As I ran through the brightened up sidewalk thinking about my already average but perfect life all I could think about was talking to my parents. As soon as that thought passed through my head
I remembered that it was Barbecue day and my dad was cooking. At that moment I really had to hurry up… About 10 minutes passed by and I arrived at my house at around 1:45 p.m. and to be honest I was quite surprised I could run that fast and the other issue was that my parents would kill me if I didn't.
I walked to the doorway and knocked... then, I entered saying "I'm home." As soon as I said that all I could smell was the barbecue filled fragrance coming from the honey Barbecue and ribs sitting on the counter with my parents waiting there.
I looked straight ahead and saw my dad sitting on the dinner table with my mom behind the counter cooking a few more things. And of course the first thing I hear is my dad's almighty voice telling me, "How was school son." I replied with excitement, "It was fun to say the least... me, Kuzu, Raigen, and Johnny talked today..." And because of those brief signs of hesitant words my dad asked, "What happened?"
I responded with a monotone, "Johnny apparently is going abroad to study, and honestly it makes sense why he's moving away…" As soon as those words left my mouth my mom said from behind the counter while cutting some fruit up, "Why do you say that?" And I responded back with a "it's obvious, why would he stay here when he could go study all the way in Britain..." as those words left my mouth I talked under my breath and said "I don't even care…"
That's when both of them said some pretty inspiring words, first it was my dad with the line he always uses, "it's his choice to make." With my mom finishing what he started by saying that, "He has friends and that's something no amount of intelligence or money can get you, so who knows what'll happen, he'll be gone but he's still going to have you and the others no matter the distance."
I looked at her and my dad and asked them with a grin, "is the food ready?" And then my dad looked at my mom and said, "dear, he's right... Hurry up before we start eating all the Barbecue!" While having a smile on his face. My mom grinned while looking away and saying you guys better wait.
Some time passed and we later decided to take a seat, eat the barbeque, and watch a few movies. Some scary and some not so scary... One was named I think Penny something, pretty sure it had a sequel and just one that was plain old disturbing… But, that's besides the point, as we were watching, Kuzu called to ask for some help with the homework, but sadly I had to turn her down.
Luckily for me I had a good excuse, and that was thanks to my parents.
Following that we went to a nearby mall and played some vr battle arena games pretty late at night, and thank god it was on a Friday cause we would be focused on just work and school the following day. Then, much sooner than later the time came and it was around 9:00 p.m. and to be honest it only felt like a few minutes.
I remember my dad trying to shoot some zombies but completely failing since we weren't used to full body movements and my mom completely shaming us saying moves like, "hammer of justice."
Now that I remember it... It just gives me the chills. As soon as 9 came around we had to leave because it was getting pretty late. As we got into the car and started going back home I looked at the car thinking to myself with a plain face, "What if I drived..." At that moment I thought about getting hit by a truck and being sent to another world with my parents.
And once that thought crossed my mind I decided to drive when I had the legal age when I could properly drive. Once we arrived at our house after a long day we decided to relax for a bit and talk to each other while viewing clips of us making fun of each other while doing the same poses.
My favorite had to be the one when my dad said, "Where are those dang MONSTERS!!!..." And without even being able to finish the sentence me and my mom poked his back and he screamed like a little girl. Those moments, those times... I'll always treasure them and I'll always think about them even as the days pass. After all, you don't realize how special moments are until the next day.