What just happened, he was pushed. by none.. but his beloved sister!
"Gyu," his heart races with the utterance of her name.
With that a blurred memory occluded his vision, a hovering figure gripping his shoulder from both sides, smiling... blood was dripping from her head to over his cheeks.
he didn't know about these memories existence.
He shook his head feeling heaviness. His vision was still blurry.
"Gyu.." he muttered again, standing up looking at the shivering figure, and wanted to hug her again.
"Stop calling me that I'm not her!" The child exclaimed.
And with that a pang struck his heart, Garam feel as if that blurred vision has suddenly become clearer and over him was none but smiling Gyu appearing soaked in blood. His whole body freezes. He gasped for air as he found breathing heavy. And just then in a flash he found himself getting lost in the blank void.
***
"Garry, garry! Wake up Garry... you will sleep the time away"
A sweet voice whispered to him in his ear.
Garam drenched in sweat shot his eyes open and sat up. His heart was pacing rapidly. There was no one. His heart sank at the sight.
He looked around, the surroundings were familiar to him. this bed, blankets and the sound he indeed was in his room.
"Garry!" A familiar voice again called him from his side.
he hurriedly turned his head to the voice source.
There she is, sitting on the floor on her knees keeping her arms crossed on the edge of the bed beside his pillow. beautifully looking at him, like always.
A sight he holds dear in his heart.
But just then His eyes went wider, as if something struck him.
his head thumped with the memories he couldn't categorised.
'was it a dream or reality? Was he dreaming?'
He remembered being pushed to the ground and being shouted.
Shouted, those specific words pang in his heart 'she said she wasn't her!', 'then... Where is my sister? ...my sister!' These thoughts run frantically in the back of his head. cold sweats dripped down his face. Is this a dream?
"Garry.... Garry" the girl sitting beside him waves her hands on his face.
"What are you staring at, is there something on my face" she asked.
Only then he came out of his trance. And stares at her intently.
He doubted the reality for seconds, but there she is, sitting patiently beside him.
He hurriedly moves her bangs from her forehead and hairs from the side of her cheeks.
There were no blood marks, no scars on her face.
He placed her hand on her cheek not believing if it's all a dream sequence.
"What happened Garry, are you still feeling hot," she asked placing her hand on the back of his hand.
Garam couldn't word out what he was feeling, he just wanted assurance that it was all a dream.
And he hugged her. Though he feels her twitched and it scared him a bit.but he didn't get tossed like in his dream. And it.. calmed him, somehow.
All he wanted was a hope.
"Should I call eomma,Garam?, Are you still not feeling ok?" She asked after breaking the hug.
"Uhh" his voice stuck in his throat, he still couldn't erase the horror, It seems it was really a dream.
He only stares at her, She is just like her real self. ''Thank goodness'' he muttered.
She raised her brows.
"Don't you remember we came back home when you suddenly fell ill, you got yourself fever"
"Fever?" He frowned. He had a fever?
"Did we celebrate our birthday?"
"Birthday? No, Ah...doctor did say that you might behave like this" she gasped a little.
"our birthday is tomorrow and it's still 11:50... just 10 minutes more."
"And I'm here to wake you up because this time I won't let you make me angry again for the next few months" she laughed.
Seeing her laughing at ease, calmed his scared soul, a small smile tuck on his lips.
"You have changed a little" he absent-mindly said.
Gyu Twitch a little but laughed it off and looked at him "How?"
"You never came first to me, it was always me" he looked at his lap with a small smile "but this feels different... it makes me happy" his cheeks lifted up
Gyu just looked at him, his face shows the adoration he has for her.
Garam frowned, gyu was staring at him for more than 10 seconds.
"So, Gyu really mean a lot to you, huh?" She slowly muttered breaking the contact.
She was just about to lift her self up but suddenly a pop up buzzed in the room and a hand brushed her hair. making her flinch a little.
"Happy Birthday twinnie gyu!" Garam exclaimed. With that their parents also joined in.
Gyu was in daze. she didn't realise when she was suddenly pulled to a family hug and a birthday cap was placed on her hair.
After singing together, Hana and Yujin give a wave to Garam.
Gyu frowned a little when garam suddenly left the room
After a few minutes, a cake was placed in between.
"This was what I made." Garam said.
Gyu raised her one eyebrow
'Isn't he too small for that?'
Though even questioning his age, her eyes didn't leave the cake.
'This cake sure tastes good' She munches on them cutely unaware of the eyes on her.
Hana and Garam were looking at her in amazement.
"Did you like it?" Garam excitedly asked.
Gyu who was still in the middle of swallowing, nods her head.
"Here.. take mine too then" Garam slides his piece to her.
"it's yours..how can I? She says making her eyes big, while gazing at Hana and Yujin.
Garam sulks a little, seeing him down she takes the cake and bit it, taking him by surprise.
"You sure are going easy on me because I'm ill now, if i could see your this side i would be happy to remain ill forever." He chuckled.
Hana and Yujin were shocked by his words and worriedly looked at each other while Gyu coughed.
he hurriedly hands her water.
But it didn't stop there and her cough worsened, garam hurried to rub her back.
After some time her cough gets normal but by then the mood has already down.
"Garam you shouldn't say such things it's not a good thing." Hana retorted Garam.
"And gyu, you should eat slowly." Yujin chuckled a little lifting the mood a little up.
Garam pouts
"Don't you have something to give her garam?" His father asked.
Garam's face lit up and he ran to his cupboard taking out something and came back while hiding it in his back.
He scrutinizes her face making her curiously gaze at him and then he suddenly raked his hands through her hair startling her second time in the day.
"There's yours" he placed a hand made flower tiara on her head top.
Gyu's hair was a little like a wolf cut, a tiara on a top makes her appear like a small cat
He squeals at her adorableness.
Meanwhile gyu scrunches her nose, not liking the thing and it makes her appear more cute.
"I really have the best sister" he exclaimed giving his Polaroid camera to his father and circling his arms around Gyu's shoulder making a piece sign, while gyu appeared annoyed and clicked.
After every one was asleep gyu was lying on the bed staring blankly at the ceiling.
The day has finally ended she whispers.
She touched her hair, remembering the pat Garam gave her.
"So.. he really adores, he is stupid in that.His love is ugly to the point of annoyance" She muttered.
Just then the door opened and startled her a little.
She quickly set up. Looking at the person.
"Did i disturb your sleep" Hana asked.
"No, i wasn't sleepy"
"If you say so...."she smiled and sat on the bed taking gyu's hand in her.
"Thanks for the day, you saved our life today, you don't know what you did for us" she said, a little droplet forms in her eyes.
"You are literal help sent above from God to us," she continued.
"If it wasn't for you, we would have lost our second child!" And it was her tip, she tore in mellow cries.
Gyu didn't say anything. After Garam's blackout he was immediately admitted.and Today that's mark the 3rd day of the incident he finally woke up.The doctors said to not give him stress or shock, as his mental condition may spark and it might lead him to be in more dangerous condition.She was already aware of it.
"Gyu, he was already on medication, after an accident.. he was admitted to hospital for more than 2 months.
he was in a coma and after waking up.. we had to make up some sort of stories so he could fit in during the time. Gyu was there with him, keeping him on the bay" Hana said, while sniffing.
"Those accidental memories, he doesn't remember at all but after our gyu's death it's hard to manage him, he couldn't leave without her"
"I can't deceive him." Gyu state, sounding a bit more mature than her earlier party daze.
"You don't have to, it's just for some time.. after that we would tell him." Hana said.
Gyu looks at her. "what will happen to me then? where would I go?, i don't have a place to leave, you promised me to take care of me in return for my help"
"I'll keep my promise, and you are now a family, after getting your identity we will move to Korea, and it will be safe for you too as you are running away from them, right?"
Gyu was stuck at her words. 'family' she muttered
"So after he knows my identity we would still be siblings" she asked sounding curious.
Hana nodded.
"How long do I have to pretend as her" she asked.
"Not more than a few months, he was clingy to our daughter but finding the differences he might tone it down a little and when he will stop it all, we will tell him."
She nodded her head, still not feeling right about the deception thing.
She has this nagging feeling, like it will go wrong, or maybe totally south, gyu shook her head.
"Sleep tight ok," hana ruffles her hair.
"Oh, one more thing... Call him oppa." Hana said stepping outside of the door.
Gyu's eyes widen
"Ehh? Oppa.. isn't it a little bit.."
"You are gyu," Hana said in the middle of her sentence, "behaves like her!" She said in a strict tone.
In return she only nods her head in understatement. After all, there is no place for her to stay, she needs to get her act in order to achieve her place in this household.
"Good night aunt."
"Call me eomma from now" Hana planely said, in all reality she still finds it hard to accept the one she's seeing, isn't the real one.
With that she closed the door.
Gyu sighed, setting on the bed.
"A few months won't take a lot of time to pass, she murmured turning her head to the side table where the tiara was placed.
"It's going to be hard" she muttered gazing at the very adornment.
"Oppa?.." she pursed her lip feeling offended a bit.
"I wonder what this woman is thinking."
****
7 years later
"What the hell is with him, why is he?" A teen who was running fastly unfamiliar with the direction he was taking, muttered keeping his pace.
A man was chasing him.
"What the heck, i just set my foot here and the robbers are already on the lane."
"Never knew a town robbers would be like that." He angrily muttered.
While running he came across a wall which blocked his way, he jumped up crossing it and ran faster in the open field. he was already feeling thirsty by then with all the running he had.
There were students in sports dresses, he sighed feeling a bit safe but just then a volleyball came flying towards his face.
His eyes widened, his feet glued at its place but then a thud sound came from behind.
He turned around the person who was tailing him was tossed on the ground and a knife was on the ground in a bit distance.
He was so shocked, exhausted and tired, he exhaled heavily, falling on his knees. his visage obscured by his long hirsute coiffure.
"Never knew my first day would be this much bizarre, just where i am." He sounded lost.
just then he finds a shadow loomed over him, and a hand brushes his hair.
Something enormed in his heart, he knows these feelings.
And that's it
The person spoke
"Y-you all right,Gyu?" The person's breath was ragged, as if he ran all the way here and his voice was filled with so much concern.
He missed it.
He missed his voice.
His caressing hand over his head.
His voice calling him, he missed it a lot.
He wanted to jump in his arms like old times,
But right now he can't, and just then something shifted in him. He leaned in his touch.
"So have you decided?," he asked lifting his head gazing right into the boy eyes through his big dark eyes.
"Should I call you Oppa or hyung?, oppa" he chuckled.