YEARS APART

Unmade Plan

Athiee, Minho and Jisung were all standing together. Athiee took a deep sigh, and looked around. Many boys were standing there looking at her, and she hated it.

"Hating the attention ?" Jisung asked with a smile

"You can tell by looking at her face" Minho said and she glared at him.

"It's something natural for me, but this time it's a bit too much" she said annoyed.

"Wow, what a show off" Minho said with a straight face.

"Deal with it" Athiee answered.

"Ugh here we go again, shut up both of you" Jisung said and walked away. She looked at him and quickly joined him, while Minho sighed and followed with slow steps.
The first day ended smoothly, and everything went well. Athiee walked toward her car, and Jisung followed her.

"Hey gorgeous"
"Yes handsome"

"Down for some dinner ?" She looked at him, while thinking

"It's an invitation from Ms Mura, asking you to join us for dinner tomorrow"

"I was planning on visiting them anyways..." she said

"Cool, i'll tell her that you'll come" Jisung said and walked away.

"Wait ! I haven't checked my schedule yet ! Jisung " Athiee shouted but he ignored her. He turned around and signaled her that he'll call later, no less no more.

"I can't believe him" she said then went back to her car.
In the end of the day, there wasn't much that she could do, so she decided to go somewhere, she missed a lot.

"Dinner ?" Minho said while playing games on his phone.

"Yes" replied Jisung, who was sitting facing Minho, also playing games in his phone.

"Why you want me to join ? It's a family dinner" Minho commented

"You're family to me, and don't you dare decline the invitation, my mom is waiting for you".

"If it's aunt Mura's food, then i won't decline it for sure"

"Great" Jisung said and they both continued playing games, making some noise.

The night was beautiful, and the sky was clear, the stars were shining brightly, making the night prettier. A cold, sweet breeze blew near the calm river, were people walked around. Athiee walked peacefully, gazing at the beautiful view. Everything sounded the same, from 6 years ago, except for the circumstances, which were different. She walked around, enjoying herself, and eventually, arrived at her mother's place. Athiee gazed at the river, while the wind played with her head.

"Mom.... I came back" she said, then smiled painfully.

"Please don't be mad at me, i missed you so much, and here i am, here to see you again. Mom, i became a good woman, I'm taking a good care of my life, so you don't have to worry about me, at least not anymore. I'm taking care of father, he's growing clumsy everyday" she laughed a bit then continued

"We are doing fine.... I just wish that you were with us. He misses you, I'm jealous !...." Athiee stopped talking and looked down at her hands. Sitting there after 6 years, she would never thought that it would be that emotional for her.
Athiee whipped off her tears, and smiled. Voices attracted her attention, so she looked at her side. A girl and a boy, in their teen age , were laughing and talking, and having their best time together. She gazed at them, recalling a familiar scene from her past, when she shared such moments with her only friend back then, Seungmin.
Her expressions slowly turned sad, and she felt her chest getting heavy. Her and Seungmin's memories flashed before her eyes. 6 years ago, she couldn't even say goodbye, and now, when she came back, she couldn't say anything either. Her one and only friend, was gone away, with her departure 6 years ago.