step siblings

"I'm sorry about your fiancé." Came a voice spilling from the door. I was too preoccupied in my own thought that I hadn't noticed Yoon came in.

I looked up at him, he carried a casual easiness to him that made him more charming. No wonder all the neighboring girls have been loitering around the yard trying to get a glimpse of him.

Yoon wore a white pants complemented by a green robe. It looked good on him especially with his hazel eyes. I didn't even know he came back home. "Yoon? Since when did you get home?"

He smiled and rested to the spot in the bed next to me. He sat comfortably close that if either one of us were to move, the cushion beneath us will shift sliding our hips together.

"I wanted to apologize about what I said a few nights ago." He murmured.

"What? Your speech about running away together?" I continued.

"I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. What I said must have been confusing and I didn't want to scare you."

I turned to him, seeing his face so close. His freckles, the bronze and gold in his eyes, the shape of his lips that seemed so inviting. I was suddenly captured by features I've never noticed before that I nearly forgotten how to speak. "You were the one who got all weirded out and avoided me." I managed.

He gave a soft laughter, he knew real well what he's doing. "You're about to get married and I thought I could save you from a man you don't love."

"How'd you know I don't love him?"

Yoon swallowed. "Because you told me I don't have to be a psychic to know you're not in love with him."

I dropped my gaze and scratched a sudden itch on my back. It was the scar I got from stepfather's whip. Yoon lifted his finger tracing the line of my raised skin. "Do you remember how you got this scar?" He whispered, the sound of his soft voice so close to my ear and the sensation of his cool finger on my skin was enough to make my stomach squirm.

"I remember that day, father was beating me for disappearing in the forest."

"Yes, I heard your cries in my bedroom. I thought I couldn't take it anymore."

"You rushed into my room and threw yourself in front of me." He paused and pulled the collar of my robe lower. "I thought you were so brave that night. You have your arms wrapped around me protectively and did not let go until he gave up. You stayed with me until we both fell asleep."

"He was always a monster."

"I've never wanted more than to protect anyone in my life ever since. I thought that if you would endure a whip on your back just to take away some of my pain then you were worth everything protecting."

I smiled, I knew that was part of the reason Yoon picked up weapons and training. "Is that why you left me all alone to deal with him?"

"Not everything is what it seems, Hana. I'm trying my best to protect you and your mother."

"I've always thought you hated me, the way you act so distant growing up. It's like you never wanted me around."

"I thought at the time it was the best if I stayed away. I didn't want you getting hurt and that time when you did, I thought I would never forgive myself."

I sighed and pulled my robe that slowly slipping down back over my  shoulders. I just came to realize Yoon was slowly undressing me. I stirred away from his touch and glared at him. 

He returned my glare with a dark smile. "I was hoping I'd get away with it."