fine lines // seulrene

the good ol' times.

"Do you think you can help me Seulgi?" The leader said in her calm gentle voice. She remembered an underground tunnel that stretched miles upon miles. Rebels would use it to travel without the government of the dimensions knowing. The bear was trailing behind Irene quite a few steps because of how grueling the walk was. First of all, it was hot. So hot, Seulgi took off her shirt and wrapped it around her head to help her cope with this heat she wasn't used to (don't worry, she has an undershirt and bra on.) No wonder Irene's so hot, the bear smiled to herself. She's from this burning dimension.

"Seulgi?"

"Hm?"

Irene pointed to her right arm, which was supporting the weight of the majority of the books. "It wouldn't hurt to carry just a few more books?" Her voice was still calm calm as before but had a hint of annoyance from Seulgi not helping earlier. The leader didn't bother to look back towards the latter since she seemed so focused to travel to the destination she had in mind.

The bear blinked, then nodded her head quickly like a bobble head; quickly lifting the extra books from short girl. Seulgi knew how wrong it was to like a woman with someone in her heart already, but she just couldn't help it. Joohyun was a complete badass, a time traveler, a rebel. Not to mention, kind and beautiful. So many times the bear would think that maybe, just maybe, the leader had even the slightest bit of feelings for her. In situations like this it was hard to perceive.

Suddenly Joohyun stopped in her tracks. "We made it." At first glance it looked like nothing special; a small wooden compartment with messily tied rope in the back of it.

Seulgi eyed the contraption suspiciously then looked back to where they came from. She couldn't even see the beginning; the fog in the tunnel made it impossible to see even their footprints in the gravel. "And what is this supposed to do."

"It brings me back home," Joohyun turned, taking the books from Seulgi while carefully setting both the books and herself into the compartment. "And helps me make sure you stay here on watch." The leader winked, waving at the bear while she pulled herself up with the rope. Sadly the poor bear was too late to realize was was going on.

"Irene, Irene!" She huffed, running toward where the compartment was. She looked up, the darkness above scared her. Being the obedient bear she was, she sat near the compartment's entrance and zoned into the distance keeping a watch for anyone at all. Eventually Seulgi fell asleep, resting her head on her shirt.

-

"Wake up!" A voice whisper screamed at her. Seulgi groggily rubbed her eyes; her vision fixing on the beautiful Bae Joohyun. The bear lazily smiled back at the face which was inches away from hers.

"Morning beautiful."

Irene blushed, lightly tapping the latter's shoulder while covering her face with her hand. "Yah Kang Seulgi! Now is not the time!" She immediately got up, putting the bear's arm around her shoulder. "You need to help me pull ourselves up okay?" The latter aimlessly nodded, barely pulling on the rope leaving Irene to use all the muscle in her to pull the two up.

As they (or you could say, Irene) made their way towards the top more and more light hit Seulgi's face. To her surprise, what greeted her wasn't sand and a barren waste land but a village; a village made of sandstone and wood. The streets were bustling with women wearing bandanas around their head selling fruit and children running through alleys chasing flying dogs. Miss Bae readjusted her bandana then proceeding to cover the her face with a scarf, gesturing Kang to do the same. Irene lead the latter through a number of alleys before she plants her feet in front of a wooden door sprinkled in cracks and scratches.