Running away from the male lead

Chapter 3: You are so useless

I walk into Jinyoung’s house with him pulling me. I saw his mother sitting on the couch looking through the magazine. She looks up and gives me a huge smile.

“ Aera, come here give me a hug. Jinyoung go upstairs change.”, she beckons me forward and glares at Jinyoung.

“Mom if people heard this, they would think that Aera is your daughter, and I am some random boy.”, he grumbles as he walks upstairs. His mom dismisses him with a flick of her hand.

“Aera how is everything at home, I keep asking you to come and stay here if you ever have any problems.”, she says as she forces me down and starts braided my hair.

“Aunty don’t worry, I can’t leave my brother there, he is only ten.”, I explain as she runs her fingers through my hair. “ I avoid them and behave well. They don’t bother me.”

We continue talking about school and other stuff. Jinyoung walks down the stairs and rolls his eyes as he sits down.

Aunty then guides us to the dining table and gives us snacks.

“What do you kids plan on doing on now?”, she asks as she sits down in front of us.

“Nothing much Mom, you?”

“I bought a dress for tomorrow’s party, Jinyoung you are coming this time.”, Jinyoung whines as he chews, “ I don’t know but when I wear the dress it doesn’t feel right.”

Jinyoung blinks and looks at me and gives me a weird smile, realising what he was thinking, “No, no...I refuse.”

“Please just try, it will be good practice. Mom can you bring the dress out, Aera will help you.”, Aunty gives a questioning look, “Trust me, Mom.”

For the next hour, I sat down and handmade a belt with some supplies that were bought for me. The original dress was a simple silver dress, which shaped the body. Adding the belt accentuated the waist, and adding lace cape which fell to the floor, which is detachable.

Aunty comes in to see what I made, and she looks shocked. Jinyoung pushes his Mom into the room and tells her to change.

Jinyoung walks around the floor, looks nervously at the bedroom door. His mom walks out and as she smooths the belt and the dress and twirls. Suddenly we hear a voice.

“ Woah, Honey, you look beautiful my Queen. Wait this does not look like the dress I bought with you yesterday, it is different but in a good way.”, he gushes as he looks at his wife, “ Aera, child, I haven’t seen you for a long time. Doesn’t she look beautiful in the dress?”

Before I can say anything, “ Hey Dad, I had no idea I was invisible in this house.”

Uncle rolls his eyes, and hugs his wife, “ Who wants an i***t like you?”

Jinyoung clutches his chest in pain as he dramatically falls to the ground, and I burst out into laughter. “ I know the dress is so much better, Aera made the changes to my dress, don’t they look pretty?”, Aunty says.

“She has talent, Kid, why don’t we kick out Jinyoung and adopt you.”, Jinyoung starts dramatically coughing still lying on the floor in pain.

After some time, I leave which the driver some to pick me up.

“Sis, your home! Let’s go you promised me that we will watch a movie together. As promised I finished all my work as soon as I came back home. Let’s go.”, he rants as soon as I come home. Dragging me to my room.

He hands me a pair of pyjamas that I bought for us, they were matching dinosaur ones. We sit on my bed and switch off the lights, he snuggles into me as we switch on ‘Peter Pan’, covering both of us in a blanket we focus on the laptop screen.

As the movie comes to an end, Yesung looks at me and sats, “You are my Wendy don’t leave me, can I sleep here with you?”

My eyes soften as tears threaten to come out, controlling my emotions, I nod and pull him close, laying him beside me and get up to put the laptop on my dressing table. Switching on a bedlight, I sit up and put Yesung’s head on my lap as he curls up.

I pull up the blanket to his chin and tuck him so he stays warm, “ Sis, you are the only one who loves me, don’t leave me.”

“I will never leave you.”

I rhythmically pat him on the back with one hand and rub his head with the other. After five minutes he falls asleep, I try to move him but he had a strong grip on my pant, I wonder what happened that he is like this today. I make a note to ask the maids tomorrow.

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Waking up early in the morning I look at Yesung, and an idea hits me.

It is a line of mini necklaces designed for children. The next hour, I sit on the ned and design various small designs, each telling a story. Seeing that it is 6 am I rush down to the kitchen to find out what happened yesterday, before my parents wake up.

“Can you tell me what happened yesterday?”, I ask one of the maids.

“Young Miss, Madam came home early yesterday. When she saw that he was eating ice cream while watching TV...she hit him a few times and scolded him before she left again.”, although the maids felt horrible just watching, they knew they couldn’t come in between the family issues. So they try to help me as much as they can to protect Yesung.

Nodding, I tell them to prepare breakfast and prepare some food for a picnic since Yesung and I will go out. I can’t let him stay at home without me.

“Yesung wake up. Let’s get ready and go out after Mom and Dad leave, okay?”, as soon as he heard what I said he sat up.

“Really?”

“Yep, the maids are preparing food for us. So let’s get ready and leave as soon as possible.”

After my parents leave at 8, we run upstairs and change. I put on a white sundress, which stops at the knees in the front and at my calf in the back. The dress has huge red roses which are faded. Grabbing a sling bag and a straw hat.

I wait for Yesung, he comes in wearing a light jeans pant and a white shirt tucked in the front with a straw hat.

" Ahh, thank god you got my fashion sense. Let’s go, the basket is in the car.”

" So, where are we going?”

“It is a surprise.“, I reply and look at his face, he was pouting and I burst out into laughter as we get into the car.

" I hate surprises, my heart can’t take the pain of waiting.“, I just smile at him.

After 30 minutes he suddenly says, “We are going to the amusement park, right?”

" How did you know?“, How the hell did he find out? I glare at the driver.

" Miss I didn’t tell him anything.“, The driver defends as I drill holes in the back of his head.

" So I was right, it was a guess after I saw a board on the roadside.“, Crap he is clever.

I grumble and fold my arms over my chest, and he pats my arm in mock sympathy.

Reaching the park, we excitedly climb out and start jumping on the spot. We fast walk to the entrance, to grab the fast passes, as our driver follows to make sure we are safe.

(Kim Eunho P.O.V)

“I still don’t understand why you want to go to an amusement park, on a lovely Saturday.”, I complain as I aim at the target, to win my sister a prize. Who knew fourteen-year-olds are this annoying.

Ahh damn it, I still haven’t won that stupid stuff toy she wants. We hear a voice to the side, “Ahh Sis I want that bear, please try.”

We saw boy tug on his sister’s sleeve, the girl ruffles his hair and pays for a chance. Her Hazel brown hair flowed, and her straw hat was lopsided covering her face. Her slender hands grab the gun, as she aims. I scoff, there is no way she will win.

“Haha, I don’t think she will win.”, I tell Yongsun.

She hits the centre three times in a row knocking of three boards and winning in one try. My mouth opens and closes. The boy walks off with the stuffed bear in one hand and his other hand in his sisters. That is when we notice a man in a suit behind them, holding 8-10 stuffed toys.

“You are so useless, you couldn’t get me one toy. I give up let’s go to the rides.”, she drags me her, if she wasn’t my sister, she would be lying dead in a ditch somewhere.

(Park Aera P.O.V)

After a few rides, at 2 we rush back home to act like we never left. I take a long bath, to relax my muscles, while Yesung takes a nap. I walk to the mirror, with my wet hair in a towel I look at the mirror.

When I hear a scream, Yesung!