Don't Listen In Secret || Joshua Hong

accidental favor

3 days later : 

mom : CAN YOU JUST NOT WREAK HAVOC FOR ONE DAY??

i flinched as my perfume bottle hit the ground. maybe it's not a good idea to swing my bag in my hands as i look for my badge. mom shouted something from downstairs again but i ignored it. once i was late enough to get fired and my room looked like the FBI has searched through it, i realized that it was in my pocket. obviously. 

i sprinted down the stairs while brushing my hair. 

jihye : mom i am late! sorry i can't eat your fancy table of breakfast.

mom : i didn't make any breakfast. 

forgot this isn't disney.

she was reading a magazine on the couch. i ran up to her and pecked her cheeks before flopping down on the couch to wear my sneakers. 

mom : you are acting lovely these days. it's almost as if you have basic etiquettes. 

she didn't even look away from her magazine as she said that in a neutral monotonic voice.

mom : i don't understand why you are working part time on that cUckOO thing on your summer break. just take money from me.

jihye : first of all its cue to coo and didn't you say i am useless like a few days ago? i want to have something to do before university.

mom : i said you have one use. and ACTUALLY i like it when you sit at home like a potato sack and spend my money.

i gave her a perplexed look and she just shrugged in response. 

jihye : bye i am late.

mom : finally peace.

well it's true i am being lovely these days. and that's because i am happy. i almost forgot what it felt to have such a light heart. i feel like i am floating as i hop between my steps smiling to myself. 

jihye : i am so proud of you jihye

i patted my back lightly and took a deep breath. i rejected flowers from joshua?? that's definitely something to be proud of. i highly doubted i still had any dignity left but i was wrong. i have been feeling so free these days and now for the first time i see a real possibility of this hopeless crush fading. 

things are getting better. 

jihye : hi!

i waved to a random cat who froze in terror as i grinned at her. even the weather is so beautiful today. i love my life.

i hummed a weird melody (i am no woozi) as i reached the place i work at. it's a chicken place. which means my uniform is a red apron with a yellow hat that has a chicken head on it. not cute all. 

jihye : good morning juhee!

juhee : a cheerful morning 3 days in a row. you cured your mental illness or got a new one.

jihye : cured hopefully. 

i chuckled as i wore my apron and hat still humming a song happily. my phone vibrated and i took it out of my back pocket. 

jihye : shit!

juhee : is everything okay?

jihye : yeah .. uh i need to use the restroom i will be right here!

i dashed into the rest room. when i was inside a cubicle, i took my phone out again and stared at the screen. 

....

yeri 

hi 
i heard it's your birthday very soon
i don't know when it is exactly though
so happy birthday