𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗘𝗥

𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘖𝘝𝘌𝘙

For what feels like the first time in a long time I slept peacefully breathing easy as I stare up at the ceiling knowing things are resolved as they can be: with Sunghoon.

My father may not be happy with our conclusion but I am. My parents have reconciled.

My sister has a beautiful girlfriend and has a daughter and I have a beautiful girlfriend-I'm settled with the love of my life.

I look over at the nightstand for my phone the pressing urge to tell Ruka good morning was eating at me, but my phone isn't there. I know exactly who has it and why. I ran out of my room as fast as I could...

"Dad, where's my phone?"

"Good morning to you too, Sweetheart. You look rested. Coffee?"

He holds up a steaming cup of Joe.
He raises the cup and waits. I know he won't respond until I accept it. My dad is a piece of work. I took the cup from his hands.

"Good morning, Dad. I did sleep well until I woke up and realized that you swiped my phone while I was sleeping so you could steal my girlfriends' phone number to do your little background check on her."

He doesn't have to confirm his actions because he did the exact same thing when I was in high school and I still haven't learned to hide my phone or change my password to something that isn't a variation of a password I had since high school.

"What's going on?"

My mom says walking into the kitchen wrapped in a silk robe.

"You want to tell her, or should I?"

"I'm protecting you."

"You can't protect me from getting hurt. That's life."

"I can protect you from criminals."

"She's not a criminal."

"Attempted murder isn't a crime?"

"Please, don't do this. She'll tell me in her own time. If I go searching for problems, how can I expect her to trust me? Just leave it alone."

"She's coming over for dinner."

He said firmly.

"Please, tell me you're joking."

I say to my dad unable to wrap my head around the fact that he invited my girlfriend to dinner without consulting me in an effort to pry into my love life.

I shouldn't be surprised. He's done this since I was a teenager but somehow I thought he would change now that I am an adult. But he's still the dictator I left behind.

"I can't stand the thought of my daughter uprooting her life for a woman, I know nothing about."

"This isn't about you."

"It's about me if you are acting out because of how your Mom and I handled our relationship when you were a child."

"If Sunghoon can handle the dissolution of our marriage so can you."

"That man is heartbroken."

I leave my dad to retrieve the papers Sunghoon gave me.

"This is the only reason he agreed to see me."

I tell him, waving the divorce papers around.

"He gave you these last night?" he asks.

"Yes."