Chapter 11
“Your mother is going to kill me.”
“Chaerin already invited everyone so make sure
you’ll be there for the surprise party for Bom, okay?” Seunghyun and I are in
out lighthouse, yes, I christened it as ours. “Oh, I need to remind Chae to not
forget to order some corn muffins, corn cupcakes, corn … hmmm… do you think that
Bom can eat whole foods now?”
Seunghyun was staring at me incredulously. “Didn’t
you hear what I said?” he asked, his forehead creased with worry. “I said your
mother is going to kill me.”
I rolled my eyes at him. “I heard you. You’ve
probably been repeating those words for the hundredth time.” I sighed. “You’re
being overly dramatic.”
His left eye flinched.
Okay, I’m being harsh. I smiled at him. “Don’t worry,”
I assured him, putting my right hand on top of his. “I won’t let her kill you.”
I wiggled my eyebrows at him teasingly.
“Gee, thanks for the overwhelming concern.”
“You’re cute when you’re being sarcastic,” I
observed. “and when you’re nervous like this.”
“You’re mother is going to kill me.”
“No, she won’t. If she’s going to kill somebody,
it’s going to be me.”
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My earlier bravado left me seeing my mother
waiting for us. She stepped off from the swing and welcomed me and Seunghyun.
She looked at her wristwatch and then turned to us. “It’s almost midnight” her
tone a little disapproving. “Did you kids behave?” was her loaded question.
“Mom” I whined, widening my eyes at her.
“I’m sorry Mrs. Park.” Seunghyun said with a
bow.
Mom chose to ignore me. “Is there something you
should be sorry for?”
“Nothing!” I abruptly answered.
“It was my entire fault” Seunghyun said at the
same time.
I stared at him and elbowed his ribs. “Yah,” I
whispered. “What are you doing?”
Mom crossed her arms in front of her. Not a good
sign. “It’s late and I am not good at guessing games so can somebody tell me
what it is that you are sorry about.”
“It’s not Seunghyun’s fault.”
“No, it’s mine. I shouldn’t have taken her to
that place. If I didn’t, none of this would have happened.” He said
apologetically.
“Why are you blaming yourself? It’s not like you
forced me … I wanted to do it … “
“But still, it was my idea to go there. I should’ve
been more responsible and because of it you’ve lost your precious –“
I cut him off. “I’m an adult. I make my own
choices. How many times do I have to tell you?” Seunghyun and I are facing each
other, Mom forgotten. We are repeating the argument we’ve had at the lighthouse
that’s why it took us a long time to get back home.
“I’m the one who took you there so I’ll take the
responsibility” he repeated his point.
“And how many times do I have to tell you that
you are –“
“Stop! Both of you!” Mother yelled. “I swear if
you won’t start talking sense, I’ll make the both of you shark baits.”
Seunghyun and I gulped.
We started talking at the same time.
My mom started smoothing out the creases on her
forehead. “Do I have to repeat myself?”
We went silent.
“No, ma’am.” That was Seunghyun. I merely shook
my head and started fiddling my beanie.
“You first” she pointed at Seunghyun. “Why are
you taking responsibility and where did you take and what did you do to my
daughter? I hope to God that it’s not what I’m thinking because if it is, I’ll
kick your ass back to America.” She warned.
Seunghyun understood the meaning of her words
and nervously began to vehemently deny my mother’s assumption. “No, no, it’s
not what you’re thinking.” He even began shaking both of his hands in front of
him while I stared at my Mom open-mouthed, not believing that she’ll think of
that of us. “We never even thought of doing “that”.” He looked at me, his eyes
looking for support and I nodded vigorously. “I mean, we never even got to
first base. Not that we’re thinking of going to the first base. But in case you
think we did, you know, we didn’t. We haven’t even kissed yet. I mean kiss on
the lips…”
I was doing a face palm by this time during
Seunghyun’s babbling. I wanted to give him a shovel so he can bury both of us
in shame.
Mom visible relaxed.
Seunghyun seemed to realize the words that came
out of his mouth and his face started to look mortified. I took pity on him so
I gently tugged on my beanie and presented the reason of all the brouhaha we’ve
been having.
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“Mom, open the door” I’ve been knocking on her
bedroom door for the past five minutes.
Seunghyun already left soon after my Mom walked
out on us. Well, in this case, she walked inside the house and left us in the
front yard after seeing my hair. She should be glad that I only shaved my hair
and did not, you know, lose my V as she earlier suspected.
“Mom,” I called again. No answer.
“I’m sorry, okay? I know how much you love my
hair but, really, there’s a reason for this.”
Her door suddenly opened and I nearly tripped
and fell inside her room as I was slightly leaning on it.
“And what’s that reason?” she demanded. “How
could you shave your hair? Your precious, precious hair?” She was all
teary-eyed.
I sighed. You think I’m a drama queen? I got it
from my Mama.
So, I began to talk. I told her about Bom and
how I feel guilty and shaving just a part of my hair is nothing compared to her
coming back bald. And then I confessed about the truth of her condition. I
thought hard about it and I decided that I need my mother to know. It’s too big
a secret to keep to myself. She understood in the end and was even hurt that I
didn’t tell her right away. We kissed and made up.
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When I got to bed, I noticed that Seunghyun sent
me a message.
S: I hope ur mom is not too angry…
Me: Not anymore J
S: I’m glad …
S: Do you think she’ll let me take u out on a
date again?
Me: Shouldn’t u have asked me first if I’m
willing to go out with u again?
There was a bit of delay before he replied back
and I started to get anxious.
Finally, I heard a beep.
S: I’m sorry … I thought u had fun …
Me: I did! (I typed and sent this asap in case
he thinks I didn’t enjoy our date)
S: Really? It didn’t end the way wanted to :(
Me: What do u mean? U were hilarious in front of
my Mom… LOL
S: I wanted to die of shame OTL
Me: kekeke
Me: But seriously, I had fun. I enjoyed the
movie :)
S: And I enjoyed feeding the seals :)
Me: I enjoyed our first argument :)
S: I enjoyed being with u :)
Me: :)
S: :)
Me: Gudnyt! Sweet dreams!
S: I will! Dream of me …
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A/N:
Sorry it took a long time for me to update. I
resigned from my job and am now starting anew at a different company.
I’ll write a longer update next time. I promise
to update this first than Against All Odds.
Thank you for being patient and please continue
to support both of my stories.
*bisous*
~mzbookworm4life
