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♤Chapter 17♤

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Ji-Rae peeked into her brothers' room and saw them almost done with packing.

"Brother?" she called.

"Yes?" All five of them replied in unison. She breathed out a laugh.

"I meant Joonsung" she said and the other four went back to their work. Joonsung raised his eyebrows, mentally asking what Ji-Rae had called him for.

Ji-Rae beckoned him to follow her, as if they were already talking to eachother telepathically. Joonsung nodded with a smile and went out of the room to follow her.

"What did you need me for kultaseni?" Joonsung asked, tilting his head.

"I kind of need some help with packing. Is it alright?" Ji-Rae faced him, continuing to walk to her room.

"Of course! I'm almost done with packing anyway so it's fine" Joonsung chirped and walked faster, coming past Ji-Rae and into her room. Ji-Rae followed suite and looked into her room to see Joonsung having already started with her boxes, taking out things and organizing some in a pile.

"Put the things you don't use inside the box, and the things you still use somewhere in a pile. I'll look for a bag we can put those in. In the meantime, I'll start packing your clothes. Tell me when you're done okay?" Joonsung explained to Ji-Rae who nodded her head.

They then started their work, Joonsung heading to Ji-Rae's closet and taking out her luggage while Ji-Rae proceeded to sort out her things.

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Several minutes had passed by and they were already finished packing. Ji-Rae was surprised by how fast Joonsung got the packing done. She looked around her room to find it almost empty.

Her closet was open, but it had no clothes in it. Beside her closet was her bag. A few small boxes were kept beside her door, which contained some of her necessities. Her bed was left with only one pillow, unlike last time, there were five pillows on her bed. Her bedside table was empty, no books or anything to be found atop it.

Her walls looked dull now that they took off the stuff that was hung on them. Now that she stared at her room she noticed it looked almost lifeless. She sighed and looked at her bed. She spotted the tiny box the camera was in and went to grab it, passing by a busy Joonsung who was organizing the boxes.

She opened the box and took out the camera, turning it on. She started filming herself, sitting on her bed.

"Hey, it's still me, Ji-Rae. But I'm much older than you think now. I'm going into my first year of college now and we're flying to Korea tomorrow. We just finished packing and I'm surprised how fast we got to finish things.

'We' as in Big brother Joonsung and I. I got a bit carried away with looking at the stuff that was in my camera so I lost track of time and asked my 'oh so kind, hardworking and handsome' brother for help" Ji-Rae smirked, turning the camera to Joonsung who heard what she said. He looked up from the boxes.

"Oh stop that kultaseni" He held back a small laugh. "Who are you talking to?"

"Oh I'm just rambling to a camera is all"

"Oh, I see. Come downstairs whenever you're set. I'll whip up something real quick before dinner, the others might want to eat" Joonsung said before leaving the room and going downstairs.

"Joonsung, I'm hungry"

"You're always hungry Man Weol. Don't worry, I'll make something light for us to snack on real quick before dinner" Joonsung and Man Weol could be heard talking outside Ji-Rae's room.

"So uh.. the flight to Korea is tomorrow. If you ask what I'm feeling, I'm just stuck between the lines of excited and glum. Reasons are, we'll be going to Korea after years but we'll be leaving our house behind.

I don't know what'll happen to this house once we get to Korea, but I know that we'll be taking long. I applied us to a college in Korea and we all planned to finish college there. So that means we'll be spending several years in Korea.

I wonder what mom and dad will think when they come back home to an empty house…

Now that I think about it.. I wonder why my brothers have no problem of leaving. Don't they think what mom and dad could react when they see their daughter and sons not in the house and on the other side of the world?

Speaking of mom and dad.. they still haven't come back. Now I'm actually starting to think that they abandoned us. But.. who knows. Maybe they're just really busy wherever they are and are gonna come back soon. If they ever come back to Finland and we aren't here, my brothers will most likely get a message or a call from either mom or dad.

On that note, about uh.. my friend Koma. Goodness, I'm so used to calling him that now, I can't even remember his actual real name now.

Anyway, about him, he hasn't come back either. I wonder how he's doing. I still have the stuff he gave me. I'm holding the camera right now and the other stuff is in the box on my bed. The pictures and the locket are still there and they seem to still be fine.

I tried wearing the locket but I nearly choked myself. Whoops.

All that aside, I guess I've already rambled on long enough. Why not I give a small house tour? Though you'll only see dullness and stuff, I'm doing it anyway." Ji-Rae stood up and faced the camera to parts of her room, saying some things about how it looked like before and the memories she had.

She then went to her brothers' room where Man Weol was laying on his bed, staring off into space. Seongjun was sat on his own bed, his back leaning on the headboard while he used his phone. Leeseong, Joonsung and Baekjun were nowhere to be found in the room.

Ji-Rae zoomed in on Man Weol's zoned out face, then to Seongjun who looked serious as he glared at his phone. Ji-Rae snickered and that caught the boy's attention. He looked up from his phone, his eyes meeting the camera lens.

"You look so mad at your phone Seongjun. It's as if you're about to throw it out the window"

"I was about to, but you're snickering disturbed the moment" He joked, rolling his eyes.

"What happened anyway?"

"I died in the game, yet again. The character I picked out is complete trash"

"You're just a noob"

"I'd like to see you try" he smirked.

"Watch me get addicted to the game, beat you everytime and take your phone everyday without you noticing"

"Ji-Rae? Did Joonsung tell you to call us?" Man Weol asked, just noticing Ji-Rae in the room after a while of spacing out.

"No"

"Aw, call me when he's done"

"No"

"Why not?" He pouted.

"Go find out yourself, brother" Ji-Rae stuck her tongue out at her brother who sighed.

"Fine"

"You're such a baby. Anyway, I'm going downstairs now. Seongjun, you coming with me?"

"Yeah, sure" Seongjun shrugged and stood up from the bed and went with Ji-Rae downstairs.

"Oh, hey! Just in time, I just finished making these. Eat up" Joonsung saw the two coming downstairs. He set down the tray of snacks on the coffee table and sat down on the sofa, waiting for the two to join him.

"Where are Leeseong and Baekjun?" Seongjun asked.

"They went out to talk to a friend" Joonsung answered.

"Oh"

"Now, eat. Before it gets cold"

"Brother, teach me your ways. These are way too good to even exist" Ji-Rae said as she took a bite.

"I'll teach you when the time comes, rakas" Joonsung laughed.