Chapter Text
Chapter one
cause I need to know now what we've got~
my loneliness is killing me - and I~
I must confess I still believe - still believe
Kyungsoo could have sworn he heard himself screeching internally as he tried to endure the torture coming from the next room. He's been trying his best to hold his anger in for five hours now and would somebody please give him a break already. He only came back to Korea to stop his mom's nagging and stop her from flying to Osaka herself. That place is his only safe haven and he won't let her taint it. Even if it meant coming for the oh so dreadful Family Week
Apparently family week is a week of games,fun activities and family bonding for all Do's and it's compulsory every year no matter what. All Kyungsoo wanted to do this year was to avoid all possible forms of contact with his family. The only conversation he planned on having with them were the (unfortunately) necessary 'good morning' and 'am going to bed now'. It seemed like a perfect plan but he forgot that he was born to be unlucky. His attention freak of a cousin just decided to make the very first day of an awful week much more awful than he planned by choosing to mock him with this very song that sounded so gay.
Another reason why family week sucked was because about three years ago,Kyungsoo got sick and tired of his mom asking when he was going to settle down,get married and have kids or if he was seeing anyone. He didn't know when he blurted out that he's gay and single so no grandkids for her. That earned him two family week free years making him wish he'd said it earlier. But life is unfair and he got forced into it again because 'family bonds are strong' as his mom told him over the phone four months ago. It didn't stop anyone from treating him like shit. So in other words no one treated him differently, well no one except his cousin Areum who he's sure is playing that song on repeat just to spite him enough to confront her about it. They've well mostly she has been playing this little game for years. It all started around the time rest of his relatives deemed him useless and when Kyungsoo decided not to give a fuck about the world. That was fourteen years back,when Areum was four and it used to be cute but now it's just really tiring to say the least. It gets worse when she starts to sing along and if it's his attention she wants then that's what she'll get in the form of his infamous death glare.
He walked out of his room into the hallway it wasn't a long walk so why did he feel like his heart was about to implode from running for hours and why was he the only one bordered by the music or the fact that Areum's room was right next to his. He took a deep breath and walked into the room not caring if he was being rude. He was completely taken aback when he saw Areum on the floor crying like she did when she was six and Kyungsoo broke her favourite barbie doll. He was certain she would stop clinging after that but she didn't.
Kyungsoo took a minute to soften his expression and sat on the floor in front of her cause even though he'd never admit it,he has a soft spot for his cousin. She instantly wrapped her hands around him and buried her face in his chest "Soo oppa" her voice was muffled in his chest "Why didn't you respond earlier?"she wailed loudly and Kyungsoo internally face palmed himself,of course it was about her stupid game.
"What do you want Areum", it was a bit harsh and he could feel a frown forming on his face.
"Se-Sehunnie oppa bro-ke up with me eee", she stuttered and cried even louder letting her face fall on his chest, there's going to be a reddened spot on his chest soon if she continues to use her massive head like that.
He knows he could be enjoying a sleeping right now or watching a movie or something not listening to his younger cousin rant about her love life. After coming out that he plays for the same team,Areum found it very necessary to talk about her 'girl problems' with him(the little stereotypical brat). "I thought you said real women don't cry over boys" Kyungsoo deadpanned when she looked up.
Areum gave him an impassive look of her own before she gathered herself up and sat on her bed. "Am not done talking",she said calmly almost too calmly for someone who was just crying her eyes out. "You know I always give boyfriend updates first duh",she rolled her eyes. "And that's not the reason why am crying".
Kyungsoo sighed thinking the reason might be a lot more unimportant "Okay then tell me,why are you crying?"
" I scored an eighty four on my last geography test and it's one of my favourite subjects. Like how is it possible that I'd score an eighty four in my favourite subject or any subject at all. Its impossible",she said as tears welled her eyes again.
It was,if he were to be honest a bit surprising. Areum,unlike himself, is a very normal Do. She's a perfectionist,a snob and a smartass, a Do through and through.
"So what? You want me to cry with you,tell you everything's going to be okay and call upon the magic of girl and gay power to heal your broken heart?"
"No you dim wit , I want you to act as my guardian and ask my teacher why I scored an..",she cringed a little before continuing "an eighty four on that test". Kyungsoo felt his left eye twitch at that, he really needs to kill this kid.
"And why would I be doing that?"
"Because",she went to her drawer and brought something out,"I still have this",she handed him a piece of paper with his writing and signature on it. "It's the 'whatever you want in the next twelve years' coupon you gave to me on my sixth birthday and it's been twelve years now so you have to do what I want",she gave him an ugly grin,unleashing the devil she really is inside.
"Huh?". He tried to pretend he couldn't remember it cause he was certain she would have lost it or wouldn't remember that's why he wrote in the next twelve freaking years on that stupid coupon,that explains why she was happy when she received it. It's mind blowing how karma just loves being a pain in his ass and said pain is not the good type you get from a lovely one night stand with a handsome stranger. Why did he have to use the money he was supposed to use to buy Areum her present twelve years ago to go watch that stupid but incredibly educational and hot gay movie at that stupid Boyeon's house with nachos.
"You know you're the worst liar on earth your facial expressions suck. I need you to be at my school on Monday,10 am sharp",she interupted his thoughts. "And oh look that's tomorrow",she faked being surprised after looking at the calender on her bedside table making her huge eyes even bigger
"Okay Soo oppa,good night,dream of me",Kyungsoo knows he won't be doing that. She stood up and ushered a still very appalled Kyungsoo out of her room. He stood in the hallway cursing his existence. This was why he didn't want to come back to Korea in the first place,he's going to have a long week.