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(??/??/2011)
things just got weirder from then on. junhui’s mom eventually came back to his hospital room to apologize. she swore she would never do that again and they would figure things out together. junhui was more than grateful for that, his mom and younger brother was all he had. he didn’t want to lose any of them.
“ma, can i ask you something?” junhui asked. they were currently in the kitchen preparing food when a sudden thought came to him. “remember jiacheng?” like 8 years ago, his mother’s face darkened at the mention of the name.
“yeah,” she replied in a very soft voice, avoiding eye contact.
“why didn’t you want me to play with him? you know i wouldn’t lie about how the other kids treated me? jiacheng gē was nice to me.”
“junhui, jiacheng died three years before you met him,” his mother faced him, expression sullen, “in the same place where you used to play with him.”
and that’s when everything clicked. that’s when everything made sense.
“sorry ma, i suddenly remembered i have homework to do,” he said in a rush. he kissed his mother’s cheek and ran off to his room.
he looked up for recent reports on accidents near the area. it took some digging but there it was. the article he was looking for. a news report on an accident that took place in that very intersection. a picture of the casualties was the first thing that greeted him. two vehicles that collided. he soon figured out it was a result of drunk driving. he also figured out only one person died. the little girl. her photo was attached by the end of the article. it was as if she was staring back at him. he was at a loss for words.
(??/??/2012)
he learned to live with it. in fact, life couldn’t be any better. he felt like he was at peace with himself because suddenly everything in his life made sense. on top of all that, he was hyper aware of his surroundings. he could feel auras in certain places and they didn’t exactly feel good. he chose to ignore it all.
junhui still wasn’t the best at using his powers or doing whatever the fuck he does. he still can’t tell if he’s talking to someone who used to a person or an actual person. he understands how freaky it could look. imagine someone crouching down and patting air while whispering comforting words. in junhui’s perspective he was comforting a little girl looking for her mom while to other people… well, let your imagination run wild.
(10/??/2012)
things really started to take a turn for junhui. for one, it may not be obvious but he’s a smart kid, and his efforts were starting to pay off. he was offered a scholarship outside china, in korea. he immediately accepted the offer seeing it as a big opportunity for him to get out there. his family wasn’t well-off and he wanted to get some load off his mother’s shoulders.
to say that junhui was ecstatic was an understatement. it was another chance for him start over. he needed to get it right this time.
junhui immediately went off and flew to korea. adjusting to his new living conditions were harder that he thought, especially because he could barely speak the language. money was kind of a problem, but he was used to living in such harsh conditions. school was tough, he had to take extra classes after school so he could improve his korean and catch up with his other classmates. he didn’t have the healthiest diet but he could manage.
he was starting to become accustomed to his new life when the universe felt like fucking with him again. junhui was starting to think that whatever god was up there simply hated him. of course it was a bit odd for everything to be going so smoothly. there had to be a twist, and lo and behold it was right before him.
“oppa,” a little girl tugged his sleeve. she couldn’t be older than 9.
junhui tried ignoring her and kept walking. he knew better. things like this happened more often, so it wasn’t much of a surprise that something was pestering him again.
“oppa,” she called out again.
he could sense it. a different aura. she wasn’t alive, but she wasn’t like the little girl he saved a year ago.
“oppa, help me. i’m lost.”
he continued to walk down the street. his vision suddenly started to blur. the longer she, or whatever it was, pestered him, the worse he started to feel.
“oppa, help me find my mom. i lost her.”
everything started spinning. at this point junhui was beyond scared. he didn’t know what was happening.
“oppa.”
he couldn’t take it anymore. he whipped his head towards her direction.
“oppa, help me.”
he tried to think of a quick way to get rid of her. using his powers were too risky, for one he didn’t know how to fully control it, and two it was too dangerous even for him, but he had to.
he crouched down, rested his hand on her shoulder, and tried concentrating. he tried getting rid of her. he immediately learned that what he did was the biggest mistake he could ever make. the pounding headache started to grow worse and worse. he was losing his vision. he started to feel weak.
the girl simply smiled. it was a very unsettling smile. one that made chills shiver down his spine. it was the last thing he saw before fainting.
(10/??/12)
junhui jolted awake, sitting straight up.
everything was bright and there was a slight ringing in his ears.
once he felt like he was no longer blind and deaf he was faced with 10 other people in the room. all of them staring at him.
one of them stepped forward and introduced himself. “hi, i’m doyoon. welcome,” he stretched out his hand for junhui to shake. he took the offer and the 9 other boys proceeded to do the same.
soonyoung, wonwoo, jihoon, mingming, mingyu, seokmin, seungkwan, hansol, chan, and samuel.
he quickly learned that all of them had something in common. an abnormality. he also learned that he would spend the rest of his life with these people. they were his new family.