the penthouse

48 | a scandal about to burst.

ji-yoo was too excited to speak properly about what mark had just texted her. it was barely nine in the morning, but mark decided to surprise her with one of the best things she had ever read, up until then.

it was all unreal. " find a blue or purple dress, for the opening performance. you are playing the piano. " was possibly the only thing she needed to read, for her to burst into tears. yeri ran into the room, and widened her eyes.

how could ji-yoo properly calm down, and explain to yeri what was going on. with that, she handed her phone over to her mother. when yeri read mark's message, a bright smile appeared on her face.

she immediately clapped, and yelled for sicheng to come into the room, as fast as he could. " sicheng, our daughter is now scheduled to perform at the opening of an event ! come fast, you can shave your non-existent hair later ! "

ji-yoo stopped crying moments later. she let out a laugh, and laid down on her bed. for sure, yeri would take her daughter shopping to her favourite boutique. ji-yoo began to think of what dress she wanted to wear.

sicheng then showed up in the doorway. he was still wearing his old pyjamas, ones that ji-yoo had been seeing him wear for years. he smiled, seeing that ji-yoo got up and ran up to him. it was very exciting.

" well, we have a.. singer ? performer ? " sicheng asked. yeri rolled her eyes, unhappy with the fact that sicheng had no idea that the term was pianist. it was obvious that ji-yoo did not care, because she kept on laughing. " what do you need to dress up as ? is it a costume thing ? "

" no, dad, that will be the aurora palace costume party, for halloween, not the opening of a charity gala, that was created with hopes of discovering talent. " ji-yoo replied to sicheng, who suddenly widened his eyes.

it meant he had an idea, and yeri could not tell if it was a good one, or one of his terrible suggestions that he usually had. " what if you play the piano at my costume party ? that would be really nice ! and, mark can choose a melody to fit the theme. "

both yeri and ji-yoo nodded. it would be an amazing thing to do, especially since the residents of the palace were always seeing her practice the piano. it would be an amazing way to introduce her new musical career.

" okay, but we need to buy you that blue dress. and, we need to do it now. " yeri told her daughter. she held ji-yoo by her shoulders, smiling. " did you brush your teeth ? wash your face ? your outfit is good, for going out. "

ji-yoo kept nodding at her mother's questions. sicheng let out a yawn, and walked out of the room. he was not interested in being invited, to shop for dresses with them. so, it meant that it was just ji-yoo and yeri.

" your mother knows these places better than anyone else, so you can count on me to get you an amazing dress. " yeri pulled ji-yoo into a hug. together, they walked out of ji-yoo's bedroom. " let me put on my coat. one second, dear. "

ji-yoo nodded. she watched as yeri made her way into her closet. ji-yoo went to sit down on the couch, when she saw that sicheng was in the kitchen, trying to open the milk carton. he looked up, smiling towards ji-yoo.

ji-yoo noticed how different her parents were. she found it very unexpected that someone like yeri would look after sicheng, and fall in love with him. they also got married extremely early, which meant that they really loved eachother.

" i wish you good luck, to shop with your mother. she is quite serious about the way you try on things. " sicheng said, pouring milk into one of his mugs. he took a long sip of it, and it got him to have a few stains on his old t-shirt.

ji-yoo let out a laugh. yeri then came out of her room, dressed in a beautiful beige coat. she also picked a black pair of heels, that clearly made her feet struggle. however, she never listened to sicheng. ji-yoo could not mention anything about it.