nobody's P.O.V:
One month had gone by and aera was now comfortable in her new house and had found a job at a nearby café. She would go at 9 in the morning and come to home at 8 in the night. It was her passion to work and keep herself busy. But aera had started to feel more self-conscious as though someone was living with her and she didn't know where. She would often think of going to the storeroom aka the warned room but she would change her mind and let it go and think as if she was just overthinking.
When aera would come home from the café and look in the fridge she would found no food or just a part of it and it was clear as if somebody and eaten from it and her chairs and couch also seemed to look like somebody had sat on them.
Only if she knew that her mind was right about it...
"Hey Chae," said aera as soon as Chae Young had picked the call.
"Can you come over my place like it is Friday and we can have fun if you want to and a movie marathon, and if you want you can stay over but make sure to bring your clothes because I won't be giving mine, eh?"
"Hi, unnie! Yeah sure I would love to but I want to ask something."
"Hmm... go ahead."
"Can I bring my best friends yoonah and jiwoo to your place? I told Jiwoo about your place and she was so happy for you. You would enjoy being with her. And I am also best friends with yoonah so can we come, jebal~" Chae young asked.
"Yeah, fine, sure. I wouldn't mind and thanks to her. But are they the sisters of that Kim Seok in?" aera asked confused.
"Yeah, they are but Ji woo is his sister and yoonah is her cousin who lives with Seo jin oppa's family so you can call them sisters."
Oh, oK. I won't mind and would be please to make friends with her." aera said.
"Bye unnie! Talk when we come to your house. But when should we come by?" chae young asked.
"Maybe by 7...? You can come over by whenever you want but before 8."
"OK OK. Bye!" with that chae young hung up the call.
After buying some kimchi fried rice ingredients and buying some snacks, aera decided to make kimchi. At 7: 50, someone knocked on the door and aera went to open it up. There were three pretty faces of her sister and her two best friends.
"Hello, unnie!" Chae Young said as she took a step further. "Hi!" aera said to all of them. After the greetings, aera asked them to sit in the lounge as there were the TV and big enough couches. She then went with the girls and they started to chat.
aera's P.O.V:
"So how is your life going on Ji woo and yoonah may I ask"? I asked Ji woo and yoonah. "It is going nice..." both said in a low tone.
I felt worried and asked her furthermore. "Is there anything that you are hiding from us? You can tell me after, I am the older one here. Now tell come on."
"You know actually, Seo jin Oppa has been kidnapped for 6 months now and we have no track of him!" she busted out. I was left in shock after what I heard and that was the same with Chae young.
"Why didn't you told me about this?! I am your best friend!" Chae Young said in a muffled voice as she had thrown herself at jiwoo.
But when I saw yoonah, she wasn't happy either. "Jennie, are you her sister?" I asked her politely as ever.
"No, I am her cousin but I am living with them since my childhood after my mother passed and I have my brother and dad with me." She said tearing up at the thoughts of her mother.
"I am so sorry. Come here to me", I said to her and she did what I told her. I hugged her and stroked her head gently and told her to stop crying. "So why are you living with seo jin's family as you have your father and brother with you".
This time jiwoo spoke with her bubbly voice. "Sh...She is l-living w-i-Th us because her father and my father do some bus-inness and so, they are al-ways toge-"
"Stop crying and wash your face and drink some water then tell me everything about it in detail. I can't understand a word, don't mind it." I said to her.
After yoonah and jiwoo, washed their faces, I said them to change themselves into comfortable clothes and the same was with Chae Young and me. We all were now in our hoodie and sweatpants. After all that, we went to the lounge and finally I asked her to continue but from the start.
"You see how we look like sisters?" yoonah asked. I nodded and the same was done by chae. "Actually we are cousins but we never differentiated each other's relationship and that is why we are so close. When she was 10 and her older brother, sung jin were 11, their mother died because of heart attack of sad news but we could find out what it was. My mother decided to take her in and she still treats her as if her own daughter. And same is with sung jin Oppa. So that means she has 3 daughters and 3 sons. Two are my brothers and the third one is sung jin Oppa." so hee told.
I was looking at yoonah who was crying silently and I asked her to come to me. She came close to me and I said she lay down on my chest. She happily did and I stroked her hair gently. I don't know what kind of bond I had formed with yoonah in less than an hour or two.
"Her father and my dad started a business and it was going really good. I don't know what kind of business it was because they would always talk in private and ask everyone to go to their rooms. And they included sung jin Oppa with them and I guess that he was a part of their business. But whenever I tried to ask my father and uncle or sung jin Oppa what kind of business is it, they just say that you don't need to bother and just be thankful that you have a happy life." Jennie told us.
After some chatting, a point came when Seo jin was in the talk. "I don't know how he was kidnapped or from where he was kidnapped. 6 months ago he just went out with sung jin Oppa, dad and uncle but when they came, they said that Seo jin Oppa had said them that he was having a sleepover his friends.
Three days went by but no calls or texts from Seo jin Oppa were there to any family member. We started to search for him, his every friend, enemy, any close or normal friends but they just knew nothing about him. When we asked them that had Seo jin Oppa came over to their best friend place, but they were just shocked because Seo jin had told them that he will not be coming because of some important meeting with dad and uncle. And now it has been 6 months and no trace of him." jiwoo told us and was sobbing hard. Chae came to her and hugged her and after that, they both cuddled then I also cuddled with yoonah. I really liked how soft she was and fragile.
"And now, my eomma, every day goes to his room and spends time in his room, reading his books and watching his favourite movies and crying while holding his clothes. Even eunji and jihu Oppa had searched for him."
I was shocked. The hell?! How could have my brother hide this from me? "But jihu Oppa never told me about his. Even when he would come to our home, eunji did not even tell me about it." I told them shockingly.
"He never told you because you already hated him and that would be so hard for his mother to listen to your words. We searched for him quietly. Only our family knows it, jin oppa's best friends which are siwoo, jihoon, Ju won, Joon woo, young ho and seo Yun I think. and now you both." jiwoo said.
I was taken aback at her words. "But I never said that I hated him. I just disliked him because he would tease me and mock me in high school. He even pranked me with all of 6 friends which surprisingly including siwoo and Ji hoon." I said to defend myself.
"Yes, he would tell me about you and soon after that chae became my friend and also Jennie become our friend. Chae would tell me about how you would become angry and yell after coming home that it was that jin guy and he did this and did that. We would just listen and laugh about it hysterically." jiwoo laughed as she had unfolded some memories.
"Yah! Don't laugh about it. It is nothing! He would just tease me every time he got the chance to. He even changed his seat with mine and I had to bear his lame dad jokes for the rest of my last year. Even on the graduation day, he and his 6 annoying dorks pulled a prank on me and I just wanted to take revenge but that time never came!" I said panting as I had said so fast.
But what I just saw said made me angrier. yoonah was laughing hilariously while she was still in my embrace. "Yah! What's so funny about it?! He even went to the front of the class one time and asked everyone if they had a problem with his life so they should raise a hand. I was the only one who had a problem so I raised my hand. The next thing he said made me more embarrassed. After I raised my hand, he watched everyone, he said that now keep it on your mouth. I just wanted to slap- no hit that bast- no- that lad with my book but I couldn't!!" I said to them, laughing a little and holding in my bad words as I didn't want to make them sad.
I checked the time and it was 9:30 pm. "I think we should watch some movies and dramas. Wait here, I am bringing snacks for everyone. Chae, go in the guest room and take out the blankets from the cupboard. hee go in the room and bring some of the pillows. Then finally yoonah, you, I think should start placing plates over the table. We will first eat a little and then the whole night is yours. I won't mind anything. But first, you both go again and wash your faces. I like the pretty faces of you both, not the soggy ones."
After that, we ate a little and I placed the rest in the fridge. I then said them to text their mom and tell them that they were at my place. After all was done, at 10: 40 pm, we started to watch a Korean movie and it was pretty nice. I had yoonah on my side and she was cuddling with me as though it was her last.
"Unnie, may I ask you something?" yoonah suddenly asked me during the movie. "Go ahead and don't ask me you can just simply ask or tell me what you want. I won't mind."
"I don't know how I got so close to you in the past 2 hours or 3. And I like how you take care of everyone. So if I start to get clingy, would you mind?" yoonah asked me.
"Of course not. I would mind it yoonah. Plus I am happy you made a bond with me. I like how you always want to cuddle with someone and be in their embrace. And lastly, you are like my sister." I said to her politely as my hands were caressing her soft hair.
"Thank you unnie. You know when you hug me and stoke me; I feel as I am in eunji unnie's embrace because she knew how I would cry even on the slightest thing and she would hug me and tell me to stop crying. I don't have an older sister that I why I was, again and again, coming to hug you and sit beside you... You are a great sister." Jennie said as she again hid her face in my arms. I felt so happy.