[ON-HOLD]
home wasn't a place for her, instead it was in his arms where all her worries disappeared and she finally felt like she could stop and breathe...
sato akina has had many soul-shattering days in her life and kim jungwoo seems to be the onl...
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SMOKE
She kept her eyes on her own paper instead of peering her eyes at Areum's paper. With a clear head, she mindlessly draws the flames on the paper. After completion, she puts the crayons back in the box and waits for Areum to finish.
Her mind wanders to the new detective. Remembering his name she thinks about how his voice was quite melodic which was unexpected to her. Recollecting also the fact that Johnny calls her 'Doc' which made her scoff quietly.
Akina snaps out of her thought when Areum lightly taps her sleeve showing a gummy smile. Her eyes travel off of Areum to her drawing which immediately sends a shiver down her spine.
The drawing was the quality of a five-year-old but besides that, it was detailed enough for her to figure it out. It was a dark figure with what looks like a black raincoat. The figure's face was just white with what looked like a scar on the right side and short brown hair was peeking through. Something felt familiar about the figure which was odd and made Akina feel somewhat unsafe. Putting her feelings aside she looks at Areum who was fiddling with her bracelet. "Areum is this the person that came into the house?" She asks with a reassuring tone.
The little girl doesn't move, she's frozen like a statue and this puts a layer of worry on her face. Akina reaches her hand to the little girl's shoulder hoping for her to come to her senses. But nothing happens: Areum was stuck in the painful images of being her closet hoping to be saved.
This is when Akina decides to instead move to crouch in front of her. Ducking her under to look at Areum's face she notices tears slipping through beginning to stain her face. "Areum you're safe here, nothing can hurt you in this room," she says trying to comfort the girl. Almost like a switch Areum looks ahead to her doctor and flings her arms around Akina. She clutches on the back of the doctor's coat.
Even though it was unexpecting she quickly returned the hug slowly rubbing circles on the frail child's back. But what Areum said next surprised her even more"I'm scared Akina, I'm scared of the monster."
"I know, I know but it can't hurt you here or anywhere else anymore. The detectives and I won't let that happen." After a couple of minutes of tears falling from Areum eyes, she finally calms down enough for her to release her clutching grip. Of course, when breaking from the hug Akina see her brown eyes now glossy and brimmed with red.
Her heartstrings pull hard making her eyes water a little before she blinks them away. At that moment she wishes that she could take all the memories and pain away from Areum. She gets up from her crouch and gets tissues from the box on the coffee table.
Quickly she wipes Areum's eyes and cheeks then tells her, "Let's go to Detective Johnny okay?" Because of the name mentioned the little girl's eyes brighten a little bit and she hums to Akina.
