No Fairy Tales in Real Life

Fan girl

Fan Girl (Tee)

I nodded my head to the up beat Korean song playing on the sounds system. Mo is lying on her stomach beside me playing with her phone. Shifting my laptop on the bed I moved to lay on my stomach to match her position. She elbowed me playfully and mouthed the words of the song soundlessly. I smiled and turned back to the laptop. It's my face time with parents.

"Are you taking care of yourself, baby?" Mom slightly pushed Dad's head away to but in. 

"Yes, Mom." I gave her a long-suffering look. "You keep asking me every time." I sighed. 

"He's fine. Besides he knows how to take care of himself. He's a man after all." Dad grumbled. Mom swatted his arm. 

"Sh... let me talk to my baby." she dragged the screen towards her. 

"Mom, I'm fine." I dropped my head on the bed. 

"Let me talk to Tae," She trusts P'Tae more than me.  

"P'Tea is not at home." I pouted. Mo moved her head closer to mine.  

"Hello Auntie..." She waved at the screen. 

"Hi, sweetheart." Mom is waving back. 

"Don't worry auntie. Tee is fine. I'm taking care of him. And P'Tae also keeping an eye on him too. Stop worrying too much and take care." She made kissing sounds and moved away from the screen. 

"What am I, twelve?" I mumbled. Mom just laughed. 

"How many times have I asked you to move here." She started her usual complain. 

"Mom, what am I going to do in USA? I have a career here. I have fans and I'm quiet popular too. I will be nobody there. Please try to understand." I pleaded with her. 

"I know love, I'm sorry. It's just that I miss you so much." She looks so sad I felt bad. 

"I know mom, I'm sorry okay. I miss you soo much and I promise to visit you this Christmas." That cheered her up a bit. "I gotta go now. I'll call you again soon na." 

"See you baby. Give my love to Tae. Bye-bye, mwahaa" The screen went dark. I closed the laptop and moved it to the side table.

"What are you doing?" I peered at Mo's phone, placing my chin over her shoulder. 

"Here, have a look." She handed me the phone. I looked at her IG account. It's full of pictures of P'Tae and I. She's a die-hard TaeTee shipper. 

"So.... You're the admin of this account?" I asked scrolling through her phone. Some pics are real and some are edited. "How do you even come up with this shit?" I exclaimed seeing some of the edited photos of us. She giggled. 

"Well, since you won't give me anything real, I have to make do with the stuff I have." She took the phone back from me. 

"So you want P'Tae and I to be real?" I asked lying back and folding my arms behind the head. She nodded her head and placed her chin on my chest. 

"You won't care that I become a uke to another man?" I asked in wonder. She gave a peal of laughter and hid her face in my chest. 

"That would be my dream coming true." She said between bouts of laughs. I stared at her incredulously. "Die-hard fan girl, remember?" She pointed a finger towards her. I rolled my eyes.  

"Some girl friend you are." I pinched her nose playfully. 

Suddenly, she gave a shout and jumped up.

"Gotta go! Dad's gonna skin me alive." She jumped up from the bed and picked up her jeans from the floor. I watched her slide them on and look for her sneakers. She's a total tomboy. That's why I date her.

I followed her downstairs. When we are passing the hallway I heard noises in the kitchen. 

"P'Tae is back," I said. Mo stopped walking, her eyes shining. 

"Let me say hello real quick," She turned around and head for the kitchen. I think she loves P'Tae more than me. 

He has his back to us making dinner. He's still in his outside clothes. Hasn't even gone up to his room to change. Whenever Mo comes for a visit, he would leave the house silently. He'd been very subtle about it, I didn't even catch it at first. He's giving us privacy, apparently. What he didn't get is neither I nor Mo minded him.  

"Hello, P'Tae!" Mo called. He turned around and smiled. "I was just leaving. Just topped by to say hello." She bowed respectfully. 

"Oh Nong Mo, I was making dinner. Won't you have some?" P'Tae gave his charming smile to her.  

"Aw...." She squealed. "I wish I could. But my dad's home and I'll be in big trouble if I don't go home before dinner." She sighed and then her face lit up. She started digging her pocket for her phone. I watched her warily. 

"P'Tae? A photo?" She held her phone. I gave a warning look. "Oh, come on?" She pleaded. I sighed. 

I went and stood next to P'Tae pouting. He laughed and draped his hand over my shoulder. Mo giggled. And started clicking. 

"Tee, stop pouting and smile. Ummmm.. that's nice P'Tae." She acts like a real photographer.

 "How about a kiss?" She gave a sly look. "No?" She's looking at me with puppy dog eyes. "Not even a tiny one?"  P'Tae sighed in defeat. 

"Nong Mo, this is only for your eyes. If this ever goes public I hold you responsible.." he sounded mocking but underneath, the warning is real. She nodded enthusiastically and got the phone ready. 

P'Tae got hold of my chin and bent his head to peck my lips lightly." Mo squealed and ran to us and hugged both of us tightly. 

"Thank you P, you made this Fan's day." Then she checked the time and screamed. "Aaah... gotta go." And then she was gone.

P'Tae laughed softly and started laying the table. I gave out a loud breath and dropped down on a chair. 

"I'm sorry she's such a nightmare." I let my head fall on the table. P'Tae placed his hand on my head. His fingers slid into my locks for a second in a caress and then it was gone. I lifted my head from the table and looked at him. 

"Be thankful that she's like that."P'Tae sat down in front of me dragging his chair closer to the table. "Be thankful she's not like N'Sprite." He started putting food on my plate. I wrinkled my nose in disgust. 

"Then I would dump her. I won't tolerate like P'Kim." P'Tae gave me a half-smile. 

"Don't judge someone unless you walk a mile in his shoes." He tapped my chin and smiled widely. "Come on, let's eat."