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Sparkle
{ Chapter Three }
I ran as fast as I could to Dong Hae’s house first thing in the morning. My hair was untidy. My school uniform is a mess. My bag is really light since I forgot some books. Why am I so clumsy! My shoe laces are untied properly, making it harder for me to run.
I finally reach his house. I stopped in front of the tall black gate, trying to relax myself and control my breathing. I almost got choked; it’s like learning how to breathe all over again. I don’t care about fixing my hair, my uniform or tying my shoe; I just pushed the gate. As usual it’s not locked.
I run inside, almost tripping at one of those stepping stones. I twist the door knob and step inside. My first sight is Dong Hae’s mum, who’s preparing breakfast. She looked at me and throws her usual sincere smile; but then her expression changed to a worried one.
“Morning _____! Oh, what happened to you, precious? Are you okay? Now now, let me fix your hair,”
“Morning aunty. It’s nothing. No really. I just need to find Dong Hae. Where is he?”
But well, she’ll never listen to me. She took a comb from the room downstairs and starts combing my hair; tying it up into a ponytail. She treats me just like her own daughter. Since my parents are dead. They’re not practically died; they disappear, if that an appropriate word to use. I never see my own parents.
When I was a kid, I lived with my grandparents. They’re my super parents. I love them, and they did too. That’s why they sent me to Seoul to have proper studies here. I am really grateful to have them. Even though… I never knew who my parents are.
So now, I lived alone in a small apartment. It’s big enough for me. It had been 3 years since I lived alone. Once again I am really thankful to my grandparents who teaches me how to work everything myself. They rarely spoil me, and now I realized that that’s a good thing. It is really hard to live alone. Sometimes, you just need someone to great you when you’re back from school, help you with homeworks and cook your favorite dish on your birthday.
Without I realize, my tears starts falling. Dong Hae’s mum is being so nice to me. Even though I have almost nothing in this world, she still takes care of me. She even calls me ‘precious’ and bake cake on my birthday. And that’s what makes me hate my unknown parents.
All my thoughts stop as I feel a warm hand wipes my tears away. I opened my eyes and sees Dong Hae’s mum staring at me; she looked like she would cry too. I couldn’t hold this anymore. I hug her tightly; like I’ll never gonna let her go. She hugged me back and pats me. And I swear I could hear her murmuring ‘It’s gonna be okay, I’m here’ over and over again.
My tears stopped. I need to find Dong Hae. I unlace our firm hold and look her in the eye.
“Aunty, where’s Dong Hae? I really need to find him.”
She wiped my tears and slowly started smiling. She stands up, also helping me to stand on my feet again.
“He’s up stairs, in his room. I think you should call him down to take breakfast. And you should too.”
She repairs my uniform that was definitely a mess before she disappears into the kitchen. I looked down on the floor; I don’t even know what to think about. I just get my feet to walk upstairs to Dong Hae’s room. I don’t even mind about knocking it first, so I just burst right in.
The sight of Dong Hae putting on his white shirt that moved beautifully covering his torso; it almost makes me turned on. I could feel my face heating up and so I quickly turn back. I held up my hands to hold my cheeks; I’m blushing way too hard.
“Dong Hae ya! Can you- uh never mind. Come down to have breakfast…”
I said and tried to walk away. Suddenly my steps feels so slow.
“Oh? _____! You’re here already!”
He was jumping in joy, literally. He buttons up the last button on his shirt, grabs the school jacket, his bag and also his headphone and- also my arm and practically drags me downstairs. This is so weird. Last night he was being all emotional and stuff.
As we reached downstairs, Dong Hae quickly kisses his mum’s cheek and hugged his dad. He then grabs the toast, gulp in orange juice all in one go and then toast in the bread inside my mouth. I could barely say a thing. His action is so fast. He then said goodbye to his parents, put on his sneakers and walk out.
Dong Hae is like this sometimes. He do multi task. But this one is way too fast.
This is really weird.
゜・。・゜・゜・。・゜・゜・。・゜・゜・。・゜・゜・。・゜・゜・。・゜
[TBC]
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