Adopted Affection
Description
Minseo doesn’t ask for much. She believes she’s pretty low-maintenance. She never asked for a sister, but she wouldn’t give her up for the world.
Foreword
Keys jingle, and a plastic keychain knocks against the door as Mom unlocks the door. She’s not looking as she opens it, talking over her shoulder, under her arm, and then into the kitchen, following the stranger and finally noticing Minseo.
“Hi, baby!” she greets brightly. “How was your day? I want you to meet someone--”
‘Someone’ is petite with big, triangular ears, bi-colored eyes, and a plumed tail that is wagging too fast to see very clearly. “Hello!” she greets. Apparently unable to stand still, she circles Minseo--she may have sniffed her hair, but Minseo really hopes not--and stands very close. “I’m Baekhee! I’m fourteen-years-old. Are you older than me? You don’t look it. You have pretty fur!”
“Thanks… I’m Minseo. Sixteen.”
“Aww,” Mom laughs, completely oblivious to her first-born’s discontent and mentally patting herself on the back. “She likes you!” She takes the handles of two large suitcases and wheels them into the room she and Minseo had spent a couple days cleaning and setting up as a ‘guest room.’
This guest is evidently planning on staying long-term.
Minseo scowls as her ear is nipped and swats at the girl. “Wonderful.” Stunned, Baekhee sits down and touches her face. It wasn’t a hard swipe, but tears well in her eyes, and her ears flatten to her hair.
Uncaring and wanting to escape before the dog makes even more noise, Minseo slips off to her bedroom, and her mom follows after guiding Baekhee onto the sofa.
Closing the door behind her, Mom sits beside Minseo and pets her hair. “C’mon, kitten. I don’t like you being alone all the time, and Baekhee’s a good girl! She’s just really excited…”
“She’s a dog.”
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