Unspeakable Occasions

8. Family

- SUZY POV -

-SATURDAY -

I wake up to screaming.
I get up and head to the living room.
I see my parents in the kitchen. My dad on his knees, and my mom looking down at him.
"Mom...Dad...?" They dont respond and I take step closer. "Whats going on...?"
My mom wipes her tears and looks away from me. "Honey, Dont worry about it."
"What? Why? I'm 20 mom, you need to tell me whats going on."
"No...Not yet."
I scoff. "Well obviously something is wrong." I look over at my dad. "Dad, whats wrong?"
My dad gets back up on his feet. "Daughter...I think you should sit down for this."
"We're not going to tell her yet!" My mom yells at my dad.
"Yes we are, shes not 10. She's old enough to know."
"Well im not ready to tell her."
"I'm ready...I've been ready for 3 years."
3 years?
"Dad, whats going on?" I ask again.
"You better not tell her!" My mom yells, grabbing her coat and walking out of the house, slamming the door behind her.
My dad lets out a big sigh and turns to me.
"Daughter...you're going to need to sit down for this."
I sit down on the couch and my dad grabs a chair and places it infront of me. He sits down and sighs into his hands.
"Okay..I dont know how to tell you this..."
I take his hands in mine. "Dont worry dad. You can tell me."
After minutes of contemplating, he finally decides to tell me.
"You're mom has been having an affair for 3 years..."
I was so shocked. Tears began to swell in my eyes.
"What? Mom? An affair? Did ....Did you know about it?"
My dad nods his head. "Yeah...But I only just told her I've always known, today."
"But why?"
"I didnt want to hurt you. You're our only kid, we're your only parents. Its aways only been us 3. I tried making her love me again. I thought maybe I was doing something wrong...So I tried, and I tried...and I tried...but she still kept having an affair. So I told her I want a divorce..."
I put my hands to my face, but I don't cry. "Dad...Are you okay?"
"Actually...I'm fine. Its been 3 years, I'm over it. But are you okay? Should I go on with the divorce?"
I shrug my shoulders. "I'm not okay...But you know, this is what you want dad. Not what I want. I'm old enough to be okay with your decision."
My dad smiles and I force a smile on my face. "Thanks daughter."
We hug and I tell myself it's okay.
It's all gonna be okay...You're okay. It's going to be all okay...
I couldn't fully convince myself, but I didn't cry.

- SUNDAY -

I wake up to my dad cooking breakfast.
"Good morning dad."
He urns around with a big smile, a real smile.
Dad is happy.
"Hey Daughter, here come sit, breakfast is ready."
My dad places plates on the table, one for me, one for him.
I sit down and start eating.
"Wheres mom?"
"Um mom is actually staying with your grandma right now...And I also decided I am absolutely getting a divorce with your mom."
I say nothing for a while, but I force a smile on my face. "its good you're doing what you want dad."
We finish our breakfast and clean up. I get changed and decide to head out for a walk.
"Dad! I'm heading out for a bit! Be back in a while."
"Okay, be careful honey!" My dad says from the living room.

I walk out of the house and pop on my headphones.
I walk about 5 blocks when I get a phone call.
Hoshi.
I pick up.
"Hello?" I say.
"Suzy hey! What you up to?"
I smile. "Nothing. Just taking a walk around the neighborhood."
"Oh really? Meet up?"
"Oh yeah um..sure. Where?"
"The coffee shop?"
"Sure..."
I hang up.
The coffee shop is a go to place Hoshi and I use to go all the time when we were younger. I walk over to the coffee shop and Hoshi is already there.
"Soonyoung."
He turns to see me. "Hey Suzy, I got your favorite, Hot chocolate."
I smile and sit down.
"So whats up? Why the call?" I ask, curiously.
"I just wanted to catch up."
I smile and we do catch up. We tell eachother what we've been doing for the past years.
During our talk I get a phone call.
It's from Daniel. I forward the call and continue my talk with hoshi.
About 3 hours later, I decide its time to go home.
"Hey Soonyoung, I have to get home, okay?"
"yeah yeah, let me walk you home?"
"Sure...If you want?"
We walk out of the shop together. As we walk, I feel Hoshis hand slip into mines.
I start to blush and my heart starts to beat fast. I look down at our holding hands.
Intertwined.
I look up, at Hoshi and he's just smiling like a big goon.
We walk hand in hand all the way back to my house.
Eventually we make it back to my house and we untwine our fingers.
"I um...Had fun today." I say.
He scratches the nape of his neck. "Yeah. Me too."
We don't day anything for a good minute, and just stand there.
Hoshi takes steps closer to me, and inches his face closer and closer to mines. Eventually, our lips connect, and I close my eyes.
Wow...Is Hoshi really kissing me right now?