My Side

Placing

I wasn't like the rest of the kids. I was always alone, never allowed to go outside or interact with anyone that wasn't my parents and my two little siblings, but they would also go sometimes. The reason for me not being able to go outside, is that I unlike others, don't have a twin. Or at least not anymore.

My twin died at birth, and so I turned into a 'Special Case,' which was not widely appreciated. My parents didn't mind taking care of me, but they also didn't want other people to see or know of me. I was kind of an embarrassment. The fact that my parents were from the "Evil" Side didn't help either, it just meant more loneliness on my end.

In this place, everyone is separated into sectors depending on what side they were from and their age. The sector we were currently in was Sector D, the Raising Sector. It was the only Sector in the whole system that contained both Good and Evil sides. Well, this and Sector Z, the Sector where all the government officials were.

We lived on the poorer side of the Sector since all the places in the better off part were taken by couples of the Good side.

We didn't have much, and what we did have was stolen. I was satisfied with what we had though, I didn't need much to be comfortable.

However, it all was taken from me one day. It was the end of the year and that meant one thing. The collecting would be occurring.

Every year when it hit the last day, the government collected all the kids that had turned eight.They would take them and separate them into the different sectors depending on their side. Kids on the good side went to Sector A, kids fo the evil side went to Sector G. This year it was my turn to go.

However, I didn't know what Sector I'd be sent to. I didn't know what side I belonged to. With my little sibling Jimin and Jiwon, it was easy to tell. Jimin was an angel and Jiwon a huge troublemaker. But I had no one to compare myself to. No one that could help me know where I belonged.

When we arrived at the place where they would be taking all the kids I could see many families everywhere. All the kids I saw had someone with them. I was alone. I saw many people giving me weird looks and pointing my way, then I felt my mom let go of my hand and just told me to trail behind. She then took Jimin's hand and my dad took Jiwon's.

I trailed behind them and went into the building. Once inside I could see many lines everywhere. My parents approached the one that looked the shortest and we waited. When it was our turn the lady at the desk gave my parents paperwork to fill in. They filled it in and gave it to her, but the lady looked confused.

"Excuse me, but you forgot to fill out the side, and you only filled in one kid."

My mom looked at her with an annoyed expression on her face and told her.

"We only have one kid"

The lady behind the desk looked very surprised and told my mom to wait while she went inside.

When she came back she brought a man with her.

"Please follow me," he told them as he began to walk towards a hallway behind the many desks.

We reached a room and he told us to sit down. We did and then he began to ask questions.

"So, why does this little guy not have a twin?" he asked.

My dad spoke first.

"His twin died at birth"

"Well how unfortunate" responded the man, he then proceeded to say. "Well do you know what side he belongs to?"

This time it was my mom that responded. "We're not sure. We tried figuring it out by seeing which one of the little ones he got along with the best, but he gets along well with both of them."

The man cleared his throat and ran a hand through his hair. " Well this kind of situations are not seen very often and so it's hard to make a decision. However, I see here that you two are an evil couple, seeing that there was more evil than good influences in the house I would say that it would be in our best interests to place him in Sector G."

My parents looked at me and then nodded their heads.

"Then say your goodbyes and I will be taking this little guy with me."

My mom stood in front of me and told me "This is your chance to finally do something with yourself. Revel, disobey and make us proud. It may not seem like it but we love you Jongin okay? Never forget it." with that she gave me a hug and stood up.

I hugged my little brothers and said bye.

"Jonginie hyung's gonna be okay right?" asked Jimin.

Jiwon hit him in the shoulder and said "Of course he is Jongin hyung is the best so he'll do well!" he said.

Jimin was close to tears and so I gave him another hug. "I'll be okay I promise. I'll see you later okay champion?" Jimin nodded and went to mom.

Lastly, there was my dad. He gave me a pat on the back and told me "Be strong"

With that my family went out the door and I was taken to the place where I would be spending a very large part of my life. Sector G.