All three of us went downstairs together. L.Joe had to help me down because my legs were too weak to support me. L.Joe helped me sit on the couch and he faced the strange man before me. Mr. Eun glared at L.Joe “Hi dad,”  said L.Joe. “Where the hell have you been L.Joe ?” shouted Mr. Eun. My family watched as they yelled at each other. L.Joe shrugged his shoulders. “Around.” It made Mr. Eun really mad but he didn't hit L.Joe. He continued yelling. L.Joe didn’t really listen and after a while he cut his dad off. “Look dad, shut up about it already. We’ll talk about it at home.” ‘Dang,’ I thought. ‘I could never talk to my parents like that.’ Mr. Eun shuts up. “Okay son, we’ll talk about it at home.” Then L.Joe gestured his hand at my entire family. “The Parks were nice enough to let me stay at their house. You owe them dad.” Mr. Eun nodded. “Fine. Joon and Young A, you two just got a raise.”  My stepmom got excited. “Thank you Mr. Eun!” “Come on L.Joe,” said Mr. Eun. “Let’s go home and have that talk.” L.Joe brushed his dad’s hand off his shoulder. “Later dad. I’ll be home in an hour.” His father glared at him. L.Joe glared back. “I said one hour.” Mr. Eun knew L.Joe was stubborn. So he agreed. “Fine then. One hour.” After Mr. Eun left, L.Joe talked to my parents. “Listen here,” he said as he sat down next to me. “I can get you hired and fired just like that.” And he snapped his fingers. “We know, we know,” said my stepmom sweetly, pouring Ji Won some tea. L.Joe didn’t drink it. “All I want is for you two to not touch L.Joe anymore. If I see another bruise on her, you know the consequences.” L.Joe held my hand the entire time he spoke with my parents. I felt a strange warmth going through me and I knew that right then and there, I was falling in love with Lee Byung hun a.k.a L.Joe .

My dad remained quiet while my stepmother said. “Of course L.Joe.” L.Joe rolled his eyes.“Okay, and I’ll make sure you keep your promise.” Then L.joe turned to face me. “Come on, let’s go.” “What?” I asked confused. “Go to my house with me.” “Go go!” said my stepmom pushing me towards L.Joe. “Have fun kids and stay out as long as you like.” I knew my stepmom was really ticked off but she was playing it off pretty well. L.Joe continued holding my hand and never once did he let it go. The walk to his house took us 15 minutes and I was enjoying every minute of it. When we reached his house, L.Joe let out a sigh. “Chorong,” he said softly. “Just stay quiet and let me do the talking okay?” I nodded my head and we entered his house. His house was huge! I felt as though I’m a peasant walking through a castle. He even had a few maids and butlers who attended us. L.Joe led me to his room. It was nice and clean but there were a lot of holes in the walls. I sat down on his bed as he went into the bathroom to take a quick shower. When he was done, he came out and sat next to me, holding my hand. I really am in love. “L.Joe, how come your walls have a lot of holes?” He shrugged his shoulders and I massaged it for him. As he relaxes, he answered me. “Oh, it’s because I fight with my parents a lot so I take it out on the walls.” Judging by the holes, I can tell that he was really angry everytime he made one. “Come on,” he said. He lifted me up on his back and gave me a piggyback ride downstairs. He smelled so good now that he’s clean and fresh. His dad was waiting for him in the den. I waited outside while L.Joe went inside to face his dad.

“L.joe, son... This is becoming very tiring. Every few weeks you would run away leaving me and your mother worried about you." L.Joe smirked.
“Sure you’re worried. That’s why you’re out with those and mom’s out with those morons. It’s because I’m your only son. You’re just scared that when grandpa passes away he won’t put our family on the will.” His father got angry.  “Well do you want it to end up on your uncle’s side?” L.Joe gave his dad a look that showed he didn’t care. His dad continued talking. “Since I managed to have a son and my brother have no kids, I have the advantage. Son, listen to me. You know you’re my heir. All my wealth will be pass down to you.” L.Joe looked at his dad in disgust. “All you care about is money! You don’t care about me!” he yelled as he stormed out of the den. L.Joe slammed the door open and grabbed my hand.“Come on, let’s go.” I was confused and didn’t know what had happened. L.Joe held my hand and took me to the beach near his house. On the sand there were 2 huge rocks. L.joe led me there. He lifted me up onto one of the rock and we sat side by side. We remained silent until L.Joe took a deep breath of the ocean air. “I love this place, don’t you?” he said to me smiling. I returned his smile and held onto his hand tighter.

“L.Joe ssi, what’s wrong?” L.Joe avoided my eyes. “Nothing.” I turned his chin to face me.  “Come on, you know you can tell me.” He nodded. “It’s my dad and this stupid feud he has with my uncle. They’re fighting over who will get the larger part in my grandpa’s will.” “Oh...” I said softly. “Isn’t it stupid?” he asked laughing. “My grandpa’s not even dead yet!” I understood what was bothering him. Hence, I didn’t say anything because I know he doesn’t want me to worry about it. He threw a stone into the ocean and it skipped three times. “Perfect,” he said. “Why is it perfect?” I asked. “Age ain’t nothing but a number right?” he asked me, changing the subject in the process. I thought about it for a while and nodded. “Since I’m older than you by two years, that makes me your oppa,” Ji Won said to me.“Yup,” I answered, smiling. L.Joe smiled back.  “I love you....” I felt my heart filled with a bubble of love but then L.Joe continued...

”As a dongsang.” My bubble bursted. This was not what I had expected him to say. I stared at L.Joe with wide eyes. I knew it was pretty straightforward of me but I had to ask. “Y…your….dongsang?” I managed to stutter out. L.Joe looked back at me with his puppyish eyes and smiled. He nodded his head gently. Have I been reading all his signs wrongly? “So what do you say?” he asked. “Want to be my dongsang?” Even though it was breaking my heart, I had no choice but to agree. I nodded. “Yes, I want to be your dongsang, oppa.” “Good,” he said. L.Joe nodded and reached into his pocket. He pulled out a small silver knife. I stared at him with wide eyes. “L.joe oppa, what are you going to do with that knife?” He asked, “Do you trust me Chorong-ssi?”
I nodded my head without hesitation. I trusted L.Joe with my whole heart. He smiled at me. “Good. Lower the back of your shirt.” L.joe pulled the back of my shirt down. Then he used that knife to cut me. “Ow!” I screamed in pain but he continued anyways. He carved a small ‘L’ onto my shoulder blade. My back was bleeding and he bandaged it for me. Then he handed the knife to me.“Here. Engrave your initial 'C’ too because I don’t want to use the same last name as your mom.” My hand trembled as I held the knife. I didn’t want to hurt L.Joe. “Go ahead. Don’t worry, I can stand the pain.” I engraved an ‘C’ onto L.Joe’s back. I was surprised because he didn’t let a tear drop or cry out in pain. I bandaged him and he acted as if nothing had happen. When it was over, he held me close. I held onto L.Joe tightly as if he was going to leave me. I know he only thinks of me as his little dongsang but it felt nice holding onto him like this.

As L.Joe held Chorong, his smiles turned into sadness instantly. He wanted to say ‘Chorong, I love you as a girlfriend’ so she would be his forever but he couldn’t.He wasn’t the type to admit his feelings.So he figured the scarring was not an engravement of his brotherly love to Chorong, but his promised symbol as a soulmate to her forever…

Omg~~ T^T I just cried at the last paragraph :( That really touch my heart -wiped my tears with tissue- So so sad.. Let's read the next moments  <3 <3