The girl approached Jisung who is still crying and throwing the rocks away.
" a-are you alright? Little boy?" -Gaeun
Jisung looked at her with teary eyes before sniffing.
" clearly *hiccup* I am not." -Jisung
He said between his hiccups.
" and I-I *hiccup* am n-not a-a little boy!" -Jisung
Gaeun smiled and was hoping at the same time that Jisung would not notice her since she does not want to show up to them yet.
" why, what's wrong. Did something happened to you?" -Gaeun
The younger nodded making his noona frown.
" somebody s-slapped me." -Jisung
Gaeun's heart broke into pieces hearing those words from Jisung.
For her, Jisung is absolutely fragile and she does not like it when somebody is hurting her little chick.
Gaeun called him chick since he look like one.
" s-slapped you? W-why would that person do that? I mean you look so innocent. And who is this person by the way?" -Gaeun
" you do not h-have to care about it." -Jisung
Jisung looked away and Gaeun sighed.
" I just want to cheer you up. I saw you throwing stones away and I wondered why you are here all alone." -Gaeun
The little boy sniffed before looking back at Gaeun.
Gaeun thought that he might recognize her so she covered her face with the bangs.
" you looked familiar. Your voice as well. It is soothing like-" -Jisung
" oh really? Well... u-um... Back to what I was asking, why did that person slapped you anyways?" -Gaeun
She cutted Jisung off.
" well..." -Jisung
Gaeun sighed in relief when she successfully changed the subject.
" there is t-this girl, my h-hyung is going to m-marry her. She w-was the one who slapped m-me." -Jisung
He pursed his lips together before the tears fell from his eyes.
Jisung immediately wiped it with his sleeves.
" oh... Why? Did you do something wrong?" -Gaeun
" a-all I j-just said is..." -Jisung
He sniffed.
" that you are much better and Taeyong hyung likes and loves you more than her." -Jisung
Gaeun nodded while scratching her chin, processing Jisung's words, and then she realized something about what Jisung just said.
" wait, did you say 'Taeyong hyung likes and loves you more than her'? Me? Why me, I am-" -Gaeun
" I know it is you Gaeun noona." -Jisung
Gaeun was about defend herself but was left speechless.
The younger one hugged her noona while she was gently caressing his hair.
" n-noona *hiccup* where *hiccup* have you b-been? We have been looking for you. Have y-you eaten? Are you alright? W-where do you live right now? Noona-" -Jisung
Gaeun cutted Jisung off and placed both of her palms on Jisung's shoulder.
" Jisung calm down. First of all, I already ate, second, I am totally fine as you can see-" -Gaeun
" you are fine? What happened to your arm then?!" -Jisung
Jisung said as he lifted Gaeun's arm that has a small bruise in it.
" alright, alright. Not totally fine. But anyways, I can not tell you where I am living currently." -Gaeun
This words made the younger one frown with a small pout.
" but why?" -Jisung
" for some private purposes." -Gaeun
She said as she rolled her eyes and grinned.
" oh alright, noona. But I am so excited to tell the other hyungs that I saw you-" -Jisung
Gaeun covered the younger's mouth and shooked her head many times.
" no, you can not tell anything about me to your brothers." -Gaeun
Jisung placed his palm over Gaeun's before gently taking it off his mouth.
" but, hyungs will be happy about this. Why don't you want them to know about it?" -Jisung
She sighed while putting her head down.
" I just do not want them to know about it yet. Please Jisung, can we... Keep this as our secret for a while." -Gaeun
Gaeun placed her palm on Jisung which made Jisung look at it.
" alright, if you wanted it noona." -Jisung
Jisung smiled at Gaeun before hugging her.
" I missed you a lot." -Jisung
" me too Jisung-ah. By the way is that girl who slapped you is... Mirae?" -Gaeun
The younger one nodded while his arms are still on Gaeun's waist.
" why would she do that, I mean she is kind towards us. How could she slap Jisung?"
Gaeun thought.
She got out of her daydream when she felt Jisung moved.
" what's wrong?" -Gaeun
" oh nothing, I just moved." -Jisung
Jisung looked at his noona before smiling.
" can I at least tell Chenle that I saw you?" -Jisung
Gaeun immediately turned her head right to left with eyes wide open.
" no, not Chenle. You know how he 'keeps' secrets." -Gaeun
" how?" -Jisung
" by telling everybody else, duh." -Gaeun
Jisung grinned at the sight of her noona rolling her eyes and chuckling.
He missed her a lot and he knows that his brothers do too.