Her Signs - Michaeng [EDITING]

Chapter 6: Reeling Feelings

Chaeyoung is sitting at the table with the rest of the family. She would take glances at Jeongyeon who is suspiciously calm and relax at the moment. She then remembers what he said to her last night by the stairs.

She's suddenly grown anxious around her older brother.
"Chaeyoung, when's your summer break again?" Mr. Son spoke up, catching Chaeyoung's attention.

"By next week dad." she answers.

"Well then if that's the case, do you kids have something in mind where we can spend summer vacation at?" Mr. Son smiled at his two kids.

"I'm... I'm not really in the mood to go on a vacation these days.." Chaeyoung nervously answered. Mr. Son raises his eyebrows questioningly.

"Why? Well that's new. You like going on vacations on summer breaks and winter breaks because you said you didn't get any fun at school."

"It's just that. It changed." Chaeyoung simply said, picking her food. Then she heard Jeongyeon stifle a laugh. She gave him a glance and also their parents.

"Sorry, I just remembered something."

"What is it Jeongyeon?" Mr. Son asks and it made Chaeyoung anxious. She made eye contact with her older brother for a second before he looks away.

"Nothing. Nothing." he said before standing up from his chair.

"Enjoy your food mom, dad." before he walks away leaving their parents confused.

"What was that? Did he just.. call you.. mom?" Mr. Son disbelievingly asked his wife who is just as surprised as him.

"Yeah, he did. He called me that last night too and I don't know why he did all of a sudden." Chaeyoung bows her head as she ate silently, listening to their conversation.

She's really worried that maybe Jeongyeon knows about her going to a club, meeting a girl named Myoui Mina then secretly meets her everyday, she doesn't know if their parents will like it or not but she thinks not.

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This time Chaeyoung was more careful now. A week have passed and it was the beginning of summer break. Her parents went off to go visit her grandparent's place while Jeongyeon went off to somewhere even she doesn't know about. But she have a hunch, and that is to go 'bitch-hunting' that's what he calls it as far as she can remember.

She wore a cap and a mask as she heads to Mina's place. She knocks on the door, the door opens and she greets.
"Hey-" she didn't get to finish her words when Mina swung an umbrella at her causing her to hit the door frame and fall on the floor with a thud.

She woke up a couple of minutes later with the stinging pain on her forehead.
"Ah.. crap.." she groans as she opens her eyes.

Her heart almost stopped beating when she came face to face with a worried look of Mina. She looks really worried, one hand was putting a little bit pressure on her forehead with an ice pack. Chaeyoung panicked and backs away, she clears her throat and felt her head, she winces in pain.
"Ah! What the hell? What happened?"

Mina wrote on her notepad and shows it to her.
'I swung an umbrella at you, I thought you were one of the guys I saw back in the convenience store..' Chaeyoung noticed how suddenly she got tensed so she sat up and gave her a worried look. She waited on as Mina wrote again, 'They were following me when I went to go grocery shopping a while ago.'

"What guys?"

'I don't know..' Chaeyoung wiped off her frown and said.

"It's okay. Good thing they didn't follow you here. Now, come on. I brought something to cook." She took the plastic bags with her to the kitchen. Mina followed after her and shows what she wrote to her again.
'Why are you dressed like that anyways? I even thought you were someone else.'