said they had some work. They had gotten her school changed too. She wondered what why. But she was fine with it, she didn't had many friends in her older school anyways.

"Zia's here, take care of her. She'll be friends with you and Jungkook. Be nice to each other." He said, "I have to go for some work. I'll be back later."

Soojin nodded and took Zia upstairs with her.

"Jungkook!" She called.

"Who's Jungkook, unnie?" Zia asked.

"He's my cousin brother. He's your age. You can be great friends."

"Oh"

Soojin walked to a room with Zia following her and knocked on the door.

"Just a second noona!" They heard a boy's voice.

The door opened, revealing a cute boy. Zia stared at his brown doe eyes. They were so beautiful.

"Oh noona, who's this?" He asked, looking at Zia with his head tilted slightly to his side. Her blue eyes captivated him. Her soft pink lips and her squeashy cheeks looked adorable to him.

"She's Zia, Dad brought her here. He said she'll be our new friend and most probably visiting more often."

"Oh okay" he said, "Well, hello Zia. Its nice to meet you." He said smiling shyly.

"Nice to meet you too Jungkook." Zia said and smiled back. "If I'm not wrong, I've seen you in school right?"

The boy nodded, "I've seen you too. You're the new girl, aren't you?"

"Yeah that's me." Zia nodded.

*********

"Noona, I heard uncle talking about bringing Zia here, is it true? She'll be living with us?"

"I know, its true. Her parents have to go move to a different place and since she's already acquainted with us, Dad said to bring her over."

Soojin stared blankly at the wall in front of her. Though Jungkook believed her words, she was herself scared for that girl. She was still very young and had her whole life laying in front of her. However, there was nothing Soojin could do. She hoped her dad would treat Zia the way he treats Jungkook.

"Noona?"

"Hmm?"

"Are you okay?" The 16 year old boy asked, looking worriedly at his sister.

"Yeah I'm good." Soojin said and smiled at him. "Kook, I think you should go to bed now, you have school tomorrow."

He nodded hesitantly and stood up.

"Good night noona. Love you."

"I love you more Kookie" She smiled and kissed his forehead, "Good night."

*******

"No!" She raised her voice. "Enough is enough! You can't treat your own daughter like that! What are you? A monster!?"

"Z-Zia calm down. I'm okay."

"No you're not! He's hurting you unnie. He's using you." Zia shouted, glaring at man in front of them. "You're pathetic. You make your own daughter s-"

"Shut Up!" Kang shouted as he slapped her right across her face. Soojin gasped and stood in front of her, blocking her father from reaching her any further. He grabbed her hand and yanked her to the side. "You! You'll teach me what to do!? She's my fucking daughter! If she never complained about anything then why do you have a problem!?"

Zia held her cheek as tears were pooling in her eyes, "because she's scared of you. You're such a psychotic person, who wouldn't hesitate to kill her!"

And another slap. Soojin dragged her away from Kang to her room. Jungkook just witnessed the whole seen standing there like a statue. He didn't dare to utter a word, just like he had been doing till now. Being a silent witness.

"Why did you do that?" Soojin cried.

"Why did I do that? He's hurting you unnie! Have you seen yourself in the mirror? Covered in bruises, he doesn't give you proper food, he doesn't let you go out, he locks in a room, he beats you up, he doesn't let you live!" Zia said, tears streaming down her face.

"An- And you" She grabbed Jungkook's collar shaking him, "Why don't you step up for her!? I can't believe he has so much influence on you. He only listens to you Jungkook! Stop him and save your sister before its too late..."

The boy didn't let out a single word, just stared at the floor. His eyes were drenched in tears of fear. He was scared.

*********

"Jungkook?"

He frowned and slipped out his bed, thinking why his sister would come at this time of the night. A fear crept on him as he thought, Kang did something. He opened the door. Soojin stood there, smiling a little. No. Forcing a smile. He stepped aside to let her in.

She looked bad. Like damaged kind of bad, used kind of bad and broken kind of bad. Dark colored bags had appeared under eyes, that she used to hide with make up. Her lips looked chapped, which she hid with her lip gloss during the day. She looked more skinny.

"Do you need something noona?" He asked softly.

"Uh no" she shook her head, "Just wanted to talk to you."

Jungkook nodded and sat cross legged in front of her. One of his habits that made Soojin smile, thinking he's still the three year old Jungkook she used to play with.

"How's school?" She asked.

"Good. Why are you asking that all of a sudden?"

"Nothing. Just wanted to know. Are you and Zia good friends?"

"Uh-huh" he nodded, "She was a bit angry but we're good now."

"That's nice." She said, "Always stay together like you two are right now. Be there for each other. You have no idea, but you both need each other. So don't let differences effect your friendship okay?"

"Noona why are you talking like that?" Jungkook asked, nervously not understanding the point Soojin was trying get through.

"Because, I might not be always there with you. So you should have each other. Saying we don't need anyone is easy Kook, but its breathtakingly hard."

"Please don't talk like that noona." Jungkook said. Soojin smiled and cupped his face.

"Don't worry about me Kook, I'm fine. I've been dealing with Kang all my life. He's such a bastard, he won't hesitate hurting Zia. Kook I trust you. You won't let anything bad happen to yourself and Zia, promise me? Jungkook you're the only one who can stop my dad. Please save Zia. She's too young for all this. Her life will be ruined, if dad got her to do what he wants. Please protect her and don't worry about me."

*******

"I told you!!!" She yelled as she cried. "I told you do something before its too late! But you idiot, you didn't get it. See what happened! She's gone! He killed her Jungkook...h-he hurted her so much that she ended her life..." Zia said, sitting on the cold floor as she cried, on seeing Soojin's body lying on the floor, dead. Jungkook gulped hard.

He was responsible for it?

Jungkook could've saved her?

Zia was right?

Tears started filling in his eyes, he crouched down next to Zia and hugged her, letting the girl cry her heart out with him. She gripped his shirt tightly as her eyes were produced endless tears. With each cry that left her mouth, Jungkook was getting a step closer to blaming himself and growing a little hate for both of them.

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