Chapter 21

Never in her wildest dreams that she would leave just like that. She went towards her table and grabbed the case which contained the flash drive that Mark gave her.

She put it near her chest and hugged it, as if t was him.

"Eunmi-yah, let's go..." Jaehyun said, helping her pull her luggage.

She nodded.

***

"You better keep that promise of yours and go back here once the school year ends, okay? If not I'll go there myself and drag you back here in Seoul." Jaehyun warned.

Eunmi laughed, "I'll be back, I promise. I have to. I have him."

He ruffled her hair, "You better." He rolled his eyes.

Eunmi hugged her brother tight.

"Yah, are you crying?" Jaehyun chuckled. He tried to laugh, even if he also feels sad. "Don't cry..."

She nodded and wiped her tears away. "I'll miss you."

"I'll miss you too. I'll be alone at our house once again." He sighed.

"I have to go now...." She started to pull her luggage. "I love you, brother..."

"I love you too, sis."

Jaehyun watched his sister as she boarded the bus heading to Incheon. He sighed, walking the other way.

Although he and Eunmi fights, it still hurts for him to see his sister cry.

***

"Jaehyun-ah are you sure that you don't want to eat?" Taeyong asked.

The latter nodded, "I already ate earlier, hyung."

Mark looked at him. "Huh? What are you talking about, hyung? It's 7 am, you mean you woke up early?"

Jaehyun nodded.

Taeyong just shut his mouth.

"Jaehyun-hyung, where's Eunmi?" Mark asked.

Jaehyun and Taeyong looked at each other.

"U-Uh, she won't go to school today." Jaehyun said, looking down.

"Is she sick again?" Mark asked.

Jaehyun slowly nodded. "Y-Yeah..." He gulped.

Mark sighed, "I wish I could take care of her... I wish I'm not busy."

They stood up and placed their plates on the sink.

Mark grabbed his bag, same with his hyungs.

"Baby, get well soon!" He shouted.

The two looked at each other and looked at Mark with pity. If only he knew.

***

"She left already?" Yeri asked.

Jaehyun slowly nodded.

"Early this morning." He sighed.

"Taeyong-oppa and Mark eats at your house for breakfast right? How did Mark react when he didn't see Eunmi there?" Joy asked.

Taeyong shrugged, "Jaehyun told him that she was sick. He believed it though."

"I have a bad feeling about this..." Irene shook her head.

"He'll know it sooner or later, I'm sure about it." Jungwoo said.

***

"Yeri-yah!" Yeri turned towards the person who called her.

"Oh hey Mark." She greeted.

"Is Eunmi okay? She's not replying to any of my texts." She said.

She hesitantly nodded, "She's sick right? How could she reply to your texts?"

"Oh right..." He sighed. "If by chance she replies to you, please tell her I miss her and that she would get well soon."

Yeri nodded.

"Thanks Yeri!" He ran towards his office.

The latter sighed and sat on a nearby bench. "If you only knew, Mark... If you only knew..."

***

"Hyung, I'm going out!" Mark said, rushing outside their house.

Taeyong was about to ask him where would he go, but then he realized that Jaehyun told him that her sister is sick. His eyes widened upon realizing it and immediately grabbed his phone to call Jaehyun.

"Hyung?"

Taeyong stood up when he heard Jaehyun's voice. "Jaehyun-ah! Mark is on his way there!" He said.

"Oh shoot."

"What are you gonna tell him?"

"I don't know but—" Taeyong heard the doorbell rang from the other line. "Shoot." He heard Jaehyun curse under his breath. "Bye hyung."

Jaehyun threw his phone on the couch and opened the door.

"Hyung is Eunmi already okay?" Mark asked, entering the house.

"M-Mark?"

"Hyung? Is everything alright?"

"Uh, yeah but she can't talk right now, nor want to see s-someone... she even p-pushed me out of her room e-earlier..." Jaehyun said.

Mark raised a brow and sighed, "Is that so?"

Jaehyun nodded.

"I have to go then, hyung." He sighed.

"A-Alright..."

"Baby, get well soon! I love you!" Mark placed both of his hands around his mouth, to make his voice louder.

"Good night, Jae-hyung."

"Good night, Mark."

Once Mark left, Jaehyun immediately got his phone and called his sister, telling everything that had happened this day.

He told her that they told him that she was sick and she couldn't talk and doesn't want to see someone. Eunmi just agreed and thanked his brother for doing so.

"Oh, and Eunmi?"

"Why?"

"He shouted that he loves you earlier. You better text him."

"I will, oppa. Thank you."

Eunmi ended the call and decided to text Mark.

to: Mark💕
I love you too.

She sighed and kept her phone.

"Eunmi?" Her dad entered her room, a tray of food in his hands.

"Yes dad?" She asked.

"Are you okay? Jaehyun told me everything..." He sat beside her. "You miss him, don't you?"

"I do, dad... I miss him so much." She looked down.

"I'm sorry that you had to feel this way..." Her dad sighed.

"It's fine dad... I'm going back anyways.."

"Do you have a picture together?" He asked and she nodded. "Can I see?"

She opened her phone and let him see the picture that she took when they were practicing. The one which looked like she was poking his cheeks.

"He looks like a good man." her dad said.

She nodded, "He really is..."

"Oh what's this?" Her dad chuckled when he saw the photo Mark took when they were at Namsan. They were hugging each other, and he was kissing her forehead. "You look good together."

"Thanks, dad."

"When you go back, make sure to introduce him to me okay?"

"I will.."

—tbc.