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“I’m sure you’ll be fine.”

He nodded again. “Thank you, kiddo.” He reached his hand out and put it on yours. “I’m glad you came to see me.”

You nodded.

After sitting with your father for a while - he had recounted the particulars of what had happened in his classic dry way of talking about situations or people - you supposed little had changed since you left. You returned to the waiting area, and before you could even steel yourself for your mother’s vitriol, the first words out of her mouth to you were:

“You could have just done what I’d asked and you’d be where your brother is right now.”

Intak looked away, not wanting to be used as a battering ram.

“Yeah, I could be second chair.”

He turned to you, you apologized with your expression. You had nothing against him, second chair was perfectly fine, but it wasn’t to your mother. It was obvious she wanted a fight. Intak nodded, seeming to understand that it wasn’t personal.

“At least he has the wherewithal to stick with something!” 

“I was sticking with bass, but you sold it.”

“And you sold the violin I bought you!”

“Is that what matters to you? I can pay you back now, if you want. I have the money. I work for Wonderland Entertainment now! A real job that I like where I get to make the kind of music I want to make and I even get paid well for it!”

She looked at you, shocked.

“What? You’re surprised? That I might have had plans for myself other than what you wanted for me, and that those plans worked out? I play the instrument I want and I make money because of it, mom! And you can’t tell me shit, because I’m not miserable like you wanted me to be!”

“I didn’t want you to be miserable, I wanted you to be--”

“Even if I was making all the money in the world from playing violin, I would never have been happy! I didn’t want to play the fucking violin! I just wanted to make my own choices and live my own life!"

She was speechless for a moment and then switched gears. She scoffed. “And you’ve brought Yunho too. Are you going to tell me that you’re pregnant next?”

“Oh, my god mom, no! Is anything that you don’t want always the worst thing that could possibly happen? Is me trying to make my own decisions the worst thing that could possibly happen? You get that I’m an adult right? You can not speak to me like this!”

“Excuse me?” A nurse asked politely. “I don’t want to interrupt but if you could take this argument somewhere else, there are people waiting to hear about their loved ones and hearing you argue could be stressing them out.

“Maybe we should go…” Yunho said from behind you as he placed a hand on your shoulder.

“Let’s."

You turned on your heel and walked towards the door, Yunho right behind you. You stopped for a moment and thought, and turned back to your mom.

“You know… You don’t have to like it or even understand it, mom. You just have to accept it and love me anyway because I’m your kid. I didn’t do anything wrong, I just didn’t want the life you tried to design for me.”

Yunho opened the door for you and you walked through it.

“T/n…” Intak started as he followed both of you out the door.

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a/n: Of course t/n’s mom would pick a fight IN the hospital 🙄

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