Chapter 17: New family
I trapped myself in anti-gravity
I met a new universe that is you
-gravity
I lowered my eyes, unable to stare back at aunt's piercing gaze but then I mustered up my courage and looked up again. "So you're alright? I was worried for nothing," she said calmly.
Without hearing a word of reply, she started searching through her bag for something. An envelope came out and she stood up, placed it in my lap then went back there to sit again.
Aunt looked old, every time I saw her it felt like she'd aged more and got thinner than the last time. "Are you okay aunt?" I asked after picking the envelope up. My mind asking millions of question about the said thing.
A lopsided smirk showed up on her face but it vanished soon. "You can care about your own health."
Then her eyes scanned the white spacious room. "They've gotten you into a good place. That child, what was his name again?" She tried to remember.
"Changkyun?" All I could think up was his name since she only knew him.
"Yes, that child. He called me. I don't even know where he got my number."
He called aunt? Aunt would most likely tell everyone about my gender situation so I wondered what Changkyun was thinking when he called her. Although, ince his brainwork was better than mine I let it be.
Aunt played with her fingers looking down. "There's photos of your parents in that envelope. That's all I have of them."
I looked at her with a puzzled expression then quickly opened the white envelope. Old pictures of my parents, them holding me as a baby and the moments of my birth came out.
Why was she giving them to me?
"You're a grown up now. You don't need us anymore nor do we," she said with a hard expression on her aged face.
My fingers started trembling, water filled my eyes making my vision blurry. Was she talking about cutting their ties with me? They were not the best family but they're the only I had.
"D-did Changkyun say...?" I managed to say in a breathless voice, teardrops already started escaping my eyes. I wasn't even bothering to hide them.
"No, why would he say that?" She almost shouted, then regained her posture sitting up straight. "Minjae, you're not a baby anymore. Stop crying in front of me. From now on, you're alone so you need to start being braver. I think if your mom, my younger sister was alive now she would've said the same thing."
But I couldn't stop my tears. The aunt sitting in front of me today felt like a different person. She would beat me, scold me, curse at me saying why my parents didn't take me with them when they died in a fire long ago, why I was the only one alive. Still, that was the familiar aunt.
A sigh escaped her mouth as she looked away. Touching her cheek then wiping away the teardrop that had just fell through. "When your parents died, leaving only you behind there was no one to look after you. I had to. I had to take you in but what about us? What about my own family? Your uncle left us years ago." Her voice broke but she kept on talking.
"How do you think I raised two children on my own? I had to face so many struggles raising both you and Kyungmi. I wanted to be good to both of you but I couldn't." She touched her cheeks again, I kept on crying.
"Your parents should've known better, how could they leave you with a person like me. I leached off the money you put through all these years.
"But doing that, I was the one suffering the most. You had no parents, no one supporting you, still, you grew up better than my own child. You grew up just like your mom, always facing the odds but still being the best. I hated her for that.
"And I loved her too. You remind me so much of her." Aunt caressed her cheeks but they were getting wet with fresh tears.
She stood up making me cry harder, as I looked at her feeling myself lost in the deep sea, all alone. "Then, why are you leaving me now?"
The hard expression was back on her face as she wasn't crying anymore. "I would've left you long ago child. I couldn't keep up with it anymore, facing so much struggle everyday. But I'm glad I didn't. You grew up fine, now you're supporting both yourself and us. We're fine too now. We don't need your support anymore. But if you stay, we'll keep wanting more and that'd only hurt you."
She took her baggage that was lying on the floor. "I'm leaving Seoul today anyway. Be good to those people and take good care of them. Don't contact me, don't be good to me, or I might change my mind."
She didn't take another look back and quickly took steps towards the door. Taking a deep breath in, she opened it, and left closing the opened door. I couldn't even say good bye, I couldn't tell her to stay. Tears kept pouring down my eyes and I whimpered for the pain that was growing inside my heart.
Photos were lying scattered across the bed. My parents smiling as they were holding me, a small child wrapped in a blanket. Photos of mom before she got married. Kyungmi always said that she looked like me but only with long hair. And that her mom, my aunt was far better looking than my mom. We used to get into so many fights for only that reason.
"Is that you?" A soft voice spoke suddenly. Kihyun held up a baby photo of me. "You were so cute. Where did that cuteness go!"
Fate brought him again while I was crying. "Why are you always crying in front of me?" He said jokingly, as if he read my mind.
"Aunt..."
"I know," he said softly. "I'm really sorry, I overheard. When I saw your aunt entering, I was afraid she might do something again like last time, so I stood by the door."
I looked up at him and he looked embarrassed. "It's not like I heard everything! I just heard a few stuff by accident."
"Oh."
A gentle touch on my cheek made me flinch. Then I realized it was the back of his hand, wiping my tears away. "Don't cry, everyone will be here soon."
I moved away and started wiping my tears by my own.
"You have us."
I looked up at him again, giving him a questioning look. He looked more embarrassed than eved, his ears bright red as he was shifting in discomfort for his own cheesiness.
"Y-your aunt left you but we wouldn't. We're like a family already." He slapped his cheeks making his face scrunched up in embarrassment. "Just don't cry anymore!"
In no time, I bursted out laughing. He gave me a look of surprise. I was surprised myself. Before the conversation could continue, everyone entered the room following Byul.
"Oppa!" Byul cried in a high pitched tone then came running at me. Before she could jump at me for a hug Changkyun held her arm from behind making her stumble. "Are you crazy? He's still sick!"
"Yah!" Byul gave a deathly glare looking behind. "What if I fell now! You fucking pervert! I'm wearing a short skirt, did you want to see my panty you moron!"
Changkyun let go of her, giving her a look of disgust. The others were laughing at the funny duo.
"Hey stop! This is a hospital." Nagging mom Kihyun yelled making the others stop instantly.
"Minjae ah!" Minhyuk took rushed steps towards me. He crouched down to the floor to meet my eyes. "Are you fine now? Is it hurting?"
There was a pure look of worry on his face. Shownu and Jooheon came closer too. "I wish I was there to take you to hospital." Shownu heaved a small sigh looking at me. "Is there anything you want to eat, Minjae? The cafeteria food here don't look much appealing. I can buy from outside."
Soon everyone was flooding me with questions. Byul was sitting down holding my right hand tightly as my left hand was occupied with Minhyuk's. Changkyun kept on bragging about how his action saved me and I was smiling at everyone to show I was fine, I was really.
Changkyun and Byul were fighting again with each other, Shownu, Minhyuk and Jooheon discussing about what kind of food I should eat and for some reason Wonho and Hyungwon were trying to massage my legs and arms.
"A little to the right. Yeah, now you got the right place hyung," I ordered Wonho who was now happily massaging my knees.
"Did you call Minjae's aunt, Changkyun?" Kihyun suddenly asked him.
"Yeah, I did. Since she was leaving Seoul today I figured she wouldn't be able to come visit anyway."
"Well, she did come." Kihyun shrugged.
Changkyun's eyes were pouring out of his Socket. "What!"
"Man, how do you even have her number? And how do you know she's leaving Seoul today?" Jooheon asked giving Changkyun a skeptical look like he always did.
"To take necessary measures before she comes to kill me." Changkyun muttered. Before Jooheon could ask another question Wonho spoke.
"About the camp thing Shownu hyung said the other day, let's do it when Minjae recovers." A huge toothy grin spread across his face. "It will be a nice change of pace too."
"Yeah, we could do that." Shownu nodded crossing his arms over his chest. "But when will he get well? He needs proper rest first."
"What camp?" Byul asked but Changkyun ignored her question and started replying to Shownu.
"Since it was laparoscopy surgery, Minjae can get well within 1 to 3 weeks. But judging by his condition I think he can get well in a week."
"Then we're going to camping next week if he gets well by that time!" Minhyuk beamed in excitement.
"Camping? I'm coming too. I'm not leaving Minjae alone with you." Byul yelled loudly so everyone would hear her this time. She had this furious look on her face.
"No girls allowed." All of them announced together.
All I could do was give a stupid grin. I'm a girl too.
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A/n: Anyway,
SUPER CONFUSED WITH HIS SEXUALITY AND MINE TOO. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!
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