With JaeYoon (1/1)

Key’s POVI sat at one of the bench, waiting patiently for JaeYoon.After a minute, I saw her entering the gate of the park, wearing a nice pink dress.‘So beautiful’, I thought to myself.“JaeYoon!”, I called her then she walked towards me, smiling.“Key, sorry I’m late again.”, she smiled apologetically.“It’s okay. Sit…”She smiled as she sat beside me.“You look really beautiful with your dress.”She chuckled. “Thanks”“Do you want to have an ice cream?”“Sure”We went to the ice cream truck nearby and I bought a cup of strawberry ice cream for her and a cup of chocolate ice cream for me.We walked back to the bench again, munching at our ice creams.“So, your favorite flavor of an ice cream is strawberry?”, I asked to start our conversation as we sat at the bench.“Yeah. My stepmom always brings me a gallon of strawberry ice cream every week. She said I’m such a strawberry ice cream princess.”, she giggled cutely.“But I didn’t saw you eating ice cream at school”“There were no ice cream vendors at school”“Oh. Yeah, right.”“Stepmom? Where’s your real mom then?”, I asked her.“She died two years ago because of heart failure.”“Oh.”“You know what, I really regretted those days, when she’s still confined at the hospital. I didn’t visit her there even once because I don’t want to see her suffering. Then one day, I saw my dad crying at the terrace….. I asked him why, then he answered ‘mom already left for heaven’.”, she said as her tears were forming at the edge of her eyes.“I don’t want to believe my dad back then. I can’t accept the fact that… mom already died. I cried and cried at my room…. I didn’t even come to her burial. And now, I’m angry with myself that I didn’t visit her once at the hospital. I didn’t had the chance to see her one last time.”, she’s already crying.“A day after the burial of my mom, dad told me that my mom’s only wish was to see me, even just one time, before she’ll die…. *sniff* … but I didn’t manage to go there.”When she stopped talking, I slowly wiped the tears that rolled down her cheeks with my hand.“Shhh… stop crying”, I said softly.She smiled weakly, her eyes were sad. “I’m sorry”She stopped crying.“Sorry to hear that. I must’ve not ask that”“No, it’s okay. I’m fine.”“You had a…. sad past”She smiled sadly. “How about you?”“We’re fine. My mom and dad are still together.”, I answered as I started to eat again my ice cream.“And you? You’re not with them?”, she also started to eat her ice cream again.“I decided to live with myself in my own house.”“Really? But why?”“No reason. Maybe I just wanted a change.”, I smiled.“Whoa, that’s nice. I also want to live with myself, but Dad won’t let me.”“Why?”“According to him, I’m such a careless one and he doesn’t want to lose another girl in her life.”“Your dad’s right.”“But I’m not a careless one”, she pouted.I just chuckled.“Okay, okay.”