Got7 Short Stories

(click here to read the other short stories in this mini series)

It was midnight, and you finally arrived at the airport after a series of luggage delays. Picking up the local mobile signal, your phone started vibrating with messages as you pushed your heavy trolley of luggages through the check point. You had just come back from a trade convention your boss decided to send you for at late notice. As such, you were pretty much unprepared except for the empty luggage you left it, now filled with plenty of things.

Noona, surprise! I’m on my way to pick you ^_^ (9pm)
Noona, your flight is delayed but I’ve reached so I’ll be hanging around!!! (10pm)
Waeee…. it’s been delayed again??? I’m sleepy…. Can you call me when you’re out? (11pm)
Noona, I got chased out so I’m just gonna wait at the benches and take a nap okay? (12am)Such a surprise, your younger brother who usually never stayed up late, decided to come pick you at the airport, even thought your flight was in the night.
You had lived with your younger brother all your life and sometimes wished he would grow up and get a life himself. He loved staying at home, watching tv, dancing and singing at in his self-made basement studio, and doing little feminine things like picking clothes with you. When you had to go out for long periods of time, he would call you like as if you were his girlfriend and said he was lonely at home. Often some of your friends mistake that you were co-habiting with your bf because he sometimes came to pick you from work and you would bump into colleagues while grocery shopping with him. It didn’t help that he was already much taller and bigger than you, yet he would still hug you and link arms with you in public.
This annoying little kid was now sitting by the corner of the airport, dressed so flashy and sleeping with his mouth hanging open. For abit you felt so sorry that he had been waiting for hours past his bedtime.
You carefully parked your trolley infront of him and took out your camera to take a picture.
Hearing a camera sound, he instinctively sat up and looked at you.
Seeing that you were finally out, he broke into a happy smile despite his long wait.
"Noonaaaaaa~~~~~" he called out like a lost kid that found his mom.
Rushing forward, he bumped his knee on the table and tripped, collapsing right onto you. Thankfully you caught him in time and didn’t get pushed over yourself.
"YAHHHHH, what’s with the sunglasses?" you pushed it off his face and saw the dark circles that appeared under his eyes, "waegeure yo?", you asked.
"Oh… I couldn’t sleep for the last few days when I was alone at home so I watched lotsa movies at night." Unashamed at such a embarrassing confession for a grown man, he then hugged you tightly like bear, squeezing the breath out of your lungs and choking you.
"Uhhhhh~~~~~~~~" he whined, "Noonaaaa, why didn’t you pick up my calls? I was so worried!"
You pushed him away and rolled your eyes, quickly covering your face with your hat, not wanting to attract unwanted attention for looking like a crazy in love couple.
"Let’s go home, I’m tired." You pushed the trolley quickly towards the exit.
"OKAY!~~ I’ll push it!!!" Yugyeom brightly said with a jump in his step and took over instead.
"Yah, can you not be so sticky to me, I’m not your girlfriend!! I’m your sister!!" You chided him while going alongside with the trolley.
You should have known that it wasn’t going to work, as he instead, took your arm and linked it in his while he continued walking.
"NO, I CAN’T!" He pouted.
Giving up, you held onto his arm and let him take you home.
In the car, he started telling you everything he did for the past week in great detail, what he ate, where he went, the movies he watched, and the funny things he encountered.
"Noona, wae? Why aren’t you saying anything?" he looked over at you and saw that you were awake.
"Gyeomie, how old are you this year?" you asked looking back at him.
"25. But I’m always 5 to you." he answered and pouted sadly.
"No silly that’s not what I meant. You’re old enough to find a girl you like and start making plans. Why aren’t you hanging out with your friends and dating a nice girl? Are you by any chance gay?" you asked in all seriousness.
"NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Noona!!!!!!!!! How could you!!!!!!!!!!!" his face scrunched up in annoyance that you were insulting him.
You laughed and quickly pacified him, patting him on the head.
"Arraseo-yo, I was just kidding. I know you’re trying to keep me company, but you should go out there and make some friends of your own at this age. I’m fine." you smiled reassuringly at him, wondering how come a sweet guy like him, who wasn’t lacking in the looks or the personality, wasn’t surrounded by girls.
"Of course I have friends! Haven’t you met them? They know you and you’ve seen them don’t you remember?" he was referring to his group of male friends he had been hanging out with since he was 18.
"I don’t mean THOSE guys. I’m talking about GIRLS."
He pulled into the driveway of your home and got out, unloading the luggages.
"None of them are as pretty as you, Noona." he said while dragging them to the door.
"Again, again, all this mad talk is driving me nuts, and I know you’re just avoiding the topic! Cmon tell me!" you followed behind him and persistently went on for some time.
After a warm bath, you came out, and saw a cup of hot chocolate with your favourite biscuits laid on a small cute plate.
Seriously, this little brother was going to be such an awesome husband in future, but the fact that he was spending so much time with you, bugged you even more.
You saw Yugyeom lying on the bed, beside his laptop, watching another episode of the drama you already finished watching. He looked all cosy and warm now that he was in his home clothes.
"Oh Noona, you’re out, I made you a drink. It’s so good, that I’m left with the last packet I saved for you!" he said with a proud smile.
"Thanks gyeomie, you’re the best." taking a sip, it was indeed a rich and velvety chocolate drink that you had never tasted. "MMMMM It’s really awesome!!! Show me the packet!"
He quickly got up and rummaged through the bin to pick it out. As you looked at it, you saw that the box that contained the packets was still on the counter. Turning it over, you noticed some writings and read it out loud.
"Dear Yugyeom Oppa, you were really handsome tonight. Please keep yourself warm for the wintery nights ahead and think of me when you drink this again…"
"OMG Kim Yugyeom OPPA??? You’ve got some explaining to do here!" you waved the box in the air only to have him dash over bashfully to take try wrestling it away from you. Although you were much smaller, he could never win you in a wrestle because he was just too slow.
"OKAY I give up!!" he shouted, as you had pinned him down onto the floor by now.
"Spit it out, who’s this kid?" you said, while holding him down with your legs, and looking at the box again.
"She….. she’s……. …." he stammered hesitantly.
"QUICK KIM YUGYEOM OPPA!" you tightened your lock on his shoulder.
"AHHHHHH okay okay okay, you’ve seen her too, she’s Bambam’s sister!!" he blurted out, followed by a red blush overtaking his fair complexion. Quickly releasing himself he escaped from your grip and snatched the box out of your hands.
"Noona…. I wasn’t going to keep it from you this way but there’s really nothing big going on, don’t get mistakened okay?"
"Wait a min, why would I need to be mistakened? I’d be more than happy if shes’s someone I already know! Wake up Kimyugyeom!!" you laughed out loud at how your baby brother was finally dating someone and was even worried that you might be jealous.
"But, isn’t Bambam’s sister older than you??"
Yugyeom got up to his feet, and pulled you up as well.
"Yeah, she is but just a LITTLE." he said, "So I told her she can call me oppa if she wants."
"WHUDDDDDD???????" You couldn’t believe how absurd and childish this kid was.
"WAEEEEE~~~???" he started acting all cute, swinging his arms and stomping his feet on the floor, as you walked out of the kitchen and back to your room.
He followed you all the way while pouting and whining until you ignored him and went under your own blanket. After awhile, you realised the whining had stopped and you peeked out from your blanket - usually he would have gone back to his own room whenever you did that.
"GOT-YA!!!" he sprang up from the other side of the bed and climbed on quickly under your blanket.
"Get out, you! You have your own bed!" you started kicking him off and pushing him with your body but he wouldn’t budge. Instead, he rolled over effortlessly and hugged you into his arms.
"Noo….. I don’t want to go, can I sleep here tonight Noona? My bed is cold." As he hugged you tightly, you could sense the loneliness in his whiny voice and relented.
"Just tonight." you replied, and turned off the lights.

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