three. dawn
Aubade (Dawn Serenade)
213A, 23rd Floor, Seoul Condominium
Both women are sitting on the sofa facing the huge window overviewing the city of Seoul.
"Look here," Seungwan gently touched her jaw to get her attention. "I set "Irene"* as the alarm tone since I know you liked that song so much you'd get up to jam with it."
"At 5:30 am? And why exactly do I have to wake up at that time?" Joohyun stopped drawing from her iPad and eyed Seungwan with a judging look.
"I told you, I wanted to wake up before sunrise. I've seen thousands of sunsets in my life but I never really get to appreciate sunrises." Seung-wan pouted and tried so hard to fit her head in between the iPad and Joohyun.
"So?" Joohyun raised her eyebrow as the short-haired girl finally succeeded to lay on Joohyun's lap, creating a human barrier between the iPad and her girlfriend.
"So please wake me up when you hear the alarm. You know that I tend to oversleep." For a second, Seungwan thought Joohyun would curse at her, she knew her girlfriend isn't a morning person, and asking her this favor can be considered a suicide mission. But then she caressed Seungwan's soft hair before pinching her nose and kissing it after.
"Okay. Are you going to take a nap there?" Joohyun exclaimed and jokingly pulled Seungwan's hoodie so it would cover her face. She continued drawing on her iPad as she felt the other begin to breathe steadily on her stomach.
"Seungwan? Can we transfer to our bed now? I want to sleep too and the two of us can't fit on this sofa."
"Hmm" Seungwan just grunted.
She must've fallen asleep. Her face was buried in Joohyun's tummy and her right arm tightened its hold on her waist, even more, when Joohyun tried to rearrange their positions. Joohyun find the sight too adorable and It took her less than five seconds to decide---
"Screw it. Let's just sleep like this." Joohyun set aside her iPad and placed her hands on top of the sleeping Seung-wan. Eventually, she drifted to sleep with Seungwan's phone right beside her so she can easily hear "Irene" blasting from it tomorrow morning.
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present time
Baby girl, you're my Irene, you're my baby.
You're my flower, you're my everything.
My Irene, you're my baby.
Joohyun jumped up from her seat as soon as she heard the faint music echoing in the entire car. It was a recording of Seungwan's voice singing her impromptu song she made for Joohyun one drunken night in their old apartment.
"Damn, where is it? .." Joohyun immediately stopped rummaging in the backseat when she realized the sound came from the driver's pocket who was sleeping peacefully beside her.
"Ouch." Before she got to the phone, she abruptly closed her eyes, feeling a terrible headache that she wasn't really sure if it was caused by the alcohol or the crying.
"What did I do again this time?" She said as she leaned her back on the car's window facing the driver completely. She can't help but massage her temples as she tried to remember the things she had done last night. So far, the only thing that comes to mind is her crying on the driver's shoulder before falling asleep.
She observed the driver, half of her face was covered because of the cap on her forehead, she was snoring softly, head tilted back and mouth hanging open. The rain has stopped and a gradie
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