Walking On The Memories

Episode 7: We Both Had Nightmare

Finally, they both arrive at Chanyeol's house. It is not quite far from Chaeyoung's, probably around several minutes walking only. Chanyeol opens the gate for both of them and rings the bell in the front door of the house. The door opens and reveals a young lady...

"Yeollie! You're back." She hugs him very tight

"Noona!!" Chanyeol hugs her back until she releases him back

"You must be Chaeyoung." She looks at her with a nice smile

"Annyeonghaseyo" Chaeyoung bows at her obediently with a brief smile

"Come in, you both! Why you keep standing there! Eomma is waiting inside." She makes way for both to enter the house. They walk in and change their shoes

"Chanyeol dear! You're back." A middle-aged lady runs to hugs Chanyeol and he rests his head on her shoulder back. She releases him and turns to Chaeyoung "Gomabweo, Chaeyoung-ah! I don't know how to thank you to bring our Chanyeol back!" She grabs Chaeyoung's hands and looks into her eyes with a smile. Chaeyoung smiles preciously back with her smiley eyes

"Gwaenchanhayo, eomeoni!" Chanyeol's mother hugs Chaeyoung like a mum... She never receives this kind of feeling... A motherly warm hug... She hugs her back as she wants to feel this longer... Until they release...

"Can you stay and join our lunch?" Mrs. Park asks Chaeyoung with smiley eyes. Chaeyoung looks at Chanyeol. He nods while lip-speaking 'Chaebal!' with his smile revealing his dimple "Please Chaeyoung-ah!" Mrs. Park adds. Chaeyoung cannot reject so she nods with her beautiful smile back.

Chanyeol goes to his room to wash up and Mrs. Park also goes with him that she will help him apply mediation on his bruises and wounds. Chaeyoung goes to the kitchen to help Jihyo prepares lunch for four people. As they finished their table, Jihyo excuses herself for a phone call so Chaeyoung wanders in the house. The interior of this house is so nice! She sees some photos in the frames are hanged and decoded in the living room. Something caught her eyes on? A photo of a chubby little boy with the spec...

"It's Chanyeol." Jihyo's voice from behind her back while Chaeyoung is looking at that photo

"Really?" She cannot believe her eyes... That extreme chubby boy is Chanyeol who is extra fit right now

"You just know him right now so you must be surprised. He was always that chubby since kid until he was in junior year of high school that he started to build his body." Jihyo points at his middle school photo and he was still fat... Fatty with spec...

"Unbelievable! He changed this much?" Chaeyoung widens her eyes looking at his old photos as she cannot believe it is the same person she sees now

"He was bullied! Literally, every day!" Jihyo says with her sad voice while Chaeyoung stands sill listening to her carefully "He was bullied since a kid until high school... He was called 'Nerdy 88 Olympic' when he was in middle school because he weighted exactly 88 kilograms. He always came home with a new wound but he always hid from mum; only I helped cleaning his wound and Minseok helped to protect him too but that didn't help much due to our age gaps... Yet, he never cried or complained about anything with us!" Jihyo notices that Chaeyoung is into his childhood story so she adds "Of course we moved from Gangwon to Seoul because of my job, but a part of it, eomma and I also want him to restart his life and memories too. He has had it enough that he should deserve better. Do you know that he never had any friends before?" Chaeyoung shakes her head innocently so that Jihyo smiles and continues her words "He seemed very happy talking about how he met you on the first day of his new school. He was happy that finally, he has a friend."

"Hey girls! We're ready! Come and eat!" Mrs. Park calls both girls in the living room from the kitchen

"Ne eomma! We're coming!" Jihyo turns her to Chaeyoung "Gaja!" They both leave the living room and head to the dining table. Mrs. Park and Chanyeol already sit there. Jihyo sits down next to her mum while Chaeyoung sits next to Chanyeol

"Seem like you two talked a lot. What were you talking about?" Mrs. Park asks both of the girls

"Nothing particularly! Just random stuff." Jihyo answers causally while Chaeyoung just smiles along

"Anyway, Chaeyoung-ah, can you really eat this?" Mrs. Park adds on with Chaeyoung

"Ne eomeoni! I can eat anything; it's okay!" Chaeyoung says happily by just seeing foods in front of her

"Let's dig in beforethose become cold." Jihyo says so that they all could start eating their lunch.