"Hey Ji"
"Mm?"
"Would you be able to take care of yourself and mom at home?"
"What do you mean?"
"You know that guy who we did work for"
"Yeah?"
"He offered me to work there, five days a week for that amount of money, and more"
"That would be great?"
"Yeah but I'd be home super late, or even the next morning"
"I think close work is good"
"I'm asking you if you'd be okay if I said yes"
"Um.."
"If you won't, then I'll say no, I'm worried for you"
"I'll be okay, I'm worried for you though?"
"I won't travel at night, when the sunsets I won't try get home that night, I'll stay at the village"
"If you'll be okay then go ask mom, she'll say yes for sure"
"Are you sure you'll be fine?"
"Yeah"
"And sleep on time?"
"Yes! I'm not a kid"
"You act like it"
"Do not"
"Sure? Well I'm going from chopping trees to woodwork"
"I mean..appa did teach you this stuff..and who's gonna do it?"
"I can do three days a week work and four at home?"
"What about the people in the village?"
"I'll figure something out"
"If you say so"
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"How was work Gguk?"
"Good, where's Ji? In her room?"
"No actually, she's been doing lots of garden work lately, no idea why?"
"Huh..okay.."
He put his things away in his room before he went out to the garden. His heart dropped and he felt physically ill, like he was going to vomit that moment. She wasn't there.
"Jieun! Ji-?"
He looked around outside the house, nope. He only panicked more, she had no idea how to go through the forest, and there were wild animals, she didn't know how to defend herself. She doesn't even have anything warm to wear.
His first immediate thought was to look around the river, nothing, she wasn't in the garden or by the river. Then his next best guess was to go to their dad's grave.
He sighed in relief seeing her there. She turned around, spotting him and smiling. He walked over, ruffling her hair, she groaned, having to fix her bangs.
"Hey, idiot, you went missing"
"I made a little trip, that's all"
"At least tell mom where you're going"
"I did, I just didn't tell her I decided to make a trip"
"Come on, it's cold, you'll get even more ill"
"Okay"
"I've got work to do, so you best be home"
"What work have you got?"
