Unrequited Love Thresher

“Myunrequitedloveisover.”Comparedtomyperfectolderbrother,I,HaGiyeon,wasendlesslylacking.Myfirstloveandmylastlove—everysingleoneofthemweremybrother’sfriends.WhatIgotinreturnforpouringallmyaffectionintothemwerecold,violentwordsofrejection.Thencamethethunderbolt:Iwasn’teventheirrealson.Myfamily,whoseloveIdesperatelysought,kickedmeoutofthehouse.EventhoughIscrapedbydoinghardlabor,itdidn’tfeellikeliving.Thencamethesuddencaraccident.Rightbeforedying,Iregrettedeverythingandbegged—ThatifIevergottoliveagain,Iwouldnevergivemylovetothefamilywhoscornedanddiscriminatedagainstme,nortothebrotherswhotormentedmeunderthepretenseofaffection.Iwouldlivealifethatwastrulymyown.Andasifitwerealie,inthewinterofmy17thyear,HaGiyeonreturned.AsHaGiyeonbegantochange,sotoodidthefamilyandthebrotherswhohadoncetrampledhim…