Because He Is Her 'First Love'....

Spring of 1997-

Mia, Jina and their mother and father came at Nana's, as they would come there every year.

"Nanaaa…", both the girls ran towards nana as soon as they saw her.

"Oh, my sweeties….", Nana hugged them tightly and kissed them on their cheeks.

Mia and Jina were really happy. They loved to go to Nana's. They would always wait for spring break when their whole family would come and meet their Nana.

After they had their lunch, Jina asked, "Nana..Nana…"

"Yes my little cupcake?"

"Can I and sis go to play outside?"

"Sure sweety…but wait a minute…"

Nana went inside and brought a comb.

"Look at your hair....they are so messy...", Nana laughed.

"Nana..nana…", Mia said.

"Hm?", Nana asked while combing Jina's hair.

"Is Jun also here? I'll call him to play with us."

"Oh, Jun….Umm…He is here, at his grandma's. Go and ask him."

"Okay!"….and both the girls ran outside.

"Wait sis…", Jina stopped suddenly.

"I forgot Lily…"

Jina remembered that she forgot her doll.

"…Jina….Wait here….I'll bring her. Okay?"

As Mia went inside to get Jina's doll, she overheard a conversation.

"What? An accident?", Mia's mother's shocked loud voice filled the whole room.

"Yeah…Poor little boy….", Nana said with a trembling voice.

"It is very unfortunate to lose both of his parents at such a young age.", Mia's father's voice was very serious.

"Hm…Seong Ja…She is…she is really worried about him….That little boy…Jun…..", and Nana started crying.

"Mother…Mother…", Mia's mother tried to console her.

While Mia, who was listening to all this, standing outside couldn't understand what is going on.

'Does that mean...Jun's Mom and Dad went to meet god? Just like grandpa went last year?'

"Sis!!!!", suddenly Jina called her name.

Coming back to senses, Mia went into the kitchen.

Then she went out to Jina with Lily in her hands.

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KNOCK! KNOCK!

The door was opened and Grandma was standing at the door.

"Mia? Is that you? Areum's granddaughters?", Grandma asked.

"Hello grandma.", Both the girls greeted her.

"Oh Hello! Jina, you've grown up so much, sweety.", and she patted on her head.

Jina smiled.

"What do you want my dear? Does Areum send any message or something?"

"Oh No, No Grandma. Nana didn't say anything.

We are here for Jun!"

"For Jun?"

"Yeah. We want to play with him."

"Really?", Grandma exclaimed happily.

"So, can we take him outside with us?"

"Sure, sure sweeties."

And she started to call him.

"Junaaa…..Junaaaa…."

And a skinny, pale faced boy came from inside.

He was quiet and the look in his eyes was dead.

'Is he okay?', Mia thought.

"Junaa…Look, who's here.

It's Mia and Jina. They are granddaughters of Areum, our neighbor."

He looked at them.

Mia and Jina smiled at him, but he didn't smile back.

'Huh….He seems… different than before…"

"You know them right? They come here every spring break and you've played with both of them, right?", Grandma asked.

But still he didn't say anything.

"They are here to call you. They want to play with you. Right girls?"

Both the girls nodded.

"Go and play with them.", Grandma patted on his back.

He just looked at them and then at his grandma.

"I don't want to!", he said and turned back to go inside.

But Grandma quickly held him and literally pushed him outside.

"Have fun!", she smiled and shut the door quickly.

Jun was shocked with his Grandma's sudden and fast actions.

'What's wrong with grandma?' he thought.

'I hope he'll get better if he plays with the children of his age.

Sitting at home will not help him recover…', Grandma was thinking looking at the closed door.

"Go there my boy. You can do it!", she said.

While outside, Jun was just standing in his door, looking down.

"Let's go!", Mia said cheerfully and started walking.

But Jun still didn't move.

Suddenly,

"Come on! Let's go!", Jina held Jun's hand and pulled him to go with them.

Holding little Jina's hand, Jun also started walking.

While Mia, who was walking and jumping happily called their names from far,

"Jinaaa, Jun! Hurry up...."

As Jina's small legs started running, Jun also started walking fast with her.