Torn in Two

Part Twenty Six: Finally Found You

Zack Young:

I look at how she moves her hair out of her face before her jaw drops open. There are tears forming in the corner of her eyes as she whispers softly. "Zachary".

I feels ten kilo's lighter, it's as if all the worries I had before just lifted off my shoulders as soon as she said my name. She does love me, she does remember me and she did miss me. Without realising it I ran up to her and pull her into a tight embrace as I let all my emotions take over. I am not the poker faced guy, no I don't even want to be him- I want to be with my mother. I have missed her for such a long period of my life and now she's back.

Her soft hands rub my back as I let the tears escape while burying my face in her chest- something I wished I could have done when I was little and had a bad day. I have been holding in for too long.

"Zachary you look so handsome" she says as I can feel her smiling. "I heard Noah talk about your pink hair, did you do this just for me" she asks with her angelic voice.

I can only nod since I'm choking on my words. There's has never been a moment in my life that I have been this emotional. All those moments that I felt unloved just disappeared from my mind, erased from my brain.

"Sweetheart I hate to see you cry, I want to see my handsome son smiling".

Once again I nod but I don't have the strength to let her go yet. Suddenly I feel another pair of arms trying to wraps around us.

It's probably N who wants to be part of the emotional family gathering. "Ah eomma, hyung please include me in the hug too. I have missed you too for years now, heck I didn't even know you excisted".

I move my head up to see N hugging my tightly, I shift my arms a little to include him in the hug. That's the moment I realise that he is crying as well.

"Yah deongsaeng don't cry" I say between hiccups as I wipe his tears away.

He nods as he is still choking on his sobs. "But I feel so happy to see eomma smile this brightly. After I met you she looked so sad and now I know why" N says as he rubs his eyes. "That lady had told her to stay away from you".

I don't even have to ask who he is talking about. Of course it was Grey's mother, always worrying that someone would steal her husband away from her.

Eomma grabs pulls us closer towards her as she kisses our foreheads lightly. "I am just happy to see my sons together, and you two can even get along".

"Eomma tells us the story about father" N suddenly asks.

I look around the cafe to see some of the customers wiping some of their tears away, even my friends behind us are getting a little emotional. It makes me feel so grateful to have amazing friends like them.

"Of course dear, but first get your friends something to drink and serve the other customers" she orders him.

N sighs softly but before he can walk away I grab his arm. "Let me help you, brother".

He smiles brightly while dragging me behind him, only to give me a plate filled with some glasses filled with soda as he directs me towards the table where our friends and mother are sitting.

"Walk straight hyung" N shouts amused when he sees that I'm struggling with the heavy plate. Yes because instead of helping you should tease your older brother by telling him how he should walk. I mean why help, it's just your brother though.

I can scream from happiness when I reach the table without dropping anything on the ground. Eomma looks proudly at me before tugging my sleeve to take a seat next to her.