"I am so fucked up,teddy,"
Irene's not the one that usually curses,but she was just so damn pissed.
Irene dropped her bags,crawled up onto her bed and sprawled her legs.She took a glance to the teddy bear laying motionless on the high shelf.
"You're so lucky you're a teddy,"
After her long sigh,she got up to get teddy and safely held her in her arms.
Now.
Irene calls it her because that's what she thought ever since she got teddy.
She remember getting teddy right after the crazy celebration of her 5th birthday.
"Little Bae,come here for a second,"
Irene's mother's call made her turn around sharply and run towards her,which looked like a little bunny pouncing.After pushing through the crowd that was trying to get cream on her face,the little girl managed to arrive in front of her mother safely.
Wiping the cream off,she gave her mom a smile as she said,"Yes,mom?"
"There's something I want to show you,Joohyun,"
Irene nodded so that her mother could acknowledge that she was listening.Her mother took Irene's petite,little hands and lead her to the back of the house where there was no one to interrupt them.They reached to the best feature of their house - the river.
A soft,gentle breeze wafted past Irene,causing her to shiver from the cool wind.
"Are you ready?"
Irene nodded.Her eyes followed her mother's moving arms.Then there she saw it.
The teddy.
She continuously told her mother to get her a teddy bear but she always thought her mother's ignored her childish desires.She was told by her best friend,Taehyung,that teddies were the perfect companion.You can cuddle with it,you can talk with it - basically everything children can think of.And Taehyung also said that teddies were cute.And by cute,Irene never imagined that it would be this cute,for she has never seen a teddy in her life.
She was mesmerized by teddy's features.
The curly brown locks,the wide,brown orbs,the cute,round ears.
Teddy was perfect in Irene's eyes.
"C-can I touch her?"
Irene softly requested which made her mother chuckle from seeing her daughter suddenly quiet down.
"Of course,honey.It's yours anyway,"
Irene's mother handed out the bear to her,which she gladly takes.The moment she touched teddy,she knew.
She has fallen in love.
The soft brown locks lets Irene's tiny hands roam around them.She gently explore teddy with her fingertips,adapting with the new sense of touch.Then,she finally reached the ears.The soft ears.
The softest thing Irene has ever touched.
Irene lightly cupped the ears of the bear with a large grin on her small face.
Irene looked into the teddy's coffee-like eyes.As she stared into teddy's eyes,she felt something.Something that should not be felt when looking into an object with no life.
She felt emotions.
As if teddy's alive and actually talking with her.
During their little so called conversation,Irene couldn't keep her eyes off of teddy.She was trapped in the bear's gaze.The way teddy looks at her was so deep,
So captivating.
Irene pulled teddy closer,making its head lay on her shoulder,and whispered into its ear,just enough for her and the bear to hear,
"You're cute,"
"So,do you like it?"
Irene once again pulled teddy from the hug and stared into the chocolate eyes,lightly shaking her head side to side.
"I don't like her,mom,"
After confusing her mother for a moment,the corner of her lips curved up as she said,
"I love her,"
