| Eleven | fighting

Oh, home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you

"OMMA APAA" 

Yi Hyun and Saebom were doing the dishes, he was washing them and she cleaned them with a cloth but they froze midway when they heard So-cheol yell aloud. They looked at each other, heart sinking in their chest and they rushed out in the living room, wondering what went wrong with the twins. They expected some minor bruises, maybe blood, or worse fracture but when they saw So-cheol rather clapping and excited, they sighed.

One day their son was going to give them heart attack simply by screaming.

"So-cheol," Yi Hyun walked towards his son, "how many times do I have to-" He stopped when he saw Nara standing on her hands, upside down. She was trying weeks on end to stand upside down and had almost given up but she was finally walking on her palms. "Sae-" 

Saebom frowned, approaching the father-son duo who were mirroring each other's expression. But the sight of her daughter on her palms, approaching them awed her too. She quickly grabbed her mobile and recorded the last few seconds of Nara's stunt only for Nara to fall on her back. The boys rushed towards her, asking her if she was okay but Nara was too happy to let the fall bother her. She beamed at them and then rushed towards her mother.

"Did you see? Did you see how cool that was?" 

"That was very cool." Saebom raised her hand and Nara gave her a high five. "I am so proud of you peanut." 

"I am proud of you, peanut." 

Nara smiled at her mother, even though her head felt heavy, she reached her hand towards her mother who held it dearly. Yi Hyun and So-cheol were behind Saebom, the rest of the kids around and she took a deep breath, it was all okay now. She remembered the last moments before she fell unconscious, she was leaping towards her parents who were now feet apart, getting off their bike but she heard a very familiar hissing and cluttering of teeth and before she could react, the sphere on the right leaped forward.

The only thing Nara could think of was her twin, the one the sphere was attacking and she immediately leaped back, throwing herself on him so he could be shielded under her. The fall lead to her brother hitting his back and Nara hit her head on the ground, but she hugged her brother, holding him. She heard shrieks from her friends and a gunshot, but the pain she expected did not reach to her. Before she passed out, she touched her stomach to see whether it was ripped open but it was intact and her parents had taken them both in their hold.

That was how she fell unconscious only to be awakened by water droplets with her mother right besides her. Nara took no time to hug her mother. This time she would not wait for second chances, given their life was so short, she would keep hugging her parents forever. 

So-cheol did not wait either, hugging his mother from behind and holding his tears while Nara shed a few. Yi Hyun on the other hand knelt and enveloped his arms around the trio, smiling he felt alive again when he got his family back. So many bad choices, so many bad decisions and so many years gone for nothing. Here they were, simply being there for each other and life found its meaning again, it was worth fighting for. 

"NEVER DO THAT AGAIN." Nara said, when she wiped her tears, eyeing her parents, "NEVER LEAVE US AGAIN." Saebom nodded, kissing her hand, "You have no idea what we had to go through."

"True," So-cheol added, upset at his parents, "and this idiot here wanted to go and hunt for you two." He pointed at Nara, which made Yi Hyun and Saebom to gasp, turning their heads to glare at Nara. 

"You snitch!" Nara gasped, ignoring her parents' dissappointed and concerning looks, "I saved you and this is what I get in return?" Nara pointed her finger at So-cheol.

"Don't do that again," So-cheol pointed his finger back at hers, their fingers touching, "what if something would have happened to you!"

"What if something would have happened to you!"

"Now you are just repeating what I am saying."

"You are repeating what I am saying."

"STOP IT YOU ENOUGH." Saebom's voice was enough for them to shush at once, but a pointed look was exchanged between them, "I am just glad both of you are okay." She touched So-cheol's cheek, caressing his hair. 

"And Appa could not stop thinking about you two," Yi Hyun ruffled So-cheol's hair softly, arm around his shoulder, "you kids are very important to us." He said that as he turned and faced the rest of the kids who felt out of place and homesick watching the little reunion. "Are you all okay?" He asked, the kids nodded, the lady nodded too, Saebom sighed.

"Alright, there are some things to be taken care off, but right now, let's just get what we have." Saebom got on her feet, Yi Hyun besides her, "I'll try to contact the base with the walkie talkie we have, Hyun-ah would go to the nearest supermarket to fill up the gas and get some necessities. Meanwhile, all of you stay together and inside this house, do not go anywhere alone, arachi?" 

Yoo-jung shook her head, taking a step towards the parents. "Ani, would it not be better is few of us tagged along too?" She got their attention at once, Ae-sol and Kim Chi nodding in favour. "We do have guns, and going alone is way more dangerous." 

"That is out of question," Yi Hyun discarded that thought immediately, "I am going alone, Saebom is here with you."

"Yoo-jung is right," So-cheol said from besides Nara, "last time Omma was there, and hence you two could make it. Is it not better to have back-up?" Nara was deeply in thought like Saebom, "Appa, trust us, please." 

"Aniyo, that is not-"

"Mr. Jang please," Kim Chiyeol took a step, he wanted all of them to be safe and that included Nara's parents. "The more people, the better chances of being safe and we know the basics of holding and shooting the rifle." 

"But-"

"Please," Nara voiced, Ae-sol and Taeman nodding in agreement, "we are older now, and then we could get more stuff with more of us, you cannot handle the rifle and the rest of the things Appa." 

Yi Hyun sighed, helpless as he turned at his wife for guidance and she was equally confused. "Arraseo," Saebom agreed, after working out few scenarios, Yi Hyun was stopped from questioning, "listen to everything Yi Hyun would say, get your rifles ready and helmets intact, and you will do anything to save yourselves first." She turned to Yi Hyun and nodded at him, even though this was a tough decision, he trusted her to be wiser. 

"You," He pointed at Taeman, and then at Kim Chi-yeol, "you, the banjang and So-cheol." He picked the squad who'd accompany him to the gas station. "Get ready, we leave in five." 

"I want to tag along." Nara spoke but Saebom shook her head. 

"You need rest, the others, can help get stuff from the car, maybe get water and medical ready, what say?" She smiled softly at the kids who nodded, Nara sat back in despair but she did feel numb from the minor concussion she got and watched the Gas Station Squad get ready with rifles and straightening their military uniforms. 

Saebom and the others got to work. Whilst Yi Hyun and So-cheol kept their guns ready to shoot any purple thing, the home squad got the little stuff from the car with the water bottles, the snacks, some comforters and Saebom got hold of the ammunition. They carried all of it inside the house, and shut the door just when the Gas Station squad got ready to leave, all of them lining up behind So-cheol and heading towards the jeep. 

Yi Hyun and Saebom shared a hug, "take care of yourself and the kids." He caressed her cheek, lovingly, while Saebom adjusted his helmet, the baseball helmet he always carried with him along with the bat. This time the bat was handed back to Saebom and the rifle was exchanged.

"take care of yourself and the kids." She repeated the same, and she held his hand, "all of you listen to Hyun-ah and be alert." She waved at the kids who were safely inside the jeep, they nodded and waved back in return. 

"YA SO-CHEOL-ah!" Nara stood behind Saebom, calling out to her twin, "FIGHTING!" 

"Fighting!" So-cheol replied with a grin.

"Fighting," Saebom whispered to Yi Hyun who let his helmet touch the forehead of both his girls softly.

"Fighting," He replied before he left for the jeep and the girls held their breath, watching the jeep make their way out of sight. 

It really was a fight and they were all fighting.

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