Coconut Head • Kim Jongin

01 || up in the clouds

Maya was deep in thought when suddenly her mom started shouting at her.

"Maya Rosa, are you even listening to me?"

"Huh, what?"

"I said, your plane is going to board in five minutes, you need to go line up. Do you have everything?" Her mom frantically asks.

"Oh, uh, yeah looks like it." Maya responds, doing a fast check on her carry on bags.

"I'm going to miss you honey, you'll have so much fun at your aunts!" The older woman claps her hands, and starts growing tears in her eyes. She starts hugging her daughter, almost suffocating her.

"Alright dear, you're going to cut off her breathing." Mayas' father inserts chuckling.

"Oh, sorry sorry. I'm just worried that's all."

"No need to worry about me mom, I can take care of myself. I'll be fine." Maya gives a reassuring smile. She looks at her father, who's just smiling.

"Come here, give your old man a hug goodbye."

She embraces her dad, and lightly smiles. When she pulls away, he ruffles her hair.

"Have fun, you little grown-up." He says. Maya rolls her eyes playfully, and chuckles.

"Flight 401 to Hawaii, is now boarding." The lady over the intercom states.

"I have to go now, love you guys. See you in two and a half months!" The girl waves at her parents. They wave back, her dads arm over his wife's shoulders.

Maya walks to the lady, hands the woman her ticket and boards the plane. She looks down the isle to find a seat.

She sees a mom and her young son sitting alone together, with an extra seat next to them. She decides to sit next to them.

"Do you mind if I sit here?"

"Not at all." The lady smiled.

Maya sits and has her bag on her lap. Ten minutes into sitting down waiting. They tell everyone to put on their seat belts getting ready for take off.

Once they finally got off the ground, Maya smiled to herself. Thinking of the tropical paradise she's going to be in for the next amount of weeks. She wonders what's going to happen, and what adventures are going to take place.

She closes her eyes, and leans back. Just enjoying the time she has up in the clouds.