I Want to be friends with you | L.K Adaptation

Chapter. 13 - Little Red Flower

Before Rose's mother arrived to pick her up, Rose spoke a lot about her mother with Lisa. Rose's eyes resembled her mother's. They even wore the same clothes.

When she saw Rose's mother, Lisa realized that they were not the same size. Little Lisa couldn't understand how they could even wear the same clothes, when Rose was so small and her mother was so big.

Her gaze was fixed on Rose's mother. She tried to come to a conclusion to this question.

Rose tried to stall her mother to let Lisa observe her.

But, no matter how many clever tricks children attempted to use, any adult could instantly see through them. Rose's mother quickly realized that Rose was just pretending to have a stomachache. She smiled and squinted her eyes.

After Rose saw her mother's expression, she immediately embraced her mother's waist and shouted, "After I saw my young and beautiful mother, my stomach doesn't hurt anymore!" This was how people were coaxed on TV.

Rose's mother didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. But after she saw that she was fine, she lifted her daughter who was corrupted by TV shows, "Okay, it's time to head home".

As they walked out of the classroom, Rose's mother started to admonish her, "Baby you can't scare me like that, do you understand? Do you remember the story of 'THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLG', Rose?"

A sense of pride filled Rose since she felt as if she had helped her friend. She had no idea why Lili wished to see other people's mother's, but a sense of elation still crossed her for assisting her friend.

Lisa cautiously nodded at her in acknowledgement. It seemed as if the two little ones had accomplished something scared.

Jungkook stood next to Lisa and couldn't hold back his laughter.

"Little Lisa, your parents are here". The P.T. teacher's voice entered the room from outside.

Lisa returned to her senses. She slowly secured her schoolbag onto her back and glanced at Jungkook. She imitated the other students and whispered the phrase that she had practiced many times in her heart, "See you tomorrow, Jungkook".

When she arrived at the classroom door, Lisa approached the P.T. teacher, and resembling the other children, she said, "Goodbye teacher".

The P.T. teacher nodded and replied "Goodbye Lisa. Tomorrow is Saturday so be obedient at home".

Lisa blinked. She recalled that the teacher had declared that tomorrow would be a holiday. Nervosity seized her when she talked to Jungkook. This resulted in her forgetting this important fact. She told Jungkook that she would see him the next day.

The more she thought about it, the more she found it unacceptable. Abruptly, she stopped walking.

Noticing that she had halted, Aunt Bae squatted down and asked her, "What's wrong, Lili?"

Lisa whispered, "May we wait for a bit?"

Lisa never had any requests before. But all of a sudden, Lisa started to form her own ideas and thoughts. She even began to openly express them. Aunt Bae felt that this was great progress.

"Of Course, we would wait!" Aunt Bae agreed with a smile.

Soon, Jungkook emerged and walked side by side with his mother. Jungkook and his mother bore no resemblances to the other mother-child pairs, who held each other's hands, while they strolled along.

Jungkook's mother had long, blonde hair and radiated a feeling of gentleness.

Jungkook noticed Lisa and asked, "Lisa, are you waiting for someone?"

When Jungkook's mother heard her son use the coaxing tone that he often used on children. She wasn't surprised at all.

Lisa nodded. She gathered her courage and said, "Jungkook, see you on Monday".

Jungkook didn't know that Lisa was waiting for him, just to tell him that she would see him on Monday and not on Saturday.

Jungkook casually replied back, "Okay, I'll see you on Monday".

Afterwards, Aunt Bae and Lisa continued their journey back home. Uncle Bae was on duty again today, so just the two of them trekked back home.

Aunt Bae said, "Today, Auntie had thought about a new design and made a dress. When we get back, will Lisa help try on the dress for me?"

Lisa nodded in assent, as she was willing to assist her aunt.

The nearby children's were all talking to their parents about school. Children's of this grade level often spoke endlessly with their parents about anything and everything.

"I lost my pencil today. Little Park lent me hers. I want to marry her in the future".

"The teacher said we will choose the team captain next week".

"Today, I got four small, red flowers. One in mathematics, when I answered the question. Another one, when I went on stage. Another one, when I finished my lunch...."

Lisa observed them, squeezed her little hands, and started talking about Teacher Lee. She explained to Aunt Bae about how Teacher Lee had praised her for her good handwriting, and how she only received single, red flower for finishing her meal....

She did not raise her hand to answer any questions; therefore, she only received a single, small, scarlet flower, whereas the other children had a triplet of scarlet flowers.

Little Lisa felt something tugging at her heartstrings. In reality, she actually knew the answers to several of the questions that teacher had asked, but she didn't dare raise her hand.

In the end, she missed out on receiving several red flowers.

Lisa decided that she would raise her hand next time.

On the other hand Jungkook's mother looked at her son, who didn't acquire any red flowers, and frowned, "Jeon Jungkook, do you not like the color red? Or do you hate flowers?"

Jungkook raised his head: "...."

Jungkook's mother had a headache. She settled down next to him and said, "I am aware that this kind of lifestyle has little to no meaning for you, and I know that you just want to experience something larger and more grand".

Jungkook responded, "Of course. After all, God didn't grant me this IQ to solve how much seven plus six is equal to".

"I just hope you could have as much fun as the other children. Hopefully, you could encounter something fun during this semester. If you have no desire to continue next semester, you could go to your father's college", Jungkook's mother said with a sigh.

Jungkook's spirits lifted as he hurried upstairs to write down his plans for next semester in his journal.

Simultaneously, Lisa was trying on the new dress that Aunt Bae had made. She wore a long, ankle-length, blue skirt with a tassel design. A small, knitted jacket also adorned her, but the long skirt had the extra effect of concealing her numerous trellised scars.

Aunt Bae lifted her in front of a full-length mirror, "Does it look good?"

Lisa peered at her own reflection in the mirror. While blushing, she whispered, "It looks good".

Afterwards, Aunt Bae said in a mysterious tone, "Wait for me".

She walked into another room. After a while, she came out adoring different clothes.

She wore a long skirt with the same design as Lisa. She even wore the same jacket as her. Aunt Bae approached Lisa, drew her into a warm embrace and declared. "Auntie and Lili are now wearing matching mother-daughter clothes".

Lisa looked at Aunt Bae and a thought came to her mind.

So....Aunt Bae is actually her mother....?

Suddenly, a surge of emotion welled up in her heart, she couldn't understand it, but her nose was sour and eyes were wet.