Malcolm's POV
"Okay. Welcome home!" Hyunjin said as we got out of the car.
We all looked in awe as we saw his countryside home. It was really pretty and looked peaceful.
"Mom, we're here!" He shouted as we went in.
A lady then peeked out and she looked not a day over 30 as she welcomed us with a warm smile.
"Welcome. Thanks for coming all this way" She smiled.
"Hello" We all bowed.
"What took you so long? Do you know how long it will take to make 100 heads of kimchi? You're late" She scolded Hyunjin as we all looked at the both if them in awkward silence.
"That's why I said let's buy it. Who makes kimchi anymore?" He reasoned out.
"Your brothers and sisters will only eat my kimchi. What choice do I have?" She retorted.
"Where's everyone? Where's Yeji?" He asked, looking around.
"You know Yeji. She got herself a boyfriend, and is with him" She replied before turning back to us with an embarrassed smile.
"Gosh. Sorry. How rude of us to talk among ourselves" She chuckled.
"Don't worry about it" We smiled.
We followed her towards the backyard and there she removed the cover of baskets full of vegetables.
"Finish quickly before the sun sets, and then we can start drinking" She said as she looked at us.
"Unpack your stuff quickly, so you can finally start making kimchi" She smiled and we nodded.
"Oh, you must be Malcolm. The RA in the dorm" She said as her eyes landed on me.
"Thank you so much for inviting us to your lovely home. Thank you" I smiled shyly before bowing to show thanks.
"He has good manners through and through. That's good" She remarked which made me smile in embarrassment.
"Thank you for being so good to my son, Hyunjin. Tell me, you didn't fall for my daughter when she came and visit, have you?" She asked and my eyes widened as I looked at Minju and locked my arm with her.
"Mom, what's wrong with you? He has a girlfriend" Hyunjin said in disbelief.
"What about you two? Don't you have a crush on my boy, Hyunjin, or anything like that?" She asked as she looked at Chaewon and Chaeyeon.
"Oh no, no" They both denied.
"I have high standards" Chaeyeon laughed.
"Yah! He has high standards too. To be honest, I'm the most beautiful in this group" His mom said with confidence.
"Oh, mom, please!" Hyunjin begged for his mom to stop.
"I'm quite the beauty. Hyunjin is pretty too because he takes after me. You should be grateful" She said to Hyunjin.
She then said she'll be back later as she'll do errands and left us here as we started making kimchi. We sat in two groups as there was alot of cabbage so splitted.
"It won't go in" Minju cutely giggled as I helped her with the gloves.
"Where is it?" I chuckled as we looked for her finger which wasn't going in.
"Minju! Malcolm! You two! Get away for each other!" Hyunjin shouted as we stopped doing what we were doing.
"If you don't get to work, you'll regret it" He grumbled.
