3rd person's POV
"So, do I call you mommy now or what?" Yudding asked, making Hyunjin chuckle as they packed Yudding's belongings.
"You decide, kid. I'm fine with Uno," Hyunjin said, caressing the little one's cheeks.
"Yudding-unnie," a smaller girl, enters the room as Hyunjin zips the bag.
"Wony..." Yudding mumbled the girl's name. Her smile slowly fades away as her grip on Hyunjin's hand loosens up little by little.
"I heard you're going to have a family now," the child says, turning to face Hyunjin.
"Hello, Yudding-unnie's mom! I'm Wonyoung!" Wonyoung introduced herself to the woman.
"Hi, Wonyoung. I'm Uno" Hyunjin kneels down, leveling her face to the girl's height.
"You're gonna take care of unnie, right?" Her words were still not clear, but understandable.
"Of course I will," Hyunjin said.
"Thank you for giving Yudding-unnie a family," the little girl politely bows to her.
"Unnie, don't forget me, alright? Visit me when you're free and we'll play tag again." Wonyoung smiles and hugs Yudding.
"O-of course I won't forget you, Wony"
Hyunjin lets the two say goodbye to each other and step out of the room. She saw the nun who raised Ryujin and Soojin in the hallway and she politely bowed to the old lady.
"I heard what happened to Ryujin." The woman holds her tears.
"I'm sorry for your loss, Ms. Kim," she said, bowing at Hyunjin, quickly wiping away the tear that escaped her eye.
"I hope that you'll take a good care of our kid, Yudding"
"I will, Sister Choi" Hyunjin said, and she looked at the door when it opened, revealing a crying puppy and a bunny.
Both were crying loudly as they held each other's hands tightly.
"Aigoo" Sister Choi tried to comfort the two as they walked towards the exit of the orphanage.
Hyunjin carries Yudding and sees the girl looking at Wonyoung.
"Do you want me to bring her along, Yudding?" she asked, but the girl shook her head.
"That will make us sisters, Uno," Yudding said in between hiccups.
"I told her I'm gonna be her wife when we grow up, so we can't be sisters."
Hyunjin smiled fondly at the little girl and placed her in the backseat, putting a seatbelt around her.
Yudding was still crying, so Hyunjin gave her a quick hug.
"You'll be fine, Yujin," she said, and the girl looked at her confusedly.
"Yujin????"
"That's your name now. Kim Yujin. You're Kim Yujin, "Hyunjin said.
The little girl didn't have a name. Ryujin just started calling her Yuddings and everyone followed.
Hyunjin gave her the name that Ryujin wanted to give to her.
"Bro, what do you think about 'Yujin'?" Ryujin looks at Hyunjin, who's busy doing her homework.
"We both have 'jin' at the end of our names, and we both have 'yu' also. I think Yujin suits Yuddings. " Ryujin smiled, her whiskers showing up.
"Hmmm. Yujin is good. It suits her, "Hyunjin said.
"Let's name her that. Let's give the kid a proper name. "
"Do you like it?"
Yujin nods.
"Kim Yujin..." she mumbles and smiles.
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Heejin's POV
This week is a hell for all of us.
I lost my dad, my mom, and my friend in a span of one day.
Hyunjin's dad killed mine and my mom came. She tried to kill me. Luckily, Hyunjin's mom was there. And Ryujin... She died while fulfilling her duty to protect Hyunjin.
After her funeral, Hyunjin locked herself up in her room and Soojin spent her time in Ryujin's condo as she grieved for her best friend's death.
"Uno..."
We heard mom's voice.
Hyunjin's back... with a kid?
She's standing there near the entrance, holding a bag in her left hand while holding the kid's hand with her right.
"Uno", the kid said, and hid behind Hyunjin.
"She's my child now," she said, and looked at us one by one.
Her eyes stayed on me and I waited for her to say something.
"She's the kid that Ryujin and I rescued three years ago," she said.
So she's the kid?
Hyunjin looks at me like she's asking if it's okay for me.
I smiled at her and walked towards them, kneeling in front of the child.
"Hi", I smiled at her.
"I'm Uno's girlfriend, Jeon Heejin," I introduced myself to her.
"Kim Yujin" she said, and I saw how Hyunjin smiled.
"I'm your mommy now, hmm?" I asked her to come towards me and she did. I stood up and carried her in my arms.
I wiped her tear stained cheeks and she looked just like a puppy.
"How old are you?" I asked Yujin.
"Five," she said, showing me her four fingers, and I laughed.
"Then why are you showing me four?" I chuckled.
I stretched out her thumb, "There, that's five"
Yujin smiled at me. Her smile melts my heart. She's so cute.
"My turn to get to know my niece" Hyeju said, and gently snatched Yujin away from me.
I looked at Hyunjin. She doesn't look like the usual Kim Hyunjin, but she's still pretty. I carefully wrapped my arms around her.
She pushed me away a couple of times before, so I'm being careful right now. I'm still worried until she hugged me back.
"I'm sorry, baby" she whispered to me.
"It's okay, I understand" I said.
She shut all of us out after Ryujin's death, but we understand. She's hurt. And still hurting.
"Are you okay with me having Yujin?" she asked. I know that she already knows what my answer is, but still wants verbal approval.
"Yes," I replied, and I heard dad's laugh.
I turn my head towards the couch and see Yujin sitting on her grandpa's lap. She's telling him a story about how she got the wound on her knee.
"And I guess they are too," I said, and Hyunjin smiled.
We welcomed Yujin wholeheartedly, and she even cried because of how overwhelmed she was.
Hyunjin fed her and helped her take a bath before we headed to bed.
Yujin is lying on her stomach on top of Hyunjin as my girlfriend combs her hair softly.
I can see how much she adores the kid. And I know she's going to help so much with Hyunjin's healing process.
We're already a family. The only thing that's missing is the rings.
