Aera gasped hastily sitting up in her place as her eyes wandered around, checking if she was still at home. She felt a hand on her back, and a concerned face turning to look at her.

"Are you okay?" Jungkook asked, rubbing her back. Aera nodded, sighing at the thought that it was just a weird dream that ended as soon as she woke up. "A bad dream huh?"

She nodded, laying back on the couch again next to Jungkook where she fell asleep watching various hacks on YouTube with him. He kept his phone away and positioned his arm under her shoulders pulling her close to his chest while the other arm wrapped comfortably from above hugging her and keeping her warm.

"Wanna talk about it?"

"I don't remember it," she said, "but it was weird, like I don't know, remember when I thought was lost and crying?"

Jungkook nodded remembering his soccer match during his high school days where Jimin and Aera had come to cheer and support him. It was in the bleachers, in the middle of the huge crowd of people gathered there to watch two amazing school teams competing for the grand cup. And the six year-old Aera accidentally left Jimin's hand and walked off in some different direction while trying to reach the spot where the players were gathered. They found her after a solid half an hour of stumbling and squeezing themselves between people in order to look for the little girl. She was crying sitting in one corner holding her box of orange juice that Jimin bought her earlier during the match.

"It was something like that." Aera said.

"Don't think about that, its all past and kids often get lost. Its pretty much normal."

Aera nodded slowly, averting her eyes from Jungkook on hearing their eldest brother's voice telling them to go upstairs. Aera frowned and sat up looking at him with a questioning face.

"Is everything okay?" Jungkook asked.

"Yeah just take her upstairs." Jimin responded and fixed his eyes back on his phone.

"Okay...?"

"Do it" Jimin said sternly, motioning his hand towards the stairs. Jungkook glanced at Aera who shared an equally confused expression as him.

"Alright, let's go-"

"Aera?" They heard another voice. Jimin inhaled deeply, glaring at the couple standing near the main doorway. The lady stepped in first, walking past Jimin and straight away reaching for the thirteen year-old. "Oh lord! I missed you so much honey!" she said with teary eyes, grabbing her hand and kissing it several times.

"What? I'm sorry, I think you got the wrong person..." Aera said, slowly pulling her hand back and looking at Jungkook who was too consumed staring at the lady and then at his brother.

"What are they doing here?" He asked in a deep voice, standing up, eyes fixated on the couple.

"You know them?" Aera said.

"We have a legal order" The man spoke, walking to the front and stopped near Jimin watching his wife with the girl, "We came to meet Aera and you can not stop us."

"Wha-"

"For god's sake I told you to stay the fuck away from her!" Jungkook shouted, raging at the man as he grabbed his collar ready to push him out right then.

"Uh-Uh, Jungkook I told you we have a legal notice from the court. You'll only create problem for yourself like this." The man said.

"You're a filth" Jungkook spat.

"You're just making it easier for me to take her, because I'm sure nobody would want a kid to live with a guy who has anger issues and curses at his elders."

Jungkook glared at him, but soon averted his gaze on feeling a hand on his shoulder. Jimin shook his head subtly, giving a look of disapproval to the younger.

"Will anyone tell me what's going on?" Aera voiced.

"You didn't tell her yet?" The man asked, sighing at the boys. "Fine, I'll do it myself. I'm Han Bhyungho and she's my wife, Han Soomin. We're your biological parents Aera."

"You're my what?" The girl uttered.

"Biological parents" He said, "means you're our daughter, my wife gave birth to you."

"No, you definitely got the wrong person." She said laughing nervously, "My mom and dad are not even in this world now."

"Heard her? Now leave." Jungkook said.

Byungho sighed and focused back on Aera, "I'll tell you in more detail, you were born to us, me and wife, but due to some reasons at that time we couldn't afford to raise a child. So we had to give you up for adoption, around a year later, their parents, Mr and Mrs Jeon wanted to have a daughter and fortunately chose you. So you see Aera, they are not your real family, we are."

Aera frowned at him, still not believing his words which made him smile sadly, "Will you believe me if Jimin says its true?"

She turned to Jimin staring at him with confused and scared eyes, "Its- its not true, is it? I'm your sister right?"

Jimin gulped thickly hoping for his heart to calm down a bit as he nodded slowly, cupping her face with his hand gently, "Its true, but you're still my sister Riri."

She glanced at him and then at Jungkook who had tears in his eyes, nibbling on his lower lip with his head hanging low scared that his sister might hate them for keeping such big truth from her for so many years.

"Why- why are you here?" She asked in a small voice, not looking at her 'biological' father and mother.

"We came to see you Aera, and soon you'll be able to come with us, to your real family and your real home." Byungho said smiling at her.

Soomin nodded, "We missed you a lot Aera. Each day without you seemed so hard to survive. But anyways, you're finally in front of us, I don't want anything else."

"I have to go with you?" Aera asked, lifting her gaze up for the first time and saw him nodding, "I... no, I don't wanna go, I'll stay here. Please, don't take me with you..."

Jungkook glanced at her letting out a breath that he didn't even realize he had been holding all this while, a smile a formed on his lips and tears slipped down from his eyes as he stepped forward hugging his sister tightly and kissing her head numerous times.

"thank you..." he whispered, "thank you so much, Aera."

She looked at him and asked, "You still love me right?"

"Yes," he nodded instantly, "of course I do, baby. Why would you question that? I love you a lot and I'll always keep loving you Riri."

"Even if you're my biological parents, I'm sorry I don't wanna go with you. I'll stay with my oppas." She said, looking at Soomin and her husband. Jimin closed his eyes, sighing in relief for a moment until Byungho decided to speak.

"You don't understand this right now Aera, you need your parents rather than just growing up with two random dudes in their twenties. They won't be able to keep up with your needs and take care of you properly-"

"No wait," Aera said, her voice sounding more firm now as she didn't like the way this man mentioned her brothers, "Make sure you realize what you're saying. They're not 'some random dudes in their twenties' they're my oppas, my brothers, and I've lived with them for long enough to know and trust them. Now about taking care of me? Mom and dad died seven years ago, I don't think there's any problem I faced under their care since then. Please don't talk bad about them, they're the one who raised me and loved me, not you."

"See?" Byungho spat, "This is why I'm not willing to leave you here with them. Did they teach you to speak with such arrogance to elders?"

"No yo-"

"Aera, no." Jimin said, eyeing her to keep quiet. "Go to your room, we'll handle this."

"Oppa no, why are you telling me to go? I didn't say anything wrong." She retorted.

"Listen to me kiddo," He voiced again, giving a look of assurance to her, "Go"

She sighed and stomped upstairs after glaring one last time at the middle aged couple who had a sharp look once at her and then at Jungkook.

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A Week Later -

"Thank you so much Mr Choi." Byungho said, shaking hands with his lawyer as they glanced across the courtroom watching the brothers disappointed as if they just took their life out of their bodies.

"No problem Mr Han," The lawyer said, "its my job to get families back together. I'm glad I was able to help you. Really, congratulations on getting your daughter back with you."

Byungho nodded, smiling widely at him as he took his leave letting the little family have their moment. Aera glanced at her hand which her 'biological' mother was holding, yanking it back, she ran across the room hugging Jimin tightly as she shook her head, sobbing in the fabric of shirt mumbling 'no' repeatedly.

"I'm sorry princess..." He said, chewing on his lip as he closed his eyes letting a tear fall at the thought of losing his sister forever now.

"I don't wanna go oppa, please do something..." She cried, lifting her head up to look at him. She wiped her tears and turned towards Jungkook grabbing his hand as well, "Please do something oppa, I wanna live with you both. Tell them I- I don't wan' parents, I just wan' my oppa, please..."

Jungkook stared at her crying state, not really able to make out her tears due to his own blurry eyes burning like acid. He knelt down getting on one knee and bringing her close to himself as he blinked a few times to clear his sight.

"Look at me" he said softly although the girl didn't listen and just hugged him tightly, placing her head on his shoulder the way she always did, wrapping her arms around his neck and crying silently.

"I don't wanna live without my oppa..." She sobbed.

"Don't say that honey," he said, "even if we won't be together, we know we still love each other and that's all that matters. Distance doesn't affect strong bonds and relationships, Jimin oppa told you that didn't he?"

Aera nodded, pulling away for a moment as she looked at him and Jimin stood beside Jungkook, "Yeah, and y'know as they said they're your... your parents, so they know what's right for you." Jimin said with a heavy heart and a forced smile.

"They don't" Aera said, "they're taking me away from you, I'm crying and saying that I don't wanna go, but they're not listening, how is this right for me?"

Jimin exchanged glances with Jungkook, both wanting to agree with Aera, but knew it wasn't of any use, they already lost the case and thus lost Aera too.

"Listen to me," Jimin said softly while patting her head, "you have to live with them now, they're your mom and dad and you should respect them okay? Be a good girl yeah?"

"No" she huffed.

"Please baby, for oppa?"

"...I don't wanna leave you"

"I know kiddo, but trust me you can meet us whenever you want and you call us too. You'll be our baby sister forever and we'll be your oppa forever."

"...promise?" She asked, extending her pinky out. Jimin smiled softly nodding his head while trying hard not to let out a sob right now.

"Promise," he said, "now go, they're waiting for you and be a good girl."

Aera nodded slowly, "only because you said so." She whispered, hugging them again. Jimin leaned down, pressing his lips on her forehead, resting slightly longer as a tear slipped down his cheek. Jungkook too smiled sadly, grabbing her hand and kissing her palm.

"Shall we go now?" Byungho said, interrupting their moment, "its getting pretty late."

Soomin took Aera's hand tugging gently as they started walking towards the exit. The girl looked over her shoulder one last time glancing at her brothers who were on the verge of breaking as the distance between them grew with seconds. She sniffed wiping her tears and sent a quick flying kiss towards them, which Jungkook caught placing it near his heart like always while Jimin nodded assuringly at her watching with a fond expression and warm tears pooling in his eyes and burning his throat.

'Oppa loves you' he mouthed.

You can love someone with all your heart and still choose to let them go, not because your love faded or weakened, but because you know your love's not gonna change no matter what and no matter where.

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A/N : Hello everyone, I just came back from a doctor's visit *sigh* I have a minor ear infection, it was hurting a bit. (I just felt like telling you...) The doctor gave me like 3 or 4? I think, tablets and one ear drop. Y'know I'm scared of a surgery (really) but I can't bear swallowing tablets. I feel like I'd choke and then throw up which is gross. I'm the only one in my family who's not afraid of injections or even a surgery but swallowing tablets. *Again sigh*

Anyways, I hope y'all are good. Please take good care of yourself (your ear too)

Fighting! Love you all!

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