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Chapter 10 – Little Letter For Gods
That night, innocence child sends his little letter for Gods
Not with hope that his words will be heard by them
But with hope Gods will send his words to his precious people above, on the Heaven
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"will we have the Christmas party?".
On the Winter, when Yun, Kija and Tae Yeon asking whether they will celebrate the Christmas day or not (this is December after all, which meant the Christmas day and New Year will come but unlike other houses, the Son residence seems lack of the Christmas and New Year spirits from the lack of decorations), they only have one answer from Mundok and Gigan.
"no", Mundok states sternly "because what should we celebrate for?".
Mundok retorts grumpily like that before Gigan goes to explain the main reason of why in the Son residence, Christmas day will not be celebrated. Mostly of them have bad memories, where something really bad has been occurred on the Christmas day. Mundok lost his son and daughter-in-law, Hak's parent on the terrible car accident. Gigan lost her first husband, a sailor who got the accident when he was sailed, leaving Gigan with her son, Garou, Jae Ha's father. Like how his mother passed away and left him due to her illness on the night of Christmas, Jae Ha also lost his father, Garou because Garou passed away due to overdose of narcotics on the night of Christmas. Hak lost his parent due to that terrible car accident. Shina lost his father because Ao, his father was stabbed by robbers. Zeno lost his home and parent due to conflagration on the Christmas night which caused by gas cooker's explosion. Both Tae Woo and Han Dae lost their parents due to airplane's accident when their parents were going to oversea for work business. Tae Yeon was left in the front of the Son residence's gate on the Christmas night, they never know who are his parent who have abandoned him since then. Yona understands their feeling, because she herself lost her mother right a day before Christmas day due to her mother's illness.
After Gigan explains the reason, Kija and Yun feel bad but Gigan only waves it off, reassuring them that it's alright since they are as the newcomers don't know it after all (of course, Kaya has known it from Zeno) before she turning her attention to Tae Yeon "you already knew that we wouldn't celebrate the Christmas day but why did you still ask, Tae Yeon?".
Tae Yeon lowers his head with disheartened looks on his eyes "because this year we have big sister Yona and big sister Hak with us, right? I thought it would be different this year…".
Looking down to Tae Yeon who says it innocently, Hak ruffles his head "we're sorry, Tae Yeon. But like grandma Gigan and grandpa Mundok said, we will not celebrate the Christmas day. I'd rather to hibernate that night than celebrate that night, too".
"what are you, a bear?", Jae Ha chuckles before running off to the front door as the bell ringing, ignoring the scowl and glare he's earned from raven-haired guy "ah, we have a guest~".
When Jae Ha opens the door, he's surprised to find the blonde-haired woman in front of him "Tetora? What's wrong?".
"you dropped this the last time we met, Jae Ha", Tetora gives back Jae Ha's handkerchief with sweet smile on her face. Jae Ha is about to offer a ride to go back home but Tetora convinces him that it's alright since she will go home with Ayura, her cousin.
When Jae Ha feels a collection of stares dagger on his back, Jae Ha looks behind over his shoulder to find his brothers staring at him "…what?".
Tae Woo blurts out "both of you are lover?".
"nope, we are just old friends—", Jae Ha stops his words as he feels a hand tapping on his shoulder. When he turns to see Hak is the one who tapping his shoulder and from how his mouth pulls into broad grin, uh-oh, Jae Ha knows this isn't good for him.
Hak grins wickedly "oh? but Tetora was the student council vice president while you were the student council president and she was indeed one of your ex-lovers, right? if you don't ask her hand quickly, she will become old maiden".
"do you think what for I'm working very hard!?", Jae Ha runs after Hak, throwing his shuriken which he has gotten from his dojo "and haven't I told you before, I will not be tied myself in relationship with anyone until all of my brothers are getting proper education and finishing their school?!".
Hak expertly dodges those shuriken using fry pan "yeah, that's why I said if you persist to not getting married and wait for all of us to finish our school, she will become old maiden first".
"do not fight using weapon inside the house while it's freezing outside?!", Gigan kicks Jae Ha on the butt and smacks Hak's head after taking her fry pan back "and don't use my fry pan, what if it's broken? I'll be quite in a pickle because I must buy the new one later".
Yona asks Gigan and Hak about what do they mean before Gigan explains that as the oldest brother here, Jae Ha has resolved that he will not get married and wait until all of his brothers finish their school because Jae Ha wants to help Gigan and Mundok to pay their school, as his devotion and gratitude for Mundok and Gigan who have taken care of him as adopted grandson till he has been graduate from his university.
Gigan blows the smoke from her pipe "that moron snot-nosed brat, even though we have told him once that he needn't do that and he could just marry with Tetora…".
Yona doesn't stop her investigation, she's also asking Lily about Tetora next day on the school and when they have their lunch, Lily explains about her cousins "unlike cousin Ayura who has a fiancé, thanks to my father who become her matchmaker, cousin Tetora always refuses all men that come to ask for her hand despite her age, her beauty and her career as Obstetrician, no matter how hard my father's effort to become a matchmaker for cousin Tetora. It seems cousin Tetora has fallen in love with someone too deep and she is still waiting for that man. I don't understand though, why do they have to wait and what are they waiting for if they have loved each other?".
Tae Woo brings up his lunch using his chopstick "and here we never expected that man would be Jae Ha, our brother".
Lily sputters before wiping her mouth "WHAT!?".
Forget about Tetora and Jae Ha for a while, Yona diverts her mind to Tae Yeon. Poor innocence child looks rather down after knowing they will not have the Christmas party in their house. She's thinking hard but no idea comes to her mind so she just turns off the light of her room before going to sleep.
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That night, after she feels like hear the sounds of bell ringing nearby, when she opens her eyes, she arrives on the realm of her dreamscape. She finds herself wearing rather traditional kimono which she recognizes as hanbok. Lily wears similar hanbok and they sit on the log, watching the campfire on the garden before they throw many things to that fire, like letter and other things which being considered as offerings for the spirits on the realm of the dead.
Lily clasps her hands in front of her face before looking back to her "with this, let's hope they will receive our offerings on the Heaven above".
Yona feels someone wrapping his arms around her waist from behind before settling her on his lap. She gasps and squeals, being startled by those firm hands but when she's looking up and finds Hak, she smiles "Hak, don't scare me like that?!".
Hak ignores her and grins broadly "what are you sending to the Heaven, princess?".
Yona pinches Hak's cheek before answering "a letter for my deceased parent about our marriage, and Lily also sent a letter for her mother about her marriage with Tae Woo and her pregnancy".
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When Yona wakes up in the morning, she's blushing furiously and curls into ball as the realization hits her. What was she dreaming of last night?! Married with Hak? and Lily, she's married with Tae Woo and has been pregnant? But wait, this dream feels so nostalgic even if it does feel strange for her, it feels like she's living on the different era.
Even though this dream confuses her, she gets the idea to cheer Tae Yeon up as broad grin appears on her face.
On the Christmas night, Yona drags Tae Yeon to sit down near the fireplace "Tae Yeon, let's write a letter that we can send to the Heaven together".
Tae Yeon perks up with those blue eyes sparkling with curiosity "a letter? To whom? How can we send it to the Heaven?".
Hak and the others ogle them, wondering what the red-haired girl is up to. Yona explains to excited little boy that they just need to write a letter for someone precious to them, maybe like her late father (for Yona) or Tae Yeon's relatives (that he knows) and they have to throw their letter to the fire with hope their words will be sent by Gods to the recipient of their letter on the Heaven above.
Yona gives a sheet of blank papers and a pen to Tae Yeon "now, let's write the letter together?".
Tae Yeon nods his head enthusiastically and lifts his pen "will it still reach that person if that person is still alive too, big sis? Because what if someone I want to send the letter are still alive even though I don't know where, who or how they are doing?".
"I believe it will, as long as you pray to Gods to send it", Yona tilts her head in confusion "actually, to whom you want to send it, Tae Yeon?".
"to my biological parents", Tae Yeon smiles and lifts both his hand up to the air "even if I don't know what they're thinking of me, who, where or how are they doing, I still want to give my thanks to them for send me to this world!? I want to thank them and tell them that they needn't to worry because I have a great family here with me?!".
Yona feels touched by Tae Yeon's words, their little angel.
Hak who watches them carefully from the first place, ruffles Tae Yeon's head before settling him on his lap "you're really a good boy, Tae Yeon. Your biological parents must be so proud of you… now, let's write it?".
Tae Yeon perks up and smiles brightly to Hak "um!".
Yun voices it, along with the others who also want to write the letter "can we join?".
Just like in her dream, Yona throws her letter to the fire but this time, she's doing it with all people on Son residence, her new family "father, wherever you watch over me, needn't to worry about me. I have a great family here, and Hak stays by my side, like always".