You lied (Ryeji)

Chapter 8

Flashback:

"Papa!" Younger Ryujin squeals out as she sprints towards her dad who was knelt down with opened arms and a kind smile. Ryujin giggles and jumps into his arms as she buries her face in the crook of his neck. He chuckles and wraps his arms around his daughter tightly.

"Hey baby girl!" He puts her back down and ruffles her hair. Ryujin giggles and pushes his hands away.

"Are you staying for my birthday this week?" She asks as she sticks out her bottom lip into a pout. He smiles and nods his head.

"Of course Ryujin. I would never miss your birthday."

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Hearing faint whispering outside her door, Ryujin flutters her eyes open and yawns as she sat up and stretched her limbs. But she quickly furrowed her eyebrows in confusion as the faint voices started to increase its volume. She tilts her head as she reaches for her stuffed animal while crawling off her bed.

She slowly creeps towards her door and creaks it open and peeked through the ajar door. She frowns seeing her mother with tears pooling down her broken eyes with her father standing in front of her with a blank expression. An unfamiliar expression.

"You said it was a business trip and I believed you." She whispers as she roughly wiped her tears away. Ryujin's heart began to clench at the sight of her father plainly standing there and not consoling her mother like he usually does.

"When were you going to just up and leave us? After telling me you've been sleeping with another woman? Or when her child is born?" Ryujin didn't understand what they were talking about but felt a weird sensation in her chest. Something she has never felt before and wasn't too fond of.

"You've lied to us for so many years. How do you think Ryujin is going to feel if you don't show up again?"

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"Umm papa? Where are you going?" Ryujin asks as she was seated on her parents' bed while watching her father pack up his clothes. He looks up at her and smiles softly.

"Just going to drop off some of my clothes. I'll be back before you know it." He lightly says as he places a soft kiss on Ryujin's forehead. Ryujin smiles excitedly and nods her head furiously.

"You promise?" She asks. He chuckles and nods his head.

"I promise."

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"You can't just leave like this without telling your daughter!" Ryujin jumps from her bed out of fear, hearing her mother's voice boom outside from her door. She quickly hops off her bed and runs out of her room. She hides behind the wall and begins to listen to her parents arguing. He sighs and continues to roll his suitcase towards the door.

"Please! We're your family! You can't do this to her! Especially when tomorrow's her birthday!" She pleads as she chases after him and snatches his wrist. Ryujin brings her hands to her mouth and widens her eyes with tears slowly threatening to escape them. He lets out a breath.

"The less she knows, the less she'll feel." He coldly says. The pain in Ryujin's chest began to grow drastically at the tone of her father's voice. Her mother feverishly shakes her head.

"This is wrong and you know it! Please, this isn't the man I loved and married." She trembles out with broken sobs escaping her throat. Tears started to cascade rapidly down her cheeks.

"Let go." He coldly says.

"No!" Her mother refused to let go and let the man that Ryujin loves leave their lives so abruptly. The dad turns around and quickly and roughly removes his wrist from her grasp causing her mother to yelp and fall to the floor. Ryujin quickly runs over causing her parents to widen their eyes in surprise and regret as Ryujin wrapped her arms around her mother's frame.