"No way? That's wild, Mei. But just in case you begin overthinking it - I know you do even if you don't tell me - you were not the reason for your mom's literal murder by her insane boyfriend."
"I know, Won, but how much have they lied to me? I mean, my mom isn't even my mom? Why didn't she put me through the system? Would it have even changed anything?" Mei said, sitting at the kitchen table.
"Well, the system is just as corrupt. Besides, I wouldn't have met you," Jungwon smiled.
"You would've survived," Mei joked dryly.
"I don't know - I don't think I would have," Jungwon said, trying to lift her mood.
"Mhm."
"Don't worry, think about it; you live with Isla now. You don't have to worry about being treated like that anymore."
"Clearly. Now I just have to love up to the rest of the standards," Mei sighed.
"Such as who?"
"Isla's, my new school's, my own, yours,"
"Mei, you're my standard. And that standard moves with you. As long as it's you, you fit the standard. You're my pretty girl, and you'll forever be my pretty girl. Even when you don't feel pretty - unreasonably in any situation, really - you're always going to be my pretty girl. Even when you decide you don't want me around anymore, you'll always be pretty in my eyes, Huang Mei Lin."
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Melatonin ~ Jungwon
Fanfiction"You're like my melatonin, Won." "Just go to sleep, Mei." Short chapters👍 S: AUG. 16, 2023 F: SEPT. 2, 2023
