My Darling

Chapter 7

As they left, I ran  upstairs, laid  on  my  bed  and  texted  Junhoe

Aeri:) : ~~~
Junhoekoo : ~
Aeri:) : what are you doing?
Junhoekoo : why do you want to know?
Junhoekoo : do you miss me? 😏
Aeri:) : No! I'm bored
Aeri:) : what are you doing?
Junhoekoo : texting you
Aeri:) : Seriously!
Junhoekoo : What? I am texting you
Aeri:) : I can't believe this guy
Aeri:) : hey!
Junhoekoo : Aren't you going to bed? we have school tomorrow, dummy.
Aeri:) : I'm sick..
Junhoekoo : I forgot.. Get well soon.
Aeri:) : koo night😜
Junhoekoo : funny.. ha ha
Junhoekoo : night🌚

I actually am going to school tomorrow because I felt a lot better after chanwoo's visit.

As I was about to go to bed, my mom knocked on my door and I opened it to see her holding a tray of cookies and a glass of milk.

'Mom, what are you doing? You should be in bed by now.' I took the tray from her hands and put it on my bedside table.
'You're okay?' She asked.
'I'm fine. You shouldn't have done all this for me.' I said and sat down on a chair in my room.
'It's the least I could do' she answered.
'Thanks again mom.' I smiled and yawned.
'Oh, you should probably go to bed.' She ruffled my hair and left.

I ate the cookies and drank the milk. I laid on my bed. I tossed and turned but couldn't sleep. I slept at 12 but woke up again at 1a.m. because I had a bad dream and ended up sleeping at 3 a.m.

Tuesday.                           8 Oct.

I woke up at 6a.m. extremely tired. Messy hair, huge eyebags, reddish eyes. I was so surprised when I looked at myself in the mirror. I looked horrible.

After I took a bath, I dried my hair using my hair dryer. Brushed my hair. I wore a huge grey hoodie and black leggings. I looked at myself in the mirror for the last time at sighed.

I ran downstairs to eat breakfast. I ate cereal and drank milk.

'Oh my God, aeri! What happened to your face!' Hyora said as soon as she looked at me.
'I slept at 3a.m. last night.' I yawned.
'You two better be quick' my uncle Chris said, bringing his luggage downstairs.

Hyora doesn't seem so happy today because her mother, my aunt soo hyun and her husband had to leave this morning. My mom is going to send us to school and take my aunt soo hyun and her husband to the airport.

At  school

When we entered the school gate, she bursted out crying.

'Hyora, don't cry!' I panicked.

Everyone looked at us. I didn't know what to do.

'Hyora-ah, let's go to the toilet, okay?' I comforted her.

She just nodded.

'What's wrong?' I asked and handed her a tissue.
'I thought I was okay with them going back to Australia without me.. But it turns out wrong. I'm gonna miss them.' She cries louder.
'Hyora, I'm sure they wanted you to come home with them too but they felt bad for you because you had to study there alone and not here with us. They're afraid that you may not feel comfortable there.' I encouraged her.
'Really?' She wiped her tears.
'Really. I bet they never want to leave you.' I smiled.

She started smiling and wiping her tears that won't stop running down  her  cheeks.

'Shall we go to class?' I asked her, hoping she's feeling better.
'Yeah.' She stopped crying and smiled a little.
'Let's get outta here.' I laughed.