"Come on you ding head, my grandma will kick our asses if we're late." You shout loudly for jungkook to hear you from upstairs.

Yes, jungkook would basically stay over at your place here and there often but you don't complain as he tends to comfort the loneliness in your house, so it feels as he lives with you as you now have some of his clothes here.

After a month has went by, now it's March, you feel...better. Your still getting there and getting use to everything but your trying your best to adjust but with jungkook by your side, maybe you'll be able to do it.

It was scary when you had opened up about something you couldn't even tell your own brother, when he deserves to know it first. But it was just in that moment, just having jungkook by your side, you felt the need, the desire to tell him. And what surprised you was when he opened up as well.

And you were happy that all of his hard work paid off despite he shouldn't really have to do anything, to earn it just because his mother was scared. But you understood her as well so you can't blame her but at least in the end it worked out well.

And you sigh while waiting for jungkook to finish changing as he took a shower the minute he found out that he was going to meet your grandmother.

But apparently he took maybe a long shower.

"Yah women! Don't rush me! You girls take longer." Jungkook says before quickly going down the stairs, you look in his direction to see him wearing a yellow button up shirt with tight jeans.

He was...maybe to dressed up as you think that you simply put on high waisted dark blue jeans with a black hoodie.

"You...aren't you maybe to dressed up sir?" You playfully say as jungkook glares at you. "Hey...I don't want to give your grandma a bad impression." You roll your eyes with a small smile. "She'll like you, well maybe, because I still tend to not like you." Jungkook looks at you offendedly.

"Come on before I'll dislike you even more." You say playfully with a small chuckle, jungkook pouts but nods. Before you guys walk out the door, you remind him. "Um...doey eyes, bring extra comfy clothes cause we'll be staying over the night." Jungkooks eyes widen before giving you thumbs up and quickly running upstairs to get extra clothes.

You smile as you shake your head. You look up as you hear him running the stairs while panting. "Okay shorty, let's go." Jungkook says before running out the door. You stand there offendedly. "Yah! I'm not short kid."

The both of you get in your car and you drive the both of you to your grandmothers hotel.

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You pull up to the hotel and park the car beside the office as well as your brothers car. You turn off the engine and look to your left to see jungkook biting his lip nervously. You slightly chuckle. "How you holding up kid?" You ask, teasing him as you can see that he has an habit to bite his bottom lip when he's nervous.

"Shut up and don't tease me, old grandmas are scary." He exclaimed when he takes his doe eyes from the hotel and turns to look at you but with a glare. You give him a small smile. "She's not that bad..." You say while stopping to tease him. "Not that bad?" He ask, still sending you a death glare.

"She's the devil." You say sarcastically with a smile. He rolls his eyes. "Shut up before I'll end up taking her away from you." He says with a sarcastic smile before turning serious and gets out the car. You scoff in response before you get out the car as well.

You and jungkook walk up to the office. You take out the spare key you have for the office and open it.

The minute you step in through the doorway, your instantly being ingulf into warm and familiar arms. You hesitantly hug back. You pull away to see your brother. "Hello shorty. Grandma is in the kitchen." Your eyes widen and you instantly smack your brother on his arm. He whines. "Yah! What was that for?" He says with a pout.

You roll your eyes. "You idiot, you shouldn't let her cook, you already know how her condition is." You whisper to Jonathan, not wanting jungkook to hear.

He pouts even more and you sigh. "It's fine Johnny." Jonathan instantly smiles. You look behind you to see jungkook staying still while looking around the office. "Jungkook." You call his name out, he looks towards you and walks next to you.

"Jonathan, meet jungkook. Jungkook, meet Jonathan." You say while introducing them together. "Oh we know each other." Jonathan says with a smirk. You look at him confusedly and turn your gaze to jungkook to see he's already glaring at Jonathan. "He sneaked out one time when he was sick when you were working." Jonathan says before you flick jungkooks forehead. "Yah! Geez women, stop hurting me." Jungkook madly says with a pout.

"You sneaked out when I told you to stay still and recover well?" You say with arms crossed while trying to stay calm and not let your anger get the best of you. "God damnit John, you have a big mouth." Jungkook mumbles anger while messaging his forehead. You give him one last smack on the head as he whines again before leaving them both to the kitchen to help your grandmother.

Before you can go, you hear jungkook whisper. You instantly hide behind the wall, wanting to hear their conversation.

"Geez she's abusive, is she always like that to you?" Jungkook mumbles to Jonathan. You softly smile when you hear Jonathan's response. "No, she never dared to hit me well only softly but even if she's like a mother to me and would scold me by raising her voice, she never dared to hit me hard or punish me badly."

You look down at your feet with soft sad eyes. "I promised mom i would protect you johnny." You whisper but only for you to hear before completely disappearing into the kitchen to find your grandmother.

Before you step foot into the kitchen, you see your grandmother put her hand over her chest, slowly and calmly inhaling and exhaling her breath. "sum-eul swigo, neulg-eun yeojadeul-ege sum-eul swisibsio." ( breathe, breathe you old women. ) Your grandmother whispers to herself before continuing to cook as if nothing happened.

You sadly look down before trying to act like you saw nothing as you know your grandmother hates when you pity her.

" yah neo neulg-eun yeojadeul, yolihamyeon an dwae." ( yah you old women, you shouldn't be cooking. ) You say while forcing yourself to not worry to much. "dagchyeo ai, naneun jeolm-eun seong-in yeoseong-ibnida. naneun yoli hal gwonliga issseubnida." ( shut up child, I'm a young grown women. I have the right to cook. ) You roll your eyes with a small smile.

"aicheoleom." ( more like a child. ) You playfully say as you hear a chuckle leave your grandmothers mouth. "nae aineun eottae?" ( how are you my child? ) Your grandmother ask while turning off the stove. Wanting to not talk about you, "halmeoni kke mul-eobwaya gess-eoyo yag-eul meog-eossnayo?" ( i should ask you that grandma, have you taken your medicine? ) You ask, feeling as she forgot to take it this morning as well she's looking pale more than usual but you don't ask.

"Yah! aileul sum swil su-issge haejwo, nal jug-ilyeoneungeoya?" ( Yah! Let me breathe child, are you trying to kill me? ) Your grandmother says sarcastically. You softly chuckle.

"gaseo halmeoni geosil-e anj-euseyo. jega sigtag-eul cha lilgeyo." ( go sit down in the living room grandma, I'll set the table. ) You gently say since she did enough to cook food when Jonathan or you could have cooked. Your grandmother was about to say something before you stop. "jigeum. gaseo noindeul anj-euseyo." You playfully but gently say with a small smile.

Your grandmother stares at you for a moment before giving you a nod with a small smile. She heads out the kitchen and you sigh before going in and out the kitchen to take the food out.

As Amber was bringing the food out of the kitchen, ambers grandmother instantly freezes the minute she steps into the living room. She eyes up and down at jungkook.

Jungkook who was talking with Jonathan, instantly is quiet before nervously standing up to bow to her. She slightly nods her head before sitting down on the ground where the coffee table is placed. "annyeonghaseyo jeong-gug-ibnida." ( hello I'm jungkook. ) Jungkook says nervously as he wants to give amber's a good impression of him.

Ambers grandmother doesn't know if she should trust him but she anyways gives jungkook a small soft smile. Jungkook smiles and she instantly loves his smile but she doesn't let her guard down.

While on the other hand, Jonathan stays quietly with a grin on his face, trying to hold in his laughter after seeing jungkook being nervous.

Is he seriously that nervous talking to my grandma? Jonathan thinks to himself before a silent chuckle leaves his mouth. He should stops this before jungkook makes a fool out of himself is what he plans.

"yah jungkook, hobag-i eumsig-eul gajyeo odolog dowajuseyo." ( yah jungkook, go help amber bring the food. ) After Jonathan says that, he's instantly earned a smack on the back of his head. "Yah!! ije mwo? na noin hagdae geumanhae!" ( Yah!! Now what? Stop abusing me old women! ) Jonathan says with a whine as he massages the back of his head.

His grandmother hits are hard.

"geeuleuji malgo eongdeong-ileul deulgo daesin geunyeoleul dowajuseyo!" ( stop being lazy and get your butt up and help her instead! ) His grandmother says with annoyance, not wanting to put up with his lazy behavior any longer.

Both amber and jungkook snort but jungkook instantly covers his mouth. Jonathan glares at the both of them, seeing that amber still has food in her hands while his grandmother stays there amused that jungkook snorted, trying not to laugh.

To her, she thought it would be awkward for her to try not to be herself but she felt comfortable with jungkooks presences. She liked that he did a small laugh just because she hit Jonathan.

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As they began eating, both Jonathan and ambers grandmother get comfortable with each other's presences as the four of them eating while laughs are being heard through out the living room.

But as they were having a good time, both ambers grandmother and Jonathan instantly look at each other when they take a look at amber to see her ambers eyes had a light in them, a glow that made her look more alive as a real smile was displayed right in front of them.

What the both of them wished and always wanted. To see her real smile with no pain or sadness in her eyes even if it was just for a little bit.

Jonathan was overwhelmed with joy by seeing ambers smile. Growing up, he actually never seen her genuine smile. It was hard for him to be happy or to enjoy life when amber threw her childhood away just for him. Losing herself just for his life, his happiness.

And when it came to his grandmothers condition, she lost herself more in the process by over working herself to the point once she gets in her bed, she's instantly passes out.

Both him and his grandmother have talked about it when amber was working, cleaning the hotel rooms that needed to be cleaned. They were both worried that they will never be able to see her smile, hardly eat for herself to the point she was pale.

His grandmother knew why while Jonathan was clueless on why she's doing what she's doing for both him and his grandmother.

But seeing amber laughing and smile for real while her and jungkook bicker, both his grandmother and him feel warm and overwhelmed by her angelic smile. Seeing that her skin was pale but slowly gaining her beautiful color.

"neohuideul-eun eotteohge mannass ni?" ( how did you guys meet? ) Ambers and Jonathan's grandmother ask out of blue, curious on how she's seeing and feeling a warm aura around amber.

Both amber and jungkook quickly look at each other as their laughters die down before they both gulp, turning around the other direction to avoid each other's gazes.

The old women grins at the two in front of her as she takes a spoon of rice and eats it with a happily hum. Jonathan grins as well as he waits for them to speak as he knows the story and oh how he loves to hear it.

Jonathan enjoys the way they met so he knows that once his grandmother knows how they met, she'll like jungkook because he has a good feeling from him. He sees that jungkook was trying hard to give his grandmother a good impression of himself but that's his grandmother hates the most.

She wants to be able to see and observe the person. She wants to be able to that person be comfortable and be themselves just because she's old.

So she waits for jungkook to be himself. She wants to see this thing in him that makes amber to smile. Wants to see what amber sees in her eyes.

Amber sighs with a shrug, not caring as it's not really embarrassing for her but rather than jungkook. So she begins to explain how their encounter was, leaving out that it happened after she took her shots, not wanting to hurt Jonathan's feeling as she still tends to feel guilty as she wasn't able to go to his game when he wanted her to be there.

After amber was done explaining, her grandmother looks at jungkook. Jungkook avoided her gaze when amber was explaining, ashamed that he'll make her mad.

But the room was filled with silence so he slowly looks up to see ambers grandmother with a grin. He confusedly looks at her but surprised when he hears her laugh.

He nervously smiles as he look at amber and amber gives him a small and gently smile.

Amber knew that her grandmother would laugh. And that's what she loved about her. That she didn't judge nor make anyone feel ashamed about their mistakes or anything at all.

Maybe that's why she was able to trust her grandmother. Because despite she was be young and was ashamed that she didn't have no where else to go, her grandmother didn't judge and openly let her and Jonathan in with warm open arms.

But yet it took years to finally get the courage to say those 8 letters that were form into three words, three words that were strong. Strong enough to heal or pain. Heal you as you were able to feel loved by someone or pain you as some people didn't mean it from the heart, thinking those words were just words when in reality they aren't.

Those words can hold a different meaning and when amber finally said those words, it meant, she appreciates her. It meant, she meant she was family to her. It meant that she's grateful to have in her life and able to call her grandmother even if she's not blood related.

But sometimes family doesn't come from blood, it can come from non blood related people.

She doesn't care.

She's just thankful and glad to have her grandmother in her life and she's glad that the curse can't take the memories she has from both her grandmother and jonathan.

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