All About Her

Chapter 26 : All About Her

Seunghyun

I pulled up at my parents place, my father was out having lunch with Han and Jae and so I decided to come see Omma and eat her food.

I smiled to myself like a fool, the way I did earlier while I was taking my bath - the last image and memory of Naomi's smile playing again and again making me smile. It felt like a crush and it was the simplest and closet thing to explain the way I felt for her, it was the strongest crush though one I dont recall experiencing ever in my life.

Naomi was like those beautiful butterflies that you saw once in a while but I wanted to keep her with me as mine, to see the beautiful butterfly every day close to me. If my feelings were to be explained I was half certain someone would say I liked her and not just crushed on her - but I wanted to keep it as a crush at least for now since we werent together.

To be honest, I was afraid of falling or liking Naomi cuz I felt like if I did there was no going back or certainty to if we could be together. We both had different lives, needs, families and responsibilities that couldnt just be thrown away to make us happen. I didnt want to overthink or stress myself over it amd that was why I left it as it was with her and I.

Only time would tell what will happen with and between us.

'How dare you?!,' I heard Omma scream from the kitchen as I made my way into the house.

I scrunched my brows at what I heard her say. My heart skipped a beat when I heard something whoosh and something,  rather someone fall then came a whimper.

Trying to clear my doubt and anxiety I walked into the kitchen, where I was greeted with a dreading and disappointing scene. Lee sat on the floor sniffling as Omma stood before with anger flaring amd written on her face. Omma slapped Lee.

A million questions ran around my mind.
What happened?
What was Lee doing here?
Why did and would Omma slap her?

I knew Omma was never fond of Lee since the baby thing but the thing escalated when I went through extreme anxiety and depression to the point where Omma didnt even like hearing Lee's name or voice not talk of her stepping in Omma's house. I bet Lee came to ask Omma for forgiveness but Omma wasnt ready to take it, but that didnt Omma the right to slap Lee.

'Omma!' I yelled more than I was meant to, my face scrunched and anger steering in me.

'Seunghyun.' Omma looked up, her face softening a little at my sight.

'What - why?!' I tried to calm myself down as I looked down and my eyes met Lee's.

Her eyes threaten in red tears and her face looked red and hot, my face softened and I felt so bad.

'It - its okay.' Lee muttered struggling to her feet and walking past me and out.

'Omma what was that?!' My eyes popped at Omma.

'Son, I had to. This wench had the guts to come up here after what she did, I had to put -,'

'Whatever she did doesnt give you the right to slap her, Omma!' I scolded.

'But -,' guilt wrote down on Omma's face.

'But what? I know more than anyone what Lee put me through and what we went through with each other, you or anyone dont have the right to judge her over anything.' I told her calming down a little.

'Im sorry, Seunghyun. I just -,' though it was disrespectful, Omma was wrong and that was why I walked out.

I couldnt stand seeing her, I needed to calm down. I knew Omma was just being protective and like every mother, she didn't like anyone who hurt her child and wanted to show them they were wrong but that didn't mean Lee didn't deserve that. She didn't deserve to be humiliated in that way or go through such and that was why I ran after her to the porch.