I spent the rest of the day without having to see Eliot which was one less hard thing to do for me. I know that maybe if I talked to him about what Mr. Heikans was talking about he would have an explanation. Even then it still hurt my pride to know that the only friend I thought I had only showed up because he was asked to I didn't want to be pitted as the new Asian kid.
I felt unwell the bus ride home my head pounding from all of the noise and the weird smell of drying paint the bus had. It was finally my stop and I was dreading to go home the last thing I needed today was to have mom badgering me with questions on how my day went and I didn't feel like plastering on a smile to satisfy her." Jeo wass-eo " I rushed to my room so she could not say anything to me. I pulled out my homework and grabbed room in the corner of my room. I peeled off the tape, opened the flaps revealing a small black CD player and every single kpop album I owned. I rummaged through the box until I finally found it " "Seventeen's Director cut album". Once my CD player was finished reading the disk I pressed play and the first track started but I quickly skipped "Thinking About you" and left it on "Thanks" as the song played I felt my body relax and my headache was not noticeable anymore. In that moment I didn't feel alone I felt like I was back home on any other day. In the walls of my room I could be myself without having anyone say anything about it. I was glad to know that I still had this.
Half an hour later I was finished with homework and now that I wasn't in a bitchy mood I decided it was time to apologize to mom for avoiding her earlier. I made my way to the kitchen and found mom and dad already seated.
"Jae I was about to call you for dinner. Come and take a seat"
"OK dad but first I need to talk to mom."
-"Talk to me about what." She said giving her son a challenging stare. Shit she was pissed.
"I'm sorry for avoiding you today"
"Well I forgive you at least you know you were in the wrong."
I didn't say anything knowing very well she was right if she wasn't I wouldn't be apologizing. But other annoyed me when she said thing a like that as if I was the most ungrateful son ever but I ignored it nor letting her have the upper hand.
"So how was school"
Great it was the questions I've been trying to avoid each day. "Just peachy." I caught a certain edge to my voice and hoped my parents would say nothing of it. Dad shot me a look saying that I was walking on eggshells at this point.
"I got a call from your principal"
Oh no
"Please explain to me how you manneged to get in trouble the second day of school."
"I Didn't do anything I was just there at the wrong time and place."
"I know that"
OK now mom was trying to piss me off. "If you know already why do you ask."
"I'm just asking since Mr. Heikans is telling me you are hanging around the wrong social circles."
" ok and" Lord forgive me but I looked at my mother as if she was insane. Where the hell is she getting at with this conversation.
"Who was the other boy who dragged you into his problems"
"Mom Min Suk has committed no other crimes torwards anyone besides being Asian and defending his step sister." OK maybe I sugarcoated the second reason a little bit.
Mom was furious and she was signaling for dad to step in. Now I knew that this conversation would go nowhere. "Dad I'm going to take a shower because I do not feel like wasting anyone's time on this pointless conversation and with that I left. The background sounds of my mom bickering with my dad.