'You'll be coming home with me.. Chaeyoung.'
--
Chapter 2
"We'll be visiting her this weekend." The other line spoke.
The woman's jaw clenched ever so lightly, "Of course." She says.
"That is all. Thank you for your cooperation."
The clench she's been holding had loosen up, "Anything for the little girl." She mutters.
Then the phone call, ended.
Apparently, that call was about how the orphanage will send a person who'll monitor Chaeyoung's well being throughout her care. They want to make sure if the girl is indeed in a safe and loving hands.
But the efforts the woman made for the girl is already enough for someone to say that the kid was definitely under a nice roof.
From the beautiful ceiling lights, calming wallpaper that surrounds the room, curtains that are sweet as the child and some adorable stuffed animals laying on her cute bed.
She got it all prepared, just like how she knows a kid would love.
Like how she would love it if she would be the kid who'll be given the chance to have the room.
"Unnie?"
As soon as the phone call ends, a tiny voice travels throughout the dim part of the hallway.
Looking away from the said device, her eyes captured Chaeyoung who's dragging a giraffe stuffed animal with her. "It's too late to stay up, why are you not in slumber?" She asked.
Footsteps echoing as she reach where the kid was standing.
"I've had a.. a night.. nightmare."
It was warm. The girl's hold on her arm was warm and overwhelming.
Not the type to adore a grip hold of a child on to her arm, but Chaeyoung can be an exemption now. She never felt this kind of hold before. Odd, 'cause it seems like she likes this. It somehow feels like it was meant specially just for her.
There were no complaints on the woman's side, instead she states, "Tell me more about this nightmare so I can protect you from it."
Stifle snobs, she can hear the little girl trying not to cry much. To show no fear. "A scary spider with.. with long legs was trying to.. to get me and told me that I'll.. I'll die if i stick on its huge web."
Terrified, she can feel her tightening but shaking grip.
Kneeling, she manages to get at least level her face on the girl's. Only wanting to stop the frightening thoughts the kid was having.
And the woman was there to make sure of it. "It isn't real."
Subtle pats landed on the girl's shoulder. The woman praying that it should and would work.
"Just an unpleasant dream." She tries again but this time she showed her caring smile.
Chaeyoung starts quivering, although somehow, in some sort of way, in this dark place, the woman can sense that she wants no she needs someone with her to get through the night.
And so she carefully asked the young girl as she stood up, "Do you want me to fight the spider for you?"
Lending her hand, there she waits for the girl to response, to take the hand, to accept her offer.
No words were uttered back, just a sudden embrace from the tiny figure and a few shy nods was given in exchange.
Another hug was given to her. This made the woman step back a bit, she almost stumbled down but soon enough she regain her balance.
It was crystal clear, the girl needs her.
The girl wants to let her protect her from everything.
All be it in a dream or the real world, the woman is ready to conquer it all for the precious little girl.
With that being said, from that very first night she let the girl sleep with her.
Tucking her close as if really protecting her from the spider, the woman wraps her body with the warmth of her arms and the softness of the blanket adds up to comfort the child.
"Sleep tight, because no creature can hurt Chaeyoung if she's beside her unnie."
The gentle humming, the air-conditioner's noise and the thought of the previous nightmare is all Chaeyoung could think about. In her young mind, what happened was terrifying and at this moment she still has no clue why and how this unnie beside her is making her feel.. feel complete, like her lighthouse in the catastrophic sea.
It was a dark evening and as for a kid like Chaeyoung, it'll be extremely scary since this is a new place, a new house, a new home to her. She'll now live in here, forever.
"Thank you unnie." She whispers right before she couldn't help but to just close her eyes and drift to sleep in wonderland.
Although, Ms. Minatozaki was never the type of person who'll let someone share her queen-size bed.
'Just once. Till she's ready to fight for her own fears.'
YOU ARE READING
Paint Me Naked
Fanfiction[THIS IS A G!P STORY!] Overused brushes and paint carelessly splattered on old canvases, she stares at them with never tiring eyes. She had been painting with passion for as long as she remembers. This cycle of hers will once be broken when she lets...
