Summary: When Yi Jeong's father abandoned his family and left a pile of debts. Yi Jeong's mother SeoHyun returned back to Korea to have a fresh start. After eight years of peaceful life her brother-in-law found them and begged them to return to Seoul with him. After persuading SeoHyun to accept a teaching position at ShinWa High School. Yi Jeong and his family are force back to Seoul. There Yi Jeong discovers what family he really belongs to. What secrets did his own mother hide from him?

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Hello I'm back with a new story. This story is focus on Yi Jeong and it's an alternate universe about his life. There will be new characters and there will be the same character from the show. I won't spoil anything so please read and review.

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Wasteful Tears

Chapter 1

He watched in silent as his mother broke down and collapsed to the ground, letting the piece of paper from her hand fall out. She began to burst into tears. Yi Jeong's hands were crumbled together forming a fist but as he watched his mother falling apart. He released his fingers and walked over toward her.

"Omma…" He said barely a whisper.

His mother looked up to her son, who was only ten years old. She touched his face with her cold hands. She wiped her tears away and sighed.

"Aigoo, what's with your face?" She said in a low voice as she lightly tapped his cheeks.

"Omma, what are we going to do? He left us with nothing."

"Yi Jeong don't worry, Omma knows what she has to do to keep her family safe. Get your sister and pack. We are leaving in ten."

Yi Jeong looked at his mother, wondering if she had any plans. "Where are we going?"

"We are going back home."She replied, getting up from her knees and walked toward her bedroom.

Yi Jeong was aching to see his mother like this. She was a strong person. She has never let anything back her down. He feared that this incident with his father will cause her to become a fragile person.

He picked up the piece of paper that his mother dropped. He looked down and read the letter that his father left his mother. A second later, Yi Jeong crumbled the paper and threw it in the trash can.

He walked to where his sister was at. She was sound asleep. He touched his sister's forehead and whispered. "Yah, In-Young…." He nudged her shoulder. In-young opened her eyes slowly and saw Yi Jeong in front of her.

"Oppa…" She muttered as she got up from her bed.

"In-Young, I want you to pack all your clothes into this bag." He handed her Hello Kitty tote bag.

"Oppa, are we going somewhere?" She asked confused.

Yi Jeong looked at her as if she was very delicate. "….just packs as much as you can, okay." He hugged her tightly and left the room.

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"Omma…" Yi Jeong called out to his mother as she quickly packed all her clothes into a big suitcase. "I woke In-Young and…"

She looked up at him. "Do you know where I stash all the leftover money from the school?" Yi Jeong nodded. "Go to the cabinet and put all the money into this envelope." She gave him the envelope and continued to pack.

Yi Jeong opened the cabinet doors and reached for an old cereal box. It had Elmo on the cover. Yi Jeong tore the box and pile of money fell into his lap. He counted the money. It was enough to survive on. He stashed all the money into the envelope like his mother had asked and he proceeded back to his mother's side.

In young walked in with her bag on her back. She was rubbing her eyes as she watched her mother be in a hurry.

"Omma, where are we going so late at night?" She asked, not fully understanding why her brother woke her up and why her mother was packing all their things. She was lost and no one was telling her anything.

Her mother quickly shot a glance toward her son and then to her daughter. "We are going somewhere far away. We are going back home to Korea."

"Why?" She asked.

"Yi Jeong, the money?" His mother asked.

Yi Jeong gave her the envelope. "There's at least $9000 dollars."

She counted to make sure. She didn't know what she will do when they arrive in Seoul but being here wasn't going to help. Her husband left her to defend for herself, not even giving a decent excuse to all of this. She was take cares of this at once, for her kids and for herself.

"Yi Jeong, here is twenty dollars. I want you to go to Mai's house and stay there until I come and get you."

"Where are you going?"

"I have to take care of something before we depart." She leaned in and kissed him on the forehead. "Take good care of your sister, okay."

She moved toward her daughter and held her tightly. "Be on good behavior." She pointed out. She said her goodbyes and left them.

"Oppa…" In-Young called out.

"Hmm…." Yi Jeong said as he turned his head to face her. "What?"

"Did Appa leave us?"

Yi Jeong looked at his sister. "What makes you think that?"

"I'm not stupid. He left us and Omma and now Omma's left to pay off his debts." She said.

Yi Jeong couldn't believe that his little sister figure it out. "Let's go to Mai's house before Omma scold us." He held onto In-Young's hand and they walked to the opposite side of their apartment.

When they arrived at Mai's house, she was barely awake………

"Oh dear….." She said in English as she looked at Yi Jeong and In-Young. "Where is your mother?" She asked in a hoarse voice as she switches to Korean.

Yi Jeong explained everything to her and she invited them in. Mai is Yi Jeong's mother best friend. They have been besties since Yi Jeong's mother first arrived in Miami. She was like an aunt to Yi Jeong and In Young. She cares for them as if they were her owns.

Yi Jeong paced up and down until his mother arrived an hour later.

"Sweetie, are you okay?" Mai asked, offering coffee to her.

She glanced toward where her kids were at. Yi Jeong was watching television while In Young fell asleep on Yi Jeong's shoulder.

"That bastard was hard to find…" She whispered so her kids would hear.

"So you did found him then?"

She nodded as she drank some of the coffee. She coughed as she almost choked.

"Slow down…." Mai said.

"I paid off the debts…" she began to say. "It was more than I expected it to be but I was lucky to have more cash on me. That bastard tried to rip me off saying that my husband owes more than the previous price….like I don't know my own husband. He thinks that I was naïve or something but I knew….that's why I saved up and waited until he does something stupid."

"Now that you are debts free, what are you going to do? You're broke now, right?"

"I'm going back home."

Mai looked at her friend. "Do you need money?"

She shook her head. "I have enough for tickets and spending money. It took everything that I owned to paid it off and now that we are homeless and broke. I decided that going back home was a good thing for me and the kids. I have family so I'll be alright."

"Are you sure? From what you told me, you're not in speaking terms with them."

"It's different now…..my father, I heard from a relative that I still kept in touch with that my father is very ill. I have to go and see him. My father deserves to see his grandkids before it come worse…and I think it's time for me to see my son again…."

"So….I'll miss you, SeoHyun." Mai hugged her.

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Somewhere in Seoul:

"Mr. Song…" A man said in a rough voice.

"What is it, Mr. Lee?"

"It's your daughter, sir?"

"What about her?"

"It seems her husband abandoned her and her children."

"Where's she now?"

"That's unknown sir…"

The man titled his head to Mr. Lee. "What?! Didn't I tell you to keep tabs on her?" He screamed.

"Sir, it's my fault. I was too apathetic. I will find her and report to you as soon as I hear anything." He bowed to him and departed from the room.

"My daughter….." The man walked over to his desk. A sharp pain hits his chest. He moved his hand over to where the pain lies. "I will not die until I know she is okay." He fell down to his chair and barley reached over to a picture frame. It was a picture of his kids, his two daughters and son. The only picture he has that has everyone in it. His fingers tips were on his eldest. She was beautiful in her sundress. The last time he saw her was when she choose her husband over her family.

He closed his eyes and pictured that she was okay. The only piece he has of her left was his grandson. He slightly opened them and as he began to close his eyes again the last thing he saw was a picture of his grandkids, ll Hyun, Yi Jeong, In-Young from his eldest daughter SeoHyun and from his only son, Woo Bin. He fell in a deep sleep soon after.

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Yi Jeong never expected that after five years living in the States that he would come back to Seoul. It wasn't home to him and his little sister. He was in the same position as before when he was five years old, going to a foreign land when things get rough at home.

He watched as the plane landed on the ground. A loud thump came ahead causing the passengers to fall from their seats.

Yi Jeong glanced toward his mother. She was tired and overwhelm with everything. She was playing with her fingers. She was nervous and scared what will happen if she goes to see her father and when she sees him again.

She sighed to herself. Was all this a mistake? She thought as she looked over at her daughter, who was sleeping soundly on her shoulder. She called out her daughter's name and nudged her son from his thoughts.

"We're here…" She whispered. "We're home."

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Eight years later…

In a small town outside of Seoul:

"Yi Jeong Oppa!!!!" said a girl who looked to be thirteen years old. She has light brown hair that fell over her shoulders. She was wearing the traditional school uniform. She ran toward her brother happily but tripped along the way causing her uniform to get dirty.

Yi Jeong watched his sister as she brushed off the dirt and proceeded toward him. School was over and he was walking home with friend Junsu.

In-Young smiled cheerily as she finally reached him. "Oppa…" She said happily and cutely. "You didn't wait for me…" She pouted making her famous puppy-eyes face at him.

He looked at her and sighed. "Yah, that doesn't work on me." He touched her head and began to play with her hair, causing her perfect ponytail to be undone.

"Yah!!" she screamed in her normal tone. "Don't you think you being mean for not waiting for me? Once Omma hears about this you wil….." She stopped when she realized that he was with Junsu. She has the biggest crush on Junsu since she can remember. "Uh….." She uttered going back to her cute voice. "Oppa, I think you should at least say that you are sorry."

Yi Jeong looked at her and saw that she was eyeing Junsu and scoffed. "No…" He responded. "I didn't do anything that I should apologize for….let's go Junsu." He walked away from her.

In-Young couldn't believe how cold her brother is. Sometime she wonders if they really are related.

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SeoHyun waved goodbyes to the locals as she walked home. It was almost time for her kids to be home. She stopped by at the local farmer market. Then she arrived to a log cabin style house. She entered her kitchen and dropped her grocery on the wooden table. She turned on the lights and began to wash up for dinner. She opened her window to see that her wild flowers were in perfect condition to get pick.

She hummed softly to herself as she gathered a basket and walked out to her backyard.

SeoHyun began watering her flowers when he showed up. She dropped her pail and turned pale.

"Wh…What are you doing here?" She asked the man.

"Long time no see, SeoHyun noona."

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In Seoul:

He was hiding from his father's men when he happened to enter his grandfather's study, a room that was forbidden. It was an unspoken rule.

He quickly turned the knob and slowly stuck his head between the doors. There was no one so he stepped in.

The room itself was decorated with Korean traditional desk and chairs and painting. His grandfather was mostly fond of pottery, seeing that all the vases in the Song household were personally handmade.

He walked around the room, eager to find out all the secrets that his grandfather hid in there. He sat down on the black leather chair and leaned back. The chair was so comfortable and cozy. He stretched his arms as he tried to get more comfortable. This of course caused hid arms to knock down all of his grandfather's picture frames.

"Oh Shit…" He whispered as he began to pick up the pictures frames. He positioned each frame in the exact placement they were before. That when he discovered something. A picture of someone he had never seen before.

The picture contained a woman that was almost in her early twenties. She wore a bright smile as she wrapped her arms around his grandfather shoulders.

"Who is she?" He asked, looking at the mysterious woman. She was closed to grandfather….this picture was dated back to 1991.

He examined the picture and began to search for more. He opened a drawer from his grandfather's desk. There were packs of pictures and album of this mysterious woman. He opened the album and there was a name written on the sideline. "Seohyun…" He read aloud, his fingers pressed again the name. "Who is SeoHyun….? More importantly, what relationship does she have with grandfather…?"

The door cracked opened, causing him to be startled. "There you are…..I have been looking for you Woo Bin."

"Ah, Aunt….what can I do you for?" He asked, pushing the drawer in.

"It's time to go…." She looked at very skeptically."Are you okay?"

He cleared his throat. "Yes…I'm fine. We should get going before we're late." He escorted her out, closing the doors of his grandfather's study.

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SeoHyun stared at the man crossed from her with heavy eyes. The man sipped the coffee that Seohyun offered him earlier.

The man glanced up and looked at SeoHyun. He smiled lightly and began to speak. "I have been looking for you everywhere, Noona." He was nervous and it was written all over his face.

"And now you found me…." SeoHyun gave a small smile at the end. "Why are you here?"

"Isn't it obvious?" He stated proudly. "I want you to come back with me to Seoul."

SeoHyun looked at him and scoffed. "I'm not going back." She answered.

"Why not? Noona, I feel so horrible. After what Hyung did to you, I don't know how you make it better. Noona you made hate me for what Hyung did but I can help you start again. Live in Seoul again, isn't that how you wanted to lived before you settled here? Isn't that why you came to me before…."

"I have a good life here…" She cut him off. She moved toward the sink and looked out the window. "I have a good life here…." She repeated again in a hush tone.

"Noona, my friend is looking for a pottery teacher. It has all the benefits you need to take cares Yi Jeong and In-Young."

She turned to him. She was going to refused him when someone busted into the front door screaming and calling out her name. She was startled and confused. She walked to the front and saw her son with a purple eye, her daughter screaming her name for help.

"….what happened?!" She asked worried. She titled her son head. He was bleeding badly. "What happened?" She screamed to him.

He didn't answer so SeoHyun turned to her youngest. "What happened?" She asked again, trying to be calm.

"Omma…" In-Young cried. "Oppa was only trying to defend…..when….when…."

"When what…?"

Yi Jeong finally spoke. "Nothing happened…" He uttered, pushing her hand from his face. He walked toward his room when he stopped and saw a figure in front of him. "…."

"Hello, Yi Jeong." The man said to his nephew.

SeoHyun walked up to her son. "What did you just say? Nothing…?!" She touched his face and titled it. "This isn't nothing!!!" She inhaled and exhaled. "Please, who did this to you? Stop being stubborn and tell me!"

"Oppa…" In-Young cried.

Yi Jeong didn't look at his mother's eyes, he avoided her eyes as long as possible but as always she managed to reach contact.

Yi Jeong looked at his mother. Tears were beginning to fall down from his eyes. "You want to know!!!! Fine, it was….." He glanced at his sister. "It was…..no one."

"No one…." She scoffed in disbelief.

"I'm going to my room…" He muttered, walking up the stair and entered his room, shutting his door along the way.

SeoHyun absorbed everything in. "What am I going to do this with him?"

In-Young gave her mom a hug and whispered that everything going to be okay and walked off to her bedroom. SeoHyun sat down on the chair. She glanced up at her brother-in-law.

She sniffed away her tears. "You know that this is his tenth fights….not in a year but in a month. He's changing before my eyes…."

"Maybe a change in scenery will do him and everyone else some good." He offered. "You can have some time to think about….when you do decide I'll be in the local inn." He said his goodbyes to her and left.

SeoHyun thought about everything. Going back to Seoul….is that better for us?

She walked up to her son's bedroom. He was already asleep with headphones attached to his ear. SeoHyun took off the headphones and placed them on the nightstand. She stroked his hair and looked at the picture he have on his nightstand. It was all three of them, smiling happily. She sighed as she picked up the frame and then at that moment she realized what she has to do.

She kissed him goodnight and moved to her daughter's. She sneaked into her daughter's bed and wrapped her arms around her. "I'm doing the right thing." She whispered, falling asleep in her daughter's bed.

So? Love it? Hate it? Review!!!! I'm okay with silent reader but it would be nice if you review once in a while. The story is kind of slow pace in the beginning so wait until chapter 2 that is when the everyone will appear.