Did You Ever See Me As Your Brother?
Blind TVN, Blind 2022, Blind Kdrama, Oneshot
Ryu Sung Joon & Ryu Sung Hoon
notes: posted on ao3 as well. this show literally destroyed me anyways here's the oneshot i claimed id post like uh 6+ months ago ?? idek anymore. they may be slightly OOC but oh well 🤡
link to ao3: Did You Ever See Me As Your Brother?
Word count: 711
"Father, you are under arrest for attempted murder," Ryu Sung Joon said as he put the handcuffs on his own father. "You have the right to remain silent, you have a right to an attorney..."
Rain poured upon the three, including Ryu Sung Hoon who was still on the ground. After making sure his father was cuffed properly, Sung Joon got up and went over to his brother. He felt so betrayed and furious—Sung Hoon was working with Yoon Jae the entire time?
"Are you happy now?" Sung Joon scoffed. "It turned out the way you wanted to."
Silence. Spare for the rain hitting the ground. It was too loud.
Sung Joon balled his fists, hands trembling.
"Are you happy now?!" he shouted, hating the silence. For once, his brother had nothing to say. Well, how could one possibly excuse lying to him for so many years?
In a fit of rage, he went and pulled Sung Hoon up by the front of his shirt. He braced himself for the one final question he had.
The question he was scared to ask. Or rather, the answer he was terrified to hear.
"Did you-" Sung Joon took deep breaths, the adrenaline of forcing the gun out of his father's hands from earlier wearing off. "Ever, just once ," his voice took on a pleading tone, "think of me as your brother?"
Sung Hoon finally snapped. "What do you take me for?"
"ANSWER ME!" Sung Joon shook him. Perhaps he was being selfish, there were more pressing matters to get to, like taking his father and brother to the station, but he had to know.
Did Sung Hoon really hate him? Has he ever truly cared about him?
"You thought I didn't because Yoon Jae told you, don't you?" Sung Hoon asked simply. Sung Joon wanted to pull out his hair in frustration.
"You came from Hope Welfare Center."
"Scary men there would hurt you."
"Don't tell our parents or they'll send you back there."
The necklace.
"I gave you that necklace because I think of you as my real brother."
"You're still pathetic, though," with a hint of a smile.
"You said you gave that necklace to me because you considered me as your real brother!" Sung Joon screamed, voice breaking. He pushed Sung Hoon away and made him fall right back on the ground. "Why did you lie? Why did you make me get my hopes up?"
"Ryu Sung Joon!" Sung Hoon shouted, wincing and bringing a hand to the wound on his side. "Stop speaking nonsense, I didn't lie. Why are you being like this?"
"If you meant it, why did you lie and make me believe I was adopted? That I was Yoon Jae?" Sung Joon couldn't help it, his eyes watered. The tears threatened to spill. He shook his head vigorously. No need to make himself look more pathetic.
He was already practically begging his brother to love him—like a child.
"I… I projected my… experiences onto you," Sung Hoon admitted. "I’m… You didn't deserve that. I understand if you never forgive me. I’m… I’m sorry,” he swallowed.
Sung Joon stared at him, feeling hyper aware of the sounds of the ocean waves behind them. The sounds of the waves, almost calming if it weren't for the situation at hand. The pitter patter of the rain, how his clothes stuck to his body. He felt sick. Sick to his stomach.
His brother disgusted him, but at the same time, he apologized. Sung Hoon never apologized. Granted, perfect Ryu Sung Hoon never had a reason to. Their parents adored him, Sung Hoon was never the one recklessly getting into fights and trouble.
Why would he have apologized before?
“You… you tricked me,” Sung Joon whispered, voice breaking. “Why did you have to lie?”
“How much do you… recall? Those memories… Yoon Jae w-” Sung Hoon began, but the second Yoon Jae’s name came out of his mouth, Sung Joon snapped.
"It's always Yoon Jae!" Sung Joon let out an unamused huff of laughter. "Yoon Jae this, Yoon Jae that! Has it always been about Yoon Jae? Your real brother?”
"At some point in time," Sung Hoon exhaled, pushing himself off the ground. “It stopped being about Yoon Jae.”
HAHA THE END MY MOTIVATION ENDED THERE
might make pt 2?? but last time i said that it never happened so honestly imma just say Inshallaah 🤠
