Thou Shalt Not Fall For Thy Own Sister
Notes: The next two chapters would serve as side stories. Issues about Li would be tackled during the last chapter. All flames still accepted. Oh, and do forgive me uploading this same document a second time. My carelessness in spellings really get into me.
10: Changes
Years went by and I suddenly found myself sitting on the windowsill, watching as my brother fight against an invisible enemy in our small garden.
I smiled.
Ren has become so much for the past two years. He's grown taller, almost as tall as I am, not to mention his "manlier" looks that would most probably make all the girls in his class drool with anticipation.
Hmm...perhaps Ren has a girlfriend by now...
I shook my head.
As much as I'd love to, I don't think my brother has time to go and look for his lifetime partner. Or is it just that he knows he's to marry someone Otou-sama picks for him...?
Just then, a familiar shadow showed up.
"Jun-san..."
"No, nothing. I was thinking..."
"...oh..."
"Why?"
"...You...you've been thinking ever since we left our home town two years ago..."
"Let me enjoy my maidenhood, okay?" I paused, "...Ren's about to finish now so maybe I'll go and urge him to go somewhere today, wanna come?"
Pai Lon was taken aback by what I said, surprised that I suddenly changed the topic.
Perhaps knowing that he can't force me into a word game, he politely refused. He simply went back to his coffin as I went out; bringing a towel and two sodas with me.
Hmm...maybe I should've gotten the blue towel instead of the white one...oh, well. It's not like Ren ever thrashed anything I gave him.
My brother stopped and looked at me as a sign of acknowledgement. I could tell he almost gasped at the color of the towel I got for him but he instantly changed his expression as he caught sight of the smile playing on my lips. Maybe he didn't want me upset so he got the towel and, without saying anything else, he opened the can, drinking the whole content in three gulps.
"Ne, Ren, are you free today?"
"Where?"
"Where what?" I asked innocently though I knew what he was talking about.
"Give me 15 minutes, onee-sama." Ren resigned.
See, it works every time.
But, just when we were about to enter the door, somebody rang the bell. I wanted to go and check on the gate but Ren held me back, lifting an arm so that it spread horizontally across my chest.
"I'll get it."
My younger sibling approached the gate and I watched behind a tree. As my gaze fall upon the unknown visitor, I froze. Wasn't that...
"It's you again." I heard my brother say.
"Is your sister there?"
"How many times have I warned you never to show your shitty face in front of my house?"
"Please, Ren. I just want to see your sister."
"Then go watch the videos that you stole."
"Ren, why can't you just bring your sister here?"
"Why can't you just leave my sister alone?"
"I can't. Please, I really need to talk to her."
"After what? After presenting yourself before her and scaring her half to death by saying that you are the stalker that managed to place hidden cameras in our house? Be thankful you only got a restraining order, If she didn't stop me at that time, I swear you'd regret the fact that you even laid your eyes on my sister."
"..."
Yes, that man was a stalker. Not just any other stalker, MY stalker. The one who gave me anonymous phone calls for the past three months. The one who sent me those bone-chilling letters.
I could still feel the same terror I felt that day...when he confessed that he had been obsessed with me.
Thank God, Ren and Pai Lon were there. At least I was able to crouch behind their backs. And, oh, the safety that only a protective brother could give...I could still remember it clearly.
Knowing that my Ren would never hand me over to him, the jerk walked away, leaving me with a relieved sigh.
15 minutes was what Ren said so after 15 minutes, we went on out little date.
Notes: The next two chapters would serve as side stories. Issues about Li would be tackled during the last chapter. All flames still accepted. Oh, and do forgive me uploading this same document a second time. My carelessness in spellings really get into me.
10: Changes
Years went by and I suddenly found myself sitting on the windowsill, watching as my brother fight against an invisible enemy in our small garden.
I smiled.
Ren has become so much for the past two years. He's grown taller, almost as tall as I am, not to mention his "manlier" looks that would most probably make all the girls in his class drool with anticipation.
Hmm...perhaps Ren has a girlfriend by now...
I shook my head.
As much as I'd love to, I don't think my brother has time to go and look for his lifetime partner. Or is it just that he knows he's to marry someone Otou-sama picks for him...?
Just then, a familiar shadow showed up.
"Jun-san..."
"No, nothing. I was thinking..."
"...oh..."
"Why?"
"...You...you've been thinking ever since we left our home town two years ago..."
"Let me enjoy my maidenhood, okay?" I paused, "...Ren's about to finish now so maybe I'll go and urge him to go somewhere today, wanna come?"
Pai Lon was taken aback by what I said, surprised that I suddenly changed the topic.
Perhaps knowing that he can't force me into a word game, he politely refused. He simply went back to his coffin as I went out; bringing a towel and two sodas with me.
Hmm...maybe I should've gotten the blue towel instead of the white one...oh, well. It's not like Ren ever thrashed anything I gave him.
My brother stopped and looked at me as a sign of acknowledgement. I could tell he almost gasped at the color of the towel I got for him but he instantly changed his expression as he caught sight of the smile playing on my lips. Maybe he didn't want me upset so he got the towel and, without saying anything else, he opened the can, drinking the whole content in three gulps.
"Ne, Ren, are you free today?"
"Where?"
"Where what?" I asked innocently though I knew what he was talking about.
"Give me 15 minutes, onee-sama." Ren resigned.
See, it works every time.
But, just when we were about to enter the door, somebody rang the bell. I wanted to go and check on the gate but Ren held me back, lifting an arm so that it spread horizontally across my chest.
"I'll get it."
My younger sibling approached the gate and I watched behind a tree. As my gaze fall upon the unknown visitor, I froze. Wasn't that...
"It's you again." I heard my brother say.
"Is your sister there?"
"How many times have I warned you never to show your shitty face in front of my house?"
"Please, Ren. I just want to see your sister."
"Then go watch the videos that you stole."
"Ren, why can't you just bring your sister here?"
"Why can't you just leave my sister alone?"
"I can't. Please, I really need to talk to her."
"After what? After presenting yourself before her and scaring her half to death by saying that you are the stalker that managed to place hidden cameras in our house? Be thankful you only got a restraining order, If she didn't stop me at that time, I swear you'd regret the fact that you even laid your eyes on my sister."
"..."
Yes, that man was a stalker. Not just any other stalker, MY stalker. The one who gave me anonymous phone calls for the past three months. The one who sent me those bone-chilling letters.
I could still feel the same terror I felt that day...when he confessed that he had been obsessed with me.
Thank God, Ren and Pai Lon were there. At least I was able to crouch behind their backs. And, oh, the safety that only a protective brother could give...I could still remember it clearly.
Knowing that my Ren would never hand me over to him, the jerk walked away, leaving me with a relieved sigh.
15 minutes was what Ren said so after 15 minutes, we went on out little date.