Forelsket

25: Tuesday new norms

Sakura's POV:

I was awakened without a warm body beside me. Opposite from last night's nightmare. I remembered my dream yet again and a feeling of dread came over me. I looked at my bedside clock and it's four in the morning. I got up from bed and straightened myself before going out to the kitchen. I found Chaen already moving through the kitchen, I silently watched her as she moved confidently. She loves to cook, that's for sure. Maybe her parents would get a taste of her dishes, she's a great cook, she dances and sings beautifully too. Soon, I am hoping that her parents get a taste of all the dishes she knows how to cook. My parents were the same with her parents. They were busy with their careers as Doctors, both parents worked as Dentists, Dad specializes in Orthodontics while Mom Specializes in Root Canals.

Both of my parents barely had time to be with me. It was Emiko Obaasan who was always with me. Before they knew it, I already joined AKB48 and moved away from home. My home was always the dorm or an apartment I rented. Void of any other life besides me and my two kids. When I feel lonely, I call my obaasan, I cry over the phone whenever I hear my obaasan's voice. Years of living alone, growing mature at an early age, didn't do wonders for me, I was closed off with my parents. I rarely call them, it was always Obaasan who requests me to give both of my parents a call. If it weren't for Emiko Obaasan, I would've probably never talked to both parents. I have nothing against them, don't misunderstand me, it was just us being apart and they being absent in my formative years.

Obaasan was the one who raised me, along with my cat Maru-chan. My younger brother, I didn't get to see when he was born, it was as if my parents have created their own lives without me in the picture, since I was already working at a young age of 13 as a J-Idol. Both parents were against me joining the showbiz industry, none of them was okay with the idea of me becoming a J-Idol and I guess that's why there was a silent war between me and both of my parents. Obaasan said she didn't want me to miss a chance to do something I loved, she even said on the day of the audition to give my hardest into my audition, so that even if I don't get accepted, I will never regret the opportunity to become an Idol Star. Mr. Akimoto accepted my audition and I became an AKB48 Kenkyuūsei. A year after promoted to Team A. I was pulled out of my reverie when Kwangbae greeted me.

"Good morning, Eomma. She looks beautifully handsome right?" Kwangbae whispered softly into my ears, enough for Chaen not to hear us.

"She's a great person. I am grateful for her and the rest of you Team IZ*ONME, especially you and Minjoo." I replied to her softly and smiled at her before approaching Chaen.

Chaen looked back and I saw her smile brightly at me as she greeted me.

"Good morning to my beautiful Koibito." She said to me with a wide smile.

She's cute when she does this.

"Did you sleep well?" She followed up to me.

"I did. Thank you." I replied to her.

"Have a seat please." Chaen replied to me.

"Morning, Kwangbae." Chaen greeted as she still had her focus on the dish she was preparing.

"Sit please." Chaen followed up to Kwangbae.

"You seem to be in a good mood today, keep that up, please, Appa." Kwangbae replies to Chaen before taking a seat.

I wasn't seated yet, I approached my dorm's stove and was about to prepare our kids' bento boxes for lunch but she held me by the wrist and said.

"Kura, please be a good girl and take a seat for me, you're not supposed to move around. I'll take care of food, Koibito." She said gently.