Chapter 2: The Old Friend
[4 Years Later]
As Jun Mùchén opens the door, he says with a smile on his face.
"Mom, I'm back home. I got everything for tonight's dinner".
Right as he closes the door, he takes off his shoes and puts them in a little cabinet. As he walks down the aisle with the full plastic bag in his hands, his mom pokes his head out of the kitchen and says with a smile on her face.
"Welcome back, sweetie, would you please come to the kitchen, then we need to talk".
Jun Mùchén looks confused and a bit shocked, and answers.
"Mom, is everything alright"?
His Mom answers with a big smile on her face and says.
"Yeah, yeah, no worries, come and sit down".
Right after she said that, she pulled her head back into the kitchen. Jun Mùchén looks very confused and a bit concerned, but he walks towards and into the kitchen.
Right, as he enters the kitchen, he puts down the plastic bag and sees his mom sitting at the kitchen table with an envelope in her hand. He walks over to her and sits down across from her.
As he sits down, his mother looks at him and says.
"So, Jun, do you remember your friend Jia Hao"?
Jun Mùchén looks a bit confused and answers.
"Yeah, did we play together in Team Leafen, and we chat from time to time, why are you asking, and how do you know him"?
Jun Mùchén Mom smiles, giggles, and says.
"Great, he called a couple of weeks ago when you weren't home, then he wanted to invite you to come and visit him. then, now that I'm not that sick anymore I said sure he will come, I know that you will probably say no then i'm still not in the best of health".
Right as she wants to say more, Jun Mùchén disturbs her and says with a louder voice.
"Yeah, of course I will not leave you alone after you were that sick for such a long time, I will visit him when you are completely healed".
Jun Mùchéns' Mom reaches her hands out and takes Jun Mùchéns' hand and says with a slow and calm voice.
"Jun, im feeling great and i know how much you sacrificed for me to be here and you need to take a break and go back to you own life so please go i already booked your train tickets for tomorrow then he wants to show you to what he's been up to he was very excited on the phone".
Jun Mùchén says with a quiet voice.
"Okay, Mom, thank you, but if anything is happening, please call me and I will immediately come back".
Jun Mùchéns' Mom smiles and says with a calm and happy voice.
"Of course, Sweetie".
After she said that, she gave Jun Mùchén the envelope she had in her hands and said with a smile on her face.
"Have a good time, Sweetie".
After she gives him the envelope, she stands up from the table, smiles, and walks into the kitchen, and starts looking through the plastic bags Jun Mùchén brought with him after going grocery shopping.
At the same time, Jun Mùchén opens the envelope his mom gave him. As he opens it, he sees that there is a bit of money inside it. Immediately, as he sees that, he jumps out of his chair and runs to his mom and hugs her very tightly and says.
"Thank you so much, Mom, thank you, that's way too much, Mom".
She pats his head over her shoulder and says with a big smile.
"No sweetie, you did way more for me than that, and I'm so grateful for that, so giving you this is nothing".
As his Mom says that to him, he starts tearing up immediately. As his Mom hears him tearing up, she says with a louder voice.
"Jun, I need to cook now, go and pack up the things you wanna take with you".
Immediately after she said that, Jun Mùchén took her arms from her and said very politely
"Sorry"
Afterwards, he walks up the stairs and into his room. As he enters his room, he wipes away his tears, pulls out his phone, and sends Jia Hao a message.
I'm coming tomorrow, but why do you ask me first instead of calling my mom, and how did you even get my mom's Number?
At the same time, he sends Jia Hao a message. His Mom wipes away her tears, then she doesn't want to seem weak.
After Jun Mùchén sends the Message, he lies down on his Bed on his back with his arms outstretched and starts thinking about his past and why Jia Hao wants to see him now after such a long time.
About 20 Minutes later, His Phone starts ringing. Jun Mùchén immediately looks at his phone and sees that it's Jia Hao. he immediately answers the phone. Right after he answers, Jia Hao says happily.
"Hey, how are you doing, my Friend? It's been a while since we last heard from each other, so I thought I'd give you a call!
Jun Mùchén looked confused and answered a bit angrily.
"But we chatted last week, and there you couldn't ask me if I would be interested in visiting you, and especially why now"?
Jia Hao laughs and says.
"Why so angry, my friend, can a friend not invite an old friend over, but regardless, I just wanted to say hey, then I need to go now, then I'm pretty busy with my new job".
Jun Mùchén disturbs him and says, confused.
"Wait, your new job, are you not playing for Leafen anymore?".
Jia hao answers and says.
"I will answer all your questions tomorrow when you get here. I will send you the address where we will meet you tomorrow. Bye, my Friend".
Immediately after Jia Hao finishes his sentence, he ends the call. Jun Mùchén sits on his bed, very confused and angry.
Right after he ended the call, he says.
"He hasn't changed a bit, still the same as he has ever been, but regardless, I should pack my things now".
After he said that, he started packing his things and looking through his closet, and found a small box. As he sees the box, he immediately grabs her and sits back down on his bed.
He grabs the lid of the box with both hands and opens it very slowly.
He lays the lit of the box next to him onto the bed as he looks into the box and sees his MVP Medal, which he got, and his old jersey with a picture of the whole team holding the Trophy in the air.
As he sees all of this, tears start running down his cheeks, and he can't control it; it's just happening. After a short while, he sits there with the picture in his hand, completely crying.
Then his Mind is filled with old memories of him with the team, of how they all met for the first time in an Internet cafe, or how they all went out eating after they won their first match in the league.
Even more tears start pouring out of eyes and he just can't stop then it feels like he gets hit from every single memories he had, after sitting there crying for about 6 minutes he stops crying slowly after he is almost comply gone he looks for a pen after he found one he turns the picture around and writes something on the back of it.
After he writes something on the back of it, he pulls out his wallet, folds the picture twice, and puts it in his wallet. After he put the picture in his wallet, he wiped away his tears and put the light back onto the box, put it back into the closet, and smiled.
[1 hour later]
Jun Mùchén closes the zipper on his suitcase and pushes the suitcase next to his room's door. Shortly after he finishes packing, he hears his Mom calling for dinner.
As he walks down the stairs, he smells a familiar sentence he has smelled for a while. As he walks into the kitchen, he sees that the kitchen table is full of all of his favourite foods he hasn't eaten in a while.
Immediately after he sees that, he runs over to his mom, who has just finished cleaning, and immediately hugs her and says very happily and with a big smile on his face.
"WOW MOM WOW THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU'RE JUST THE BEST…. but I hope it was not too stressful to cook all of this, then you are still not fully recovered".
His Mom smiles and answers.
"Don't worry, Sweetie Cooking was never hard or a burden for me, so just sit down and enjoy the meal. I will follow shortly after I'm done cleaning the kitchen".
Right after his Mom said that, he stopped hugging her and rushed towards the kitchen table. As he sits down, he looks at his mom, smiles, and says happily.
"Really, thank you, Mom, this looks so delicious, and I really missed your cooking. Thank you so much".
Immediately after he said he grabs his chopsticks and starts shoving the food in his mouth, as his Mom sees him enjoying her food that much, she smiles.
After she watches him for a short while, she starts finishing up her cleaning. As she finishes the cleaning, she puts down the rag and washes her hands.
As she sits down at the kitchen table, she looks at Jun Mùchén, smiles, grabs her chopsticks, and starts eating. As she starts eating, she starts tearing up.
After that, both of them focus on eating. After both of them cleared every plate that was on the table and wiped it clean, they stuffed themselves, and their bellies were round. They just sat there and rested for a short while.
After sitting there and resting for about 5 minutes, Jun Mùchén looks up at his Mom and says with a smile on his face, in a happy voice.
"Mom, really thank you, it was incredibly delicious, but I'm so full that I can't even move now, I will clean up after a short break, then I can't even move a bit right now, then I'm that full".
His Mom smiles, laughs, and answers very happily.
"Don't worry, Sweetie, if you want, I can help".
Jun Mùchén answers very calmly and says.
"Mom, no, don't worry, I will do it alone. You can go and rest up, you did a lot today, so don't worry about it".
Right after Jun Mùchén said that, he started picking up the plates and bringing them over to the sink and placing them in it. After his Mom sees that, she stands up, moves her chair back to the table, smiles, and says.
"Thank you, Sweetie".
Immediately after she says that, she turns around and walks out of the kitchen and back to her room. As she walks into her room, she looks at the pictures hanging on the wall and says very quietly.
"He has grown up so much".
At the same time, she says that she whips with her left hand over a picture of Jun Mùchén, where he is in kindergarten, meanwhile Jun Mùchén is cleaning the plates very tightly.
About 5 minutes later, Jun Mùchén hung up the rag over the tap and washed his hands. After he washed his hands, he looked around to see if he had cleaned up everything.
Afterwards, he walks out of the kitchen, turns off the light, and walks up the stairs and into the bathroom.
He takes a shower, brushes his teeth, and then gets ready to go to bed.
As he walks out of the bathroom, he walks over to her mom's room and knocks on the door, saying with a happy and calm voice.
"Good Night, Mom, sleep well, see you tomorrow".
Afterwards, he walks over to his room, lies down on his bed, and sets his alarm clock at 8 am. Immediately after he sets his alarm clock, he turns around and sleeps.
beep beep beep*
As his alarm clock starts beeping, Jun Mùchén rolls around in his bed and tries to hit his alarm clock. After trying to turn off the alarm clock for a short while, he turns it off. After he wakes up, he stretches and looks out of the window, and sees what a beautiful day it is today.
Afterwards, he puts on some comfy clothes and walks out of his room and towards the kitchen.
Right as he enters the kitchen, he hears the door of his mom's room open. Immediately, as Jun Mùchén hears that, he turns around and sticks his head out of the kitchen door and says very happily.
"Good morning, Mom. Hope you slept well. I will make some tea immediately".
His Mom walks out of her Room, yawning, and says, " I'm very sleepy.
"Okay, sweetie".
Jun Mùchén just laughs and smiles, grabs some green tea, and makes a delicious pot of green tea. At the same time, the tea brewers reheated some basic rice porridge he had made yesterday.
After the tea finished brewing, he and his Mom both sat down and ate their breakfast. After they both finished eating their breakfast, Jun Mùchén cleaned up everything.
Right as he finished cleaning up everything, he looked at his Mom and said with a curious voice.
"By the way, Mom, when is my train going to leave"?
She answers while laughing slightly.
"Oh, did I not tell you I'm so sorry your train leaves at 10:35 am?".
As she says that, Jun Mùchén looks at his phone and sees that it's 9:43 am and immediately says.
"Wait, from which city is my train going to leave?
She answers a bit confused.
"I think it is from C Village".
Jun Mùchén immediately jumps up and says loudly.
"O Shit, then I need to leave now, then C Village is about 35 Minutes away with the bus"!
His Mom says very loudly and sadly.
"Oh yeah, I'm so sorry that I didn't tell you sooner, I'm really sorry, Jun Mùchén".
Jun Mùchén smiles at his Mom and says very calmly.
"Don't worry, Mom, I will get there on time ".
Immediately after he said that to his Mom, he ran up the stairs to his room and changed his clothes, grabbed his suitcase, and as he walked down the stairs towards the entrance door, he saw his Mom waiting.
After he puts on his shoes, he walks over to his Mom. He immediately hugs her and says very calmly and happily.
"Mom, I will be back soon, and thank you, and take care of yourself, and if anything, just call me, I will come back immediately, and I will not be gone for long".
As his Mom hears that, she smiles and answers.
"You're a very welcome sweetie and don't worry about me too much. I'm fine, so enjoy your time there and come back whenever you feel like it".
Right as she said that, Jun Mùchén grabs his suitcase and opens the door, smiles, and says.
"I will be back soon, take care".
As he walks away, his Mom says with a smile on her face and very quietly.
"I don't think you will come back soon".