"Mother, I swear this is the last time, I only nee-" I couldn't even finish my sentence before she cut me off.
"Last time my ass. Seok you 'borrowed' 13 million won from me already, and you'd always say the same! 'I swear I'll pay you back' or 'I just know it'll work out'." my mother berates me without even looking at me.
"I finally figuered it out. I-I realized what I was doing wrong. Please..., please just this once trust me!" I struggle to speak as my voice quivers my knees hurting, as they're pressed against the cold hard laminat floor.
The chair she's sitting on rattles as she gets up and pushes it backwards. Before I can look her in the eyes a sharp feeling surges through my body.
"Just stop already! I've allowed you to be yourself for too long. Why'd I allow you to quit your job so you could persue your dream?" she scolds me further gazed down on me or so I assume, the sharp feeling was her fist against my nose, which caused me to fall on my side. So I don't really know wether she staring at me or not. The red liquid in front of me reflects only the celing.
"I should have done this sooner but I couldn't gather the courage for it." she declares, I turn to face her and realize that its been quite a while since I've looked her in the eyes.
"It's time for you to move out. Don't you think?" her face wears a smirk that contains more feelings than a drama ever could. Yet the only words it conveys are that of hatred. She's enjoying this.
"B-but where would I go?" Dad left us nothing and I don't have enough to rent an apartment."
"Oh my, how unfortunate. Well in that case let's think this over." a smile I could only describe as the epitome of sadistic appears on her face. "How about the streets?"
It takes me some time but I finally realize something I should have realized a long time ago. The person in front of me has long abondend me. My own mother doesn't see me as her son anymore.
"The streets?" I ask taken aback.
"Yes, the streets. Maybe you'll learn your lesson that way."
"So you're throwing me out?" it's a rhetorical question obviously.
"What else would it be? There is no need to pack your stuff, leave it to me and I'll make good use of it." she turns away and starts walking towards my rooms door.
"What do you mean by that?" regaining my motor skills as I sit back up holding my still bleeding nose with my left hand.
"I'm sure some of your stuff could be worth something." she says as she reaches out her hand for something, once she grabs the thing she was reaching for she shows it to me.
"You can't sell that I worked hard for that." she's holding a limited time figurine of one of the most famous games right now. "I bought that with my own money."
"You owe me 13 million won the least you could do is sell some stuff to make up for it. Don't you think?" can't argue with the logic yet I don't wanna give up this easily.
"..." no words escape my lips, it's like the last shoe dropped and I'm at the end of the line. I know there must be something I could do but nothing comes to mind no matter how hard I try to think.
"Change that shirt of yours wash your face and get out of my house." she's a lot more nicer than I thought she'd be about this, but then again she's just doing this for herself.
Without any retort I start doing as she ordered. I wash the blood of my face, change my shirt, take some belongings such as my phone a charger and my wallet. Before opening the door and leaving with out ever looking at her.
The outside air is cold, it's the end of summer after all. The moon illuminates the world in a dazzling yet ugly gray veil. Going down the stairs of the motel we live in I start walking in a direction at random.
The area around here is pretty dead at this time, so I never encounter another human. Starting at my feet I continued walking without a sense of direction. It didn't take too long before I get on a bus and took it till I get bored and got off.
I looked around the place I arrived at which is some fancy looking neighborhood, which I never knew existed, just goes to show how little I actually know this city.
I kept on walking and the city lights got brighter before slowly fading again. I'm somewhere on the outskirts of the city when I feel a tendency to eat. I pull out my wallet to look at how much money I have on me.
To no one's suprise the wallet is empty. It'll be hard to sate my appetite like this of course. Nonetheless I start walking around while looking at the different shops that are still open.
I stop in front of a restaurant and gaze at the menu on a small board just outside of it. A wide variety of food is displayed on it. There is just one problem and that is the price it's expensive not just because I'm broke but in general this place is very expensive.
"Nothing I can do about it" I mutter under my breath and sit down on a bench just nearby.
I look up at the nightsky and see an endless darkness filled with stars and and commercial planes. My breath is visible as I exhale.
Soon after my eyes start feeling heavy and before long I can't keep them open anymore. The bright world around me starts to fade.
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Something warm wakes me from my cold sleep, I feel the a slight heat around my shoulder. I struggle to open my eyes but once I get them open and search for the source my eyes land on a hand, they look slim and fragile.
Following the hand my eyes soon make their way up a slender arm, an even more slender neck and finally the face of a beautiful girl comes into sight. She's starting me right into my eyes, with a concerned look on her face.