yesterday night was an adventure.

my father went off early to play mahjong with his friends, so my mom allowed me and my sister to watch a korean drama, Coffee Prince, while she reads her book and my brother plays his NDS. we watched till it was around eleven, and she shooed us all to bed.

my sister and i didn't feel like sleeping yet, so we set up the laptop in her room and sneaked in the drama cds. bribed my brother by allowing him to play his NDS and then settled down with our quilts. we turned off the room's light so my mom will think that we're all asleep, but switched on the toilet's lights.

we watched till 1.15AM and i decided that we should go sleep. but my sister wanted to watch another episode, so i gave in and we convinced ourselves that daddy would probably only come back at 3.00AM++. each episode was 1 hour, so we thought it'd be fine.

at around 2.10AM, we heard the sound of our front door opening.

SHIT.

my sister paused the drama and slammed the laptop shut. i ran to switch off the toilet's lights and then we freaked out in the dark. my sister jumped back onto her own bed and pretended that she was asleep. and i was the damn unlucky one, having to go hide under her bed, along with my huge blanket and cushion. i held my breath.

the door opened and i saw my father's feet. i was DAMN DAMN SCARED HE'D FIND ME. i was shifting from side to side as he walked around my sister's bed in order to get to the toilet. he brushed his teeth and i was suddenly afraid that he would bathe. but he didn't. so he went out of the room again. i was watching his feet like a stalker, and my heart was racing faster then Lightning McQueen!

we stayed silent for a few moments before deciding that the coast is clear and i came out from under the bed. immediately, we started forming a plan to sneak me back into my room.

in the end, we decided that my sister would go into my room under the pretense of asking me to go to the toilet with her. (please ignore the fact that there is already a toilet in her room) when in my room, i would put my burden down (blanket and cushion) before proceeding into the kitchen's toilet.

you see, sounds are very crucial here. since my dad can't see us, he'll probably be listening. and since he haven't slept yet, we had to carry everything out carefully in order to survive this ordel without raising his suspicions.

so, my sister's room's door opened. footsteps. my room's door opened. "jie, can you come to the toilet with me?" "hmmmm?" "toilet." "hmmmm." bed creaking. more footsteps.

AND OMG, MY MOM WAS IN THE KITCHEN.

"what are you doing?"
"hmmm? toilet." i mumbled sleepily.

she believed me, but my suspicious-looking freak-of-nature sister was trying to hold back laughter and can't even act to save her life. but we pulled it off. my father and my mother are still oblivious.

HOHOHO.