Chapter 48 – 16. Who Are You (4)
48.
– Ding-dong. Ding-dong.
I sat quietly on the sofa at the sound of the doorbell ringing, and I slowly got up from my seat.
At the end of walking while preparing my mind, I reach the front door.
-Tiriling. Chi…
I release the door lock and the door that was slowly opening opens wide due to the pulling force from the other side, and someone rushes into my arms.
“Haha······!”
When I lower my head, I see Ha-eun sniffing me while rubbing her face on my chest.
Ha-eun is a bit different from the image I saw at first.
“Ha Eun-ah. Wait for a sec. I know it’s nice to see you after a long time. Shall we go inside?”
She momentarily takes her Ha-eun out of her arms and speaks to her in the gentlest way she can.
Only then did Ha-eun shed tears of joy at her, nodded her head and took off her shoes.
So, they brought Ha-eun into her house and sat down at her table facing each other.
“How have you been…?”
“·········.”
At my words, Ha-eun taps her smartphone and she hands it to me.
-Thinking of you! Daily! Not a single day is missing! Go to sister’s SNS too!
Since I was a child with many scars, I thought it would be just a fleeting obsession.
However, Ha-eun still couldn’t forget me and even threatened Ha-jun.
-But.. But.. My sister told me not to contact her anymore.. So I put up with it.. Continued..
Looking at Ha-eun without saying anything, she continues to type something on her smartphone.
“Is that so…? I’m sorry sister…”
When I said I was sorry, Ha-eun opened her eyes wide and vigorously shook her head.
-No! Why is my sister apologizing! I was wrong! But, as my sister said, I also try to do internet broadcasting! Try on makeup! It was okay to stay that way! Really!
I see.
You’ve worked hard until now, remembering every single word I said a year ago.
My heart hurts.
Somehow, this kind child… A child with a lot of scars…
“Is it? Have you tried broadcasting? How was it?”
A smile blooms on that expressionless face, as if the fact that he was talking to me made him feel better.
-It was okay because I couldn’t see my face! People think it’s a concept and say it’s cute! I’m making a lot of money now! Thanks to my sister!
From the first time I met Ha-eun in the past, she didn’t say anything to her.
She is not suffering from aphasia or something.
No, a disease is a disease.
Sickness of the mind.
Since she was a child, she has been bullied a lot for her voice, she says.
She remembers Ha-eun’s voice that she had heard once.
She’s not a particularly grotesque voice.
No, it’s rather incredibly cute.
Her appearance is also cute, and the moment Ha-eun, who has a dwarf body, speaks her words, it feels like her animation character jumps out.
Had Ha-eun been born in Japan, she would have become famous as a voice actress.
However, Ha-eun’s school days were very different from her brilliant life.
Ha-eun’s past was a common bullying that can be seen around her or on the Internet.
Because Ha-eun, who has a cute appearance and small physique, even has a cute voice, other girls were jealous of Ha-eun.
Deliberately flirting with boys. Pretend to be cute no luck etc.
If others heard of her, she was just a scene from commonplace bullying, but it was a huge trauma to her.
Ha-eun forgot how to speak in front of others. She lived her life with her heart closed.
However, human beings are difficult to live alone.
Ha-eun, who was hungry for her attention, gradually fell into the bad way of social media.
She eventually met me.
I comforted Ha-eun’s heart.
In the end like this…
-Now I can buy you something delicious! I’m doing really well now!
The more I see her smiling and happy smile, the more her heart hurts.
Because of me···. Because I didn’t tie it more firmly…
“Ha Eun-ah.”
“…?”
Even the way she tilts her head at the sound of my calling is cute.
But you have to harden her heart.
“I heard you met the owner yesterday… Mr. Ha Jun.”
“·········.”
When the story of yesterday came out of my mouth, her expression, which had been enveloped in happiness for a moment, hardened.
“Why did you do that?”
As she continued to speak as if pressurizing her, Ha-eun tapped her smartphone with her trembling hand.
-That man… Won’t appear in front of you anymore.. I… I took care of it… That man threatened you with something like your sister’s weakness, right..? I… I’ve solved everything, so you can rest assured now!
Ha-eun’s words hurt me even more.
She desperately believes she is, but I have to tell her her cruel truth with her own mouth.
“······No. You are my favorite person. What you know is not true.”
“·········.”
Her phone, which Ha-eun was holding in her trembling hand, falls to her floor.
It will be very difficult for her to accept the reality right now, but if she is a kind and pure Ha-eun, she will be able to overcome it.
“·········Hey······.”
Ha-eun’s trembling hand crossed her hand and reached her arm.
“I mean…”
Ha-eun, who had crossed her arms and now shook her whole body, was soon.
“·········It’s a lie!”
She jumps up from her seat, slams the table, and screams at her whale.
In contrast to her cute voice, a trembling sound of excitement and anger comes through.
“Ha Eun-ah…”
“It is a lie! Lie! Why! What!”
She shudders and slams her table, unable to control herself.
“Ha Eun-ah…”
“Sister why! My sister is mine! My sister is… My only sister, so why not!”
Seeing Ha-eun dripping down her tears, her heart hurts as if it would break.
What had been a moment of comfort to Ha-eun, who had nowhere to turn to, had grown to this point.
Then I will cut it off even more harshly. I’ll tell you more clearly then.
“That bastard… That bastard is holding on to… That bastard… Her sister…!”
Ha-eun, who was talking to herself without answering my call, as if she couldn’t hear me, raised her head and staggered away.
“That bastard… Her next door neighbor… I’m going to kill it… I’m going to kill it…!”
Among the words that came out of Ha-eun’s mouth as she was muttering, she heard the sound of a house next door to her.
“Jeong Ha-eun.”
When I called out to Ha-eun in a low voice, she stopped her steps for a moment.
“Come on.”
I, who was sitting by her, hardened her expression and beckoned her to her.
As much as possible in words, she tried to unravel with her and her conversations.
I had a lot of heartache. She’s been a bit off track so far, but if she’s a kind and pure Ha-eun, she knows that words can solve the problem.
But… Her condition is a little more serious than I thought.
Ha-eun, who would have rushed to the sound of my call and rubbed her own face against mine, stopped at my call and only turned her head, her body facing her front door.
“I told you to come here.”
She continues beckoning. Like calling a puppy.
However, Ha-eun immediately turns her head to my call and walks one step at a time.
“If you don’t come now. Never see you again.”
Ha-eun’s body jerks as she utters her menacing words.
These words may irritate her more, but for now, Ha-eun needs to calm down first.
She must have been very excited, and her breathing was rough.
“Ha Eun-ah. Come on.”
He calls out to Ha-eun, who has stopped, in a warm voice and opens her arms wide.
As if bewitched by my actions, Ha-eun turns her body around and slowly walks towards me.
And then she falls into my arms and sheds her tears.
“Sister···! Sister…!”
I patted her on the back and hugged her tightly.
If left as it is, Ha-eun might explode at any moment.
She’s calming down in my arms for a while now, but she doesn’t know when she’ll suddenly change and run at Ha Jun.
“Ha Eun-ah.”
“Sister… Older sister…!”
As I was sweeping Ha-eun’s back, I looked at her face with a slight drop of her.
I can still see Ha-eun crying and calling me.
“Is it because our Ha-eun hasn’t seen her sister in a while…”
Looking at Ha-eun like that, I play myself in the past.
“How many times have I called…?”
– Kwak.
Grabbing Ha-eun’s head, I pull her away from me and push away Ha-eun, who is trying to be hugged by her.
“·········.”
Ha-eun looks up at me, confused by the sudden change.
“I don’t answer.”
The expression on my face gradually disappears due to Ha-eun, who still has a puzzled expression and no answer.
“······Sin, sorry eon··· Eup!”
I inserted my finger into Ha-eun’s mouth as she opened her mouth to answer hastily.
When something of hers suddenly enters her own mouth, she grabs Ha-eun’s head, who was about to turn her head in surprise, and lifts the corner of her mouth to look at her.
“Suck.”
I go back to my past for a while.
