Intricate || m.yg

You just stared out of the window and admired the beauty of the city you missed a lot.

You spent your childhood here, all the memories came flooding back into your brain and you couldn't help but smile at those beautiful thoughts.

It's been five long years for you to arrive back to Seoul, only because of your studies in the US. It's been really hard for you, and you missed your parents and brother a lot.

"Welcome back ma'am" the driver mumbled nervously from his seat.

You looked at him and smiled brightly. "Thank you, how are you?"

You could see the driver smiling back through the mirror, and the excitement shining in his eyes. "I'm doing good ma'am, thank you so much for asking"

"I hope your kids are studying well. Last time I saw them they were really small and young. I think one of them was one year younger than me"

"Yes ma'am, she completed her studies an year ago, right now she is working in a big company"

You smiled even wider at this words. "That's great!"

You didn't notice that you arrived at your house already- a huge mansion surrounded by lush green gardens and beautiful water fountains. The last time you saw it, it had been a bit smaller, but now the space increased and it looked even spacious.

"Y/N!"

You turned around to see your mother running towards you and engulfing you into a tight hug, almost choking you. She started speaking all sorts of dramatic words, faking a few tears in between.

"Oh my god, I missed my cute little chocolate cookie!!" she squealed and pulled back from the hug.

You took a moment to breathe properly, placing a hand your chest and patting it.

"How was your trip Y/N?" she grabbed your hand and started walking inside.

"It was good, but you didn't have to make sure I got all that special attention as if I'm some celebrity" you spoke in a hurry.

She rolled her eyes and made you sit down near her private garden, where she had a special tea made only for her.

She didn't change a bit.

"Speaking of being a celebrity, you can become one" she sipped her tea loudly and that made you lose interest in even tasting the tea.

"H-how?" you asked nervously, trying to decipher what she was planning to do.

"Y/N, my little kitten, you are very good-looking and very young too. You seem to be working out a lot, am I right?"

You nodded and munched on a cracker.

She smiled sheepishly and leaned in towards your face. "Have you ever thought about acting?"

That's it.

You knew she would bring about something like this, not because you weren't interested in doing so, but she would somehow force you to do it.

Only for herself.

"No, and I don't want to." you were proud of yourself for not stuttering in front of her, wondering how you were so straightforward in front of her.

She glared at you for a few seconds then again faked a bright smile on her heavily painted lips. "Oh, come on! What will you do after studying some stupid science? It's not going to bring you anything in life!"

You hated the fact that she always cared about three things in her life -- money, fame and appearance. You wondered how this woman even became like this... She was never acting normal.

"Science is not stupid" you gritted angrily through your teeth. You already imagined your mom yelling at you for going against her, but you hated it when she mocked your interests.

You loved science to the core, and you always wanted to become a scientist -- a chemist to be exact.

She huffed loudly and crossed her legs. "Look Y/N, I don't know what you are planning for the future, but I want you to survive. You need money to live, and the acting industry can give you so much money to live, you can live lavishly!"

You closed your eyes for a moment and just tried to forget everything. You just arrived back home, and she jumps immediately to such things?

You thought it would be better to be straight with her, so you just stood up, getting ready to spit out your answer on her face. "I'm sorry, but I don't want to do this. As I told you already I want to be a chemist, and I will work hard for it"

You walked out of the garden and stormed back into your room, shutting the door quietly.

Why me?

You sighed heavily and took out the phone from your bag. Three missed calls from Jimin.

You smiled unknowingly when you saw his name. At least your best friend cared about you, and didn't just demand something selfishly from you.

You immediately called him, and to your surprise he lifted it after like two rings.

"Heyyyyy!!!!!" you had to keep the phone away from your ear because of his loud howl, which sounded sweet no matter what.

You chuckled. "Hey, how are you?"

"I'm good!" he exclaimed. "How was your trip? The same old lavish treatment?"

You chuckled again and nodded even though he couldn't see it. "I'm sick of all these fake things. I feel the people around me just show me fake love. I'm sick of this fake love"

He hummed through the phone and kept silent for a while. "Hey, uh... Can you come over to my house today? I'm having a party at my house"

"Yeah sure!" you immediately sat up happily, thinking that you could at least escape out of this hell for a while.

"Come in an hour, don't be late" he spoke and cut the phone quickly.

You slept back on the pillow, wondering about how good it would be if you were independent. At least you would have some peace of mind, and some freedom to think. Even while you were in another country, you were controlled and not allowed to do other stuff. You always had someone guarding around you, and that made it look even awkward and embarrassing for you. You never had many friend over there.

You sighed and got up to get ready for the party.

After all, you needed some break after many days...