In Our Next Life [Park Chaeyoung x Fem!Reader]

[3] Evacuation

[Chaeyoung's POV]

The sound of the roosters woke me up from my peaceful sleep. It's a shame, I've never heard birds chirp in the morning.

"Oh good, you're awake" Jisoo said. She's getting ready to leave?

"Where are you going?" My voice was a little raspy.

"There is a rich family in town and they are looking for a helper, so I volunteered" She said. Wait, she'll get treated like a slave.

"But what if they hurt you?" I'm anxious for her safety.

"That's fine. They'll pay me a lot of money and plus if I get hurt you will be sure to treat me wont you?" Jisoo smiled. The smile on her face was the saddest smile I've ever seen. I just wish she would stop sacrificing her body for us.

"Come back early ok?" I asked.

"I'll be back by dinner" She left. Seeing her work so hard everyday makes me cry, but I don't want to. In the past whenever I would cry, I was called weak. Showing your weakness means that people can control and take over you. Since then I always stopped myself from crying. I never knew that people's words would get stuck inside my head so easily. It makes me sad but whenever I think of Y/N's smile, it encourages me to be happy about everything. I want to see her more often.

I decided to see if Jennie was awake. I'm sure her and Lisa created a little bond between them so she'll probably agree with me to visit Y/N today. Well that's if she's not going to 'work'.

"Jen? Are you up?" I asked as I approached her.

"Mm?.." She mumbled. She always liked to sleep in.

"Hey, wake up. Let's visit Y/N amd Lisa" I shook her body gently.

"I'm still a little sleepy..." She moaned.

"Come on, please?" I tried to use my charm.

"Ugh fine, just let me get ready" She quickly sat up and her hair looked like a rat's nest. I smiled happily at her.

"I'll prepare breakfast" I volunteered. Well there isn't much to prepare. Just a can of baked beans from the foreign supply team and some bread.

As I was trying to prepare our breakfast. I saw a locket placed on our rundown table. I gently placed the bread and beans down on the table. The locket seemed to be made out of real silver and looked to be very expensive. I opened it out of curiosity. Who's is it? Why is is it here?

It had a picture of a woman inside. I titled my head in confusion. The woman's eyes resembled Jisoo's, along with her face shape.

"Where did you find that?" Jennie entered the room without me knowing.

"I just found this on the table, is this yours?" I showed her the locket.

"It's Jisoo's" Jennie finished inspecting the locket and looked back at me.

"Then this woman is-"

"Jisoo's late mother" Jennie finished off my sentence for me.

"That's why that woman looked like her" I said. "What happened to her mother?" I asked Jennie. Her strong personality seemed to have disappeared and was replaced by a miserable one.