Friends of Friends | Jisung

12

A car was stationed in front of their hotel. It was Xinxin's parents waiting for them. 

The two young ladies were chaotically dressing up in fancy yet casual clothes. A mix of both of them. 

They were now quickly walking on the stairs to get outside. 

The car was black and big. It was also a gift that Chenle's parents gave them for a special reason. As always, it came from an expensive company. 

Inside the car, the two best friends immediately hear greetings coming from the oldest family.

"Hello, my dear daughter" and "Hello Chohae" were the first words they heard coming from the father. 

"How have you been" and "It's been a long time since we've seen each other" were the first words coming from the mother. 

The ride was silent and awkward since they were going to talk about everything in the place they were going.

The car suddenly stopped in front of a big mansion. It was now the time to finally go inside. 

The four young adults were all excited and nervous to finally meet each other. 

"Wait for us in front of the door. We'll go park the car" Xinxin's father said and they did as they were asked to. 

Outside the car, it wasn't really cold or hot, a good weather for nighttime. 

"You ready to meet them?" the fully Chinese one said 

"Yeah, I guess ill try to be mature and not fuck up my first impression, then they can maybe see the real childish Chohae" 

As they were walking toward the door, their heartbeats were starting to increase after each step they took, before finally facing the door. 

"It's now or never" Chohae said before almost knocking on the door, but her best friend held her wrist

"Don't. Didn't you hear what my parents said before?" 

"O-Oh my bad" she lightly slapped her forehead

"Don't worry my parents are coming" she finally said as she pointed toward her parents

They were walking toward them. After less than a minute, they were now all in front of the door. The father then knocked at the door.

It suddenly opened after less than fifteen seconds. 

As the door was opening, Xinxin could recognize the woman behind the door. It was Chenle's mother. 

"It's his mother" she whispered to Chohae since she looked confused

"Welcome to every one of you" the woman said with a wide smile. 

One thing that caught that woman's eye was:: Yang Chohae. A new person she met today. 

Her face wasn't familiar at all, but she still didn't care about the fact that they didn't know each other before this moment. 

"Hello" she greeted the parents 

"Hello Xinxin and hello to you" she said as she was facing Chohae 

"I'm Yang Chohae, nice to meet you Misses Zhong" she bowed 

"Yang Chohae, you have a pretty name. May I ask you where you come from?" 

"I was born and raised in Korea until I moved here, in China, for my mom's job. My father is Korean and my mother is Chinese" 

"Well, well that's good to know Chohae. I'm pleased to meet you. The boys will soon come here" she finally said before she walked away

The boys? Isn't Chenle her only son? 

She was confused. 

As they were walking inside, they suddenly saw two very familiar faces walking down the stairs.