C3 Chapter 01

The twins' life was not that luxurious unlike the life of the others.

The Lee had been in shambles ever since Nayoung gave birth to her first born, Rose—her first boyfriend's child. The unfortunate woman was an only child and was to inherit her father's company which is the factory.

Nayoung’s mother was unable to produce another child after her birth and everyone concluded that she was sick. As the only daughter, Nayoung had to find a man with power despite of her family's low status. But unfortunately, as a low person she was, no one with higher status love her.

Nayoung being desperate, worked as a doctor and that when she met Mr. Bang. He was known the most biggest movie director in industry and was one of the relative of Choi family. He's also a CEO of movie entertainment industry in New York.

Not long after when Nayoung married to the man she wanted and soon gave birth to another child, Christop was born—who could take over his grandfather’s factory. Unfortunately, not long after, her husband felt quite unwell. Mr. Bang had a respiratory disease due to smoking loads of tobacco when he was younger.

Nayoung convinced her husband to take medicines, but the said man was stubborn and began abusing her. Having no other choice, she endured all of her husband's abusing and tried to stay beside him. From her stories, she told everyone that she learned to love the man before and they were both elated when their first son, Bang Christop, was born.

After few months of their terrible lives, Nayoung decided to divorce his husband and after two weeks, she got the news that her husband was gone. She began mourning, sulking, but despite of all that misery, she found another man who loved her for real.

That's when Suyun was born and after many years, the twins was born too—Junhyuk and Hyeop. However, came yet another unfavorable event. Suyun’s father was too sick to carry on, and perished due to his disease.

Nayoung soon remarried another man. She was fortunate enough to find love in the form of another higher man, Mr. Nakimura, who was once the Choi's foreign national personal tour guide. The man loved her and her children, and was pleasing enough for the Lee's to approve of their marriage. They lived a fruitful life and were able to add two other members in their family; their daughter, Leya, and their youngest son, Hiruto.

But for some circumstances, the japanese man decided to divorce her and took Hiruto and Leya away from her and away from Seoul, going back to Japan.

Nayoung, after that tragic love stories, things back at their once called home, had changed drastically. Their morning bickering were gone, Rose’s bright singing while playing a guitar, their mother’s delicious breakfast, a home that was filled with life had turned glum and sullen. Their mother had gotten too deep in her suffering and the siblings weren’t able to help her as they silently watched her through her pains. A few months afterwards, it almost wasn't a surprise for the family when she finally decided on her own that she will work in a mental ward that located at the hills. But years later, something happened in the ward and before they knew it they had lost Nayoung, too. Since then, the house has been quiet.

The other family relatives of Nayoung had finally adopt them as well as their house too. Their auntie which is Serra Lee, sent Rose to study abroad and become a successful singer. While Christop was adopted by their great grandpa who has to teach him how to handle things like business and make Christop change his last name to Lee, but the Bang still in use.

Suyun left alone in the house to study high school in Daegu and took care of the twins who've just started attending middle school.

It was not easy for Suyun to take care of the twins, not all. They've been a victim of bullying especially herself since she's studying in all girls school, while her two brothers doesn't have any sort of friends. It's such a pity but when they're in each other's arms, the feeling of being bullied flew away instantly. Suyun endured all of it just for his twin brothers and for herself.

But years later they had their auntie, aunt Jei was taking care of them, offered Suyun to stay at her house to focus on her study.

Their auntie gave the twins shelter and was covering their expenses for their education while Suyun was away. But, they were taken after their sister graduated high school. But then, everything became so toxic.

The twins was taken away by Jinki's mother, Mrs. Choi, after they were neglected in years by their gambler and alcoholic aunt. Their aunt often threaten them of taking the twins away from Mrs. Choi, demanding money in return of letting the twins in her house and pay their education to the point that Mrs. Choi filed a case against child abuse at their aunt.

Mrs. Choi offered them to stay in her house but when Mrs. Choi suddenly vanished like their mother out of the sea with the others, the twins was left alone with Jinki.

Jinki's cruel sibling threw the twins out on the streets, forcing them to take jobs to keep themselves. But Jinki came to them and his cousin, which was Jin who also wanted to help them. Jin offered them to stay in his house with Jinki, of course and lend them money.

But the twins chose to stay in the woods.

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Hyeop was watching his twin staring at his own reflection, frowning in the school bathroom.

Junhyuk or known by everyone as Sunie stared at his reflection once again, asking, "Why do I feel so insecure at myself?"

Hyeop fixed his glasses and guessed in his mind, gathering all the words Sunie always telling whenever he was drunk.

Was it because they can't like him as what he is?

They only like him because he have this angelic-fairy-like face and think of him as innocent and fragile boy which is true but for Sunie, he was not.

He's not weak but weaker than Hyeop. Small than Hyeop. Fragile than Hyeop, dumb unlike Hyeop and very delicate than Hyeop.

Though they have the same skinny body, Hyeop was more defined than him. He's more looked like a seme than an uke like Sunie.

"I can prove that right now! Do they think I'm still a five-year-old child that needed care and protection? I'm already a grown-up adult now with so much experience in life. I'm already done in my elementary but not in college yet and now I have to prove to them that I can live on my own without their help. I'm still nineteen but my thoughts are already twenty-five and matured enough. I'm not like the other young adults who always idle around while playing on their mobile phones or so flirting with someone else!" Sunie began ranting, forgetting that his twin was just beside him.

He should be grateful though that everyone loves him but for Hyeop, it's annoying sometimes because most of the students who doesn't know them always have the thought of them are dating. He can't blame them though, even they are twins, they weren't much look alike and Sunie was been a cuddle bug especially to him.

"You should be thankful though," Hyeop said.

"Open up!" an angry voice yelled, breaking the calm silence early in the morning. "I SAID OPEN UP! I know you're there Taekyung!"

Hyeop eyed at the door that led out in the corridor from the bathroom. He messed his dark hair in frustration and caught his twin looking at him through the mirror. He raised a brow at him, looking at himself from the mirror too, fixing his button-up shirt and cardigan.

"Why are you staring at me?" Hyeop asked while buttoning the two buttons on his sleeve.

"I'm just wondering... even you are so handsome, I'm the one they like."

Hyeop chuckled. "Simple, because you're easy going and everyone know you as their sunshine."

Hyeop paused when he caught Sunie blushing. "... and now you're blushing?"

Sunie sighed, bringing out his lip gloss and grabbed his twin's plush lips, staring at it closely. "What lip gloss are you using?" asked Sunie before letting his face go.

"Nothing... and have I told you that I don't like using lip gloss?"

"Then why're your lips always that red? Unless, you're kissing anyone?"

"Idiot," Hyeop snarled at him, smacking the back of his head causing Sunie to groan. "I would never."

"Okay, sorry."

Sunie fixed himself before pulling Hyeop away from him, ignoring Taekyung and the guy arguing over something. But when both the twins walked passed in front of them and Sunie bid his good bye and greetings, the guy was dumbstruck by their incredible beauty.

Taekyung blocked his view and pushed them away quickly and shouted, "DON'T SHOW YOUR FACE TWINS! THIS GUY IS A MANIAC!"

And the two began arguing again until Jin scold them and Jinki joined the twins, also heading to the locker area.

The trio walked in the corridor with students eyeing them again while others ignoring them. So far, there was no one who dared to bully them which much the twins' relief and to Jinki as well.

The echoing of the students' feet squeaking, step by step, rippled in a warp down the long, stark corridor that led all the way out of the wing. Making their way down to the intersection of the halls that were covered in lockers and cream peeling paint, they got to their lockers. Swivelling the knob to enter their correct code.

Jinki fixed his round glasses that was bigger than Hyeop's glasses.

"That bastard did not stop pestering Taekyung hyung," Jinki said, but when he saw the fliers that Sunie was holding, he can't help but gasp loudly, snatching the poster from the youngest.

"Book event?! I mean, book signing event?!" He gasped, fixing his glasses.

It's been one year now when the twins left Seoul and decided to live in the middle of the forest that even their siblings won't find them. Thankfully, there was still signal in the forest despite that they're living in the middle of nowhere.

It's a good thing especially they can breath peacefully without anyone controlling them and judging their status.

"I take part time jobs, I'll hang it somewhere in the mall," Sunie said like it was nothing.

"But... aren't Hyeop taking part time as a librarian in the public library?" asked Jinki.

Hyeop crossed his arms, eyeing the students who were staring at them then will gossip about something.

"I don't want to lend from anyone anymore. Thank you for helping me but I guess, I can manage on my own." Sunie smiled but that didn't convince Jinki nor Hyeop.

"Are you serious?! We want to help you even -- "

Jinki stopped when he heard Hyeop snorted, looking at the younger. He caught Hyeop looking at the end of the corridor again, seeing Hawon who just stopped in her locker with her friends.

Hyeop eyed Jinki and signed him with just one stare to block Sunie's view. Jinki nodded and moved to Sunie's right side, completely blocking Hawon so he won't see her.

"There's so many bitches here, don't you think Jinki?" Hyeop sneered, looking at Hawon's direction.

Sunie looked appalled at his twin's language and hit his shoulder. "Ya! Watch your language!" he scolded and hit him again.

"Ya! Why are you hitting me?!"

"Because you’re speaking the unspeakable!" said Sunie and rolled his eyes. "By the way, I saw this poster hanging on the street," Sunie pulled the rolled poster from his locker and showed it to them.

Jinki yanked it from Sunie's hand and unfolded it up, reading the job hunting. Hyeop just leaned over and read the poster carefully.

"The good thing about this job is how high the workers' salary was. It's almost half of a million. I think the owner is very much rich -- "

Hyeop suddenly snatched the poster away and threw it in the trash. "Maid? Seriously?" He hissed, shaking his head.

"What was that for?! Why did you throw the poster?!" Sunie nearly yelling in disbelief.

"Focus on your study," he coldly said and walked away.

Sunie’s nose flared angrily before following his twin who seemed like he doesn’t have any care in the world, ignoring the random gossip about them from the students.

"Possessive boyfriend?"

Both Sunie and Jinki looked over their shoulder and saw the guy in the bathroom leaning against Hyeop's locker which was disrespectful for Sunie.

"Man... Hyeop isn't his boyfriend! They're twins!" Jinki immediately barked.

The guy only snorted before walking away, but not when giving a strong kick on Hyeop's locker causing the both younger to gasp.

"He deserves it," the guy said calmly before finally walking away.

"The heck is his problem with your twin?" asked Jinki. But, Sunie only raised his middle finger at the guy's back, sending what he deserved— a flying fck u.

"Don't get em," Sunie only said before continued walking.

***

Hyeop trudging in the corridor with students around him that kept whispering among themselves, eyes on him and every now and then, they'll spare him a small giggle. His mind was so distant, thinking about his dream as if that dream was giving him a warning sign. He have a funny feeling that he dreamed that before but he can't remember when.

He took the far seat up away from the board. Students walking one by one but still talking, until he sighted Sunie and Jinki went in, eyes at him while waving their hands. Hyeop just gave them a bored look before looking at his textbooks.

He can't help but think how annoying the students were, even they already in senior college and nearly to graduate. There were still some students who liked to act like a high schooler just like Sunie's long time crush, Hawon.

Hyeop felt Sunie took the seat beside him while Jinki was on the other side, middling Sunie.

Sunie was scrolling through his phone but nothing in the social media interest him, either Hyeop. He decided to turn off his mobile data and scrolled through his gallery, not noticing that Hyeop was actually looking at his phone.

Sunie looked around the room before leaning on his chair. Everyone looked so busy talking among themselves. Somehow, seating in a corner in the last row gives him the privacy to check his phone without any disturbance.

But apparently, Hyeop and Jinki were just beside him, watching over.

"Are you still into that bitch Hawon?" Jinki asked and Sunie jabbed him on his stomach. He groaned, but laughed after.

"Why do you keep calling her bitch? She's not a bitch if you know. She's kind to everyone."

"Such a cute innocent Sunie~" He cooed and pinched the younger's cheeks. Sunie whined and slapped his hand away from his face. "Well...you don't know about that girl yet but she's bad just like the other bully in school."

"How could you say that?"

Hyeop remained silent, working on his textbooks when his phone suddenly vibrated. Hyeop fished his phone from his pocket and saw the text message from his co-worker Homin who got high fever. He sighed, guess he needs to tidy up the library by himself without Homin's help.

"Because I always see her bullying the poor students!" Jinki whispered close to Sunie's ears. He shuddered and pushed him away.

"Distance yourself will you? You have the worst bad breath," he whined and Jinki gasped dramatically. Sunie rolled his eyes at him.

"Hey! I saw Hawon already went in!" Jinki suddenly said and patted his back. "But don't you dare come to her," he whispered lowly.

Sunie's ears peaked and he immediately moved his head to where Jinki's pointing at. He saw her walking with her friends and taking a seat far away from their's.

Hyeop didn't notice that Sunie was already trudging towards Hawon. He was too focused on filling the blanks, thinking about the bills and due dates.

Jinki jumped in his seat that made Hyeop looked over them and found Sunie was talking to Hawon. Hyeop eyed Jinki who were dramatically holding his heart while weeping badly, acting as if he was hurt while singing.

Hyeop pushed up his glasses and slapped Jinki's arm causing him to almost fall from his seat.

"Stop weeping, that's annoying," he scolded and looked over his twin again that was now trudging back to them, taking his seat happily.

"What happened?!" Jinki asked with dumb face.

Hyeop let the two best friends talk while he focused on his textbooks, glancing at his phone time to time until a text message caught his attention.

He leaned on his chair, checking the message. Hawon just message him from his social media.

Hawon: Meet me after you drop your twin ;) -3- <3 <3

Hyeop glanced at his twin who was happily talking to Jinki before shutting his phone down.

***

"Wait here,"

Hyeop instructed his twin to wait at their old truck. It wasn’t like he hadn’t expected Jinki to take advantage of their poverty, to weight it on his side so that he could give so much more than he would receive.

Hyeop agreed that Jinki and Jin will buy them a second hand truck when it needed, especially that their house was miles away from the town and walking barefoot will take them hours to get into class.

He did not expect the moment of having a truck to come quite so soon, of course since Jin was not that rich and Jinki too, and they are still students. After when he'd been forced to admit that having truck was a good idea.

When he got an answer from him, he dashed back to their small university. What do he expect in a small town in the middle of the mountain?

There wasn't much students when he came back, most of them were heading out quickly, afraid of a ghost although there was no such a thing like that exists in this university.

Hawon told him to go to the clinic. He walked faster until he reached the clinic, opening the door and found Hawon seating on the bed. There was no one in the clinic aside from them.

"I thought you wouldn't come," she said, throwing him seductive stares, but Hyeop remained poker face, not affected at all.

"If my twin confesses to you, I warn you, don't try -- "

"I won't," Hawon spoke immediately, taking off her tie. "Unless... you promise me one thing."

"What is it?"

"You know, your twin likes me but I don't like him. I like you, and maybe as a favor... we can have some little fun?" said Hawon with her seducing voice.

Hyeop clenched his fist. He doesn't like to fuck anyone, he was not interested to anyone neither and never in his whole life that he would fuck with that bitch. He don't want to stain his hands, his clothes and his stuff.

"And if I won't?" he challenged.

"Then... you will see tomorrow. I'll lure him and make my boys fuck him like what I did to other guys who confesses to me." She chuckled darkly. "You know how I hate someone so ordinary unlike you."

Hawon stood up from the bed and walked closer to him, wrapping her arms around his neck. "You're one of a kind... you're unique and even your face is unique. Everything in you are... so overwhelming."

"And everything in you are so annoying." Hyeop removed her arms on him. "Leave my twin alone or else I'll kill you myself," he threatened, but Hawon didn't even flinch or show any fear, instead she felt aroused.

"I like that part of you."

Hyeop sighed in disbelief before leaving Hawon, going back to the truck.

If ever that bitch do something bad on his twin, then he won't hesitate and kill her.