Prologue
It was another somber night, Ha-yoon sat on her bed cuddling with her legs, lost in the dark of her room. She was misty eyed and alone. Her attention drifted towards the door as her older sister got in and closed the door again. Ha-yoon looked at her with teary eyes as 9 year old Ha-young walked over and sat beside her at the edge of the bed.
Both of them stayed silent, staring down blankly as they listened to their parents fighting downstairs. It had become a normal thing for the kids nowadays, but knowing that their parents’ anger will be directed at them again today made Ha-yoon shiver, she did not want to be hit today too, she did not want to be blamed for their parents' misfortune, she did not want to be called their burden again. Both of them were drained and exhausted.
Ha-young put her arms around Ha-yoon's shoulders and hugged her from the side, rubbing her shoulder reassuringly, trying to tell her they will be okay, everything will be okay but she couldn't get the words out from her mouth, maybe because she too doubted if anything could ever be okay. They sat there in the darkness, listening to their parents shouting at each other as they cried together.
