Chapter 1 “Abandoned”
FOURTEEN YEARS AGO
"Ding- Dong" The doorbell rang.
"Ugh…" I groaned as I struggled to open my eyes. I rubbed my eyes as I looked at the time... It was only 7AM.
"Who could it be so early in the morning?" I mumbled to myself as I got out of my bed and strode towards the door to look who it was...
I opened the door and heard a childlike voice… I looked over and saw it a young boy around six or seven years of age. His back was facing me as he was talking on the phone…
"How much time does she need to open the door? I've been waiting for the past fifteen minutes… Do you think you gave me the wrong address?"
I looked at him in confusion and was just about to speak when he turned around… The first thing I saw was his dark ocean eyes looking into mine… His hair was light… He had a straight nose… And his lips were beautifully sculpted... there was some baby fat on his face... overall he was good looking even when he was so young… He would make girls and even boys fall head over heels in love with him in the future…
I was still in my thoughts when he said "Little girl, are you Kim Da-Eun?"
'Little girl… who was calling a little girl from his three feet tall self?' I looked at him in confusion while thinking about what he just said…
"Ha! Little girl! It sounds amusing coming from you who looks like a seven-year-old… I am fourteen this year… So, the little one here seems to be clearly you…" I said as I chuckled in amusement…
He looked at me indifferently as if I was some weird looking creature who was talking to myself…
After a few seconds he nodded his head in satisfaction and said "It seems to me that I am at the right address…"
After saying that he picked his things and walked inside as if it was his own house… After walking inside and putting aside his luggage he turned around and looked at me…
"You can close the door now that I am already inside…" He said to me as he made his way to the couch and sat down…
I finally woke up from my shock… closed the door and walked towards him, still puzzled, I asked him "How can you walk inside someone else's house just like that? and you didn't even tell me yet who you are? where you came from? And why are you here?"
I stood in front of him while waiting for him to answer my questions… on the other hand he was looking at his phone quite intently, ignoring me as if he was not the one, I was talking to…
After waiting for him to speak for quite a few seconds I started to get irritated and said "Hey! I am talking to you… Did you not hear me? Or are you just ignoring me outright?"
He looked up from his phone and finally said "Can I have a glass of water? You don't even ask for water when someone just came to your house… Ha!"
'Why do I feel like he is mocking me for my lack of etiquettes… wait… he IS mocking me… how dare he? This three feet tall creature… huh… I'll make you regret this…' I scolded him in my head and strode towards the kitchen to get him a glass of water…
After all he was just a kid… How dangerous could he be?
If only I knew this before… I only found out later, how dangerous could he be?
But that is for the future…
"Here… Now tell me who are you and what business do you have with me?" I handed him the glass of water, sat down on the chair in front of him and asked again impatiently…
I looked at him as he emptied the glass of water then put the glass down on the table and looked at me expressionlessly… His gaze made me feel shivers run down my spine… I felt like he was scrutinizing me with his eyes…
'How can a small kid be so intimidating?' I felt like scolding myself for being intimidated by a small child… I was not going to back down as I stared back at him…
I started feeling my eyes almost tearing up when he finally broke the silence and spoke in his childlike but domineering voice "As you are so curious to know who I am and why I am here, I'll let you know now that I will be staying here from now on… You don't have to concern yourself with my business… you must take care of my daily necessities… Now that I have answered your questions, you can make me breakfast as I am hungry after speaking so much…"
I looked at him dumbfounded after hearing what he said… 'He is going to stay here from now on… I'll have to oversee him… preparing food for him… I only know how to make ramen, boil some eggs, and make some steamed rice… but wait, that's not the point here… who does he think he is to make me do all this for him?'
I quickly came to my senses and asked in an irritated voice "And who are you again, to make me do all that for you? You still haven't told me who you are and what right do you have to demand all this from me? You came here first thing in the morning and expect me to listen to all your shenanigans… get out of my house if you are not going to tell me just who the hell you are to stay here as you like?"
I got annoyed by his indifferent and domineering behaviour in just a small span of time… how does he expect me to tolerate him for God knows how much longer?
'Nobody's home today… grandpa went out of town to attend the funeral of his friend and there was no news of dad since the last time I talked to him half a month ago… who am I going to ask for help in this situation? What should I do?'
I was thinking about how I got stuck in this situation and how to get out of it, when I heard him say mischievously "You can call me brother… Brother Noah"
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