The moment Onew finally parked the car in front of the house which Hara resided in, he immediately leaned forward towards Hara and hugged her tight, his head burying into her shoulder. Hara understood that he needed her comfort as she soothingly started running her fingers through his hair. She could feel Onew’s tears soaking her shirt, but she was not bothered. In fact, she felt blessed that he turned to her for comfort. She felt glad that he trusted her.
Jieun on the other hand was soundly asleep at the back of the car, but trails of tears were still visible on her cheeks. Hara turned to look at the younger girl before looking at the boy in her arms. She smiled. She felt happy that the two siblings were able to meet again after being separated for a while. Then she leaned forward to place a kiss on Onew’s untamed hair. He had stopped crying then.
“You should go home first.” Hara whispered softly into Onew’s hair. “We’ll talk more tomorrow morning.”
Onew sat up with a small smile. He turned to look at his sister. “I guess I have to leave her with you for now?”
Hara chuckled lightly and pat Onew’s arm. “Of course baby. Don’t worry, she’ll be safe.”
“You were serious when you said that she just started staying with all of you a few days ago?” Onew asked.
“Ne. It’s true.” Hara replied.
“And you are this close?”
“Yes! We all loved her the moment she stepped into the house!” Hara said with wide eyes.
Onew bowed his head. “Thank you so much for taking care of her. I am really thankful that she meets nice unnies like you, Seohyun and Joori noona.”
“It’s our duties to care for her.” Hara beamed.
“Well, I think Jieun’s lucky to have a very caring future sister-in-law like you.” Onew gave a gentle pinch on Hara’s nose causing her to pout in response. Then she smiled to see that the playful Onew was back.
“Well I’m glad that Jieun has a thoughtful and loving oppa like you.” Hara returned the pinch on Onew’s cheek causing him to grin.
“You make me love you even more.” Onew breathed into Hara’s face before pulling her yet into another passionate kiss. Hara smiled and willingly indulged herself into the romance that made up of Onew and her.
“Ehem! Ehem!”
Onew and Hara jumped before pulling away suddenly when they heard a forced cough coming from the back of the car. Onew automatically concerned himself with the steering wheel whereas Hara was suddenly fascinated with the windshield. Jieun who was now wide awake, smirked.
“Oh! We’re home already?” Jieun asked with a slightly chirpy tone.
“Ah, ne!” Hara replied with a weird smile.
“Let’s go then unnie! It’s late you know.” Jieun said as she leaned forward towards the front of the car and placed a kiss onto Onew’s cheek. “Bye oppa! I’ll see you tomorrow, ahrasso?”
“Ah, ne. I’ll be here.” Onew replied, gulping.
Jieun continued giving both Onew and Hara a teasing smile. “Oppa, are you and Hara unnie dating?”
“Ne.” Onew said.
“Ani.” Hara said.
Onew immediately turned to glare and Hara. “Yah! You don’t want to date me already?”
“Well, you never ask me officially to date you.” Hara shrugged.
“Ommo! You didn’t ask her oppa?” Jieun gasped, feigning shock.
“Oh now you’re on her side?” Onew threw a glare at Jieun as well causing both her and Hara to burst out laughing.
“Jieun-ah, indeed I am dating him.” Hara said as she turned to face Jieun. “Is it okay with you?”
“Is it okay with me? I am absolutely thrilled to have you as my brother’s girlfriend!” Jieun exclaimed with a proud grin. “Now I really feel as if I have a sister! Thank you unnie!”
“No, thank you Jieun-ah.” Hara ruffled her dongsaeng’s hair.
“Thank you oppa, for choosing Hara unnie as your girlfriend!” Jieun exclaimed.
“You bet I.U.!” Onew grinned as he too ruffled his sister’s hair.
“I.U.?” Hara tilted her head curiously.
“Oh, it’s my nickname for her.” Onew explained. “I’m Onew and she’s Ayew a.k.a. I.U.”
“Oh! It sounds unique in a way.” Hara shrugged.
“And you’re my baby!” Onew said causing Hara to blush a deep red.
“Argh! I guess we better go now unnie.” Jieun finally said as she opened the car door. She was not going to allow herself to witness the romantic exchange between her brother and her housemate.
“I guess you’re right.” Hara nodded as she turned to exit the car as well. But Onew was fast enough to grab her arm, turning her to face him, before planting another kiss onto her lips. Hara blushed.
“That’s my goodnight kiss for you.” Onew told her with a wink as he too got off the car.
Onew sent off his two favourite girls through the house gate. He waited until Hara and Jieun went into the house safely before walking off home.
******
In the morning, Yonghwa walked towards the living room in a groggy state. He felt as if his head was about to explode. Yonghwa headed towards the sofa before allowing his body to fall onto the soft cushions. But instead of hitting the soft material, he actually fell onto something, more accurately, someone.
“Urgh! Get off!” Yonghwa felt someone kicking him on his side causing him to fall on the fall.
“Aish! Damn it!” Yonghwa cursed before turning to see who had kicked him and it was none other than his own bestfriend, Onew. Yonghwa gritted his teeth. “Yah! What the hell are you doing on the sofa?”
“Hmphhhhhhhhhhh.” Onew replied with his eyes still closed while stretching his limbs.
“AISH! This headache is KILLING me!” Yonghwa groaned as he positioned himself in a lying down position on the floor.
Onew sat up when he heard Yonghwa’s complaints. He tried to open his eyes, fighting the brightness of the morning light. He looked down towards Yonghwa and gave a very wide smile. Yonghwa groaned even louder when he saw the stupid smile on Onew’s face.
“Good morning!” Onew greeted Yonghwa with most enthusiasm.
“Bad morning more likely!” Yonghwa snapped causing Onew to perk up instantly. “Yah! You slept in yesterday’s clothes! What time did you reach home last night?”
“Urgh! I don’t know, one thirty? two in the morning?” Onew shrugged.
“Aish! Crazy bastard!” Yonghwa mumbled, turning away from Onew.
“Yah! Guess what!” Onew shook Yonghwa’s body excitedly.
“WHAT?” Yonghwa was getting a little bit too irritated with Onew’s behaviour that morning. “You and Hara had a one night stand?”
Before Yonghwa knew what was happening, he felt Onew giving him another hard kick on his leg. “Yah! She’s not some kind of a toy okay!”
“Aish! You kicked me!”
“Well, you deserve it!” Onew said as he threw a pillow down towards Yonghwa. “I just wanted to tell you, I found my sister. I found Jieun!”
Yonghwa immediately sat up, ignoring the pain in his head. “Bo?! You found her? Where?”
“You won’t believe it.” Onew grinned in happiness. “She’s residing in the same house with Hara, Seohyun and Joori noona!”
“Bo? How come? Joohyun had never told me about her!” Yonghwa exclaimed. “No, wait! Jieun! Aish! How could I be so stupid!”
“What? What?”
“I think I met your sister before! Joohyun introduced me to her a few days ago!” Yonghwa said as he tried to remember that day when they accidentally met in front of the house a few days ago. “She told me her name was Jieun, but I had no idea that was your sister!”
“I guess it’s the right person then!” Onew nodded his head.
“Aigoo! How long was it? Five months? Six months?”
“Six.” Onew pointed out.
“That long!”
“Yes.” Onew smiled as he slipped down to the floor to sit beside Yonghwa. “It’s all thanks to her that I got to meet my sister.”
“And who will that be?” Yonghwa raised an eyebrow.
“Hara.” Onew answered with a smirk.
“Hara? As in your sports column partner? Joohyun’s housemate?”
“The very one.” Onew grinned.
“What’s up with you two anyway? Yesterday you told me you’re not sure what is your relationship with her and suddenly she helped you find your dongsaeng! What is this?”
“Yonghwa, my dear friend,” Onew placed his arm over Yonghwa’s shoulder and continued, “Me and Hara are officially dating! Isn’t that great?!”
“Ah sinchia?” Yonghwa grinned before pulling Onew into a friendly hug. Then he gave a sly smirk towards Onew. “Ah, so you were with her when Joohyun called Hara last night.”
“Yeah so?”
“What’s with the panting and jogging huh?” Yonghwa wiggled his eye brows excitedly.
“Yah! You and your dirty mind!” Onew pushed Yonghwa away from him, laughing as he did that.
“Well, did you?”
“Yah! You crazy? You know I’m not that kind of man!” Onew exclaimed.
“Hey chill! I know!” Yonghwa pats his friend’s shoulder assuringly.
“But I think my kiss was mind-blowing till she had to pant hard!” Onew said and soon the two of them laughed again.
“Aigoo my head!” Yonghwa groaned. This time, the pain decided to stay permanently.
“Yah! What’s wrong with you?” Onew quickly placed a hand on top of Yonghwa’s forehead causing him to gasp out loud. “Yah! You’re having a fever!”
“I am?” Yonghwa chuckled before lying back down on the floor.
“You wait here, let me get a cold towel.” Onew stood up and hurried towards the kitchen, bumping into Wooyoung along the way.
Wooyoung glared at Onew’s retreating back before joining Yonghwa in the living room. He looked over at Yonghwa and gave a slight shake on his warm body.
“Hyung? You sick?” Wooyoung asked, concern in his voice.
“I guess so.” Yonghwa replied with his eyes still closed.
Just then, Onew arrived with a small basin of water and a towel. He pushed Wooyoung aside and seated himself beside Yonghwa. He immediately got into work sponging Yonghwa’s forehead to get rid of the fever that his friend was having. Unknown to Onew, Wooyoung was still throwing dagger stares at him.
“Onew hyung,” Wooyoung started, trying to attract Onew’s attention for a moment.
“Yeah?” Onew answered, his eyes still fixed on the wet cloth which was covering half of Yonghwa’s face.
“I saw you with her last night.” Wooyoung told him as a matter of fact. Onew just froze.
“You saw?”
Wooyoung shrugged, an irritation filling his face. “Ne.”
“I thought you left already after I gave you the car keys!” Onew exclaimed.
“Huh? I did.” Wooyoung tilted his head frowning as he wondered why this conversation suddenly turned weird.
“Then you saw me um, hugging and all that?” Onew asked, a bit unsure of himself.
“You bet I did! And I’m seriously disgusted by it!’ Wooyoung spat causing Yonghwa to blink an eye open. Onew was looking at his dongsaeng with his mouth slightly gaping.
“What the hell is wrong with you?” Onew asked a little confused.
“You jolly well know what I’m trying to say!” Wooyoung said in a raised tone. “She’s still schooling for God’s sake!”
This time Onew was really getting drowned into a much deeper confusion. He could not help but stare at Wooyoung who was still rambling about him being a pedophile.
“Yah!” Yonghwa exclaimed, finally sitting up and that quieted Wooyoung down for a moment. However Yonghwa noticed that his face still had that tinge of anger towards Onew.
“Wooyoung-ah, I think, matters regarding me and your Hara noona, should be concealed and it should remain my secret and not for you to make a big fuss out of it.” Onew said calmly, his eyes washing over Wooyoung’s face.
“Huh? Hara noona? Who is that anyway?” Wooyoung raised an eyebrow. “And I wasn’t even talking about you and Hara whatever noona.”
“Yah! Wooyoung-ah! Don’t be rude!” Yonghwa hissed causing the younger man to cower a bit.
“Then who the hell are you talking about?” Onew asked, his voice rising as well.
“Her name’s Jieun! It’s Jieun!” Wooyoung snapped.
“Jieun?” Onew looked at Wooyoung, puzzled.
“Yah! He’s with Hara now! Not Jieun! And which Jieun are you talking about?” Yonghwa asked, rubbing his forehead which was still throbbing with ache.
“Hyung, I saw you hugging her outside the campus yesterday! That girl is Lee Jieun! What were you thinking hyung?” Wooyoung told his hyungs.
“So you were talking about that Lee Jieun? Aigoo!” Yonghwa grinned, shaking his head.
“So what if you saw me hugging her. Why are you so concerned anyway?” Onew asked as he felt his own anger rising.
“I-I…” Wooyoung stammered. He was unable to explain suddenly.
“You like that Jieun don’t you?” Yonghwa asked with a sly smile. Now it was Onew’s turn to glare at Wooyoung.
“I-I…”
“Just admit it.” Yonghwa wiggled his eyebrows again.
“S-So w-what if I like her. Onew hyung got her first already!” Wooyoung folded his arms and looked away.
“What? You think me and Jieun had some kind of a special relationship?” Onew asked, smirking. “Yah! If you want to know, that Lee Jieun is my sister!”
Wooyoung turned to look at Onew in shock. He could hardly believe what he was hearing at that moment. Then he turned to look at Yonghwa who was nodding his head while smirking at the same time.
“S-She’s your sister?” Wooyoung asked in a hushed whisper.
“Yes and I’ll make sure you won’t get close to her!” Onew said with a threatening note in his voice. “Besides, my girlfriend was in the car. And the last time I checked, she never got jealous in me hugging my own sis.”
“Aish! Onew-ah, you’re too harsh.” Yonghwa said, patting his friend’s knee to calm him down.
“Mianhe hyung. I wasn’t thinking correctly when I said all those things earlier.” Wooyoung said, bowing his head in shame.
Onew grinned. He was just teasing Wooyoung but it seemed that Wooyoung took it the wrong way. “Aigoo! You’re so naïve Wooyoung-ah.”
“Yah! Were you jealous when you saw Onew hugging Jieun?” Yonghwa questioned, his eyes dancing with curiosity.
“Yah! Tell me, you like my sister?” Onew asked, still grinning.
Wooyoung looked up, finally understanding the situation. “Hyung, how can you ask me these questions directly!” Wooyoung whined as he leaned back into the sofa.
“Ah wae? We just wanted to know.” Yonghwa said.
“Just answer me! But I can’t promise that I won’t hit you.” Onew smirked. Wooyoung frowned for a moment as he thought is he should admit.
“Okay, okay. I think I like her okay!” Wooyoung finally confessed with a slight blush.
“I knew it!” Yonghwa exclaimed, punching the air. Then he groaned in pain before lying back down on the floor. Onew dumped the wet cloth on his face once again.
“So, does my sister know about your feelings?” Onew asked.
“A-Ani. I haven’t got a chance to tell her.” Wooyoung shrugged, hugging a cushion.
“Bo? You mean she’s not aware yet? Then when are you going to tell her?”
“Um, soon, I guess.”
“Yah! The longer you take to confess to her, the more annoyed I will get.” Onew said.
“Ahrasso. Ahrasso.” Wooyoung nodded his head. “But why are you forcing me to confess to her? Aren’t you angry?”
“Aish! This boy! Why must I be angry? I know you well enough inside-out. And I’m practically satisfied with you.” Onew told him. “You’re the best candidate to be my sister’s boyfriend. Besides, I do need someone to take care of her when she’s in at school.”
“Ah, sinchia hyung?”
“Sinchia.” Onew grinned. “But just remember, if you ever hurt her, you’ll have me to face next, ahrasso?”
“Not only him, me too.” Yonghwa sat up as he stared at Wooyoung with droopy eyes.
“I bet her unnies will be haunting you as well.” Onew laughed upon remembering how fierce Hara was the night before towards his own sister.
“Yes, I know that.” Wooyoung sighed. “But I still need to do the confession. It’s going to be a hard work.”
“Do you need me to help you?” Onew volunteered.
“Ani.” Wooyoung shook his head. “I’ll think of something.”
The three men pondered on ways on how Wooyoung could use to confess to Jieun. Yonghwa gave a couple of silly ideas whereas Onew came out with none. His love confession towards Hara was also an unplanned situation but he still managed to claim her as his property in a quite short period of time. And in the midst of the bachelor meeting, Tony suddenly appeared, fresh from the shower, and sat down in the living room with them.
“You three look busy.” Tony said as he glanced at his three dongsaengs.
“We’re thinking of ways on how Wooyoung can make his love confession.” Onew told him.
“Ah, sinchia? With that Jieun girl?” Tony grinned.
“She’s my sister hyung.” Onew said proudly.
“Bo? Did I miss anything?”
“Not much. Only that part on Jieun being my sister and that I am officially in a relationship with Hara.”
“Hara?”
“Ne, she’s my partner at work and also housemates with Joori noona and Seohyun.”
“Wow!” Tony shook his head in amazement. Whatever he and Yonghwa had talked about the night before was slowly taking place slowly.
“I didn’t know a confession can be so hard.” Yonghwa suddenly moaned causing Tony to turn his attention to him.
“What is wrong with you?” Tony stared at his brother who was looking pale.
“Onew says I’m having a fever.”
“Onew says? What is he? A doctor?” Tony smirked.
“A love-doctor?” Wooyoung suggested with a grin.
“Yah! I’m really having a fever!” Yonghwa pouted with a slight cough. “Touch my forehead.”
Tony did as what his brother told him. He gasped. “Ne, you are really hot!”
“I told you.”
“I think you’re just shock because of yesterday.” Tony teased.
“What happened yesterday?” Onew and Wooyoung asked simultaneously.
Tony laughed and shared with them the story on how he and Joori had played a prank on Yonghwa and Seohyun. At first Yonghwa just scowled in embarrassment but then, he thought it was quite funny as well and he started to laugh together with the rest. One by one they started to tell something funny and the laughter continued for a while longer before Yonghwa's cough brought them back to reality. Tony looked over towards Yonghwa's direction with a worried expression. Onew and Wooyoung did the same and sighed.
"You need to go to the doctor Yonghwa-yah." Tony said, patting Yonghwa on the shoulder.
Yonghwa nodded. "I know, don't worry about me. You guys should go get ready for work or you'll be late."
"I think I have an idea." Onew smirked. "Let's call Seohyun-ssi and ask her to take care of you!"
Yonghwa shook his head quickly with an even louder cough. "No! Don't even think about that! I don't want to make her worrry over a small thing!"
"Too late." Tony said, ignoring most of Yonghwa's whinings as he put his phone to his ear, waiting for the other person to answer his call. "Yeobosaeyo?"
Onew and Wooyoung grinned whereas Yonghwa continued with his groans of both annoyment and pain.
