Appa

The Elephant in The Room

5 years later...

I was laying in bed, peacefully sleeping until I felt someone jump vigorously on the bed. I groaned and laid on my back instead of on my right side. I forced my eyes open and saw Hwang Shin Young and Jin-oppa bouncing on my bed. "Ya, what the hell?!" I whined, grabbing a pillow and covering my face with it.

Jin and Hwang Shin stopped for a moment, looking at each other and smirking. "WAKE UP, MOMMY, WAKE UP!!!" they shouted and bounced on the bed even more. I sighed and cursed constantly to myself. Only I could hear myself.

"GO AWAY!!!" I cried out but they ignored me. My parents came into my room too, my mother was holding a cake that had candles which were lit. My father was behind her, his hands placed on her shoulders.

Everyone looked at each other, my parents gave a nod. They all took deep breaths before screaming at the top of their lungs. "SAENG-IL CHUKAHAMNIDA; SARANGHANEUN JEON SE YOUNG-SHI; SAENG-IL CHUKAHAMNIDA!!" Jin and Hwang Shin were clapping their hands together as they all shouted.

I removed the pillow from my face and sat up. My eyes began to water. "You guys are assholes..." I covered my face with my hands and cried. Everyone busted out laughing, bursting out into nothing but giggles. "Saranghaeyo eomma!!!" Hwang Shin Young rushed towards me, wrapping her arms around me and taking a seat on my lap.

My mother extended her arms to me, holding out the cake. "Ready...?" I looked towards Hwang who was confused at first. "For what...?" She asked, her eyebrows furrowed and her head tilted off to the side. "To help mommy blow out the candles..." I cooed, she gasped and clapped her hands together once.

Me and Jin giggled, chuckles were heard from our parents. Me and Hwang took a deep breath and looked towards each other. I nodded and she did too, repeating my actions. We looked towards the cake and blew out as hard as we could.

The candles being blown out, wax flying everywhere but not on any of the people in this room and not on the furniture. Just on the floor. Some wax was about to hit my mother but she moved out of the way.

"Happy 28th birthday Jeon Se Young!!!" Damn...I'm old. I was 22 whenever I was inseminated and when I was 23 whenever I gave birth to my munchkin. Jesus...I don't wanna be thirty...I'm not ready. I smiled and bowed, thanking everyone for this painful morning or having to be woken up in the most craziest way.

Jin and Hwang looked at each other, smirking to one another. I looked from her to him, glaring at both of them. Jin saw me and quickly looked away, his lips were now pursed. His face was pink. My parents excused themselves, to give me time alone with my daughter. They set the cake down on the bedside table to my left.

Jin kissed mine and Hwang Shin's foreheads before leaving the room.

Me and Hwang Shin looked towards each other. We smiled and started tickling each other and goofing around.

When we were done, we chowed down on the cake, frosting all over our hands and mouth...yes...we ate the cake with out bare hands. None of my blankets were ruined though, maybe our clothes but we were fine.

"Come on baby, let's go shower!!" I said after finishing up with the dishes, before this, I cleaned up my room, cleaning up the cake mess. Hwang Shin nodded, I held out my right hand and she quickly waddled over to me, grabbing it with her tiny left hand.

I led her to the bathroom and grabbed her, lifting her up and setting her on the counter of the sink. "Stay put!!" My voice was serious, my face was serious. I rubbed my right thumb against my index finger, making a "snap" sound. I pointed to her and cocked my eyebrows after snapping my fingers. She nodded and giggled. "Okay, okay eomma!!! I understand!!" She began to swing her legs back and forth, front to back.