Suho ran his hands threw his brown hair as he watched his mother passed out on their living room couch. Her light brown hair was spilled out on her face she all he could see what was tip of her nose. The rough wool blanket engulfed her entire body in dark reds and greens, making her a cocoon to the rest of the world. He grabbed his jacket from the coat rack by the front door. As he opened it slowly, a small assertive voice made him jump in alarm. "Oppa, where are you going?" Minsu asked, she was the second youngest sister at fourteen.
Suho sighed and straightened up. "I'm going out to look for Haesu," he said carefully. His second oldest sister had been out of the house for more than two days now. She was the most rebellious of the four at the age of fifteen. The youngest daughter of eleven, Chaesu, and the oldest girl at eighteen, Rasu were sound asleep upstairs in bed; the exact place Minsu should be. Minsu's eyes seemed to water at the mention of her unnie. They were closest, always doing things together because of their small age gap. "Don't go looking for her. She won't come back home," Minsu teared, holding back a sob. Suho walked to the girl and she didn't hesitate to wrap her arms around him. Before Haesu had left, Suho had a very loud argument with her. She had been seeing one of the boys from the wrong part of town and was leading her into a life he was trying to avoid. She would have no part of him and even cursed him out that he was no father to her and that he deserved to disappear. And that he was a worthless brother. She had stormed off, straight into the mouth of hell.
Suho stayed home that night with the constant sobs of Minsu keeping him stationed home. While alone in his room, he stared out the crisp cool night that blanketed Exo-K. "Haesu," he cursed at his own stubbornness to ignoring his sister's pleas for understanding. "Don't do anything stupid. Or I'm going to skin you," he let his back collide with the soft mesh of his bed. His back aching. Suddenly he heard the sound of his name, a demanding call.
"Suho," it rang, solid yet feminine. "Suho," his gaze was diverted to a tall, beautiful shining woman. Suho shot up instantly. "Who are you miss?" his voice a shrill tone of surprise. The woman's eyes were hard, but her face was smooth and collected. She was giving him more of a tough approach compared to Luhan since he was used to dealing with straight forward conversations. He was to be a leader anyways and leaders were to be strong and unwavering pillars of strength. Therefore, no soft calls would be done here.
“I am the tree of life, you can call me mother tree. I have come to you for a special reason.” Her voice was commanding. the voice of wisdom and strength. “Today EXOPLANET was invaded and the guardians went into battle, but all twelve have lost their lives fighting for EXO.” She stated simply. Suho's legs lost their bones and he slid back into his bed sitting up, gulping as the woman neared. “The governor’s had just been informed that by the morning 12 new guardians would come forward. You are one of them; you will take Guardian Leeteuk who controlled water.”
"Listen, miss," he tried to call, but her piercing eyes shot him into silence. She was darker here then when she had visited Luhan. It was the only way that Suho would take her seriously. “When you wake up you will be blessed with the power, I have already visited your family and the governor of EXOK they know about you. While you’re sleeping your body will go under change and in the morning you will fell a tiny bit different and you might lose a few pounds due to your body using all its energy and sugars to go through the change. Tomorrow you will pack and by 12 you will be taken to see the governor and then to the guardian mansion. Sleep well and I will see you tomorrow.” Her tone was finalizing. There was no way he could escape this twist of fate. As she disappeared, taking all the magic suspense with her, he feel back, even more exhausted as before.