[Mirae's Dream]

[Mirae's Dream] #6

[Start #6]

Mirae's parents died on July 06th, 2020. All her family was crying at their funeral but her. She told her family, "I don't cry when someone I know dies. Whether they're close to me or not. I stay strong and live my life for myself and for them."

But a month later, she attended college strong. She went for a few days. Probably 2-3 weeks, maybe. After that week, she stopped going  and locked herself in her room, not letting anyone come in to visit her. No one in her family or friends were able to persuade her to come out and eat.

It's been a month or two since she skipped college. She never came out. She hasn't eaten for a month. She started to get pale, swollen eyes from crying all night, and a lot, and I mean A LOT skinnier. Her family who shared houses would try to convince her to eat everyday but wasn't able to. Her family was now clueless on what they could do. 

On September 11th, 2020, her "friend", more like her boyfriend, came over to check up on her when he heard of her situation.

*Doorbell rang*

Her aunt, Hana, came out to opened the door.

"Hello. My name is Jungkook Jeon. I am Mirae's... friend. I heard about—" Jungkook got cut off by her aunt.

"Hera! Come here! There's someone here but I don't understand! Talk to him!" Hana shouted in Vietnamese to her daughter, Hera, who was Mirae's older cousin.  Footsteps was heard down the hall.

"Mom, who is it?" Hera asked her mom in Vietnamese.

"This guy. Jung... Jungcock... or something." Hana said, mispronouncing his name. Jungkook's feeling was hurt a bit but still understood why.

"Mom. His name is JungKOOK." She emphasized the last part of his name.

"Yea yea. Just talk to him, and see what he wants." Hana says, waving her hands over her face. Hana left.

"Hi. Sorry about my mom. She can't pronounce people's name correctly." Hera apologized. He smiled.

"It's fine. I understand Vietnamese people can't pronounce korean or anyone besides Vietnamese names." Jungkook assured.

"Thank you. So how can I help you?" Hera asked, with a slight accent.

"Hi! I'm Jungkook Jeon. I am Mirae's friend. I heard about the situation from three months ago." He explained.

"Oh. She is in her room. But I don't think she'll come out though." Hera said. Hana and Hera looked very tired too.

"I'll try to convince. We have to try. We have to be persistent in order for her to give in." Jungkook said. 

"Okay. You can come in. I'm going to say this again. It's not guaranteed that she'll come out." Hera said. He nodded. He came in and went over to Mirae's room. Knocked. No response. Knocked again. Again, no response.

"Mirae! Open the door! It's me, Jungkook!" Jungkook raised his voice but not too loud for neighbors to hear.

"Don't come in!" Mirae yelled back. Jungkook was hurt not being able to see Mirae not able to eat or do anything at all.

"Mirae, you need to eat something. You can't just lock yourself and starve yourself like this. I came to visit you. Please let me in. Talk to me, okay?" Jungkook begged. The home phone rang. Hera picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Hello. This is Laura Lakosh from OCC. We came to notify Mirae Kim about her absent."

"Okay. What about Mirae?"

"She's been absent for a long time now. If this keeps up, we might have to drop her out of class or drop her out of college."

"Oh. Um.. we have a little family problem and she wouldn't come out of her room. Is there a way she can do classes at home without being on webcam?"

"Oh yea, sure. Let me go ask her teachers for the code."

*5 minutes later*

"Okay. Here's the code."

"Let me go get paper and a pen."

"Okay." Hera said.

"Her first class is PSYC A101, code is 91036H72.
Her second class is SOC A101, code is 62930K9162.
Her third class is COUN A105, code is S92937529.
Her last class is ENG A150, code is 39392E7269."

"Got it. Thank you." Hera finished writing all the classes and codes on the sheet of paper.

"Okay. You're welcome! I hope she can continue with her lessons from now on."

"Yes. Thank you. Bye."

"Bye."

They hung up. Hera walked to Mirae's room. Slid the paper under her door. While Hera was calling on the phone, Jungkook managed to come into Mirae's room.  After Hera slid the paper under, she left to do her work.

"You're so pale, Mirae. Come on Mirae. Eat something, please. You're making me worried. You're making everyone worried." Jungkook said.

"Everyone? Strangers don't care about me."

"Well... maybe not everyone but! Your family is!"

"... So? I don't want them to see me like this." Mirae explained.

"Did their death hit you now??" Jungkook tried not to hurt that pain even more.

"... No, not particularly. I told my family I would be strong for them, more for my father."

"Go on.." Jungkook listened.

"My mom is too controlling. She has anger issues. I know I shouldn't be saying or feeling this but... I'm kind of happy that mom left."  Mirae whispered. Jungkook nodded.

"As for my dad, he did nothing wrong with me. He was cool. He let me get what I want which I wish he didn't die... maybe that's why I've been crying..." Mirae started feeling the urge to cry again but held it back.

"I see..." Jungkook tried to understood.

"I know I shouldn't be happy about my parent's death but that's just how I feel..." Mirae said quietly. Mirae sat up. He smiled. He gave Mirae a hug that she has been needing for the past months. Mirae returned the hug. She started crying into him.

"C-can you not tell my family the reason why I cried?" Mirae asked him. He nodded in the hug.

After awhile, Mirae was able to come out of her room. She was able to eat. She was slowly becoming normal again. Thanks to the help of her boyfriend, Jungkook, and her family, Aunt Hana and Hera, who persistently called her everyday.

After Mirae finished college, she introduced her boyfriend, Jungkook Jeon, to her family. And they loved him. They were all thankful for him. He helped their family a lot. Everyone was now finally happy.

[End]
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~Characters~
Main: Kim Mirae
Lead Guy: Jeon Jungkook (BTS)
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Author-nim: "Hello. Part 6. Enjoy. I purple you 💜💜"

Mirae: "If you enjoyed this book, please comment, vote, and add this book. Also check out author-nim's first story —> [Mirae's Diary], she wrote for me. And if you want, follow author-nim. Thank you."

Author-nim: "I know people shouldn't be thinking that way about their parents death. It's just a story. Don't attack me. Sorry."