I was brave enough to make a plan of how am I going to wrap things up. This time I didn't let nature take its course, I'll do it under my control. I expected the worse and by just thinking about it, it's breaking me. But it's my choice, and I shouldn't have any regrets. I shouldn't complain because this is my decision.
"You really take after Soo Bin." A small smile formed on my lips as Aunt Soo Yeon mentioned my mother's name.
"It's such a shame that I didn't get the chance to meet her." I said.
"But I think she's now happy that you were able to acknowledge her." I secretly smiled and looked outside trying to stop my tears.
Maybe it's because of my pregnancy that I am starting to get more emotional over things especially when it's about all the unfortunate things life has given me.
Aunt Soo Yeon is my biological mother's younger sister. My dad sets up a meeting for us because according to him, Aunt Soo Yeon can take care of me more than he does because she is a pediatric doctor assigned in Busan.
"What do you think about coming to Busan with me?"
"That is not a bad idea but I don't want to be a nuisance to you."
"No... I've been there. Your mom went to Busan with me when she was bearing you for nine months. The vacation house near the beach where your mom took care of you is still there, that place is the most relaxing place you could ever be in Korea, so please, think about it. For you and your child" She said with anticipation and held my hand with a smile convincing smile.
"I'll think about it." I answered.
I don't think if it's considered running away but Aunt Soo Yeon's offer looks like a way of escaping from whatever has the potential to break me and I don't like that. I don't like going away with excess baggage, with a bothering weight in my heart because it is like a form of escaping but with a glimpse of conscience. I have no choice but to go beyond the brutal storm.
I agreed to live in Busan for a year or two then go back to Seoul to study but first, I have to get everything done.
"You're transferring school?!" Billy and Yujin reacted in unison when I said that I'm leaving SNU.
I looked around and lifted my index finger to my lips as a gesture that they should keep it low because I think they just caught everyone's attention inside the snack bar.
"Don't overreact she said that she's leaving for a while, she didn't say that she's transferring." Hana casually said while munching her bibimbap.
"It means that she's just going to stop attending school but when the right time comes she will eventually come back." Hyewon added.
After a couple of months, we finally reunited and gathered in one place as a whole because Billy used his free day to meet with us. I am planning to tell them that I am not going to continue my sophomore year and will go back to school maybe after a year or two.
"The both of you are cool about it?" Billy asked Hana and Hyewon.
"It's for her own good." Hana answered and aggressively fed Billy a sliced piece of kimbap. I chuckled and sipped my iced lemon tea.
I planned to leave by November, I just have to fix some papers, take exams and everything is done about school. I never thought that I will ever willingly drop out of school because school, work, and social life are what makes me function even though some of the works are just so exhausting but I never really lived a week in my life without work, studying, or getting involved to the outside world.
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Midnight Walk (Mark Tuan Short Story)
Fanfic"Soulmates don't leave each other." Six years ago, Cha Eun was a college girl and Mark was a trainee. Six years later, the brightest part of her youth became one of the stars. Cha Eun and Mark were inexplicably bonded and drawn by forces beyond th...
