Rain started pouring, little droplets falling down the window. Hongjoong's car was pulled to the side on the Mapo-Bridge, while he was standing in the falling rain. His hands gripped the railing so firmly, that his knuckles turned white. He was thankful for the rain, it covered his tear drenched face. Hongjoong's eyes never left the flowing river beneath the bridge, it seemed black and endless in the darkness of the deep night. His heart ached, his head spinned. Breathing became hard as his thoughts became louder.
Now she was gone, reunited with his oldest sister. Both now somewhere where pain doesn't exist. Hyerin was taking the rest she needed, somewhere far, far away.
He had failed, failed to protect his sister. Hongjoong had never noticed anything, how could he? Selfishly he had distanced himself from his family for his own happiness, had left her behind. He had never made the effort to understand, he hadn't been there. And until the last moment, Hyerin had been thankful for him. A brother who had failed to be a brother.
Again, the buzzing of his phone brought Hongjoong back from his train of thoughts. He wasn't in the state to answer any type of call, but the unknown number caught his eye.
"Kim Hongjoong"
"Sorry to disturb your night Mr. Kim, but we need you to come to the police station"
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Knees trembling, the man entered the office building in front of him. The clock showed an ungodly hour, he was just tired. Tired of everything. He was too drenched to think, to act. His thoughts were spinning, he didn't know how he would ever sleep peacefully again, didn't know how he could go home. Hongjoong felt so empty, he was feeling so much but nothing at the same time. All he wanted to do is just forget what had happened the past 24 hours. It was as selfish as it sounded.
"Kim Hongjoong. I got called here" he said at the reception to the man on the other side.
"Mhm.. Yes. Uhm please wait there, officer Oh will be back in a second" he said and pointed to the seats on the side.
Nodding, Hongjoong took seat and leaned his head against the wall. He closed his eyes for a second and juts breathed. It felt like it was the first time in the past hours. Now it was around 4am, two hours had passed after the call. Everything felt so unreal. So much had happened in the mere moment of two hours. He had lost so much in just two hours.
"Mr. Kim?" an officer called. Hongjoong opened his tired eyes and looked up in the face of an middle-aged man with a coffee in his hand. "please follow me"
They walked deeper into the office, the longer they walked, the more memories came back. Hongjoong started to compare the moment with his memories from Hyeja's death. How they were led into a cold room on the underground floor. How they had boldy lifted the cloth covering pale dead face. Even in her death Hyeja had been beautiful. It was no lie, his sister had been quite heartless and cold but Hongjoong knew that this was her way of dealing with their home. That's how she coped; detaching. But his sister had been a quite beautiful woman. Long, silky black hair, a V-shaped face and big eyes, full lips and a strong body. That was the picture Hongjoong wanted to keep of her. The beautiful Hyeja. But at the moment her corpse hunted his mind. He could but remember the lifeless eyes, the deadly pale skin, the blood sticking in her hair. The blue lips and broken limbs.
The officer opened a door and lead them into the room. "Uhg, I'm really sorry to disturb your night, Mr Kim, but she said that you're her only contact and then refused to talk after that... She claims to be your sister. It was reported that she- uhm... Beat a thirty-five year old man to save a girl... The man turned to be wanted, we have him locked up... It's quite late, I don't think neither you or I want to deal with further paperwork, so uhm... You can just leave. Thank you for your service" officer Oh said and lead Hongjoong behind to the back of the room, behind a separate wall.
And the moment his eyes met the petite figure sitting with their head low, he felt like breaking down.
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Nahhh just playing, that's not it😗✌️
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The silence broke, just like Hongjoong. They were standing in front of his car, still on the parking lot of the police station. But he couldn't hold himself anymore. The rain drenched their clothes, but he could care less. Hongjoong pulled Hyerin into his arms and hugged her tight and firm, as if he was fearing that she was just an imagination. He cried, sobbed into her hair. "Don't ever think of something like this again!" he cried out "You-You stupid kid! Don't you ever-" he sobbed and pulled away to watch her face. He cupped her cheeks and wiped away the tears she was shedding. "I thought- I thought I lost you-" he bit down of his lip to suppress another loud sob. Lovingly he took in every bit of her small face, her little nose and cat like eyes, the scare and pain pooled in the two dark orbs. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I failed to be the brother you deserve, Rin. I am sorry we all failed you... Please, give me another chance, give me a second chance to protect you, let me show you how loved you are... I can't say goodbye to you, not you... Please"
Now it was Hyerin sobbing loud, clenching her hands on Hongjoong's back to pull him in for another deep hug. She let out whatever she had left, in the safety of her brothers arm, for once she felt the tingling feeling of comfort.
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Heeeyyy how yall doing..?😃
Ah, okay fine, let it out, i know, I know that hurt... Yeah... Yeh... It's fine... Yeah, there will be a lot of fluff afterwards...
So yeah... Uhm, my boring ass got tagged again?💀 By @Makeupsex So uhm, let's add this here so we can ignore my sad ass making angsty chaps in family au fuff
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what's your real age?
I'm 885
-what's your biggest nightmare?
Honestly, dying before doing something big. Like, I want my grandchildren to know, their grandmother did THAT.
-What's your most significant wish?
Mhm... Completing my to-do list before dying
-what's the most hurtful word you have said to anyone?
May you die lonely and left in despair
-ever had a crush?
Unfortunately
-does your crush like you back?
... 😃👍
-who's your ideal type?
>5'10, aries, slight similarity to an animated character, meme, angelic voice
or
>6'2, libra, some big tiddies, 'Mingyu from seventeen had a nice pair', king, MEME
... I'm staying single for life ain't I?
-what hurts you the most?
Myself, bruh. Either I am too dumb to survive or I let that toxic bitch in my life again
-who was your first follower?
Song_MiSun🖤
-who is the closest to you among your followers?
Oh wow that's gonna be embarrassing... I hate answering something like that cause I am actually really shy and can't hold a good conversation cause I feel like I'm so damn annoying but mhm.... It's beachymin and hwas_diamond_nails...? (hereby I tag you two😗)
-who makes you feel like you're worth it?
My instant noodles
-who was the last one to appreciate your writing?
Uh... Everyone that reads my stories? Or else like no-one, i also write other stuff privately and like my parents tell me to quit that bullshit and my friends don't like it so-😗✌️
-what did your last pm say?
'math is a whole other beast I swear' bababahjf lol I love it💀😭
-what's your phones background?
Still the same one with the butterfly thing. I don't change my locks often
I don't know 15 people close enough to tag them so...
JeongJaehyun_thicc
ddeonghwashi
TMCGreaser
BottomBam_BottomHobi
DepressingTea
Uhmm... So... Sorry to disturb you🙃 you can just ignore ittt
So much happend yall. So our baby Mingi is taking a rest. I'm honest, I cried. But why, listen. It made me so happy that the company acknowledged his need for rest and let's him rest. It just touched me.
I hope deeply that he will feel better and that he takes all the time he needs, we will patiently wait until he feels well enough❤️
Uff, this his half as long as the actual chapter lol
Please stay healthy and safe
-gulkurusubb