fall in love again- choi jiung

iv - co-worker.

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Daeun was shocked to say the least.

"Oh, pretty girl! Hi! I guess i'm your co-worker now!" Jiung excitedly waved.

She forced a smile, shocked by the name he gave her.

"Hi."

Jana stood there confused, "Oh, you guys must know each other from school!"

They both nodded.

"That's great!" She clapped, "How about you teach Jiung how to do some things around here? I'll leave for the day so that you guys can bond alone."

"Okay, bye." Jiung said to his mother before she left the diner.

"Follow me."

She led him to the back, where all of the things were made.

"You know how to cook?" She asked him.

Jiung nodded in response.

"You shouldn't need my help then."  She walked away, going back to the front.

Jiung stood there, stunned.

"Why is she so cold?" He asked himself before cooking up some burgers.

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Daeun had to deal with a really rude customer.

The customer even has the audacity to throw their drink at Daeun!

Daeun did nothing wrong, though.

She went to the back to clean up.

"Is everything oka- woah! What happened?" Jiung grabbed her a towel."

"I was floating in the rain, and dancing on rainbows." She sarcastically replied, glaring at the boy.

"Okay, okay. I get it. Who did it?"

"Doesn't matter. Don't do anything. I don't wanna lose my job."

"But they assaulted you..." Jiung was confused on why she cared more about her job than being safe.

"I really need this job. I can't get fired."

"You won't get fired. I won't let my mom fire you. If she were to."

"I'm not taking any chances." Daeun continued to dry her hair with the towel. She then headed back to the front to continue taking orders.

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It was finally time for her shift to end, and Daeun was happy to finally get home.

"I'm home!" She shouted as she entered the house.

She could hear Jongseob on the phone with someone.

She assumed it was their mother.

"Why can't you just leave us alone? You've been doing it for the past two years, so why not now?"

Daeun was sad that her little brother had to even speak to their horrible mother. Who left them in the dark when they needed the light.

Daeun slowly entered the room. Jongseob noticed, and the girl motioned for him to pass her the phone.

Daeun went to the other room, to shield Jongseob's ears from the harsh words that were about to come from her mouth.

"What the hell is your problem? Leave us alone."

"You're so boring. Definitely not my child."

This comment offended Daeun.

Of course she knew that she was hilarious, but only when it was time to be. But that didn't matter.

"I don't care what you see me as. But I will never not be able to see you as the monster you became."

"Aww. Don't get into your feelings, darling." The woman teased, "This is just a friendly, mommy daughter talk. Just as it was with my little Jongseob."

"The crazy part is that I'm more of a mother to him than you will ever be. And he's not so little anymore. Maybe you'd know if you were apart of his life." 

"And have to deal with you little brats? No thanks."

Daeun could tell that she was laughing.

That made her livid.

"The only thing laughable here is how much of a coward you are. You left us as soon as I turned eighteen!"

"Do you think-"

Daeun couldn't hear the lady's voice for any other second. So she hung up on her.

She handed the phone back to Jongseob.

But what she realized, made her heart stop.

Jongseob was crying.

"Hey, Jongseob what's wrong?" She asked in a careful tone.

"S-she said she was going to get custody of me. Since you're not my legal guardian."

Daeun felt a pang in her chest.

She didn't want the person that she loved the most in the whole world to be taken from her.

She put an arm around his shoulder, "Everything will be okay, Seob. I'm not going to let it happen."

Jongseob sniffled some more, letting it all out.

"I'm s-sorry for being such a a burden to you. I wish I could help m-more."

"Stop. Seriously stop. How many times do I have to tell you this?" The older made her brother look at her, "You. Are. Not. A. Burden. You're so amazing."

Jongseob hugged his sister, "Thank you so much. For everything."

"Of course."

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