"Why are we here?' Phil asked as they entered the Asian market with Min Jun, his grandmother, and cousin."It smells funny, but I kinda like it."
"Don't worry. You get used to it." Min Jun assured his friend."And we're here cause my mommy and sister are coming home tomorrow and we need to make Bibimbap."
"What's that?" Phil asked never hearing anything like it.
"It's rice with vegetables, beef and a fried egg on top. You mix it all together and it tastes really good specially when my grandma makes it. It's my family's favorite food. That's why we're having it for dinner tomorrow." Min Jun explained.
"Sounds good." Phil commented.
"Maybe I can bring you some leftovers if there is any." Min Jun said walking up to his grabdmother and asking her somethiing that Phil couldn't understand.
"What did you say?' Phil asked when Min Jun had returned to his side.
"I asked if we could go pick out some snacks." Min Jun told him with a smile on his face.
"Judging by the smile on your face, I'm guessing she said yes." Phil inquiered.
"Yep. Now come on. The snacks are this way." Min Jun cried motioning for Phil to follow him.
They arrived at the snack isle where they ran into someone very familiar to them.
"Hey Kimi. What are you doing here?" Phil asked.
"We're having Japanese for dinner and we can only get the ingrediants here." KImi explained picking up a package of pokki.
"What's that?' Phil asked not recognizing any of the snacks that his friends, mostly Min Jun were picking out.
"It's a stick covered in chocolate, but not like the sticks you find outside. You can actually eat this one." Kimi explained."They have different flavors."
"I like the cookies and cream one." Min Jun said picking up two small white boxes."Want some?"
Phil looked at the different colored boxes. He noticed Kimi grabbed a green box, a red box, and a pink box. He took Min Jun's advice and grabbed a white box, which held the cookies and cream flavored pokki.
"See you guys later." Kimi called meeting up with Kira at the end of the isle.
"Ooh I need these too." Min Jun said picking up a bag of shrimp chips and a red box with a panda on it that had panda shaped cookies with chocolate in them."Any snacks you want to try?'
"I don't even know what this stuff is." Phil told him with a confused look on his face.
"I almost forgot." Min Jun cried running over to a cart filled with buns and different types of bread. Min Jun picked up a roll that was filled with custard."These are good."
Phil grabbed one too knowing his best friend knew his food.
"We need drinks." Min Jun said walking by a row of cases covered with glass filled with hot food for people to buy. He kept going until he reached a cold section filled with drinks
"The coconut drink is so good." Min Jun said reaching for a green and white box that was like a juice box. He grabbed three of them. He then reached for a blue can."I think that's all the snacks we need."
They met up with the adults, their arms full of snacks.
"Who said you could get all that?" Mun Hee asked noticing all the snacks that Min Jun and Phil had in their arms.
"I did." Min Jun answered putting the items in the basket.
"And who do you think has to pay for all that?" Mun Hee asked.
"You." Min Jun answered."It's not all for me. some is for Phl and some is for Ji Yeon, and I got you that Hawaiian tea that you like."
"Fine. I have to admit you do know the good snacks." Mun Hee declared as they went to pay for their items.
They dropped Phil off at his house on the way home.
The next day Min Jun stood by the window with Cleo watching as his cousin went to pick up his sister and mom from the hospital.
However things didn't go as planned when Mun Hee arrived to pick up her youngest cousin. Getting out of the hospital wasn't the problem. The trouble started when they reached the car.
"No car." Ji Yeon cried burrying her face in Mun Hee's shirt.
Mun Hee didn't know what to do at first and wished her aunt and uncle were there, but they were at Mi Sun's physical therapy appointment.
"Don't you want to go home?" Mun Hee asked hoping that would help.
"Yeah, but not in a car." Ji Yeon answered as she wiped her tears with her hand.
Mun hee suddenly noticed the Moana doll in the passenger seat that Min Jun had given her to give to Ji Yeon. That gave her an idea.
"Remember when Moana went back on a boat after she crashed?' Mun Hee asked."Ji Yeon nodded her head."You want to be brave like her don't you?" Ji Yeon nodded once more. Mun Hee placed Ji Yeon in her knew car seat that had Moana on it and handed her her Moana blanket."If you get scared just cover yourself with this." Mun Hee got in the driver's seat and started the car so it would be cool. Before taking off she put on How Far I'll Go and drove home. Ji Yeon ended up falling asleep with the blanket over her before they reached the house.
As soon as Min Jun saw his cousin's car he flung the door open and he and Celo ran outside. Cleo barked excitedly waking Ji Yeon up, luckily she was already out of the car so she didn't freak out.
"Something smells good." Mun Hee said as she walked through the door carrying Ji Yeon with Min Jun and Cleo following closely behind.
"It's bibimbap." Min Jun said excitedly as they all sat down on the couch.
"I'm glad you're back." Min Jun said giving Ji Yeon a hug while Cleo licked her face."And so is Cleo."
"Uh oh." Ji Yeon said as Min Jun pulled back from the hug.
"She peed." Min Jun said jumping off the couch.
"Well why did you squeeze the pee out of her?" Mun Hee asked.
"I didn't mean to." Min Jun said looking down.
"I'm kidding." Mun Hee told him. She then picked Ji Yeon up and carried her to the bathroom. "Let's get you cleaned up before your parents get home."
Ji Yeon sat on the floor while she waited for the water to warm up and bubbles to form. Soon there was a mountian of bubbles and Ji Yeon was placed in the middle of it. The bubbles were up to her head. Mun Hee got her cleaned up and left her to play in the bubbles for a little while.
Ji Yeon was having fun playing in the bubbles until she heard the front door open and her parents voices. She tried to lift herslef up out of the bath tub but wasn't strong enough and ended up splashing water and bubbles on Mun Hee's shirt.
"Come on noodle." Mun Hee said wrapping a towel around Ji Yeon and lifting her out of the tub.
"I'm not a noodle." Ji Yeon insisted.
"Well you're all floppy like a noodle, but soon you'll be able to move like before." Mun Hee told her as she took her to her room to get dressed.
"How can I not be a noodle?" Ji Yeon asked as Mun Hee put a Minnie Mouse pull up on her.
"You can swim in the pool you guys got. It'll help you get strong again." Mun Hee explained as she put Ji Yeon's turquoise nightgown with Moana on it over Ji Yeon's head.
"Will you hekp me not be a noodle?" Ji Yeon asked as Mun Hee lifted her up and carried her out of the room.
"Of course. We'll start tomorrow." Mun Hee promised.
"Mun Hee is going to help me not be a noodle." Ji Yeon told her parents when she saw them a few seconds later making them laugh.
"Why did you call her a noodle?" Mi Sun asked as Jin took Ji Yeon from Mun Hee.
"She's all floppy like a noodle." Mun Hee answered.
"Dinner is ready." Youngja announced.
"Yay!" Min Jun exclaimed running into the kitchen."I been waiting all day for this."
Everyone followed him and took their places at the table and enjoyed their first dinner back as a family.
A/N All the snacks that I described are real ones that I get when we go to the oriental store. I've never had bibimbap but it looks good.