chapter 240
Episode 239. Siblings (9)
It was a cold day as if everything was frozen white.
My brother and sister made an important decision.
“Mom.”
“Huh?”
“I have something serious to say to mom.”
“…… “What is it?”
“Together with the sun… “Let’s have a family meeting.”
I decided to tell her mother about my brother and sister’s relationship.
“It looks like you have something you want to say to me.”
Mom saw the serious expressions on both of our faces and nodded her head.
Maybe it will be a painful family meeting for all three of us.
Also, after this, family relationships may be irreparably broken.
I hesitated quite a bit before telling my mom.
I hesitated several times today in what I wanted to say.
At first, I persuaded my sister to talk about it around the time I graduated.
I thought it would be neater since we both became adults.
While I am a high school student, my mother has to see my siblings in a dangerous love every day.
Wouldn’t it be painful every time you encounter us?
My opinion was to wait until I was old enough to become independent, just in case.
But my sister’s opinion was different.
Continuing to deceive your mother is something that bothers you and is a terrible thing to do.
In the end, if we continue like this, we might get caught.
Also, around the time I graduate, I may have to prepare to immigrate overseas.
If you suddenly reveal the truth and say you will immigrate, it will be very difficult for your mother.
My older sister’s opinion was that I couldn’t just leave my mother behind.
In the end, since what Hayan noona said made sense, it was decided to talk about it ahead of her graduation.
The day has finally arrived.
We sat around the sofa and said nothing.
“Is it very serious?”
Mom asked worriedly.
How to open my mouth……
Feeling sorry for her, White Sister keeps her mouth shut.
From what I could see, he felt like he should say something, but he seemed to be holding back because he felt like he would burst into tears if he made a mistake.
So, I should open my mouth first.
“Mom, please calm down and listen to our story until the end.”
“Yes. “Tell me.”
Mom also calmly answered with a cool expression.
Phew~
“Hey mom.”
I took a long breath and then spoke.
“My sister and I are dating.”
“………… W-what do you mean?”
It’s natural to be embarrassed.
It must be hard to believe what you just heard before you got angry.
“My sister and I love each other.”
“Hey, Hayan. What the hell is this…… “
Mom looked at her white sister as if she didn’t understand. It was clear that she was hoping that she had misheard.
“It’s true. “That’s how it happened.”
The white sister lowered her head and answered in a crawling voice.
“What? “That’s how it happened. It shouldn’t have happened that way, right?”
Her mother was also stunned for a moment by the embarrassing situation, and then she opened her mouth with difficulty.
“We are family.”
“……… “
“I’m sorry. Mom.”
“No, I’m not sorry… “What are you guys talking about?!”
Only then did my mother fall into shock.
“It’s a lie, right? Right? Kim Ha-yan!”
And she went beyond the stage of denial and called out to her sister in anger.
“It’s true. We… We truly love each other. “To the point where we can no longer go back to being ordinary siblings.”
“Are you crazy?! Even if Taeyang is like that, what are you, Hayan?”
Her mother’s voice grew louder and she began to reprimand her white sister.
“White, you have grown up to be an older sister, you are now an adult and you are at the age of discernment!! “How can you date your own younger brother?”
I was uncomfortable with the atmosphere of only the white sister being criticized, so I quickly stopped him.
“Mom! I asked you to date me first! “I was the one who persuaded the white sister who wanted to give up!”
Match-!!!!
My cheeks were tingling from what happened so quickly.
When she came to her senses, her mother had a frown on her face and her hand that had hit me was shaking.
“Mom!! What are you doing!! “Taeyang, are you okay?”
“No matter how white you are, Taeyang, you shouldn’t have done that!”
“……… “
“Your sister was barely holding back! “I barely managed to calm him down, but what if you do this too?”
“Mom comforted my sister?”
Listening to what she is saying now, it seems like her mother knew in advance how she felt.
Did you try to tell me to endure it without showing it?
The white sister lowered her head and she began to cry.
“Mom, I’m sorry, I’m sorry! Black…… She told me to endure it, so I endured it… “I can’t hold on any longer.”
“Taeyang, if only you hadn’t opened your heart… If so… Your sister is definitely…… “
Mom ended up crying too.
Before I knew it, tears were forming in the corners of my eyes.
“How difficult was it for me to raise you all?” … I tried to live confidently even though I grew up alone and without a father… “
In the end, seeing her sit down as if she was falling down, her heart gradually weakened.
“Do you guys know that if you do this, your whole family will get criticized? “It’s a disgrace to both your mother and your deceased father.”
What have I done?
Due to greed, the family suffers because of the easy-going thought of taking care of everything.
Even though my father obviously asked for her mother and older sister before he passed away……
I ended up betraying my father’s last request.
Instead of protecting them, they only hurt them.
My siblings and I stayed quietly next to our mother until she stopped crying.
Even when White Sister tried to pat her back, Mom got angry and told her not to touch her.
“……… “
“……… “
“……… “
Eventually, the family meeting fell silent.
“…… “Please give up.”
It was my mother who opened her mouth first.
“I was wrong. I neglected you too much for my own convenience. “I did everything wrong, so please stop.”
“……… “
“……… “
My brother and sister are reluctant to say anything.
Her mother sighed, got up from her seat, and went into the master bedroom.
“…… Sister.”
“Sun…… “Are your cheeks okay?”
“Yes. Now more than that… “
My heart hurts more than my cheek.
She hurt her family just because she loved them.
My sister and I thought for a moment if we could continue this painful love.
“Sister. From now on… “
“For the time being…… “Let’s take some time to think.”
“Yes.”
“I’ll comfort Mom.”
The family meeting ended in such an awkward way.
I sat on the living room sofa with a dark mind and time passed without doing anything.
Neither my sister nor I, nor my mother, wanted to do anything.
Rumbling-
After some time, my mother opened the door to her bedroom and came out.
“Mom?”
“Mom, where are you going?”
Mom came out dressed in going out clothes, dragging one of her suitcases.
“Mom!! Sorry!! “I won’t do that again!”
“Wait a minute! “Our story isn’t over yet, where are we going?”
My mother glanced at my siblings, sighed, and stroked her white older sister’s head.
“It’s not what you think, so don’t worry.”
“Mom…… “
“…… I’ll be back in two days. “I want to think about it for a moment.”
“Where should I go?”
She asked where she was going, but her mother didn’t answer.
“I don’t go to dangerous places. So, in the meantime, I’m taking good care of the house. “I will come back and have another family meeting.”
Those were just words.
Oh, and one more thing.
My mother turned to look at my siblings who had followed us to the front door and came towards me.
And He touched her swollen cheek.
“I’m sorry for hitting you. Son.”
“…… No. “Because my mistake was serious.”
I also felt sorry and avoided my eyes.
“If you’re in pain, be sure to apply medicine and…… “
My mom looked at me and my older sister, and she gave us a warning with a very worried and sad expression.
“While your mother is away, don’t do anything that might disappoint her. “She’s a good son and daughter, right?”
“Yes.”
“I understand.”
I don’t know where she was going, but my siblings and I couldn’t catch her mother.
Now I just have to listen and not disobey.
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Kim Tae-yang and Kim Ha-yan’s mother was pulling a carrier and stopped along the way.
And I made a phone call on the way.
[Hello?]
“Yeah, it’s been a while. Sister-in-law.”
[…] …… Are you calling me suddenly?]
The woman who was called sister-in-law did not sound very pleased.
Taeyang’s mother said with a smile.
“It’s been a while, isn’t it too cold?”
[Well. Because we weren’t laughing at each other.]
“Woo~ Looking at you like this, it looks like neither you nor I have forgotten yet.”
She looked up slightly at the sky and said.
“My husband.”
[…] ……… That story is over now.]
“Do you still live alone?”
[Well, she’s an old spinster. It’s not really because of my brother, but I’m just not interested in men.]
“Can I stay at your house for two days?”
[Yes?]
“The room is spacious anyway.”
[What happened suddenly… ]
Love between siblings is ridiculous.
The world we live in does not allow such things.
Of course, the same goes for the mothers of Kim Ha-yan and Kim Tae-yang.
So there was no place I could complain about this story.
Just one place
Before her husband died, all she had was her husband’s younger sister-in-law, who was quite jealous of her.
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After her mother left.
My sister White and I decided to take some time to think.
“Of course I can’t give up easily.”
“… Sister”
“Kahi said, are you going to abandon Taeyang every time things get difficult?”
The white sister shook her head.
“That’s not it. But seeing her mom’s reaction made me feel so sorry… I’m sorry, Taeyang. Just for a moment… “
“I understand. Sister. “You don’t have to worry about me.”
We decided to live as normal siblings for a while until mom came back.
After laying the iron plate, it was difficult to go back to being a friendly brother and sister like before.
We just ate together without talking, divided up the household chores, and then stayed in our own rooms.
There was no skinship or mysterious atmosphere.
Because I was still concerned about the expression my mother showed before she left.
My siblings and I stayed quiet until Mom gathered her thoughts and spoke again.
Two days passed……
Around noon, the front door opened.
“Mom came back.”
“Are you here?”
“Where have you been?”
“I’ll tell you gradually. “Let’s eat some food first.”
After my mother praised the lunch prepared by my older sister, she smiled brightly.
After we finished eating, her mother said she was ready and called my brother and sister back into the living room.
“I went to your father’s house for a while.”
“Why are you there all of a sudden?”
“Don’t you usually have anything to go?”
It has been a while since both my paternal grandfather and grandmother passed away.
After my father passed away, I thought I lost contact with my relatives on my father’s side.
“I just remembered the old days.”
Mom looked vaguely at the yard beyond the glass door for a moment and then sighed.
“White, sun.”
“Yes.”
“What do you plan to do next?”
“……… “
“……… “
In the meantime, we each thought about it.
I thought about it again and again.
But… I also don’t want to give up my opinion.
I don’t want my family to suffer, and I don’t want to live with my white sister as her brother and sister, and then have her marry another man.
“I’m sorry mom, I don’t want to give up.”
“…… Mom, me too… “
“So, Mom, what on earth are you planning to do in the future?”
“……… “
My brother and sister looked at each other, and then the white sister opened her mouth first.
“Gahi is looking for me. “A place where Taeyang’s girlfriends and I can all live together.”
“Maybe we should consider emigrating overseas.”
I also continued.
I felt bad when I told my mother that I was going to leave.
Mom sighed and nodded her head.
“Mom knows that Hayan has had a hard time. “In the end, she also said she couldn’t do anything about the human heart.”
After cutting her off for a moment, Mom looked at us one by one.
“It must be very difficult. But do you two still want to get married like this?”
“Yes.”
“I’m sorry.”
Mom looked at us again and sighed.
“Haa~”
Then he held out two objects that looked like paper books in front of us.
It was a paper bankbook.
“This is your wedding fund that I have been saving for a long time.”
“Um… mind… “
The white sister lowered her head and began to cry again.
“This is all Mom can do. “Live your life from now on.”
“Thank you. Mom. And I’m sorry.”
“Mom!!!”
My older sister was also hugged by my mother, and I also cried and apologized and thanked her.
My mother followed suit and shed tears.
“Well, no parent can really beat their child. Even if I immigrate later, I will definitely come back often to see my mom.”
This was the end of a family meeting that left no tears in sight.
In the end, my mother and her family recognized the love between my sister and me.