I felt a huge knot forming in my stomach. Finally, I was moving to my hometown. The bus was clamped with people, the incessant chattering annoying my ears that wished serenity.

The people around me looked ecstatic and contented. After all, who wouldn't be happy when they were going to meet their Kith and kins?

But there was no one missing me, no one waiting for me. I was a total mess, it was full of chaos. So why am I coming back? There is a huge history behind my arrival,

There was a name that was bothering me for ages. It was a name that I loathed. I looked at the piece of paper I had instilled in my locket. The letters had almost faded on the crumbled piece of paper. The red letters had already turned black. It had three words on it,

            Oh Ki Sung

Who was it? How was he connected with my family? I sighed deeply and covered my face with a cap.

"Oh Ki Sung, Oh Ki Sung," I murmured, breathing erratically.

I inhaled some fresh air that flowed through the window. Closing my eyes, I went back in time almost ten years in reverse. It was a fragment of my memory that held the deepest and darkest secrets with several enigmas.

10 years ago

I was running to my house. It was close to six and I was sure that my mom would kill me.

I was so caught up in splashing the water in the river that protected me with its warmth, that I lost hold of the time. It was surely not my mistake. I had to blame it on the river.

Sprinting through the woods, I reached the gate of my house. I wanted to sneak to my room without getting caught by mom.

But when I saw the front door was swinging open, fear surged through my body. I slowly crept up to the back door and entered the house. But, to my surprise, it was pitch dark.

I had many questions pondering my mind. Did they go somewhere? But why was the front door open then?

"Yah,not cool guys," I said, thinking that it was a prank.

I was met with dead silence.

"Mom?  Areum? Come on, guys. This isn't funny anymore. Where are you hiding?"I called out for my mom and younger sister.

They didn't bother to show themselves. I went to the living room, where I was met with a tranquillity which creeped me out. As I went to switch on the light, I tripped on something and fell, scraping my knees. My hand touched something wet, and I quickly pulled back my hand, disgusted. When I tried to turn on the light, I realized that there was no electricity.

I took the torch from the closet and lit it up. Two bodies were lying on the floor, with blood and scars covering their body from head to toe. I felt my worst nightmares come true, as I ran forward with tears trickling down from my eyes.

"Oh my god! Mom! Areum! Please tell me this is a dream! Wake up! Please wake up! Mom! Areum!"

I shouted my lungs out, my eyes burning at the sight I witnessed.

"Hey! There is someone here! You heard what the boss said. We can't leave anyone alive."

I heard a husky and dominating voice reach my ears.

I could feel the footsteps getting closer, while I trembled in fear while my breath hitched at the sudden encounter.

Those guys were going to kill me. They had killed mom and Areum. Where was dad?

Suddenly, a hand grabbed me and covered my mouth, and I let out muffled cries.

"Shh... Y/n, it's me."

I heard a voice behind me. It was my dad who was covering my mouth.

I was relieved when I heard his voice, as I felt light of hope flicker in my heart. I slowly nodded. He dragged me to a cupboard and instructed me to hide there. I was so shaken up by the incident that I began to cry more, tears falling nonstop.

"Dad, what happened to them? Mom is dead. Areumshii...." I cried, my cheeks getting puffed and getting stained with my tears. I held tight onto my father, and it was then that I realized that he was also covered in cuts that had blood pouring from it as I felt the wetness reaching my hand.

"Y/n, listen to me. We gotta go to a safe place. I have to protect my baby." he said, as he hugged me and kissed my forehead softly.

Tears were filled in his eyes, as they glistened under the darkness.

"There is no one here. Let's go." I heard someone say, as the footsteps slowly faded away.

"Y/n, get on my back!" My father ordered and I did what he said without enquiring.

He slowly opened the door and went near the window. Taking a deep breath, he jumped out of the window, with me on his back. We crash-landed on the ground with a loud thud, that sent a pang of pain through my body.

"There! Catch him! Both of them!" I heard a man screaming.

My father began to sprint with me on his back. I wrapped my small hands around his neck and snuggled deeper into his back, scared of the world. I felt droplets of rain hit me, as it slowly turned into a thunderstorm.

"Catch them! Boss wants to kill them all!"

I heard men running behind us, splashing through the puddles. My father ran through the dark, as we reached the woods.

He tripped his leg and fell, as he grumbled in agony. I began rolling down as I felt like my ribs were broken. Pain engulfed my body, and I hissed, closing my eyes.

We were fallen near the river. Thunder rang through our ears and lightning struck, bringing destruction with it. I got up with great difficulty and ran to my dad, who was laying down.

"Dad, please get up. We have to run," I said, with tears falling as they converged with the rain.

"Baby, listen to me. You have to go. Leave me..." His voice was so weak and blood ejaculated from his stomach, as he looked at me with his pale eyes.

"No!" I cried.

"Please Y/n, go," he said again.

Taking a paper from his pocket, he wrote something with his blood-stained fingers and gave me the paper which was dripping wet under the rain.

"When you are ready, come back," he whispered, as gallons of blood splurged out of his mouth.

"Dad!" I cried out loudly.

"Shh... Find him," he said, before coughing up some more blood.

"I'm so sorry y/n... sorry for not being with you. Sorry for not protecting you," he said, as he slowly closed his eyes.

"No!" I screeched my lungs out, my heart clenching with remorse. 

I hugged his body and cried, my tears converging with his bloodied shirt. Just as I was about to retract, I heard footsteps coming closer.

I began to ran, and I ran as fast as I could.

When I came near a big building, I stopped there. A truck was parked there. I felt my body's energy fading away, as the dizziness kicked in. My body was burning up, as the scars throbbed. I was broken from the inside and on the outside. Sneaking through the back of the truck, I scrutinized my surroundings. I realized that there were some boxes filled with clothes.  Opening them, I hid in them, my body exhausted. As the truck started moving, I fainted.

End of flashback

Hey there guys...so that's all for the first chap😅
I'll update again tomorrow....I'm feeling sleepy now😪
So what do you think...action is waiting..
Good night my lovelies

Thank goes to blazebby06  for co-editing this and half of the second chap :)