“He never meant to leave us, you knew that. He didn’t have a choice… He was forced to...” Eunjoo whimpered with clustering tears. As memories and emotions overwhelmed her, she squad in the middle of the walkway while Gohn attempted to comfort her. At the corner of her eyes, it seemed that someone had offered her a packet of tissue papers. She looked up. It was her big brother.

“태양오빠...” Eunjoo reached out to accept the offer.

“You left your identification card with Hansol, along with DongSung’s…” He handed the two cards to Gohn.

“I had a choice… I only had one mother and i promised her to protect her most precious belongings to repay her... ” Jenissi avoided eye contact with Eunjoo as he continued..

“Rubbish… Protect? You left us for a better life with that woman. We had to raise ourselves up. We protected ourselves. We were on our own!” Gohn stood up and glared at Jenissi.

“Would you rather i left or all of us to be thrown onto the street to die? That woman gave me two choice. If i did not go back to her, you would not have been standing here and glaring at me because you would have either died of hunger or froze to death at the age of 4,” Jenissi stared back at Gohn.

“We could be child labor and work things out together. We could have went to our grandparent’s place. You left without any notice, you abandoned us. Right after mum’s death. You...” Gohn couldn’t back down on this argument.

“You were only 4, i was 5. There was nowhere we can go. Your grandmother hated me. If i had told you, you wouldn’t have let me leave. You think i had it easy? I was trying so hard to keep a look out for you without getting caught by her. If not for me, you wouldn’t be in ToppDogg. Who did you think recommended you? Do you really think there is such thing as free money that you won from a random lottery that you didn’t even participate and had just the right amount to pay for Eunjoo’s school fees in Canada?” Jenissi refute with a stern voice.

Gohn was taken aback at the sudden realization.

“Its getting late. Bring Eunjoo home and go back to dorm early... ” Jenissi took a last glance at Eunjoo before heading back to Topp Dogg’s dorm.

Gohn helped Eunjoo up. The rest of the journey was cold and silent. Eunjoo reached home safely but refused to let Gohn follow her into the building. Not sure when they would see each other again, they bid farewell.

Just as Eunjoo wanted to enter the lift, the security stopped her and handed her a parcel, stating that he was instructed to hand it to her, Eunjoo politely accepted the parcel. As Eunjoo reached home, she took a quick bath, before slumping herself into the sofa as she played indie music over her radio. What happened earlier kept repeating in her head like a video on replay. She then took the mysterious parcel and open it, in hope that it would distract her from thinking too much. It was a new phone that came with a SIM card.

Under the phone was a note in scribbly handwriting that said “넌 필요로 할꺼야. 전화 안에 탑독 멤버들 전화번호를 있어. 몸조심해. ☼.” (You will need this. All of ToppDogg’s members contacts are inside. Take care. ☼)

As Gohn made a turn while exiting Eunjoo’s apartment area, a familiar silhouette was waiting for him under a lamp post not far away.

“It will be weird for me to return alone,” Jenissi explained as he took the position beside Gohn.

“Sorry” Gohn murmurred with his head hung low.

“It’s okay! Can’t help but to forgive you because you are my baby brother” Jenissi smiled and tried to sling his hand over Gohn’s shoulder, but was apparently having a really hard time doing it.

“Are you really older than me? Hahaha” Gohn teased as he walked away while Jenissi was constantly jumping to reach Gohn’s height.

Labels: Fanfic, ToppDogg, Written

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