Words (TaoXChanyeolXreader fanfic)

Chapter 21: Tao's family

Shopping with Tao's family happened right as exams finished. Three days later, he took Vic out on a date to celebrate the completion of the semester during which she attempted to teach him to ice-skate. It took him an embarrassingly long time to figure it out but eventually, he was able to stay up with a hand on her arm for support instead of a death grip to keep from falling. She claimed she wasn't much of a skater but she looked graceful to him. Her scarf trailed when she skated away from him and then turned to come back to her place at his side.

He took her back to his apartment after they'd drank enough hot chocolate to thaw their fingers and toes. She still had a half cup in her hand as the came up the street from the bus stop. Chanyeol didn't notice the car in the visitor's parking, he was too busy watching her. He pushed the door to his apartment open to find it bright and full of the smells of cooking food.

"Jian!" his mother said, sticking her head out of his kitchen. She had a spoon in one hand and a big smile. He had given them a spare key in case of emergencies. They had never used it. They hadn't come to visit him since the week he had moved in. They hadn't called. They hadn't hinted. They'd just shown up.

"Hello Mama," he said as she threw her arms around him.

She looked like she was about to launch into one of her long rambling stories when she caught sight of Victoria. Vic stood behind Chanyeol, her hat and scarf still wrapped around her, looking uncomfortable with the tiny explosive stranger in front of her. Chanyeol had a moment to look at his mother from someone else's point of view. Wen Yu was pushy and forceful, tiny and beautiful, loud and with a tendency to hop through languages during a conversation. She wore a black dress and had her hair up, they'd probably had some sort of event that day. Chanyeol could see her blazer and her heels left abandoned in his kitchen.

"Mama, this is Vic, Victoria, this is my mother, Wen Yu," Chanyeol said. She shook hands and his mother gave him a pointed, wide eyed look that made Chanyeol uncomfortable. He silently pleaded that she would wait until Vic had gone home before starting the same interrogation that Ella and Tao had been giving Cecily for weeks.

Chanyeol's father looked even more surprised to see Vic and Chanyeol realized he had never brought a date home, had never once even mentioned anyone by name to them. His attempts at romance had always fallen flat before they'd gotten serious enough to warrant having to tell his parents. Jonah was tall and narrow though not as thin as Chanyeol was and he was blonde. He had taken off his tie and his jacket but still wore a pressed dress shirt and his hair was impeccable. The two of them didn't fit in Chanyeol's apartment.

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