My mother had to miss two days of work to get over her illness, and right around then Chanyeol disappeared, having contracted the flu himself. He stayed at his place as he fought through it. My mother was a bit of a wreck the rest of the week, until that Friday when Chanyeol finally emerged from the land of the dead - right around the time I was about to enter it. 

I spent the weekend at EunJi's to prepare for the party, and to give my mother and Chanyeol time to make up for lost.... I didn't really want to think about it. It was hard to be all romantic and sentimental when thinking about my mother and her boyfriend - and while hanging torn hearts and blood-dripping arrows.