One Wish

CHAPTER 37

  When we have finished breakfast, Rika pulls me into the living room. She tells me to sit on the couch and she herself sits on the armchair opposite of me. This means she wants to have a talk. Since she's a psychiatrist, she sometimes has talks with Saeran to heal him. They were a nightmare at first, but now they're pretty good about it. Rika is a good speaker. If she wanted to, she could convince you to do anything for her. She would be a great cult leader.

"You probably know why I want to talk," she says. "Yeah, you wanted me to tell you about my friend." "Yes, you're correct. Tell me about her, so I would have some context about everything. I want to know what she's like from your perspective." Right, we haven't told anything to Rika or V what has been happening. "Haha... Her name is MC, or well Min Cheon. She's a really nice person. Like really, she's really funny and always knows what to say. She's also a good speaker like you, so she comforts me alot.

She also looks very beautiful, though she doesn't think so for some reason. I think she's a bit underweight, but I don't really care about that. Her skin is really soft and warm to touch. Oh, she has a very pretty smile which the camera can almost perfectly capture. Right, I have a picture of her. We took it at the RFA party a while back." I take out my phone and show it to Rika. It's conveniently my home screen wallpaper.

"Oh, it's her! I saw her at the party, when I was talking with the quests. Yes, she looks like a lovely girl. Is that all?" says Rika. "Yeah, I think..." "Alright, can you tell me why did you have a fight?" I then told her everything that had happened on New Years eve and when she came to talk with me. "Hmm... What was her reaction to all this? What face did she make?" "She... looked pretty scared. People had yelled at her a lot, when she was in her hometown, so I guess I reminded her of them. She's told me that I'm her best friend, so she probably felt pretty betrayed. It's just a guess though..."

"It's good that you have thought about it. As I understand, it looks like she's also having a hard time. I'm sure you can both help each other recover from scars from the past." She pauses for a moment. "You should invite her over sometime. I'd really like to talk to her in person." "Haha, I have a feeling she would be scared of you. She's a very shy and private person." "Alright, I understand. She is still welcome here at any time." "So I basically already have your blessing to marry her someday~?" I grin at Rika. "Haha. If V agrees with me, which I'm sure he will, then yes, you can marry her if she wants to."

Suddenly, I get a notification. It's from the messenger. "Private message from MC". I open the phone and see what she has written to me.

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It's a beautiful Saturday morning. After waking up I lay in my bed for a minute and look outside. The sun is shining. It looks like it'll be very warm today. I should go somewhere, just to relax. While I was in the middle of my daydream I heard my phone ring. I look at my phone and see that it's mom. Ugh...

"Hello?"

"Good morning, sweetie! How are you doing?"

"You call at the strangest of times, haha. Well, I'm fine. Why do you ask?"

"Well, since me and your dad have some days off, we thought we should visit you."

"Huh? What do you mean, visit?"

"I mean, we wanted to come over to your place. Just for a day. See how you're doing."

"Umm..."

"Is tomorrow good for you?"

"Uhh..."

"Yes, we'll come tomorrow by lunch. See you then. Bye, sweetie!"

"Wait-" and she hangs up.

What was that?? I stare at my phone for a minute, trying to process everything. She wants to come over... and already tomorrow?? What the heck?! I jump out of my bed and run downstairs. Luckily it's pretty much clean. I'm not mentally prepared for this. I'll see those monsters again. Oh no, oh no, oh no...! I suddenly feel really dizzy and fall on the ground. Everything is just spinning. I sit there for a while, trying to calm down. It's alright, they're my parents. They won't hurt me. Yeah, tomorrow will be a piece of cake. ...No, I need help.

RFA Chatroom

Private Message To: 707

MC

Hey Seven

I need some help

707 Joined The Chatroom

707

what's wrong?

MC

So my parents are coming to my place tomorrow

I will probably have a panic attack when they get here

Mom will scream at me;;

Do you mind coming here to support me?

She won't yell when somebody else is there

Please?

707

...

sure ^^

i want to see your parents

when should i come?

MC

They're coming by lunch but

Can you come a bit earlier?

Around 12 maybe

707

okay~~

i'll be there

MC

Okay

Thank you

See you then

MC Left The Chatroom

Well, that's taken care of. Calm down now. I don't care what they think about Seven, I just don't want to have another mental breakdown. I take out my phone to text them that Seven will be joining us. After I've opened the phone I stop for a moment. They're coming to my place almost out of nowhere. Why should I tell them that Seven is coming. I don't want them to be here, so if they don't like it, they can leave.

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