𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 |≈| 𝐇𝐲𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐔

Chapter One : The Start Of Autumn

Rain.

The steady taps of millions of raindrops pattered down the classroom window. October had just begun and the eerie forthcoming of Halloween had already announced itself in the distance.

Chaewon grew weary of the dull outside view. Her eyelids had already begun to droop when taps resembling the raindrops danced on her shoulder.

"Wake up sleepy head, this Monday can't be worse than the rest."

A familiar and distinct voice greeted Chaewon's ears. Her classmate and best friend since diapers, Yerim, had called her out from her daydream.

"C'mon Chae class is about to start and I'm not staying after class with you this time." Yerim pressured, smile still adorning her pale cheeks.

Chaewon sighed and sat straight up, looking straight ahead at the other students piling into the classroom.

She straightened out her uniform and tossed her golden coloured hair behind her shoulder. This was an all girls school and everyone was expected to look well put together and "clean" as the nuns used to say it.

"Yerim, do you know what day it is today?" Chaewon asked, speaking her first words of the day.

"Um... October?" Announced the brown haired girl, her tone bright but still confused. Chaewon sneered and couldn't help but to laugh at the latter's remarks. Yerim truly was as nice as she was absolutely clueless.

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"Gosh finally! I couldn't stand being in that place any longer."

The two friends had begun their usual route home, walking past good old 7-11, buying the usual icecream and candy. Although this time around it seemed a little too cold to be enjoying the icy treat.

"Say, whattaya recon you'll be for Halloween this year? I was thinking that the Titanic lady would be a good idea." Yerim said as she took another big bite off her ice cream cone.

Chaewon chuckled at the thought of Yerim in a vintage gown, "From the movie or old lady rose?" Yerim rolled her eyes at the joke.

"You know my folks though, they'd rather let me perish of boredom than ever let me go trick-or-treating." The girl sighed, knowing her religious family would make her a nun if she ever dared bring up the holiday.

"Hmm.. guess so, but there's never any harm in asking! I remember on-" Yerim paused and squinted her eyes at the blurry figures in the distance. With full curiosity, Chaewon turned in that direction as well.

"You having any guests at all today?" The younger asked, to which Chaewon shook her head and denied any knowledge of people coming over that day. Both girls looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders.

"Guess I'll find out when I get there, see ya Yerim!" The blonde haired girl waved as she ran in the direction of her house.

As she reached closer, she noticed that there indeed were people over, but Chaewon didn't recognize anyone. Moreover, a large neon moving truck was parked right in the house adjacent to hers. She didn't want to seem nosy so she calmly walked into her house, giving her father a kiss on the cheek and bowing yo the mysterious man he was talking to before making it inside.

"I'm back from school!" She exclaimed, quickly running up the stairs so as to not be called down by her mother, who most likely was talking to the new neighbors. Alas, luck was not on Chaewon's side this time and her name was loudly called before she could dash to her room.

"Chae honey where are your manners? Come down and greet our lovely new neighbors!" It would be yet another game of how long can Chaewon's mother overexagerate about her daughter's mediocre achievements.