Tiffany peeked through the curtains as soon as she heard the unfamiliar lorry pulled up the hood at the back. It revealed just a few furnitures, such as a set of sofa, an old cupboard and few suitcases.
Just few minutes ago, she was actually doing her school assignment over human anatomy and some stuff she did not even like for. But it all went undone when she heard the yelling voices from the next house about the upcoming lorry.
Apparently, there was a family moving in which was weird because as she believed, there were people living in the said house. A grandma and also a grandpa, that was how she called them as.
She often pays a visit at the said house almost everyday because she loves to talk with them, especially the grandma. The grandpa however likes to spend his time in his room or his small library. It was also sadden her that the house was huge but only lived by two people.
She once asked about the children of the pairs but they only had a daughter and a son. Both of their children already married and had a family already so that was why they left them lived by themselves over the few years.
But they often visited the house twice a week at least and the son, sent his youngest child for their care. And Tiffany loves to play with the kid too. The name was Lami, Kim Lami. She was a 9 year-old kid and she also had a sister.
Tiffany never asked about her sister but it was mysterious enough for her since Lami always mentioned her sister and she also wanted to be like her sister, her own idol.
Tiffany assumed that Lami was not that close with her sister but she was all wrong when Lami showed the present that her sister gave her during her 8th birthday, it was a cute pink bike with four-wheels on since she was still a beginner. And Lami also told her how kind and good her sister was.
At that moment, she knew that the Kim's household was rich as frick. She did not dare to ask the grandma or the grandpa what they did but when she asked Lami, the answer was not quite convincing, "Mommy clothes, daddy sleeps and unnie grows!"
She did not even try to translate those saying because she did not want to be a busybody too.
So, back to now, she saw a middle-aged woman but still looking so beautiful ordering the men to bring the things down from the lorry and proceeds into the house.
She tried to peek any other occupants but she could only see the middle-aged woman and the men. But when she saw Lami went out from the house with a man, she connected the dots.
The son and the family of Grandma Kim's moving in.
"Miyoung! What are you doing?"
She flinched by her mother's loud voice while rubbing her sore ear that had been flicked by her mother too.
"It's not nice to peek, Miyoung," her mother clicked her tongue.
Tiffany just grinned, "Curiosity kills the cat, mom."
She saw her mother shakes her head then she walked back to the kitchen.
She ignored her red ear then took a glance at the windows again.
Now, the lorry was gone and only left with a black Mercedes' latest car, she assumed.
Wow, she thought.
"Miyoung, lunch's ready!" Her mom yelled.
She tried to peek whose the owner but it looked like the owner already went inside the house then shrugged before she headed to the kitchen.
By evening, Tiffany had done her assignment and decided to take a visit at the next house. At the same time, she would also like to meet the Kim's family. She never once met the parents of Lami since Lami always came at the afternoon when she was still in school and went home usually in the evening, when she probably had sleeping.
So, it was like killing two birds with a stone for her. She gets to meet the parents and she also gets to visit the grandparents though in a deep down, she also would like to meet the sister too.
She wears a proper outfit, afraid that the family would be a religious or a strict one because she never saw Lami wears anything other than dresses that ends up till her knees. Not the one that kids usually wears like the racy clothes or something.
She asked for a permisson from her mother first before she went outside. Unfortunately, her father was not in the country and he could not join her little adventure because her father always the supportive one than her strict mother.
Clearing her throat not to hard, she rang the bell of the mansion. When she saw the small door opened, which usually did since the grandma recognized her much, she stepped inside and was surprised to see the same middle-aged woman.
"Good evening," she made a small bow then flashed her famous eyesmile.
It looked like the woman was a bit startled but then she replied with a smile too, "Good evening too, darling. Come inside." She gestured her.
Tiffany just followed her though she knows almost all the pathway of the house. It was being polite, she would say.
"You must be Miyoung, right? My mother in-law talks a lot about you."
And it looked like everyone would be calling her as Miyoung from now on. She really hated her Korean name. Her mother really likes to address her as Miyoung and that one episode grandma Kim caught the name-calling when her mother called her, the old woman started to call her as Miyoung after that. She said and I quote, "It's such a beautiful name."
"Yes, I'm Tiffany actually," she smiled rather awkwardly.
When they had reached into the house, Tiffany did take a glance at the garage where the black Mercedes was at but it was gone already. She just let it away and followed the grandma Kim's daughter in-law. She seems nice, just like how the old woman describes her.
"You can call me aunty Kim. Bet you already met my youngest daughter?" Aunty Kim asked. Tiffany answered with a nod.
The woman had gestured her to sit on the sofa, which she assumed the one that she moved in with since it was kinda new to her.
Tiffany wanted to ask her where grandma Kim was but the old woman beats her when she appeared from the kitchen, using a stick to balance herself.
Tiffany hurriedly went to help the old woman as she made her way to the living room. She also helped the woman to settle down at the sofa too. She sat beside the woman, a thing she always did and it had became a habit for her.
"As I was saying... my family just moved in here this afternoon to accompany my mother and father in-law. They're getting old, aren't they?"
Tiffany caught the playful remarks by Mrs. Kim but she just smiled. She did not know how to reply, afraid that it would offend the old woman in either way.
"This daughter of mine is really naughty, Miyoung. Don't mind her," grandma Kim pats her hands that clasping together with hers.
She lets out a small laugh, nothing better than laughing when you did not understand the joke anyway.
Soon after, Tiffany had known that Mrs. Kim and the family was actually from Busan, not that far from Seoul but still. It fascinated her that the story behind the Kim's family was really good. Blame her addiction with the romance books then.
Mrs. Kim and Mr. Kim both studied at the same university back there in Busan and just like a clichè story, they dated and bla bla (I'm too lazy to explain).
They had few talks about this and that when the door suddenly bursted open and revealing Lami and a man, Mr. Kim, she would like to address him by the way Mrs. Kim's "You're home, darling."
Lami hugged her like they had not met for years which only for weeks, actually. Bet the girl missed her as much as she missed her.
Once again, she introduced herself to Lami's father who had such a good sense of humor just like her wife.
She gasped when she saw the sky was dark outside, she did not even notice that it was nearly 7 in the evening and her mother would be furious if she gets home late. As she wanted to excuse herself, the door once again bursted open and I know this sounds exaggerate, but Tiffany feels like she just saw an angel. But with the confidence aura around her.
"Just have a dinner with us, Miyoung," at times like this, grandma Kim calls her. It was such a bad timing by the way the angel raised an eyebrow, looking at her weirdly because of her name.
"Okay," she defeated.
"Oh Taeyeon, you're back!"
Suddenly, Mrs. Kim appeared behind her. She hugged the said person but Tiffany could see the person did not fond of the hug, she could read through her eyes though she was not an A+ student of psychology, she learnt few about it.
As they had finished their dinner, Tiffany thanked all of them for having her. The dinner was great since Mr. Kim and Mrs. Kim always tried to make jokes and also asked her few things of their new place.
But one thing that she really intrigued the most was the fact that Lami's sister, Taeyeon was like as hard as rock. She did not even talk throughout the dinner. Now, where's the kind and good sister or granddaughter is she?
Tiffany mentally scoffed at that.
"I'll be taking my leave now," Tiffany said as politely as she could. It was good enough that tomorrow would be Sunday and she had no classes on Sunday.
"Sure. Taeyeon will give you a company," Mrs. Kim said happily.
Tiffany swore she saw Taeyeon was caught off guard by the sudden request because her eyes widened for a few seconds then looked at her, as if it could kill her.
"Your name is nice, Mi. Young," Taeyeon said once they were outside.
Tiffany sensed the sarcasm. She was not stupid but she just let it be. This Taeyeon would not make any better either. Her mind must be not in good state when she said Taeyeon looked like an angel earlier. It was more like a devil, for her.
"And TaeTae is nice too," she retorts back.
Oh, two can play a game.
She halted her steps when Taeyeon suddenly stands in front of her, blocking the way to the gate.
"Excuse me, TaeTae. Can you please back off? I have class tomorrow, hello?" She challenged the woman, raising her eyebrow. Just one white lie isn't going to hurt.
She already disqualified Taeyeon from her friends' list. No one even dares to mock her name. Yes, she admits that she didn't like it but come on, this Taeyeon only met her today and she already dared to make a fun with her name. How low was that?
She saw Taeyeon looked so pissed off but she careless. Thankfully Taeyeon was shorter than her so she could still looked like a champion there. But it looked like her voice stucked in her throat when she saw Taeyeon's eyes changed to a cold one in a split second.
"You disgusts me."
And Tiffany never felt wanted to cry in front of a person she just met few hours ago.