Chap 26

Spider Crack

Mir watched as Yoseob busying around the dorm with sleepy eyes. He had wanted to sleep longer but since he was literally curled around Dongwoon, he was woken up when his friend woke up.

          Apparently Dongwoon wanted to see Yoseob off to his solo schedule just like Doojoon.

          Mir sighed in delight. What a pleasant scenery to watch. He had always admired B2ST brotherhood and had always wished the same for himself. If only he had done things differently.

          Mir let his eyes trailed over the carpet on the floor. His hand reaching into the pocket of the tracksuit he borrowed from Junhyung, taking out his phone. Like an unstoppable ritual, he opened the website yet again, scrolling through the negativity about him and MBLAQ.

          It was like a drug. He was in a way addicted to it despite knowing how self-destructive he was being.

          He was too focused on reading, he didn't realized someone was already creeping from behind him, reading the same line he was quietly.

          Mir only realized the presence when a hand fall unto his shoulder heavily, causing him to screech in shock and snapped his phone shut.

          "Why are you reading things like that?" Junhyung questioned, his tone wasn't held back. Disbelief showed all over his features.

          "Nothing. I got into the website accidentally." Mir defended with, of course, a lie.

          Junhyung jumped across the sofa to flopped down next to Mir in one smooth move like a ninja. "Really?" He arched one brow at Mir.

          Mir was really uncomfortable when people start prodding this topic. He was kind of evasive if not defensive when it came to this. It was one of his bad features.

          "Don't look so down. I was just asking." Junhyung suddenly sounded so concern and only then Mir realized he was starting to look gloomy.

          "Sorry."

          "Hey. If something wrong, you can tell me. Don't just go brooding alone in a corner." Junhyung assured the younger, snaking his arm around Mir, pulling him closer as sign of comfort.

          Mir gave the older a half-hearted smile.

          "Come on. I know I'm not as close as Dongwoon with you but I'm a good listener."

          Mir shook his head. "Thanks, hyung. But I think I can handle this." Mir patted Junhyung's thigh and stood up to leave. He went to the bathroom for a shower and changed back into his clothes from last night which were already cleaned. By the time he finished, all B2ST members except Yoseob was lounging at the living room. "Guys. I'm going now. Thanks for letting me stay the night."

          "Need me to send you?" Doojoon offered, already stand up to get his keys.

          "No need, hyung. I already called a cab." Mir went to the front door. Before leaving, he turned to those five boys and said with a smile, "Wish me luck." He got an automatic responses in like 0.1 seconds.

          "GOOD LUCK!"

          "You can do it!"

          "It will definitely work out somehow. Fighting!"

          "Himnae! Aja! Aja!"

          "Yeah~ Go for it dude!"

          Mir laughed at all the cheers and waved goodbyes to these people and left.

          Once the front door closed, Gikwang turned to the other four. "Wish him luck for what?"

          All the other four just shrugged.

          "Whatever then." Gikwang shrugged his shoulder too, lying his head against Dongwoon to continue sleeping, barely hearing whisper from Dongwoon,

          "I pray for the best for you, chingu."

 

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Mir thought of heading straight to the practice room since around this time, the MBLAQ members would be there practicing but then he remembered that he had other things to settle as well. So, he headed towards his family apartment.

          Entering the house, a smile lighting up Mir's face when he saw Hajin in the middle of the living room, surrounded by his toys. He crept behind the little baby and hugged the little one fondly. "Hajin-ah." He laughed when the baby gleefully welcomed him in his own baby language.

          "Cheolyong. You're home early. Why not stay another night out?" Mrs. Bang peeked from behind the kitchen with a spatula in her hand.

          Mir lift up Hajin in his arms and grinned at his mother. "I'm sorry." He detected the sarcasm in Mrs. Bang voice after all.

          "It's fine. Seungho told me you are too tired to drive back so you slept at the dorm." Mrs. Bang went back into the kitchen, only loudly giving back Mir a reply. "Next time, tell me that on your own."

          Mir smiled at Seungho's name. He guessed the leader got the excuse sort out for him. "Hajin-ah. Why are you playing alone? Where's your mom and aunt?"

          The baby babbled loudly.

          "Hyojin and Hyosun went shopping." Mrs. Bang translated for the baby.

          Mir chuckled. "I'll be in my room."

          "Wait. Have you had your breakfast yet?"

          "Yea. The hyungs cooked for me." He was not lying since he didn't specified whether it was MBLAQ hyungs or B2ST hyung.

          "Take Hajin with you."

          "Duh. He's on my head already." Mir complained while laughing when Hajin started climbing up his shoulder and pulling on his brown hair.

          "Good for you." Mrs. Bang's laugh resonated from the kitchen.

          Mir went into his room, putting Hajin on his bed and started playing with the kid after pouring a bucket of building blocks and started to combine their childish imagination to create a robot. Or at least something that looks like it.

          Half an hour after, Hajin started whining, most probably hungry and Mrs. Bang came into the room and took Hajin away. Mir continued to play with the blocks, building some random indescribable... Thing..

          "That looks like the octopus monster in the comic book you forced me to read before."

          Mir looked up and saw Hyosun and Eunah leaning on each side of the doorframe.

          "Hyojin told me, something happened." Hyosun raised her eyebrow to the maknae son of their family, strutting into the room and sat on the bed, facing Mir. "Just not specifying what."

          "I... I kind of acted rude to the MBLAQ hyungs."

          Hyosun turned to Eunah who was standing by the foot of the bed. Eunah nodded once. "I see..." Hyosun breathed out. "Then? What about you two? Something went wrong as well I assumed?"

          "I..." Eunah started but let her gaze turned to the wall instead, unable to say anything.

          "I think I let Hyojin noona down." Mir spoke firmly.

          Eunah snapped her eyes to her one and only brother in surprise. "N-No. You didn't. It was me- Oh god- It was- Oh I'm so sorry baby." Eunah jumped on Mir, settling on Mir's laps as usual and cupped on Mir's cheek before leaving multiple butterfly kisses on the side of cheek she had slapped yesterday.

          Mir giggled. "Okay! Okay! Stop smothering me with your kimchi breath."

          Eunah pulled away, scrunching up her face cutely before blowing with all her might right into Mir's face.

          "YAH!" Mir coughed. "Stop it."

          "Serve you right." Eunah hissed but then followed by a set of laughter.

          Hyosun rolled her eyes at both of her dongsaeng. "I take it, everything is solved?"

          Mir and Eunah's eyes met and they both smile.

          "Yep." Eunah answered for both of them.

          Hyosun patted both of her dongsaengs' head. "Good. Now I'm going to take a look on Hajin."

          Once Hyosun left the room, Mir spoke, "Noona, thank you."

          "For what?"

          Mir shrugged and smiled some more. "For being there I guess."

          "Aigoo baby. I will always be wherever you want me to be." Eunah cooed. "Tell me everything, Cheolyong. I am in the same boat as you and I am your sister. I want you to rely on me. Don't keep it all to yourself. It will be self-destructive."

          Mir laughed bitterly. "Well, I learn that in a hard way."

          Eunah bumped her forehead softly against her brother. "So... What now?"

          "Well, I have to go and mend what I have almost destroy."

          "Need me to go along?"

          "This one." Mir smirked. "This one, I need to do it myself."

          "Just tell me if you need me."

          "I will."

          "Then go."

          Mir laughed. "Thanks again noona. But you need to get off of me first before I can move."

          Eunah blushed, jutting out her tongue at Mir before removing herself from Mir's laps. Both the siblings walked out of the room and Eunah sent Mir to the front door with 2 words Mir grateful to hear. "Good luck."

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Kisaki_98
#1
Really love your stories. I'm crying when read it TT
Tomikochan #2
Chapter 28: This was a really nice Story! I enjoyed reading it :D Glad Mir and the others were able to finally bond:)