64 Morning Comes, Life Goes On (2/2)

She opened the scissors as wide as possible, then slowly dragged one of its pointy blades against the surface of her fingers.

It created a small cut and tiny beads of blood appeared.

Yeo Ri felt a slight stinging pain, but it was tolerable. Compared to the pain of being torn apart from the inside by that man, this small thing barely scared her.

Now that she had confirmed its sharpness, she took another glance at the two sleeping boys.

Confirming that they were still asleep, she raised her beddings and got to work.

Slowly and as silently as she could, she made an additional three marks next to the original three. She had been meaning to add them previously, but there was just no opportunity for her to do so.

'One, two, three, four, five, six...' she counted in her head. Hopefully this would help her from losing count. If she had the chance to get revenge herself, then she'd know how many times she should make that man suffer.

Yeo Ri brushed away the wooden shavings and placed the scissors near the markings before covering them up with her beddings again.

It was almost seven o'clock, and that meant that she and Gun were going to be late for school.

”Oppa, time to wake up,” she shook Gun's body lightly, her voice cracking.

Gun immediately woke up from her touch. It appeared that she was not the only one who couldn't sleep peacefully.

Gun rubbed his face tiredly. ”It's morning already?”

”Mm,” Yeo Ri quietly answered.

”Okay,” Gun gathered his exhausted body and forced himself to get up. ”I'll wake Hyung up. Go and get changed first,” he told the girl.

Yeo Ri nodded obediently. She picked up her uniform and went to the corner to get changed as quickly as she could.

”Hyung, wake up,” Gun tapped the man's arm twice. ”Hyung.”

Hyuk jolted awake, his body tensing, then relaxing after seeing who woke him up. He sat up from the ground, supporting his body with his arms. ”F*ck,” he silently cursed. He felt extremely fatigued and sore. He groaned, stretching his arms.

He accidentally glanced at Yeo Ri who was in the midst of changing her clothes. He had caught the sight of her bare back and it was sending his mind to the gutters. He visibly gulped and looked away quickly, acting nonchalant. 'Stop it, *sshole. Don't think weird thoughts,' he strongly reminded himself.

”Hyung, can you get up?” Gun stretched out a hand to help his brother.

Hyuk stared at the offered hand. Feeling too tired to pick a fight, he accepted the hand.

Gun pulled him up, hiding a hint of surprise in his eyes. Hyuk was never this agreeable. Perhaps after all that they have been through lately, he was beginning to accept him. Perhaps they were growing closer as brothers.