BEST PART

6

Sky stared at the door Solar ran out of, a frown forming on her face, she dropped the ball she was holding and ran to the door as fast she could. "Eomma! No!"

"Eomma!" She choked out as big tears streamed out of her eyes. "Eomma." She cried loudly before looking around the room quickly. "Eomma?" She sniffled and turned around again quickly before running to the other side of the room. "S-Sun?"

"Come here honey." Irene opened her arms to her and kneeled down.

Sky shook her head quickly and took a step back before breaking down crying harder and louder as she ran to the door again. "Eomma!"

Irene ran to her cubby and looked through her items for a stuffed animal, she found a purple teddy bear and handed it to the tiny Yi-Kim, who had one hand in her mouth as she stood at the door and screamed for Solar to return.

"Here you go Sky," Irene told her, extending her hand out to her.

Sky quickly snatched her bear and took a step away from Irene shaking her head as she hiccuped and continued to cry. She stared at the door and sat down on the floor, holding her teddy bear tightly, her frantic cries slowing down to a silent sob, but her big tears still endless. "Eo-eomma."

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Moonbyul finished her overnight emails before picking up her office phone and calling the daycare. She smiled at the picture of Solar, Sun, and Sky on her desk, it's of the three them cuddled together in bed, fast asleep. Sun was only a few months old and was lying on Solar's chest, her hand resting on Sky's back protectively. Sun was cuddled in her mother's side, her head resting on Solar's shoulder. Solar had her other arm holding her protectively as well, with Sun placing her hand on Sky's legs. Moonbyul had a late night at work and come home to her three girls cuddled together fast asleep, she took a series of pictures, quickly making one her screensaver on her phone, before carefully taking the girls to bed one by one, and curling up next to Solar in bed.

Hello?

Hi, this is Mrs. Moonbyul Yi-Kim, Sky's other mother, I wanted to check on her and see how she's doing.

Moonbyul smiled, tapping her pen on her desk as she spoke.

Oh hello, Mrs. Yi-Kim

Please, Moonbyul is fine.

Ok, Moonbyul, well Dr. Kim dropped her off this morning, but she got a page immediately from a patient coding she had to leave a little prematurely. Sky didn't take too kindly to it and had a little meltdown. She's calmed down now and has stopped crying as much, she's still sitting by the door.

By the door?  Moonbyul asked quickly.

She's not in the walkway, more off to the side, she won't play with the other kids, we gave her one of her bottles but she's just holding it with her teddy bear. I think she's in a little bit of shock.

Moonbyul's heart dropped but she regained her composure quickly. She's used to one of us being around her constantly, or at least Sunyoung being around. Can you take the phone to her and put me on speaker so I can talk to her?

Sure...okay Moonbyul you're on. Irene told her, once she was kneeling down by Sky, who looked up at her with big tears and shook her head. "Eomma."

Sky Sky, hey sweetheart...it's momma. Moonbyul told her soothingly.

Sky sniffled and looked at the phone, following the source of Moonbyul's voice.

Mama?

Hey Sky, yep it's momma. You are such a big girl going to daycare all by yourself. I'm so proud of you Sky Sky.