THE FOLLOWING MORNING MY ALARM CLOCK BEGINS BLARING AT PRECISELY 6:00 IN THE MORNING. I REACH OVER TO MY BEDSIDE TABLE AND TURN IT OFF GRUDGINGLY. I EXIT MY BEDROOM AND GO TO THE LAVATORY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HALL. AFTER WASHING MY FACE AND BRUSHING MY TEETH I MAKE MY WAY DOWNSTAIRS. I SEE MY MOTHER IN THE KITCHEN PREPARING BREAKFAST.

"GOOD MORNING SON."

"GOOD MORNING MOTHER."

I PULL OUT A CHAIR AND SIT DOWN.

"DID FATHER LEAVE TO WORK ALREADY?"

"NO, HE IS GETTING READY AS WE SPEAK. HE SHOULD BE DOWN IN A MOMENT."

"MOTHER WHEN WILL I BE ABLE TO SEE THE OUTSIDE WORLD?"

SHE NEARLY DROPS THE SPATULA AFTER HEARING THE QUESTION.

"WHY THE SUDDEN QUESTION?"

"I WILL BE EIGHTEEN SOON. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF I WILL BE ALLOWED OUTSIDE FOR MY BIRTHDAY."

"SWEETHEART YOU KNOW THE REASON WE DON'T LET YOU OUT IS FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY. YOUR FATHER AND I ARE JUST TRYING TO PROTECT YOU. THERE ARE MANY EVIL THINGS OUT THERE THAT WANT TO HURT THE INNOCENT."

"I KNOW BUT-"

"JEON JUNG KOOK LET YOUR MOTHER COOK."

I TURN AROUND AND SEE MY FATHER DRESSED IN AN ALL BLACK SUIT. HE TAKES THE SEAT ACROSS FROM ME.

"GOOD MORNING FATHER."

"WHY DO YOU WANT TO GO OUTSIDE ANYWAYS?"

"I JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT IT IS LIKE. SINCE THERE ARE NO WINDOWS ANYWHERE IN THE HOUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I AM ONLY CURIOUS."

"CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT."

"PLEASE FATHER. I THINK I AM RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH."

"MY ANSWER IS NO JUNG KOOK."

"BUT I AM ALMOST OF AGE."

"AS LONG AS YOUR MOTHER AND I ARE ALIVE YOU ARE NOT LEAVING THIS HOUSE."

I LOWER MY HEAD. 

"I UNDERSTAND FATHER."

WHEN HE LEAVES TO WORK I GO UPSTAIRS TO DO SOME OF MY SCHOOLWORK. AS I'M WORKING ON MY CALCULUS MY MOTHER COMES IN WITH A PLATE OF SLICED AND PEELED APPLES AND A GLASS OF WATER.

"REMEMBER TODAY IS SATURDAY WHICH MEANS THAT THE PASTOR IS COMING OVER TONIGHT TO PRAY FOR YOU."

"YES MOTHER."

I CONTINUE TO DILIGENTLY WORK ON THE REST OF MY HOMEWORK UNTIL THERE IS NO MORE TO WORK ON. NOW THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY SCHOOLWORK I GRAB A BOOK FROM MY BOOKSHELF AND START READING. I GET HUNGRY WHILE READING SO I GO DOWNSTAIRS TO GET A SNACK. I HEAD BACK TO MY ROOM AND CONTINUE TO READ. TWO AND A HALF NOVELS LATER MY MOTHER COMES UP AND TELLS ME THE PASTOR HAS ARRIVED. I FOLLOW HER BACK DOWNSTAIRS TO GREET HIM.

"HELLO PASTOR MOON."

"IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN JUNG KOOK. HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?"

"I'VE BEEN OKAY."

"IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT?"

"NO."

"LET'S BEGIN THEN."

I MOVE TO THE CENTER OF THE LIVINGROOM AND CLOSE MY EYES.

"OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN MAKE YOUR NAME HOLY IN AND THROUGH JUNG KOOK; BRING YOUR KINGDOM IN AND THROUGH HIM; ACCOMPLISH YOUR WILL IN AND THROUGH HIM, AS PROMPTLY AND FULLY AS IT IS DONE IN HEAVEN. GIVE HIM THE BREAD HE NEEDS TODAY. FORGIVE HIS SINS, AND GIVE HIM GRACE TO FORGIVE ALL WHO HAVE SINNED AGAINST HIM. AND LEAD HIM-NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER HIM FROM EVIL, FOR THE KINGDOM AND POWER AND GLORY ARE YOURS, AMEN."

"AMEN," MY MOTHER AND I SAY.

"WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAY FOR DINNER PASTOR? MY HUSBAND SHOULD BE HOME SOON."

"ONLY IF IT IS NOT TOO MUCH TROUBLE."

"OF COURSE NOT."

"VERY WELL THEN."

ONCE FATHER ARRIVES WE SIT AT THE DINING TABLE AND EAT.

WHEN I AM FINALLY BACK IN MY ROOM I GRAB MY PYJAMAS AND GO TAKE A SHOWER. WHEN I AM OUT OF THE SHOWER IT IS 7:11PM. FOR THE NEXT FIFTEEN MINUTES I PRETEND TO BE ASLEEP SO THAT WHEN MY PARENTS COME CHECK ON ME THEY DON'T SUSPECT ANYTHING. AT 7:27 I GET OFF MY BED AND GO TO MY DESK. I GO ON DOPECHAT AND LOGIN. IT NOTIFIES ME THAT I HAVE UNREAD MESSAGES AND A FRIEND REQUEST. THE FRIEND REQUEST AS WELL AS THE MESSAGES ARE FROM V. I CLICK ON THE UNREAD MESSAGES.

V: HEY

V: ARE YOU NOT ON YET??

V: DON'T WORRY I'LL WAIT :D

KOOKIE: I AM HERE NOW.

V: HI

KOOKIE: HELLO

V: HOW WAS YOUR DAY??

KOOKIE: BORING

V: SAME HERE

KOOKIE: I ASKED MY PARENTS WHEN I WOULD BE ABLE TO GO OUTSIDE TODAY

V: WHAT DID THEY SAY??

KOOKIE: MY MOTHER SAID THAT IT IS TO KEEP ME SAFE. FATHER TOLD ME THAT I WILL NEVER LEAVE THIS HOUSE AS LONG AS THEY ARE ALIVE.

V: WHY DON'T YOU KILL THEM THEN?? I COULD HELP IF YOU WANT

KOOKIE: WHAT?! NO!

V: JUST PUTTING OUT IDEAS KOOKIE

KOOKIE: THAT IS A TERRIBLE IDEA

V: HOW OLD ARE THEY??

KOOKIE: MY MOM IS 47 AND MY DAD IS 49.

V: THEY AREN'T THAT FAR FROM DYING THEN. PEOPLE NOWADAYS BARELY LIVE TO BE 70

KOOKIE: REALLY?

V: YEP

KOOKIE: BUT MY PARENTS AREN'T EVEN FIFTY YET.

V: WHO KNOWS MAYBE A MIRACLE WILL HAPPEN. PERHAPS THEY'LL HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART

KOOKIE: I DOUBT IT

V: HAVE YOU EATEN??

KOOKIE: YES

V: I'M EATING RIGHT NOW

KOOKIE: IT'S NOT CAKE IS IT?

V: NOPE IT'S RAMYUN

KOOKIE: I'VE NEVER HAD RAMYUN. MY PARENTS SAY IT'S NOT GOOD FOR YOU

V: YOUR PARENTS ARE REALLY ED UP IN THE HEAD HUH??

KOOKIE: V YOU JUST SWORE! ASK THE LORD FOR FORGIVENESS

V: WHAT? WHY SHOULD I?

KOOKIE: EPHESIANS 4:29 SAYS "LET NO CORRUPTING TALK COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTHS, BUT ONLY SUCH AS IS GOOD FOR BUILDING UP, AS FITS THE OCCASION, THAT IT MAY GIVE GRACE TO THOSE WHO HEAR."

V: I DON'T UNDERSTAND BIBLE TALK KOOKIE

KOOKIE: IT IS NOT GOOD TO SAY SUCH FOUL WORDS

V: AYE AYE CAPTAIN

KOOKIE: V I'M BEING SERIOUS 

V: SO AM I

KOOKIE: I SHOULD ASK THE PASTOR TO PRAY FOR YOU TOO

V: WHAT PASTOR??

KOOKIE: THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH MY PARENTS ATTEND. HE WAS HERE EARLIER TO PRAY FOR ME

V: I'D RATHER NOT BE PRAYED FOR

KOOKIE: WHY NOT?

V: IT'S STUPID

KOOKIE: V STOP SWEARING!

V: I COULDN'T FIND ANOTHER WORD FOR MY ANSWER

KOOKIE: SURE

V: I'VE BEEN WAITING TO TALK TO YOU ALL DAY BUT ALL YOU ARE DOING IS SCOLDING ME :'(

KOOKIE: I APOLOGIZE.

V: BRB

KOOKIE: WHAT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

KOOKIE: HELLO?

KOOKIE: DID YOU LEAVE?

KOOKIE: I'LL JUST GOOGLE IT

KOOKIE: OH IT MEANS BE RIGHT BACK

KOOKIE: I'LL WAIT THEN

SIX MINUTES PASS

V: MY FRIENDS WERE TRYING TO COME INTO MY ROOM -_-

KOOKIE: YOUR FRIENDS ARE AT YOUR HOUSE? V IT IS RUDE TO LEAVE THEM UNATTENDED

V: IT'S COOL. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY ARE GUESTS. WE LIVE TOGETHER

KOOKIE: I SEE. THAT MUST BE FUN.

V: NOT WHEN THEY ARE BEING S LIKE THEY ARE NOW

V: SORRY

KOOKIE: YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO GET RID OF THAT HABIT

V: YEAH OKAY

KOOKIE: HOW MANY OF YOUR FRIENDS LIVE WITH YOU?

V: INCLUDING ME IT'S SIX OF US

KOOKIE: THAT'S A LOT

V: THE HOUSE IS PRETTY BIG

KOOKIE: WHAT ARE YOUR FRIENDS LIKE?

V: IN ONE WORD AWESOME

KOOKIE: ARE THEY JUST LIKE YOU?

V: KIND OF BUT NOT REALLY. I'M CONSIDERED TO BE THE WEIRD ONE IN THE GROUP

KOOKIE: WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES?

V: FROM OLDEST TO YOUNGEST IT'S JIN, YOON GI, HO SEOK, NAM JOON, JI MIN, THEN ME.

KOOKIE: YOU'RE THE YOUNGEST?

V: YEP

KOOKIE: HOW OLD ARE YOU?

V: EIGHTEEN GOING ON NINETEEN

V: HEY WHO ARE YODCSDCJ

V: THAT WAS NOT ME. THAT WAS HO SEOK-HYUNG. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO I AM TALKING TO

KOOKIE: TELL THEM YOU ARE TALKING TO JEON JUNG KOOK

V: OKAY

V: HE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU

KOOKIE: IT'S FINE WITH ME

V: HI JEON JUNG KOOK I AM JUNG HO SEOK. I'M 19 YRS OLD.

KOOKIE: HELLO

V: HOW DO YOU KNOW TAE HYUNG?

TAE HYUNG MUST BE V.

KOOKIE: WE BEGAN TALKING YESTERDAY

V: THROUGH HERE?

KOOKIE: YES.

V: HOW OLD ARE YOU?

KOOKIE: SEVENTEEN

V: I AM YOUR HYUNG!

KOOKIE: YES

V: GENDER?

KOOKIE: MALE.

V: ARE YOU GAY?

KOOKIE: EXCUSE ME?

V: YA KNOW AS IN HOMOUAL

KOOKIE: NO. IT IS A SIN. HOMOUALITY IS WRONG.

V: YOU'RE RELIGIOUS?

KOOKIE: YES SIR

V: WE'LL SEE FOR HOW LONG

KOOKIE: WHAT?

V: FORGET EVERYTHING HYUNG TOLD YOU. HE IS NOT LIKE OTHERS. THIS IS V BTW

BACK TO GOOGLE

KOOKIE: OKAY

V: I HAVE WORK TOMORROW SO I'M GOING TO SLEEP NOW

KOOKIE: OH ALL RIGHT THEN

V: SORRY

KOOKIE: IT'S FINE

V: WILL YOU BE BACK?

KOOKIE: OF COURSE

V: GOOD NIGHT JEON JUNG KOOK

KOOKIE: SLEEP TIGHT TAE HYUNG

A/N: I AM BACK~ THIS CHAPTER WAS A BIT BORING HUH??

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