Till Death Do Us Part

The Big Question

*a couple of days later*
I was with my family eating dinner, and if it wasn't for me thinking about that kiss, it would've been painfully silent. I think my parents caught on though, so I have been trying to hide my emotions as best as I can.

I got done eating my food first before my parents had finished, and I excused myself from the table. I walk up stairs to my room, and shut the door behind me. I laid down on my bed, with nothing to do, but then there was a knock on my door. "Come in!" I called out. The door opened, and my mom was standing in the doorway. She had a soft smile on her face. "Can we talk?" She asked inching closer into my room. "Is everything okay?" When I asked that she shut the door behind her, and that made my stomach drop.

She walked up to my bed, and had a seat beside me. "So you and I both know you aren't allowed to leave the house anymore, but I have been doing some thinking, and maybe I want to change that. So when you came back home really late that one night, and me and your father started yelling at you, we weren't mad, we were worried, and putting you on lock down was meant to keep you safe, but this isn't right. I haven't forgotten what it was like to be your age, going out late, coming home late, I just don't want you to get hurt." Her words touched my heart. She threw her arms around me, without warning.

"You allowed to go out late, and you are no longer on house arrest." She said in the middle of our hug,and I pulled her away. "Just promise me you wont get hurt, and you will always carry your phone on you, and you will always call me if you need anything." She said more so demanding me to do. "Yes ma'am. Mom there is something else I want to talk to you about." "About?"

"Well do you remember when I came really late that one time?" I asked twiddling with my fingers. "Yes?" She said, afraid to see where this was headed. "Well.. I might have met.. someone." She let out a dramatic gasp, as if she was teenager. "Shut up! You met a boy!" Oh well this is going to be easy. "Precisely mother." She got comfortable on my bed. "Okay Okay tell me everything." Her eyes lit up, and she stared at me hard.

"Well.." I was blushing a little, as all the attention had been on me. "How we met, is kind of crazy. He wanted to end his life, because I'm guessing his home life was crappy, and every since then we have become best friends and now we're kind of dating." My mom let out a shriek that could definitely break glass. "Is he cute?" My mom asked. "He is so cute. You see the thing is, I get so happy when I see him, and my insides get all tingly, and my heart beats faster, and when he cries I cry, when he is happy Im happy. I don't know mom, I have never been so conflicted."

She placed a hand on my knee, and her gaze was soft. "Let's meet him." My eyes bulged out of my socket. "R-right now? Like t-today?" She looked excited. "Yeah come on it will be fun." She said brushing off my worried expression. "Ok? I will text him." And that I did. I told him my mom wanted to meet him, and of course we argued back and forth but he agreed. He said he will be there in at 10-15 minutes.

*20 minutes later*

Me, and my mom waited outside of the gate for Kim to arrive. I was so nervous, but excited to see him at the same. We heard footsteps coming from behind, and in the distance we saw a manly figure making it's way towards us. I squinted my eyes, and noticed that it Kim, but he was dressed.. differently. When he was in front of us, I couldn't believe my eyes. Instead of the basic black hoodie, he wore a white shirt, a jean jacket, navy blue skinny jeans, and black shoes. The transformation was different, I just stared at him, and forgot to introduce him to my mom. "Yah Seo Yeon, aren't you going to introduce me this handsome man?"

Can I introduce myself to this handsome man? "Uhm m-mom this-this is Kim, K-Kim this is my mom." It took everything out of me just to say that. "It's nice to meet you ma'am." I was so fixated on his clothing choice. I began to walk around him, inspecting him from head to toe. I picked up his arm, like I was trying to measure him, but then I smelled something, not bad, but it was something.

I sniffed the air around him like I was a dog. He was wearing cologne. I stood beside my mom, and stared at him like a hawk. "Hi Kim it's so good to meet you." My mom started, and held out her hand. "Its good to meet you too." He said and returned her hand shake. "Seo Yeon has told me a lot about you. I don't mind if you guys date, but I need you guys to be careful. And since you're gonna be my future son-in-law you're pratically family." "Mom." I said hitting her side, embarrassed.

Kim chuckled, and said. "With your permission is it okay if I take her out tomorrow?" Me and my mom both looked at him and wore the same expression. "Yes!" We both said at the same time. "Thank you I should be here some time around 1." I didn't even hear the rest of his sentence, I just couldn't believe I was actually going on a date.