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☁️ 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 ☁️

I was so tired out after today that I ended up dozing off in the tub and woke up hours later, at night... and now my hair is sopping wet. Dammit. I hop up out of the now freezing water, dry off, and plug in my trusty blow dryer. Over its loud whir, I hear the usual hum of eomma's car pulling into the driveway. She's finally home!

I wrap my damp, H/C curls up in a towel and hurry downstairs to meet her.

"Hi eomma!" I exclaim as I throw the door open.

"Annyeong sweetie!" She says, wrapping me in big hug. "You have to tell me about your first week! How was it?"

That makes me remember all of the new drama and gossiping, making me sad all over again. "Oh, it was... umm..."

Eomma looks concerned. "Let's go up to your room and talk."

When we get up to my room, we sit on my bed and I tell her about everything— except for Sehun. I don't know why, but for some reason, eomma is super overprotective of me when it comes to boys. But besides that, it felt good to finally get everything else off my chest. As crazy as she is, eomma's a good listener.

"Oh, honey. I'm so sorry that you had to go through all of that," she says, caressing my curls.

I just shrug. "Eh, it's fine eomma." But then I remember Sehun and grin. Well, at least I did make one friend!

"I know something that'll cheer you up!" she suddenly says, making me snap out of my thoughts. "As I was driving home today I passed by a really nice mall near here! How about tomorrow we go there as a special girls day out?"

That makes my smile grow even bigger. "I'd love that eomma!"

She hugs me. "I knew you would. Well, it's getting late, so you should probably go to sleep." She stands up and gives me a peck on the forehead. (1)"잘 자요 Y/N."

"Good night eomma," I reply sleepily.

"Oh, and Y/N,"  she says, stopping in the doorway and facing me, "don't worry too much about those dumb kids. Things will get better, I promise."

"I know eomma." And with that, I dozed off into a deep sleep.

• • •

Eomma was right about this mall. IT'S HUGE!!
We stroll around the giant building, walking into its many shops and buying clothes, makeup, and everything in between. Then, we eventually pass by a bookstore.

"Eomma!! Can I pleeeeease go look in the bookstore?" I ask.

"Hehe, of course sweetie! While you do that, I'll get my nails done. There's a salon right next door!" She says.

Without another word, I bolt to the store and begin wandering around inside. Seeing all of these books just makes my dorky little bookworm heart so happy!

After picking a couple of books I eventually walk into the Sci-fi section. I'm about to leave, but then I spot Jongin in a chair reading a pretty interesting looking book. I feel my cheeks blush as I approach him, wanting to start a conversation. I sit in the chair next to his and open of my own books.

"Sooo..." I begin. Wow Y/N, real smooth. "I've never really been that much into Sci-fi. Do you think you can recommend something good?"