Ji-hun quickly wiped his tears again and spoke with his voice shaking and cracked, "No! My hyung is not stupid. It's me who always creates problems. I am sorry hyung, I won't do it again. I know I have always been a bad boy; but I promise I will be good from now on."
Hyeon hugged him tighter for a second, then pulled back and held Ji-hun by the shoulders. Making eye contact with him, he spoke "Who told you that you were a bad boy? You have always been a good boy, Ji-hun; and the people who made you think that you were not, are actually not worthy of having my precious brother in their lives. It was all because of some bad decisions and misunderstanding of the past, Ji-hun- just forget it. Always remember, everybody is different and as somebody can't treat everyone in their lives badly; then it is also a fact that they can't be good to everyone either. They were jealous of you because of how perfect and talented you are, that's it."
Ji-hun broke eye-contact and spoke softly, looking at his feet "But hyung, I know I am not perfect. And I...I have-"
"Stop right there, one more word and I will be really mad at you. When I am telling you that you are the most beautiful angel to ever come into my life, then you better believe that you are precious. You are really the prettiest star of my night sky; do you know what that means?"
He shook his head left to right, indicating that he didn't know the answer. Hyeon smiled, "It means that after meeting you, your Hyeon hyung found that he is not afraid of anything, till you are safe and sound and on his side; because you always light up the darkest periods of my life and make them less miserable. But you know that when you cry, all my fears start becoming real again; do you want to hurt me like this?"
"No!" He replied with determination.
Hyeon wanted to ask him about the girl, but he stopped himself just in time to realise that it was not an appropriate time for this question. 'So he had to find out by himself who the girl was, and when and how she had been able to meet him. He was not going to let history repeat itself, not this time. Because Ji-hun was not alone this time, he had all five of his brothers standing right behind him.'
"Now should we open the door before the two muscular babies kick it open? Otherwise, you will have to bear with the invasion of your privacy till we replace it!" Hyeon asked, looking at Ji-hun and chuckling.
"Oh, yes!" He nodded his head again.
Hyeon quickly stepped forward and unlocked the door, only to find two boys falling inside one after the other, as soon as he had opened it!
Everyone burst into laughter, except for Ji-hun who was now kneeling down and trying to lift the two of them up. Before Ji-hun could have helped them stand up, Chang Min laughed, saying "This is what you get for not obeying elders!"
Ho-jin stood up by himself after hearing this, filled with anger as he was not only hurt by the hard floor, but also by the heavy weight of Dae Jung falling on top of him. "You are not just an 'elder', you are older just like an old grandpa! Huh, I am mad at you." He stated his feelings, pouting and crossing his hands across his chest.
Kaoru held Ho-jin's hand to examine if he was okay or not, while Hyeon was examining Dae Jung and Chang Min was still laughing. After he had overseen that everyone was okay, he asked "Who wants some hot chocolate after this long drama?"
The Maknaes screamed happily "Me!", throwing their hands up in the air.
He smiled as he thought to himself 'These three kids were still five years old, according to their mental age- even though the physical age of the youngest was 23, and he was going to be 24 real soon.'
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Nitya spoke as soon as she heard that the call had connected, without even giving enough time for a greeting, to the person on the other end.
"Where were you? You know that I was scared, right? I missed you, I miss you so much-"
"Not more than me; so turn around," the person on the other side interrupted her.
She turned to see what he was talking about, her eyes trying to look for something when she didn't even know what she was supposed to be searching for. It was then that she saw a man in a brown coat, standing with his back towards her, but she could see that he was holding a bouquet of flowers. She looked at the flowers-blue orchids, and asked the person on the call "What do you want me to look for, after turning back?" Hearing this, the man slowly turned his face towards her.
She disconnected the call and ran towards the person with all of the energy left in her body, throwing herself in his arms and hugging him. She had forgotten that she was still in college, and her classmates had been standing just behind her, who were now staring at her after this flurry of activity.
The person hugged squeezed her small frame tighter for a while, as if he wanted to show all his affection and love through this hug; as if he wanted to compensate for all the distance and pain they were going through in order to save their relationship, with this hug. They broke apart from the hug when she heard another familiar voice "Noona, ('elder sister') turn please."
"Perfect! Just perfect, you guys are just perfect for candid photographs. I am telling you again, Noona, you should try modeling as well!" That was when she jumped and hugged the person with the camera, and heard herself say "It's so good to see you here, Ho-jin!" It was then that it clicked in her mind, "Wait a minute! What are you guys doing here, if the hyungs find out about this then we are so dead! I am so dead…"
The man ignored her concerns and pulled her once again in his embrace, caressing her face with his hand. "Will you ever listen to me? You are not wearing any warm clothes once again, you really are something! This is why I always support Surbhi when she tries to wrap you up like a caterpillar in a cocoon of warm clothes..."
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"Nikki, wake up baby. It's already 7:30, and Mehul Bhaiya has called you for the fifth time already! He will be here in 15 minutes and you are going to be extremely late. Wake up, quick-quick!"
Nitya woke up to find Surbhi sitting by her side, trying to wake her up, as she was already running late. 'But what was that, another dream! And how did he know her, how did she know the person with the camera?! What was the name of the person she had been hugging, and why did his hug feel so comforting and familiar? And wait, how did he know Surbhi?' There were too many questions for which she didn't even have a single clue. Her phone's vibration pulled her from her thoughts "Hello...who is this?"
"Hi love, how are you? I missed you so much, and I am still missing you. Anyway, sorry I am late but congratulations once again! And always remember, I love you and will love you forever!"
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