Until You

Chapter Eight

Chapter Eight

I woke up and I looked around. I was still in the hospital. My body ached. I felt terrible. I picked up my phone and it was dead. Daniel came in.
"Hey, how are you feeling?"
"I'm okay now. I want out of this stupid hospital bed. What day is it today?"
"It's Monday and there's no class today at your school so you're good. They said you can leave now if you can stand and walk without pain. Can you walk?"
"I can try."
I got up and it hurt but I pretended like it didn't hurt. I walked around and it didn't hurt as much as I thought it would. I think I was good.
"I'm good. I think I can go home. Where is my sister by the way?"
"Oh she's right next to you. Well, your room."
"Can you check me out now?"
"I can check you out anytime." He smirked after he said that.
"Stop being such a flirt." We laughed and he left. It fucking hurt walking around. I had no idea it had gotten this bad. I mean I knew I was losing weight but not this much. I went to change because my clothes were next to me.

Daniel came back and he helped me walk. I really just wanted him to carry me but I wasn't going to ask. I was probably really heavy. I went to my sister's room and she wasn't there. It looked like no one had been in that room yet.
"Daniel. Mia isn't in her room. It's empty."
"Oh she must've checked out then. She was there when I checked you out."
We walked to his car and I sat down. I then remembered I needed to get his gift. His birthday was in a week. I decided to get his gift sometime this week.

He drove me home and I went inside. He closed the door and took off his shoes. I took mine off too and when I took off my second shoe he picked me up. I was startled.
"Daniel put me down!" I hit his back lightly. It's not like I could hit him hard right now.
"I'm carrying you to your room. I don't want you to push yourself. Now which one is your room?"
"The one on the far left."
Daniel adjusted me and he was carrying me bridal style to my room. I felt like I was too heavy for him so I asked.
"Am I too heavy?"
"Are you kidding me? You're too light. We have to make you gain some weight back."
"Wait, take me to my sister's room. I want to see if she's here. It's the room next to mine."
I opened the door and sure enough Mia was on her bed sleeping. Thank god. I was happy she was sleeping and at home.
Daniel took me back to my room and placed me on my bed. He laid down next to me. We looked at my ceiling. He looked at me and spoke out.
"Why did you start hurting yourself? If you don't mind me asking."
"Like I said, it was a way of coping with something that happened seven years ago. I don't want to get into it right now."
"Okay that's fine. Hmm, your room is kind of big. I imagined it being a bit smaller."
"Oh so you've imagined my room before?"
"Not like that, nasty. I thought about it and imagined you doing all that girly stuff on me. You know, putting makeup on me and putting my hair into ponytails."
"I would do that"
We laughed. He sat up and looked around my room. He looked at my desk. He picked up and looked at the picture I had on it. It was my family. My older brother was in it.
"Who is this?"
"That's my older brother Shawn. He was in a hit and run accident. He died in the hospital. Me and Mia were close with him but then he died so we were so sad because we missed him so much. We turned his room into the guest room but kept all his stuff with us. And I know what you're thinking. No he's not the reason I started hurting myself."
"Oh I'm so sorry Katelyn. I bet he was a good brother to you both."
"Yeah if he were alive he would have yelled at you for being in my room. I miss him sometimes but it's not as hard as it was before."
"Well now you have me. I know I'm not going to ever replace your brother but I'm here for you."
I sat up and hugged Daniel. I was hugging Daniel until I heard a cough. I could tell that it was my mom. She was home.
"Hi sweetie. How are you?"
"Hi mom. I'm good."
"And who might this be?"
I looked at Daniel and he spoke.
"Hello Mrs.Park. My name is Daniel, I'm Katelyn's boyfriend. Might I say that I see where she gets her good looks from."
"Well hello Daniel. You can call me Sarah from now on. I'm no longer with Katelyn's father."
"Oh yes Sarah. Nice to meet you."
My mother turned to me and spoke in Korean.
"How long has he been your boyfriend? And why did you keep him a secret?"
"For almost four months mom. I didn't keep him a secret, you're just busy with work all the time."
My mom replied.
"He's cute. You made a good choice."
I replied with a blush on my face.
"Mom!" She laughed at me.
"Oh I didn't know your mom spoke Korean. I thought she just spoke English."
"Oh Daniel. When I met Katelyn's father he didn't know much English. I took it upon myself to learn Korean for him."
"That's sweet. Katelyn. Do you want me to learn Korean for you?"
"No Daniel you don't have to."
My mom looked at us and awed at us. I felt so embarrassed.
"Well I should go home. I'll see you tomorrow then Katelyn."
"Daniel, why don't you stay for dinner? It's almost time for dinner. I'll order us some food."
"Katelyn? Do you want me to stay? I don't have to if you don't want me to."
"Of course I want you here. Only if your parents won't get mad that you stayed out."
"Yeah it's fine I can stay. Thank you for inviting me to dinner Sarah."
Mom left and Daniel and I were in my room. I started laughing.
"'Do you want me to learn Korean for you?' Are you serious? You really think I care if you speak another language. Like I know you speak Spanish but still I don't care if you speak another language."
"I only said that to impress your mom but I would learn it for you."
"You're such a dork." I threw a pillow at him and he dodged it.
"Yeah I'm your dork though."
"That's true."
We laughed and we laid down on my bed. I held his hand and he tightened the grip on mine.
"Daniel. When can I meet your parents? You just met my mom so I think I should meet your parents.."
"Well I don't really know. It's up to you. I want you to meet them but they are very judgmental at first so I don't want you being hurt for what they said."
He looked uncomfortable answering that question. Did I ask something sensitive? Maybe he doesn't have parents. Oh god.
"I think I'll be okay. I can handle a lot of stuff. I have to, no one's going to help me through it. Well that was until you. I have you."
He smiled at me with that smile that made me melt. I think I was falling in love but I didn't want to. I don't want to end up hurt.
"Daniel, I think we should paint something on my wall. Something to remind me of you."
"Well I don't think we should paint it but we should make something together. Maybe a photo board or something."
"Yeah, maybe not paint directly on the wall. We can buy a canvas and paint it. I have some paint from a while ago and some brushes too."
"I think that's great. Let's do it."
I turned to face him and he turned to face me. We were facing each other and we leaned in closer. I could feel his breath on my face. I could feel my lips urging for him. I wanted to kiss him so badly. We got closer and our foreheads were touching. We sat like this for a little while. I connected our lips and we were kissing slowly. I felt him biting on my bottom lip. I ran my hands through his hair. We started kissing more passionately. I had sat on his lap, straddling him and wrapping my arms around his neck. He started deepening the kiss. I wanted more but remembered my mom and sister were home so I didn't take it any further. He picked me up and laid me on the bed. Getting on top of me and kissing me slowly. He pulled away and I looked into his eyes and smiled. I melted because of his eyes. They were so deep and beautiful. He looked at me and played with my hair. I blushed.
I heard my mom call and we went downstairs. I set the table and Daniel helped. We sat down and mom got Chinese food.
We served ourselves a little of everything. I realized the chicken had onions and I hated them so Daniel took them off of my chicken.
"I know how much you hate onions."
"Thank you Daniel."
We sat and ate our food until my mom spoke.
"So Daniel. How did you guys meet?"
"Should I tell her or do you want to talk to Daniel?"
"I'll tell her. Well it was in July. I was walking to the park and I was on my phone so I wasn't looking where I was going and I bumped into Katelyn. We had a small conversation and we exchanged numbers. We continued running into each other and started talking more. I was slowly starting to gain feelings for her and I asked her on a date. And one date turned into two and that turned into us being boyfriend and girlfriend."
"That's sweet. Why did you start liking her?"
"Well she's nice and she's funny. She always looks out for others. She's smart and not to mention she's beautiful. I fell for her heart and mind."
I smiled to myself. Mom noticed.
"You seem to be a good person Daniel."
"I would've fallen for her no matter what she looked like but it does help that she's very pretty. She's an amazing person."
"Aw Daniel, that's so sweet." I smiled at him.
We continued eating until we finished. Daniel stood up and gathered the plates.
"Oh Daniel you don't have to, I'll wash them."
"Katelyn, it's fine. I'm your boyfriend. I should help out."
"Exactly you're my boyfriend let me do it."
"Not a chance princess. Now scoot over so I can wash these dishes."
I moved in defeat. I watched Daniel wash the dishes as I put away the clean plates that were taking up space on the rack. I threw the trash away and Daniel finished.
"Well I should go home now. Thank you for having me for dinner Sarah. I'll see you soon Katelyn."
He leaned into me and gave me a quick peck on the cheek. He put on his shoes and jacket. I looked outside and it was foggy.
"Daniel, it's cold outside. Let me get you a blanket."
I ran up to my room and got a blanket. I came back down and handed it to him.
"So you won't get cold."
"Thanks. Bye Katelyn, Sarah."
"Bye"
He closed the door and I smiled. My mom saw.
"So are you guys having sex?"
"Mom! No we're not. It's way too early for sex Daniel respects me too much and doesn't want to pressure me into anything."
"You really like him don't you. I can see why."
"Yeah I do."
"He's a really sweet boy. But remember sweetie not all sweet boys are good boys. I'm not saying Daniel is like that, but I want you to be careful. I don't want to see you hurt like how you got hurt with your other boyfriends."
"I know mom but Daniel's different from all of those douchebags."
She hugged me and then I went to my room. I laid down on my bed. It felt bigger now. It felt weird having Daniel be in my room but it felt almost normal. I looked at the time and it was 8:48 pm. I decided to take a shower. I grabbed some pajamas and took a shower. I finished my shower and got dressed. I went back to my room. I let my hair dry. I should cut it. I think I'll cut it tomorrow. I started drifting off to sleep.

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