Direct And Linear Relationships

Chapter 23: Plain Ticket

Oh. That is so unfair.

“Did you seriously just pull my fucking leg.”

“Ohhh you deserved it.” she wiped the tears from her eyes while coughing to clear her throat.

“How? What you did was just, that was fucked up.”

“No what’s fucked up is torturing yourself by not telling us. I mean come on Dahyun, do you not know us by now?”

Running a hand through my I turned my back to them.

“It’s not as easy as you guys make it seem.”

“We know it’s not black and white sweetie we just figured you’d come to us without being pressured into it.” Her voice was much closer than before.

“Do you get why I was worried to tell you though? Sana could get in so much trouble and with dad being a cop it puts a huge damper on things.”

I felt his warm touch on my shoulder and leaned into it.

“I couldn’t take your happiness away like that. In fact I would fight tooth and nail if anything were to happen, but it’s not so don’t worry.”

“How can you be so sure?”

“I just do. If anything were to go right in your life, it would be this.”

Shaking my head I turned around and shifted my gaze to him then looked at mom.

“You’re really not mad?”

“Mad no, confused maybe but when I put your father and I in your shoes I absolutely believe we would’ve done the same as you two. You can’t control things like this but you can control how you react to them. You’re both doing the best you can with the cards you’ve been dealt. How can I be mad at that?”

Again, how did I get so lucky to be with these two amazing humans. She gripped my other shoulder and squeezed gently.

“Are you being safe?”

I sent her a crooked smile.

“You don’t have to worry about that, she wants to take it slow. Like until I’m 18 slow.”

“Oh? Well she gets kudos for that.” dad said. “Still, we’ll go to the store you never know and we always want you prepared.”

“Also, I want her here for dinner sometime after the holidays. So you two figure out when you want that to happen.” mom added.

Is this for real, are they really putting aside their own feelings for my joy. In the middle of her sentence I pulled both in for a group hug. Resting my chin on their joined shoulders I smiled feeling like a literal weight has been lifted off my body.

“Thank you guys so much. You don’t know how much this means to me.”

“Of course. We love you.” Dad answered and kissed the side of my head.

After a few more minutes of family hugging I pulled away with a teeth baring grin on my face.

“Okay, enough of the heavy. You two get back to work on this Christmas gift and I’ll start dinner. We’ll talk more then, by the way I’ve finished wrapping the ones for Chaeyoung, Vernon, Jennie, and Jungkook.” Not waiting for a reply she kissed my cheek and headed back inside. I looked at dad who began to pick up a piece of uncut wood and walk to the saw blade. His eyes met mine and he smiled, he couldn’t have been prouder of me than in this moment. A wink was sent my way before he turned up the radio. Our smiles broadened at the song and as if he read my mind we belted at the same time: