ms kim was stood in their kitchen humming 'swan song' by le sserafim to herself, while cutting some vegetables for dinner, when her daughter walked in slowly. hearing soft footsteps behind her, ms kim turned around, seeing her beautiful daughter standing there.
"are you ok chaewon?" she asked concerned because her daughter stood spaced out. when she hadnt got a reply, ms kim placed the knife she was using down and turned to chaewon, slowly walking closer.
"i wanted to talk with you about...something" chaewon sighed, her voice no louder than a whisper. "of course darling, is something disturbing you?" ms kim asked, a frown settling on her face at her daughter's sad expression.
"what..." chaewon started but trailed off, taking a deep breath before saying, "what did you and yunjin talk about?" she asked, looking up to meet her mother's eyes. "oh, her..." her mother scoffed.
"we only talked about her father, shes such a lucky girl she is. she kept talking about all the nice stuff her dad buys her" ms kim smiled softly, making the disgust at the name perfectly. chaewon nodded a smile painting her face, "is that all?" her mother asked impatiently. chaewon nodded again and turned around, about to walk away from the kitchen before turning back around.
"actually, mum" chaewon said, "hm?" her mother, who had gone back to cutting vegetables, hummed without looking up from the chopping board. "why are making dinner at 3pm?" chaewon asked holding back a laugh.
"oh, im going out later for a meeting and then for a couple drinks with a few friends. i wont be home till late, so i thought 'i might as well just make dinner now so you can warm it up when you get hungry later!'" ms kim explained, still focusing on the food. "ohh, ok!" chaewon nodded, before walking away and to her room where she started texting her friends about the night before.
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it was late in the night, around 1am, chaewon was in the middle of rewatching toy story 2 when she had heard the front door open. jumping off the couch (a/n: i would call it a sofa cuz im british but for the sake of the story im gonna be calling it a couch) and almost sprinting to the door, chaewon was met with her mother, who was beyond wasted.
her mother swayed in one spot as she tried making eye contact with chaewon, "mum...are you like ok?" chaewon asked after noticing her mother had red rimmed eyes, and had slightly puffed cheeks. her mother's breathing pace had picked up a bit and then she randomly yelled and dropped to the floor.
"i didnt mean to do it, i promise chae!" her mother suddenly wailed, dramatically dropping to the floor, tears streaming down her face rapidly, her chest moving up and down to the quick rhythm of her breathing.
"what? what didnt you mean to do? its ok if you ate my food, i can buy more! i promise its ok mum! stop crying!" chaewon panicked, she had only seen her mother cry once, and that was at the start of the divorce.
"i didnt mean to do it" her mother kept wailing, basically ignoring chaewon's attempts at calming her. "MUM!" chaewon screamed, finally catching the attention of her sobbing mother. her mom looked into her eyes, sniffling harshly while trying to calm her breathing.
"what did you do?" chaewon asked carefully, this clearly was a touchy topic for her mother, she had to be careful since her mum wasnt in the right state of mind (clearly). "promise you wont tell anyone?" her mum held up her pinky finger, sniffling more softly than before.
chaewon wrapped her finger around her mother's finger, nodding her head and letting out a small 'continue.' "y-your friend, yunjin. huh yunjin, her m-mum isnt here with her r-right?" chaewon nodded suspiciously, "she's not my friend though." chaewon corrected.
"right, a few years back...oh i cant! her mum was so sweet!" ms kim sobbed again, burying her head in her hands, "what did you do?" chaewon pried gently. "i- me- your father and i, we..." her mother hiccuped then trailed off.
"you and dad did what?" chaewon asked frustratedly, her patience running thin, "we... oh lord have mercy, we murdered her!" her mother finally said, wailing so loud chaewon was scared the neighbours would hear and call the police.
"mum its not ok to make jokes like that, lets go to sleep and talk about this in the morning, ok?" chaewon spat out worriedly. she had never seen her mother cry this hard, and the reason had scared her to bits, what if it was true? what then? she promised not to tell anyone, what would she do now? should she tell someone? should she keep it to herself?
her mind was a mess, but she cleared it as best as she could, and got her mother to sleep. then making her way to her own room, chaewon sat on her bed and stared at the floor.
"what do i do now? what if mum did actually kill someone and she wasnt lying?" chaewon asked herself, deciding that she simply couldnt let this 'joke' (if you could call it that) get out to anyone.
that night, chaewon made a plan for herself, an plan in which she would cut all contact with her mother and everyone she knew here, and move to america to start anew.
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the formatting thingy finally started working!!! this is basically just a filler chapter though😛
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