another life || kth x jjk

disappointed

CHAPTER 2 

DISAPPOINTED

By the time I arrived home my mother was asleep on the couch, still in her work clothes. The TV was turned on at some home shopping channel. They were showing some two-hundred-dollar diamond earrings. I wondered why my mom watched such stuff, we'd never be able to afford it, at least not with all the other house bills we had worked so hard to pay for.

It was these times where I wondered what it'd be like to have a father. Even he didn't have the best job it would've been easier than what we were going through. I remember when Jeong Guk had asked me about my father. I didn't even know what the man looked like, he probably didn't even know what I looked like and he probably didn't care. If he did I would know him and my mom wouldn't have been struggling so hard.

I cover my mom with the blanket from her bedroom, then shut off the TV, and made my way to my own bedroom. I didn't sleep till later that night. I studied than did some of my spring break homework. I think I must've fallen asleep then because when the morning came, I was still asleep at my desk and my mother was by my side waking me up.

"Tae Hyung sweetie...," She said. Her voice was always soft and gentle when she spoke to me, it when she was mad or disappointed in me. She always told me it was because I was too special and such a good boy that I could never disappoint her. I didn't want to be a good boy, but I also never told her that.

"Wake up." She ran her fingers through my hair, when I started to stir she said, "Were you studying all night? You came home late."

" 'm sorry... " I slurred. "I forgot to call."

My mom laughed softly, and I opened my eyes. She always looked the most beautiful when she laughed, because when she did she didn't look tired, she looked happy and youthful and it was hard to tell she was only in her mid-thirties.

"It's okay." She said. "I made dinner. Come out when you've freshened up." I nodded.

My legs felt cramped from sitting crisscrossed at my table the whole night, and it took me awhile to get the tight knots out of my thighs. When I came out my room I saw my mother sitting at the kitchen table watching the news on the old TV she'd been watching the other night.

When she saw me she turned the volume and smiled. "Hurry and it before the food gets cold." I sat across from her. The smell of the food made my mouth water and I noticed they were all my favorites. "What's this mom? You didn't have to make so much."

"You've been working so hard. The least I could do was this. Since I don't have much money I can't do much for you." I shook my head smiling.

"You work harder than me. I should be doing this for you." She laughed then said, "You'd burned the house down." I smiled but didn't argue back.

"You really have so much faith in me mom."

I saw my mother's eyes flash up to the TV beside us, her eyes glided over the TV screen and she turned the volume up.

"CEO Jeon Jung Hwa, of the Jeguk Hospital and University, was in an interview where he was quoted saying this morning 'There's a lot of students out rural areas who don't have the advantages urban city kids have in applying for colleges. I'm giving those kids scholarship to enter our university to show off their skill sets."

My mother sighed and shut off the TV. "Isn't that good?" I asked. She looked up at me then smiled sadly. "Of course it is. I'm just wondering why they only thought of this now." She took a drink her tea, then set it back down.