fake baby class. [ chaesoo ]

seven ; gold dust woman.

Hold onto your seats for this one. It's a short chapter, but we're diving into the past, where we learn a little bit more about Roseanne's past.

*****

December 25th, 2021

Jisoo sits on the closed toilet seat, her knee bouncing nervously up and down. Her timer had long since gone off, the test sits on the counter demanding her attention. She hears the cheerful banter of her family downstairs, completely unaware of the turmoil Jisoo is currently going through alone in her room.

There's a knock on the bathroom door, her pulse picks up its pace, but she doesn't take her eyes off the test. She doesn't dare look at the result, confirming what she already knows.

"Jisoo?" Eugene calls from the outside of the door.

She's worried, as she should be. Jisoo has been sick lately, hardly leaving her room, eating barely more than crackers. She's lost weight and she looks exhausted.

"Jisoo, are you in there?"

"Yeah mom," Jisoo says, she bites her lip, her knee never stopping it's staccato beat.

"Are you coming downstairs? Your aunt wants to see you." Eugene says, trying the doorknob.

Jisoo's not worried, she was smart enough to lock the door before taking the test.

"I'll be down soon, I was about to take a shower," Jisoo says.

The lie comes easily.

"Alright, honey, I'll be just downstairs if you need anything."

Jisoo picks the test up, closing her eyes.

"Okay mom."

She takes a deep breath. In then out.

She opens her eyes, glancing down at the little white stick.

"Positive"

"Fuck," she says, tears welling in the corner of her eyes.

She throws the test in the trash, then turns the shower on as high as she can bear it. She strips off her clothes, standing bare before the mirror, she inspects her body, expecting to see something different now that her fears are confirmed.

She stares long enough for the mirror to fog up, it obscures her vision, but that could be the unshed tears.

Merry fucking Christmas.

*****

March 21, 2022

Jisoo stares at the door in the waiting room, expecting one of these times for it to be Roseanne waltzing through. She knows she won't, she has the proof on her phone right in front of her.

The screen goes dark, she taps it once, rereading the text.

Roseanne <3 7:47 AM : Won't be able to make it today, got called into work.

Jisoo knows it's a lie, Lisa texted her earlier to check in on her. From what Lisa had said, Roseanne was not doing well herself.

Jisoo looks at the clock, her knee bobbing up and down nervously. She glances at her mom, who's reading some old issue of Home and Garden Magazine. Jisoo looks at the clock again and sighs.