After having dinner, Hobi left for home and Jungkook for hospital while Jimin took Jinhee to his home and she borrowed some clothes from Eunseo as she couldn't go back to Richard.
Jin looked at Eunseo from back bidding goodbyes to Jimin and Jinhee.
Realizing it was his turn to go too he felt a little down.
There were three reasons.
One, it was his first time again going in that house knowing it was his dear aunty's home.
Two, after a long while he felt like his heart found many more little pieces and only a little bit were left.
Three, he didn't know why but he wanted to spend some more time with her. He felt like she always had some positive aroma all around her.
He felt an unknown feeling from last few days.
His mind would soften seeing her. Unlike him, she knew how to live every moment to the fullest, she knew the worth of life, she knew how to cheer other's up easily.
He wanted to learn that from her. He wanted to learn how to live & love life so much.
She turned around and looked at Jin who was already staring at her.
Suddenly her mind recalled what happened earlier and she started coughing choking on air.
Jin frowned seeing her slight red face and asked, "what?"
"n-no nothing."
Jin sighed and said in a low voice, "Eunseo..."
"hm?"
He stayed silent for some seconds then said, "let's go outside in the garden."
She nodded and stepped out first as he followed her.
"what is it?" she asked while they started walking to the left
"do you remember everyone from when you were younger?"
"uh.. Why did this question come to you mind out of all?" she asked chuckling. "well yeah, I remember everyone I knew. People don't believe but I remember kind of everything from when I was maybe two years old."
"huh?"
"Yeah, not even two, once I asked my mom if they celebrated my birthday with hundreds of candles, lit up on the whole yard when I was small 'cause it just flashed into my mind suddenly and she was just staring at me with a shocked face for a while then said one of my grandmas did it for me on my first." she said laughing remembering about that. "then I asked her if she was lying because I didn't believe her at all but guess what? She showed me a black and white video clip of my childhood where the same thing I thought was recorded." she sighed. "I guess I was just born with this. So yea that's why I remember every single person.... And you know what Jin?" she asked the last line with a face full of pain.
He stared at her eyes which were filled with sadness and she said, "I remember someone who looked so much like you."
She smiled in pain. "this is a really big coincident.. You look like him.. And you know." she gulped. "we called him Jin.."
And his heart skipped a beat..
she chuckled and said, "I used to call him oppa 'cause it wasn't cringe for me back then. Then I started going to high school and saw the girls drooling over Tae saying 'oppa, oppa'."
He looked up to the sky with a little smile staring at the moon and said changing the topic, it's been just a month since we met.. Again." he whispered the last word. "But we all became so close in this short term of time."
"I'm thankful to you guys. Really. Despite of having so much problems in my life, I always ignored them and just chose to enjoy the happy moments. But after you guys came, it seems like even those problems are vanishing with time. I loved living. Now I love it more. And I love you guys all."
At that point, they had reached the backyard.
His eyes found the familiar apple tree among all the other different trees.
"this one is very precious to me. My grandma planted it and my mom used to sit there with four of us and told us about her journeys while peeling apples and feeding us."
The corners of their eyes filled with tears remembering all those happy moments again.
"she was a traveler that's why.. She had unending stories to share."
Jin hummed as she turned to him.
He asked, "can you tell me?.... What happened to them?"
"woah! You have a pretty house." Jinhee said.
"I know, right? It's the best thing I own." Jimin said.
"ya!"
"what?"
"don't you have any girlfriend?"
He stared at her with confused face for a while then said, "no, why?"
"aish.. What's your age?"
His lips parted and he scoffed. "bruh we're twins."
She immediately looked back at him from the pictures of the walls with widened eyes. "What?.. I thought you were like 22 or something."
"even Jungkook is older than that. Yah! I'm 27! And don't you have common sense? You say Richard Brown said I bullied you. Do you think a six years younger guy would be able to bully you at that age?"
"whatever who wastes brain behind you." She said rolling her eyes. "where am I sleeping though?"
"There." he said pointing towards the kitchen.
"ok I'm going to Eunseo's." she said and turned around.
"that one." he said pointing at the door on the right corner.
She forced a smile and walked to the room. She twisted the door knob opening the door and he again said, "come out after getting fresh if you want some red bean popsicles."
She stopped on her tracks and looked back at him with narrowed eyes while he pointed at his head twice with a little smirk then went inside his room.
Entering the room, her eyes roamed over the whole room.
Her heart felt heavy.
It was just her taste. The walls were painted in midnight blue and white.
The furnitures were cream colored with golden details.
She walked to the bedside table as her eyes filled with tears seeing the small photo frame there.
She saw herself with a boy of same height and two adults behind them.
"it doesn't look like a bad family." she whispered.
"how come I don't remember any single thing?"
After taking a long and warm shower she came out of the bathroom while drying her hair.
She sat down in front of the dresser and stared at reflection on the clear mirror.
Water drops were dripping down from the end of her blonde hair.
Her dark brown eyes were all tired and all she wanted at that moment was to plop herself on the bed and sleep for hours.
She heard a little knock on the door then the door opening sound as Jimin peeked in.
"aren't you coming?"
She hummed getting up and followed him outside.
They sat down on the sofa and he turned the TV on.
"you remembered me right?" she asked in a low voice, picking out a popsicle from the mold.
"being fourteen years old in enough to remember things."
"but I don't remember anything.. Even the photo on the nightstand.. I don't even remember my parents' face."
"Richard couldn't treat you bad because he knew you could help him to get Parks Industries.. But he removed many of your memories about us."
"I still can't believe it... He treated me so well."
"forget it. If you live remembering his favors then you won't be able to move on. Just focus on yourself because you still don't know what they are."
"they?"
"There's another old guy with him, Kang MinYeong."
"wait, Mister Kang?"
"I guess you know him. They're just trying to remove every single one of us including you."
"what does he have to do with the other friends of yours though? And what about Ella eonni and Eunseo?"
"Jin hyung already has some internal enmities with him. He's a big thug you know? So we need to catch him and he knows that we're like him and is trying to get rid of us with him immature acts." he said rolling his eyes. "that old rotten punk."
"what do you mean you're like him? are you like him?"
He stared at her with a straight face and pressed his lips together. "let's talk about it tomorrow I'm feeling sleepy."
"so am I. But are you a mafia?"
"Eunseo-yaa... If I tell you.."
"what?"
"if I tell you that..."
"are you telling me or not?"
"If I say we met before.. will you believe me?"
Ig I'm being too much late nowadays....