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DAEGU
MORNING
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✧──────✦ jaehwa had the best sleep of her life.

not once was the temperature too hot or too cold, just right. she'd gone straight to bed after causing a scene with her mother that deserved every second of it. the satisfaction of getting the least word in made her giddy even into the next morning.

her alarm went off every seven minutes as she smashed the snooze button, ultimately resulting in her rushing to get her uniform on and walk the few blocks to school. she pulled leftovers out from the fridge and grabbed a spoon to choke down some bites before she had to leave.

she'd even caught herself tapping her foot on the ground and humming in content.

as expected, mina left without her and the house was empty. jaehwa knew mina would be mad at how she treated their mother, but how could she help it when the chance was sitting right in front of
her. her mother had most likely just paid for inflight wifi on the lengthy plane ride back to her father.

nature was finally healing!

jaehwa shut the gate and turned to walk to school. she tried to hide her happiness behind a stone cold face that only kept its state when she bit down on her tongue.

"better day?" taehoon had asked as she sat. for once he'd been on time, and early for that matter, even earlier than her.

she nodded her head and let a slight smile peek. "i had the best sleep last night. do you want to know what i dreamt about?"

"not really," he'd propped his head on his palm and waited for her to explain the dream.

"it was like that one street fighter game, except i was the fighter."

"who'd you fight?"

jaehwa wasn't going to tell him that she fought her mother, who also happened to be a good fighter in her dream. she wasn't expecting him to actually be interested.

she racked her brain for a quick answer, "a bear wearing a bikini." jaehwa could vaguely remember it being an avatar on some game. "and by the way, i won."

she in fact did not win in her dream. it was an unfair fight. as jaehwa's weapon was just a singular throw pillow while her mother had an unlimited stash of brooms and slippers. it was still a fun dream when her mother didn't resemble a demon spawn.

during lunch, mina stopped by the classroom to drag jaehwa to an abandoned classroom. "why would you treat mom like that?"

"do we really have to do this at school?" she shifted her weight onto her other leg and let out a soft sigh in order not to seem threatening and agitated.

"you're such a stuck up brat. mom gave you everything you wanted and you treat her like shit." mina was nearly seething and jaehwa really hoped she didn't have to lose her sister too. just when they started to enjoy each other.

"quit being ignorant. she's never treated me like a daughter. the only time i saw her during the week was at those stupid mandatory dinners. i'm just so sorry that your mommy's uncomfy when i speak." she turned to walk back to taehoon, they had plans for lunch that she didn't want to miss.