see me at our spot

Ji Lin was carrying a basket of washing down the hall when she heard them. The dinning room door was slightly ajar and the loud voices of Li Jun and Shin carried down the long corridor. The sound coming in a yelling tone,  fury laced in their voices now. They almost sounded like children arguing.

She felt uncomfortable listening to such conversations but the odd tenor drew her closer. She found herself walking softly towards the room, her small feet making no sound on the floor.

"Look, father! That's not what I want! Why would you send me to another country when I could get the same kind of education at home!"

Shin struggled for more words.

She backed away preparing to leave the halls when she heard more argument erupted from the breakfast table. There was a thud, a sound of falling object. A chair. She heard Mr. Lim heavy strides strutting away from the table and towards the door.

Ji Lin scurried away from the door. Luckily she had made it out of the way before the door slammed wide open. And with the force Li Jun opened the door, she was sure she would have broke her face.

Li Jun walked away. His hastened stride eating the long hallway. He disappeared just as he walked out to the round driveway and Ji Lin had assumed she won't see him again either later in the evening or early in the next morning. You can never know with Li Jun. He is a hard man to decipher.

She pulled away from the wall and peered inside the dinning room where Shin stood still. She looked at him, his eyes remained shiny and his body stiff from the rage trapped in it.

"Shin?"

"Hey," Shin answered softly. The angry shade in his eyes lifted as soon as she came in sight. "I'm sorry you have to hear that."

Ji Lin stared at Shin, she can feel the tension creeping up from her legs. She studied his face, she's not sure she had even seen him this upset before. "What was that all about?"

"It was nothing." Shin stepped forward and lain his hands on her arm. "Let me get that for you."

Ji Lin looked at him quizzical.

"The laundry, let me get that for you." He forced a smile. "I still have time before I go to school this morning."

Ji Lin had forgotten she carried a basket of dirty laundry with her. She allowed him to help her. This is the least she could do to help him ease his anger.

They walked down the hallway together and once they made it to the laundry room. Shin leaned over and pressed a chaste kiss over her cheek. "Come see me at our spot this evening."

Note: all I could hear is that song "see me at our spot" by Willow Smith