Open Secret

AU - The Story About Sun and Moon #4

"Eomma! Eomma!"

"Yes Mi-Sun ah. Where are you taking me?"

Mi-Sun dragged Byul away from her work station to the living room. There on the coffee table, laid some tanghulu, watermelon bingsu and there was even some cute, colourful, uneven shaped mochi.

"Sit eomma. Last night you fell asleep and you need to stop working too hard and rest sometimes."

Byul smile, she looks at the kitchen where Solar is standing and give out a bigger smile.

"Did you help your mama make all of this?"

"Of course!"

Said her daughter, jumping in excitement.

Byul give a light pat on Mi-Sun's head and sit cross legged in front of the table.

"Your daughter is so worried about you."

Solar walks to her family and sit down beside Byul with Mi-Sun sitting in the middle.

"Only my daughter?"

"Of course your wife too."

"Really? I heard she is a worrywart."

"IC...."

Byul laughed, loving how annoyed her wife is right now but then give the older girl  pecks on her chubby cheeks.

Mi-Sun who is also annoyed that her moms are getting touchy again started to pull on Byul's thumb hard.

"Ouchh..."

"Mi-Sun! Don't do that to your mom. You hurt her."

Solar give a firm scolding to her daughter.

"What is it Mi-Sun ah. What's troubling you."

"You haven't finished the story."

"What story?"

"Eomma!!!"

"Ok ok I'm joking...Where were we? Why don't you tell me where we left them off."

"Hmm.... So the Princess was taken away by her two servants through the woods to meet someone. Someone who Baram and Kkot said the Princess would be happy to meet. Who is it eomma?"

"Who is it .. Hmm I wonder."

The whole ride was eerily silent without any exchanges of words between all of them. The whole ride was only filled with the click clack of the horses's steps and the sound of air whistling, blowing, sometime soft and sometime rough throughout the day.

They needed the silent she guessed, at least for a while since some guards were still foraging around the woods, searching for the runaway princess.

Princess Sun rested comfortably on the back of the cart. Half of her head was peeking out of her cover only to be fully covered again if Baram signals for her to.

The princess was mesmerized, looking at how beautiful the forest really is. It has been too long for her. Since the last time she feel like this.

Being out in the open like this feels like she has a new pair of fresh eyes and it's like she could breathe properly.

Finally, she is away from the castle that had always feel like a mouse trap.

She feels so suffocated there....So vindicated....

I'm selfish I'm wrong...

"Byul! You're not singing that song right now!"

"Hahahaha. I'm sorry baby. The song has been running through my head since this morning."

Solar looks at Byul sternly but the small smirk raised on one side of her lips betrayed her instead.