Remnants of You

Remnants 07

"DAD!"

Seulgi slightly jumped from her position when she heard her daughter's voice. Her eyes are still adjusting from the dark.

Seulhyun suddenly jumps to her bed. "I'm going to be late." Seulhyun said. She's panicking. It's still Friday, and she have to go to school on time.

"Huh?" Seulgi rubbed her eyes using the back of her hands.

"Daddy, faster." Seulhyun begs. "We will have a story telling today."

"Oh yeah, school." Seulgi muttered. She finally understand the situation. She checks her phone on the side table. "We still have an hour before your class time." She jumps out from her bed and hold Seulhyun's hand. They walked together toward Seulhyun's room. "Get your bag."

"What bag?" The young girl asked.

"Any bag that you like." Seulgi answered. "Pack all the things you want to carry with you at school. I'll be cooking breakfast for us."

"I made breakfast for you."

Seulgi turned to her daughter. "What?"

Seulhyun started packing things inside her bag. "I said, I made breakfast for you." She said.

That's when Seulgi noticed the dark sticky liquid on her daughter's lips. She bended to level her daughter's height. She raised Seulhyun's chin using her fingers to see what's on her face.

"Is this chocolate?" Seulgi wondered out loud.

"Yep," her daughter answered silently. She's closing her eyes, scared of what her Dad will do to her.

Seulgi sighed heavily. She seated in front of her daughter while holding her daughter's shoulders. "What did I tell you about breakfast?"

"No chocolates." Seulhyun said quietly, pouting.

Seulgi nodded. "This will be the last, okay?" She brushed Seulhyun's hair using her hand. "But I will still eat the breakfast you made for me. We will eat it together, okay?" Seulgi kisses her daughter's cheeks. Her daughter nodded defeatedly. "Go on. Continue packing. I'll wait for you in the kitchen." Seulgi gave another peek to her daughter's lips. She stood up and left her daughter's room. She tie her hair, ironing her t-shirt using her hands.

When she reached their kitchen, she started heating the pan. She get the ingredients she needed and put it on the kitchen top. When she just crack the first egg, Seulhyun shouted all of a sudden.

"Dad! Did you see my stickers?" Seulhyun shouted out loud.

"Honey, I don't." Seulgi answered despite being busy preparing their breakfast.

"They were here last time. They are gone now." Seulhyun sounded disappointed.

"Check every corner of your room, darling." Seulgi shouted out loud. "I'm pretty sure it's just there."

"Okay," Seulhyun said quietly.

Seulgi sighed heavily. She harshly brushed her hair using her hand. Everything is new to her. She wasn't prepared to be this kind of busy. This was usually Irene's place, now it's hers.

Her phone suddenly rings. She glanced at the caller's name and didn't hesitate to answer the call when she saw it was her wife.

"Hey, honey?" Seulgi called to the other line. "How was your day?" Seulgi was busy cooking the ingredients on the pan. She was also preparing the table when she got some chance.

"Are you cooking?" Irene asked from the other line when she heard the noises from the plates.

"Yeah," Seulgi said while mixing the soup now.