Entangled with You

On my birthday, I went to a gathering and came home ridiculously drunk. That was when my mother gave me a call.“Your present is in your room. Open it yourself.”Since she sounded so straightforward, I thought that I could finally get my hands on the newest handbag release. The one that I always wanted.To my surprise, what I saw was a teenage boy with a bath towel wrapped around his waist. He was just lying on my bed quietly.The bath towel he had around his waist was my small pink towel. It could either be because he was too tall or that my towel was too small, but his lower body was barely covered.I swallowed hard.“Mum… Are you… Are you serious? How much was it?” My mother must have been badly influenced by her friends from square dancing.“As long as my daughter wants it, I’ll get it for you no matter the costs.”I was utterly speechless.Not long ago, she was pestering me to go on blind dates almost every day. After multiple failures, I blurted, “God, please grant me a

It was already midnight when my father knocked on my door.“Have you seen my boss’s son?”I rubbed my heavy eyes as I replied, “Dad, who’s that?”I had only slept for half an hour, so my head felt like mush.“I was drinking with my boss yesterday and his son got drunk, so I took him back to our house. I didn’t see him when I came up, so I’m just asking if you’ve seen him.”As my father said that, his gaze was wandering around my room.I froze in place with my thoughts running around my head.Boss’s son? Son?The face of the teenage boy sleeping soundly out of exhaustion suddenly came into my mind.My gosh. The sudden realization left me speechless.“I-I didn’t see him.” I stole a glance at my bed while the shock from the sudden realization had woken me up completely. “I’m going back to bed.”I slammed the door shut guiltily.I took a few minutes to organize myself and walked to the bed nervously. I lightly tugged on his blanket.“Are you asleep?” I tried my best to sound a

At the supermarket downstairs, I was lingering at the underwear section, and it piqued the shopkeeper’s interest. She came over and asked me in an intrigued tone, “For your father?”“Yes.” I randomly took one and tried to get away from her.Instead, she held my hand and stopped me. “I think that’s too small. Your dad has a sizable belly, so maybe this will fit better.”“He… He’s on a diet.” I grabbed the one she forcibly put back onto the shelf. Then, I ran toward the clothing section and picked a sports jersey and a pair of shorts.At the cashier, the shopkeeper was giving me an odd smile while she scanned the items. “Do you have a boyfriend?”I was taken aback by her words. I could feel the blood rushing to my face.“N-No! My cousin came over, so I’m just getting him some spare clothes.”I paid for the clothes and ran.When I reached home, my mother instantly took note of my panicked expression. She asked, “Why are you so out of breath? Where did you go?”“A morning jog.” I

Right after Dylan left, my mother crept up to me sneakily. “My gosh. Your dad’s boss’s son is so good-looking,” She exclaimed, “I want to have him…”I looked at my mother and felt my father’s position being threatened.“I mean I want to have him as my son-in-law. What are you thinking?” My mother glared at me.“Oh.” I realized I might be getting the wrong idea after all. Oh, wait a minute. “Forgive me for my incompetence, but I can never get a son-in-law like that for you.”“It doesn’t matter how competent you are.” She sighed as she looked up at the sky. “I heard Dylan is getting engaged.”“Engaged?” I almost broke my teeth from gritting it too hard.“Yup. I heard that he’s getting engaged to another corporate boss’s daughter. It’s to build a strong alliance between the two corporations.” My mother swept her eyes over me and shook her head. My heart dropped and my mind went blank. Oh gosh, what I did to him last night became a great sin. I was done for.“What are you dayd

During dinner, the three of us sat by the dining table for our meal. I lowered my head and decided to observe the situation before I say anything that will sell myself out.“Why did you leave the chat this afternoon?” my mother asked me with a suspicious tone.“Hmm? Did I? Let me see.” My acting skills were top-notch as usual.After my father finished his meal, he went to take a bath. He suddenly came back out while holding a pair of underwear. He asked my mother, “When did you get this for me? Don’t you know my size?”My heart almost leaped out of my throat.My mother looked at my father and turned to me. She pinched the underwear while she said, “This is not yours. I will never get you something so expensive.”Then the both of them turned to me in unison.I uneasily swallowed, struggling to find the right words. “Could it be from our neighbors upstairs? Maybe it fell from their balcony”They both were silent for a few seconds and agreed with me. I gave out a sigh of relief