MINE /hwabyul (under construction)

six

byulyi gets out of her car, with her assistants following her of course. stopping at the door as she waits for her assistants to open it.

"after you boss." the male shows with his hand.

the woman nods, walking into her company.

"good morning boss!" her line of staff on each side bows respectively with byulyi nodding at them.

the ceo couldn't help but walk smoothly pass the technology's area or the area where hyejin works at. scanning the room as she walks pass it, slightly feeling disappointed not seeing the new employee.

nonetheless, she goes back into her space. wanting to come up with a plan to see the employee today without being too obvious or creepy.

***

hyejin truly feels like a celebrity today. as soon as she walks into the building, thumbs up and smiles appears in front of her.

she knows others see her disgusting as she "betrayed them" but many others admired her for being clear and loud, wanting to be friends with her.

sitting down at her cubicle, her phone rings. looking at the caller id, her heart pumps with adrenaline. it was her mother!

jumping in excitement, she rushes out of her area to answer the call.

almost, just almost she runs into byulyi, who was entering the technology's area at the same time. briefly apologizing, hyejin turns away to answer the call.

"MOM!" she whisper shouts, beaming. "oh my goodness, is this really you?"

hyejin's mother left her alone with her aunt many years ago. moving out the country, she ignored all hyejin's way of contacting her.

however, hyejin still loves the woman who birthed her.

"oh my sweet angel, hyejinnie." the woman on the other line softly says. "i've missed you."

"i've missed you too mom! so much. why haven't you responded to my calls and letters the past years?"

it was silent from the mother. "i-it was such a hard time and your mom needs money."

hyejin's grip on her phone tightens. moving away from the phone to swallow down her anger.

"please please don't tell me you called for money after ignoring me for many years! i just want you to tell me you called because you miss me, that's all." she holds in her tears waiting for a response.

being kind of quiet, hyejin's mother sighs. "of course but can't you help out your poor mother?"

"don't try to lie to me, you don't really care about me or auntie do you? you don't know how hard we're trying and yet you want money just to spend it on drugs." hyejin spits out words she's been holding in.

"no, it's not like that at all! listen up, we're family, aren't we? if i ask for money, shouldn't you give it to me? don't you love me? if you do, then you'll-"

she hangs up the phone. feeling tears drop from her eyes.

'FUCK NOT HERE' she panics.

covering her face, hyejin rushes to the location of the bathroom but being new here, she couldn't locate it.

resorting to an empty room, she falls straight down on her knees. sobbing, letting her tears fall down and stain her shirt.

few minutes after, the door opens abruptly. hyejin stands up in panic. seeing byulyi at the doorway, staring down at her with a crease in her brows.

the younger wipes her tears, brushing past her to leave. instead the older grabs her wrist, dragging her back.

both their faces close as byulyi examines hyejin while the younger squirms underneath.

"come with me." byulyi roughly says, dragging her to the elevator, it was silent but peaceful.

***

her grip still on hyejin's wrist. the elevator dings with byulyi leading her to her office but through an unknown way no one knew.

the younger looks at the office and it's all clean now, like the mess never happened. sitting her on the couch, byulyi sits across from her while still holding her hand.

"why are you upset?" quietly asking as she searches the black haired girl for an answer.

she saw her answer a call and she wanted to keep watching but she realized it was creepy. so she entered the technology's area, to "check" on her workers, a little too quickly.

byulyi found hyejin so fascinating and she looked forward to seeing her ever since that day she hired her. she admits, she would have fired the young one after her first day but she was just so so different.

she wanted to keep her longer and wanted to watch her do way more shit because ahn hyejin doesn't disappoint her.

moon byulyi felt a strange tug in her heart when hyejin helped cleaned the office with her. so now, she's feeling many several tugs on her heart, seeing her break down right in front of her.

"my mom who i haven't talked to in such a long time just called me to ask for money. it honestly felt like she doesn't care about me anymore." hyejin softly mutters, wiping her tears away.

the ceo's jaw tightens, adding a comment. "what a bitch."

the black haired girl lightly laughs and there she goes again, tugging at another string in moon byulyi's heart.

she doesn't know why.