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★ ❙❘❙❚❙𖥻﹒⦮ ⦯﹕ 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 SEVEN

- チャン 𝟩:𝟥𝟢 𝖯𝖬 ▊the younger groaned in distraught as she looked at unfinished painted canvas . She had finally found the courage and motivation to finish her art, send the admission, and pay the fee. As much as she didn't want it, she knew Joon wouldn't take no for an answer.

She had been checking the card since Joon had placed it in her pocket; it's been several days, and surprisingly, the voice message had said the same balance every time. It was money that was given to her by a much older male, and part of her is in relief as the other side fights the thought of feeling like a charity. He knew nothing of her being poor with no money, but what if he did? Would he leave her,  make fun of her, or just dip out on her?

"Sugarr," she heard the sweet voice of her mother ring through her bedroom door with a brush and gel in her hand. getting herself comfortable around her daughter as she took the hair band out of her messy hair. "What's got you so determined to start painting again?"" she asked as she started brushing the messy curly ends of her daughter's hair while listening. She sighed in satisfaction.

"I really want to get involved in this art project in college... I'm already looking for a job," she halfway lied to her mother, who squealed in happiness. She could tell that her mother had a big smile on her face with her pure pearly whites beaming.

"I'm very proud of you, Alofa! I always knew you had a good head on your shoulders," she cheered while Cassani frowned even more than she did before. Her chest ached from how she just lied to her mother , she felt like a selfish and pathological liar;hiding things from her friends and lying straight into her mother's face.

"And oh! Dahlia and Liyah called and asked about you. Dahlia said you were talking to Andre and had run off. "Before she could finish, Cassani quickly cut her off.

"I had an interview and had to leave," she quickly said while dipping her paint brush in the dark red to rub on the canvas for the background. She felt her mother fiddle with plaits that she braided down and placed a kiss on her head before pecking her cheek.

"Your birthday is almost here. What do you want?" She asked while resting her chin on her youngest daughter's head and watching her slap the brush around.

"Maaa, I've told you I'm okay. "You don't have to get me anything; I'll be okay," she protested, causing her mother to whine and grumble. A gift from her mother would sound beautiful, but she would never make her mother miss it or leave bills unattended to make sure she was satisfied.

"I'm not going to argue with you alofa! Just let me know when anything comes to mind" she said in defeat before kissing the younger girl's head as she got up to leave the bedroom but peeked in to see her little girl now sitting on her knees, concentrated, while outlined with black paint.

- チャン 𝟪:𝟦𝟧 𝖯𝖬 ▊ Cassani groaned in boredom as she was spawned out looking at the freshly finished painting that was laid out on the floor to dry overnight . She huffed and pulled out her phone and scrolled down her contacts, she did not want to talk to her friends at the moment and have to pull more lies out of her ass. She scrolled down to Joon's number and battled with calling him or sending him a text, but she intrusively pressed the green button on the phone and listened as it was dialing. She waited to hear the honey voice, but strangely it wasn't.

" hello? Joon-ah Hyung is in the shower. I can take a message for him if you'd like " She heard another male voice speak into a small speaker, panicking and trying to find the words to say as she cleared her throat "Um hi.. can you let him know that somebody named Cassani tried to give him a call?" She was cut off by the excitement in the unknown male voice as she said her name. Staring at the phone in confusion, the male started to speak.

" oh! Cassani!?! My brother has been talking about you nonstop, and it's driving me crazy! I'm Joonho, Joon's younger brother." She wanted to curl up and rot on how shy and embarrassed she was, but she was happy that she at least wasn't his little secret, unlike her situation.

"I've been begging him to let me meet you, but he keeps saying no." She giggled at the male's pouty and sulky voice. It was a minute of him talking and her listening until he had decided to let her get off the phone.

"I would love to meet you.. but I'll let him know you call and to call you back," he spoke out, causing her to smile and hum and hang up, flopping her body back on the bed. She didn't know why she was so nervous about meeting his family, battling on whether they would like her, what if they didn't like black girls, or if she wasn't enough for him. She felt selfish, but she wasn't letting him meet her family anytime soon.

Fighting with her mind made her drowsy and gone within minutes as the quietness ate up the whole house. A buzz came through her phone but was ignored by the soft snores filling the small room .

☆ ⠀,⠀⠀⠀ チャン chapter eight out soon  / share your thoughts on the chapter /   it might feel rushed but im tired asl and wanted to get this chapter done ☆

𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 seven
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