4AM °HOSHI

01

'soonyoung didn't i tell you to remove your socks just now? oh my god look how dirty you are,' his mom nagged. 'and can you stop watching those japanese anime with the squeaky voices? seriously it's six in the morning.'

'shush, mom,' he scratched his butt while lying down. he supported his head with his hand and popped a piece of japanese snack into his mouth with another.

his mother proceeded to take off his socks and slapped his butt. 'you japanese wannabe, you should go learn judo instead.'

soonyoung sat up and huffed. 'eomma! i'm still korea's son; i know what am i doing. master kwon will pop his veins if i switch to judo.'

he suddenly knelt on his knees and looked up at the picture frame with his father upon the wall, beside the framed certificates. he joined his palms together. 'master kwon, i will definitely follow your will!'

a flying black plastic slipper flew across the room and successfully hit the crown of his head.

'i'm not even dead, you little punk,' his father emerged from the hallway with a serious face. but then, a second later, he spread his arms and shouted comically. 'rise and shine!'

'says the one who wakes up the latest,' his mother dissed.

soonyoung turned off the tv and changed out of his dirty clothes from his morning jog to his sports uniform. he went to the fridge and took out a carton of milk. it reminded him of the girl he met last week at the convenience store. will he ever meet her again?

while his family consists of the most comical people in the world, he wondered how was she dealing with her horny mother.

the doorbell rang and soonyoung looked outside the kitchen window. his friend was already in front of his gate with his bicycle.

'jihoon is here!' his sister yelled as she wore her shoes in the doorway. 'kwon soonyoung you better be quick!'

'yah kwon soon-ah! you better not call my full name in public or else i'll kick your ass—'

'kwon soonyoung!' jihoon shouted impatiently from downstairs. soonyoung grabbed his duffle bag. he ran past his sister and waved in a hurry. 'see you after school, sis.'

while jihoon cycled to school with soonyoung's bag in the basket, the captain of the school's taekwondo club jogged beside him.

it was part of his daily routine. morning jog at three for an hour, breakfast, school, taekwondo, home and back to the start. he was happy with his current lifestyle, because for a boy whose dream is to become his sister's bodyguard, it was very enough.

school was just like any other day, fruitless and repetitive. soonyoung reached home after taekwondo practice and did his homework. he read japanese comics to kill time, had dinner, and when it was time for sleep, he went to bed.

at three o'clock sharp, his phone woke him up. he got out of bed and jogged along his regular route. at last he passed by the convenience store that he met that girl a week ago.

he found himself constantly looking for her whenever he jogged, because she seemed to have no one to hear her out at 4 am. and honestly he was willing to do it. to be honest it was fun, and soonyoung was bossy. he would never imagine his mother be horny.

soonyoung cupped his hands around his face and looked through the glass. that girl seemed to be choosing for some japanese instant noodles again.

he entered the store and went beside her. she didn't notice him so he picked two non-spicy ones and elbowed her.

'how about cheese curry for tonight?'

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i thought my writing
style would be really
different since this was
written in 2015 lol

oh whale i was wrong
ha this is the sign when
you haven't improved (?)