Previously:

Now I couldn't sleep. I fought with my conscious all night. I cheated on Makise by kissing a boy i barely knew and...

I liked the kiss.

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"Need to get picked up from the airport, come get mama xoxo. My flight arrives at noon. " I read the message over and over again. I had apparently received the messages while I was shopping yesterday, but hadn't noticed the notification.

I thought my mother wasn't to be here till next month?!

I look at the clock to see that it's already eleven o'clock.

Shit.

"Makise!" i yell getting out of bed and running to where I guessed she was. Kitchen.

"Y-Yes?" she studders with a worried look on her face when she sees me coming hurriedly down the stairs.

"We got to hurry, mom and dad are coming and they need to get picked up."

"Hopefully we aren't too late." Maki whispers for the twentieth time since we got in the car, nervously biting her thumb nail.

"We'll be on time. Stop worrying." i chuckle, somewhat also nervous.

She looks at me and smiles as I park the car in between two other cars in the airport parking lot.

Even though we had been married for a year and some months now, Makise still seemed scared to disappoint my family. Not like it mattered. She was raised properly, and that's all my parents wanted. A proper young woman, great genes and of course with financial benefits.

Me and Maki walk into the airport, she wraps her arms around my right arm as we stroll and looked around for my parents, although I'm sure they haven't even arrived at the baggage claim since-

Brr.Brr.

My phone vibrates. Here it is.

"Dad-"

"Taemin baby, its mommy!"

I frown and look at the caller ID. It was mom.

"Taemin, I've just arrived!" my mom beams at the other end. I shake my head and look around. Did she say 'I've?'. Me and Maki made it to the baggage claim that corresponded to their flight, but they were no where to be seen.

"I don't see you..."

"Taemin, here!" i hear loudly.

"Taemin look..." Makise pats my arm and points towards a short woman in a business suit running towards me.

I chuckle and walk towards my mother till she's close enough so i can hug her. Honestly I missed her. I missed my bossy, over-working and over dramatic mother. She was everything to me. She raised me on her own, I owed her everything.

"Taemin." My mother smiles looking at me up and down as soon as she breaks the hug.

"A week and a half and you've grown this much. You look healthy."

"Aw, and look at my beautiful daughter in law." she grins hugging Makise. "You took care of my son, thank you."

"Hi mother." Makise smiles hugging back.

"Umm..where's..?" i interrogate my mother who frowns looking at me. She knew who i meant.

"We'll talk about this at home." she sighs as a smiles forms, on what I now notice, a very tired face.

We head back home. Mom was telling us about her trip, as she usually did. She had been in Thailand there first two weeks, then left to Japan. she was suppose to go to the U.K after this, I couldn't help but wonder why she was back. And alone.

"He filed for divorce. " she repeats.

The ticks and tocks of my wall clock are the only thing making noise in the room. Saying i was confused was an understatement. A bunch of questions popped in my head.

"W-Wait what?" I question in full disbelief.

"I.. Honestly I pushed him to.. " she chuckles softly and looks at me. It was one of those bitter chuckles, where you're amused but hurt at the memory. You can't believe it happened, but you know it did.

She pushed him? Did she cheat on him? No, my mother would never..

She must've sensed my confusion because she continued.

"I found out that he had another wife, and a kid Taemin. In Japan, Taemin i.. I got angry, I said so many things. This whole time while i worried about my merchandise selling well, there he was raising another family-" Her voice quivered. I scoot closer to her and let her rest her head on my shoulder. I looked around my room blinking away tears. Great, another man breaks her heart. Here we thought we found hope. An ending to the struggle. Closure.

"Money will be tight, but we won't be hungry..."

I sigh and hug her. She hugs me back for a while but breaks our hug after a few seconds and looks at me.

"He still needs Makise to be married to you for a few more months. He said after a while you guy's marriage will be insignificant to him.. Hah. He is Satan himself. I was wondering why he pushed for this wedding...I'm just glad you guys actually like each other."

I clench my teeth and keep quiet, making sure I didn't say anything that will make the situation any worse. That bastard. I had tried everything to get out of this marriage, but he just kept telling me that this would benefit both me and my mother. How my mother's business would only survive if I did. Sadly, I hid all of this from my Mom and now...

"He said he'll send money but... i don't want you to worry just.. Just act your usual self. I've got this under control okay? Don't tell Makise, she'll just get worried and include her family, then things will be a mess. I'll fix everything."

"But mom-" I feel my voice breaking. This seemed too familiar. I had became so arrogant that I had forgotten this feeling. This terrible, terrible feeling.

Hopelessness.

"Just... Trust me Taemin." she cuts me off grabbing my hands and staring straight into my eyes. She was in such pain. I felt it all, and I knew the moment my eyes began to sting.

"I love you mom." i hug her tightly. She is surprised but slowly hugs back tightly.

"Me too baby. Me too." she kisses my cheek and pats my head.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

I sniffle and wipe away the tears from my mother's eyes then mine. "Come in." i look at the door.

"Taemin? Mother? " Maki smiles awkwardly popping her head into the room.

"Dinner is ready." she informs us. I smile as much as i can and sit up.

"We'll be right there." i tell her watching her disappear behind the door. I look at my mother who smiles back at me and gets up.

"Let's go eat. I'm starving... I'll be fine." she smiles.

I nod and smile.

We will be fine.

"By the way Taemin, where is your wedding ring." my mother frowns looking at my hand.

I finish chewing some of my food and look at my ring finger that was indeed without a ring.

"Oh,that, I keep it safe in the drawer. So i don't lose it." I nod.

I've done it a month after we got married. I noticed that with it, I felt uncomfortable and of course i couldn't just go to parties flirting with a wedding ring on.

"Um..i see..." she nods. I glance over at Makise who was looking at my hand, but looks back down at her plate.

"So, you guys planning for my grandchild yet." My mother looks at the both of us with a grin, before she brings the fork to her mouth.

Makise had made steamed potatoes, steak and a salad. It was pretty Good, until my mother brought the grandchild conversation that is.

I clear my throat and take a drink of water. Makise blushes and looks down at her plate.

"W-Well not really.. We haven't talked about this." she says softly.

"Aww. You guys should think about this, I'm getting old you know?" she pouts.

"You'll get your grand kids mom." I smile pinching her pouty cheeks.

Makise glances at me but looks back down at her plate.

"Really? Good. I can't wait to see little Taes And Makis walking around. " my mother cheers and we keep eating dinner as she starts multiple other conversations and tell us more fun stories.

"Hey Tae." Makise calls from inside the bedroom.

"Yeah?" i respond drying my hair with a towel. I had just finished taking a shower and brushing my teeth.

"The whole grandchild thing.. were you being honest? You really think we'll have her grand-kids?"

I stop doing my hair and throw the towel in the dirty basket. Was I being honest? A part of me was of course, I wanted to make my mother happy but a child...With Makise...

I turn off the bathroom light and walk into the room. She was sitting down on her side of the bed, in her pink silk pajamas.

I sit next to her and smile at her.

"I was." i smile softly. She looks at me with eyes full of hope but then looks back down grinning. She looked deep in thought. I wondered if it was because she wondered if she actually wanted a child herself.

"Mom really wants a grandchild..."

I nod. My mother always wanted to be a grandmother. And me being her only son meant that her dreams of being called 'grandma' were all in my hands.

"Anyways, we should go to sleep. In case Mom wants to go to church tomorrow."

I nod once more and go on my side of the bed, pulling the covers over me. Once I see that Maki is well under the covers i turn off the lights in the room with the little remote on the side table.

After what felt like hours, I look up at the ceiling. Maki was sleeping next to me, softly breathing. Lucky. She didn't know what was going on. And it wouldn't be too much of a big deal to her anyways, her family was still rich, and more complete then ours. And when I mean ours I do just mean me and my mom.

I sigh and turn myself so my back is against Maki. I wonder if we will go to church tomorrow.. I feel like I did need to talk to God. I wasn't the religious type, I rarely went to church, even when my mom was here. After I turned sixteen she let me stay home if I didn't feel like it, my step-dad was never the religious type as well so he didn't care. But, going to church did soothe me. that i will admit.

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I parked the car in the small parking lot Right behind the white walls which people called the house of God.

"Ah, haven't come to church in so long." my mother breaths in the passenger sit.

I nod.

"Alright let's get going then."

"Yes Mom." Makise says as we all head out the car and head inside the white building.

We arrived to see the pastor reading verses from the Bible. we took a sit in the back listening to what he was saying attentively. Honestly, I didn't understand half of the things he said, but he seemed truly devoted to the words the book spoke to him. My mother,on my right, and Makise, on my left, were on my side, reading along the pastor with their own little Bible. I didn't have one so just kept reading over my mother a few times, but I was mostly listening.

I thought about the future a lot. Me and my mom. But especially me and Makise. I felt it was wrong of me to keep lying to her and my mom. But, I couldn't just end it right now could i? What if it destroys my mother's business somehow?

At the end of the service, the pastor told us to bow in prayer. When the pastors blessings were done, we all raised our heads, but my mom.

"Is she okay?" Maki whispered to me as she looked at my mother in full praise, tears slowly falling down her cheek.

"She's okay." i affirmed, wanting to believe so myself.

We head back home and have a regular family day. We watched movies, mainly chick flicks, and cooked dinner together. Everything was going fine until we went to bed and I couldn't fall asleep. My mind was again filled with a bunch of thoughts.

I take my phone, which was charging on my side table and quietly sit up. I look over at Makise who was softly breathing. When I'm sure she's fully asleep i sit up and go on my message app.

I take a deep breath looking at the contact name and open to create a new message.

> About the kiss...

I type but erase it immediately. I bite at my thumb nail nervously.

>Hey, forget about that kiss at the Party. I was drunk and didn't know what I was doing OK? Bye.

I erase this message as well. It sounded way more aggressive than it needed to be, didn't want him thinking i was part of a gang or something..

>I'm sorry for kissing you out of nowhere... Hope you can forget it. I do crazy things when I'm drunk.

I look over the message. It sounded okay. But I didn't like it. I did do crazy things drunk, really crazy things. But I wasn't sorry, and I didn't want him to forget.

I erase the message once more, put my phone back on the charger and go to sleep.

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Author note: Hey guys! First i hope I did not offend anyone with the religious bit, I don't know why but I felt like adding that scene to the story. I'm neither Christian or Catholic but yeah lol Anyways 2Min interactions ayyee

And the boy Minho was with is Kibum (SJ)

Sorry about the boring chapter btw ╯﹏╰