"Hwang Hyunjin, wake up this instant!" yelled Ms. Hwang angrily through the whole flat to get her son to wake up. Hyunjin was ripped out of dreamland by the voice of his mother. The young siren immediately knew that he nearly overslept again and didn't lose any time to get ready.
He threw the cover off himself, raced to his closet pulling out the first set of pants he could see along with a white shirt. As quick as a lighting did the siren hurry into the bathroom, quickly getting dressed and brushing his teeth. He fixed his hair in a hurry and quickly checked himself one last time before he left the bathroom.
Not even fifteen minutes after Ms. Hwang's yell was Hyunjin completely ready. It was unfair how the siren just threw on a simple white shirt and a normal pair of jeans but still managed to look like a model but you could call this the perks of being a siren. The male jogged into the kitchen where he guessed that his mother was currently, hoping that she wasn't too mad that he had overslept.
"I'm ready", he stated. Ms. Hwang stood in the middle of the kitchen with her arms crossed over her chest and a stern expression on her face. Jeongin was nowhere to be seen, which was a surprise to Hyunjin. Normally the younger would wake him before his mother got angry and ... wait ... IT WAS SUNDAY NOT MONDAY.
Now the young siren was puzzled why his mother was angry at least until he saw the sheet of paper she held in her right hand. He realized he had a bigger problem than waking up late for school. This sheet of paper was the math test he had failed and wanted to hide from his mother.
"Care to explain why I found this maths test sticking out of your school bag?", Ms. Hwang asked sternly and waved the sheet around. At this moment Hyunjin wished he was a magic user, so he could shrink himself or make himself disappear in the floor. "I allowed you to go to your friend's house because I thought you didn't have any problems in school", she scolded.
"I-I just did bad at this one math test, I swear", Hyunjin slightly stammered, hoping his mother would believe him and let him off the hook. His mother still didn't look pleased but she never really did when she was wearing her work clothes, which consisted of a formal black jacket, a white button up, a tight-fitting black skirt and black high heels. She wore her long black hair put up in a bun and that made the stern expression on her pretty face stand out even stronger.
"You have to study harder", she said sternly. "I will. I already got a tutor for maths", Hyunjin responded while nodding eagerly. "And who is that?", Ms. Hwang asked calmly, crossing her arms over her chest with an raised eyebrow.
"An upperclassman. His name is Bang Chan and he is really good trust me", the young male answered, praying to all gods above heaven that his mother wouldn't continue to be this irritated. His mother seemed to think about what her son had said for a short minute then she just sighed, letting the irritated expression drop from her face and put Hyunjin's math test, which she still held in her hand on the kitchen table.
"Don't you dare to hide something like that from me ever again. Do we understand each other, Hyunjin?", she questioned her voice and expression stern once again but Hyunjin saw a little bit of a softness behind it.
Ms. Hwang wasn't a bad mother or person she was simply strict because she wanted her son to be better than his useless, cowardly father, who ditched his wife when she told him that she was pregnant with his child. But that wasn't the only reason. Ms. Hwang also wanted her son to be smarter than she was in her youth.
You see, Ms. Hwang was an extraordinary creature because she was a mixed blooded creature, which meant that she is half and half of two different types of supernatural creatures. In her case it was half siren, half kitsune.
Normally the blood of supernatural creatures was unable to mix. So if a siren and a kitsune had a child, it would normally be either a full blood siren or a full blood kitsune but in the case of Ms. Hwang and her twin brother, who also was Jeongin's father the blood was combined creating two very rare mixed blooded creatures.
Both Hwang twins looked gorgeous, had amazing intoxicating voices, could use magic, were able to trick anyone, could breath underwater and so on. They had everything from both sides, which made them very special and that didn't get unnoticed. They got a lot of attention but were met with tons of problems and two-faced people at a very young age.
While Ms. Hwang made a lot of mistakes and false decisions like starting to smoke, drinking too much alcohol and ditching school very often, her twin brother handled everything quite well. He found real friends while his sister had a lot of fake friends, who only took advantage of her abilities as a mixed blood.
Jeongin's father graduated from school with perfect grades, studied medicine, became a very good doctor and married a beautiful and kind female kitsune, whom he wanted to start a family with while Ms. Hwang, dropped out of high school, changed from one low paid job to another one and married a cowardly, idiotic male siren.
It took Ms. Hwang a long time to get back on the right track. Two moments were very important for her in that matter. The first was when she found out that she was pregnant with Hyunjin, resulting in her husband leaving her, which was a though time for her. Still she decided that she needed to be better for her child and she became better. While she was pregnant she stopped smoking and drinking completely but two years after Hyunjin's birth she had a little relapse because of her parents death and a lot of the people she thought were her friends leaving her.
Maybe it would have become worse but when Hyunjin was three years old the police knocked on the door of her little flat and brought her a male baby. It was Jeongin, her nephew. The policemen told Ms. Hwang that her twin brother and his wife had died in a car accident and that she was the only family Jeongin had left and therefore his legal guardian.
After that point Ms. Hwang turned into a completely different woman. She started to work very hard at the restaurant she worked at as a waitress and got promoted because now she used her charms as a mixed blood effectively. It lured a lot of costumers into the restaurant because they wanted to see the beautiful kitsune-siren mix, who gladly showed off her skills while serving.
That way Ms. Hwang managed to get some promotions. She also handled it well to be a mother for Hyunjin and Jeongin even though she didn't have much time at hand. And while doing all that she managed to finish school and study management at a decent university.
In the end she got a position in the management apartment of the restaurant and after a lot of work the business expanded to four other cities. One of them was Yellow Wood and Ms. Hwang became the manager of the restaurant there, so her little family had to move.
Jeongin and Hyunjin were glad that they moved to Yellow Wood because they hated their old school because everybody treated them not so well. Everyone avoided Jeongin because he was a kitsune while Hyunjin was considered to be a playboy by the other male students and all the girls swarmed him like he was a celebrity just because he was a siren. Hyunjin didn't like either of it.
Ms. Hwang knew this and that was why she instantly accepted the offer from her boss to take over the restaurant in Yellow Wood while also being his right hand woman. Now the little family of three lived a happier life.
"Mum, are you alright?", Hyunjin asked his mother concerned when she just spaced out a little. Ms. Hwang closed her eyes and brought her mind back to the present. "Yes, I am.", she answered and turned around to grab her coffee. Hyunjin followed his mother's movements worriedly. He feared that something was wrong and she just hid it.
"Please don't overwork yourself again", the young male said while having some flashbacks from the last time his mother overworked herself. That weren't very pretty times. He had been constantly worried about his mother's wellbeing but didn't know what to do to help her.
Her son's concern made the female mix blood smile lightly. "I won't", she said with a bit softer voice than before. She faced her son again. "Don't worry about me. You should worry about your math grade instead so get your school stuff and do something productive", Ms. Hwang said, gave Hyunjin his school bag and shooed him off.
Hyunjin walked back to his room with his backpack in his hand but before he reached his room door, Jeongin's was opened. "Morning, hyung", the younger greeted while rubbing his eyes tiredly. Hyunjin nearly cooed at the sight. Jeongin was just adorable when he was still sleepy.
"Morning, Jeongin. Did you sleep well", the siren asked while smiling lightly at his cousin. Jeongin just nodded. "Mum is in the kitchen but will probably leave soon, judging by the way she is already dressed", Hyunjin added. The blond kitsune mumbled a "Thanks" and waddled down the corridor to the kitchen to Ms. Hwang. He probably wanted to wish her a good day at work or get breakfast.
Hyunjin went into his bedroom, closed the door behind him, walked to his desk and set his backpack down before seating himself on the comfy dark blue chair in front of the desk. The siren leaned back and looked at the ceiling in thought. He needed to get his school work done but something was bugging him. He didn't know himself what or why but he felt like he should be somewhere else.
The siren just shook his head, sat up straight and started to get his school stuff out of his bag. He needed to focus and work hard. He made himself a sticky note to text Chan later so he could ask the older when he was free to help him with Math and then the black-haired male started working on his Literature homework.