Aeri quickly scurried past Kris and his mom, practically bolting out the door, her belongings forgotten in the studio as all she wanted to do was get out. “Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.” She muttered to herself in horror. I can't believe this happened. She would never be able to live this day down. How will she face Kris' mother now after her catching them making out in his bed? To make matters even worse, his hands were up her skirt for goodness sake! Who knows what other things Mrs. Wu could have seen and Aeri had to scold herself for not having more sense to stop themselves before they got that far.

“Stupid, stupid, stupid.” She continued to nag herself, softly banging her head against the wall outside Kris' door. “How can you let that happen, Choi Aeri? You're so careless.”

“Aeri.” Kris, who was apparently following her out, reach a hand and placed in between her forehead and the wall, stopping her self abuse. He chuckled at her strange behavior and cooed over her embarrassed state. “What are you doing?”

The young girl groaned and turned to bury her face into her boyfriend's chest instead, wishing she could just hide and forget about everything today. “I can't believe your mom saw us like that. Oh my god, she's gonna hate me now.” Aeri could never erase Mrs. Wu horrifed expression from her mind. “She probably thinks I'm a and that-”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa.” Kris quickly stopped his girlfriend's unreasonable ranting and laughed quietly. “Baby, hold up.” He rubbed her back in a soothing manner and massaged her hips gently. “She won't think of you like that.”

“How do you know?” The girl whined with a huff. Aeri was sure she changed Mrs. Wu's perspective on her. Instead of seeing a sweet, passionate dancer she now probably saw some hormonal girl who couldn't her pants on!

“She loves you, Aeri.” As he had mentioned before, his mom absolutely adore his girlfriend, even before them going out. She viewed his girlfriend as a second child and always spoiled her when she was around. It was almost like his mom loved Aeri more than himself, something that he actually didn't mind, and there was no way the elder woman would hate his girl. “And it's not exactly a surprise for her son and his girlfriend to make out with each other.”

“It's still embarrassing....”

“Well I really missed you. I'd be disappointed if you left now.” He gently pushed her head back, away from his chest so he could see her face clearly, and set out on wiping the lip gloss that was smeared all over her lips. “Plus, my mom came all the way here to see you....won't you stay?”

He had a point there. Aeri thought. “How will I face your mom though?”

“Just come back in first, okay?” He suggested, already pulling her back through the doors. “I'm sure my mom is waiting for the both of us to get back in.”

Aeri followed Kris back into the house, though reluctantly, and simply hoped his mother would be willing to look past what had happened earlier.

“Oh? You're back?” Mrs. Wu stated in pleasant surprise. She thought that Aeri would have left by now and was relieved that the girl was staying. She had cook all this food for her after all and it would have been a waste if the guest didn't stay to enjoy it.

“She's staying.” Kris told, dragging his girlfriend back into his studio and pulling her to stand in front of him, facing his mother instead.

“Hi.” Aeri properly greeted, though a bit awkwardly, the woman for the first time.

“Aw, sweetie~” The tall woman cooed adoringly at the young girl. “Come here.” She beckoned Aeri in closer before seizing the girl's face into her hands, surveying the changes in her looks since the last time she saw her. “You've become much more beautiful since the last time I saw you, sweetie.”
“Thank you.”

Aeri cleared once Kris' mom had released her face and sheepishly rubbed her arms. “I'm sorry about earlier. It wasn't....proper of me to do that.”

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