Chapter 24

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Seulgi watched a little 3 year old Sooyoung fall on the sand in the playing pit and she also watched Wendy run inside the pit, not caring about the glares and curses of the other parents.

She felt like Wendy would fight the world for her little daughter.

And honestly who wouldn't.

Seulgi giggled as Wendy made her way back right next to Seulgi, her shirt completely covered with sand now.

"Yah! Instead of laughing you could help me!" Wendy scowled, trying to Sacre Seulgi but how could Wendy ever look scary to anyone?

Seulgi laughed even more, earning smacks from the other.

They settled down on a bench nearby where little Sooyoung can be in view, Wendy watched her after every single sentence she said.

"You know she's not that small anymore. You don't need to worry that much." Seulgi was just trying to make sure that her best friend isn't too worried about her daughter.

"I know, it's just that......she looks so.....so fragile to me." Wendy glanced at Sooyoung again. And Seulgi saw Sooyoung wave her tiny little hands to show her little castle that she made on the sand.

Seulgi understood what Wendy meant. Sooyoung wasn't quick like the other children her age. She was late in talking and the same with walking. Wendy and Irene unnie also made a couple of visits to different doctor, worried there's something wrong. Fortunately, nothing was wrong, Sooyoung was just afraid and once she opened up she would do all the stuff that the other children did.

She tapped Wendy on the shoulder and shot a bright grin to her.

An idea just popped in her mind.

She waited for some time so Wendy's mood would be better again to propose her idea. She was too excited for it.

After a few more worried glances and calls to Sooyoung, Wendy finally seemed a bit relaxed but still glanced at the little one from time to time.

Seulgi is so proud of Wendy.

No matter how hard she tried she could never ever be a mom, not at this early age at least.

"You know I'll be like the cool aunt she'll have." Seulgi finally said what was on her mind for so long. She tried to give a smug smile, but she knew she wasn't good at that business.

"You can teach her how to walk and how to ride a bicycle and stuff but I'll teach her the cool things." Seulgi winked (tried to).

Wendy laughed hysterically pointing at her eye. "You can't even wink!" And more cackles were heard.

Seulgi didn't even flinch. She was determined to be 'the cool aunt', well she wasn't that cool herself but whatever.

"Laugh all you want madam. I'll teach her how to party," She earned glares that could kill, Wendy is not Seulgi's best friend right now, she's only Sooyoung's mother. Seulgi didn't stop, her mind full with ideas. "And...and we'll gossip about how old you and unnie are and don't know any trends, we'll tease you a lot, oh and maybe I'll also teach her how to drive a car, like how I taught you and...and I'd teach her how to take risks, I won't let her be a coward."

Seulgi finally stopped speaking to take a breath. When she looked back up at Wendy her gaze her softened and she wondered if she had said too much that Wendy had lost it because why would the caring mother see Seulgi, who just said some stuff that is definitely not so pure (partying, really?), with love oozing out of her eyes.

She checked Wendy's forehead just in case and becomes the usual timid Seulgi. "I'm s-sorry. That was weird, risks are not that good. I think living safe is bette-"

Wendy stopped her from ranting about a completely unrelated thing.

"You'd be a cool aunt, Seulgi."

"Reallly?!" Seulgi stopped herself from getting excited and tried to get that smug smile again. "I know right. Hellll yeahh! I'm cool!"

"But I won't trust you to teach her how to drive, you barely taught me, remember how we crashed into the trees the first time you tried to 'teach' me."

"What happened Seulgi? Is there something wrong?"

Joy shakes her shoulder vehemently to remind her where she is.

She looks at Sooyoung's face and tries to compare that little cute girl to this beautiful and absolutely gorgeous woman.

She's so beautiful.

She doesn't know when it happens but tears start falling from her eyes endlessly.

Her mind starts replaying the times she took the little girl in her hands and held onto her tightly, afraid that she'll fall. She replays the time she was coaxed to play the girl's favourite game because she started crying in front of her two mothers, she remembers the devilish smile on the younger's face after her mothers left, she remembers leaving he

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vitoriafranca
#1
Chapter 38: Wow, what sad news, I really had hope for this story. I mean, even if things didn't turn out the way I expected (Like Joohyun confronting Seungwan the first moment he saw her about the daughter she just took away and Joohyun misses so much or the revelation of Joy's supposed other relative where she only discovers that she didn't really have a father but a mother?) And of course, even though Joohyun knew that Seulgi was back in contact with Seungwan, she never confronted either of them about the whereabouts of her other daughter, which makes us wonder what kind of parents Joohyun and Seungwan are who don't bother to look for or finally reveal the truth to Joy and why does Seulgi continue to collude with both sides when she considers her niece so much?
Despite everything, what really saddens me is that despite everything, the flashbacks to their past were without a doubt the best part of the story, I really kept waiting for more of them. I don't know if you intend to go back to this story and rewrite it, but I would particularly love it if you could show us their past in full. I think exploring what you've already done here would be a way of reusing this story that had so much to show.

Anyway, thank you for everything so far, I hope you are well and come back soon, author-nim!
shadowhunter1640 #2
Chapter 38: Oh i see the problem now. The seulreners want more seulrene moments.

Though i've always thought this is wenrene fic with how often Wendy's pov appears. But i agree that the story's really dragging. And so many side character povs.

I always look up wenrene tags coz that's all i'm interested in and this story was really promising. But i suggest if you're writing a wenrene fic, just use wenrene tag and don't add seulrene and vice versa if you're writing a seulrene fic to avoid being accused of clickbaiting and confusion.

Thank you for your work author! Please keep on writing.
Gwernica #3
Chapter 37: Heavy seulrener here and yes the story is dragging. This story is similar to wenseulrene fic titled 'Unrequited' in terms of the structure where it's clearly a seulrene fic with wendy as the 'heartbreaker' but for some reason the pov heavily came from wendy perspective. I think other readers already mentioned it out: Seulrene is clearly still going strong in this fic but for some reason, they have less moments compares to Seulgi with Lisa. This wenrene/seulrene bait & switch is clearly not working because now people started to criticize Irene, Seulgi and Wendy characters (similar with that fic 'Unrequited') and it's not even because they don't understand the concept of flawed characters, it's just they're getting tired of the story and the characters. I just don't get why most wenseulrene fics authors always have the same concepts and settings when they wrote their dynamics and it made me wonder if they really see each individual irl like that, because let's be real here, yes these are fictional characters, but they are real person fictions (rpf) characters. Even in kdramas, triangle loves don't always have the same dynamics. It's like these fics' authors are actually on one camp, but they pretend to care about the third person (in this case wendy) so that people would think that these authors actually like both camps. Might as well make it a polymorph relationship.
2014605911
#4
Chapter 37: Chapter 37: Well I'm still reading this though the story is undoubtedly dragging its heels before moving a fraction of an inch for whatever plot there is. I get that the characters are still stuck in some of their past, but it doesn't mean that the story should be too. Stuck at a snail pace, I mean. The Joohyun and Wendy arc has the two agonizing every now and then in addition to the Joy issue keeping this story going in circles. I'm interested enough to keep on reading this but something has got to happen soon and change the pace to get things moving. The Seulgi and Wendy talk finally happened, but any attempts of figuring out how to approach Wendy and Joohyun closure as well getting Joy known as the missing child is not even on the horizon. I've also not seen a solid Seulrene tidbit here that is solely about them and not a segway to enter another Wenrene flashback and Wenrene agenda. I get that this story is about past Wenrene and daughter Joy, but I think there has been more Lisa-centric chapters/POVs than a Seulgi one that is not related to past Wenrene. Seulrene doesn't even shine that much other than small stolen moments here and there.
yannahays #5
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EzraSeige
#6
Chapter 34: It's okay otornim, take your time and thanks for the update 🙆🙌💗💙
rvlv_bless #7
my two favorite fics right now: The Internship and this one (Family). Seulrene with pathetic pos Wendy, yes that's my kind of romance.
xeembiote #8
Chapter 33: What I don't get about this whole thing is why are they talking around Irene instead of just telling her the truth? This will all blow up in all of their faces once Irene finds out that Joy is her kid and that Seulgi is keeping things from her. It's bordering stupidity at this point. Seulgi is well aware of how devastated Irene was when Wendy left with their kid and now that said kid is back, instead of telling her outright, she goes and hides it from her. I mean who does that? There's no justification as to why she's doing what she's doing at this point. And not just Seulgi even, the same goes for Wendy. She has every opportunity at this point to stop beating around the bush and get her daughter and Irene to meet. But she keeps delaying things.

I don't even get Irene's reaction when she first met Wendy again either. I'd have been angry on the spot and demand to see my child. Why is she so passive?

Still curious to see how this runs through but I'm also getting frustrated at how this is turning out.
wenrene012 #9
Chapter 32: First thought comes to mind when the revelation happened like- what the hell was Irene thinking volunteering for that? Everything became SO messed up after that. I don't even know what to say
Thhhgggg #10
This chapter seems familiar to me, i think you've already posted it by mistake? But i must say that this is a Story im looking forward every Monday :)