Love is Mute - SooLia

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Minho

I was serving an order to a table when I noticed mom entering the store with a big smile on her face. As we made eye contact, she started waving her hand at me. Great, now she'll disturb when I am working. Why'd she have to know my workplace? After making sure all the orders were taken care of, I headed to her, splaying my hands on the table.

"You shouldn't have come here. I'm working right now."

"Yeah sweetie, don't worry I won't disturb you. I'll just wait until your shift is over. Don't mind me."

"Please mom. You'll have to wait till midnight then. Anyways, I'm heading back."

"Wait," She stopped me as I looked back to Heeseung, nodding at him. I expected mom to stop me, so I told him to cover up just in case. Poor guy's salary needs to be doubled. "Actually, you looked a bit upset at me the last time we met. So, I just wanted to talk things out with you. Why do you seem like you hate me?" I seriously couldn't believe her right now. Is she for real?

"Maybe because I do? All those years you kept quiet while Jisu was tortured. You did nothing because you were 'scared'. Mom, or should I call you Ms. Jeong, just know being a bystander is equally as bad as being a perpetrator. You have no excuse." I was furious right now. Unlike the other day, she kept her composure this time as she replied, " I know that I've failed to be a good mother to both of you, and I regret it every fleeting second. And I wish to be a good mother to you now that I've been miraculously offered a second chance. So please let me make it up to you."

Areum

We were just packing up after English literature got over as a girl approached us, specifically, Soobin. "Soobin-ah, is it true that you are dating someone?" Kyeongmi asked as I sighed. I'm gonna kill that Dongwoo. "I don't know. Am I?" Soobin replied nonchalantly. Why can't he just shut the rumors up once and for all?

"Well Dongwoo told me you are into a deaf and dumb girl. I mean, it's false right? There's no way you could date someone like that. I can shut them up for you if you want." She said as Soobin glared at her. I could feel his icy cool composure start thawing into flames. "What do you mean by 'someone like that'? However she is, she is way better than people who think they are more valuable than her because she is a bit different. People like you. And you know what, maybe I am dating her. What will you do about it? I don't need your help, go show fake concern to someone else." He spat before leaving as I rushed behind him.

Everything he said was true, no doubt in that, but that Kyeongmi girl had a huge circle of influence. I was really worried about our street cred now. This was my first time seeing impulsive and provoked Soobin.

Three lectures later, I could already feel the glares behind our backs, but Soobin didn't seem to bother, I avoided talking to him much, worried I'll step on a landmine. Gosh, as much as I denied it, I cared about what people thought of me, something Soobin overlooked. So, I'm taking things in my hands now.

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Hey guys, just an update, I'll be pausing love is mute for about a week (more or less) to get some things in the storyline right, prepare a bank of episodes (so that the updates aren't always late), do some reviewing and editing, and *attempting* to make the chapters a bit more aesthetically pleasing.

I'm doing this since I noticed that the quality and words of each new chapter have been kinda declining, and that it has gotten a bit hectic in the past few days trying to upload a chapter everyday. I appreciate the people who read my story. Please vote or leave a comment if you've been enjoying the story upto now or if you have any sort of feedback, it motivates me as a writer.+ I'm actually planning on starting a new story. Probably won't be out until love is mute is over, but I just wanted to let y'all know.

Thanks➹

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