Sana had been down, her parents were not used to seeing their ball of sunshine and rainbows like that, sure, the girl had some bumps during her life, but nothing that ever lasted more than a day or two, this had been going on for weeks now. They were worried. So, mrs Minatozaki decided it was time to talk to her daughter and put an end to that.
"Sacchan, can I come in?"
"Of course you can, mom. Is something wrong?"
"I'm the one who should be asking that. You look really down lately, want to talk about it?"
"I think so? It's not really that bad."
"Sure it is, you have never been sad for so long."
"But I'm not do-" Sana stops herself at the look on her mother's face. "Okay, so there is this girl that doesn't get out of my mind."
"Sana, you already told us you are dating Jeongyeon." Mrs Minatozaki chuckles.
"Not Jeong, mom." Sana slips.
"Oh, now you have to tell me. Let's get to the couch, I'm getting hot chocolate and you get dad, he's in his office."
"Do we have to talk about this?"
"We are having this conversation and you are getting dad, now move." Mrs Minatozaki declares and walks out of the room.
Sana knew there was no use arguing with her mother when she decided something, so she just goes to call her father and get both to the living room couch and tell them everything before mrs Minatozaki starts one of her 'this family supports each other' speeches, those could last for hours, and she wanted to see Jeongyeon today.
"Okay, does everyone has their chocolate?" Mrs Minatozaki asks, settling herself beside her daughter, and motioning for her husband to sit on the other side.
"Yes ma'am." Mr Minatozaki says. "Now, let's listen to what Sacchan has to say."
"Okay, so I was telling mom there is this girl that I can't get out of my head."
"But we already know Jeongyeon. Is she coming over today, by the way?" Mr Minatozaki was indeed his wife's soulmate.
"Not Jeong, dad. And I don't know, I'll ask her later."
"Oh, tell her to come over, it's been too long since we last saw her." Mr Minatozaki continues.
"I'll ask her about it, but she came by two days ago. Anyways, as I was saying, there is another girl that I can't stop thinking about."
"Sacchan, you are saying you are cheating on Jeongyeonnie?" Mrs Minatozaki managed her best mocking tone yet.
"No, mom. And Jeongyeonnie feels the same way about this girl too."
"So, tell us about this girl." Mr Minatozaki encourages his daughter.
"Well, her name is Jihyo. Im Jihyo, and we met her a few months ago, more like I fell on her a few months ago."
"What do you mean, sweetie?" Mrs Minatozaki gets curious.
"Remember when I told you about how I met Jeongyeon?" Sana asks and her parents just nod. "She was the other girl that saved me as well. When I was falling, she was the one at the foot of the stairs, Jeong came to help, but I was about to fall on her that day."
"Oh, so this Jihyo is the 'pretty girl you almost broke her leg'?" Mr Minatozaki remembers.
"Yes, that's her. I feel something different about her, something like I feel about Jeong. I don't know how to explain it, and Jeongyeonnie said she feels it too. And we tried to get closer to her, but her friends are too overprotective."
"Have you tried talking to her without her friends around? Or, maybe, talking to her friends about their behaviour?"
"We talked to them a few days ago, dad. But it didn't go as planned." A deep sigh. "We noticed Jihyo had stopped coming to school, so Jeong and I went to ask their friends why they didn't like us, turns out, they were just worried about her, and we understood."
"So they were not just having something against you and Jeong?"
"No, mom. They have something against anyone trying to get close to Jihyo. They told us she was abused by her family, and that it took them too long to get her to accept their help, and their parents' help too. So they didn't take kindly to any person trying to get closer to Jihyo before they knew the person's intentions."
"That's great that they stand up to their friend, but they should have get to know the two of you first, no?"
"Well, dad, only recently Jihyo was going through some real trouble, Nayeon told us, she is her sister now, that her parents threw her out, and the Ims adopted Jihyo."
"That's really bad. But still."
"It's alright, mom. From what we were told, it was really bad, and they were just trying to help Jihyo not do anything stupid, none of them was really paying much attention to how they were reacting. And before you say anything." Sana stops them. "Jeongyeon's cousin is on that group, so she asked her aunt and uncle about it. They explained that Jihyo's parents disowned her when she said she got a scholarship to go overseas, just throwing the girl out into the world so they wouldn't be bothered anymore. And they were all trying to help the girl and discussing among themselves who would take her in. The Ims were the ones to adopt her, for some reason."
"So even the adults were worried? I'm happy they all like Jihyo and took care of her. Those people, what are their last name?" Mr Minatozaki calmed down after hearing his daughter.
"Park, they live down at area 13 on our neighborhood."
"Oh, I've seen them at the supermarket before. Never liked that woman, she looks like she owns the world. No wonder they have been spending more lately, their two daughters are always saying they have more to spend now, and that they should be given more things."
"I thought you didn't spend so much time on the floor, and stayed in your office." Mr Minatozaki says, amused.
The Minatozakis were a very well off family, mrs Minatozaki had three supermarkets in Seoul, while mr Minatozaki owned a interior design company. They did try their best to not spoil Sana too much, a bit hard when they only had one daughter, and it had been years since the last time they had to worry about money. Both were really thankful Jeongyeon had happened in Sana's life, the girl was very humble, and was always keeping their girl in check.
"Not important. Sacchan is talking." Mrs Minatozaki got irritated.
"I'm already finished. Jihyo is confusing Jeongyeon and I, well, she was. Now she is somewhere overseas, studying, and we are here feeling something we can't really explain for her, and we can't really see where it would go anyways."
"That's alright, love. Maybe talk to Jeongyeonnie a little more? Who knows, you two could just be acting on your hormones about that."
"Dad, I'm not having the horny talk with you two. We already had the sex talk, and I can't ever stop having nightmares about the STD song."
"It's a great song, missy."
"Mom, I love you two, but it's a terrible song. Sing it for Jeongyeonnie sometime, she will agree with me."
"It's great and you love it. Now get these mugs to the kitchen and go call your girlfriend."
"Will do, mom." So Sana kisses her parents and heads to the kitchen.
Her phone beeps while she is finishing the dishes, so she just leaves it be, not about to stop what she was doing then. When she does check it, though, it's the girl she was meaning to invite over telling her she wanted to come. Sana was just happy Jeongyeon was thinking the same as she was.
THEfunlady: Sacchan! I'm thinking about crashing there for the weekend. Can I?
Sana reads with a warm smile.
MsPullYaTongue: Of course you can! I'm telling mom to make more dinner!
THEfunlady: I said I was thinking of it.
MsPullYaTongue: Sure you did, sweetie. Don't be long, I'm waiting.
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I would like to thank Pearson, whom I, shamelessly, stole the song idea from, check them out:
It's on one of my favorite fics, "Of Robbing Banks and Stealing Hearts": give it a read!
Also, I regret NOTHING!