Seonsaengnim (A Jimin Fanfic Series)

Part 4

Those few days that remained until the Friday before Thanksgiving break went by extremely fast, most likely because you'd been trying your best to concentrate and put your all into every class like the good student you were; until before you knew it, school was out for a week! After rushing home quickly and finishing some last minute chores, you finally could unwind and relax while watching your favorite TV shows on Netflix. Your mom didn't like to catch you lousing around, so you made sure to have your volume low, just so that she wouldn't find you doing nothing, not to mention eating snacks in bed, which would mean sudden death.

After about two hours or so, your mom called you down to eat dinner, which you obliged to, and made your way to the dining room where everything was already set on the table. The two of you sat in silence as you ate, however soon enough, your mother couldn't stand it, as usual. "So how did school go today?" You looked up from your bowl at her, who was softly blowing her steaming soup. "Oh it was alright.. I guess. Just same ol' routine like always." She glanced up at you without an expression for a few seconds due to the vague answer, but continued eating anyway. "Did your tests go well?" You nodded and wiped the corner of your mouth with a napkin. "Yeah, I think I did good." She raised an eyebrow. "You better have gotten all A's."

You sighed and got up with your plate in hand, carrying it to the kitchen sink and proceeding to wash it. "Mom..I did the best I could, okay?" She stayed quiet and sipped the remaining liquid in her bowl as the tap water ran over your dirty dish. "Your best should be above 95," She proceeded to say, turning to look at you with an accusing expression. "Okay, whatever you say mom. But I can't promise you anything. They've already imputed grades, and I'm sure I did fine." She finally figured she couldn't argue any further, and simply walked over to place her bowl in the sink just as you finished washing yours. "Okay then, I'm going to bed. Make sure to sleep before 12 o'clock." As she walked away you rolled your eyes and mumbled a very angry "Whatever" under your breath, just so she wouldn't hear you. Once she fell asleep, you would continue watching Netflix until you got tired, like every holiday break.

When Thanksgiving came around, your entire family visited your house and the whole day was spent talking to your relatives (even though you didn't really want to) and eating food left and right. Usually you didn't allow yourself to eat so much, but Thanksgiving had no rules on that regard. Of course, you got the occasional question of "So, have you met anyone special at school?" And again of course, you HAD to reply "no, not really" or else you would be eternally shamed and shunned by your family for being even semi-interested interested in a teacher. Rather young teacher, but nonetheless your teacher. That conversation, to say the least, was completely out of the question.

The day ended as soon as it came, and your family traveled back to their homes, leaving you there alone with your mom to help clean up the aftermath. There wasn't much tidying up to do, thankfully, and you were quite pooped from all of the socialization, so once you were both finished, you went back to your room and fell asleep. Since break was only a week long, it seemed as if it flew by like nothing and Sunday had come upon you rather quickly. Your mother had asked if you could head down to the Supermarket to pick up some groceries for next week, and because you could drive, you really had no excuse to object.

She wrote you a grocery list and sent you on your way, and you pouted for most of the drive there, but eventually the feeling faded away. After parking your car, walking all the way into the store and picking out a cart, you finally took a look at the list your mom wrote and squinted while trying to decipher what all her chicken scratch even meant. "Milk," you finally muttered, and quickly, made your way to the dairy section. She wrote down a lot of items that are found in the dairy and grains section, but most of all, the vegetable and fruit section was where the money stood. She only handed you about 40 dollars for the trip, but with the amount of things on her list, you could've sworn it would amount to a tad bit more than that.