Mine,Even If You Run

Jae’s POV

I didn’t even imagine that when I came back from school, I would see my parents’ corpses. Even though this has shaken me, I still can’t be weak, ‘cause if I become weak now, who’s gonna take care of my brother Seon?

“brother… hic…” Seon was crying badly, standing in front of the casket of our parents.

This funeral was organized by the police, ‘cause we didn’t have money to do anything, nor any relatives who would help us. For us, in the whole world, we only had each other and no one else.

After the funeral, we came back home. And Seon was hungry. He can’t fall asleep hungry, that’s why I checked the whole kitchen. Only a few packets of ramen were there and one fist of rice.

I didn’t know how to cook, ‘cause Mom never let me step into the kitchen. She liked to cook, that’s why.

“brother , are you cooking something?” I snapped out of my thoughts after hearing that and noticed Seon there. His eyes were swollen from crying and were red too, just like his nose.

“I’ll make some ramen, is that okay with you?”

“Yeah.” He came inside to help me and grabbed the knife, but I couldn’t let him do anything.

“Seon, go and do your homework. I’ll do this.” Even though he was whining, still I didn’t listen to him and just sent him out. It took me an hour to make rice and ramen. I placed two bowls of ramen on the table and set the rice cooker.

“It looks delicious.” Seon served the food on the plate and started to eat. A smile appeared on my face seeing Seon enjoying the food.

But as I was about to start eating, I heard a bang on the door, which startled both me and Seon.

“Who would it be? It’s so late already.” Hearing Seon, I glanced at the time, and it was midnight now. My heart was beating like crazy, making my whole body tremble. I really didn’t want to open the door right now and just wanted to hide where I could no longer hear the banging.

But if I didn’t open the door soon, it was gonna create a problem, ‘cause that bang was loud enough to wake the landlord. Slowly, I stepped toward the door and opened it, and as I did, many men with knives and other weapons rushed into our house.

“W-Who are you all? And how can you break into someone’s house?” I asked while standing in front of Seon, ‘cause those men looked like goons and I didn’t want anything to happen to my brother.

“Hahahaha… Did you hear that? He’s asking why we’re here!

At first, I didn’t understand why they were laughing, until they threw a statement paper on my face. When I read those statements, the ground slipped under my feet, and I was unable to process it, ‘cause it was written in that statement that…