Cascading Winds

Chapter Two

"Slow down!"
"Haha catch me if you can taehyungie!"
"Wait slow down, slow down..."

"Taehyung it's time to wake up dear" His mother says softly while nudging him.

Taehyung groans back at her mother. He was tired from all the shopping.

"Taehyung wake up now, gosh I shouldn't have let you take a nap, you probably won't even be tired for bedtime" the poor mother grumbles out.

He supposes he should get up, he didn't wanna make her angry.

"Okay mom, i'm up i'm up...", he drawls out. He really didn't know shopping took that much energy.

"You were sleeping mighty hard, what were you dreaming in that head of yours" his mother ask while pulling him up out of bed.

Dreaming? What was he dreaming of? He remembered running and yelling out to someone. He remembers seeing leaves everywhere, even flying through the air. It was colorful, green, brown, orange all swirling together in the air. And he remembers no matter how much he ran, he couldn't catch the person he was running after.

"Ouch!!" Taehyung yells rubbing his forehead.

"Why did you flick me!?" He yells out.

"You zoned out for three minutes, I even called out to you 4 times!!" His mother says back looking at him curiously.

"You still didn't have to knock me out" Taehyung grumbles out in exaggeration.

"Yeah yeah, cmon it's time for dinner little boy" his mother says walking out his room and making her way to the kitchen.

Weird. His dream was weird, but most dreams are anyways. Taehyung puts his slippers on and starts making his way to the kitchen.

He hopes it's not stew again. No, he begs it's not stew again. Don't get him wrong, he loves his mother cooking, but if he has to eat one more bowl of stew he's going to scream.

"Taehyung sit down I made your favorite" his mother says. Like clockwork she turns around with a bowl of steaming hot chicken broth stew in her hands.

He swears he saw satan himself when she turned around.

"Oh... stew, haha thanks mother!" Taehyung says with the biggest smile he can manage. Truth be told her stew is not all that bad if she didn't serve it every day.
However, he's not going to be picky, it's not like they have an abundance of choices.

"So Taehyung, you know how i've been looking for jobs in town and near our house?" She says looking the boy in the eyes. He remembers, she's been looking for a week or two now. Ever since her last job went bankrupt she's been looking for new one.

"Yes, what about it? Did you find one?" He says back, meeting her eyes.

"Yes, well no, well yes, its complicated..." she says looking everywhere but at him. What could be so complicated? Did she get the job or not?

"So I got the job-" she starts to say.

"Mom!! That's great! Now we can buy better stuff and eat more food!!" Taehyung rambles.

"Taehyung...listen, the job I got pays well...however, it's way off into the medows..." she spits out.

The meadows, she doesn't like the meadows. She says mother and kids should never live, work, or visit the meadows. He can't seem to think of a reason why she hates it so much.

Well the forest is next to the meadows.

"You do know what this means right Tae? We're gonna have to move. The meadows is to far of a walking distance." She states out, eyes drooping.

Move. Move!!!??? He can't move, he doesn't want to. He wants to stay in his small village. He wants to go outside and play with friends...well scratch the friends. He wants to stay here, his home.

"What!? No! We can't move mom, we've lived here my whole life! We can't just leave it behind, I refuse!!!" Taehyung yells out. His mother flinches at his tone, but immediately straighten herself back up.

"Taehyung, watch your mouth. Look around you, theres nothing to miss!! We have no money Taehyung, I know your just a kid but you have to atleast understand where i'm coming from? This is not easy for me, but if we want to life comfortably I have to take on the job." His mother yells back in return softnening her voice at the end. He knows this is hard but necessary for the both of them. He just can't bring himself to leave his childhood home.

"Is there really no other choice..." he sniffles out, tears making way down his face.

His mother reaches out to him, grabbing one hand and wiping his tears with another.

"I'm so sorry, but this is the only chance we have to make a better life for us. Trust me, I hate the meadows, and I absolutely hate having this be my only choice. However, as long as I have you, I think i'll be okay." His mother says, squeezing his hand across the table.

"You promise?" He whispers out.

"I promise my love" she whispers back in return.

He really hopes this works out. Maybe he should look on the bright side of things. The meadows...what's good about the meadows? Lot's of flowers he thinks. Oh! The forest, he remembers the forest is next to the meadows.

He could always go exploring.

Yeah right, his mother hates the meadows so he's pretty sure she hates the forest to. He would never be allowed to go into the forest. That's to bad, he wouldn't mind being able to explore.

"Ah well dinner is over, it's time for bed my baby" she says standing up and grabbing the dirty dishes on the old wooden table.

"I thought I wouldn't be sleepy, but im exhausted right now" Taehyung yawns out.

The news of moving and to the meadows at that has taken a lot of energy out of him. He gets up from the table and starts shuffling towards his room.

"Aht! Aht! Taehyung brush your teeth then go to sleep!" she yells at him before he could make it out the kitchen.

"Fine! Fine!" Taehyung yells back. He was way to tired to brush his teeth, but he was also to tired to argue with his mother.

He turns and makes his way down the small hallway into the bathroom. This would really be his last few days in here. He never thought he would get emotional over a bathroom but here he is.

Taehyung pulls out his toothbrush from the cup on the countertop. He gets toothpaste and squirts it onto his toothbrush.

"Ah mom i'm done brushing! I'm going to sleep now!" Taehyung yells out after completing his bedtime brush routine.

"Okay my love! Goodnight sweet dreams!" she yells back from the kitchen.

Taehyung walks from the hallway into his small bedroom. He looks around, his small twin bed in the middle. His short dingy dresser drawer that's been handed down since lint. His discoloured nightstand that had way to many stains. His wilted bed sheets his mother made. He won't get to worked up over this stuff. Majority of it will probably transfer over into their new house. It's just the walls that will stay. He'll miss these walls. They know all his secrets, they hold all his tears. He's gonna miss them.

Taehyung stops staring and walks towards his bed. He gets under the covers and closes his eyes.

"This time, i'm going to catch you for sure!" He says as sleep quickly carries him away.

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Not proofread its 1:39 am. Sorry for the wait family stuff! The next update will probably be Tuesday or Wednesday, maybe.