09.

My heart just skipped a beat when I saw the situation in front of me! My mom just slapped a doctor, and I don’t know if I’ll feel happy but it really does. Ji- Yoo just kept his face turned in the side and held his jaw that was appearing red but not blood, it was when my Mom immediately turned her head and our eyes met, my knees are getting weaker and weaker and really weaker!

‘please save me Nash! Wake up’

My mom is here, my boyfriend is here and my mom just slapped my boyfriend’s brother!? How am I suppose to recover when everything happened in the blink of an eye?!

“Explain each of these, Azel!” Mom’s voice was really disappointed as ever, she was not like this before, she never spoke like this to me, ever “M-Mom” I stuttered, I was really trying to calm my nerves down, what if I’ll hyperventilate too. I hanged my head low and my eyes darted my shoes, then I looked up to stare my mom’s eyes, and I could see the blazing flame “He’s my b-boyfriend, J-Jae Sung and that’s his brother, that doctor over there” I pointed and faced my direction to Min Ji Yoo” I uttered really soft and hanged my head low again, and the silence hovered between all of us.

“I must say that I’m disappointed Claire, but nevertheless, you’re moving out of Seoul, so you can now say your last goodbye to ‘your boyfriend’ “Mom exclaimed sarcastically and even raised her voice to her last words, I tightly closed my eyes and trying not to get the lump in my throat to get out, the disappointment that plastered across Mom’s face never left, it was like my world is starting to crash down into pieces and I don’t know what to do!

“Mrs. Smith, I’m glad you’re here” Min Ji Yoo uttered looking at the direction behind me, and I could smell that it was Aunt Hye’s perfume. She came near Nash and stroked her hair, while her eyes were almost to tear up, and then she turned around and faced Min Ji Yoo, “Thank you for taking care of her, I don’t know how to thank you that much, but thank you so much” Aunt Hye bowed at Min Ji Yoo and he was embarrassed, “No, it’s okay, Mrs. Smith, it’s my duty as a doctor” Min Ji Yoo smiled at Aunt Hye and even shook his hand with hers, everything felt light at a second, “Let’s talk this out with your Dad  when we arrive” Mom uttered not staring into my eyes and went near Aunt Hye,

“Hye, do you want us to wait here? We’ll ride the plane together, what do you say?” I heard Mom’s voice, and I found a chair to sit on and did not listen to their conversation, when I recovered, I remembered that my boyfriend was also there.

‘I need to talk to him, he heard it anyways’

When I looked at him, I noticed that he was staring at Nash who’s not yet awake, then I walked towards near him and tapped his shoulder, “B-Babe” I uttered and he turned around and faced me, “I’m moving out of Seoul and I—” I didn’t finish my sentences “I heard all of it, I thought your parents knew, huh?” he coldly said but his eyes were still darted on mine, “Yeah right, we’re not working Azel, what are we going to do?” he hastily asked and I just stared at him and did not move a knuckle

“I j-just need time and I need you to wait Jae, how are we supposed to w-work if you’re like that?” I replied as his eyes were looking from afar, “You always say that! how long am I suppose to wait!? Or, is there even something to wait to?!” he roared and I could feel a sting in my heart because it really hit me as hard as a rock, I wanted to cry but not in front of him, I want all the angels to help me.

“You and your daughter should go ahead instead, I’ll wait here for Nash to wake up” I heard Aunt Hye’s words and turned my head to them and I saw how Mom’s head nodded, “Chat me on Instagram when you arrive” Jae spoke as he turned around and walked near his brother, he even whispered something then left the emergency room, I watched his last steps away from the hospital and opened the door of his car then went on his way.

Minutes later, a black van parked right in front of the emergency room, that’s when I saw my mom walked towards it and a guy got out from the front seat and opened the door for mom, she stared at me, “Aren’t you coming in, Azel?” Mom’s voice echoed around my head and my feet just dragged me inside the van as the guy grabbed my bag and puts it in the compartment.

‘You deserve all of these, Azel’

**

Luke’s POV

“Which room do you live, Yahnie?” I asked the little girl that was holding my large hand with her little fingers as we walk along the hallways of the school.

After we left the hospital, we immediately traveled to Daegu, and went straight to the school she lives, the school is quite small among all primary schools in Daegu, this one is just fit for a village.

“This Appa!” she stopped walking as we stopped by a vey small room, it’s not a classroom actually, it’s like an old stock room, it has quite few boxes and it’s very dark! I crawled my hand to a corner and hopefully I’d find a switch, but there’s no sign of a switch, just then I saw Yahnie holding a lamp, “I use this Appa!” she cheerfully raised the oil lamp she’s holding, my tears almost welled up upon my ears, because how could a girl like Yahnie, live like this!?

“Give it to me, just go and get your things” the small noise of her steps is what I heard and gave me the oil lamp, she grabbed my index finger and wrapped it with her whole palm, “This way Appa!” she happily spoke as my eyes roamed around the room and it led us to a small space,

‘It’s like a human sized doll house!’

It has blankets spread over and two large sticks to use a support, “This is my bed and my kitchen, I cook here Appa, and that’s Mimi!” She pointed a large teddy bear whose color is quite dark, her space is just small with more blankets on the floor, she went to a small box and grabbed a purple candle and lit it up then placed it in a cup that made thee whole place to be a little brighter.

“Appa, can you hold Mimi for me?” she tugged the sides of my sleeves and gave me the teddy bear.

‘Why is it so familiar!?’

Well, I’m not sure though, because it’s quite dirty. Minutes later, my eyes were just darted to the teddy bear, it’s like I’ve seen this teddy bear before.

“I’m moving to new house with Appa, I hope someone will take care of this, good bye!”

‘She was talking to the things around her!’

“Are you done, Yahnie? Shall we go?” I asked then she turned her smiling face to me, her eyes also smiled, “Yes Appa! Let’s go!” she squealed as she grabbed my index finger wrapped it around her palm, I gave the teddy bear back to her “I just put my clothes here in my backpack Appa!”

‘I don’t know why, but why am I so touched when she says Appa?’

We got out from the school headed towards my car, I opened her a door first then went to my seat next, then traveled back to Seoul again.

*My House*

“Wow, your house is so biiiig Appa!!!” she clapped her hands as she stepped inside the house and sat on the floor.

“There’s a sofa Yahnie, you can sit there” I commanded and she fiddled her fingers as she hugs her teddy bear, “My clothes are dirty Appa, your sofa might be dirty because of this” she mumbled but enough for me to hear and it’s like my heart softened when she said it.

“No, it’s okay, just sit in the sofa” I spoke and she stood up and sat on the large sofa with the TV in front of her, “You want to watch cartoons?” I asked as I walked to the kitchen and prepared the foods for dinner, she looked at me with a no-idea-kind of look, “What is cartoons Appa?”

‘Poor kid, she doesn’t even know what cartoons mean’

“Let me show you” I exclaimed and placed the plates in the table and walked towards the TV and grabbed the remote then turned it on, I switched it to a Kid’s channel. When I looked into her eyes, it was glimmering in gladness, it seemed that it’s her first time watching something on a TV

Her attention was on the TV and just the TV! She even dropped the teddy bear on the floor that she was holding previously. Her backpack was placed beside her, “I’ll take this to your room, okay? Then we will have dinner” I spoke and she looked at me smiling, “Yes, Appa!”

‘It’s not that hard to be a Dad after all’

I smiled as I was making steps upstairs and went ahead to Therese’s old room, everything is still the same, her white painted walls, the big cabinet, the studying table and her king-sized bed, everything was simple.

‘Like I said, I’m still waiting, Noona’

I placed her backpack on the single sofa near the cabinet and vacuumed the room for a bit, because it was dusty, I took all the remaining things that Therese left, including her white coat, her shoes and much more, I still wasn’t expecting that her shampoo would be still here in her bathroom.

I cleaned the bathroom for like half an hour until it was squeaky clean, I placed new bathing towels for Yahnie to use and her toothbrush to, it’s quite big for her mouth because it was my brand-new extra toothbrush.

I went down the stairs and saw Yahnie peacefully sleeping in the sofa, and the TV was still on, I didn’t want to wake her because her sleep was good, so I placed the foods I prepared inside the refrigerator, because I’m not hungry as well, then carried the sleeping Yahnie to her bed.

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