protect you
I'm in my room, my four-year-old sister crying as our parents continue to fight. They keep yelling into each other's faces,
Their screams reaching our room. I hear something crashing against the wall followed by more yelling.
I look at Yeon-joo who covers her ears and cries more. She is literally sobbing and I feel my heart breaking for her.
I crawl on my knees towards her as I pull her in my arms.
yeon-joo
Op-Oppa I'm... I'm scared.
She stutters as I rub her back up and down. I feel her tears wet my T-shirt but I let her. I can't help
But feel sad seeing her like this but also angry at our parents. My sister shouldn't be so scared because they can't figure out their problems.
jungkook
Shh it's okay Joo-Joo. Oppa is here and
jungkook
He won't let anything happen to you.
I say, trying to calm her down. It seems to work a bit. I feel her sobs subsiding as she suddenly falls asleep, exhausted from all her sobbing.
I manage to stand up and pick her up. Her small arms wrap around my neck subconsciously as I take her to her bed.
I lay her down on the bed and pull up the sheet to cover her. She makes herself smaller,
Almost going into fetal position her back curved, her head bowed and her knees and legs drawn up to her chest. I sigh as I kiss her forehead.
jungkook
Don't worry Joo-Joo, I'll always protect you.
I tell her before I leave the room. I go to switch off the lights but decide to leave one on just in case she wakes up.
Yeon-ioo is still scared of the dark anyways
I close the door, leaving it slightly ajar as I go to the top of the stairs. From up here, I can hear Eomma and Appa's argument clearer than ever.
iu
You're unbelievable! You're really going to leave?
Eomma screams. I can hear the heartbreak in her voice.
Jong-suk
I don't love you anymore. I love someone else. I can't stay in this marriage.
Jong-suk
It's nothing but an illusion and we both know it. It won't do either of us any good if I stay.
iu
What about jungkook and Yeon-joo? They need you. They need their father.
Eomma cries out. I see Appa at the bottom of the stairs, a suitcase at the ready. I see him run his hand through his hair as he frowns.
iu
Please, stay, if not for me, for them.
She says. By now I hear the tremor in her voice which is threatening to crack any moment.
Jong-suk
Yeon-joo has you and her brother. She doesn't need me in her life
Jong-suk
And jungkook is old enough to take care of himself.
iu
He's fourteen years old. He's a teenager who needs a father to look up to.
iu
Instead, you're having an affair and abandoning your family.
Eomma says. Appa frowns, louder this time as he turns around.
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