Dancing With Our Hands Tied: The Series

For Life

The sound of the alarm clock blaring inside her room once again reminded Yizhou that today was the official start of her last year in the university. Last academic year had been so eventful that she wished nothing more for  a more peaceful, a more flowing senior year. Once upon a time she lived for those crazy turn of events mostly inside the confines and  lengths of university walls and influences. But as she stared at the ring sitting on her left hand, somehow the buzz and cheap grandiose of parties loss their appeal to her.

6:57 am.

The time flashed before her eyes as she checked the notifications that have piled up on her phone overnight. Having found nothing interesting enough to entertain her, she decided to head downstairs to use her spare time to hit the road early avoiding the morning rush all the same.

Faint murmurs met her ears as her steps drew closer to the stairs until they get loud enough for her to recognize which voice belonged to whom. A certain voice quickly stood out.

Confusion instantly rushed in when she saw Aeri eating with her parents. She wasn't the one to miss out details so she was certain that her fiancé shouldn't be in their home right now, she shouldn't even be in the same country as her.

"Okay?" Her voice intentionally dragging the last syllable for emphasis as she announced her presence. Her knitted eyebrows gazing upon the three figures sitting on the long table comfortably chatting away.

"Oh, just in time." Her mother uncharacteristically says in a tone higher than her usual voice.

"Come on, Yizhou." She met his father's eyes just as her feet left the last steps of their overly grand stairs. "Join us for breakfast."

It wasn't like it was Aeri's first time eating breakfast with her parents. She'd done it on several occasions so she don't understand why the room was oozing with cheerfulness at such an early hour. There was definitely something in the air that much she knew because her father just invited her to eat albeit knowing that she doesn't do breakfast.

But before she could ponder over it, Aeri was already standing with a chair already pulled out for her to sit on.

A maid quickly placed a set of plates before her. "I thought you were supposed to be in Singapore for at least another three days?"

The maid was about to pour her a cup of coffee which she quickly dismissed after giving her a soft smile. The furrow on her brows only further increased as she takes in Aeri's appearance. Her fiancé wasn't sporting her usual attire. Instead, she opted for more casual clothes which by any standard weren't fit for office hours on a Monday morning.

"You wouldn't think I'd miss your first day back at school right?" Aeri answered swallowing back a yawn threatening to escape her lips. The lack of sleep catching up with her faster than she thought.

A part of her may not always appreciate the lavishness of her name but she surely wouldn't miss the opportunities to use the perks it holds if it comes to Yizhou. So no, she certainly did not rush her paperwork and meetings just so she could get on the first flight available back to Korea. Of course she didn't also drive straight to Yizhou's house after her plane landed just a couple of hours ago.

"Looking at the dark circles under your eyes I could tell you're already more excited than me." Yizhou snapped at her but failed helplessly when a ghost of a smile spread through her lips. The effort wasn't lost on her. She was certain that Aeri did some extra time to be able to wrap up her trip much earlier than planned.

While Aeri could only put her hands up in defeat. Of course Yizhou wouldn't look over the bags under her eyes that have accumulated from the last five days. Nothing rarely slips pass through her gaze.