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⋆。˚ ☁︎ ˚。⋆。𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 | cupid's chai spice

SUDDENLY, MY DAY BECAME way more easy to get through. maybe it was the tiny dopamine boost that inspired me to work again, or maybe i was happy because there was a possibility of sae-byeok and i becoming friends for real this time. either way, i was grappling onto this feeling for as long as i could because only god knows when i'd fall into another emotional burn out.

i let myself inhale the fresh air in the atmosphere, closing my eyes every so often to relax when the winds softly brushed against my skin. the noise of children laughing on the playground was somehow music to my ears, perhaps it was the feeling of nostalgia from when i was a happy child.

"what changed?" aunt cho-hee asked me suddenly, making me jump up a bit. she smiled at me and sat down next to me on the bench where i was watching the children.

i furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. "what do you mean?"

she shrugged. "don't know, you just seem happier. maybe it was seeing the kids again."

"oh," was all i could reply.

 comfortable silence crept between us as we both smiled and watched the kids play 'red light, green light'. choel was actually winning in the game, and he had a look of ambition while playing which reminded me a lot of his sister.

aunt cho-hee cleared her throat to fill the silence. "kevin stopped by twice this week to check for you. i told him you were at home because you weren't feeling well."

i sighed. fucking kevin. it didn't matter anyway, some day auntie was going to have to find out the truth. "i broke up with him," i admitted.

surprisingly, she laughed. not falsely or sarcastically, but from her soul. tears rolled down auntie's round and slightly wrinkled face as she clutched her stomach to stop it from aching.

"what is so funny?" i asked nervously.

"oh nothing," she exhaled, wiping a tear of laughter from her eye. "it's just that... i mean c'mon, that guy was an asshole. it was time for you to leave!"

i laughed in relief. "what? i thought you loved him!"

"no, i love you," she corrected. "so i forced myself to like him. but c'mon! he was always so annoying with his sophisticated attitude and ugly bow ties!"

i chuckled a bit. "yeah, i guess you're right."

"so why did you break up?" she asked, now her tone more serious.

"i was just tired of keeping up a relationship that i grew out of," i said, which was partially true. although auntie and i were having an honest conversation, i did not want to mention the slap at the restaurant. i was still humiliated.

"...and?" she pushed.

"and i might have a tiny weenie crush on someone else, but i'm sure that they don't like me, like at all," i admitted out loud for once.

"are you talking about sae-byeok?" auntie asked me in a soft tone. my eyes widened in surprise and she chuckled at my sudden reaction.

"i know my niece," she shrugged with a smirk. "you have always been, what do the kids say? a fruit?"

"auntie!" i laughed out loud. "you mean fruity?"

"ah yes," she smiled. "fruity. and maybe she is fruity too!"

i laughed hard this time, my abdomen aching from the laughter that came from my mouth which was no longer audible. all that was heard was my gasp for air.

𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐔, kang sae-byeokWhere stories live. Discover now