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♤Chapter 7♤

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I finally reached my home and opened the front door to see big brother Joonsung pacing back and forth in the living room. Leeseong was silently reading a book and Seongjun was on his phone again, listening to his music while he had his headphones on. Man Weol and Baekjun weren't woth them.

"I'm back brother!"

"Finally, I was waiting for when you would come home"

"He's been pacing back and forth like some weirdo for 10 minutes until you came. He wouldn't stop looking at the clock for multiple times before going back to pacing" Seongjun muttered from thencouch, taking his headphones off and putting them back on again.

"He worries too much" Leeseong sighed.

"Is it wrong to worry about my only little sister?" Joonsung retorted.

"At least I came back early!" I smiled.

"Luckily, yes" Seongjun mumbled again who earned a 'shush' from Leeseong.

♧The Next Day♧

I woke up at 5 AM, which was 1 hour before my alarm. I immediately went out of bed and rushed to the other room beside mine and slammed the door open so I could wake my big brothers up. I stood on my toes to open the lights and ran to Seongjun's bed and jumped on it. I have my own room while my brothers shared one room. Their room was a lot bigger than mine because all five of them had separate beds and some other stuff.

"Ji-Rae, not there!" Seongjun groaned and pushed my leg away making me lose balance and fall on him. He moaned in pain and I hurriedly stood up and pulled his blanket off while continuing to wake them up.

"WAKEY WAKEYYY" I yelled out. I heard my other four brothers groan before mumbling some incoherent words.

"Ji-Rae, it's so early" Man Weol sighed, rubbing his sleepy eyes and sitting up while then others did the same.

"Too early" Baekjun spoke in his low and raspy voice, his hair being messy and tousled, most of it covering his eyes.

"We still have an hour" Leeseong mumbled drowsily.

"I don't even get up at this hour" Joonsung whined.

"Well too bad, because we're getting up right now" I replied, pulling Seongjun out of bed first before doing the others too until they stood up. I took Seongjun's hand and dragged him downstairs while the others followed, dragging their feet along.

"Seriously, this kid..." Seongjun muttered.

"What's so important today that you want to suddenly get up WAY before your alarm?" Man Weol questioned.

"I'll tell you later. Right now, we need to get ready" I answered, heading to the kitchen and sitting down on the dining table.

"Alright kultaseni. But we'll only do this for a day alright? We're still really sleepy" Joonsung yawned, getting ready to prepare breakfast while the others sat down with me.

"I barely had any sleep.. I studied all night for a test we're taking today" Leeseong mumbled, his head in his arms as he rested them on the table while the others hummed in agreement. I saw that Seongjun was holding his chin up with his hand that was propped up on the table and Man Weol was leaning on Baekjun's shoulder, and Baekjun's head was hung low.

I suddenly felt bad for waking them up so early. They barely had any sleep because some of them were studying for a test today and some were doing their own thing. I lowered my head in shame and I mentally made a note to never wake them up too early again.

Suddenly I heard a plate was placed in front of me and someone called my name. I looked up and came face to face with a concerned Joonsung and Baekjun's stoic yet sleepy face.

"Kultaseni, we've been calling your attention for a while now. Are you alright?" Joonsung said, his eyes holding concern while bags were evident underneath them.

"Why are you frowning?" Baekjun asked quietly.

"I just feel bad that I woke you up so early... You were tired and barely got any sleep yet I didn't think of how tired you would be and forced you all to wake up" I looked back down on my lap. I felt Baekjun's hand pat my head.

"Don't feel bad" he spoke, his face not showing any emotion. But a small, gentle smile could be noticed on his lips.

"You didn't mean to, so it's okay. Now cheer up and eat your breakfast before it gets cold. You wanted to go to school early didn't you?" Joonsung smiled, making me mirror his expression before starting to eat.

We all finished a few minutes later and I helped Seongjun take all the plates to the sink where Joonsung was washing everything while Leeseong prepared our lunches that we were bringing to school. Baekjun was tidying the beds in our rooms and Man Weol took a bath first. We all take turns in taking a bath because we only had one bathroom in the house and we couldn't all fit in there at once.

It was 6:30 when we were all finished and ready to walk to school together. Usually we don't take an hour and a half to get ready, but big brother Man Weol made an accident so we took longer than expected.

We put on our shoes and left the house, walking to school together. We reached school and went inside together before going to our own classrooms.

•Recess/Break Time•

[Note; I don't know how school is like or what it's like in Finland, so I apologize beforehand if I'm inconsistent in this chapter and it is completely wrong. Thank you for understanding!]

It was time for lunch. I haven't seen Koma today at all. It's really weird because I had two classes with him this morning butnI didn't see him at all. I was wandering the hallways, asking some students iv they've seen him.

Sadly, none of them has. I sighed in defeat and continued my way down the hall with my head hung low.

"Ji-Rae!" I heard the voice of a boy yell out to me from behind. I whirled around with a smile on my face. But it faltered when I saw who it was.

"Oh. Hi big brother" I waved limply to Seongjun.

"Jeez what were you doing? I've been trying to catch up to you but you kept turning and stuff. I feel dizzy from following you left and right" he rolled his eyes.

"Sorry brother, I was looking for a friend" I sighed again. Seongjun's brows furrowed.

"Don't be so down. I'm sure your friend is right around somewhere" He comforted me and took my hand, pulling me towards the cafeteria. "Come, let's eat. It's been awhile since we last sat together in lunch. Baekjun told me they weren't sitting with anyone today, same goes with the others"

"Okay"

•Cafeteria•

"It was great you woke us up early rakas. I got to class early and got to study some topics I left out last night" Leeseong said, looking up from his lunch to give me a small smile.

"Yeah, it was. I got to spend more time to walk around school too" Joonsung hummed.

"Something wrong Jun?" Man Weol asked suddenly. We turned to brother Baekjun and saw he looked upset. Baekjun huffed.

"Did something happen?" Joonsung asked.

"When I got to class early, a lot of girls came to my classroom with their confessions and wouldn't stop bugging me." He muttered. We burst in laughter after hearing his reply. Just then a girl that looked younger than him came to our table holding a letter. Baekjun turned to her and made a face that intimidated almost everyone.

"En pidä sinusta. Häivy" He boldly stated and stared into the girl's very soul. She hurriedly scurried away, dropping her letter. He grumbled quietly to himself and continued eating his lunch.

•After School•

I happily skipped down the road with my brothers following me from behind. I was so excited to open the box Koma gave me yesterday.

"What's she so excited about?" I heard big brother Seongjun mutter to the others.

"I don't know. Maybe that's why she woke up so early?" I heard Man Weol reply quietly.

"Who knows. Either way, just let her be." I heard Leeseong say.

We finally arrived home and I quickly went in after Baekjun unlocked the door. I ran up to my room and put my bag down, changing into more comfortable clothes. I took the box from my bedside table and sat down on my bed.

I opened the box and gasped.