fourteen
Concealed Truths
[Kyungah's POV]
I dragged my feet back to the house where I entered through the back and went straight to the maid's room. I had made sure to finish all my tasks before I went out to see Kihyun, even though I hadn't seen him, so there was nothing left for me to do today and I was now so thankful for that. As I held my head in my hands looking down at the floor, I felt my phone vibrate beside me. I looked up as I picked it up and found a notification from a memory app.
"Not now." I sighed as a photo from the app from seven years ago flashed up on my phone, a photo of myself, Kihyun and our parents. I didn't want to see it but glancing at it, I smiled happily and remembered the time on the photo. Regardless of what the test results might mean, we will always be a family and Kihyun will always be my brother no matter what. But a part of me also wanted to know why and how, all the questions surrounding this mystery and all the secrets, and I would only know more from talking with Kihyun...
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The following day:
I was busy cleaning in the kitchen when I heard the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer towards the kitchen from the hallway. I hesistated slightly as I anticipated who was going to come through the door and was surprised to find Mrs Im, the mother of the household. Working at their house, I rarely saw both Mrs and Mr Im. I mostly saw Changkyun and his sisters. This was the first time I was alone in a room with her and I somewhat felt a little nervous and uncomfortable, even if she was nicer to me than her husband.
"Oh Kyungah! Exactly who I was looking for. Can you make some coffee for Mr Im and I, please bring it to our office. We also need to talk with you about something." She asked me with as I bowed fully to her. I nodded to her as she swiftly turned around and walked away.
They need to talk with me? Is it about Changkyun and I? I gasped quietly at the thought of Changkyun's parents possibly knowing about me and him dating. How would they have found out?! Does someone else know?
I began to make coffee as my head was filled with thoughts, it was bad enough getting in my trouble with my aunt, am I in trouble again? Will Changkyun be there too or is it just a talk with me? I breathed deeply and sighed, I tried to calm myself down to stop myself from panicking but it wasn't working. Inside I was in full panic mode. "Focus Kyungah" I whispered to myself in an angry tone as I tried to focus on making the coffee, if I was going to be in trouble, I needed to make them some good coffee at least.
I clutched the edges of the tray tightly as I waited outside after knocking on the door. I was so nervous but I couldn't let my nerves show because they might get suspicious.
"Come in" Mr Im said in a deep voice as he opened the door and I awkwardly walked inside. It was my first time Mr Im had spoken to me and my first time going inside his office. I looked around and was greeted by Mrs Im who gave me a reassuring smile as I set the tray down on a small coffee table in between two sofas before bowing fully to greet them.
"Please sit Kyungah" Mrs Im told me with another smile as I sat down opposite her and her husband on the other sofa. "You don't have to be nervous." She reassured me. In my head I grimaced, I had let my nerves get the better of me and it had shown.
I sat silently as Mrs Im poured herself and Mr Im a cup of coffee before she looked up at me, she was smiling which was a good thing I guess and Mr Im just stared at me emotionless. "Kyungah, Mr Im and I have appreciated your help and work you have done for us, and we can see you are working hard-" She began to tell me, all that was in my head was that word, 'but'. "But we have noticed that you have been going out a lot lately. We know sometimes it is to do errands for us, but we are guessing sometimes it probably is not for us..." Mrs Im continued.
"The only time the other maids can go outside during work hours is to run errands, you are not an exception because you are the niece of Mrs Lee" Mr Im interrupted Mrs Im as she glanced at him and I was surprised by the harsh tone in his voice.
"I am sorry that I have been going outside too often, it will not happen again" I said in a quiet voice as I dropped my head. I heard Mr Im sigh deeply and mumble something under his breath and Mrs Im tapped the top of my knee and looked at me with a reassuring smile.
After a couple more minutes of talking to Mrs Im and just being stared at by Mr Im in a slightly uncomfortable but suspicious way. I left the office and closed the door behind me, as I stood in the hallway and let out a loud sigh of relief.
"Was it that bad?" I heard Changkyun ask me as I looked up to find him leant against the wall. He gave me a smile as I smiled slightly back to him before my head dropped down again. Luckily it wasn't about Changkyun and I, but it could have been. Even though I had gotten in trouble because of my outings, I felt like we had a lucky escape from his parents.
"What happened?" Changkyun asked me again as he stepped towards me and took my hand in his. I quickly looked around in a panic before slipping my hand out of his which caused him to frown.
"I need to get back to work, I've already missed some jobs I need to do." I uttered in an awkward voice as I gently pushed past Changkyun and wandered down the corridor with my head down.
"Kyungah wait." I heard him behind me but I didn't look around nor stop. Just as I got level with his door, I felt his hand touch mine again as he pulled me gently to the side into his room.
"Was it about us... do my parents know about us? Is that why you're acting awkward?" Changkyun asked me as he pouted and dropped my hand down gently as I stayed silent.
He frowned as he stepped closer to me, looking at me with a worried expression. "It isn't about us." I sighed deeply as I heard Changkyun let out a quiet sigh of relief, "You're relieved?! Changkyun it could have been about us! They could have found out about us! Your parents were angry about how I often go out of the house when I go to see Kihyun, imagine how angry they might be when they find out about us!"
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