❦ ғᴀʟʟ ᴏᴜᴛ ;; 【ᴀᴛᴇᴇᴢ ⚘ ʏᴜɴʜᴏ】{✓}

Family;;

Sophie's pov :

"WAIT,WHAT? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN? AND WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME THIS NOW???" Meghan, my 'best friend' freaked out. I had just told her everything what happened for the past few days and she didn't take the news lightly.

"Sorry Megs....I was just not ready to talk to anyone about this...Yunho helped me forget this incident though" I trailed off.

"Yunho? Oh the guy who saved you right? I'm still mad at you for not telling me this before but thank god he was there." She pouted, folding her hands. I sighed.

"Well on other note, you've been talking about Yunho for the past hour, do you have a crush on him or something Soph?" Meg turned to me with a big smile on her face. I blushed a bit. "Maybe..." I said and smiled back.

"I would love to meet him someday. After all, he saved my best friend. But don't forget to tell me when something happens to you Soph, I'm always there for you!"

"Sure Megs." I hugged her.

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I and Yunho kept meeting for the next few weeks. We also went on a couple of dates. Well to be honest, I had dated a few guys earlier but Yunho was different. I was falling for him everyday.

Days passed. We both had gotten closer over the time. I was pretty sure he liked me too. But he never said it.

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"This is one of my favorite places in New York." I said leaning back, supporting my body with my hands.

The cold night breeze was softly flowing, making my hair dance with it. We were at the top of a 20 storeyed building and the view of the city from here was my favorite.

"It's beautiful Soph. Thanks for bringing me here" he smiled looking at the stars.

He looked lost in thoughts. He looked so innocent at that moment, I almost forgot he was the same person who literally knocked down a huge man that night. I shivered just at the thought of that terrible night and wanted to slap myself for thinking about it again.

He seemed to notice it.

"You look uncomfortable. You're thinking about it again, isn't it?" he caught me. I nodded.

"Soph. Forget it. Umm...Let's talk about something else... Right. You rarely talk about your family! Tell me about it!" he asked changing the topic.

"Well, my mom is my only family." I gave a weak smile. He looked at me in bewilderment.

"What do you mean by that?" he tilted his head in confusion.

"Yunho... I- I have never seen my dad. I don't even know who my dad is. My mom refuses to tell me anything about him so I decided to let it go. I stopped asking her about him." I continued. He frowned. I could already feel the tears welling up in my eyes.

He just hugged me tightly, exactly what I needed. "It's okay Soph. I'll be there for you always." He pulled me closer.

"I only know that my dad is not Korean. Also Sophie Gardener is not my real name. My mom is Korean but she said we changed our names as soon as she divorced my dad."

He stood still. After a while, he finally understood.

"So Gardener is not your original surname?" he asked.

"Yes. It's not. I don't know my dad's surname, nor my mom's real surname. All I know is I'm Sophie Gardner right now and my mom is Janice Gardner" I spoke, trying to end the conversation.

I had no other relative. Just my mom. I wanted to know everything about my dad. Who was he? Why did he leave my mom? What could've happened? The only thing I knew was he was not Korean... Maybe American? Italian? Australian? I really didn't know. But maybe he was the reason why we lived in California. After all my mom was Korean and she is the reason I looked Korean.

I shook away all my thoughts and looked at Yunho who was staring down at the busy New York street. "What about you Yunho?" I asked.

"Huh?"

"What about your family?"

"Oh, well as you can see, I'm clearly Korean. But my grandfather shifted our family to Chicago. So our nationality is Korean but we've been living in America since a long time. We go to Korea too occasionally to meet relatives and friends though."

"Oh, I see. But you live here alone, isn't it?" I suddenly remembered that he once said he lives in New York alone, with his butler or someone.

"Yeah....not anymore though! My brothers just arrived today morning. I'm so happy Soph, I missed them. They were in Chicago for some work and I was here alone for the past few months. But finally!" He shot a big smile. He looked so happy at the moment. Must be nice to have siblings I said to myself.

"Wait. Just how many brothers do you have?" I asked, suddenly realizing he still didn't tell me everything about his family.

"We are eight of us all together." "What!? Eight!??" I almost screamed in surprise.

"Hey hey, calm down. Haha. Well, it's kind of complicated.... We are not related by blood, but we all are related to each other in different ways.... But yes, our bond is special. We all grew up together! Our family is HUGE Soph!" he smiled even more. He was just so happy. He must really love his brothers. I smiled at him.

"What about your mom and dad?" I asked. In an instant I could see his smile vanish. I frowned.

Did I say something wrong? Damn Soph, you're so stupid.

I cursed myself and stayed silent.

After a while he suddenly spoke, "My mom is in Chicago and my dad... Uh... he's dead."

My eyes widened.

I surely messed up. I never even imagined something like this.
...I felt so sorry. He stared blankly at the street below.
He was sad indeed, but I could feel another emotion through him- anger.
He looked angry and sad at the same time.

I gulped. Not knowing how to react, I just got up and hugged him tightly. I did not want to see him sad. It was hurting.

"I'm so sorry Yunho." I whispered, too afraid to say something stupid again.

"Hey, its fine Sophie." He said, as if snapping back to reality. He gestured me to sit back beside me and rested his arms on my shoulder pulling me close. I blushed at this. Our feelings for each other were pretty strong. I could just feel it.

"Hey Soph. We'll come here more often. I like this place. It's so calm." He spoke. I nodded my head in response.

We sat there for a long time, pure silence surrounding us.

"Hey, I want to meet your brothers too! Can I meet them pleaseeee?" I suddenly broke the silence. He looked at me in shock. "M-My brothers? I don't think so they..." "Yunho? pleaseeee?"  I pouted. "Not that face Sophie! Hm... okay, Uh are you free tomorrow? I'll pick you up after college then..."

"Sure!" I said, totally excited. I really wanted to meet the guys with whom Yunho grew up to be such a fine man.

A/N :

Well... Brothers huh. 😏

The main story is about to begin so...
Get ready y'all :)