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"Soogun-ah"

A voice of a woman was heard from the kitchen, calling her daughter's name. The kid who's watching a show in the living room immediately stood up and went to follow the voice of her mother.

"Yes, mom?" the little girl responds in hangul.

"We have a visitor today. Your aunt will be here in a minute." Soogun got excited when she heard her aunt will visit today. She always loves to play with her aunt.

"Mrs. Kim is going here?  She promised me that she will bring me a playmate on her next visit! Mom, I'll be having a friend today!"

Just like her mom said, they heard three knocks from the door and Soogun was jumping out of her excitement.

"Stay here, okay? I'll just open the door" the little girl then went to sit on a chair and gave her mom a nod in response.

Soogun tried to have a peek and saw the women standing at the door with a smile on their faces. Her mother was covering her aunt so she couldn't see her properly. She was staring at the door, waiting for a kid to come out.

"Soogun-ie!" it was her aunt.

She quickly turned her gaze to the woman walking towards her and she automatically flashed her sweetest smile. But there was something that caught her attention.

"Her tummy is big!" The little girl stated while looking at her mom.

"Yes, baby. She's carrying a baby in her tummy."

"Was I there also?" she asked, making the two women laugh on her innocent mind.

"You were in mine's, baby. When you were still this small" the mom showed her fingers with a small space in between her thumb and index finger. Soogun went to her aunt and gave her a smile while caressing her aunt's tummy.

"You have a name for your first child?" Soogun's mom asked.

"We still haven't think about it. My husband and I are still arguing about the gender of this child." Mrs. Kim chuckled.

"I want a boy-aw" Soogun said while raising her hand. Her long hair was sticking in her finger and she slightly pulled her hair when she raised her hand. Her mom bent her knees and tied her hair, also fixing her bangs that were covering her eyes.

"A boy? She's really your daughter, huh?" Mrs. Kim laughed while shaking her head, "Do you have a name in your mind?"

Soogun looked up with a finger pointing her chin and her head slightly tilted. "Bi...Chi..."

She sat on the floor with a pout on her face, almost giving up that she couldn't think of a good name. "Cha... teacher said cha is tea in English" she murmured.

Her ears immediately caught the voices from the television. A boy kept calling his brother while running. "Hyung? Hyungtea?...it's not it-"

"Eomma!" Soogun shouted as she quickly stood up, catching the attention of the two mothers.

"Baby, you scared me-"

"Taehyung!" she said, cutting her mother to speak. "Taehyung is his name!"

"You were right, eomma. I remember now." Soogun was looking at the sky while sitting on the floor with a cup of milk in her hand, greeting the fresh air outside.

"But you still didn't give me a playmate back then, you thought I wouldn't notice," she said, laughing on her own. Hoseok sat beside her, holding a cup of coffee.

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