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♤ Chapter 2 ♤

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♧ Ji-Rae's P.O.V.

I scurried down the stairs and went to the bathroom to wash my face. I went out of the bathroom and entered the kitchen where the dining table was. I saw Baekjun, Man Weol, Joonsung, Leeseong and Seongjun waiting for me at the table. I smiled.

"Good Morning" I greeted them and sat down to join them, Leeseong to my right and Seongjun to my left.

Baekjun gave me a small smile, Joonsung waved at me, Leeseong ruffled my hair while he was focused on his food, Seongjun gave me a small hi and Man Weol smiled at me and said, "Took you long enough"

"Sorry, I was thinking about something and spaced out a little" I replied before eating the breakfast big brother Baekhyun and Joonsung prepared for us.

We were all still kids, our ages being 6-10 years old.

Seongjun and I being 6, but Seongjun says he's older than me by 3 months. Leeseong being 7. Both Joonsung and Man Weol are 8 but Man Weol said he is older than Joonsung by 3 weeks, but I just think they're the same. Then big brother Baekjun is 10, making him the oldest.

We all live in the house alone until mom and dad come back home. We're still really young but we managed to do the house stuff by ourselves.

I'm still learning but my brothers do most of the work, especially big brother Joonsung because he really likes doing house stuff. I always see him around the house doing stuff with a small smile on his face.

We still go to school even though we're by ourselves. We all go to the same school too and we walk there together. Seongjun, Leeseong and I share the same grade, grade 4. But Leeseong has a different classroom than us because he is one of the honor students that have the advanced classes.

Man Weol and Joonsung share the same grade too, that being grade 5. And Baekjun is a grade 6 student, so he doesn't share the same grade with any of us.

I finished my plate and drank the water Baekjun gave me and thanked them for the meal. I got down from the chair and went to the living room to sit on the couch. I turned the TV on and switched the channels to find something good to watch.

I finally found a channel and I set the remote down beside me. I was watching the show in peace when it suddenly changed to a different channel. I looked beside me to see big brother Leeseong holding the remote.

I stared at him until he glanced at me and focused back to the TV. He set the remote down beside him and continued watching. I looked to the remote, then back at him.

After a few minutes I reached to get the remote and hopefully change it back to the channel I was previously watching. I was about to get hold of the remote when his hand swooped down with speed and took it from his side.

He held the remote above his head so I couldn't reach it. I groaned.

"Big brotherrrrr... I was watching my favorite cartooonnnn.." I pouted at him, "Change the channel back.. please?~" I gave him my puppy eyes so he could change the channel back and let me watch my show.

He just chuckled softly and ruffled my hair before going back to watching the TV. "Sorry little sis" He pinched my nose.

I huffed and crossed my arms. Seongjun came into the room with his phone and looked at me and Leeseong. He noticed my pouting face and smirked. He sat on the couch beside Leeseong.

"Hey, Leeseong shouldn't you be letting Ji-Rae have the remote? She hasn't watched TV since last week because she was busy studying for an english essay her teacher gave them" He mused.

I didn't know how to react. Seongjun was on my side but he made fun of my english skills. I was really bad at english and he knew that. I just stared into space, trying to figure out how to react to that. I heard him hold back his laughter because he almost burst out laughing at how I looked, staring into nothing. Soon, Leeseong laughed and Seongjun joined him.

I snapped out of my thoughts and frowned at them."Hey! You two are so mean.. You'll see, when I grow up I'll be speaking english all the time and I'll speak english until both of your brains explode" I huffed.

"Yo- You sure?" Seongjun asked shortly before laughing again.

"Brother! We're in Finland and not in the U.S. anyway so why is it so important to make fun of my english!" I slapped the couch in frustration. All I received was more laughter from them. I whined, "Stop laughing!.."

I think Joonsung heard my distress, because he called out from the kitchen, "Leeseong, Seongjun, stop laughing at Ji-Rae and help me. Leeseong, clean the counters. Seongjun, help me clean the dishes." Big brother Joonsung peeked his head in the living room with a smile, like always.

He looked at me and gave me a thumbs up. I giggled. I'll remember to thank him later.

Leeseong and Seongjun got up and went to the kitchen. Seongjun groaned while Leeseong put down the remote and obediently went to help Joonsung. I did a small victory dance before taking the remote and switching it back to the channel I was previously watching. I smiled when I saw the cartoon, but my smile disappeared when I heard the closing theme song.

I sighed and turned off the TV. The show was over.

"Hey, why the long face?" Big brother Man Weol came in with a grin and sat down beside me, pinching my cheek. I pulled his hand away.

"The cartoon I was watching is over... The episode today was really good too.."

"Oh.. Well you can watch it again tomorrow when you wake up"

"It only airs Monday to Saturday. Tomorrow is Sunday, and I can't watch on monday because I have school" I frowned.

"Ah, sorry Ji-Rae" he smiled apologetically.

"It's okay..." I sighed.

I glanced at the window and saw how beautiful the day was outside. I then remembered.

The meadow! Koma was waiting for me and I still wasn't there!

I quickly turned to Man Weol who was staring into nothing. I stared at him.

"Uh, big brother?" I spoke to snap him out of his state.

"Ah! Oh, yes?" He stopped staring into nothing and turned to me.

"CanIgotothemeadow?" I asked quickly.

"Woah, speak slowly"

"Can I go to the meadow?"

"Again?"

"Yes! Please?"

"You sure do love the nature don't you? Okay sure. Just come home before lunch okay? Here take my phone. Give us a call when something happens. BE CAREFUL okay?" He said and gave me his phone.

"I will! Thank you!" I gave him a kiss on the cheek before getting off the couch and putting my shoes on.

"I'm going out!" I exclaimed to my big brothers, holding the door knob.

Joonsung peeked his head out from the kitchen and smiled, "Okay kultaseni! Take care, be careful okay?"

"Okay" I pulled the front door open before going out.