One Wish

CHAPTER 38

  Today is the day. My parents are coming over to see how I'm doing. I really hope that Seven will come, I won't survive this without him. It's almost 12 o'clock. I don't know what I should wear. Should I go for casual clothing or something more formal. They're my parents so I don't know.

I then hear the doorbell. Wait, they're already here?! I run downstairs and open the door. "Hey, MC!" It's Seven. "Oh god, you scared me. I thought my parents are already here." "Haha, nope, it's me." He comes in and takes his shoes off. "I don't know what to wear. Just... Everything is so confusing right now, haha," and I run upstairs to my room, Seven following me. "MC, they're your parents. I'm sure it doesn't really matter what you wear." "Haah, I guess..."

I run in front of my closet and look around, while making millions of little steps. Eventually Seven comes to me and hugs me from behind, fixing me to one place. "Don't worry so much. Let's see..." His real personality is so sweet. He then picks some clothes and asks me to try them on. They actually look pretty okay like this. "Heh, I didn't know you're such a stylist," I say jokingly. "Well, I don't look bad myself, right?" I look at how he's dressed. It's sort of a combination of formal and casual wear. It's such you could go around town in it and also go to some fancy party.

"You're right, you look very pretty," and I smile. "You meant to say pretty hot, right? You said I'm hot." Oh wow, he remembers this. We both laugh. "Yes, yes, you're very hot, Seven." We go back downstairs, sit on the couch and talk for awhile. It's still interesting to talk to him. He does seem a lot more timid and quiet, but I don't hate it. He still smiles very wholesomely.

"Is that it? That's all you were scared about?" "No, of course not! I'm scared of my parents." "What do we say to them anyway?" "Hmm? What do you mean?" "Like, why am I here? I know I'm here to support you, but what do we say to them?" "Hmm... I don't know-" At that moment the doorbell rings again. I don't move from my spot and just look at the door. Seven stands up and gives me his hand. "Come on, it won't be that scary," he smiles reassuringly. It makes me feel a bit better. I take the hand and hold it tightly. When I'm trying to open the door my hands are shaking very violently.

I finally managed to open the door. "Hello, sweetie!" says my mom with a big smile. I'm almost clenching onto Seven's hand. When the door is fully opened there is an awkward silence. "Umm... Hi-i mom and dad, hehe..." My mom then completely ignores me and asks, "Why hello. Who could you be? Are you Min's boyfriend~~?" "Ahh, no no, he's just a friend, haha...," "Then why are you two holding hands?" I look down. Right, I was holding Seven's hand when I opened the door. I quickly let go of his hand. "Umm, anyway, come on in, haha..."

We all go to the kitchen, because there is just a lot more room. "We brought something sweet to eat while we're talking." They then show us a big cake that they had brought. "Oh, thank you. I completely forgot about the food." I get everybody a plate and a fork and we cut down the cake.

"Well, Min, how has school been? You don't have any dark circles around your eyes, so I assume it's okay?" "Oh, yeah. School is fine. We do get plenty of homework, but it's nothing I can't handle." I'm guessing they can see how nervous I am, so we talk about very trivial stuff for a while. I'm still a bit scared, so for some reason I unconsciously start moving my hand around under the table to find Seven's hand. I felt so safe when I held it before, so maybe it works now too. After a minute I find it and I try to grab it. I can feel how Seven looks at me from the corner of his eye. He takes it and I feel so much better.

"Alright, Min," he looks at Seven, "tell me who he is." "Oh, I'm Seven. It's really nice to meet you both." "Hmm... I've heard your voice before..." "Oh yeah, you have. I was the one who picked up Min's phone the other day." Mom looks at him confused. After a second she remembers what he is talking about. "So you were the one who was talking. But you.. sounded... so different then than right now?" "Oh, I was just really happy and excited for our date," and he does a closed eye smile. "Seven, it wasn't a date! We were just hanging out together, that's all."

Mom and dad look at us both suspiciously. My mother then gasps, "I'm so sorry, dear. I hope I didn't interrupt you two on anything...!" "It's okay. It was good I got to talk with you a little," says Seven. How can he say that? He was obviously angry that she called. "Oh, thank goodness." We then continue talking and as time passes I feel more and more comfortable around my family. Right now they are acting as real parents should.

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After a while of talking, MC's mom stands up. "I gotta go talk with Min privately for a second. We'll be right back," and she drags MC out of the room. Now I'm left alone with her father. He's been quiet the whole time. Out of nowhere he starts speaking, "Seven, tell me honestly, do you love Min?" That was very straight forward. Should I tell them? As much as MC has talked about them, her mom seems to use every little information about her against her. She hasn't really told me what her dad is like though. "Do you promise that you won't tell her?" He nods. "... Yeah, I love her. I love her so much, but... she doesn't like me back, so whatever, haha~"

"You shouldn't leave it like that. I mean, you seem to be her best friend right now, so you're doing something right." He crosses his arms and looks down, smiling. "It was the same with my dear. I tried to hint her in every way possible, but she didn't understand how I felt. One day I just... gathered up my courage and told her pretty bluntly how I felt. She first laughed about it, but then she thought about it and accepted my confession... Well, anyway, you should keep trying as long as it takes, if you love her that much."

Just tell her bluntly, huh...? "It's just... Gahh, that's too complicated," I slam my head against the table. "Of course you should tell her when you're ready, haha. You seem like a nice guy for her. You seem pretty kind and you don't give out this bad boy vibe. Even though I have hurt Min in the past, I still want what's best for her." "Oh yeah, she talked about it once..." "She did, huh..." We're quiet for a second. He then speaks up, "I really want what's best for her and I'm not trying to favor you or anything. You really seem like a good guy."

"Heh, so I'll get your blessing?" I look up so I'm facing him. He chuckles, "If you want to call it that, then yes, you have my blessing." It feels nice to hear that, so I smile. "Do you think MC's mom thinks the same way?" He chuckles again, "I'll make her if it's needed." Now there really is nobody in our way. Now I only need to tell MC how I feel.

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