Here it is again . MY ALARM . I wish I could atleast take a day off. Lights are on already and Bora is getting ready for school already. Dude she likes to go to school very much . ' WAKE THE HELL UP UNNIE . BECAUSE OF YOU WE WILL GET LATE AGAIN '

Here she goes again . Bora is my little sister . Well.. did i gave you my introduction yet? I'm BO-RAM LEE meaning of my name is worthwile . Im a 17 years old kinda cute, short girl . l live in jinhae-gu and work at jinhae middle school as a receptionist and assistant teacher. Well enough of intro I'm already getting late . So here I get ready hurriedly and me and Bora took bus and left for school. Jae won and Iseul will be coming later after us . Oh right they are my younger brother and also I work in the school where they study so it's kinda cool while going and coming together.

They don't lack confidence, they are popular in their school and are members of school cabinet. Well everything I lacked during my middle school days. Talk about bad memories. Well about Iseul he is still in grade 3 but i've to listen hundreds of complain about him from his teachers . I guess it is okay as long as he is not under much pressure. His days are coming soon too for worrying about grades.

Well im actually 1 minute late again which is gonna reflect on my slary holy crap ! whatever!

I am standing at the reception and am tired already . Uh so sleepy environment . Well Jae won and Bora are doing their duty as school council members . Gosh they make me proud. I love admiring them from afar. They seem quite cool no wonder Jae won is popular among with girls. He is tall , with straight hair and charming smile. Whereas Bora she is tall , confident and her face seems like she has much attitude but is quite friendly if you get to know her. By the way she is only interested in her best friend Hala.

The dean's bell rang and i know its for me . I walk towards dean's office quite nervously as the dean is quite intimidating. Oh god ! dont they ask me why I was late or why I haven't finished making all the student's record folders . Bro I already made 200 yestersay . GOD save me . *sobbing*

'May i come in ma'am' I said while knocking the door.' 'Yes please .' she said . My boss, she's kinda cool. To be honest I admire her alot. She can make you nervous with just a sight of her . And I feel the urge to be like her . Her husband was also there and this gave me chills down my spines. Did I do something wrong that both the directors are here . To take my class . Did they got to know that I'm going easy on students . This must be the work of those busy bees who are busy gossiping . 'Take a seat dear' Mrs. Shin said gesturing her hands towards the chair infront of Mr Shin's chair.

What? WHY ? I don't want to ?

I sat down on the chair with my hunched back . Gosh why I'm like this . Act cool Rami act cool.

'So how is your work going on ' asked Mr shin bluntly. DAEBAK! THAT WAS SUDDEN . WHATS ALL THIS ABOUT ?

' Everything is going alright sir. ' i answered quite calmly. Yes I tried to stay as calm as possible.

'OK! then Bo-ram , we have a good news for you. we decided to do the increment in salary starting this month. and 200,000 won will be increased in your current salary .' Mr. Shin, blunt as always told me this amazing news . and I was on cloud nine at that time. I smiled and Mrs. Shin noticed it. They asked me about future plans for studying and small business talks then I went back to my work. I am so happy .

*bom digi bom* nothing serious a text message perhaps. It's from one of my close friend Ae-ri.

Ae-ri :

watcha doing?

me:

workin' bitch what else?

Ae ri:

let's catch up after work . I've lots to tell to you. meet me at chilli cafe at 7. will be waiting for ya . no excuses ! bye! 😘

me:

what bitch ??? why???

listen

you gone?

Ah she's annoying .

Today all three of them (my siblings) already have gone to home. I've to meet that I'm-always-free bitch .

Time to get off work.

I gathered all my bags and phone. Gosh 16 missed calls from Ae ri . She must be waiting for me already . I was about to leave the Mr. Oh the maths teacher , every student's favorite teacher, came to me asking to hang out with him again. Gosh leave me you people. To be honest at first I thought it would be great making friends with everyone. But now it seems he's kinda stalking me . But nevermind. I don't give a crap about him . 'Miss Lee you seem kinda busy , these days.' he said playing with his hairs. Man you don't look cool at all . 'Ya if you know then I'll take my leave.'

I left school took bus then rushed towards Chilli cafe . Hehe nice name, right ?

Ae ri is sitting at a corner table . Maybe because of me . She knows I like cornered seats only . From far it seems like the place is brightened. She is surprisingly very charming. She's cute , tall and popular too. She's basically everyone's favourite. Totally opposite from me . Many guys are checking her out. I don't feel like going there , but still gotta go .

' Hi bitch . I thought your fingers broke that you were not replying to my text. ' I attacked . 'Calm down girl. I also have classes. I texted you in my free time.' she said playfully. Ah she's so cute that I can't be angry with her for longer.

' So what's the matter ? Why you called me ?' I asked as I surped the strawberry shake she ordered for me . 'Well I got myself a boyfriend.' I choked as she told me this shocking-but-not-surprising news.

' Tell me he's not a scumbag this time.' I asked her. 'No actually he's a good guy . Well someone you know .' 'Oh really. who is he?' I got a little excited now hearing that her bf is someone I know.

Regarding relationships Ae ri is just like me . We never stayed in a relationship for more than 4 months. Atleast that is my limit. Well this time I think she is really interested looking at how happy she is. 'Guess it , I wont tell you like this.' She said shyly . God she is acting like a kid. 'I admit defeat darling , now tell me who is this unlucky guy?' i asked excitedly. 'Well it is Jae in. My best friend,' she said. 'Oh that guy you once brought to school ? Yeah from the looks of him I could tell he was into you.' We both chuckled. ' But it's been awhile since you broke up with Hyun, right?' she asked. 'Well yes.' In everyone's eyes I'm still single. But truth to be told I got into a relationship where neither of us are interested.

*Flashback*

I was sitting on my bed , taking some selfies when this random guy gave me a friend request on instagram. I checked his profile and got to know he was one of my classmate in high school. He barely came to school . On top of that we never talked. Well then we got to know each other through social media now. Then he texted something:

Seon ok :

'hey well I guess we're kind of similar. We don't like emotions in our relationship. so why don't we come into a relationship? '

*wow that was sudden*

me:

'yeah we're very similar. But is that even a good idea?'

Seon ok:

'How would you know when you haven't tried yet. let's give it a try. '

*I don't think it's a bad idea either*

me:

WELL then ok. But on two condition.

Seon ok:

Great ,what's the condition?

me:

If anyone of us catch feelings, we'll breakup .

Anyone of us can breakup at anytime. Regardless the reason.

Seon ok :

Yes great . Then from today you're my girlfriend. Mine .

me :

Mm hm

*FLASHBACK END*

Like this we came into a relationship. But what he likes most was physical talk which I wasn't interested in so I was straight to the point. He never forced me tho. We would talk about ourselves. But slowly slowly we stopped talking. Now only thing we do is share reels which is kind of relief for me.

But I won't tell Ae ri about this or she would say I'm wasting my time.

'heyyy' she waved her hands infront of my face . Lol I was zoned out.

'ye-es' I spoke. ' I'm asking are you single or already got yourself a boyfriend?' she asked.

'Dude I'm still single . Where the hell I'll get boyfriend so soon ?' ' Is that so ?' 'yes'.

Ae ri got a call from her mother and she left. And here I am still sitting and regretting my existence.

I also cannot get late or mom would kill me. I also left. I took a bus when I saw a familiar figure crossing the road. But didn't paid much attention as I was already tired to do anything. I got home and did my daily chores and slept. It started raining outside so I got a good sleep . The bed was comfy too.

I woke up at 11:20 p.m. and looked for dinner. Everything was in the fridge. Dinner was kimchi soup and rice. I heated it and ate . It was tasty . It was about 11:45 when I received a text from Seon ok . I opened it and it was.' a happy birthday' text. And then I remembered tomorrow Is my birthday. I said ' it is still time for my birthday.' Then what he said totally surprised me ,' I want to be the first one to wish you. After all you are my girlfriend. ' It was the first time he said like that. I know he has kind of bipolar disorder but still this much change is my god !!!!

I was kind of giggling when I heard an annoying voice behind me . It was Bora standing behind me seeing me grinning widely.

' Well is this your that ***** body bf? ' she asked. She says him this because he send me snaps shirtless . ^_________^

' Yeah he's there wishing me happy birthday.' I said grinning eye to eye.

' oh nice' she said nonchalantly .

She always seems like she's uninterested.

Whatever I'm also not begging you.

It's 12 already and I'm 18 now. I can hear many message notifications on my phone. Many friends wishing me happy birthday. But I will reply tomorrow I've to sleep also. It'll take atleast 20 minutes to reply everyone and I've to get up early so I better sleep.

*Next morning*

Gosh again I got late. I reached school got birthday wishes from many colleagues.

My my . My students gave me some gifts which I gladly accepted. Some of them gave me BTS photo cards. Oh my god . They're so sweet.

Huh! finally the day ended. But Jae won was looking quite down at home time . I tried to ask but stopped as I though if it is related to school then I'll see everything in school .

All four of us today didn't go to home . Today I decided to give them a treat so I took them to Chilli Café , which we all like. We ordered two small cheese corn pizza with extra cheese and four cold coffee . One for each. Hehe this much only cost enough. We were chatting and eating peacefully when Jae won spoke. 'Noona , I've something to tell you.' We all stopped and Bora got all worked up. 'Go ahead ' I spoke like an adult. ' I think soon I'll be getting in a problem I don't know specifically for what but it seems like it is serious. Some teachers are giving me and Bora taunts for even simple mistakes . ' Jae won told me everything he was holding till now.

Now I got furious. C'mon they are my siblings ofcourse I would get. I thought of digging more from the school.

The next day was a festival at school so we celebrated and all . Jae won's and Bora's friends are basically like younger siblings for me so I treat them more like that than my students. We clicked lots of photos and enjoyed alot. I like being one of them . It makes me feel like I'm still at that age *though I am*. Well we all enjoyed a lot not aware what trouble is going to come our very way.

I was doing my evening routine, when I got a phone call . It was from Mr. Oh . Oho I've to talk to him. ಠಗಠ

The next morning

I, like any other day said good morning to everyone but some unlikable glares I could notice. Even from some students. I knew at the very moment that something is wrong either related to me or my siblings. Bruh !!!! I'm prepared.

The Dean called me so I went in the office. I didn't sit nor she asked me to .

' Miss Alfiya, it seems like your siblings are going out of your hands now that they're openly using their social media accounts.' Sarcastically she landed a hot remark on my forehead. But I'm me.

' Ma'am I don't think creating a social media account that also for his passion ( Jae won wants to be a gamer so he created an instagram account and a youtube channel)'

I landed back with the hottest words.

' What about him hanging with other genders openly. And chatting with girls at late night for ex. 2. a.m. ' she said which left me in shock .

I'm the one who stays up late or my mom who cannot sleep properly because of all the stress . Jae won sleeps like a horse and she's telling me he chats with girls till 2a.m.

' Ma'am I even have all the chat history and instagram usage time history of Jae won (he was logged in from my phone) how can you even say that without any evidence. Ma'am please even he has a girlfriend it has nothing to do with the school. But he doesn't have. '

Then she showed me some chats in which some junior girls were fangirling over Jae won's and his friend's looks.

' Ma'am are you seriously showing me as the evidence. It has literally nothing to do with jae won. ' I said.

' I know but the way he talks leads the girl in the wrong way. Even if he's being friendly they will think this way. Their mother's came complaining to me that because of him they are not even focusing on studies. Please make sure to delete his ig account and all or I've to take serious action from here. ' she said coldly and dismissed me .

Are you seriously blaming my brother's good looks and over friendly personality. Well yes his overfriendly personality is the main problem . Even I told him to be careful. But now I've to exaggerate the situation to make him more careful.

The matter of Jae won became the centre of gossip among the teachers. Their stare , GOD I cannot ever FORGET. Whatever.

I took all three of them (my siblings) to the Chilli Café. We ordered chicken pizza , Maggie , cold coffee , french fries and hakka noodles. I wanted to give them a treat as they must've suffered much by listening the taunts of all the teachers especially that PTI Mr. Sin . That bastard @ _ # & - #-.

' Noona you're gonna tell mom about this?' Jae won asked me while chicken got stuck in my teeth. I was trying to take it out. ╮(╯_╰)╭

' Well we should make her aware about this matter atleast. Then only we would be able to control the matter a little bit. ' Bora spoke while surping her coffee disgustingly.

' Yes I think we should , but can you please atleast wipe your mouth it's actually disgusting.' All of us burst into laughter.

' Whatever the thing is Noona , tell both of them to get into trouble often this way we would be able to get this treat often . hehe.' Iseul spoke out of nowhere. Gosh we're showing such a horrifying side of the world to him in such an early age.

When our father fell ill , he used to take care of him most of the time along with mom and jae won. We actually don't like our father that much that is why we never spoke to him much since he fell ill. ( He's paralysed) But Iseul is the one who make him laugh many times. Well I'm glad he's the one to do so or we would've never even made our father smile while he's on bed.

I kissed him on his head.

We were planning how to tell mom about the situation.

Once we headed home we all gathered in my and Bora's room and started discussing when to and where to start.

Then mom called me to go to the plant shop with her so me and Bora and mom went together.

There were so many plants and being in nature with less monsters in human form I somewhat got relaxed. Same was for my mum . She loves plants and nature so much that even In the little space we have outside her house is filled with plants. Me and Bora were enjoying our Popsicles when Bora said , ' Unnie do you think we should really tell mom? Look she's so relaxed now , what will happen to her when she'll get to know about Jae won's new . ' ' I know right . But in order to prevent giving shock suddenly we should tell her the exact truth and give here the assurance . ' I replied after thinking for a while.

The thing is I want to protect my brother at any cost and my other siblings too from getting into this swamp . But the question is CAN I EVEN PROTECT THEM ?