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"Listen to iKON okay? Don't touch anything that isn't yours. Always bring a jumper with you no matter where you go. Ji Woo, take care of your brother and make sure that he doesn't eat too much ice cream. A-"

"Ah hyung, don't you think that you are overreacting?" Hoseok says before slinging his arm around the oldest in the group while grinning. "Ji Woo and Min Jun are smart kids. They are child prodigies remember?"

"They are just children. Not prodigies or whatever shit comes out from Namjoon's mouth," the oldest retorts, rolling his eyes. "His mouth is literally good at nothing other than rapping."

"What about his insults?" Taehyung asks.

"Obviously from his shit brain," Seokjin says.

"Appas, I really like how you guys are getting closer by throwing shade at each other but jinjja..." Ji Woo starts, looking at them unamused. "Please stop cursing in front of Min Jun and I. We're still kids and even though we know way more curse words that you can think of, we still wanna be kids and lead a normal kids life."

"Watch your mouth woman! I will wash it one day," Seokjin says sternly and she shrugs.

"Ah Appa..." Min Jun says lazily, looking at the seven membered band. "Why is it recently that you keep pushing us to iKON hyungs? I miss being at the dorm or with Block B hyungs or with UNIQ ge."

"Because you helped us when we just started and we know you guys will be able to help iKON with their next major comeback after six months!" Jungkook explains, smiling proudly.

"Appa, we're not things to destress idol Oppas or Unnies. Min Junnie and I are human. This is literally child labour," she replies.

"You don't even act like you're seven. Don't talk so much, Appa knows that you like the idea of spending time with iKON especially with Junhoe~" Jimin teases and she just looks at him.

"But I don't," Min Jun cuts in to save his sister from teasing and she shoots him a thankful smile. "So can I go to Block B hyungs' dorm or UNIQ ge's dorm now?"

"Aish this brat..." Yoongi mumbles before speaking up, "Block B's busy with their variety show to even care about you. UNIQ is overseas promoting in Taiwan and China. So suck it up brat and stay with iKON."

"Aish Appa, you didn't need to be that mean," Min Jun says before pouting. "A boy can wish."

"Yah. Don't talk so much. Sometimes I miss the childish and innocent Min Junnie," Seokjin says, his patience wearing thin by everyone.

"Appa, what do you mean?" Min Jun asks before tilting his head to the side cutely and gave his innocent look.

"I'm done with this kid," Seokjin says, raising his hands up in surrender mode. "I say we bring him straight back to his parents before they leave for the States."

No one took the eldest seriously since he was cranky for being woken up from his beauty sleep. "Ah Appa~ You wouldn't~" Min Jun continues to tease. "You love Min Junnie too much~"

"Continue with that and I actually will send you back," the eldest threatens but the youngest shrugs before smiling.

"I still don't understand how iKON needs Min Junnie and I," Ji Woo whines. "I know we're good at comforting people. But they are obviously fine without us!"

"With you guys around, they'll work harder~" Jimin says.

"Appa, not everyone is like Appas... They have their own family. They will work hard themselves since they have come so far and been through so much," she replies dryly as the van slowly approaches the dorm.

"Well Junhoe said to us that he will work hard because of you so~" Taehyung says in a sing-song tone. "I approve of Junhoe!"

"Aish Appa!" Min Jun cries out. "Junhoe hyung and Ji Woo are at least ten years apart. That's like dating Kookie Appa! I'm not agreeing to this!"

"Jealous that Junhoe got all of her attention and you don't?" Jungkook says, smirking and nudges the young boy.

"Aniya! Junhoe hyung is nice but they will not date!" Min Jun states and Ji Woo just shrugs before mumbling, "If I knew this was going to happen, I wouldn't have told Ji Woo to go to Hangang Park that day..."

"Min Jun ah~" Hoseok calls out. "Don't be jealous. Ji Woo wouldn't always be there for you."

The small boy immediately pouts as Ji Woo laughs before heading over to the newly dyed orange haired boy to hug him tightly. "But I'll be there as much as I can!"

"Here we are~" Namjoon says the van stops.

The door opens to reveal Bobby and Yunhyeong. They immediately greet their sunbaes formally while the twins get their bags. "Remember Min Jun and Ji Woo, be nice to iKON okay?" Seokjin says firmly and Min Jun was about to retort when Ji Woo drags him out of the van.

"Okay Jin Appa! I'll take care of Min Junnie. Don't worry," she says before smiling then bows at her Appas to wish them a safe trip back home along with Min Jun.

Once BTS thanked iKON for taking care of the siblings again, they left since they had to catch a flight to Tokyo, Japan for promotions. "You're lucky I dragged you out of there before you could say anything to Jin Appa," Ji Woo says before hitting Min Jun's head lightly, frowning.

"Aish Noona," Min Jun pouts as he rubs the spot she hit him. "It's hurt."

The older ignores him as she greets Bobby and Yunhyeong. Min Jun follows her grumbling, making the girl glare at him. "Let's go?" Bobby asks after holding Min Jun's hand while Yunhyeong holds Ji Woo's hand.

The siblings nod as they made their way up the complex. Min Jun was pretty cranky since he didn't get enough sleep from the night before. He missed Su Bin greatly even though he knew that she hated people missing her and being hurt but he couldn't control himself. He thought a lot about his real family and how there wasn't any love from his parents, hurting him deeply. They had forgot about his existence and had two other kids that hated him to their guts. They hated the idea of having an older brother who they never met. Rejecting him, isolating him even though they were younger than him. The days spent in the house was terrible and hurtful. Min Jun had never felt so alone even though he was surrounded by his own family.

The thought itself hurt that he spilled some tears. He quickly wipes them away so that no one would see it. He kept his head down till iKON's dorm. "Ji Woo, Min Jun, you have to be quiet since Donghyuk is sick and needs a lot of rest," Yunhyeong says, squatting in front of the siblings who nod silently, understanding the situation.

They enter the dorm and politely greeted the rest of the members. "Princess~" Junhoe calls out before carrying Ji Woo who was still light for an age of seven. "You're so light. Have you not been eating?"

"Aniya Oppa," she replies, smiling slightly. "The doctor said that since I lived on the streets, my body kind of shut down my growth rate so it is still getting used to normal growth rate. Maybe tomorrow, you'll see me bigger and heavier?"

Junhoe smiles. "It doesn't matter because I'll carry you no matter how big or heavy you are," he replies before kissing her cheek. "Ppo-ppo."

Ji Woo kisses his cheek and hugs him, earning a smile from the cold and sassy diva. "Hyung," Min Jun says, tugging on Yunhyeong's shirt which made the older squat down in front of him. "Isn't comeback soon? Why is iKON hyungs all in the dorm?"

The older forces a smile and scratches his head. "Sajangnim gave us a day-off since Donghyuk fell sick and had some injuries needed to be healed. I think Jinhwan hyung is falling sick soon. That's why he gave us the day off," he says, smiling and the small boy nods before remembering why BTS sent them over.

"Hyung, could I see Donghyuk hyung?" he asks and Yunhyeong nods hesitantly, not wanting Min Jun to be sick. "Yunhyeong hyung, it's okay. Min Jun will take care of himself."

Yunhyeong gave in and brought him to Donghyuk's room. "Take care of yourself okay?" the older says and he nods. "I'll go make some soup for Donghyuk and Jinhwan."

Min Jun nods once again before opening the door to see darkness. Waiting a bit for his eyes to adjust to the darkness, he looks around to make out a figure lying on bed with his hand hanging off the bed. Coughs and groans emitted from him time to time. "Donghyukie hyung?" Min Jun calls out softly making the figure on the bed to sit up and turn to him.

"Oh Min Jun," he manages in between coughs. "You shouldn't be here. I don't want you to get sick."

Min Jun ignores him and walks towards the bed. "Min Junnie knows his own body better than anyone else. Don't worry about me hyung," the boy says before getting on the bed to feel the older's forehead. "It's hot..."

Donghyuk's mind was fuzzy from sleep and sickness that he didn't understand what Min Jun was doing. "Min Junnie..." he calls out groggily. "What are you doing?"

The small boy ignores him as he goes out to the room and comes back minutes later, carefully holding onto a basin of water and a towel. Putting the basin down next to the bed, he soaks the towel wet before squeezing it as dry as he could. He remembers that his Appas would do the same for him whenever he fell sick and his forehead was hot. "Hyung, lie down," he says, smiling as he pushes the older's chest lightly.

Donghyuk listens to him and falls back onto the bed, groaning from his sore muscles. Min Jun then proceeds to put the wet towel on his forehead carefully. He then pulls the blanket up to Donghyuk's chest so that it wouldn't be too hot or too cold. He sits on the ground next to the bed before taking the phone that was shared between Ji Woo and him. He starts to fiddle with the phone and that was when the thoughts returned, messing his mind up. He opens the Notes app before typing everything down, hoping to clear is mind since Su Bin always did that.

Halfway through, Yunhyeong enters and it shocks the older that Min Jun was sitting next to Donghyuk's bed instead of being outside with the other members. "Min Jun ah," Yunhyeong calls out and the youngest look up to him from the phone. "Do you want to go out? Hyung can take care of Donghyuk."

He shakes his head and locks his phone before pocketing it then gets up to help Yunhyeong. "Hyung, I can take of Donghyukie hyung! Go take care of Jinhwan hyung," the younger sibling says and the oldest in the room hesitantly nods before going to take care of the oldest in iKON.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Min Junnie..." Ji Woo calls out, entering the room but there was only Donghyuk stirring on the bed. The young boy nowhere to be seen.

The dancer wakes up and shakes his head to get rid of the sleepiness to see Ji Woo with a worried look on his face. "Ji Woo?" he asks, confused as to what was going on.

"Min Junnie isn't here...?" she asks and the older shakes his head.

She immediately runs out of the room to look for Min Jun, calling his name. Finding him nowhere, she groans out of frustration and looks out of the window to see that it was pouring. "Min Junnie pabo..." she mutters before grabbing her umbrella, slipping on her shoes.

She runs down about twelve flights of stairs and then starts looking for the small boy. Ever since young, whenever it was pouring, Min Jun would stay out in the rain because it calms him or something like that but it he kicked that habit since BTS never let them out of the dorm themselves in fear of anything happening. Ji Woo knew something was up. He wasn't like himself when he came back from his family. He spaced a lot and whenever he was alone, he seemed deep in thought.

"Min Jun!" she calls out, squinting while looking around to see if there was the familiar boy around. "Min Junnie! It's Ji Woo!"

Ji Woo knew that Min Jun doesn't stray far. He usually stay in the vicinity since he wants someone to find him because he knows that if goes further than around the complex, no one would find him and he will be left alone. But this time, Ji Woo doesn't know how long Min Jun has been gone and in this pouring rain, it will be difficult to find him. Additionally, this is the first time she's looking for Min Jun on her own.

"Song Min Jun!" she yells out in frustration as she continues to run around, wetting her shoes and clothes that she was wearing. "Song Min Jun!"

The biggest fear of Ji Woo right now was that Min Jun had fell asleep in this rain since it was common that he would cry out in the rain so that the sounds emitted from the rain covered up his cries but he gets tired easily and falls asleep. "Min Jun!" she yells out, brushing away that scary thought as she approaches a secluded area of the complex's park.

Standing there, she struggles within herself to be safe or risk it to look for Min Jun. Deciding that finding her brother was more important, she runs towards that area and indeed Min Jun was there, passed out. "Min Jun!" she exclaims, going on her knees next to him as she shakes him lightly, hoping that he just fell asleep.

She glances at his body to realize that his ankle was in an odd angle and she almost curses but stops herself. She looks around to think of how to bring him back. She looks up her umbrella and realizes that it was redundant so she closes it before tucking it below her clothes so that she has free hands to carry Min Jun. Slowly pulling the boy up onto her back, she then walks back to the dorm, avoiding the edges to ensure that his ankle wouldn't mess up even further.

After about ten minutes in the rain, she finally got to the lobby and presses the elevator button with much difficulty, not wanting to put Min Jun down. The door opens and she gets on before pressing iKON's dorm level and she leans against the wall with her head. "Min Junnie... Wake up," she says but he remains unresponsive. "Min Junnie..."

"Ji Woo?" a familiar voice calls out and she looks up to see Tablo with Haru. "What happened?"

"Min Junnie..." she says, not knowing what to say.

Tablo seeing as how she was speechless told her to go to iKON's dorm first and then they'll talk. She obliges before following him to the dorm which the door was open. Junhoe exits with a panicked look but when he saw Ji Woo and Min Jun on her back, he sighs before realizing how wet both of them were. Chanwoo was right behind him and seeing the scene, he immediately goes over to Ji Woo to carry Min Jun. "Be careful!" she exclaims loudly, pointing to his ankle as she shivers due to the cold.

They rushed into the dorm as Jinhwan seeing that the siblings were wet, ordered Bobby and Han Bin to find a change of clothes for both of them. He told Yunhyeong to get towels before telling Ji Woo to go take a bath but she refuses, not wanting to leave Min Jun. Yunhyeong immediately wraps a huge towel around Ji Woo who was next to Min Jun, looking at him worriedly. She eyes his ankle before gulping, really afraid. "Min Junnie... It's Ji Woo ah..." she calls out, shaking him slightly. "It's Noona... Wake up Min Jun..."

Chanwoo touches his forehead to find cold sweat forming on his forehead. "Min Jun," he calls out softly, shaking him slightly but the youngest doesn't respond, just laid in the maknae's arms unresponsive.

"Min Junnie!" Ji Woo calls out, a bit more desperate and shaking him a little harder.

Junhoe then holds her back. "Ji Woo... Go change out of your wet clothes then you can come back and see Min Jun okay?" he persuades but she refuses.

"What if Min Jun doesn't wake up?!" she exclaims as a few tears left her eye.

Junhoe licks his lip nervously, not knowing what to do but he wants to give it a shot since Ji Woo always trusted him. He picks her up forcibly, making her struggle in his grip but he tighten his grip on her before bringing her into his room to change her clothes. "Change," he states firmly and she glares at him with teary eyes before changing with her back against him.

Once she changed, she sneezed. "See. I told you to change because you'll be sick," Junhoe says smugly as he gathers her clothes to throw them into the laundry.

Ji Woo suddenly felt exhaustion kicking in and almost fell onto the ground if Junhoe wasn't watching her carefully. He picks her up and she immediately tucks her head into his neck. "Ji Woo... tired..." she mumbles as she whines cutely. "Min Junnie..."

"Aish this kid. Carried her brother the whole way home in the storm and still doesn't want to sleep," Junhoe mutters as she snuggles closer to him, wanting more warmth.

He pats her back lightly to soothe her to sleep while walking out to the living room to see that Min Jun's clothes were changed and he was lying on a mat while cold sweat continued to be produced, his skin sickly pale. "Is Min Jun okay?" he asks quietly, not wanting the girl to wake up.

"His ankle seemed to be sprained. Looks like Mino hyung's when he sprained his," Bobby says after shaking his head. "He seemed to have caught a fever too."

As the members continued to discuss about what to do other than Donghyuk since he was still sick, Tablo sits with Haru next to him, studying them quietly as he smiles slightly that they have grown up. "Appa," Haru calls out and he looks down. "Is Min Jun okay?"

He smiles before ruffling her hair lightly. "I'm not sure, Haru. You can ask Oppas once they're done," the boss of Epik High says before smiling at her and she nods.

"Min Jun!" Ji Woo yells before crying, shocking everyone in the room.

She kicks the air while crying and soon kicked Junhoe in the stomach, making him drop her. Han Bin out of instinct caught Ji Woo before she hit the ground and cradled her against his chest, rocking her slightly like how he did with Hanbyul. "Junhoe, you okay?" the leader asks to the member who was holding onto his stomach, face twisted into pain and releasing moans and groans softly.

Junhoe struggles to nod because it hurt so much. He couldn't believe that a small girl like her had so much strength. "Ji Woo ah~" Yunhyeong calls out cutely. "Don't cry, okay?"

She hiccups as she grabs onto Han Bin's shirt tightly, staring at Yunhyeong. "Min Jun died in my dream..." she mumbles, rubbing her eye and the member's heart almost melt at how cute she was but was worried since she could dream about something like this. "Min Jun was calling out to me and when I ran towards him, it just seemed that he was getting further and further away. Then... I saw him sinking deeper and deeper till I couldn't see him anymore. It was scary. He died in front of my eyes..."

Donghyuk exits his room, groggily while shaking his head. Once he head was cleared, he sees Tablo and Haru on the couch, watching the situation. To his right, he sees Junhoe groaning in pain, Han Bin cradling Ji Woo and Yunhyeong in front of them. To his left, he sees the rest of the members crowding around something. Squinting his eyes, he realized that it was the younger sibling and goes towards him.

Looking at Min Jun's ankle, he awoke from his sleeping state. "Hyung, we should bring him to the hospital," he immediately says. "That isn't just a sprain. He may have fractured it..."

Ji Woo's eyes widen hearing Donghyuk's words. "No!" she yells. "Min Jun is okay! Min Jun is okay!"

"Ji Woo it's okay..." Han Bin murmurs, hugging her even closer before telling Donghyuk with his eyes not to mention anything bad that she can hear. "Min Jun is okay."

Donghyuk signals to Chanwoo to call the ambulance while Junhoe finally recovers from the hit Ji Woo had delivered and goes over to her before taking her from Han Bin. She hugs him tightly. "Oppa..." she whines and Junhoe hugs her back like how she did with him.

"Appa, aren't you going to do anything?" Haru asks and he looks down before smiling.

"iKON is doing pretty well themselves," he replies. "They've matured. Appa is here to see just in case anything goes wrong."

Haru nods as she continues to play with her father's fingers. Junhoe lulls Ji Woo to sleep knowing that it was better for her since she wouldn't be imaging things and worrying about nothing but the older knows that seeing Min Jun laying there, from when they brought him in till now without responding, was very worrying. His pale skin and odd angle of his ankle was really scaring the iKON members but all they could do was to just silently pray that everything was going to be okay.

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Fortunately, Min Jun just sprained his ankle and it wasn't anything too major. They had to set the foot back which took three of the iKON members to hold him down as he cried in pain. Ji Woo wasn't awake luckily, if not she would have threw a fit at his cries. They didn't contact BTS because they didn't want them to worry and disrupt their promotions.

Ji Woo stirs to see that she was on Junhoe's lap and when she looked up, she saw his sleeping face with an arm supporting his head. She looks around to see Min Jun on the bed and slowly got off Junhoe's lap before making her way on the bed. She curls up next to Min Jun and soon fell back asleep.

The next time she woke up, it was by the sunlight in her face. She gets up before rubbing her eyes sleepily before noticing that the iKON members were all looking at her. Looking to her left, Min Jun had woken up and was staring at her. "Min Junnie!" she exclaims in relief before tightly hugging her non-related brother. "You're okay!"

"Noona, I fainted since I haven't ate anything the whole day," he explains, smiling before returning the hug. "Additionally, being in the rain plus the crying made me faint easily."

Ji Woo hits his head, startling the iKON members. "Ow!" he exclaims, holding onto the sore spot while pouting. "It hurts!"

"That was for being stupid," she says and hits him on the head again. "This is for making me worry."

"Ah Noona, I wouldn't do that again!" he exclaims dramatically before pouting as he rubs the two sore spots.

"Let's not attack the patient anymore~" Donghyuk says before carrying Ji Woo, making Junhoe scowl at him. "Yah. Stop scowling at me. Ji Woo isn't your girlfriend."

"But she is," the black haired member retorts, rolling his eyes and folding his arms.

"First Hanbyul, now Ji Woo," Han Bin mutters under his breath before hitting the main vocal on the head. "Yah! Why are you pinning for girls that are so young?!"

"My charm is irresistible~" he simply replies before winking and the girl giggles cutely, covering her face.

"Ah I reject that," Bobby says. "No one is going to date Ji Woo. Not under my watch."

"Hyung, she doesn't even favour you~" Junhoe teases and the rapper rolls his eyes before threatening to hit him.

"Min Junnie~" Haru calls out and climbs onto the bed, next to him.

Ji Woo stares at the younger girl in shock. "Oh Haru ah~" Min Jun replies happily, smiling widely. "Have you been well?"

"Aish jinjja. My brother is a pabo," Ji Woo mutters under her breath, making the old and new maknaes laugh. "Jinjja pabo."

Min Jun glares at her and she sticks her tongue out. "Next time when you're in the rain, I will freaking leave you alone. Don't think that I'll come and save you. In fact, I should have left you in the rain!" she exclaims and Min Jun just tsk-ed her. "Yah!"

Donghyuk tightens his grip as she tries to move towards her sibling to strangle him. "Ah Oppa! Let go of me!" Ji Woo exclaims, pouting as Min Jun and Haru starts to play.

"No. You will kill your brother and I'm pretty sure that BTS hyungs will not like it. Also, you'll be charged for murder," Donghyuk says, shaking his head.

"I don't care!" she exclaims before struggling in his grip. "I need to kill that brat! Jin Appa wants to send him back to his real family either ways! Disrespectful to Appas and me! Why did I treat him so well?!"

As she continues to rant, it made everyone except for the youngest two to smile at her fury and empty threats. "Ah okay okay," Junhoe says, stepping in as he takes the ranting girl from the ex-maknae's arms. "We understand that you hate Min Jun now. To appease your anger, let's go on a date~"

"Yah Junhoe hyung!" Min Jun yells as the duo leaves the room. "Hyung! Hyung!"

Junhoe just simply ignores the boy and leaves. "Aish Song Ji Woo!" Min Jun yells loudly in frustration.

"You guys act like a couple, being protective of each other," Yunhyeong comments. "Bickering as a front when you deeply care for each other."

"Ah hyung... Imagine your sister dating Jinhwan hyung or Bobby hyung!" Min Jun exclaims before pouting as the older's face twisted in disgust. "Exactly hyung. That's how I feel whenever Junhoe hyung says that Ji Woo is his girlfriend."

~~~~~~~~

iKON had gone to buy dinner for Ji Woo and themselves, when in fact, Yang Hyun Suk had called them back to the office to know why they weren't practicing anymore. Ji Woo sat next to Min Jun who was checking himself using their phone's front camera. "Do you like Haru...?" Ji Woo suddenly asks and Min Jun pretends that he didn't freeze. "So you do..."

Min Jun hates how Ji Woo knows him so well because sometimes when it came to lying to her, it would never work. While on the other hand, whenever she lies, he wouldn't know if it is real or fake. He usually goes hears whatever she was saying to know if it was real or fake since she always told him everything. Either way, they got each other's back no matter what happens.

"You know that Uncle Tablo wouldn't approve it..." she murmurs and he presses on the home button before putting the phone on the bed. "I'm just saying. But maybe in the future..."

He instantly felt better and smiles. She ruffles his hair while saying, "Min Junnie jinjja pabo ah..."

He pouts playfully and she smiles back at him. "But I don't mind Haru and you dating," she says and he flashes his bright smile. "It's just too early to say anything."

"Noona..." he calls out after a while. "What would I do without you?"

"You said that before to Su Bin Unnie. The exact same words," she replies as he lays his head on her shoulder. "But Su Bin Unnie has left for six months. And you're still the same. Happy and healthy."

He looks down with a frown on his face, hating how true Ji Woo's words were. "Min Jun, change is always happening. Unnie taught us not to hang onto the past but to keep looking forward, that is how our pain is reduced and eventually, it heals," she says and he looks at her. "Don't worry too much okay? I'll be here as long as I can. But if I was not to be here for you, it is okay. Because Min Jun, you have grown and became more matured. You always are growing because it is part of life. You will be a great guy Min Jun."

"Gomawo Noona," he says, smiling slightly and then when thinking back, he sighs.

She looks at him curiously. "Min Jun, why did you run out in the pouring rain?" she asks and he sighs once again. "Min Junnie?"

He sinks his face into his hand, trying to shut away Ji Woo's question but it just made her worried. "Min Junnie," she calls out once again, insanely worried since she knew he wouldn't act like this. "What happened?!"

"They hate me..." he says while breathing out as a tear slipped from his eye.

"Hate you? Who?" she asks confused since Min Jun wasn't someone that people hated due to his smiles and easy-going attitude he had adapted over the years. "Min Junnie! Who hates you?!"

"My family!" he yells, the room echoing his voice and shocking Ji Woo in the process before lowering his voice as sobs escaped his mouths. "My family hates me. I don't even know why."

"Min Junnie..." Ji Woo calls out weakly, not used to see Min Jun in this state after almost two years after leaving the streets.

She reaches out to him but stops herself and clenches her fist before redrawing it back, closing her eyes tightly, not wanting to let tears escape. "Min Junnie," she calls out with a broken voice. "I don't hate you..."

He looks up, tear stains evident on his face. "I'm your family aren't I?" she says softly as she moves closer to him. "I don't hate you. I never will, Min Jun. You're my younger brother. Always. I can never hate you."

"Noona..." he calls out as another wave of sobs threaten to leave his mouth and she hugs him.

"Yes, Min Junnie?" she says, smoothing his hair.

"Why is my life so hard?" he whispers out. "I got kidnapped, got hurt, almost died twice and now even after finding my family, parents forgetting about me and my siblings hate me even though they're merely toddlers..."

She gently wipes his tears away before smiling kindly. "Min Jun, they are your blood related family. You should forgive them. Blood is thicker than water," she replies, trying to reassure him but he shakes his head.

"Yibo Ge told me this," he starts. "Blood is thicker than water isn't the full phrase. The full phrase is the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb which means that relationships formed by choice are stronger than those formed by birth."

"I feel more like a brother to you than a brother to them," he continues before smiling sadly. "It was tough living in there. They isolated me and my parents were never around. It was obvious my presence doesn't matter to them anymore since they forgot about me so easily."

She searches her brain to find words to comfort him. "Junnie," she calls out when she finally finds one. "Going missing is like being dead. The first few months, it hurts. You want to desperately believe that it is a lie. Your family, friends and girlfriend will mourn over you but then as time goes by, being humans, we fall into a routine and we adapt to our surroundings. Just because someone passed, doesn't mean that everyone who loved him or her has to drop down everything and mourn their remaining years away... Because life goes on, no matter who it is that passes. No one will also give up the chance to continue to live normally. Even if it was me and you passed, it would take me longer than others to get back on my feet but I will never stop living because of you, Junnie."

He bits his lips, letting the words sink in. "People can make empty promises and I know you hate that. That's why I'm telling you this now. I'm pretty sure you're matured enough to know the truth and you will accept it. The truth hurts but I rather it hurt now then later on," she says as he crawls closer to her and they embraces each other.

The door opens to reveal iKON and they both immediately part from each other as Bobby smirks at them. "Bonding aye?" the rapper teases and they look away, pretending that they didn't understand what he was talking about.

"Hyung, what are you talking about?" Min Jun asks, smiling innocently. "Ji Woo and I weren't bonding~"

The group shows a knowing look as the siblings steal a smile before playfully punching each other.