Can i love you ?

3

The next day, we had a few classes scheduled to start at noon. I had a good night's sleep. It's rare to have the luxury of sleeping in until almost lunchtime!

"Hi, my dear," Mom greeted me in a slightly sleepy voice. She usually leaves for work no earlier than noon.

"Hi, Mom."

"Are you running late for classes today?"

"We have classes later in the day, so I had the chance to sleep in. What time are you leaving?"

Mom pondered for a moment and then replied, "I'm leaving as usual, around noon. Do you want me to give you a ride?"

"Oh, that's great. I'm tired of taking the bus. What's the occasion?"

I wondered why she was making this effort. Usually, it's my father who suggests such things, while my mom often insists on taking the bus. I can't say that our relationship is developing very smoothly.

"Yoohyeon, there's something else. Your father and I are going to the seaside. So, get ready."

"Did you finally persuade him to take a vacation?"

"Has it ever been different? We're leaving on Monday, by the way. I'm going to buy the tickets today. It'll be..."

"What? Monday? What about my studies? I can't just drop everything and leave!"

I couldn't contain my indignation. What the heck! Not only did they not ask me if I even wanted to go somewhere, they also chose a time when I have school. We just had a vacation recently, and I was stuck at home doing nothing, and now they expect me to go! I won't go! No, no, no!

"Is studying more important than family vacations? Your father and I work like crazy, and we have the right to rest! Don't spoil the mood for everyone before our vacation! Why are you shouting at your mom?!"

"Anyway? What are you talking about? I'm not going anywhere! I have school! Exams and coursework are coming up soon!

"Don't shout," my mom scolded. "You will go anyway!"

"I will not go! I'm an adult now, and I have the right to make decisions!"

"Yoohyeon, it's just for two or three weeks! Your studies won't disappear! Stop trying to prove something! You're behaving like a child!"

"You're the one behaving like a child! Should everyone always do what you want? Dad didn't want to go and couldn't go, but you want to! I don't want to go, and unlike my dad, I won't go!"

"Yoohyeon, what do you think you're doing? I'm your mother!"

"Mom, I love you," I tried to speak in a calmer voice, "but why won't you give me the right to make my own decisions? I understand that you want the best for me, that you want to help, but can't I create my own destiny? And this..."

"The world won't collapse if you miss a couple of weeks!"

"But it might collapse for me! I don't want to go!"

"Is there something I don't know? Is my daughter in love?"

Her anger and shouting seemed to dissipate. A sly smile spread across her face, and a twinkle appeared in her eyes.

"Yes! Oh... I mean, no, in short, I'm running late, and I don't want to discuss it!"

I hurriedly left the kitchen without having breakfast, got dressed, and rushed out of the house.

The important thing is that I'm not going anywhere. Maybe my refusal seems stupid. Three weeks at the seaside, probably on some islands. My mother knows how to choose the perfect destination. And three weeks, think about it, that's twenty-one days I would spend without her, without the slightest opportunity to see her or breathe the same air.