Choi Yungjin (Dean)
Yuna POV
"Am I late?"
What does he mean by that? As of now, Jun has been sleeping for over two months. Him saying that out of the blue just made things much more complicated for me. Especially, when they both can read minds.
The point is that I had no answers, but Cole did. What is going on? I've never seen cole react like this before; he was so pale and seemed very numb. He was always so bright and bubbly, except to Devan of course.
Jun didn't move from where he stood, he stays there and continues to balance himself on the wall; his legs are numb. Jun continues to stare Cole down, not in an intimidating way. He looked as if he was thinking or contemplating something.
Not once has he spare me a glance, it was as if I was invisible. My heartaches, but it was my fault. I did that to him because that's what I do.
As for Cole, he didn't seem like he was there, He was looking off. Almost like Jun was, but it was a tad bit sad. He looked like he wanted to cry, yet stopping it from coming to that point.
No one's POV
"Um---Cole ", everyone was looking into space, it almost made Yuna feel out of place. She didn't understand why the two were acting this way.
"I know Yu", Cole responds plainly, almost as if he didn't want to speak. Like he had water inside of his mouth.
He knew before that Jun was awake. Cole had woke up earlier to get some sleeping pills from the restroom because he couldn't fall asleep. He has a bathroom inside of his room, but it didn't contain any pills.
Walking over he had seen the light coming from Jun crack opened the door slightly.
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"Taehyun", Jun said it as if he wanted no one but Cole to hear it. Maybe he was making a mistake to tell Cole now. I can, not tell him.
"Taehyun". Yuna whispered.
Cole snaps his head towards Jun who said his full name. He didn't know Jun had got out of his room, he looks slightly raise his eyebrow at him and frowns.
Col stood up and walk towards where Jun was and helped him sit. Thanking him, Cole but on a fake smile and sit down next to him. Jun looks at Cole, but the little was looking down twiddling his finger. It's the sign Cole always does when he trying to not cry.
"Um, I never told you this before, but every time I go into that state. I could hear him talking to me", at first Cole didn't understand what was Jun talking about, but a part of him knew.
"He was there, he was there with me. I don't know what it is? But I heard his voice. It was almost like a whisper, but it was him", Jun started to tear up, so did Cole.
"You're delusional", that's all Cole said. he refuses to believe it was him. He can't fall back to the state he before. Cole holds back his tears anymore and Jun eyes seeing this started to tear up.
Jun holds his towards Coles's face and while away the cold tear. Cole leans into Jun warm, but pale hand and looks up at him.
"it's true", Cole shakes his head in disbelief. They are no reason for Jun to lie to him. Yet he refuses to believe. He had convinced himself that Jun was only dreaming.
Meanwhile, Yuna who sits far from them frowns at the two who were mourning.
"Don't cry", because she didn't know what was going on. She didn't say much and continues to watch the hurting friends.
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It's been a couple of minutes now and both Cole and Jun were calming down. They were crying for so long that; they both had buffy red eyes, red cheeks and plump lips.
Despite the crying, Yuna finds them so adorable. Now that they have stopped crying. She wanted answers. The black hair girl had never seen to men cry in front of her before, this was new. And if they both dared to cry in front of Yuna, then that must mean that this person is important to both of them.
"Who's Taehyun?"Even though she had asked a question similar to this yesterday. Jun looked at her blankly. It was as if he didn't know who she was and Yuna was hurt by that.
"Um I'm going to my room", Jun balance himself with the table getting up and walking award slowly. It's almost as if he wanted Yuna to see him leave.
"His special", Cole says sadly and went into his room. It's been like this for a couple of days now. Cole would get out of his room in the morning and go back in and stays there for the rest of the day.
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Yuna's Work
"What is it? You've been sulking all day", Devan stands beside the cubicle, leaning on the edges and relaxing he weigh on them.
"It's nothing, I'm just tired", clearly Yuna was lying straight to his face.
"You're lying". The latter put his hands on both sides of his face and stares down at Yuna, who wasn't looking at him.
"I'm not", Yuna gives a wary look.
"You can't trick me", she knew there was no wag out of fooling Devan because the older had known her since she was a baby. Plus the reading mind thing is bothersome.
"Well, it's about Cole. Lately, he has been acting differently", she frowns.
Devan frown, so it has been like this with cole. Like him every year Cole continues to suffer and blame himself. Why didn't he see that? Devan remembers now. It was Cole he was looking at. It was Cole crying his eyes out that day.
"Let me ask you this", Yuna nods. Maybe Devan knows some information about this. Maybe he can tell her what's going on with the two males.
"Is Jun awake? ", Devan was trying to understand this fully. Cole wouldn't show any sign of stress in front of Yuna if Jun wasn't around. Cole seems like the one who holds a strong face when in front of other people.
"Yeah, but he's still sick", she looks at Devan. The male frowns and looks at Yuna. Now it's Devan who was confusing her. Am I the only one who doesn't know about this?
"You should ask them. It's not my place to say", Devan says sadly and I understood that. This is a way to the complicated story for him to tell. Seeing Yuna frowns.
" Tell you this, when I was being banished for my fathers doing Cole was there, actually everyone was there. He was in tears and he was constantly staring at this one person across the room", Devan says trying to remember exactly what happened, but at the same time, he didn't want to remember.
"What do you mean?" Yuna says still confused.
"What I meant is? The one he was staring at, was next to be banished", she understands now. Not fully but she can picture why Coles in pain.
"I have to admit our ruler wasn't so great and the next ruler~
"Devan, can you please come to my office?" Save by the bell Devan says in his head.
"When duty calls". Devan salutes and walks away, but Yuna couldn't mind but think who was the man Cole and Jun were attached to?
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Jun POV
For Jun this month was the saddest month of the year. He hates that he has to relive that day over and over again. Not physically of course. A lot of tragic events happened that month, one after the other. But no one would have expected that Cole would be hurting until now.
"Cole", I knock on his door and slowly open it.
"Cole, please eat", I sat with a plate of porridge that Yuna had made next to the standing table, next to his bed.
The little was under the blanket all covered up. I could see him shaking and hear him sniff. Cole had never thought of hurting himself, maybe it was because of me. I didn't know Cole would-
"Cole---Cole". I pull the covers off him and pull him into my arms. Cole is not big, he was short and thin, not too thin. Not too short, just perfect. At least to me. He cried harder when I hugged him.
"Cole I'm right here. I'm right next to you please stop crying". I tried so hard to stop him from crying, but I knew it wouldn't work. Theirs only one person that could stop Cole from crying, but he's not here right now.
"P-please don't l-leave me. Please", Cole pleads. I didn't know my brother affected Cole to this point. This is not my first time seeing Cole like this, but this time was so much worse.
"I won't leave you. I'm going to stay right here, I promise", I pulled him closer to my chest. He cried until he falls asleep.
I felt so useless, all these years I've watched Cole cry. And I was like that too, but I decide to be strong for him. I was the only person he had left.
I heard the door open, it was pretty late. Around 10:30 when she arrived. I know I have to speak to her soon. Yet I didn't want to either, I don't want to face her because I was being an asshole. I look over at Cole and sign getting up and live the room. Living the door open I walk towards the kitchen.
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"How was work?", After what happened. I figure that she's was kind of shock, by the rage I threw at her.
"How's my Coca Cola?" she was shocked that Jun even talked to her. The Artist thought that maybe Jun would never talk to her again.
"Um his sleeping", Yuna felt a lump on her throat when he said it.
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"I'm sorry Jun. For what I did and for hurting you. I didn't mean to hurt you to this point. I was jealous and I wanted to snap back. I didn't know it would of went this far" Yuna says tears pouring down her face.
"I'm sorry too", Jun says. Yuna sobs harder.
"For what? you did nothing", Yuna says sniffing.
"I should have never let Holly enter this house, if she never got in none of this would have happened". Jun confessed.
She stayed quiet. She didn't say anything, just the sound of crying could be heard. Jun went to hug her. There was a bigger problem and Jun was trying to make his life easier by resolving the little ones.
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"Cole's crying?", Yuna breaks the hug and looks up at Jun.
"It wasn't you? ". Jun says in surprise.
"No, not anymore". She lifts her head to show him that she wasn't crying anymore.
"Shit", Jun runs off to Cole's room and Yuna follows. He quickly hugs him. "Cole, I'm right here. I'm right next to you". Jun caress his back. Trying to put Cole back to sleep.
I have never seen Cole cry so weak. I wanted to end his suffering, not kill him. It was as if I did this before I place my hands on Cole's forehead. Everything seems to stop when I did so. I can feel everything and hear everything.
Long before I knew it Cole had stopped crying and drowned into a deep sleep.
"You--- How did you do that"? Jun swallows hard. How in the world did she master that trick before him. Even without practice, Yuna can use her powers well.
"I wanted him to have peace, that's all I did", Jun shakes his head. Placing cole back under the covers.
"So please tell me what's wrong with Cole, please I beg you", Jun looks at her with a confused look, then he smiled and shakes his head.
"Okay come with me", Jun takes Yuna outside of Cole's room. A few awkward smiles here and there. They both sit on the large kitchen table.
"Well how do I begin?", Jun fidgets.
"Start from the beginning", she wants to understand what is going on.
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Jun POV
"Well, I had a big brother named - Choi Yung Jin----