*Play the video/music*
(POV)
It was 5 in the morning and when I heard my phone ringing, I tried ignoring it at first, but it continued non-stop. After 2 consecutive missed calls I decided to look at it, turns out it was my mom calling me in the middle of the night.
"Hello, mom what is it?" I asked in an annoyed tone
"Y/N ah~ your auntie... she's... gone"
After hearing those words, sadness and emptiness took over me.
"So this is what it feels like to lose someone important to me... someone whom I truly love more than my parents".
Aunt was the one who took care of me while mom and dad were away, she was my second mom, she didn't made me feel different, she treated me as if I was her own daughter.
I felt numb at the moment without realizing that my mom was still in the line
"Hun? Are you there? Are you okay? Did something happen?"
"Yes, I'm here. Sorry I'm just... shocked that aunt is dead. She was my second mom while you and dad were away. I feel really guilty for not making up to her, for not thanking her properly. I thought she would live long.... Wha-what was the cause?" I asked while I was trying to calm myself, trying not to sob.
"I don't know yet. I just received a text from your uncle...-- Hun, I can't go... I can't go to the burial since there's a lot heck of a work here, but I'll try though. The burial will be held in Daegu this week"
"You're always busy. You never made time for me nor for anything."
"Oh... okay but I hope you could at least spare some time for aunt, at least thank her for taking care of me when I you guys are not around" I sounded harsh but they won't mind— actually, they never will.
"I can't promise anything, but I'll be sending my driver there in the morning since you don't know much about Daegu anymore" it's been 10 years since my last visit in Daegu when mom and dad took me here in Seoul to study business.
"Okay. Thanks" Mom and I aren't really close, I didn't really treat my parents as "my parents" since they would just give me tons of money, enough for me to live on my own. They never played with me as a child; we never went shopping together; we never went to any amusement park nor to an ordinary park. I had a dull childhood.
Now... they're just like my business partners. No love, no sweetness, no tastes.
"Okay, hun. I need to go. Love you" she finally ended the call.
I lay my back down, taking a deep breath and trying to reminisce my memories together with aunt— last memories.
~FLASHBACK~
Back when I was a child I used to live with my aunt. My parents left me with her since they had no time for me. They chose business over me, they chose to work on weekend rather than spending their allotted time with me, they're always busy.
Yes, they did send me money but that's it, no "Hey how are you doing?" or "Are you doing fine there?", nor "We miss you".
I only felt the love and care from my aunt, who is now gone. My aunt whom was my mum, my aunt whom is so dearly to me.
~END OF FLASHBACK~
It's already 6:50 am and for the last hour all I did was talking to her picture while sobbing. I didn't care if I had woken my neighbors up. I didn't care anymore.
