WAVING THROUGH THE WINDOW | 김선우

13 ɴᴏ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɢʀᴀʏ sᴋɪᴇs

"some days might turn out bad but there will always be hours of good"

Knock knock

"Gyeoul! Wake up and eat breakfast. Come downstairs!"

Groaning, she stretched and let her body move to ease the pain from sleeping in a weird position on the window seat. Before standing up she reaches her hand out towards her phone on the table to check the time.

8:53 AM.

Groaning once more, she sits up, looking around her messy room.

She has been staying up later to finish her work. Despite being homeschooled and having her own schedule, she has been behind her books, forgetting to do her tasks and tests.

Of course, her mum doesn't blame her, she's trying to fit in and make herself comfortable in the community, as well as trying to find ways to make Sunoo happy, and herself as well.

Standing up, she took the books off the bed and stacked them on her desk.

She went to the bathroom to freshen up. Knowing she'd have a long day of school and finally picking up her unfinished work, she had to take a bath and get ready so she wouldn't slack off.

She finds it fascinating how her mind and body properly works only when she has fixed herself and a clean room. She wonders why sometimes, but she guesses it's just some psychological thing.

--

"Gyeoul, what are you doing today? Any adventures?" Grandpa Jung asks at the table, as he takes his morning coffee with his newspaper by his side.

"Hmm. Nothing for today, grandpa."

"Just school. Boring stuff." she replied.

"I just want to finish my school, so that I can focus on the bucket list." she continues.

"I'm off to college soon, I don't wanna go without finishing it." frowning, she looks down on her plate.

"Well then, finish up your meal quickly. so you can head up and finish your studies. Your books don't answer themselves!" Grandma Jung consoles, with a little nagging of course.

With the frown off her face, she follows what her grandma says. "Yes ma!" she cheered.

"Well, we were curious,"

"What else is on your bucket list?" Grandma Jung asks.

Putting her utensils down, she thinks for a few seconds, reminding herself of what was written on the list, "Well... there's attending a party, the zoo, pet cafe, the beach-"

"Oh! And we want to go back to the park we went to! But together, hopefully."

"Don't look so glum now, I'm sure you'll be able to! Now go put your dishes in the sink and finish your studies so you can continue your bucket list." Mama Jung says, finally emerging from the kitchen.

"Yes, I will," Gyeoul says, taking her plate to the sink.

"I'll go do school now!" she said, running upstairs.

"HEY! STOP RUNNING YOU MIGHT TRIP- aish, this child..."

--

Gyeoul was having a hard time.

She had extra classes today that would be held online, meaning she'd be in a meeting for 3–way too long–hours filled with snobby teenagers who, half of the time, weren't even actually in the class listening.

But of course, today had to be one of those days where group projects were to be assigned and she just had to be paired up with that typical guy in class who tells you what to do even though he, himself, has 0 knowledge on the topic at hand.