It's been a year already, huh?
Kim Jiyeon sits there, on the stool next to her kitchen counter, basking in the morning sunlight coming from the big windows on the wall. Her gaze lingers on the buildings around her apartment, while her hands busy themselves stirring her white coffee. Every day, Jiyeon would savor these few minutes before she starts off her hectic day.
While she is sipping on her coffee, her ears perk up when she hears light footsteps behind her back. She turns around and smiles at the sight of her 6 years-old rubbing her eyes out of sleepiness.
"Good morning."
"Good morning, mummy." Kim Yeoreum replies, yawning at the same time. The little girl shivers at the cold morning breeze, and when Jiyeon opens her arms for her, she lets herself be embraced by her mother.
"Mummy, how did you wake up so early every day?" Yeoreum asks as she sits on top of Jiyeon's lap.
"Mummy is used to it, Yeoreum-ah."
The little girl nods her head even though she struggles to keep herself awake. Seeing that, Jiyeon pulls lightly on her daughter's hair to untangle them.
"Do you want to eat breakfast first or shower first?"
"Hmmm... I think I want to shower first." The little girl put her index finger to her chin as if she were thinking about something.
"Alright, go then. I'll make breakfast. Is pancake ok?" Yeoreum hops off Jiyeon's lap and grabs her red towel.
"Pancakes are ok." Yeoreum says as she shows an 'ok' sign to her mother before she turns and heads to the bathroom.
Jiyeon smiles and shakes her head. As she's reaching out for the frying pan in the cabinet, she couldn't help but notice a drawing that was stuck to the fridge. Yeoreum drew them. Her school teacher has asked her to draw her family. Even though Jiyeon has looked at the drawing for like the nth times already, she couldn't help but notice it every time she opened the fridge. There's her, with her long light brown hair. Yeoreum with her dark brown hair and a wide smile. And lastly, beside Yeoreum there's a person, with black hair and bangs, holding a black and white cat.
Jiyeon would say that Yeoreum is good at drawing. Hell, even good at portraying people even if she's only 6 years old. Why did she say that?
Because the black hair person reminds her of Kim Hyunjung.
Kim Hyunjung wakes up to the sound of the alarm blaring through her phone while the sun annoys her eyes, peeking through the curtains.
She grunts in displeasure as she reaches for her phone on the bedside table and turns off the alarm. She rolls around her bed before deciding to wake up and shower.
She puts on a navy blue suit with a white shirt underneath and black leather shoes.
After a few minutes, Hyunjung is already outside and in her Porsche. She starts off her engine and drives to her favorite cafe near her office building.
"Aww, look who's here!" Hyunjung could see a certain redhead peeking from the counter, smiling at her.
"You say that like I didn't come here every day." The black-haired woman says.
Chu Sojung laughs at the comment while she grabs an empty paper cup to fill it with white coffee.
"Well, you always seemed like you wanna kill someone so I thought I could brighten your mood by greeting you like that." The barista/cafe owner blurts out as she writes down Hyunjung's name and pours coffee into the cup.
