Through the Nightmares // Dreams Lipsoul AU Sequel (Discontinued)

Chapter Two

"And we're finally here, Attorney Kim." Jinsol says as she turns to look at her wife that is sitting on the passenger's seat.

They already dropped Yerim to her school and Jinsol drove Jungeun to Eclipse, which is her everyday duty now.

It is much convenient than driving with two different cars and Jinsol always wanted to drive her wife and daughter to their school and work before she go to Rhodoboxㅡ Vivi's bar.

Nearly a year had passed since Jinsol decided to make a deal with her former boss. She wanted to buy shares and be a co-owner of the bar that she used to work at, so after dealing with Vivi and promising to support the business financially, Jinsoul owns the quarter of shares of Rhodobox now. Vivi trusts her so much that sometimes she let the younger woman run the entire bar for few months until to this day.

And there's also a reason why she temporary pass the business to her friend.

"Thank you. Drive safely, okay?" Jungeun says as she gives her wife a thankful smile, which Jinsol returns with a lovely one of hers.

"Ofcourse, Jungeun." The raven says.

Suddenly, the owner of the name raises her right eyebrow and shows an obvious frown before asking, "what did you call me?" with her deep voice.

"Oh! I'm sorry, baby. Won't happen again." Jinsol immediately apologise. She leans in to kiss the frown away from her wife's face and she gets relieved after seeing a bright smile on Jungeun's lips.

"See you later, Jinsol Kim. Love you." And with that, the lawyer finally exits the car, going to the entrance of her own firm building.

The author shakes her head while smiling goofily and she happily makes her way to the next two cities where Rhodobox is located.

Today, she needs to check the stocks of all alcohols and beverages on Rhodobox. She always do this every friday as customers flood the bar when weekends come. Being one of known bars around the State makes Rhodobox have plenty of adults and people with fame as their regulars. Throughout the years of Vivi taking care of her business, it obviously makes its own name now.

"Hey Heejin! You're here early. You don't have any class this morning?" Jinsol greeted to one of their youngest entertainer that plays at night sometimes.

Heejin Jeon, a 19 year old college student that started to work at Rhodobox almost half of a year now. Jinsol met the blonde when she was walking around a mall with Yerim and Heejin shyly approached them. The mother and daughter was confused that time but after Heejin introduced herself, the duo quickly accepted the teenager.

It turns out that Heejin looks up to Jungeun since she is a college student with Bachelor of Political Science as her course and she aspire to be one of the best lawyers in Los Angeles too like Jungeun. She wants to follow Jungeun's steps and give justice to everyone who deserves it like the lawyer does. Jinsol really appreciates how Heejin studies and admires her wife highly.

Oh to the day when Heejin finally got to meet Jungeun in person...

The day when Jinsol asked her to be their part-time singer, while having Jungeun beside her just to make sure the younger will accept her offer.

"Hi boss! I only have one class today since one of my professors cancelled her class with us. Personal matters, I guess. So might as well visit here first before going to my afternoon schedule." Heejin explains while smiling widely to the elder.

Jinsoul walks to the younger before patting Heejin's head and she smiles proudly.

Watching Heejin works hard and strive for her dreams at the same time makes her proud like the blonde is her own blood sister. She's glad that she met the aspiring lawyer.

"I see. Thank you for making my work easier, Heejin. Maybe we can have lunch with Yerim and Jungeun later after we finish everything, what do you think?" Jinsol proposes. The teenager's eyes immediately sparks upon hearing her boss' wife's name and she quickly nods her head. Too excited to meet Jungeun and Yerim.

"Oh yeah! I'm looking forward to that, boss. I'll go and check if the delivery arrived already. See you later!"

The raven only nods while still wearing her proud smile to Heejin and the blonde runs back to the counter to continue checking the status of their stocks.

It is always satisfying every time Jinsol asks the younger to have lunch with her family and Heejin quickly accepts her offer. It looks like Heejin is included in their little family now.

Suddenly a soft cough was heard from her behind and Jinsol quickly turns to see the person who cut her gaze from the busy entertainer.

"Hi!" The unknown woman that has a deep blue box on her hands greets to Jinsol.

Brunette hair, shorter than the author, and dressed in red polkadots suitpants and white croptop shirt with red sleeves.

Jinsol surely haven't seen this woman in their area yet.

So it is awkward, obviously, since Jinsol doesn't know who is the woman in front of her. But nonetheless, she still greets back and offers her polite smile to the stranger. "Hello. How may we help you?" Jinsol says.

"Uhm I'm the new owner of the place beside yours and I just want to give you some cupcakes that we sell. Just a free treat from your new neighbor."

The raven looks at the box before shifting her sight to the face of the woman and looks to the box again. "Oh! Thank you so much. No need to give us this, really."

"No, it's okay! I insist. By the way, I'm Sydney Kim." Introduced by the brunette as she offers her hand to Jinsol.

"Jinsol Jung-Kim. Welcome here." They shake hands before the raven accepts the box and sets it to the counter beside them. It is more embarrassing if she don't accept it, Jinsol thinks. "Thank you so much for the cupcakes."

"Ah! You're very much welcome. I can give you more if you want, just tell me... can I call you by your name?" Sydney asks politely, making Jinsol nods her head.

"Yeah sure. Thanks and welcome again, Sydney."

The brunette immediately smiles after that and she softly puts her right hand on Jinsol's left shoulder.

Jinsol stiffens by the sudden touch.

"Thank you too. Anyway, I need to go now since I have to check how's my business going and bake some cakes again. Nice to meet you, Jinsol. See you around, I guess?" Sydney says, still wearing her smile.

Jinsol only nods as her answer since she's still feeling uncomfortable from the sudden touch and even though she haven't recover from that yet, a sudden move surprises her again.

Sydney leans in to plant a kiss on Jinsol's right cheek and smiles after pulling away. The brunette turns her heels and exits the bar then, leaving the author still in shock.

Jinsol's not used to that type of greetings and definitely not a fan of skinships especially if it's not from her family and close friends. So receiving a sudden touch and kiss from a stranger surprised her.

Are those appropriate ways of introducing and befriending your neighbors? Jinsol doesn't think they do.

Well maybe they do not.

But the acts bother her for the whole morning still and she feels something that she cannot point out because of the new woman.

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