TaengSic (COMPILATION)

Strawberry Kisses (OS)

A delicious scent of home-cooked food permeated the air in the Jung household. Yoona, the middle child, was already sitting at the dining table with her cutlery in her hands.

"Unnie ya, Soojungie, dinner is ready!!" Yoona yelled at the top of her voice.

"Yoong, how many times have I told you not to yell at your sisters like that? You should go to their rooms to call them," Mrs Jung chided, shooting a fierce glare at Yoona.

Yoona sulked a little, refusing to move from her seat. She couldn't wait to dig into the food in front of her. Her mother was a fantastic cook and she loved eating at home. The fragrant scent of her favourite beef galbi soup was making her very hungry. She had just finished a bag of honey butter chips but that wasn't enough to satisfy her hunger.

Just then, Sooyeon, the eldest child, appeared at the dining area.

"Unnie, can you get Soojungie?"

"What's the magic word?" Sooyeon crossed her arms in front of her chest and waited.

"Please, pretty please," Yoona said in an aegyo filled voice while batting her eyelids at her elder sister. She tugged at Sooyeon's tee and gave her elder sister the puppy-eye look.

"Aish, stop talking in that voice!" Sooyeon brushed away the hand on her tee and headed upstairs to look for their youngest sibling.

Soojung's bedroom door was slightly ajar but Sooyeon still knocked on it and waited for her younger sister to reply. After waiting for a moment, there wasn't a response from Soojung. Sooyeon decided to peek in, knowing that Soojung probably had her earphones plugged in and was reading some fashion magazines while sprawled on her bed.

The scene was exactly how Sooyeon had visualised before she opened the door. She walked next to Soojung and tapped her on her arm to get her attention.

Pulling out her earphones, the youngest Jung looked at her elder sister with a yawn. She acknowledged her sister's presence and told her that she would be down in five minutes.

It took fifteen minutes before everyone assembled at the dining table for dinner. The girls said their thanks before tucking into the spread. Yoona always ate the fastest and would take two servings of rice. On the other hand, Sooyeon was slowest, preferring to take her time to chew and digest her food properly instead of wolving it down. As for Soojung, her speed and intake of food depended on her mood.

After finishing their meal, Sooyeon was usually the one who would help to wash up the dishes. She did it on her own accord. She felt responsible since she was the eldest child.

That was a typical scene in the Jung household at mealtimes.

One Saturday afternoon, after the girls completed their homework, Mrs Jung gave Sooyeon some money and allowed the three of them to visit the new ice cream store at the park as a treat. Yoona changed in a flash and was the first to wait at the door for the rest of her siblings. As usual, Soojung would be the last one at the door.

The three of them walked hand in hand to the ice cream store. Sooyeon, the oldest at twenty one, was studying business administration at the university. She was the sensible and dependable one who cared for people quietly in her own ways. Yoona, the middle one at nineteen, was studying theatre and arts at a different university. She was the 'voice' of the Jungs and the most outgoing of the three sisters. Soojung, the youngest at seventeen, was studying in a college. Having a cool personality and a love for fashion, she preferred to take her own sweet time to get ready so that she would look her best. They had very distinct personalities which sometimes led to many arguments but at the end of the day, they made up and enjoy their close bond as sisters.