“And I ran, I ran so far away, I just ran, I ran all night and day, Couldn’t get away.” Dad’s fairly in tune voice sang.
“A cloud appears above your head, A beam of light comes shining down on you, shining down on you. The cloud is moving nearer still, Aurora Borealis comes in view, Aurora comes in view.” my voice on the other hand, not so much.
He grabbed the phillips head and held it to his mouth like a microphone.
“And I ran, I ran so far away, I just ran, I ran all night and day, Couldn’t get away.”
We fell into a fit of laughter until the tears rolled down our faces. Our cackling eventually eased into low chuckles.
“Man, I’m going to miss this when you’re gone.” he turned down the radio and we walked over to the work bench to set down our tools.
“And where am I going?” I lightly teased and picked up the sandpaper to smooth any rough spots left on the pieces of wood.
“College comes to mind.”
Right, college. Nodding my head I kept a steady hand while rolling the coarse paper over the corner. Tapping the wood square on the table the dust fell off and I grabbed another one.
“That is if you are going to college.” dad pressed, fingertips trailed over the piece he was sanding, I’m presuming feeling for splinters.
“I don’t know.” No, I know. There has been a constant back and forth on when I should tell them but when I think I want to I just picture the look on mom’s face and back out.
“You’ve been saying that since last summer.”
“It’s a hard decision.”
He handed me the final piece and pushed over the glue with the squaring jig. The atmosphere had shifted from fun karaoke to heavy, thick, and tense.
“You know Dahyun, it’s okay if you don’t want to go.” I raised a skeptical eyebrow and turned to face him.
“Since when?”
“Since we figured you weren’t going.”
My eyes moved away from his and back to the scattered wood squares. The opening had been given for me say what had been on my mind and I should definitely take it. That little voice in my head telling me I’ve lied to them enough.
“It’s not like I don’t want to go, just not right now.” mumbling under my breath, I turned around and leaned my lower back against our work station.
“Well as your father I feel like I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t ask you this.”
Anticipation entered my body, I bit my lip and winced, forgetting it was still sore. Ended up telling my friends yesterday at school that I walked into a pole and busted my lip. They all got a good laugh out of it, everyone except Wendy who was apparently sick, as well as today, with the flu.
“Does this college thing have anything do with...” he paused mid sentence to move closer to me. A heavy arm draped over the back of my neck as dad tilted his head down. “with, um, Sana?”
What. The. Fuck.
Did he-? No, he couldn’t have. I heard wrong.
“Sana, that’s her name right?” the words hit me again and my eyes widened.
“I, um, um, what?” his grip tightened around my shoulder as I tried to get out of it.
“Dahyun.” he warned.
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Direct And Linear Relationships
FanfictionKim Dahyun is a barely 17 year old senior. She just has to worry about getting through the year, but a new Physics teacher might make her last year in high school much more interesting.
