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chapter ten,
the one in which is chuseok

━━━━ "CHUSEOK is the korean celebration of the good harvest. and it's a time to thank our ancestors for bringing us prosperity." kitty and vivienne entered class in the middle of the speech that yuri'a mom, jina, was giving about chuseaok. "and pay respect to those we have lost. we do that by going home. it is a very special holiday in our house, because family is the most precious thing in the world. and we do not take it for granted. enjoy your break, everyone, have a good chuseok."

vivienne sat in the back of the class thinking about the holiday. she thought back to the first chuseok that she remembers. her mom takes this holiday seriously but vivienne knows how hard this holiday is for her mom. anastasia losing her own mom was the hardest time for her. and since chuseok is part of her culture she wanted to celebrate and it's fullest.

her dad being half filipino and half hispanic, leaning more towards the hispanic culture, it was his first time ever celebrating chuseok as a family and it was hard to adapt to the way that anastasia was serious about it. his mom, the grandma that lives in korea and the one that vivienne lives with, also helps anastasia with the food.

this year, the villanueva family hasn't really talked about chusoek this year or if they were even going to have it. but she does know that she will be spending it with her grandma, even if it's only just them.

min ho decided to go with her to her dorm room while kitty went to the grocery store to do her own dinner for the people that are staying. vivienne pulled out her computer and a call from her mom came. vivienne pushed min ho out of the frame and told him to stay quiet.

"hi, mom!" vivienne said happily. waving her hand and bringing the brightest smile on her face. "how's tour? have you talked to dad, he hasn't really been responding to my text messages."

"tour is amazing, really wish you would've come with me." anastasia said setting down her phone and leaning her head against her hand. anastasia looked outside of her screen and smiled and then back at vivienne.

"why are you smiling so much?" vivienne asked breathing out a laugh.

"because," anastasia said looking outside of her screen again. min ho tapped on vivienne's shoulder. vivienne glanced over at min ho and shrugged her shoulder. "hey, why are you looking outside your screen? vivienne is it a boyfriend!"

min ho laughed which vivienne covered it up by saying, "no! no i don't have a boyfriend. don't answer my question with a question mom."

"at what time are you going to be at grandmas?" anastasia asked completely ignoring the statement that vivienne said.

"uh around," vivienne picked up her phone to check at the time. "now."

"okay, i'll call you then. have fun, my baby! i love you! and i'll see you soon!" anastasia said kissing the palm of her hand and then waving at vivienne. min ho noticed the way that anastasia's giggle was the same giggle that vivienne has. really is like mother like daughter.

anastasia hung up leaving vivienne confused. vivienne stayed for a moment looking at the screen debating whether she should call her back or not. in the end, she didn't. "hey," vivienne breathed out nervously over to min ho who hummed. "would you like to spend chuseok with grandma and i? i completely understand if you don't wan—"

"vinne i would love to." min ho said cutting all of her doubts off and giving her a soft grin. "shouldn't we be going now? don't want grandma getting mad at me."

"her mad at you?" vivienne laughed loudly clapping her hands together hopping off the stool. "she will adore you, min ho. she'll probably just blame it on me."

"i'm just that likable." min ho said shrugging his shoulders. vivienne scoffed but the smile never leaving her face and slapped him on his arm.

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"welcome to the house de la grandma." vivienne said opening up the front door showing the home that she practically grew up in. vivienne and min ho took off the shoes before entering the house, along with their coats putting them on the rack just besides the front door.

"vivienne! oh my beautiful beautiful baby, you're back!" her grandma said rushing through the hallways of the house and engulfing vivienne into a tight hug. vivienne giggled hugging back the shorter woman with as much force. grandma then pulled away and was going to attack vivienne's face with smoothers and kisses when she noticed min ho. "who's this handsome young man? are you her boyfriend?"

"hi, ma'am" min ho said greeting her politely and sticking out his hand, "i'm min ho. and yes i'm—"

"not my boyfriend." vivienne cut him off shaking her head at him and at her grandma. "just my friend. boy with a space friend. there is a space between boy and friend."

"okay, boy with a space friend," grandma said laughing at the way that her granddaughter was acting. she could tell it wasn't no boy-friend. "just call my grandma, or grams, or anything besides ma'am. min ho, come on in, i want to show you something."

min ho followed grandma without asking what she was showing him. min ho then turned around giving vivienne a thumbs up and a wink, "point min ho." he whispered. vivienne, who was trying so hard to be mad at him, couldn't and a smile creeped onto her face.

"oh god." vivienne whispered following along and throwing her head up. this boy is going to ruin me.

"look at her! isn't she just beautiful." grandma said pointing to vivienne and then down at the album pictures. min ho held the album on his lap and chuckled nodding his head. vivienne watched from afar as her grandma and min ho wee engaged into the conversation that they completely forgot why they were even here or that vivienne was watching them.

"grandma sure does love him, doesn't she?" a familiar woman's voice said. vivienne gasped turning around seeing that the familiar voice was her mom.

"mom! you're home!" vivienne screamed and slapped her hands over her mouth. her dad then appeared from the side of her mom. "dad!" vivienne threw her arms around both of her parents hugging them long and close. she's never talked about it to anyone, but the hardest part of having both of her parents being well known that they have to go away — is obviously not being with them. it makes her realize how much she takes things for granted and to always cherish every single moment she has with them.

"don't cry, baby." her dad, daniel, said bringing his hand on her face and brushing off her tears. her mom doing the same exact thing. "we're here for an entire week. don't cry."

"i'm not crying." vivienne hiccuped pulling away from them and roughly wiping away her tears. she glanced up at her dad and laughed, pointing a finger at him. "dad you're crying too!"

"because you're crying!"

"but that is only going to make me cry even more!" vivienne gasped out her sob. anastasia backed away going over to greet grandma and min ho, leaving the father and daughter to have their moment. vivienne jumped on daniel, wrapping her arms around his shoulder. just like when she was a little girl. ( let's pretend like i'm not sobbing writing this cause i have daddy issues. yk. )

"you must be the boyfriend!" daniel seem to hear when anastasia said boyfriend. he dropped vivienne to the ground and glared over at min ho. vivienne shook her head quickly and waved a finger at her dad saying no.

"no, no, dad. no boyfriend. too young to have a boyfriend." vivienne said recalling back her dads words.

daniel walked over to min ho. the teenage boy hiding behind grandma and anastasia sending helping pleads over to vivienne. "wait, min ho?" daniel asked squinting his eyes. min ho nodded his head frantically. "min ho! don't you guys remember min ho? can't believe they didn't recognize you. you've grown. a lot."

"min ho? as in your best friend min ho?" anastasia asked and vivienne let out a sigh of relief and nodded her head. "oh my goodness! what a handsome young man you've become."

"that's what i said."

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"i'm filming a tv series that's based off a video game. set off in an apocalypse world. can't say too much," daniel said shoving a spoon full of food into his mouth. once he swallowed he pointed to his family members, "that's classified."

"you're just too much, danny." anastasia laughed. vivienne watching carefully as her mom gave her dad the same romantic love look that they've given each other for years now. she watched as her mom stood up from the table with plates in her hand and giving daniel a kiss on the cheek. she noticed the way that daniel blushed but hide it by bringing a napkin to his mouth. they're in love.

vivienne glanced over at min ho who was already looking at her, but it was a different look than any before. his head was tilted to the side, his lips parted slightly open, his eyebrows knitted together like he was thinking about something and his lips. vivienne really couldn't stop looking at his lips.

"why don't you kids go off somewhere, we know how much we're boring you with out conversation." anastasia said shooing them off with her hand and picking up their plates as well. vivienne was quick to stand up and help her mom before rushing over to her room, looking behind her shoulder to make sure min ho was following. he was.

vivienne opened the door to her room and closed it immediately when min ho entered the room. vivienne pressed her back against the door and her hand locked tightly around the door knob. she wanted to do it so badly but all she needed was min ho to feel the same way. vivienne eyes ran down his entire face for a for sure sign that they were both thinking the same way.

vivienne was first to look down at his lips, which min ho noticed. then min ho glanced down at her lips, she noticed. there really wasn't a who did the first move since both vivienne and min ho rushed to each other and collapsed their lips together. molding them into one.

min ho backed vivienne up and pressed her back, again, on the door and locked the door. his large hands running up and down her arms, back, neck and then to her waist where he squeezed them. vivienne threw her arms lazily around his shoulder and brought a leg up to his own leg. min ho groaned at this and squeezed her waist again and pulled her up to jump.

vivienne jumped and secured her legs around his torso and only brought him closer to her body. "you don't know — how long — i've been — god vinne." min ho mumbled out with every kiss but every time he spoke vivienne got more desperate for his taste.

vivienne then pulled her lips out panting heavily. she regretted the second she did, hating the loss of contact. "we can't. i mean, i would love to. trust me i would." vivienne said bringing his lips back onto her but she knew herself too well. she shook her head and pulled back. "my parents and my grandma."

"we could just uh," min ho said and kissed her one more time before glancing around her bedroom. "watch a movie on your bed. together."

vivienne unwrapped her legs from him and her arms. her breathing still rapid but she nodded her head. "yeah, movie on my bed. tv. on my tv." vivienne said pointing at her tv. her tongue ran over her lips and glanced around as well.

"fuck the tv and whatever else we just said." min ho panted putting his hands on the side of her face and roughly bringing their lips together again. vivienne giggled into the smile guiding them over to her bed. her hands on top of his and their kiss only getting rougher by the second.

"min ho!" vivienne giggled pulling away but she only went back to kissing him a second later. the two did put on a movie to block out their kissing noises and the other noises they were making. vivienne and min ho tried, multiple times, to just watch the movie but something always pulled them back to sucking faces.

not that they were complaining. they weren't complaining at all.

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c. speaks !
i want drama.
so it's either
i pull a LJ and peter jacuzzi scene
and make it be madison or some
guy that ones vivienne

OR

send vivienne bye bye
with either going
on tour w her mom
or canada w dad