Safe

Chapter - 1

'Ah shi-'

I curse under my breath, irritated by the morning alarm, but get interrupted by my mother calling out my name to check if I've woken up.

'Lisa! Are you awake? Get ready and come down in 20 minutes. Also wake up Kai.'

'Coming mom!' I answer, in my raspy morning voice.

I get up, brush my teeth, take a shower and wear some casual clothes for school.
I walk to Kai's room, my little brother, who just turned 4 this month.

'Yo lilliput wake up you gotta go to school!'

A few seconds later

'Kaaaiiii wake uppppp'

I say while shaking him.

'Mmm'

The boy mutters, along with some gibberish I assume that he said 'Just 2 minutes more~'

I remove the blankets which were covering him and turn off the fan. I'm sure he'll wake up now.

And he did.

'Go to the bathroom and freshen up. Mom's calling us for breakfast.' I say, while he's still sitting on the bed rubbing his eyes.

I go near him and peck him on his cheek and ruffle his hair. 'Go quick!' I say and exit his room.

Yep he knows how to brush his teeth and take a bath. But he can't get ready by himself so mom helps him with that. He's really mature among the kids of his age, in my opinion.

I pack my things and go downstairs, and I see my mom packing my lunchbox and my dad wearing his shoes.

'Heeyyyy mom~'

I say and hug her from behind.

'Hi honey~ Is Kai awake?'

'Yep.'

'Hey dad!'

'Hello Lisa!' He said while smiling.

'Had breakfast?' I asked him.

'No dear I have to rush. My colleagues got some work they need my help in.'

'Oh'

'Bye dad!' I exclaimed.

'What did you make today?' I asked mom, just after some time after dad left.

'For snacks, I've made sandwiches and for lunch, I made Fried Rice and Curry.'

'Omg mom fried rice and curry?! thank you! It's my favorite!!' I exclaimed.

'Yes dear I know.' She said with a smile.

'Mumma!!!'

We heard a familiar call from upstairs, immediately knowing who it's from.

'Okay, you hurry up and eat and I'll go to dress up Kai.' Mom said.

'Mhm' I added.

•••

Now I'm cycling towards my school as it's just 10 minutes away from home.

I see a familiar figure walking a few metres ahead of me, assuming that it's my best friend, so I increased my speed and stopped in front of her.

'Ryujin!'

She stopped, looked at me and smiled.

'Hey gurllll~'

We did our fist-bump.

'You went to Jeju right?' I asked.

'Yep. We came back yesterday. We're gonna go back after a few days again 'cause I insisted on staying there because I really wanted to attend the last day of school.' She answered

Today is the last day of 10th grade. Summer vacations are starting from tomorrow. Our school gives us treats and gifts on the last days.
Who would wanna miss them right?

J told her to hop behind my cycle and we rode to school.

Everyone in school was talking about going to various places for the holidays. Aaah I felt very upset that I wasn't going anywhere, as my dad was too busy for work that he had to skip his meals. I also don't really expect him to take us anywhere, I just don't know why.