New town again and that means new school...new people to meet.
I wonder if I can have friends this time around? Oh who am I kidding? Of course that would be impossible.
I wonder what they would call me this time? A "freak" again maybe? Or perhaps one of my favorite ones, "cursed"? Anything but alien, please. I would like to think I'm way too pretty than any aliens from Men in Black.
Kim Taehyung giggled as he wrote on his journal.
He heard a knock on his door so he gave permission to whoever's outside to come in.
"Oppa, I ran out of lip gloss. Can I use yours?" Kim Yoo Jung, Taehyung's younger sister asked.
"Sure, YJ. Just get it from my backpack pocket." Taehyung said as he set his journal aside and continued to prepare for school.
"Oppa, how do I look?" Yoo Jung asked, batting her eyelashes.
"An eye-catcher, as always." Taehyung said.
"Stop teasing, Tae oppa. I told you before and I'm telling you again, I'm just not into relationships." Yoo Jung said.
"Okay fine, would heart breaker be a better adjective then?" Taehyung said.
Yoo Jung laughed. "I don't intend to break hearts, oppa. Is it my fault if I have eomma's looks?"
"Okay, conceited then." Taehyung said, making Yoo Jung throw a pillow at him. And that signalled the start of a pillow fight.
The two were hitting each other while laughing so hard, that they didn't notice the bedroom door swinging open.
"Didn't you two hear me shout that breakfast is ready?!" Seokjin asked, glaring at his children.
The two immediately stopped, looked at each other and nodded. They ran to their eomma, engulfing him in a tight hug.
"Good morning, eomma. You look so handsome today." Taehyung said.
"Tell me something I don't know." Jin said, hugging his children back.
"Oppa called me conceited for being proud that I look like you." Yoo Jung said with a dramatic pout.
Jin chuckled. "Again, tell me something I don't know."
"Ya! Eomma! You're playing favorites again." Yoo Jung said.
"Oh stop that YJ, you are my favorite daughter." Jin said.
"But, I am your only daughter." Yoo Jung said.
"Exactly. Now go get your asses to the kitchen and have breakfast. You'll be late for school. Minkyu's already started." Jin said.
"Well, when it comes to food, he's always the first one on the table." Yoo Jung said before turning to her hyung, "I'll race you to the kitchen."
Taehyung nodded and the two sprinted to the kitchen.
"Kim Taehyung be careful!! Aish, this stubborn boy." Jin yelled.
When Taehyung and Yoo Jung reached the kitchen, they noticed that their maknae, Minkyu, is already dressed for school and was almost done with his breakfast.
"Wow, I'm surprised you're dressed up already. What did eomma do to make you get up so early." Taehyung asked.
"He strangled me in my sleep, hyung. I think we should report him to the cops for child abuse." Minkyu said, making his sibling's laugh.
"I heard that." Their dad, Kim Namjoon said as he entered the kitchen.
"Don't you want to report him for battery too, appa?" Minkyu joked and Namjoon chuckled.
"Can't say that the thought never crossed my mind." Namjoon said, making his children laugh.
Jin entered the kitchen and found all of them laughing.
"What's funny?" Jin asked.
"It's nothing eomma, just dad with his daddy jokes." Yoo Jung said.
"Are you all wearing your necklaces?" Jin asked.
"Yes, eomma." Taehyung said and then added, "Until when do we keep on wearing them, eomma?"
"Until we're assured of your saftey." Jin said.
"And, when will that be eomma? It's been 8 years." Taehyung said staring down on his plate.
"I know son and I'm sorry about that. We will eventually get to the bottom of all these, in the meantime, please hang in there and be extra patient." Namjoon said as he rubbed his son's shoulder.
Yoo Jung and Minkyu looked at their brother and they felt so bad for him.
"Don't worry hyung. I'm gonna punch whoever would call you names." Minkyu said.
"You are not going to do that." Jin said, warning his son.
"But, I'm allowed to tell them off right?" Yoo Jung said.
"Define telling them off? You and your sassy mouth will get you in trouble with your professors again." Jin said.
"I won't let others pick on oppa, eomma." Yoo Jung.
"Fine. Just think about what I would say if I was in your place." Jin said.
"I don't think that's such a good advice, jagiya." Namjoon said, knowing how broad his husband's cursing vocabulary is.
"Okay, let me make that clear, think about what I wouldn't say to your father if I was in your place." Jin said and everyone in the table laughed, except for Taehyung.
Jin noticed it and held Taehyung's clothed hand as he was wearing gloves.
"Be strong, my son. Don't let their words get into your head okay? Your birthmark and your condition do not define you. You are gorgeous and perfect just the way you are." Jin said making Taehyung smile.
"I'm used to it, eomma. Don't worry about me." Taehyung said as he finished the last piece of his pancake.
It's alright, Taehyung, you can do this! Taehyung mentally said before grabbing his bag and bracing himself for his first day in his new university.