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"so this
was the boy your
father was talking
about?"
Mrs Kim- Tazannah's mother
asks the girl herself as
the family
of four (excluding
Mr Kim), Hangyul
and Dongpyo's family
enjoy their dinner-
lit candles
surrounding
plates full
of baked potatoes,
pasta and glasses of wine
for the adults.

Tazannah almost
doesn't answer- gracefully
gulfing down
her plate of spaghetti
as she watches the thin
noodle twirl
around
the metal fork
that's in her grasp.
it's been a
while since she enjoyed
such lavish dinners.

she nods, "his
name is Lee Hangyul-
we actually met in school
and became
friends." the lie slips
out easily and the two share
eye contact-
both not wanting to
explain their
private moments
by the
beach.

"oh, Hangyul goes
to Produce High too?" Mrs
Kim asks.
the boy then
sighs in relief and
answers with a short yes.
"i'm actually currently .."
and Tazannah gazes
wide-eyed at the boy as
he converses
easily with her
mother, thinking,
no wonder he seemed
familiar- he's in your classes,
dumbass.

but a question
strikes tension in the dining
table. Tazannah's
sister, Thalia, asks-
wide-eyed with innocnece,
curious. "eonnie, is
Hangyul hyung
your boyfriend?"

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