"Honey, what are you saying? Your cousin is coming all the way from Bangkok just to see you, why are you so distant nowadays huh?" Eomma spoke with an almost fake voice, a voice she only used when talking with her friends and people she was trying to impress. Like always it was Eomma. I was not going to see my cousin, I didn't like her anyways. Aera had always made me suck up to her, I was living in her shadow and even my own mama treated her like she was the true queen of this whole world. Only Appa stood by my side, Don't get me wrong, Appa loves Aera just as he loves me but he does not compare me to her like Eomma and Aunty Hyun Jae. Those two aishh. I could swear that, Once when I was little and Aera came over she was over by my bedside playing with my inhyeong, she ripped one of their heads off and I saw this slight grin but then she blinked and it was gone. AHH. "Eomma, I have work and I don't need another one of hyeonjaeimo lectures, I'm busy right now I'll call you back, eomma salanghae annyeong." I said quickly as I cut off the line before she could persuade me any longer. I needed to get home anyways, my shift was over.

I set out to the carpark, it was empty and the rain was falling heavily. Wind rustling through my ears and I could swear I heard a whisper, a whisper so soft, so gentle "Aera" "Aera" "Aera", I was freaked out of my mind but as a dumb adult I brushed it off and got in my car and turned the radio on "Everyone get inside. A hurricane is coming, I repeat get ins-" I heard the news caster say as the radio abruptly turned off, I had to take another way, a shortcut to get home sooner and then that's when it clicked I would take the gilga gamppongdaelo, the closest way to my house. I turned right to enter gilga gamppongdaelo and I instantly regretted it. I hit someone. I HIT SOMEONE. It was blurry as rainwater got in my eyes and I could not see who I hit immediately but when I did, my heart stopped. It was Aera, great! another death to be blamed for. was I unlucky or what? Thoughts running through my brain as the rain brushed my face gently finally, I picked up my phone with trembling hands and called my Appa. "Appa?" I called out and got a cold response "aela boleoogil geobuhaessjanh-a eung? ulineun deo isang dangsin-ui gajog-i anibnida. dasineun jeonhwahaji maseyo. sal-inja!"

I woke up drenched with sweat and my pj's were sticking to my body. It was just a dream Thank God.... I picked up the phone and sent a message to eomma saying that I would be there to see Aera, even though I hated the idea of seeing Aera. I wanted to make eomma happy for once. I slowly drifter back to sleep after wiping my sweat of my body. 'I'll avoid Gilga from now on" I said and drifted off.