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She can't opened her eyes to see what happened, she was lying on the solid ground like marble. A cold tension she felt on her skin, but she can felt warm on her left side. A fire crackling sound, a sound of amber and a smoky smell of burned fire wood. She quickly recognise the room.
"(.. Fireplace? Is this chamber like room..?)"
She never been through this kind of vivid dream before. Suddenly, she heard a footsteps came toward and sit beside her. The sound of chair screech can be heard, her eyes flinch with an ear hurting sound.
"Remember your goal, ____. Don't fail this time.."
"(..A..A woman..?)"
"Choose your path wisely.."
"(..? Is this a kind of prank..?)"
She force herself to opened her lips trying to speak, the unknown's identity? What did "she" mean by it? She have many questions inside her head.
"...who.."
"Wake up."
*tit*
*tit*
*tit*
She opened her eyes widely and gasping loud, a sound of digital clock buzzing at 8:30 AM on a brown coloured drawer. Her heart was beating loud, she lying on the bed wearing a sky blue coloured pyjamas with a bird nest like hair.
".. It's felt too vivid.."
She get up from the bed and start taking a shower, she wear a red thick hoodie with black tracksuit for her basic routine every week.
She put 2 slice of bread and put it inside the toaster. She do some house chores such as sweeping floor and wiping some photos. Her house was big enough to have 6 family.
* DING ! *
The toasted bread jump out from the toaster as she put it on a white plate, she took a kaya jam inside the fridge and put it on the table.
She turn on the thermostat, and took a coffee sachet and pour it on the green glass. She pour half of hot water and warm water and mix it.
Prepare butter knife and half block of butter, she spread it on the toasted bread. Creating a sweet aroma.
"..My kaya is...."
She checked as the jam inside the glass container only have 25%. Some of her food supply almost disappeared.
"I have to work part time again, not to mention my pocket money is getting less"
She let out a long sigh, she had to tied her stomach next month. Living alone is hard enough for a mere students, her parent passed away when she was six years old. Some of caretakers under her mother taken care of her until she was 14 years old.
One by one of the caretakers left her due to family problem or simply wanted to left their responsibility. She was left with no pocket money, food supply and love.
"Electricity bill and water usage is getting expensive year by year... Oh god...
She look at bill paper that was piled up on the table, she took a bite and drink some black coffee.
"What should I do... Mom.."
She scratch her hair and put down her face to the table, the stress was piled down to her head. School exam, graduation, money, electricity and water bill, more and more...
"Why are they leaving me early..."
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She tied her hair up and go outside, stuffed her ear with a pair of white bluetooth earphone.
"Is that her? The rumored daughter?"
"Is this old cottage belong to her, how did she manage it?"
"Her name..Was it YEONWOO ?"
"Where are her PARENT?"
She or know as Yeonwoo Kim quickly turn around with menace, the people who gossiped her suddenly quite while whispering in silent tone.
"She's scary isn't it?"
"Just like her father.."
"Her eyes is fierce..Scary.."
Yeonwoo continue her run to the park, her eye colour is always being part of neighbors talk. A red and fiercely like ruby, a rose, and blood. But blood one is not part of her personality. A single daughter of a dead parent who have a mild purple and red eyes, no one welcome her in her old cottage, she's basically.
" A NOBODY "
"I felt empty by their word, should I be angry or sad.."
She arrived at the the park and took a breath by sitting on the bench beside the flower pot, looking at the children playing at playground with their parent. Her eyes empty, her heart is just blank.
"..Happy..."
Did it because I don't remember the love that was gave by my parent? Suddenly a old woman approach her by softly poking her shoulder, Yeonwoo look to the direction of the woman.
"Do you mind this old woman sit next to you, child...?"
She nodded her head with blank stare, the old woman slowly getting on the bench and massaging her leg. She holding a wooden broom and seem just finished her job, Yeonwoo keep her distance and quiet.
"Are you feeling sad today, miss Kim?"
"..?( She know my name? )"
"...Not much, I just feel like it."
The old woman look at her and seem take out something from her sleeves, it was a black coloured candy wrapped in transparent plastic. Yeonwoo widen her eyebrows out of curiousity as the lady slowly put in on Yeonwoo's palm and clench it.
"Just take it, I have more inside my home for my nieces."
"..."
The lady smile softly as Yeonwoo felt something bright in her heart, is it happiness? She slowly smiled.
"..Thank you, gramp..(something blooming in my heart, it's felt warm..)"
"Younger these day need a energy to brighten up their mode, they have less sugar in their body during morning so that's why candy is a effective way to be happy..!"
Yeonwoo nodded her head and opened the wrapper and eat the candy.
"(It's ginseng...)"
"I been worried these days..."
"Hmm?"
The lady look at her with melancholy tension, she sit next to her.
"Do you wanna hear the story from this old lady?"
Yeonwoo nodded her head and listening next to her.
To be continued...
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