Finding You
Hide and Seek
“Do you think we can play hide and seek till we get old?” A seven years old girl ask her playmate
“Of course we can!” the cheerful six years old girl shout with excitement
“That’s right, we can. And we should” the other girl reply with a smile
“Can we just stay in a one house unnie?” Ask the younger one with so much hope
“But we can’t, we have our own different houses to live at” The older girl tried to make the younger one to understand the situation which makes the latter to pout and started to cry
“But I want to play hide and seek with you all day long!” cried the younger one which got the attention of their two mother who are talking on the bench in the other side of the park.
“Shhh, youngie please stop crying” the older girl console the crying girl when she saw there parents running towards them but the younger cry harder
“What is happening here” ask the other mother while she kneel down to wipe her daughter’s tears
“Hayoung, what is it again?” she ask the still crying girl, sighing at her daughter’s antics
“I’m so sorry auntie Bomi, it’s was all my fault” said the other girl with her heads down
“Look at me sweetie, don’t be afraid with auntie. What happen?” Bomi smiled to the other girl as she pull her in for a hug to calm the two of them down
“Hayoung asking if we can live together in a one house so we can play together all day long but I said we can’t” explain by the girl who is now staring at the mother of her playmate
“I want Namjoo unnie to be with me in the same house! I want a playmate! I want an unnie!” little Hayoung start crying again which makes her playmate lower her head's down because of guilt
“Hayoung” Bomi warned her daughter, who eventually silence her crying
“Let me take it from here” said the other mother who break her silence as she watch the scene
“Come here Hayoungie” she takes the child from latter’s mother and console it “So our baby Hayoungie want her Namjoo unnie to be in the same house with her?” she ask the kid who is still crying silently
“Yes auntie” Little Hayoung said as she look hopefully to her playmates mother
“Then how about this sweetie, since tomorrow is Christmas I and Namjoo can spend it in your house for the whole day and spend the night also” the woman offer to the kid
“But—”
“No buts Hayoung, you should thank Auntie Chorong for her offer and stop complaining about the things that you don’t have” Bomi said looking sternly at Hayoung who again is ready to cry
“Yah Bom ah! Stop it, let her decide first” Chorong glared at Bomi who glared back at her
“Come on Youngie, I can spend the time with you on Christmas and play hide and seek all day long”
Namjoo offer to the youngest who nodded at her as a sign of agreement
“Okay that’s good, now let’s go home it’s getting dark now. You two should sleep early so Bomi and I can gathered the things we need” Chorong said before looking at Namjoo “And baby, you will stay the night with your dad as I and Bomi will be busy buying the stuffs we need” Chorong ended her words as she look back to Bomi and handed Hayoung
“That’s a good plan then” Bomi agreed and look at Hayoung “Sweetie, I will take you to your grandma’s house for tonight. They keep on complaining about missing you okay?” Bomi inform Hayoung which makes her daughter nods
“We should keep going Bom ah” Chorong said before looking at the sky that is now getting darker
“Sure unnie, let me call you later so we can go to the supermarket and buy the things that we need for tomorrow” Bomi said as the oldest nod to her “We will be going first so I can take Hayoung to my parents house and also wash up” Bomi said as she kiss Namjoo's forehead as a goodbye and smile at Chorong before walking away with Hayoung who is now waving sleepily at Namjoo
The four separated there ways to get ready for the later plans. As Chorong and Bomi drives in there own direction they can’t help but think about the thing that they talk about earlier before the cries of Hayoung interrupted the
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