Eversince your parents divorced, you have never been the same and you didn't take the situation well. You have never been so miserable in your entire life. Your parents... they're the only inspiration to tolerate the unending problems life throws at you and the only reason that you still keep going in life. Now that your parents are divorced, you literally don't know to do.
Eventually, the battle for your custody is not really that messy. Your mom got your custody and stayed at Seoul meanwhile your dad went back home to Busan.
Everything changed after the divorce happened, especially at the household. The wall that used to have family pictures are gone. The only thing that is left is the painting of cherry blossoms your mom purchased from a friend. So everytime you shift your eyes from the television to the said wall, your eyes will see nothing but just a painting. You will not see the smiling faces of your parents, the family holiday photos, the little things that made your family a family, and you will not see traces or evidences of your family that used to be whole.
Even your parents' room changed too. When your dad is living with you before, every space of your parents' room is filled up with irrelevant things and the room is just too tight to have space to walk in. The untidyness of the room is one of the few reasons of your parents' petty arguments.
Everytime you enter the room because your mom told you to get something, you look at the room and you realized that the things that once took so much space are now gone and you're probably never going to see them displayed on the same room. The room felt empty, like a gap of some shelf and you really feel that you should fill it up but you just can't seem to figure out what to fill in and how would you do it.
Your father's name changed too. Not literal change, of course. The way your mom spoke about your father changed. She used to call him by your father's first name but now, she calls him by "father" or "y/n's father". You hear her say, "Yes, y/n's father will be there." or "Your father will come pick you up at school okay?" a numerous times. Hearing her say it makes your heart crumble more.
These past weeks have been hard for you. You wonder if any of this is your fault. If only you've been a good daughter that didn't caused enough trouble. Heck, you are a good daughter any parents could ask for so let me rephrase that: if only you did much better than just a good daughter, if only you were a better daughter then maybe your parents wouldn't have seperated right? But then, they always tell you that none of what happened is your fault as an assurance but you doubted it. You feel like it is your fault.
A FEW YEARS LATER
Let us fast forward to a few years later: life is getting better for you and for your parents too. Your dad married someone new and guess who's having twins as step-siblings!
Eversince your dad told you the news that you'll be having twins as stepsibs, you always take a train from Seoul to Busan every two weeks to go see your father and your stepmother. Sure, it is tiring to go back and forth from a place time to time but all of it is worth it because you're finally seeing your dad happier than he was.
And as for your mom... she has re-entered the dating world and asked for your help even though you're a teenager with no personal experience when it comes to relationships. Even though you have limited knowledge to love, you helped your mom to find someone new and all the guides, the do's and dont's, the picking of the outfit, and whatnot are all worth it because she's seeing someone new and you're finally happy that you're seeing your mom smile.
You just got home from Busan, feeling tired and exhausted yet happy. You entered the house and you flinched of the sight of countless boxes with your stuff in it. You slowly put your duffel bag on the floor as you look for your mom.
