Chapter 107 – Episode 107. Three-Way Meeting

In front of the motel, Su-ah and I ran into Si-hyeon and our bodies froze.

“. Why are you two coming out here?”

Sihyeon raised his voice slightly and asked the same question he had just asked.

“… And how long are you going to stay like that?”

My sister and I, who came to our senses belatedly, uncrossed our arms and distanced ourselves from each other.

“Oh, so that’s…”

I rambled and tried to make an excuse, but I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t think of an appropriate excuse.

“Well… I was walking a lot today and I slightly sprained my ankle… So my sister was helping me.”

“Then why did you enter the motel?”

“I went to rest for a while…”

“… Went?”

Looking at Sihyeon’s expression, I felt like she wouldn’t believe anything I said.

“Sister, that’s…”

“… That’s enough.”

When I approached Sihyeon, Sihyeon pushed me away with both hands.

Before he knew it, tears began to form in the corners of Sihyeon’s eyes, and soon clear tears flowed down his cheeks.

“… Sister.”

He tried to reach out to Sihyeon again, but Sihyeon coldly shook his hand away.

Sihyeon wiped the tears from her cheeks, turned her back and ran away.

“Sister.! Wait a minute.!”

I tried to catch Sihyeon, who was quickly moving away, but I couldn’t catch up with my shaky legs.

In the end, I lost sight of the vision and was staring blankly in the direction where the vision had disappeared.

When we returned to the front of the motel, Su-ah was still standing there, looking lost.

“… What about Sihyeon?”

“Sorry. I missed it…”

“Ah…”

Su-a looked like she was about to shed tears at any moment.

I held Su-ah’s hand.

“… Let’s go home first.”

“… But Sihyeon…”

“Sihyeon will come home after she cools off a bit.”

“… But if Sihyeon doesn’t come home like this…”

“He will come. If he doesn’t come, we can go find him.”

“…”

Su-ah, who was looking in the direction where Si-hyeon disappeared, sighed briefly and followed me.

Instead of Su-a, who was anxious, I drove home.

When we opened the front door and went inside, Si-eun, who was sprawled out on the sofa in the living room, welcomed us.

“Are your mom and brother here? I heard you’ll be late today. … What’s wrong with you two? Did you two fight?”

“… No.”

“But why is the atmosphere like that?”

“… That.”

I sat on the living room sofa and Si-eun told me what happened.

After hearing the whole story, Si-eun let out a long sigh.

“Ugh. Why did we meet there?”

“…”

“Oppa should have been more careful!”

“… That’s right. I should have been more careful…”

“Huh? No, it was a joke! How can you be careful about that? It’s not like I can know your every move… So, have you tried contacting her?”

“He doesn’t answer the phone, and I tried texting, but he didn’t read it.”

“. I guess my sister was very shocked.”

Su-ah, who had been looking like she was going to cry earlier, eventually shed tears.

“Mom… Don’t cry.”

Si-eun, who saw that, immediately ran to Su-ah and hugged her.

“It’s all my fault…”

“No. It’s not mom’s fault, right?”

“… Ugh…”

Si-eun held the crying sister Su-a in her arms and patted her back.

Su-a, who sobbed for a moment, soon calmed down and raised her head.

“I’m sorry. For showing my mother’s rude side.”

“Families live by relying on each other. First, let’s go take a shower and change clothes.”

Si-eun helped Su-ah up.

“Oppa, will I sleep with mom today?”

“… I will ask you to take care of Su-ah on my behalf.”

“Yes, sleep well, too. Don’t cry because you’re lonely without me.”

“… Okay.”

Si-eun and Su-ah entered the room.

I was left alone in the living room, lost in thought.

I was distraught.

I thought that Sihyeon would be shocked when she found out the truth someday, but…

Seeing Sihyeon cry made her feel more heartbroken than she expected.

In the case of Si-eun and Su-a, I was too complacent because they passed easily.

“Ha… I have to go to sleep too.”

She went up to the second floor, washed, lay down on the bed, and checked her phone.

Let alone contacting Sihyeon, she didn’t even read the text I sent her.

Just before falling asleep, she tried to contact me one more time.

[The customer did not answer the phone, so I went to Sorisam…]

But Sihyeon still didn’t answer the phone.

**

The next morning.

I still haven’t been able to contact Sihyeon.

Should I at least go to work?

While I was lost in thought while looking at my phone, I received a text message from Sihyeon.

[Sihyeon: I’m going home this evening, so let’s talk together.]

[Sunwoo: I understand. I’ll wait.]

I responded right away.

After that, I sent another text message, but there was no reply.

As I went down to the first floor and was preparing breakfast, Su-ah came out of the room.

Su-a’s sister’s expression didn’t look good.

“Ah, Seon-woo. Have you heard anything from Si-hyeon yet? Is there anything bad happening to Si-hyeon?”

“I received a text message in the morning.”

“Really? What did you say it was a vision?”

“I said I would come home this evening, and we could talk then.”

“I see…”

Although the situation did not get better, Su-ah took a breather knowing that at least nothing bad had happened to Si-hyeon.

“Then when Sihyeon comes in the evening… Are you going to tell everything?”

“. I have to do it.”

“Okay…”

Su-a quietly ate breakfast and went back to her room to get ready for work.

“Then see you in the evening.”

“Yes, please come back.”

After seeing off Su-ah on her way to work, I also got ready to leave.

My head was filled with only thoughts about Sihyeon.

What should we talk about in the evening?

Will Sihyeon really accept it?

Otherwise, how should I persuade him?

While I was thinking about it all day, it was already evening.

When I got home, I first prepared dinner.

Soon, Sister Su-a came home, and we waited for Si-hyeon together without even eating dinner.

The front door opened and Sihyeon returned home.

“Sihyeon…”

Sister Su-ah got up from her seat and approached Si-hyeon.

Sihyeon hesitated and took a step back.

Due to Sihyeon’s rejection, Sua couldn’t get any closer.

Sihyeon went and sat down opposite her sister Sua.

Su-ah sat down on the sofa again with a face that looked like she was about to cry.

“Sister, at least have dinner first.”

“No. Let’s talk first.”

Sihyeon looked determined, as if she had made up her mind.

“First of all, since when did you become like that with your mom?”

“… It’s been a long time. I had that kind of relationship with Su-ah even before I started dating her.”

“…”

Sihyeon bit his lips tightly and clenched his fists.

“How can you do that… Si-eun, did you know that Sun-woo and your mother are in that kind of relationship?”

“Huh? Me? I. Knew.?”

“… Is this the only one who didn’t know?”

“No, more than that. I also did all sorts of things with my brother. Before my mom.”

“… What?”

“Sister, didn’t you notice it a little bit last time?”

“Last time? Ah. Yes. It was like that. I should have noticed it all then…”

Sihyeon laughed as if he had relaxed.

Si-eun immediately made a suggestion now that Si-hyeon knew all the facts.

“Now that she knows everything, I’ll tell her straight to the point.”

“Both my mom and I like her brother.”

“My mom and I already agreed that we would share her brother together.”

“So. You just have to agree, sister.”

Si-hyeon glared coldly at Si-eun.

“Sunwoo is not an object, but Gong Yoo is something.”

‘., Definitely, when you say sharing, I feel like I’m some kind of object.’

I unconsciously nodded at Sihyeon’s words.

“No matter what anyone says, Sunwoo is my boyfriend and mine.”

‘… Mine? Isn’t this almost like an object?’

While they were tilting their heads, Si-eun and Si-hyeon gradually raised their voices and began to fight.

Su-a’s older sister couldn’t do anything about her fighting sisters.

“Why are you sharing my boyfriend? No! I can’t tolerate that!”

“What are you going to do if you can’t tolerate it?!”

The difference in opinion between the two was not resolved, and in the end, the arrow headed towards me.

“Sunwoo, you decide. What to do.”

“Yes, brother, please tell me clearly. That way, my sister will come to her senses.”

First, Sihyeon made me a suggestion.

“I can’t trust Mom and Si-eun anymore. I’ve already looked into the house, and I’m going to leave this house. Seon-woo, you should go out with me.”

Then this time Si-eun spoke to me.

“What? No. Where are you taking her brother? You’re not planning on leaving me and Mom, are you?”

I couldn’t hastily choose between them.

I couldn’t imagine leaving home with Si-hyeon, leaving behind Su-a and Si-eun.

However, the thought of seeing Sihyeon sad made her unable to say no.

“I… Don’t think I can leave this house…”

“… Ha.”

Sihyeon took a short breath, stood up and left.

This time, I couldn’t catch Sihyeon or call her out.

After that, I couldn’t contact Sihyeon again.

I visited the workplace, but was told by an employee that Sihyeon was working from home.

I waited in front of the office after work hours, wondering if the employee might have given that answer to avoid me, but I couldn’t run into Sihyeon.

After Sihyeon left, the atmosphere in the house became gloomy.

Even though one person just disappeared, the empty space felt absurdly large.

When Su-ah looked at the seat at her table where Si-hyeon had been sitting, she looked like she was about to cry.

She couldn’t be contacted, and I couldn’t find out where she was.

She kept thinking about what to do, but she couldn’t come up with a solution.

Then, a few days later, I received a call from Sihyeon.

[Let’s talk just the two of us. Keep it a secret from her mom and Si-eun. Come out right now.]

At the end of the text Sihyeon sent, the meeting place was written.

The meeting place was a somewhat quiet park.

I quickly prepared to leave and went to the place written on the address.

Sihyeon was sitting at the pre-arranged location.

“Huh… Huh… Sister… You waited a long time…?”

I couldn’t breathe well because I was running so quickly.

“… No, I didn’t wait that long. Now, drink this at least.”

Sihyeon handed me one of the coffees he was holding in his hand.

I took the coffee and gulped it down.

After clearing her throat and taking a breath, I asked Sihyeon how she was doing.

“… Sister, how are you?”

“No.”

A cold answer came back from Sihyeon.

“I cried all day, so my eyes were swollen, my throat was hoarse, and I was out of my mind.”

“… For the first time in my life, I resented my mom and Si-eun, and I hated you too, Seon-woo.”

“… I’m sorry, sister…”

After listening to Si-hyeon’s words, I apologized for lying to Si-hyeon and for not being able to take Si-hyeon’s side at that time.

Sihyeon silently listened to my apology and began to tell her own story.

“I really wanted to cut off all relationships. I felt extremely betrayed and alienated by the fact that I was doing this without knowing myself…”

“…”

“I was going to cut off my family relationship and break up with you, Seonwoo.”

“Sister…”

“… But that didn’t work. My family, you, Si-eun, and Mom… Were so big to me that once I took them away… There was nothing left for me.”

Sihyeon was shedding tears before she knew it.

Sihyeon wiped away her tears and continued her words.

“Still, I can’t share you with Mom, Si-eun, and Seon-woo.”

“Then what are you going to do?”

“Seonwoo, let’s go out with me. … Instead, I won’t stop you from seeing your mom and Si-eun from time to time.”

Sihyeon made me another suggestion.

“Then are you going to live without seeing Su-ah and Si-eun?”

“Sunwoo, I will see you when you go out with me and become independent. When you feel more stable.”

She knows that Si-hyeon gave up a lot, but…

Still, she couldn’t break her promise to Si-eun.

“Sister, I want to get along with everyone. … I’ll be perfect at it, and I’ll do everything you ask me to do… So we… Huh…?”

As she was speaking, she suddenly felt dizzy.

“… Even after this, Sunwoo, you won’t be with me?”

“Ugh… No, that’s not it… I want to be with my sister too, but…”

Sihyeon hugged me with a kind smile and stroked her head.

“You seem very tired. It’s okay. Just sleep for a while and wake up.”

“Wait… Wait… Ugh…”

I tried my best to resist the approaching beasts, but my eyelids became increasingly heavy due to Sihyeon’s warm embrace.

“Sleep well, my lovely Sunwoo.”

With the kiss of the last vision, I lost consciousness.