[A/N]: Chapter Update 1/4; I highly advise to bookmark the last chapter you read since it might get confusing with the incoming multiple updates.

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With a children’s book in her hand, Chorong was reading a story to Minah at the corner of the ward. Sojin, who just finished knitting a red beanie for the child, couldn’t help but smile lovingly at her sister’s direction.

“So what did the tree say?” Minah asked.

“Guess.” The redhead liked teasing the child.

“Tell me!” Minah pouted, puffing her breath.

“Alright.” Chorong giggled as she flipped on the next page. “And the tree said, ‘Come, boy. Sit down and rest.’ And the boy did. And…”

“And?” The child anticipated, holding her breath.

“And the tree was happy. The end.” Her sister with slow, loud claps. “Yah, unnie!”

“What?” Sojin laughed out loud, then coughed a bit after her phlegm stocked up. “Anyway, I was thinking you’d be a great mother.”

Minah glanced back and forth at the sisters. “Mom… Eomma… should I call you Mama?” Her excitement was evident on her face as she giddily turned to the redhead.

“Mama?!” Chorong blurted out loud to which the child nodded eagerly in reply. Her face started matching the color of her hair, too overwhelmed with what the child said.

“That’s not bad, Minah,” Sojin commented, motioning for the kid to come closer as she placed the red beanie she made on the child’s head afterwards. “What do you say, Chorong?”

“I- uh…” Her sister threw piercing daggers at her the moment she hesitated. “Sure,” the redhead agreed, masking a lopsided smile.

“Mama…” Minah said slowly, then smiled. “I love it.” She rushed to the redhead and hugged her tightly.

It was strange, yet the redhead couldn’t deny that she liked it very much.

“Mama…” Chorong repeated to herself, grinning in satisfaction as she hugged the child in return.

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It was morning and the two women were still sleeping soundly on their bed. Their arms were literally entangled within the blanket they were sharing.

Hayoung, who was the first one to wake up, met the face of the older woman at such a close distance the moment she opened her eyes. Despite that, she did not try to move or break away.

“What is this?” she whispered to herself, studying the woman whose eyelashes were thick and long. Her eyes travelled down on the pink luscious lips which seemed soft. Hayoung desired to know if her impression of it was true, but she held back as she thought it was not the right thing to do. Looking at Namjoo unexplainably made her feel tickles all over. “Such a pleasure to see this first thing in the morning.”

“Am I dreaming?” Namjoo mumbled unconsciously with her eyes half open.

“Hmm?” Hayoung immediately recognized her secretary was probably just sleep talking.

“Is this a dream? Wonderful… seeing you here is nice…” Namjoo said softly. “I haven’t felt so happy in a long time…” She gently cupped the cheeks of the younger woman. “Ever since you came into my life… good things started happening again…” The blonde woman gently closed her eyes as a smile slowly formed on her lips. “I don’t wanna wake up… if it means seeing you again… here in my dreams… Hayoung-ah…” Soon, soft snores were heard as Namjoo was back into her slumber.

“Wha-what was that?” Hayoung silently got out of the bed and started fanning herself, walking incessantly across the room. She brushed her hair back with her fingers before she slapped her cheeks, trying to pull herself together. Staring at the blonde woman, Hayoung clenched her chest because of the intense beating of her heart.

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It was a hot summer afternoon. Bomi was going around the city and distributing flyers in hopes to find Sojin and Chorong’s youngest sister. She started asking government offices if they have any records pertaining to the person she was looking for but to no avail. She ended up calling Eunji for help who came half an hour later with Naeun who tagged along with her.

“You came!” Bomi grinned.

“Of course, you said you need help.” Eunji winked. “She was with me before you called… so yeah,” she added, gesturing to the woman behind her back.

“Hello…” Naeun said shyly.

“Hi.” Bomi giggled. “Is it alright for her?” She asked, facing the eye-smiling woman with concern.

“It’s fine,” Naeun said. “I wanted to come and help.”

“Ahh. Thank you, Naeun-ssi.” Bomi smiled gratefully. “Should we get started?” She gave the two women a bundle of flyers each.

“You’re looking for a person, right?” Eunji raised an eyebrow. “Where’s the picture?”

“Yeah… about that…” Bomi hesitated. “It’s kinda problematic actually.” Eunji and Naeun were all ears as the brunette explained, “I have no idea what her name is… and no records even show where she is now.” Bomi heaved a tired sigh. “More the reason I don’t have a photo of her,” she said, patting the two women on the back. “Don’t think about it too much. I’m grateful enough that you came here to help me.”

Soon, they stood in their respective stations as they patiently distributed the flyers below the scorching heat of the sun.

To no one’s surprise, Naeun gathered much attention from the passersby. She had finished her assigned task in just twenty minutes, so she went back to Bomi and asked for another bundle to distribute.

“Wow, amazing,” Bomi uttered laughingly. “If you want to, you can rest already since it’s really hot.”

“No,” Naeun replied. “I want to help. It would be a lot faster for us if I do, don’t you think?”

“Alright, here you go.” Bomi chuckled. She handed the last bundle of flyers to the younger woman. “Thank you, I’m really touched,” she said. Her eyes admiringly followe