He Started It by Hitting on Me

One Fine Day

"Appa?" I asked.
"Appa?" Jonghyun squeaked.
Appa giggled and then smiled, with his teeth all shining. "Appa!" he exclaimed.
I kept on panting and I held onto my stomach, which was turning in an unpleasant way. I furrowed my eyes at Appa, who was smiling at Jonghyun and then at me and then at Jonghyun and then at me.
And the silence wasn't helping. Right then, Appa started to talk. "What? No one's happy to see Appa this time? Am I missing out on something?" he asked, feeling kind of disappointed.
Jonghyun gulped in Appa's arms as the sweat from his face ran down to his chin.
Appa's eyes started to darken. "No one really is happy to see me then?'' he asked bluntly.
I shook my head. "No, I'm happy. It's just that... I thought you weren't able to come for a long time..." I trailed off.
Appa tsked. "Why? You think I shouldn't be able to meet my only daughter in the whole wide world? You want me to die and-"
"APPA! You're talking too much," I sighed, shaking my head. Appa smiled at me.
"I just missed you a lot, sweety," he told me. I smiled back. "I missed you too," I say back. Only silence stayed in our presence until...
"...Ahem...."
Aish, I just remembered. That bastard is still here. And he's in my Appa's arms. He's turning gayer at the second.
Appa turned his attention back to Jonghyun. "That was quite a leap you took there, Jonghyun. Tell me, why were you jumping on the car?" he asked.
Jonghyun blinked at him. "I... uh... was running... away... from your daughter... uh... yeah."
"And why were you running away?"
Jonghyun looked back at me and I was just glaring at him, my glare telling him that if he spilled anything, he was dead times two. Jonghyun looked back at Appa and shrugged. "I wanted to become a ballet dancer," he answered, smiling oddly.
Silence occurred between all three of us. Appa just stared blankly at him and Jonghyun still had that odd look in his eye. I just stared at both of them, wondering which one of them was going to talk first. Suddenly, Appa started to speak first.
"Oh. Well, uhm... it was a really good leap you made there, if you wanted to know," Appa answered casually. Jonghyun nodded and laughed a little breathlessly. I pursed my lips and sighed to break the short awkward silence.
"Appa, is there a reason why you are here? Besides seeing me?" I asked, wanting to know. Appa barely makes a visit twice a year. It's rare to even get a visit from him at all.
Appa sighed and shrugged. "Well, my boss had said that I could take some time off because I worked overtime for a couple of months now and I have made more than what I was supposed to make. Therefore, I decided to come here and spend some time with my baby girl ~ and baby boy ~" Appa cooed, pinching Jonghyun's cheeks. Jonghyun put a hand to his cheek and rubbed it while it turned red from embarrassment.
I wonder who Jonghyun is gonna end up with- either Key or Onew, but now I'm thinking my Appa might be a choice. Having Jonghyun as my dad...
Oh god, that's disgusting.
I make a slight frown at the thought and then went to snap my attention back to Appa and Jonghyun. Appa was pointing out that Jonghyun wasn't smelling so good and Jonghyun laughed nervously. Hm, Jonghyun. I wonder why you smell so bad. And why the hell I smell the same?
I save back my anger to make stay good in front of my dad, and then I decided to speak up. "Well, why don't you come inside then?" I asked, taking the lead as I walked towards the house. I'm pretty sure I have my keys.
They followed behind me and Appa and Jonghyun kept on talking about some guy stuff I surely wasn't interested in.
I finally found the keys in the back of my jeans pocket and unlocked the front door and went inside. I was never so glad to see my dark living room and bright white kitchen in about a week. I sighed deeply and led them to the living room and let them sit down.
Jonghyun was already standing on his own two feet and stayed behind Appa and away from me as much as possible. I don't think he knows that I am more into what Appa is wanting than killing him at the moment, but whatever- he doesn't need to know. It's better if he's a coward anyway.
"Would you like anything to eat?" I asked my dad, who took a seat on the big armchair. Jonghyun took a seat across from the armchair.
"Hm.. just some simple breakfast should be fine. You guys must be hungry also, considering both of you were running around at 7 in the morning," Appa grinned, looking at me. I nodded and went into the kitchen, deep into making food and not wondering how Jonghyun and Appa were going at it. They were probably going to be just fine ...
JONGHYUN'S POV
"Ahem, so Jonghyun- exactly why were you running away from her?" he asked me, not exactly what I said before.
I looked at him and had my hands all together in front of me and I was feeling not the slightest comfortable feeling. He was like a freaking ninja. He was like Superman when he saved me from falling to a painful death. I give my sincere thanks, but now... I'm just freaked out.
"Well... I... might have... peed on her?" I squeaked, slowly sliding down and down, my face burning a little. Wouldn't you feel awkward that you're telling the dad of the girl who's wanting to kill you, that you peed on her? And wouldn't you feel humiliated? Exactly.
The dad didn't speak for a long time and he only kept on staring at me, with his expression unchanging. I didn't speak either because I wasn't so sure of what to say.
And then he snickered. And that snicker turned into a big mighty laugh. it sounded more jolly than crazy, so I just stared at this guy, wondering what the hell was he thinking. "OH GOD, THAT'S FUNNY!" the dad laughed loudly, holding onto his stomach. I didn't laugh with him because I thought he might as well turn the tables on me and then be like, "It's not funny, you bastard. You ing peed on my daughter, you little . You're dying later."
And then who would be laughing? Oh yes, him and his little daughter. So I just shut up the whole time he laughed his off.
After a couple of minutes, the dad started to calm down and then wiped his tears away from his eyes. "Ahaha, so funny..." he trailed off. And then he turned back to normal. "Anything else happened during the time I was gone?"
Hm... I don't know, like a freaking BUNCH OF STUFF? When you were gone, dearest daddy, your daughter and I went through a bunch of obstacles and even had to face pain (especially me. I think I have to go have a checkup at the doctors sooner or later). Your daughter's birthday had passed, I got kicked in the balls several times, a rapist made an attempt to attack your daughter, I was in the hospital, your daughter has another blondie stalker on the loose, my mind has been corrupted with her in it, I almost freaking your daughter on the Spring Break trip, both of us had shared a lip bleeding kiss, we both slept together and not even in the way I wanted, I hugged your daughter for the first time, oh, and now your daughter wants to kill me.
"Oh, nothing really. Just a couple of more fights, makeups, and then not much," I answer, nodding my head.
"You sure, Jonghyun? Nothing happened?'' he asked.
I shrugged. "I guess you could say that yes, things have happened. But they're the past now so they don't matter," I reply.
"Mmm. I suppose you're right. So, where were you guys coming from when you were running around?" he asked me.
"We were coming back from a trip to Busan. It was a little spring break trip, and yeah..." I trailed off, no able to tell him more. I don't know why, but I'm more uncomfortable talking to him now than before. t's probably because I peed on his daughter. Then again, he laughed at this.
He was waiting for me to speak some more. "And...?"
Right after he said that, every single thing started to spill out. I don't know why or how, but my mouth seemed to be wanting to say everything that had happened. I told him the parts where I had a bet with Mi Young during the trip all the way where I peed on her in the barn and she never realized. I told him all this. All this while Mi Young was in the kitchen, making breakfast.
After everything came out, I sighed from all that talking and then slumped down a little in my seat. God, I wonder how much stress was taken out of me. Everything that came out, felt so good. But everything I said... was so bad. I sounded like a big in there.
THAT'S BECAUSE I AM ONE.
I looked at the dad to see his expression but all I could find was a blank look staring right at me and it made me feel uncomfortable. I have a feeling I'm going to die in his hands today...
"So... you guys still didn't have yet?" the dad asked, sighing.
... WHAT THE (&%*()(&&%#)*)*((^%%%$#%^*! I ALMOST FREAKING HIS DAUGHTER AND HE WANTS ME TO HAVE WITH HER?!
MY GOD, HE'S WEIRD. MOST DADS WOULD'VE KILLED ME BY NOW.
I widened my eyes at him and then opened my mouth to say something, anything to break this very awkward silence. He was giving me a questioning look and I was trying to say something but nothing seemed to came out. That is, until-
"Your daughter doesn't like me," I squeaked.
"Oh, I know that. She doesn't like anyone. Weird, huh? Must've gotten it from her mother's side," he sighed. "But seriously, you should make a move before anything decided to happen. I want a son like you," the dad smiles at me, warming my heart. He said he wants to have a son like me. No one ever said that to me. Except my own dad. He already has me, so whatever.
I smiled at him. "Haha, too bad we don't like each other... ahaha..."
The dad raised his eyebrows. "You guys still aren't together?! After this whole time, you're still not together?!" he asked incredulously. I nodded my head slowly. The dad grumbled under his breath and I think I heard something like this:
"ing author still didn't put them together yet and made me gone for the whole freakin' story. Damn her."
"I'm sorry, what?" I asked him, wanting to know if he really said that. Author? Her? Does he know the same person I cuss out when using caps?
The dad shook his head and smiled again. "Nothing. Say, Jonghyun- where do you think this relationship is going?" he asked me.
And now I'm dumbstruck. I had no idea where this relationship is going let alone where we are right now. We have our ups and downs and that's what confuses me the most. Where the hell were we? Were we friends? Less than friends? More than friends? Psh, yeah. More than friends. Like she wants that to happen. It'll probably never happen.
I shrugged my shoulders. "Honestly, I have no idea. We're friends, but it's neither more or less than that. I guess we're both confused on what to do next, but I guess we'll overcome that," I answered, nodding my head twice.
"Uh-huh... what do you think of Mi Young then?"
"What do I think of her...?"
What do I think of her? What the hell is she to me? A friend, yes, we already freaking got that covered like a bazillion times. But what do I think she is...?
"Actually, I think she's a unique person. Very unique. Most girls at school are very shallow-like and aren't so bright like her. When I think she tries to do better, I realize she doesn't do anything. Life just makes her like that. She might not be the nicest girl on Earth, but she does seem to care for her closest friends. I suspect she doesn't like seeing anyone hurt unless they're people she doesn't like. I think I'm one of the people she doesn't like. It's hard to get on her good side. She insults you and you can't help but to try and beat her. She'll stay dominant but one day, I would really like to be the one on top for once. Just once, so I could see how it's like to feel being in her place She must be one lucky girl, with a dad like you and friends that care for her. Yet, she doesn't like showing any kind of emotion that shows she's weak. I want to see more of that side of hers. She must be pretty cute than how she looks now," I chuckled, thinking of the times I gave her that Valentine, the times she laughed and all those times she was sleeping.
She looked so unlike the self that's in the kitchen now. She looked better.
I completely snapped back to reality when I heard silence once again and looked at the dad who was staring at me cautiously, probably wondering why the hell I talk too much. Suddenly, he says, "Is that so..." But it was very quietly even though I heard it.
The dad keeps on looking at me and I'm just trying to stare at something else because all this staring was getting me nauseous. The dad opens his mouth to say something, but Mi Young comes in through the door. She sticks her head in and tells us breakfast is ready so we should come in the kitchen. Both of us got up and walked into the kitchen, all to see a buffet laid on the table.
What the hell? Is she some cooking genius too? Well if she ever marries Taemin, he won't have to worry about cooking at all.
I took a seat next to the dad and looked over at this. All kinda of meat and a there's lots of rice here too...
There's no question to who was going to eat this all. Obviously, Mi Young has that big of an appetite. We all dig into all this food and start a light conversation. It didn't last long though.
"So, what were you talking about?" Mi Young asked any one of us, her mouth full of rice.
Damn, did she hear what we were talking about? Did she hear what I said about her? What if her dad tells her? What if Mi Young teases me? Why do I care?
I shook my head and sighed, going back to eating. The dad seemed to have something in his mind and what he said almost choked the freaking life out of me.
"Jonghyun told me he wanted to have with you because he wants to make me a happy step-dad,'' the dad replied proudly.
I grabbed my neck from choking any longer and kept on coughing and felt my cheeks burning furiously each time I coughed. WHAT THE HELL IS HE TALKING ABOUT? I SAID NO SUCH THING. I WASN'T EVEN THINKING ABOUT THIS EITHER. NOW SHE'S REALLY GONNA KILL ME.
I felt the dad's hand slap my back to prevent me from choking any longer and I do stop, because the first slap he gave me was pretty hard and I didn't want to experience another one.
I gulped down my choked victim and covered my face with one hand so Mi Young wouldn't have to see the redness of it. I peeked through the openings though, and saw that she was kind of angry but a little flustered. "Appa, stop making up lies," she muttered, shaking her head awkwardly. Wait, she's embarrassed too? Ahaha...
The dad just shrugged. "What? Can't an appa dream? It'd be nice to have a couple of JongYoung Jr.'s running around the place..."
"APPA!" we both yelled. I don't know why I said 'appa'. It just came out of me. I must have been really embarrassed. Really, little JongYoung Jr.'s running around? Just think a little and actually picture that... miniature versions of Mi Young and I ...
Oh, how weird.
After that, nobody talked so much and breakfast was quiet. We had to devour everything and even though I thought Mi Young would have done that job, it turned out all of us had to take our share and eat the rest.
After breakfast, I was pretty much full and I think it was ... 9 in the morning by the time we were done. And yet, the mother of Mi Young had yet not come home. I wonder where she would be at this time ...
The dad told us to go freshen up because he was going to take us somewhere after. Mi Young asked where, and the dad told us we had to see it when we get there. I'm sure it won't be so far...
Considering my own clothes were somewhere in Key's car, I wasn't able to change at all and stay with the smelly shirt I've worn for like the past couple of days. I did go to the bathroom and do all kinds of stuff so I could look decent. But I ate breakfast without brushing my teeth.
And the dad was like so close to me when he saved me from falling to my death.
Oh damn, he smelled my breath!
Aww damn...
I washed my face multiple times and scrubbed it with soap. I rinsed my hands one more time and then shut off the water. Before I made a step a back, I eyed the lonely toothbrush hanging by the mirror. It was just screaming... Come and get me Jonghyun. You know you want me. You know you want me in your mouth. Mhmm, that's right Jonghyun. Take me in your mouth and suck the freaking paste out of me. Mhmmm..
You know I had to do it.
I grabbed the brush and stuck some paste onto the bristles and put it into my mouth and brushed every stinking germ out of my mouth. I couldn't just keep my mouth dirty. Remember how I kept my pee in? Look what happened after. Both Mi Young and I were on a high speed police chase. Now if I didn't brush my teeth, where would that lead to? Maybe something to do with Mi Young so I decided to brush my teeth. What, were you thinking I was brushing my teeth because I think I'd kiss the Mi Young a little later today? AHAHA YOU MAKE ME LAUGH!
...You probably weren't thinking that anyways...
Just leave me and my stupidity to myself, okay? Okay.
After brushing my teeth and washing my face, I got out of the bathroom and looked around to see if anyone was up here. Hm. Guess not. Mi Young probably finished before me.
I went down the stairs and saw that they were waiting for me downstairs. Mi Young folded her arms. "What took you so long?" she scoffed.
"I was freshening up, duh," I answered, avoiding the part about the toothbrush. I hope it wasn't anyone's...
I wonder if it was Mi Young's...
Shut up, Jonghyun.
"Okay, if we're all done, I think we should go out now," the dad smiled, taking both of our shoulders and then pushing us in the front as he trailed closely behind. He made us walk for 2-3 minutes to a car that was obviously his as I remembered it from before when he came here. He led us into the car and he went in the driver's seat, him putting on his seatbelt and both of us... just sitting down there.
We didn't say much then after the car started to move. There wasn't much to talk about anyway. The dad asked how school was and Mi Young answered it was just fine. Come to think of it, I forgot all about school The Spring Break was so long and full of events that I totally forgot how to write my name. Unfortunately, school started in two days and I was glum to go back to those activities. I'd have to see all those girls again that I've banged countless times... I've been doing them like a bazillion times already.
It's starting to get a little boring now. Yeah, I missed it, but I just want some new prey. But somehow, new prey seemed to not be such a good idea either...
"... And he's still in good shape."
"Hm?" I asked, my attention being struck. Mi Young turned her head at me.
"We were talking about Key and Hea Won," she answered. I nodded, drifting back to some daydream land.
"We're here!" the dad announced.
I rubbed my head from some tired feeling I had in my head and then opened the passenger door to get out. I got out and then slammed the door, leaning against the car. The sun was shining and birds were chirping better than it was in 7 in the morning. There were more people outside now and that got me thinking. Why the hell are there people around at 9 in the morning on a Saturday? Where the hell were we anyway? What's making big thumps behind me?
I turned my head around and raised my eyebrows at Mi Young, who was beating through the window, wanting to come out.
I quickly opened the door and then went out of the way before she could beat the crap out of me. "What are you running away from?" she called out, smirking.
"I'm not running- I'm jogging," I lied, hiding behind a tree and then peeking to see if she was coming any closer.
There's no Jonghyun here...
The dad and her walked closer, only to go deeper into wherever we were going into. I followed behind them but stayed closer to dad than to Mi Young. I don't think she still got over that pee pee thing.
Once we were away from the parking lot, we were more into this little forest of trees that were big and tall. The sun made little rays shooting into different directions of the little space they were given from the leaves of the very high trees. In only a few minutes, we made it to where he wanted us to be in.
It was a park. Yes, just a park. But it was odd. Why? Because all the stuff here are colored so weirdly, I think of it as a colorful circus.
The swings were colored sky blue with white polka dots. The slides were almost as huge as a water slide in a water park and were colored pink and purple swirls. The monkey bars were zebra-striped and had hooves at the ladders. There were three seesaws that were some orangey black. Like some halloween colors or something.
I wasn't able to speak or say anything because anything that I laid my eyes on was just not real. What the hell is this place? Is this a park or some unreal world where everything seemed to go... weird?
Why is it everything weird?
WHY IS MY LIFE WEIRD?
My mouth was opened and I wasn't able to say anything. Well, 'cus everything is so freaking weird, my freaking dammit.
"... What the he..yell is this?" Mi Young asked, trying to avoid saying 'hell' in front of her dad. The dad smiled.
"My newest creation."
...
Your newest what?
I stared at him this time, wondering what the hell he meant by that.
"Your what?" Mi Young asked.
"My newest creation," the dad replied again, removing the camera that was around his neck. "I made all this for my album. I just couldn't stand doing nothing, and this came up. I wanted to be able to do it here because well... I thought Korea was the best place to take the photos," the dad explained looking around the place.
"...So you didn't come here to see me?" MI Young asked, myself not being able to avoid the hurt I heard in her voice. It made my neck tightened. The dad turned around to face her and had an expression of disbelief on his face.
"Of course I did! You think I'd just take photos here and not see you? What kind of a father would do that?" he asked.
Mi Young nodded. "Okay, fine. So why am I here then? And what about your vacation? I thought you said you got time off," Mi Young raised an eyebrow.
The dad smiled. "You and Jonghyun will be my models for the album. Along with the other people here, I want to make this something I've never done before. Something special."
"And the vacation...?"
"Oh, I lied about that part. Heehee," the dad giggled as he scratched his head. How weird this dad is.
I decided to speak up this time. "Why are we models? Are you even allowed to take pictures of people who aren't famous?" I asked, wondering how my face would look in a magazine. I wonder if any girls would then try to call me for some ion work...
"I can take pictures of anyone. As long as they fit my theme and are following my orders, it's alright if famous people aren't involved," the dad explained. We both looked around the place and saw that there were lots of kids involved in this little photograph. Lots of kids actually...
And that means Mi Young won't care if her picture is taken. And now this brings me to another thought (I've been thinking a lot, actually and I blame the author) that the dad knows her very well and used kids so that it would be easy to get her to take pictures. I wonder if he really wanted to use me or I was just some lucky that seemed to pop out of nowhere.
"Okay then. If we're all clear, I want to do some natural poses. So just go and do whatever you'd actually do in a park. And don't take my words literally. I want you guys to do... what you would really do to each other. Anything. It doesn't have to be playing on the swings," the dad instructed, getting his camera to some quality he wanted.
"Wait, just one more question- why the hell are the stuff colored in the most weirdest ways?" I asked, really curious for what he has to say about this.
"Oh, because I like colors."
Nice reasoning.
"Appa, you said anything right?" Mi Young asked, glancing towards me. I gulped and took a step back. The dad nodded. Thanks, daddy. Thanks. Mi Young turned around to face me completely and then a little smirk played on her face.
"Hey youuuuuuuuu ~ Let's play for a little while," she pretendedly cooed as she took a step forward.
I don't wanna play any games that you have in mind. I felt my heart make a nervous turn and then I decided to go and make a run for it, but it was too late for me- Mi Young had already beat me to it. She grabbed my shirt from running any farther and I tried to keep running, even though I knew I had no other choice but to stop running.
I did and then I turned around, facing her as she looked up at me. Her eyelashes batted in the most creepiest yet seductive way I have ever seen a girl do and then she twirled a finger on my chest. "Wanna play, ugly boy?" she asked.
"IN. YOUR. DREAMS." I would have ran from that point on, but if I could she would been hot on my trail. She's that close. Besides, her grip on my shirt was really strong and I bet if I made one single tug, my shirt would have ripped halfway..
"Let's play a game, okay? A game called... Tag," Mi Young sneered, her cat ears perking up. She's like some demon fox. Like... a gumiho. Nah, she's not out to eat my liver but probably the rest of my body.
I made a face. "Well... oh look! What's up there?" I asked, pointing up to nowhere. Mi Young did look up and then I fortunately got out of her hold and started to run away. I heard her grumble before she took off after me, and basically we were having a little chase around the weird circus park. Kids stopped what they were doing and stared at the amusement they were getting and laughed at us. One kid even called us part of the circus. Oh, how I wish this were all an act.
The running chase didn't stop until I tripped on some rock and then did a little flip which led me to lay on my back. And I'm kind of sweaty again. .
I panted as I sat up while my elbows were bent on the grass and I looked up to see a standing Mi Young, looking down at me. I kept panting as I watched her, thinking she was going to freaking finish me off and that in about a few seconds, I was history. Let's face it, I am one ed up dead guy.
Though what I thought I was getting didn't seem to happen, something else took over. Her hand reached down to my face and it surprised me a lot. I widened my eyes a little and looked back up at her, panting my lungs out. She didn't have any kind of emotion on her face. Just a blank as stone expression. I took the offer anyway, considering I thought there would be no other kind of opportunity like this in a long time. She pulled me and up and I got back standing on my two feet once again, staring at her while the time passed.
"How come you didn't beat me up?" I panted.
"Because I think you've been through enough."
"What?"
She shrugged. "I think you've been through enough. After I found out you decided to take a whazz on me, I realized you tried to cover up the evidence by making me avoid touching my back. Like the time you hugged me from behind and when you stopped Taeyang from saying it. It all made sense to me now and now that I keep thinking about it, I could see you tried hard to not get me to notice," she explained her reasoning.
"Then why did you wanna play with me?"
"I can't always be nice. Beside, it was fun to see you scared," Mi Young grinned.
I couldn't help but to grin back and it stayed like that for a while until we decided to play for real this time.
Since it was a baby park, I tried to squeeze myself onto the swings and tried to get Mi Young to push me, but she flat out refused and went to play with little kids. I was stuck on that swing for at least 15 minutes. We slid off the slides, except my body took up all the space and it made me look like as if I was laying down like an idiot. Even Mi Young snickered at me.
Whatever I did, I looked stupid. And the most terrible thing of all is that Mi Young observed all of this. She saw me as a fool and that's it. Damn. I really have no idea how to look good in front of her. Aish.
After a couple of hours playing in the park, the dad stopped us all. He had the camera around his neck and I guess he had finished his work because he said it was time to eat lunch. We went out of the park, said goodbye to everyone and thanked them for taking the photos with us.
The dad took us to a diner and let us eat for as long as we wanted. I suspected he had a thick wad of money in his wallet. Again, Mi Young and I fought a little. We fought over the littlest things and the dad just watched and laughed quietly as I heard. Nothing big happened and that was okay. Everything we were doing was just fine.
I kind of thought of us all three as some kind of family if you looked from another person's point of view. Mi Young and I would be the bickering siblings and the dad would be the happy-go-lucky- I- don't-give-a-dingdong of what we were doing.
The only one missing was... a mom.
After a couple of more hours in the diner and then to some kind of movie, we were done with the day and decided to call it quits. The dad took us home, only to drop me off first. As soon as I got out, I said goodbye to the dad and thanked him for all he's done. He nodded and then got out of the car to give me a hug.
You do know how this daddy works, right? When he's coming over to give you a hug, it means he's going to give you a little something to remember him by. He pulled me into a big bear hug and patted my back as if I were a man. Which I am- I'm not saying I'm not ... Ehe. I thought he would say something comical or embarrassing. The thing that came out of his mouth was:
"Make sure you confess to her soon or there won't be another time. Time has its limit," he whispered to me. He then patted my back once more, and then went back to his car, gave me one final wave and drove off.
I stood there with a serious expression worn out on my face because I kept thinking. Thinking about what he said and what others had said to me a while before. All this confessing, all these statements, all these words kept on rambling through my head.
I started to take a step and went on taking more steps until it turned out to be a walk.
Instead of going home, I went to take another way and walked from there.
And thought ...
MI YOUNG'S POV
Appa drove back home and kept on telling me about how his job was and how long we had to wait until the pictures went nationwide. He asked again if I was sure of letting people see my face and I replied by saying, "They'll be too intrigued by how ugly Jonghyun is, anyway."
He chuckled at that comment.
By the time the moon was shining freely, it was about 8 or 9 pm. We spent 12 hours outside and it was okay. Yes, Jonghyun was there to ruin it but I think if he wasn't there with Appa and me, it would've been ... quiet.
What am I saying? Aish, well when we got out of the car, I noticed the lights were on inside.
My heart dropped like a thousand pounds humped on top of it. She was here. That woman was back home.
And she won't like what she'll see.
I turned my head to look at Appa and saw that he had noticed the lights too. He looked back at me, as if on cue and gestured me to come forward. "We'll have to face her one day or another," Appa sighed.
I agreed with him on this and took a deep breath, trailing behind Appa as he walked towards the door.
He didn't hesitate to open the door. It wasn't even locked. He opened it with one hand movement and opened the door wide, wide enough to let me where mom was at.
She was there. In the living room. With her body slumped in her sweatshirt and jeans. Her hair was flowing down her shoulders and was a chocolatey color. She turned her head slowly towards the door and then raised her eyebrows.
"Oh, my my- is that you? Min Woo?" she asked, taking a finger to her lips and cocking her head to the side. Oh god.
Appa didn't dare say anything. I stayed behind him, watching all this.
My mom smiled and then laughed. "Ohhh Min Woo- why aren't you speaking? Cat got your tongue? Hmmm? Ahhhhhahaha..." she trailed off, walking forward. She was limping and moving a little from side to side until making it to where Appa was at. She put her arms around him and pulled her face closer. Even though I was behind Appa, I could smell the strong liquor leering out from her mouth. She's pretty damn wasted.
"Should I remove that cat by slicing your tongue?" she asked seductively. I knew she meant it- she was really going to do it. Especially being in this kind of state. I widened my eyes and wanted to hold onto Appa, but I felt his hand pat my hip.
I looked at him. "Mi Young. Go. Run and don't come back until tomorrow. Just go and don't turn back," Appa instructed as he tried to get my mother off him. I followed his orders and I ran. I heard the door close behind me and I ran even more. I ran and ran and ran. even sprinted even farther when I thought about running back home and trying to save my Appa. He wouldn't want that. He would want me to be safe.
All this drama. I really couldn't take it anymore. Stupid drunk mother and dad for being so far away from me. I am the only child and I don't have anyone to share this hatred, this hell with. I alone and alone is always I shall be. Alone ...
"OOF!"
I bumped into something without looking and stumbled back, regaining consciousness and looked back at what or who I bumped into.
And of course, who else would fate try to make me bump into?
None other than Kim Jonghyun.