10 일만 내놔 : Give me 10 days (MICHAENG)

CHAPTER 14

[Chaeyoung's POV]

Please let this be a dream. Jebal. Jebal. Jebal. I closed my eyes and winced.

"But then I saw you were still sleeping, so I immediately left the room."

I opened my eyes and looked at her.

"You saw us still sleeping?"

"Yes. That's what I saw." She just stared back at me.

Huh, I guess she didn't see anything...

"You didn't see anything?" my mouth spat out the words before I could even think twice.

"Is there anything to see?" she casually replied.

Now I'm regretting asking that.

She's waiting for my response.

I gulped. "Ani-eyo. T-That's right, when we woke up we went downstairs immediately." I'm really terrible at lying.

"I mean after we washed our faces and all...." I should stop talking.

My mom raised an eyebrow, "suuuure..."

We stood there in silence for a few minutes before she spoke again, "I just found it weird why you two slept on the floor when there's a bed in the room."

"Because we don't fit in the bed." I said mindlessly. My eyes widened immediately.

"Why do you both have to fit in the bed?" Crap. Dammit, Chaeyoung. I told you to stop talking.

"You know, I offered Mina unnie the bed but she didn't want me to sleep on the floor. She told me to sleep on the bed but I felt bad that she's sleeping in the floor by herself so I... joined her." I flashed my mom an awkward smile. She's not going to buy that.

"Chaeyoung-a."

"Yes, eomma?"

"You're forgetting that we have a guest bedroom."

The guest bedroom. Eomma, why are you torturing me?

"I forgot..." I scratched my head, "I've been forgetful recently."

She patted my head, "aigoo. My daughter must have been working so hard."

I pouted and she hugged me. I felt like a kid.

As her arms were wrapped around me, she whispered to my ear "just remember that no matter what happens, eomma, appa, and Jeonghoon-a will always love you. You'll always be our little girl, Chaeyoungie."

She did see us.

Eomma...

I buried my face on her shoulders and fought the tears from falling.

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We're all sitting silently on the couch.

My dad looked at Mina, and so did my mom.

There is a heavy tension inside the room.

Ottoke?

I can feel my palms getting sweaty despite the cold weather. I took a sip from my water.

Jeonghoon's busy with his phone at the corner, probably texting her girlfriend.

Dad looked at me and I suddenly couldn't swallow the water I've been drinking. He let out a loud sigh.

"Arraseo. I lost." He put down his final stone and held out his hand to shake Mina's hand. "That was a good game."