milk & honey • jensoo one-shots

13. Playground

The loud stomping from the living room woke Jennie up, a short glance to her clock told her she overslept. Her half-lidded eyes quickly snapped open and she hopped up, feeling a bit dizzy.

The entire night she was sewing costumes for her son's theater performance he has in school. She could only sleep for like two hours or less.

She went to the living room and saw him using the costumes to play. His toy car was driving over them while he made engine noises.

"Felix!" Jennie gripped the now half ripped clothes and put them back into the gunny sack.

"M'hungry!" He dashed to her and hugged her knees. Apparently the first thought he had upon seeing her was 'oh the lady who gives me food is awake'.

"Just a sec honey." Jennie lifted the boy up and brought him with her to the kitchen.

She made him sit on the kitchen table while she quickly made an omelette for him that he ate happily. Then Jennie made scrambled eggs for herself.

"Salt!" Felix tried to season the eggs on the pan for his mother.

Jennie's eyed widened. That wasn't salt, that was sugar.

"Eat ma." He nudged like he just cooked it for her and wanted her opinion.

Jennie forced herself to scoop up the eggs with her spoon and closed her lips on them. She chewed slowly, not enjoying the taste but his bright smile would falter if she let him know, so she continued eating all of it.

Her stomach churned in disgust. Now her eyes were still bloody red, her head ached and her stomach cried. Being a single mother is really hard but she chose this life herself.

Felix is actually her brother's son who became an orphan after his unfortunate car accident, his mother was in the car too. Only Felix survived like a miracle, maybe it wasn't his time yet.

No one in her family wanted to take him in, so Jennie volunteered. Now he was completely used to her and even thought she was his mama.

He was a hyperactive but adorable little boy. Jennie who never wanted to have kids had a hand full now.

While he ate Jennie received a call from work that she picked up as she left the kitchen.

"Kim! You are late!" Her boss Seungri sounded angry.

"I messaged you that I can't come today..." Jennie said meekly, being terrified by that man. "You approved-"

"I don't remember that! You are at work in ten minutes or you are fired! Choose!" He hung up on her, making her flinch.

Jennie immediately rushed to her room and put on her formal wear, she tripped on the way and fell on her face, her nose bleeding.

She wiped it away with her hand and picked up the backpack and clothes of Felix and dressed him on the way to the car.

She drove as fast as she never had before. "I'm going to stop at the gate and you are walking in. Can you carry the sack?" She queried.

"Can." He bobbed his head. "Is light." He clutched on the sack of clothes.

When she stopped at the kindergarten he got out by himself and dragged the sack on the pavement. She stayed until he entered but then a bird rested on the sack and pecked holes in it.

Jennie left the car and ran to the boy, shooeing the bird away. She turned back around to enter her car but someone was inside and just drove away. Shit!

How many times can she reach her limit before she breaks down? Apparently that was the question god must have asked her today.

Jennie ran to the nearest bus stop, the bus was already there, she waved her arms and called for them to wait please. A nice young man held the door open with his feet until she ran in, panting and drained.