Chapter 1 - Her Wish

Prologue

Did you guys ever wonder? How do our wishes come true? Well, some believe Fairy

Godmothers are there for them. Some are also told flipping a coin inside a well

can make your wish come true. Some also say the stars above the sky listen to

your wishes and fulfil them.

But my case was totally different!

At the brink of my death, I wished to something unimaginable and guess what? It

made my wish come true.

I wished upon a comet.

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Author: Let's have a long journey with you all. Thank you for choosing this

story and reading it. Enjoy! ❤

Chapter 1 - Her Wish

"Oppa,

I'm home." Myeong Jo came home, removing her shoes.

She didn't hear her brother reply.

"Oppa, Gwenchana? Are you sleeping?"

Still no reply.

She removed her sneakers and went inside her brother's room to check on him.

Slowly opening the door, she peaked her head inside. There he was laying on the

bed, sleeping so peacefully under the cheap blanket. He looked like a polar

bear who caught cold.

A smile bloomed on her lips. She went inside and sat by the edge of his bed.

Gently stroking his hair, she spoke softly, "Oppa, feeling good now?"

Her elder brother Min Yoon Gi worked so hard to run their little family. Just

her and him against the world. Today he got sick in the morning. Of course,

working so much would bound to get him tired.

Yoon Gi slowly opened his eyes. Myeong Jo knew how her brother hated waking up

from his precious sleep. But now, he didn't budge at all. He must be really

sick.

"Y-you came?" He uttered, eyes closing again.

Myeong Jo put her palm over his forehead. The fever hadn't decreased. It was

just like it was in the morning.

Tension and worries were seen in her eyes. "Oppa, I bought some medicine

for you. You have to eat them."

Saying, she opened her 13 year old handbag and took the medicine out.

Yoon Gi looked at her. She looked at him too.

"What?" she asked.

He sighed, "You didn't buy them, did you?"

Myeong Jo gulped down her throat. She immediately moved her gaze away from his

eyes. She tightened her grips.

"Stop borrowing money, Myeong Jo! I told you not to. It's better not to

buy than borrow!" despite his high fever, he yelled at her, sitting

upright.

Myeong Jo gulped, lowering her head.

Yoon Gi pressed his lips into a thin line, "Take some money from my drawer

and return the money back to the owner, got it?"

She didn't nod.

"I said do you understand?" he asked again.

Tears began forming in her eyes. She bit her lips to stop crying. But she

failed. Tears fell one by one.

Yoon Gi, seeing his sister crying, without any hesitation, pulled her close to

his warm body. He patted her head softly. Myeong Jo kept crying on her

brother's shoulder.

"I'm sorry. I-I...my brother is sick but I can't buy medicine for him. I'm

so sorry...it hurts me to see you like this." she mumbled in her cries.

He kept stroking her hair.

"I'm fine. I'll be okay soon." he said to console her.

Myeong Jo sniffled, wiping her whole face. She pulled away and sat in front of

him, lowering her head down.

"I-I got my salary today. But I had to pay back our parent's debt. So it

all got spent. I wanted to save some for your medicine but the fee was so

less." she explained and he listened.

"It's okay. I understand. So return the money back tomorrow, okay?"

She nodded.

She looked at him, "I'm sorry I can't do anything for you. You always take

care of me. but I can't. I'm so sorry."

"Yah, Yah! What's with all these sorrys? I told you to stop saying them. I

am fine, okay? Now go rest. I will take the medicine." He tugged himself

back to bed.

Myeong Jo nodded and left his room immediately.

Changing her clothes, she laid down on her bed on an empty stomach. There was

no food in the refrigerator. She began thinking how her life had been all these

years.

Her parents used to gamble a lot. Even after their children were born, they

wouldn't stop. At one time, they lost 3 times straight and had to pay back a

huge amount. Before they could pay back, both of them committed suicide.

Leaving their 8 year old son and 4 year old daughter to survive on their own

and carry out their sins and punishments.

Since then, Yoon Gi's been taking care of her. He applied for so many part

times and did errands for neighbours to feed his little sister along with

paying back his parent's debt. When she grew up, she began working hard like

her brother. Together both of them had spent their whole life with struggles,

pains and sorrow.

This flat was their only pride. Often they had to go to sleep without any food. They couldn't buy fancy clothes as they

couldn't afford to buy even a spare outfit. Life's been miserable for them. Not

like other siblings who were happily living with their parents.

Myeong Jo felt regret and guilty for her brother. Sadly she couldn't take care

of him like he did. He was her mother, father, brother, friend and everything.

She didn't have any friends as she gave up high school. She didn't know anyone

else beside him. To her, Yoon Gi was everything.

She knew her brother loved her so much. Yet she felt like a burden to him.

Sometimes she felt that if she wasn't here, her brother would had got rid of a

burden and at least got married.

Myeong Jo sighed heavily. She closed her eyes as bad memories were flashing in

front her.

She remembered the times when she found a coin and dropped it into the well,

wishing for a healthy happy life. She remembered the time she asked a

grandmother who looked as fair as a fairy to make her brother happy. She

always, even now, before going to sleep, looked at the night sky and wished to

all the dead stars that were brightening without any reason.

"Please, please...just somebody who would change my life. Someone to love

me..."

That's how passed all her 23 years life. Wishes unfulfilled, life unhappy.

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The next morning,

Myeong Jo woke up early. She did her morning routine and went to wake her

brother up.

"Wakey, wakey..." she pulled the curtains away.

Yoon Gi showed no movements.

"Oppa, wake up." she pulled the blanket aside. Putting her hand on

his forehead, she smiled. The fever was gone.

"Oppa! You're alright! The fever's gone!" she yelled so loudly that

he woke up.

He groaned and got back to sleep again.

"Come on, get up. Or else, you'll be

late." she said before going out of the room.

Of course, there was no breakfast for them. So both of them went out for their

work with an empty stomach.

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Yoon Gi

always returned home before Myeong Jo. Usually when she returned home, she

found him cooking (if they had food) or sleeping or resting. But today was

different. It was rather shocking.

Myeong Jo's boss gave her an early leave as she looked so weak. Her boss was

kind enough to do that.

Myeong Jo returned home early. When she entered inside the flat, she found two

pair of shoes. One waa her brother's and the other one was...

A girl's?

Her eyes

widened. No one has ever visited their flat. Was she a friend or co-worker of

Yoon Gi's?

Myeong Jo made her way to her brother's room. Of course she wanted to know the

girl visiting them. Without knocking, she opened the door as always.

"Opp--" her words stopped upon seeing the scene in front of her.

A shirtless Yoon Gi was kissing a woman. Their

kiss was so rough and passionate as if it was going to something else.

Not acknowledging her presence, he was continuing the kiss, pushing her on the

bed. Myeong Jo's eyes filled with disgust and shock. Her brother was having

something behind her.

For a moment, she felt nothing but anger. She couldn't believe her brother was

doing this.. Right now, he was giving his attention towards another woman. That

too secretly.

She clenched onto her fist, bitting her teeth.

"Oppa!" she shouted, the whole room echoed with her voice.

Yoon Gi broke the kiss deliberately and looked at her, shocked. The woman whose

dress was almost ripped, pulled the bed sheet over her quickly, widening her

eyes at her.

Myeong Jo's eyes were asking for an explanation. She was staring at her brother

with so much rage and grudge. Yoon Gi wiped his mouth and finally asked,

"What're you doing here? Why so early?"

"So this is it? You were having a relationship before I come home?"

she asked.

Yoon Gi's face had annoyance. He gave the woman an apologetic look and dragged

his sister out of the room to another room, pulling by her hand.

"Let go of me!" she pulled away from his grip.

Yoon Gi commanded, "You better not interfere in this matter."

"Me? Interfering? Look who's talking! You're the one who's been--"

she couldn't utter as she was feeling disgusted.

"Yeah, so what? So what if I was doing something before you came? Don't I

deserve too? I have desires too!" he yelled.

Myeong Jo couldn't keep her boiling mind down, "Then you could've told me.

How can you hide this from me? We had no secrets between us!"

"Stop making it a big matter, Myeong Jo."

"Yeah, I come home early and find my only brother, my only close one left

in the world, ******* a girl that too without my knowledge!" Myeong Jo

yelled back.

"Why do I have to tell you everything? I have some privacy too!" Yoon

Gi ran his fingers through his hair.

"That's the point! I never hid a thing from you! Every day, I pray to God,

to all the stars to make our life happier. To change everything! I worked hard,

you worked hard! We both suffered. We both cried. But we both are each other's

strength." She paused.

Then she continued, "I don't even know what love is. All I know is what

you do to me is love. I know love is much more than that. I want to feel that

too. And here you are with another woman!"

"God, you're my sister, Myeong Jo! Do you expect me to have pleasure with

you?" Yoon Gi shot back.

Myeong Jo's eyes widened, "No! All I wanted was your happiness. Your happiness is mine so you could've told me. I

could've been happy too."

"Stop. Just stop. You already are a burden to me. I've to work day and

night to feed you. Or else, I would've married a girl till now. I have to take

care of you that's why I don't find time for myself! So stop complaining!"

.

.

.

.

The room

filled with silence after his shouting.

She was right. She was a burden.

Her eyes widened at his statement.

"You heard me? You, Myeong Jo are an obstruction for me. You are a load to

me! For you, I have to stay home when I should be seeing girls. I should be

having a family of my own while I'm taking care of my sister now! You are a

curse, Myeong Jo! You will never deserve love! I pitied you so you got a bit of

my mercy and love. No one will value you or love you!"

They say when people are angry, even the right things sound bad to them. Yoon

Gi didn't know what he was blabbering. Right now, he was angry with the fact

that he got exposed in front of his sister, having fun with a woman. He had

this relationship for a long time without her knowledge. He hid it from her,

thinking if he told her, she would be happy but also at the same time, would be

hurt. Because deep down, he knew, Myeong Jo also wanted to be like girls around

her age who dated happily, had a cute boyfriend and what not.

He just said some words that he didn't mean at all. It was his devil anger speaking.

Myeong Jo stared at the man who raised her. All his life, he gave his time to

her. All his life, he said that she was a flower to him. And now his true

colors came out.

Her heart broke into pieces. Her voice cracked slowly. And tears from the heart

were falling down.

Seeing her crying, Yoon Gi came back to his senses. He realized he may had

committed a big mistake. He hurt his sister. His baby sister.

"M-Myeong Jo-ah..." he wanted to hug her right now, feeling guilty.

Myeong Jo's cries were so painful. Her life's already been worse. Now this!

"I-I didn't mean to..." he tried to explain.

Myeong Jo ran passed him quickly, crying. Yoon Gi surprised by her action

called her, "Myeong Jo!"

She didn't listen. She opened the door and ran outside. Yoon Gi put on a shirt

and ran outside too. She cried like hell and ran like a horse. Yoon Gi tried to

follow her but eventually lost her.

Myeong Jo ran to where her feet could take her. She didn't want to live

anymore. Her whole life was a waste. She troubled her brother. Because of her,

he couldn't be happy. He could've left her and got married but he always was

there for her. It was her fault not to realize it.

She didn't know where she reached as she was too focused on crying her heart

out. Until she opened her eyes and saw she was already on the edge of the

cliff.

The night looked painfully beautiful. There were stars, moon and the Neowise

Comet. The comet was so bright and moving so slowly. It's been in the sky since

the last week. The cold wind was blowing her hair in the air.

Myeong Jo's tears were flowing down like a river. A life with no parents, no

friends, only a brother to love you. A life with no happiness, with poverty,

with sorrow. A life where if you get your salary, you have to give them to someone

else. A life you have to go to sleep with an empty stomach. A life where you

never received love. A life where despite your everyday tries, your wishes

weren't fulfilled.

"There's no point in living anymore." she mumbled, her voice fading

away.

Myeong Jo decided to end her life. At least her brother would be spending his

life without her as a burden.

She wiped her tears and looked down the edge. One step she took, there was no

going back. Either she could go back and continue to be a loveless burden or

she could end this terrible life right away.

Standing

on the edge of the cliff, she one last time looked at the giant bright comet in the dark night sky. Thinking whether

or not she should end her struggling life.

"Please save me. Please, someone change my life. Please, I need a person

to love me. To realize my existence. Please just this once, grant my last wish!

I want to smile like an ordinary girl too."

That was the last thing she remembered before she made herself fall down on her

own will.

She, leaving the world, won't make any difference to anyone. So why not do

this?

Myeong Jo was falling down the cliff in front of the Neowise Comet and the

Moon. She shut her eyes and a tear escaped her eyes. This is how her life

ended.

But she didn't know something granted her last wish.

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