three. dawn

Aubade (Dawn Serenade)
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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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id really like it if you share in the comments or in twitter (since i posted this in there too) your thoughts/feelings abt this. Thank you for reading and to those who upvoted as well!

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WluvsBaetokki #1
Chapter 3: Holy this is 😭 but soooo in good damn it!
kang_ddeul
#2
Chapter 3: ohhh, this is so good 😭✊
orangebearies #3
reading this for the 2nd (or 3rd?) time, and i really like this. i like how the way the dialogues and conversations flow, and the way you write is beautiful too. my only “complaint” is... it’s too short, like, i’d love to read more! hahaha! thank you for this story! :)
orangebearies #4
Chapter 3: so seungwan broke up with joohyun, to pursue her idol dreams. since this is 5 years later, i’m assuming she succeeded? and now she came back to give joohyun a choice. i’m just wondering... why is seungwan the driver? maybe the bartender is a friend of them both and arranged for this meet up?. (because seungwan doubling as a uber/cab driver just didn’t make sense, hahaha!
thequietone
16 streak #5
Chapter 3: Wowww love this its time to stop the hurt and face seungwan again altho kinda hating seungwan for leaving
Light_Rookie
#6
Chapter 3: Awwee heart always remembers
JeTiHyun
#7
Chapter 3: Finally Joohyun can have that choice after 5 freaking years hurting by herself.
chchcn #8
Chapter 3: It hurths me...
Love03 #9
Chapter 3: Oh, I like the ending. I thought this was going to be another angst.
LockLoyalist
#10
Chapter 3: Ah yes. Now it's time for Joohyun to make THAT choice :)