Forelsket

47: Family Dinner

Sakura's POV:

We are currently seated at a long table in the dining hall of our house, yeah, there's something like that in our house. Oton was the one who designed the wide bungalow. He bought the land himself, from the trust fund his Grandpa gave him. I wouldn't say that Miyawaki Family is rich, they were just frugal and has invested on properties and everyone works for a hospital, I was the sole Miyawaki to ever stray away from the medical field. Not that I didn't want to be a doctor, but I fell in love with Music and the Performance Arts. Oton and Okan were absolutely against me becoming a J-Idol. Especially because the entertainment industry could be dark and unsuitable for their 'Princess', both parents have treated me as if I was their princess. I suppose they were right, especially the lingerie shoots, swimsuit shoots and the misogynistic lyrics of some of the songs that Mister Akimoto wanted us to sing. It was a requirement for us to have those shoots or risk our membership. Oton was the one who broke the silence at the table.

"Chaewon-chan, how's your father doing?" Oton Yoshi asked Chaewon.

"He's doing better these days." Chaewon answered Oton.

Chaewon could now speak Japanese, thanks to us four. Recently Chaen has implemented Friday as Japanese Day, we are supposed to talk in Japanese only on Fridays.

"Good to hear that." Oton Yoshi answered.

Chaewon beforehand could speak little Japanese such as I'm fine thank you for asking and Have a great day. She has improved a lot in her Japanese. I was proud of her.

"We have a video from him, we'll show you later after we finished eating dinner." Chaen butted in.

"Really?! That's great to hear." Oton Yoshi replied.

Obviously all of our parents are close. They've formed a tight bond over the last few months. They even had a group chat with each other. Our parents and members were all in a group chat with us too, it was Oton who added us into the group chat and they'd always send us GIFs, screenshots or whatever. They're all a lovely bunch honestly. When I miss home, I look at the group chats and gather strength from their messages. It makes me less lonely seeing them active on the group chat. Especially when we are busy preparing for an upcoming performance. When I am alone in my shared room with Chaeyeon, I look at their messages. Maybe cry a few tears out of exhaustion and other things. Their messages males my heart swell.

We talked about our upcoming activities with them. We already have some concrete plans on what's up next. We plan to release another album as follow up to our current album. We also went ahead and wrote some songs already for the upcoming album. We had complete autonomy in the upcoming albums we are going to release. Our current albums alone, our members have written and composed some of the songs, Memory and Yume Wo Miteiru Aida was written and composed by Minju, O'My! The lyrics were written by Nako and Tomi, Colors lyrics were written by Yena, Chaeyeon, Chaewon and Eunbi Unnie. We Together was a collaborative song written and composed by everyone on the team, mostly Kwangbae. Finally Suki Ni Nacchaudarou was written and composed by me, La Vie en Rose was not ours, the song and lyrics was written for the group CLC Originally, but was instead given to IZ*ONME. We owned the song and may I say, we looked cool in our stages that we did performing this song.

We are currently having an All-Filipino Dinner of Beef Caldereta, which is a stewed Beef and Tomatoes and an assortment spicy peppers as well as bell peppers and potatoes and carrots. We are also having a vegetable dish called Vegetable Kare-Kare, it is another stew, made of vegetables and peanuts. It's delicious when paired with the Shrimp Paste. We also had several fried dishes such as Lumpiang Shanghai, Tilapia Fish and Crispy Pork Belly. The kids love the crispy pork belly any time of the week, they'd rather have it than anything else. Today is Monday and though we've been out and about the whole day, I still made them a Filipino Dinner in honor of their fallen co-trainee, the Half Korean, Half Filipina Skylar Kwak Unnie, the eldest one out of us, yesterday we ate an All-American Breakfast and Lunch in honor of Alex Kang Unnie, another fallen co-trainee of theirs. I learned how to cook these diverse and delicious meals, adding them to my repertoire of dishes I know how to cook. It was fun to cook for the kids, my parents though unsure at first, seemed to be enjoying the food I made.