Chapter 37：Change

Sunday morning came and the sun was slowly rising, I heard movement coming from the other 2 rooms where the Hyungs were sleeping and after a while in came Seung Joon; Jin Hee and Jin Ha were still asleep.

I opened my eyes and yawned; I looked over at Seung Joon who was standing at the door looking at the bed and after a moment he walked over and woke Jin Hee up.

She woke up and swore him, she told him to fuck off because it was too early for this shit.

Seung Joon laughed then pulled her out of bed and laid down in her place.

She hit him then went to the bathroom and freshened up.

Seung Joon looked over at the sleeping Jin Ha and smiled, Jin Ha was laying on his back and was drooling.

Seung Joon's head was resting on his right palm and he lifted up left hand and using his left pointer finger he traced down from the top of Jin Ha's forehead down his nose, and over his lips down to his chin.

He sighed then shook Jin Ha gently and said "Jinny, get up, its time to wake up."

Jin Ha made a few moaning sounds and then only did he open his eyes and turned his head to the side and looked at Seung Joon and said, "Hyung, this isn't your room, go back before noona returns and makes a noise."

"Hehe, that noona of yours does indeed make a noise."

Seung Joon got up out of bed and threw Jin Ha over his shoulder and they went to the bathroom.

Not long after all of them left the house for a jog but after 20 minutes Jin Hee and Jin Ha returned.

Jin Ha threw himself down on the couch in the lounge and soon snores could be heard coming from him.

Jin Hee walked over and stroked his hair and looked at him, the expression she made was sad but it had a hint of anger in it.

She picked him up and shook him awake, "Why did you fall asleep?"

"Noona, I'm tired."

"I don't care, you need to wake up before our Hyung's get back."

"But noona~"

"Jin Ha no but's and just do what I say!!"

Jin Ha opened his eyes and looked at Jin Hee, he could see she was angry at him and so he tried to keep himself from crying.

Jin Hee saw the tears forming in his eyes and shook her head, she wiped them away and the two of them took a bath.

While they were still in the bath, the Hyungs returned and were sweaty.

The day went on and Monday morning came, they all woke up and went jogging, for a week Jin Ha and Jin Hee returned after 20 minutes and the following week they came back after 30 minutes, the following 40 minutes and after that 50 minutes all the way to an hour.

Once Jin Ha could jog for an hour without help he would wake up before everyone and get ready waiting for them, later on after 3 months Seung Joon and Jin Ha would go jogging by themselves and return after 2 hours.

Jogging early in the mornings became a routine for Jin Ha and his siblings.

And every Saturday mornings after jogging, they would go into their mothers room and Jin Ha would yell.

This still shocked me but I was never allowed in the room so I can't tell you what happened.

After 3 months of Saturdays went by Jin Ha stopped yelling, its good I guess they stopped hurting him but slowly, I could see the change in Jin Ha's behaviour, actions and the way he presented himself.

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One day after returning from my daily walks I was grooming myself in the back yard and out walks Jin Ha shirtless.

I could see muscles forming on his stomach and I didn't care about it, but now when I think about it, what was going on?

An hour later, Seung Joon and Hong Min came outside and called Jin Ha over.

Hong Min had a soccer ball in his hand, throwing it up in the air and kicking it around.

Jin Ha ran over to them and out of nowhere as Jin Ha was running towards them Min Hong kicked the ball over to Jin Ha and it hit him in the stomach.

Back then I caught a fright because it made such a loud sound and I ducked and thinking back to that day, I didn't hear Jin Ha cry.

Later on, say about a few minutes after I hid away, I climbed up the tree in the backyard and laid down on one of the branches.

I heard a loud flapping sound and I opened my eyes, when I looked in the direction of the sound, I saw Jin Ha laying on the ground with his hands under his head and staring at the sky.

Seung Joon and Min Hong were standing on either side of Jin Ha and both holding onto the soccer ball above Jin Ha and their heads, they were laughing and so was Jin Ha.

After a moment Seung Joon counted to 3 then he and Min Hong forced the ball down onto Jin Ha's stomach with all their strength.

As the ball hit down onto Jin Ha's stomach his body moved slightly up then back down.

Seung Joon and Min Hong repeated this action 4 more times and then sat down on the grass next to Jin Ha.

After a while, Jin Hee came out and gave them each a glass of orange juice and went back in the house.

After drinking the juice, the three of them got up and started kicking the ball around, I continued to watch them play and when Jin Ha faced my way I saw a red circular mark on his stomach and remembered I saw this somewhere but I soon forgot about it.

Thinking back to that day I remember that, that mark is the same as the one he had every time he came out of his mothers room.